Well I can say I can relate to Asuka and Rei because:
I'm a arrogant, hot-headed person who does great things just for attention and I think all the people out there are morons and when I'm in pluie I'm a emotionless doll who would execute every order I receive.

It's really hard to choose for me. On some level, I relate to many of them. Misato wanting to break free from her past, Rei's realization she can be unique even if she's a clone, pretty much everything about Asuka's backstory...hell, I even relate to Gendo in the ways that I sometimes cut people off and blindly use them for my needs (Not as extreme as Gendo obviously, but you get what I mean).

Still, it all comes down to Shinji.

The feeling of being scared, alone and the waits for someone to validate your own existence so you won't feel neglected. Using music to block reality. I could go on for hours.

Rei, extremely so on a sort of existential-metaphorical level.


All the sequences with how her classmates think she's weird and don't know what to make of her were just written in a very lifelike manner?
That basic story about making your very slight very limited existence count and managing to forge a connection despite many factors keeping you from it/ making you doubt your capacity for that.

Second place goes to Mari because we both have impractically sized chests and no filter but I'm not nearly as heroic as either of the two.

Kendrix wrote:Rei, extremely so on a sort of existential-metaphorical level.

Imagine that there are probably some people who relate to Rei's backstory minus the emotions.

Director Black wrote:Imagine that there are probably some people who relate to Rei's backstory minus the emotions.

How so, exactly? And I'm genuinely curious here.

CommanderFish wrote:How so, exactly? And I'm genuinely curious here.

The entire backstory about being a clone created from the origin of that clone's mother and secretly being used a prop to send all of humanity to heaven.

Director Black wrote:The entire backstory about being a clone created from the origin of that clone's mother and secretly being used a prop to send all of humanity to heaven.

Lord knows we've all been there at some point in our lives.

I'd say that im sort of a mix between Asuka, Rei and Kaji, for one because im just as weird with people as Rei is (and basically was like her at school and still am even with my family), with Asuka because im just a hot headed person and i basically can't stand being alone and with Kaji because i can be as stressed as shit on the inside but on the outside i'm a relaxed and thoughtful person.

There's some of Shinji in me, and some of Asuka. The balance was a bit different before I moved out from my parents' place. Before, I was more like Shinji in public and Asuka in private, but now I'm more like Asuka in public and Shinji in private. Given that I cosplay Asuka now, I also try to act more like her in general, though obviously can't go all the way. Like both characters, I have low self-esteem and tend to worry a lot about things and my various issues; like Shinji, I often underestimate myself and think that I'm worthless, but like Asuka, I sometimes take it out on others (especially people who I think are behaving out of line) and sometimes act condescending towards those sorts of people.

I also have some feminine tendencies (especially compared to my super-macho dad), wanted long red hair for a long time, and find the tsundere character archetype really appealing. More reasons to relate to (and dress up as) Asuka :3