Okay but for some people EOE is really harrowing to watch because you see characters die in very awful ways who you love or like not to mention the JSSDF armies culling of Nerv is one of the saddest thing to watch as you can see how utterly helpless the staff are as there gunned down and most are u...

pwhodges#861803 wrote:So I guess heroes don't always win even against their own weakness.

We may think that this is an anime for depressed people after all.

I watched EoE again a few days ago, my memories are clear now, I think this movie is like those old Western movies compared to the last two original episodes of EoTV, to start with I was a bit disappointed with the MPE series design, They are hump and have a fishy face :rolleyes: , but what really b...

She does show interest, she wants to destroy the Angels and prevent Third Impact. Her entire reason for being there is displayed mentioned several times. I believe Ritsuko called it a crusade at one point. If a crusade doesn't show interest in her job, I'm not sure what would. There really is no mi...

But has she ever been sloppy in regards to her position? The Jet Alone episode intentionally highlights the difference between the way she conducts herself on a day off versus when she has work; even Shinji and Pen Pen are surprised by how professional she can be when she has a job to do. When it c...

Sachi#861741 wrote:. This also keeps Seele from growing too suspicious about her identity.

That is, Seele would never suspect a ghostly, red-eyed child who looks a lot like a red-eyed boy with pale skin sent by himself to infiltrate the Nerv.

Really the only flaw I can find in the representation of Misato as NERV Tactical Operations Officer is age. She's only 29 when the majority of NGE's story takes place & is realistically far too young to hold a position of that stature. Most of the core NERV crew is for that matter. Ritsuko - th...

Arael or Armisael. I feel almost fascination by these two. Arael is unreachable. You can't do anything against it. But he can reach you - and screw your mind! Besides, his appearance is cool, really cool. If he were close to you maybe would be a minor threat, but whatever. Arael is also cool, that ...

Magneto#861021 wrote:DO NOT QUOTE THE ENTIRE POST. -Reichu

Hm? , I do not understand how this message appeared here, I will wait for moderation to exclude it.

For a few months I've watched Cowboy Bepop and from all episodes I always found this somewhat sinister, let's see: In general this anime follows a regular line, mixing moments of action with humor and other things without taking very seriously, comparing with NGE for example it does not have as much...

If I'm in the military I call my CO and do what he tells me to do. Mind you, with policy being what it is I have a pretty good idea what he'll tell me to do, but I run it by him first since he's in charge. That's how command structures work. Honestly, it sounds like you're trying awfully hard to pr...

I disagree. Iruel's an angel, and thus a tactical threat. The fact that it's invading via the Magi is immaterial. She absolutely should have responded as she did, and she absolutely should have backed down when Ritsuko offered a better idea. She did both of these things, so I don't see the problem....

C.T.1290#860723 wrote:Hmmmm... I wonder what I missed there.

I do not blame you, Asuka almost begs us to think she's an insensitive demon, seriously, I even started to wonder now, she's never REALLY kind to Shinji at any moment, but if Shinji dies, come on, I will not I can think she'd be so cold.

Only trivia is for purely passive viewing/reading; any worthwhile piece of fiction leads the viewer/reader to think about motivations and consequences, including those that follow from the ending. Anno himself has said that it is up to us to find the explanations or solutions; so discussing the con...

So a commander has to be right 100% of the time to keep their command? Again, your expectations here don't make any sense. I think there is only a misunderstanding on her part, I just said that Misato did not have the technical knowledge to deal with an Angel as Iruel, even though she has the autho...

It's not a commander's job to cede command to underlings at the drop of a hat. Your expectations here don't make sense. Destroying the Magi System would end Nerv and could no longer fight the angels, I mean that Misato was mistaken for lack of knowledge in this decision, how could she keep the comm...

Bagheera#860710 wrote:Respond to the crisis as director of operations and defer to those with more specialized knowledge when appropriate, which is exactly what she did.

Why did not she give Ritsuko the command right away ? , She gave an order to destroy Magi without adequate knowledge.

I really wish they'd do a manga or a tv show as well because I always wanted to know what life would be like for EOE Shinji and Asuka. ^_^ In the mean time though could just go and read Jimmy's 2nd try fanfiction http://www.jimmys-desktop.de/index.php or jcmoorehead's The Catalyst https://www.fanfi...

Isn't this simply an example of Ritsuko being an expert on the computers and them having to deal wih a computer problem that particular day? I did not put this in question, what really bother me is Misato intrude into an area that is clearly that of Ritsuko, meaning Iruel is a kind of 'hacker angel...

RE: Israfel: wasn't the entire operation her idea? What did Kaji have to do with it (I honestly can't remember)? Misato specifically chose Asuka and Shinji to work together (as opposed to him with Rei), and I'm pretty sure she would have come up with the choreography for the "dance" too. ...