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| What...the fuck. If I'm right (and I must be, seeing that Rei had felt it when the arm was cut off), Touji felt all of it. ALL of the freaking carnage show. And mind you, Shinji didn't know that it was Touji, while Touji knew it was Shinji sitting there. Which basically gives you: - being chosen as the one who's gonna pilot a freaky semi-living mecha - having said mecha possessed (first time using it) - unwillingly destroying half of the city - numbing pain in every little part of your body, as another freaky semi-living mecha rips yours to shreds - realization of the fact that it's your friend that's ripping you apart. God damn it. Talk about bad luck. |
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Cenedess said: What...the fuck. If I'm right (and I must be, seeing that Rei had felt it when the arm was cut off), Touji felt all of it. ALL of the freaking carnage show. And mind you, Shinji didn't know that it was Touji, while Touji knew it was Shinji sitting there. Which basically gives you: - being chosen as the one who's gonna pilot a freaky semi-living mecha - having said mecha possessed (first time using it) - unwillingly destroying half of the city - numbing pain in every little part of your body, as another freaky semi-living mecha rips yours to shreds - realization of the fact that it's your friend that's ripping you apart. God damn it. Talk about bad luck. After seeing that scene I just thought "damn if that guy survives he's gonna be the next Darth Vader!" This was an AMAZING episode, very intense. This series is becoming so violent on so many levels... I'm not talking about graphic violence here, I'm talking about the disturbing events those kids are going through... what makes NGE so frightening is how it manages to make it look so freaking real. |
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| I understand how Shinji feels... I wouldn't be able to kill somebody, regardless of the situation. Very dramatic episode. |
controlmajortom said: zarwin said: controlmajortom said: zarwin said: controlmajortom said: Shinji = Pussbag Shinji=Normal 14 year old child. Most 14 year old children aren't as insecure and self-destructing as Shinji. Most children haven't had a shitty childhood and aren't forced to pilot an eva. I think just about any child would act similar to Shinji if given the same circumstances. So how exactly is Shinji a normal 14 year old child? Think about what you're saying. Plus, Shinji wasn't forced to pilot anything. He was given numerous opportunities to leave, but refused to do so because he's an idiot who doesn't know what he wants. He was fine for the last several episodes, until he was trapped in a fucking black hole inside a living mecha for 16 hours, then tripped out and saw his dead mother plus a lot of fucked up shit. THEN saw his own living mecha going berserk, mutilating and dismembering another living mecha that had one of his classmates inside. |
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controlmajortom said: zarwin said: controlmajortom said: zarwin said: controlmajortom said: Shinji = Pussbag Shinji=Normal 14 year old child. Most 14 year old children aren't as insecure and self-destructing as Shinji. Most children haven't had a shitty childhood and aren't forced to pilot an eva. I think just about any child would act similar to Shinji if given the same circumstances. So how exactly is Shinji a normal 14 year old child? Think about what you're saying. Plus, Shinji wasn't forced to pilot anything. He was given numerous opportunities to leave, but refused to do so because he's an idiot who doesn't know what he wants. Exactly. Shinji really is a little pussbag. I'm also pretty sure he could have subdued the angel without killing the pilot. I mean, look at what the dummy system did and Touji still survived. He needs to man up. |
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| Toji can do whatever he wants for all I care. I don't like his character anyway... And Rei cares for Shinji <3 |
| Wow. Traumatic. Wasn't that supposed to be Rei's personality in the dummy plug? I really think that EVA-01 crushed that entry plug so badly no one could have survived, but that might be just a little bit too mean. |
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Veethorn said: This series is becoming so violent on so many levels... I'm not talking about graphic violence here, I'm talking about the disturbing events those kids are going through... what makes NGE so frightening is how it manages to make it look so freaking real. I've had that feeling since the first episode, this was a really hard hitting episode. I was sure Toji was gonna die. But of a copout :( |
| How is his body not mangled beyond human recognition...? |
Big_Fish said: Cenedess said: What...the fuck. If I'm right (and I must be, seeing that Rei had felt it when the arm was cut off), Touji felt all of it. ALL of the freaking carnage show. And mind you, Shinji didn't know that it was Touji, while Touji knew it was Shinji sitting there. Which basically gives you: - being chosen as the one who's gonna pilot a freaky semi-living mecha - having said mecha possessed (first time using it) - unwillingly destroying half of the city - numbing pain in every little part of your body, as another freaky semi-living mecha rips yours to shreds - realization of the fact that it's your friend that's ripping you apart. God damn it. Talk about bad luck. Might be a long time, since you posted. But EVA03 REJECTED (or the nerv impulses reversed, dunno exactley )Touji, so there was no nerve connenction, thus he didn't feel any of the EVA mutilation. THANK GOD YOU SAID THAT. I regained a little bit of my sanity. |
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| That was gross. |
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| I seriously thought that Touji died, I almost cried.... Very intense ending, I loved this episode~ |
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| That was an intense, hard hitting episode. This series is just getting better. |
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| lol at you thinking they are mechas when they are not. |
| The only episode that REALLY caught my attention. Alot of NGE is really uneventful for me, to be honest.... |
| Fuck man such an intense episode. I knew the pilot was Touji but I didn't know that Eva-03 would go run amok. I feel sorry for Shinji just because noone told him who the pilot was. I mean Asuka tried to inform him several times but she always gets interupted. Misato didn't inform him either. I mean I would go berserk if someone really close to me was inside of that cockpit and noone told me about it. Let me tell you one thing. The dummy plug sure did its job. I mean it destroyed the enemy without mercy. I guess that's what the NERV wanted all along. An Evangelion who doesn't have mercy and always follow orders. |
| Oh man, the carnage in those last scenes was insane. I was definitely grimacing when Shinji (or rather Eva 01) was tearing 03 to pieces, and considering that pain is transferred directly to Touji...shit. HUGE amounts of blood too, enough to dye the entire river red o.o And of course, it cuts to Hikari in the end who's still happy and oblivious to everything that's going on. I feel so bad for her T.T This episode confirms that Gendou Ikari is one giant asshole who'd probably use dummy plugs over actual pilots all the time if he could, and also that Shinji REALLY needs to man up. He could've tried fighting 03, and considering Touji was still alive after having his entry plug crushed, Shinji could've easily subdued the unit without doing nearly as much damage as the dummy controlled Eva. Can't wait to see how this all resolves. Easily 5/5 |
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| That was an um...interesting episode. |
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| How the fuck did Touji survive that massacre? And yes, Shinji confirmed as major pussbag. |
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Moonfrost said: Fuck man such an intense episode. I knew the pilot was Touji but I didn't know that Eva-03 would go run amok. I feel sorry for Shinji just because noone told him who the pilot was. I mean Asuka tried to inform him several times but she always gets interupted. Misato didn't inform him either. I mean I would go berserk if someone really close to me was inside of that cockpit and noone told me about it. Let me tell you one thing. The dummy plug sure did its job. I mean it destroyed the enemy without mercy. I guess that's what the NERV wanted all along. An Evangelion who doesn't have mercy and always follow orders. Especially now that their precious Rei has been tainted by human emotions. I'm totally not getting any of your guys logic on Shini being a "Pussbag" He doesn't want to kill humans....fucking duh. This isn't Gundam. He hasn't been killing humans since his first fight. That was his first encounter against a human enemy and I'm sure deep inside Shinji knew who the pilot was. Since he isn't exactly a dumb kid. I liked how Rei could have taken down Unit Three but was stopped by her pesky newfound human emotions. Character development I quite frankly wasn't expecting. Penguins would have been a better choice to pilot Unit Three. |
| Whoa whoa. Poor Shinji. I thought Touji was dead for a second. ;_; |
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Sabinlerose said: Moonfrost said: Fuck man such an intense episode. I knew the pilot was Touji but I didn't know that Eva-03 would go run amok. I feel sorry for Shinji just because noone told him who the pilot was. I mean Asuka tried to inform him several times but she always gets interupted. Misato didn't inform him either. I mean I would go berserk if someone really close to me was inside of that cockpit and noone told me about it. Let me tell you one thing. The dummy plug sure did its job. I mean it destroyed the enemy without mercy. I guess that's what the NERV wanted all along. An Evangelion who doesn't have mercy and always follow orders. Especially now that their precious Rei has been tainted by human emotions. I'm totally not getting any of your guys logic on Shini being a "Pussbag" He doesn't want to kill humans....fucking duh. This isn't Gundam. He hasn't been killing humans since his first fight. That was his first encounter against a human enemy and I'm sure deep inside Shinji knew who the pilot was. Since he isn't exactly a dumb kid. My exact thoughts, I mean shinji is only human for me its natural not wanting to kill another human being (if it wasn't like that he would really have issues...) and the fact that HE IS 14 YEARS OLD dammit all those ppl calling him "pussbag" its because they really haven't got a clue of the suffering and experiences shinji might have try to put yourself in his place, talking is cheap you know... |
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| What can I say... Shinji is to blame for what happened. If he acted as his father said, he could have disposed of Eva03 without killing the pilot. I hate undetermined characters. Shinji must learn to act quickly because things can get only worse if you don't decide&act. He could have lost his friends by acting so naively. |
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| I was watching this on the train on the way home from uni and I'd got up to the part where the Angel and Unit 03 were destroyed when I had to get off. And I was like "Holy f*ck...". And I thought Toji was dead because I couldn't think how he could have survived...when the plug got crushed. Glad he's alive though... |
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Jazzalyn said: I was watching this on the train on the way home from uni and I'd got up to the part where the Angel and Unit 03 were destroyed when I had to get off. And I was like "Holy f*ck...". And I thought Toji was dead because I couldn't think how he could have survived...when the plug got crushed. Glad he's alive though... That's one hell of a show to watch on the train. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
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| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| SHINJI IS A PUSSBAG! FACE IT DAMN IT! And LOLPLOTARMORLOL! My inner space marine iz liek: this dummy plug controlled EVA is something else. It actually made this ep worth watching. |
| WHOA! DISREGARD WHAT I SAID IN THE 16TH EPISODE. T-H-I-S was pure epic! I watched an AMV of this scene by accident and mistakenly thought that Shinji went berserk and was in control of the UNIT 01 and he whooped UNIT 03's ass! But, sadly, it was the dummy! (TuT)p I was so excited as soon as I remembered that throat grab! EVEN if it was the dummy, that fight was intense! I thought Touji was TOAST! I can't believe he survived that! Nonetheless, it was an amazing episode. Kinda wondered what happened with Rie, though. Looking forward to the next! |
| i wanted to see toji really pilot 03...it was freaking sick looking...and god i can't even describe the pit i felt in my stomach as 01 crushed toji's pod...goddam it...this show gets me everytime i freaking watch it. And honestly...Asuka does worse in battle in just about every episode...WTF... |
| my eyes start welling up everytime i see Unit 01 clench 03's entry plug in it's hands...that whole time my mind just screams NOOOOOOOOOOOOO...thank god Touji survived though...of course it doesn't really mean much, this episode threw Shinji back over the deep end... |
| WHAT THE FUCK I was gasping for the last 5 minutes or so. Brutal, absolutely brutal and disgusting the way Unit 03 got owned. How did Touji survive that...? I wish he would have died, to be honest. |
| Of course i hated it in some ways, but loved how thrilling it was. It happens almost in every evangelion episode; at the start i'm thinking: "Why i'm even watching this, it's kind of boring and I don't even like mecha" But in the end I'm holding my breath and close to tears. I really hope that Toji survives D: |
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| two things 1: even though Toji somehow survived he has is missing an arm now & @: this episode really cements how much of douche bag Gendo is, i mean you would think having eva 3 totally dismembered was enough, why didn't he issue the stop order BEFORE the entry plug was crushed. |
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| Damn what an episode, that was really fucked up, I wonder if he's still alive or not I actually doubt it after having that much slaughter from that dummy! Damn what an intense moment, I do hope that he's alive :/ |
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| Shinji was too whiny in this episode. Regardless, it feels like the series is finally picking up. |
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| I'm really annoyed at how Shinji doesnt stop calling that bastard his father and punch him in the face. It doesnt matter if their blood related, in no way has he been a father to him. Shinji needs to stop being a crybaby and stand up. |
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| Someone needs to slap shinji and tell him this. Kill the enemy angel: Toji MIGHT die, everyone lives Don't kill enemy angel: Everyone dies. Yay fairness? animalia said: two things 1: even though Toji somehow survived he has is missing an arm now & @: this episode really cements how much of douche bag Gendo is, i mean you would think having eva 3 totally dismembered was enough, why didn't he issue the stop order BEFORE the entry plug was crushed. It actually seemed like eva 01 automatically stopped after the perceived threat was gone, the dummy system was stated to be "flawed". From what I see, the dummy system is a manual way to make Evas berserk, at the cost of control. |
yoitsmedanJan 8, 2013 4:37 AM
| Ohhhhhh, so all the times his EVA has acted on its own and killed Angels brutally, it was the dummy plug? Makes sense. By the way, making a messed up kid like Shinji pilot an EVA is probably the worst decision anyone could've made. This a boy didn't have a very happy childhood or even a decent up-bringing, thus he doesn't really know what to do with himself especially in combat situations as "gray-area'd" as the one he faced in this episode. He cant just quit and go home either because then he'll feel like a coward for the rest of his life (like Katsuragi pointed in that one episode.) He wants to prove himself to people and most of all his asshole madao of a father... Does he succeed? I dont know yet, but things arent looking good. Unlike most shounen anime Shinji isn't just a badass avatar/main character for you to plaster your face on. He has his own morals and his own unique (IE strange) personality. Does it make it as enjoyable as other anime? Probably not, but it's enjoyable on a different level. I like that about Evangelion. |
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