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Pogo_Marimo posted...

Shinji is probably one of the more realistic characters in anime. Look at most of the dweebs on this website--Do you really think most of them would do stuff differently? Do you think most 15 year olds would suddenly grow a set of iron balls, drop their crippling fears and insecurities about women and themselves, and become a super badass? What world are you living in? My facebook feed is filled every day with 20-something year olds who can barely cope with paying taxes and balancing a checkbook.

Also, being put in a bio-mechnical robot that literally syncs with your brainwaves then being forced to fight other giant terrifying monsters to the death (Either of you, plus humanity) really isn't my idea of a good time. How did we go from the shellshock and dehumanization in the original Gundam and Shinji being an emotional wreck of a human to glorifying giant robots and murder? Then turn around and criticize these legitimate human portrayals as shitty? It's a shame that people only want rad-as-fuck "Protag with a dark past" in these shows when characters like Shinji are a more interesting and gut-wrenching

I think because most of said dweebs watch action-oriented shows as a form of wish fulfillment, watching a show like eva and a character like Shinji who hits a little too close to home makes them hate it.
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