And that is why I hate him: he never really advances past the reluctance stage. He continuously tries to move forward but always ends up back at square one after a few episodes. While it is nice to see consistency in characters, I would rather see that consistency manifest through continuous growth, not a vicious cycle of loathing and self-pity. It is so ridiculous that by the end of the series, all sympathy that he garnered from me for his frankly shit life were completely eroded...Mahorfeus said:Shinji Ikari.
The kid is 15, his mom his dead, his father seems to hate him, and everyone is passive-aggressively pushing him towards piloting a death machine to "save the world." All the while, most of his comrades also seem to hate him in some way or the other. Everyone wants him to grow a spine, yet whenever he does stand up for himself, shit always seems to hit the fan. And then everyone hates him for it.
Then End of Evangelion happened and he nutted over the comatose body of a dying friend. At that moment he went from being a whiny ***** to fucking scum in my eyes.