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saspa posted...

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.

My problem with Evangelion is that the series is ultimately about how much the writer hates himself and his audience. There's no real introspection, it's a stage tragedy where the main characters are all meant to be unsympathetic and the tragic elements are so over the top that it becomes melodrama. The writer tries his best to give his main character no redeemable qualities and goes out of his way to belittle the few positive traits or successes he does have. It's not enough that the MC thinks he is trash, the plot has to go prove he is trash.

It's not a story about a person dealing with Borderline Personality Disorder, it's about a self-aware person with BPD writing his self-insert character to beat up on. That includes the distorted way he sees himself and the world. Then he invites his audience to come watch because he thinks they are all sadists who exist to punish him for his short comings.

If you know a psychologist or therapist, ask them what it's like to treat a patient suffering from BPD. Watching EVA is like treating a BPD patient. I have the same reaction to Neil LaBute's "The Shape of Things."

TL;DR: Hideaki Anno is the Neil LaBute of anime.
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