No. That's just not how accountability works. Everything you mention here is a mitigating factor, but none of it changes the fact that he pulled the trigger. It's like saying Smith & Wesson or an alcoholic parent are responsible if you take a gun and go and shoot someone, and it's h...

@Azathoth Not-particularly-inhumane...THEY STRAPPED A FUCKING BOMB TO HIS THROAT. Inhumane doesn't BEGIN to cover it. Moving back to the topic, though.... Does anyone remember that scene from Eva 2.0 when Asuka Rider Kicked Shinji so hard he hit the ground drooling and twitching? What was Misato...

Much as I wish it were true, I wouldn't go quite that far. He definately enjoyed her company and found her attractive, but loved? You don't leave town without saying goodbye to someone you love. You sure as hell don't leave them alone to fight giant invading alien weiridness to the deat...

The one catch with a question like this is that the movie was nothing without the circumstances leading up to it. Do you just plonk down in the middle of that nightmare with no idea of what happened before, or do you carry all of your own knowledge with you? In the former scenario you'd be gunne...

I never thought I'd be agreeing with NemZ on this, but I do. Let me try to break down my thoughts on this. Shinji's literally alone in the world and on the verge of a mental breakdown throughout the entire movie. His friends are either dead or want nothing to do with him. His only family is ...

But don't forget that if Shinji hadn't done what he did they'd all be dead right now. I wonder if everyone forgot that Zeruel was about to do something much worse than what Shinji did?

/\ That's the precise reason I'm going to try to withhold judgement on anyone until the DVD comes out. We're all grasping at tidbits of information and jumping to conclusions as a result...but still.

SHE STRAPPED A FUCKING BOMB TO HIS THROAT.

Honestly it would have been kinder (and smarter) to leave him in space and sort this mess out without him. Or just shoot him and remove him from the game entirely...

All I'm saying is that whether she meant to or not, Misato drove him into Gendo's hands. The real question is why they bothered to salvage him from Eva-01 in the first place....

Between slapping an explosive leash on him and more or less treating him like Gendo did, I can't help but wonder if Misato is TRYING to get Shinji to cause another disaster. She's not as maladjusted as Gendo, so I know she doesn't have that excuse. When will people learn that treating th...

And they're using the exact same methodology Gendo patented: using 14 year old puppets to fight their battles for them. If anything Wille is the lesser of the three evils.

Well, two, considering NERV is pretty much SEELE's proxy now that everyone with a fragment of a conscience left.

Yes, because I'm certain Gendo and Misato are going to let their most valuable pawn go into hiding and have a peaceful life for the rest of his days. Certainly a 14 year old that doesn't age wouldn't attract any attention at all. Ignoring the fact that Misato STRAPPED A BOMB TO HIS THROA...

Notice I put the spoiler tag in this time. I'm not going through what happened with the last movie...

I keep hearing about this curse. Are the pilots all stuck in 14 year old bodies? Or are they literally immortal now, in the sense that they will not die of disease or old age?

I do realize that what I posted up there really only scratches the surface of what went on between the characters in the original series. What I'm really asking is simply who was worse between the father and son. The analysis up there is really me putting my opinion out there, no more, no less.

That's actually a very good point...but I'd just like to point out two things. 1. Gendo really doesn't care about anyone but Yui. I highly doubt he'd want anyone else intruding on his own personal happiness. 2. SEELE, as much as they like to claim that they're omniscient, really ...

I hear this all the time. Paraphrased: "Shinji's a whiny molesting bitch who's as evil as his father!" "Gendo's an abusive heartless bastard who probably raped his adoptive daughter!" I realize that the parallels between Shinji and Gendo are intentional for dozens of ...

@Bagheera This, very much this. Which led to the creation of Deadpool, Cable, Onslaught and a few other girls and guys I liked but no one else did.....at the time. Meanwhile, moving back to the Reichu's idea....I don't know, telling someone to grow some ovaries just doesn't have the same...

It's worth reiterating that he isn't hated in Japan like he is in America, and that this likely has as much to do with his VAs as it does anything else. In Japan he's probably a fair bit more popular than Spidey is here. I'd have said that earlier, but I've mentioned I hate Spik...

Oh boy, where to begin.... First of all, let me first point out that the hatred Shinji gets in the West is a combination of multiple factors involving the definition of a hero. Contrary to popular belief not every hero (action, super or otherwise) in the 90s was a muscle-bound gun-toting cig...

I said that was a wall of text because it looked bigger before I posted it. But I digress... First, Ritsuko really didn't care about stopping Third Impact in terms of saving anyone. She wanted petty revenge on Gendo and that just had a lovely side effect of prolonging everyone's lives. Secon...