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apolloooo
09/10/18 7:50:45 AM
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it's like he has 2 states of mind: depressed and unconscious
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09/10/18 7:51:19 AM
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NeonOctopus
09/10/18 7:52:08 AM
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He gets to pilot mechs, is surrounded by 3 hot girls, but is somehow still sad. Fucking youngsters have no clue what their blessings are.
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apolloooo
09/10/18 7:52:12 AM
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Because he won't get in the fucking robot

:(

episode 3 he got in the robot and still sad af
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apolloooo
09/10/18 7:52:30 AM
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NeonOctopus posted...
He gets to pilot mechs, is surrounded by 3 hot girls, but is somehow still sad. Fucking youngsters have no clue what their blessings are.

agreed
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YOUHAVENOHOPE
09/10/18 7:53:45 AM
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SmidgeIsntBack
09/10/18 7:55:55 AM
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If you're watching the dub, that's a good +30% extra whining.
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apolloooo
09/10/18 7:56:28 AM
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SmidgeIsntBack posted...
If you're watching the dub, that's a good +30% extra whining.

it's the sub.

his default expression is hilariously sad
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Yomi
09/10/18 7:58:43 AM
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Because he's a mistake.
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MedeaLysistrata
09/10/18 8:03:10 AM
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Idk, could be the fact that aliens have destroyed his planet and now his absent father wants him to fix everything
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snesmaster40
09/10/18 8:03:50 AM
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It's explained later on, but I can spoil it if you want.

His mother died when he was really young. Gendo abandoned him when that happened too.
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CartmanMustDie
09/10/18 8:05:26 AM
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NeonOctopus posted...
He gets to pilot mechs, is surrounded by 3 hot girls, but is somehow still sad. Fucking youngsters have no clue what their blessings are.

Maybe he's gay.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE
09/10/18 8:05:51 AM
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apolloooo
09/10/18 8:06:56 AM
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the daddy / abandonment issue is really obvious when he met his dad in the elevator ep 1 it's not really a spoiler.

i mean yeah hes got solid reason to be sad, but it's hilarious because that's his character so far. he's probably gonna trough some development later , but eh, watching sad boi being sad is weirdly entertaining probably cos i am a sadist
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YOUHAVENOHOPE
09/10/18 8:08:04 AM
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apolloooo posted...
he's probably gonna trough some development later

IDK how to tell you this TC...............
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apolloooo
09/10/18 8:09:20 AM
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...
apolloooo posted...
he's probably gonna trough some development later

IDK how to tell you this TC...............

F
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Solar_Crimson
09/10/18 8:13:04 AM
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The dub has a bonus feature where Shinji's English voice actor complains--in-character--about the anime's ending.
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snesmaster40
09/10/18 8:14:16 AM
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Yeah, you're gonna be disappointed.

Dunno if you've seen it, but Gurren Lagann is better.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE
09/10/18 8:17:31 AM
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apolloooo posted...
YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...
apolloooo posted...
he's probably gonna trough some development later

IDK how to tell you this TC...............

F

it's not really a bad thing in the whole context of the show and series in general

but yeah

don't expect too much lol
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CyricZ
09/10/18 8:21:47 AM
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DocileOrangeCup posted...
Because he won't get in the fucking robot

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PMarth2002
09/10/18 8:37:27 AM
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Shinji's suffering from depression, among other issues.
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SmidgeIsntBack
09/10/18 10:15:31 AM
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I thought Shinji went through a ton of development, especially during the ending.
I suppose he's technically static for most of it, but he goes back and forth on several different thought processes in regards to how he perceives his own value to other people.
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MoistenedYouth
09/10/18 10:26:47 AM
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hollow_shrine
09/10/18 10:31:18 AM
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apolloooo posted...
YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...
apolloooo posted...
he's probably gonna trough some development later

IDK how to tell you this TC...............

F

He will get better as the series progresses and he gets over some of his damage. But things don't stay that way and the series subjects him to new damages. By the end, he kind of feels like there's nothing in the world with saving.
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MoistenedYouth
09/10/18 10:36:42 AM
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why did he spit on the unconscious girl, why he swateing a lot after that.
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NeonOctopus
09/10/18 10:46:39 AM
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MoistenedYouth posted...
why did he spit on the unconscious girl, why he swateing a lot after that.

Err... I pretty sure he was deeding to her naked body while she was in a coma
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snesmaster40
09/10/18 10:50:20 AM
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NeonOctopus posted...
MoistenedYouth posted...
why did he spit on the unconscious girl, why he swateing a lot after that.

Err... I pretty sure he was deeding to her naked body while she was in a coma


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NeonOctopus
09/10/18 10:51:05 AM
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SmidgeIsntBack
09/10/18 3:20:10 PM
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Can you maybe not spoil the show in a watchthrough topic, thanks.
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Alexanaxela
09/10/18 3:21:29 PM
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because he's shinji
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BigSLM1993
09/10/18 3:21:57 PM
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I'd say this is pretty realistic to how crappy it'd be to have an average 14-year-old depressed kid risk his life against abominations.
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pogo_rabid
09/10/18 3:23:52 PM
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Eva is as mecha deconstruction. shinji is supposed to be the antisistis of the (at the time), the mary sue confident one dimensional MC's of mecha series.
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Kaiganeer
09/10/18 3:25:35 PM
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apolloooo
09/12/18 2:27:32 AM
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so the plot twist is probably you have to be a severely depressed teenager to pilot the eva?
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Axiom
09/12/18 2:29:17 AM
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Evangelion is the anime everyone thought was amazing when it came out and later woke up and realized how shitty it was. It did pave the way for much better anime so it has that going at least
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YOUHAVENOHOPE
09/12/18 2:30:13 AM
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Axiom posted...
Evangelion is the anime everyone thought was amazing when it came out and later woke up and realized how shitty it was. It did pave the way for much better anime so it has that going at least

imagine being this wrong
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008Zulu
09/12/18 2:31:32 AM
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...
maternal abandonment and daddy issues


Batman has Daddy issues, but even he would get as hard as a man could get if he got to pilot a mech that big. Shinji is just a wuss.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE
09/12/18 2:32:19 AM
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008Zulu posted...
Batman has Daddy issues, but even he would get as hard as a man could get if he got to pilot a mech that big. Shinji is just a wuss.

bruce wayne had alfred

shinji had no one
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apolloooo
09/12/18 2:33:27 AM
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008Zulu posted...
YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...
maternal abandonment and daddy issues


Batman has Daddy issues, but even he would get as hard as a man could get if he got to pilot a mech that big. Shinji is just a wuss.

no, batman didnt have daddy issues. thomas wayne is one of the best father a kid could wish for, but the problem he's dead.

shinji is just abandoned, never recieved any form of love from his father and his mom is dead. batman was spoiled as shit. the damage is gonna be different. i cannot jduge which damage is worse, but at least i get how shinji is like that
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YOUHAVENOHOPE
09/12/18 2:35:30 AM
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rofl imagine trying to compare shinji and bruce wayne's upbringing
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MedeaLysistrata
09/12/18 5:22:12 AM
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you should watch Serial Experiments Lain next, TC (if you haven't). it's only 13 episodes

i can't really say which one I prefer more, but they are roughly in the same wheelhouse despite being very different in content.
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Rika_Furude
09/12/18 5:27:35 AM
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Mental issues to say the least

Wait until you watch End of Evangelion
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legendarylemur
09/12/18 6:22:40 AM
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snesmaster40 posted...
Yeah, you're gonna be disappointed.

Dunno if you've seen it, but Gurren Lagann is better.

Pretty much this. Gurren Lagaan is basically just a straight up better Evangelion without being a total Evangelion copy. It wastes a lot less time and has a far greater sense of scale that boggles the mind. Also much better characters with better developments, hotter girls, uh.. hotter dudes too I guess if you're within that sexual inclination. Also better fights, better enemies, less bullshit, less whining
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Delirious_Beard
09/12/18 6:23:28 AM
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basic psychology
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YOUHAVENOHOPE
09/12/18 6:24:09 AM
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legendarylemur posted...
Gurren Lagaan is basically just a straight up better Evangelion without being a total Evangelion copy

NGE and TTGL are only similar in that they are mecha anime
maybe you can say both are deconstructions of mecha anime

tonally they are totally different
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legendarylemur
09/12/18 6:29:21 AM
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Yeah tonally, and the message is clearly different, but it's the same genre, and the influence is pretty obviously there. But I think Gurren Lagaan did something more meaningful and fun with the mechs being to building blocks of the world genre that Evangelion popularized.

Plus, I think the mechs of Gurren Lagaan feels more like an extension of the person piloting it, while in Evangelion, they're at most plot devices and metaphors with very little textile feedback. It makes the feats of the robots in TTGL feel more like a triumph of humanity
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YOUHAVENOHOPE
09/12/18 6:34:30 AM
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legendarylemur posted...
but it's the same genre, and the influence is pretty obviously there

nah

i was thinking maybe we could consider them same coin different sides but even then

also are you joking
Evas fron NGE are literally giant humans with armor plating
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catboy0_0
09/12/18 6:36:59 AM
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I liked how most characters remained more or less static throughout the anime, because it reminds me of how sometimes people can try but just can't change all that much.
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Delirious_Beard
09/12/18 6:40:56 AM
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evangelion is more character focued rather than mech action

gurren lagaan really has very little in common with it
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pogo_rabid
09/12/18 7:35:21 AM
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legendarylemur posted...
Yeah tonally, and the message is clearly different, but it's the same genre, and the influence is pretty obviously there. But I think Gurren Lagaan did something more meaningful and fun with the mechs being to building blocks of the world genre that Evangelion popularized.

Plus, I think the mechs of Gurren Lagaan feels more like an extension of the person piloting it, while in Evangelion, they're at most plot devices and metaphors with very little textile feedback. It makes the feats of the robots in TTGL feel more like a triumph of humanity

Here's a pretty good video regarding the subject
Mecha: The Rise & Fall of Giant Robots

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