Is it really that strange that Asuka would do it just to do something nice for Shinji? Yes. If she's just doing for him, I don't buy it at all. Not only because I don't like it, as it would mean that one of her most important and far reaching decisions wasn't about herself at all, instead revolving...

@Nerv Bae: Thanks for your reply! I see, we're back to the actual thread topic. ^_^ I'll keep my reply short this time, I want to see the rest of your points first. Reg. Asuka's expression: yes, there are definitely many ways to interpret it. My main point was that it's not a clear cut smile or adm...

Yeah, I want to know how that journey took place; something happened, that much is clear, but I don't know what. I'll try to rewatch the movie(s) too. I'm sure there's a lot that I missed. (I'm very much interested in all the nitty gritty character work stuff. Most of what I write and talk about in ...

Then please take over the role of the movie and help me; explain to me how it happened in Shinji's case. If these things aren't exaggerated, I guess they're still there in non-exaggerated form? I literally don't see it, that's why I keep asking for specifics. I really want an answer here. :uhh: (And...

@kuribo-04: Could you make that concrete? How exactly does Shinji regain hope? When was he actually lent a hand, beyond food? Sure, Kensuke goes fishing with him, and he catches nothing. Where exactly is his confidence coming from? I think this implies the interpretation "Impact = Bad" isn...

So, uh - has anybody gone through Shinji's scenes and tried to compile all the hints of what might be going through his head? What are peoples opinions on how his journey plays out, step by step? I called my theory that he simply suffers a psychotic break silly for a reason, but does anybody have a ...

This is actually an interesting topic, and I'd like to hear other peoples opinions on it. Because personally, I see very little development on Shinji's part, and nothing that makes intuitive sense. He saw Kaworu die and that made him catatonic. Then, still in the depths of depression, he sees Rei6 g...

(An artifact of a lot practice and having spent a lot of time thinking about this :P) Shinji's wish only makes sense if he removes all the magical/supernatural stuff from the world, imo. Evas, Angels and Adams are basically the same thing. A few of the Evas are the Adams' bodies, and if things work ...

It could also be that Original Asuka was born to human parents, hence why she's the original, and the other clones are clones of that first Asuka. Or rather, Shikinami. We don't know her first name. Good point about Shinji being the odd one out, wrt. being isolated. We do know that he was brainwashe...

Glad to see these three Blake names tossed around again; forum search shows that they haven't had much currency on EGF since Reichu's departure. Blake-ism was my first exposure to NTE lore and I think it has a lot of explanatory power. Glad to hear that, but keep in mind that "Blakeism" d...

That's the part where I refer you to the beginning of my last post. -o-; It's complicated. The Mk.07s aren't well understood at all at this point, and the possible answers I could currently provide rely on a lot of other supporting speculation and concepts which would need a rigorous explanation fir...

Yeah, lead ship simply refers to the first ship in a class. It's most often the smallest with the least features, as subsequent ships get updated and improved, if theres a gap large enough between the start of construction. For an example, see the Admiral Hipper class of WW2 . Contrary to how most M...

Yeah, it's ... complicated. It'll sound like a copout, but I can't really explain it right now, at least not in a way which is completely watertight or satisfactory. There's so much work that's been done over the years that it's extremely difficult to condense it down, and a lot of it is still up fo...

I understand it's not meant to imitate NGE/EoE, but it does feel more like a caricature of it. Pretty funny that you say that, because I had similar thoughts last night. Up front, let me state that I do think that NTE has artistic validity, and that the lore/mysticism it brings to the table is much...

Currently watching Gundam in chronological order of release. MSG was pretty entertaining; currently at Episode 12 of Zeta Gundam. Kamille is quite the asshole. :P And I'm still wondering who that "Quattro Bageena" guy could possibly be? He doesn't seem familiar at all ... not one bit ... O.O

@The18thAngel: I understood what you're saying: you want Shinji and Misato to be treated the same. Badly, that is. I'm objecting to it, for the reasons I stated. Edit: Or you want to point out that Shinji is treated unfairly; that's of course right. Bringing Misato and Second Impact into this muddl...

the difference is that Misato had a normal life because her past was covered up while Ehhh ... what do you weant people to do instead? "Oh, you're the daughter of that insane scientist - since he's dead, lets punish you instead!" "Burn the witch!" Unless you want to argue that M...

Misato is fully aware of "her father's bullshit", which is why she devoted her life to stopping Gendo. And why would anybody blame Misato for the actions of her father? This isn't the middle ages, where you're guilty for the crimes comitted by your family. She's constantly seen punishing h...

so basically Shinji must take responsibility and redeem himself from something that he doesn't even know if it was really completely his fault Not really, but that's what he chose to do anyway. Blame it on Shinji for not questioning things and just going along with the flow. He could have gone &quo...

Adding my two cents since it came up in another thread: I don't think it really matters, and I don't think Shinji understood the difference, either, nor cared too much about it. Kaworu makes it clear that he's to blame, and the language he uses is ambiguous enough. Maybe that's an artifact of transl...