As much as I enjoyed Evangelion (apart from the appalling ending, which was kind of fixed with the films), this can not be argued with. It gets it spot on. Bravo!
Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Only watched a few episodes of it so far (I have a unreasonably long watch list) but I think we can pretty much discount the giant robot. It may seem cool but that doesn't mean fighting massive alien monstrosities is going to be fun. Plus the whole you feel its pain thing would be awful. Besides I can find alot of soldiers with PTSD who will confirm that getting to pilot cool tech doesn't make up for constantly being attacked, nearly killed, injured, and generally going through the horrors of war. If we think about the giant robot in the terms of a tank that transmits pain to you, it becomes clear Shinji is more being made into a child soldier than getting a gift.
It's waaay more common than you think (especially in Japan where school is much more srs bsns than in the West, to the point of raising suicide rates because of school-related issues dramatically), and the backstories of all characters covered their behaviorisms.Devoneaux said:
Seriously, give kids more credit than that. When I was 13 and joined babby's first boards I was constantly mistaken for being 18 by the likes of you.
Except of course that it doesn't get it spot on at all. Gendo was a dick man.Phoenix09215 said:
Just face palmed so hard..read a few comments on here and in the comment section for the strip...
i watched evangelion back when it was first released and ive rewatched the re-releases and the reboot and ive read the OTHER rebooted manga series
ok fan boys you wanna rage about something..go jump on the devil may cry wagon...as far as im concerned thats fair game..new dante looks like a fagot and the nero relationship with dante and virgil needs to be fleshed out......
but a comic strip, written from the perspective of most people looking at evangelion for the first time is not worth raging over...we as fans know what all the subtle messages are...but for people either A. watching the reboot or B. just watching the mecha fights...this strip is legitimately what goes through their head
i watched evangelion back when it was first released and ive rewatched the re-releases and the reboot and ive read the OTHER rebooted manga series
ok fan boys you wanna rage about something..go jump on the devil may cry wagon...as far as im concerned thats fair game..new dante looks like a fagot and the nero relationship with dante and virgil needs to be fleshed out......
but a comic strip, written from the perspective of most people looking at evangelion for the first time is not worth raging over...we as fans know what all the subtle messages are...but for people either A. watching the reboot or B. just watching the mecha fights...this strip is legitimately what goes through their head
Love everything about the show, including the two different endings. The subtle hints as to what is *actually* going on in the Rebuild movies are genuinely mind blowing.
OT; love the strip. Long known that this strip required a sense of humour about things i love.
OT; love the strip. Long known that this strip required a sense of humour about things i love.
and this is why I can never get into anime. They can get so close to brilliance, but they seem to always ruin it by being so gratuitously weird for no reason. I mean damn it, I know a lot of anime shows have so many good things going for them, but why do the protagonists always have to be so fucking creepy? You can make your story as deep and rich as you want, but if your going to try and make me root for the guy who would have a wank over a girl who's in a coma... just no. Get that shit the fuck outta here! Don't tell me there are actually so many people out there who can really relate to that sort of personality?hazabaza1 said:
The last frame in this strip depicts the point at which, during the first episode of this show I ever watched. I switched it off. I can't bear to watch protagonists like this because they don't deserve the role.
