Full Metal Genesis

[Purple Dragon]

[/quote]Neon Genesis was just created to be therapy for Hedaki Anno. He was struggling with depression when he wrote that piece of shit series.

It's overrated to fuck.[/quote]

Just want to say it was the second anime series I picked up having no idea of it's significance and the controversy that surrounded, or the slavish devotion of some of the fans, or who Hideaki Anno is. And I fucking loved it. I suppose it's not to everyone's taste but to claim it's popularity is in some way fake isn't true.

 

[Purple Dragon]

If you don't like anime stereotypes, you will HATE Evangelion. I know I did. Stick with Cowboy Bebop, Berserk, Full Metal Alchemist (the other series in this comic, if you are unaware), and other stuff I'd call "anime for people who hate anime".

Hey I liked FMA and NGE. Maybe because I saw NGE before I saw much other anime so don't know the stereotypes.

 

[Ken_J]

In Shinji's defense Al doesn't have tear-ducks anymore.

 

[GrimHeaper]

Gendo Ikari, best dad ever.

Shinji Ikari, only person to complain that he gets to pilot a giant robot and live with MILFsato.

Oh boy, here we go again. Let's see, he also has had various tragedies that we are lucky to never happen as stated in the comic: abandonment, low self-confidence, and extreme pain and agony to the point of wanting to die.

that giant robot, it will literally torture you as you fight because of the pain transmission, everytime an angel blast or rips a chunk of flesh off, you feel that agonizing pain and since the actual damage is not occurring on your body, it tend to cause a mental drain

as for the women, Misato has her own problems and as of Eva 3.0 kind of hates Shinji for third impact. Asuka is extremely closed off and pushes Shinji away so hard that he feels even greater abandonment. Rei is pretty much a empty shell that can be replaced over and over and that continual cycle of having someone you are close to die and come back with no memory of your experience together would have an effect.

I'm honestly tired of people who say that Shinji should stop whining. The pain he goes through and the timeframe he experienced them would crack many people in real life.

Pretty sure he should just roll with the punches.

 

[ThunderCavalier]

Anime coping is the best kind of coping!

 

[Irridium]

did a eva DVD boxset fall on your dog or something because almost every comic has been making fun of it for the past few months.
also to many words in the second panel.

They make fun of it a lot because it brings in a lot of views which means a lot of money for them. Simple economics really.

 

[theyellowmeteor]

I imagined Alphonse delivering his last line as if to imply that it was the obvious thing to do.

 

[RedmistSM]

-snip-

It's not that he "forgot" to turn it off. He lost control of his Geass at that moment. That's why he made the switch to the special lens to contain it, because he could no longer switch it on and off at will.

This is rather directly stated in the show itself, in multiple extended-length scenes no less. They make a pretty big deal about it. So I'm not sure how you missed it shy of just not paying attention.

Sorry, I was exaggerating because it was a silly plot turn for the season one finale. Why would he ever say that specific commando he said, at that time, and his powers suddenly get turned on constantly? It would be like if Light was jotting down the names of his family and friends on a small notepad to remember who to invite to a party and, and OH NO! His powers have suddenly evolved and every notepad is a Death Note to him now.

 

[Furrama]

But Al doesn't have like... brain chemistry anymore. And if Shinji isn't a case for really bad clinical depression I don't know who is.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

Not gonna lie, I wanted Shinji to get a verbal-smackdown from Sergeant Hartman of real Marine-core fame.

Not gonna lie, probably wouldn't help. Some people just aren't cut out for a small angry man calling you a ****** and making you sing Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus.

No, what young Shinji needed was an Uncle Iroh. Actually everyone probably needs an Uncle Iroh, because he's awesome on a stick.

Called it.

I'm very well aware of the actual implications of the show.

See, we have these things we do for comic effect.

You may of heard of them before, they're called jokes.

Yeah but nearly 20 years on, it's just reaching for the low hanging fruit

 

[Devon Mendicino]

Al, doing life like a boss heheh.

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

It never ceases to amaze me how well Al ends up taking all the situations he's thrown into during the series. Personally, after that whole,

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"you are probably a fake soul created to make your brother feel better"

situation, I would've gone a little bit more nuts than he does! Now, because of this, he is a total boss in my opinion.

To make the spoiler tags actually hide the spoiler, make sure the second one looks like this: [/spoiler]

Quote me to see what I've done.

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I see what you've done!

Thanks for letting me know!