Misato better not get killed because of Shinji again Once was enough Anno, once was enough.

@Rei IV

Yeah what about Misato when she was Shinji's age and the things that followed after witnessing 2nd Impact. You know, natural disasters, famine and shit like that and the fact she's reliving it all over in a red, barren waste land nearly 30 years later. That's two Impacts Misato has witnessed/survived, and Puppy Boy help pave way for it. And she probably DID regret her emotional outburst telling him to do what HE WANTS

Fixing your own pain, usually takes precedence over having empathy for the pain others are in.

I have my own opinion about the whole concept of Shinji's free will. I mean seriously, what is Anno trying to say? Accept loss and move on? You can't have anything you care about, or fight for anything you want because it'll ruin everything for everyone else? But that's another discussion for another thread.

I think once Shinji starts getting his act together in Final, we'll see fun-loving Misato start to resurface, if even just a little.

I'm not saying it CAN'T be overcome, or that its impossible at this point. Just that, its going to be even more difficult, with fourteen years of bitterness and resentment on top of justifiable frustration at his actions. I think she went too far with how she treated him, but I can totally see where she was coming from.

She should have stuck to the military rule of giving orders and as long as Shinji kills enemies all would be ok. Just like he said

. . . her feelings at that time were real. . .

Bagheera wrote:No. We got some of the best character development in the new movies in Q.

I think Ray may have been referencing the fact that we didn't get to see a continuation of the character development of Asuka, Misato, or the like. We got some great new stuff, but not much building on the old-- it felt like it was just thrown in my face.

Nuclear Lunchbox wrote:I think Ray may have been referencing the fact that we didn't get to see a continuation of the character development of Asuka, Misato, or the like. We got some great new stuff, but not much building on the old-- it felt like it was just thrown in my face.

Asuka got more development than anyone, though. We didn't see much of it, but the difference between the girl we saw in Ha and the professional we saw in Q was staggering. Same with Misato, come to that (albeit to a lesser degree, since as Lennik noted that side of her was already there).

Oh, absolutely. It's just sad that we didn't get to see it happen-- we got the before and after photos, but didn't see the work in between.