Why did Misato slap herself in Evangelion 1.0?

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Why did Misato slap herself in Evangelion 1.0?

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Postby Janrok24 » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:23 am

After scolding Shinji for disobeying her orders?
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Postby SaltyJoe » Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:03 pm

Misato:"I was unfair with that poor child, and we are using him, and i'm totally disgusting."

She felt guilt over scolding him, IMHO.
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Postby Sailor Star Dust » Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:29 pm

Because she wanted to probably slap Shinji but couldn't bring herself to do it. Slapping herself was because she knew she was giving Shinji a hard time, but felt like she had no choice but to.
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Postby AuraTwilight » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:33 pm

Because Rebuild.
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Postby DummyPlug » Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:41 am

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Postby trueno_twentyone » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:54 am

IMHO, she actually hit the wall out of frustration. Anybody would be upset if they don't get what they want.
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Postby Lagann » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:26 am

I thought she just mimicked slapping Shinji because she couldnt bring herself to do it and the sound affect was just added for dramatic effect
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Postby Xard » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:38 am

AuraTwilight wrote:Because Rebuild.


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Postby EvaCub » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:50 am

Xard wrote:
AuraTwilight wrote:Because Rebuild.


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yeah, she couldnt slap Shinji
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Postby Mongoosedog » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:47 pm

to me it always came across that she slapped herself because she felt like slapping Shinji but she didn't and didn't know if she should have and all the other things she would think of to add to the feelings of self-hate she carries around
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Postby Eva 04 » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:59 pm

Lagann wrote:I thought she just mimicked slapping Shinji because she couldnt bring herself to do it and the sound affect was just added for dramatic effect


Really?I thought she did slap herself.It sure seemed like she slapped herself.
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Postby Janrok24 » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:10 am

Eva 04 wrote:
Lagann wrote:I thought she just mimicked slapping Shinji because she couldnt bring herself to do it and the sound affect was just added for dramatic effect


Really?I thought she did slap herself.It sure seemed like she slapped herself.


I'm 100% sure she slapped herself.
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Postby trueno_twentyone » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:25 am

I have another reason to watch 1.11 again which would have the possibility of me watching 2.0 after 1.11. ahaha!
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Postby Eva 04 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:40 am

You know?How come Misato slapped Shinji in the manga but couldnt in Rebuild?I'm curious on how she was able to do so there but couldnt in 1.0.
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Postby Gendo'sPapa » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:02 am

So they could make and sell the "Misato Slapping Punch Power Up-U" action figures. One comes in Misato's normal gear. One comes with her in underwear and sluttily bent over. And one comes with her dressed as a mermaid?
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Postby backseatjesus » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:12 am

I'm completely wrong, but I thought she slapped herself because she felt stupid because she noticed that Shinji was getting what he wanted.
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Postby master_lloyd » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:32 am

She was trying to hit the fly on her face.
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Postby LiLi » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:18 am

One of my Japanese teachers used to slap herself when she made a mistake in class. The habit stuck with my for a while. Ow.
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Postby Sachi » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:23 am

I kind of agree with SaltyJoe on this one; Misato hit herself because she felt guilty of scolding Shinji. Though, my memory on the scene isn't very clear at the moment.

Eva 04 wrote:You know?How come Misato slapped Shinji in the manga but couldnt in Rebuild?I'm curious on how she was able to do so there but couldnt in 1.0.

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Postby Monk Ed » Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:12 am

I always thought that that was one of the more powerful scenes in 1.0. I recognized it as being the point at which she realized she had just said the totally wrong thing, and that she had really hurt him. The slap spoke volumes to me about her guilt over what she had said.

Why can't I for the life of me remember the dialogue that made me realize that, though?
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