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| Asuka needs to expand her vocabulary past "baka baka baka" I like the Misato's backstory Ofc Shinji's in it for daddy's approval Asuka's not telling the full truth. I still dunno what's up with her mom |
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Ston3_FreeN7 said: I love how people are complaining about the success rates and all that. Really, why does it matter? What about all the excellent character moments in this episode? The stuff with Misato was great, her discription of why she is working for Nerv was pretty interesting stuff and how it ties into Shinji's relationship with his own father. Also, I think Shinji's realization was pretty powerful stuff. Okay, you could argue that it's obvious, but I'm sure everyone here as come to a realization that was pretty obvious in hind sight. Also, I love the meaning behind Shinji's "I mustn't run away" line. And, as always, I love the interaction between him and Asuka as always. It shows a split in the kinds of viewer who like this sort of introspective stuff: those who focus on the story and those who focus on the characters. The character moments throughout the anime so far are excellent, but the silly looseness of the mecha story is weak and that can put a damper on it for some of us. Maybe that's why this series is so divisive? This hasn't been a bad anime, it just has weirdly striking strengths & weaknesses. |
| Certainly worked better than they thought it would 4/5 |
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| Honestly I didn't notice the 0.0000001% thing, at this point it's just background noise to me because you know they're going to beat the weekly monster every time. This and episode 11 are probably my favorites so far tho because of how much we get to learn about the characters and so many small things to analyze. |
| Well, at least we got some Misato background story. And Shinji is finally acknowledged and complimented by his father. At least now he has meaning in piloting the Eva. |
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| Oh dope, we get to see some of Misato's story and stuff from the second impact! The keep alluding to the second impact as if humans caused it somehow. Huh. Misato's maternal nature comes through too, caring about the kids. "Being inside an Eva is the safest place to be." Shinji's development is seen in the angel battle. That AT field being ripped open is his discovery that he only seeks love and approval and yet the probability of those things are sparse. Damn great episode. |
| It was shown what happened to Misato and her father in the second impact, and because of that event, she wants revenge. Finally, Shinji's father praised him for all the work he's been doing. |
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| NGL I am scared of what is coming due to this show being classified as part of the dementia genre. Shinji's dad is a prick. I hope Shinji stops trying to get validation from such a deadbeat. Misato is my favorite character so far. Was nice to see the flashbacks to the Second Impact. I guess she and Shinji have similar stories. Maybe some foreshadowing?? Also, yeah. I wonder what happened to exploring Rei and Shinji's dad's relationship? |
| Shinji finally gets appreciated for the shit he goes through. He finally found his purpose for piloting the Eva. We get Misato's backstory. And Antarctica, the place where the Second impact took place looks oddly beautiful yet terrifying at the same time. It's always nice to see Rei in action. Asuka calling Shinji 'baka' for the 100000th time. |
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| really good insight on misato's character, i'm trying to find the theme of each main character and how i can connect that to something. as nice as it is to see shinji get praise from gendo, its also quite sad that its all gendo views him for |
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| This episode went from 1-100 real quick They started out having a fun little celebration for Misato and suddenly a mega-powerful Angel capable of levelling entire cities decides to come down and party I liked learning for about Misato's past and, by extension, the second impact. It was also nice to see Misato and Shinji discuss their internal struggles (both social and familial) Shinji's been through so much and it stinks that all he really ever has to look forward to is occasional praise from his absent father. Although, it was nice to see Shinji somewhat happy at the end of the episode. |
| in the end it wasn't just misato's episode but also shinji's. though it was kind of obvious, it was nice lay down for him to state he's doing it for his father. great episode as usual. i love the directing of the series so far. though honestly the all "success rate" as it discussed in this thread is sure shit talking lol. |
| Misato and Shinji aren't so different after all it seems. Maybe that's one of the reasons why she always feels so guilty about making him get in the Eva. She knows what its like to want to run away. Also shinji feeling awkward during social gatherings? Literally me moment, fr fr. |
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| W Shinji. W Evas. W everything. W Rei. |
| While it was nice that Gendou actually took the decision to personally praise Shinji, and even sounded sincere in his tone...Asuka's right about him really being an idiot...just probably not forthe reason she thinks. Seeking admiration from a certain person isn't always idiotic, but in Shinji's case it definitely is. Gendou only praises those that take actions that will further his own goals. Which is why it seemed rather ironic that Akagi said Misato was doing the operation for her own personal agenda. Girl...the entirety of NERV's work is ased on one person's personal agenda! And from that little scene at the South Pole...even before then. (really want to know when we get to see EVA-01 with those Angel wings...because that flashback pretty much confirmed that's what they were) Hoping the wait isn't too much longer for a Rei backstory. Mystery girl with zero recorded history, treated better by Gendou than his own son, and now this "no meat" thing. Obviously vegtetarians and vegans exist, but story-wise it seemed like extra attention was being brought to it. Next episode looks interesting, and wondering whether it's one of the new Units or something to do with Unit-01's repair. All 3 were at the epicentre of the angel, and even if it was there just a bit longer, why was only Unit-01 damaged? |
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| asuka's vocab: lolll ur so stupid xDDD |
| Misato is becoming my favorite character.I just love everything she doGood to see everyone together at ramen shop and that Asuka agree to something Rei can eat too. |
| So we finally learn a bit more about Misato in this episode and it looks like she was there when the second impact happened and wanted revenge on the Angels for taking the person she cared for above all else, I liked that this episode showed Gendo praising Shinji which is something I wasn’t expecting from him because at this point Gendo didn’t seem to care about his son being in danger or whatever and just cared more about having an Angel destroyed for the sake of saving Toyko-3. Huh, surprisingly Antartica looks like hell in this show, good to know. Not as good as the last episode but still enjoyable regardless. I’d say the story is progressing nicely. |
| best day of shinji's friggin pitiful life |
| misato's backstory fleshes out a lot her character, i can't imagine how difficult would be to live with so many mixed emotions towards his father and his sacrifice. Shinji finally understands his reason for piloting, he craves the love his father neger gave him, that's so sad, and i think the sme about Asuka, wanting the world to notice her, knowing her past makes everything unbelievably sad. i think is cute the fact that Asuka apparently hates rei but tries to include her everytime, like going to the ramen shop or at misato's promotion party. |
| ''Touch the darkness inside me'' |
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