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| wasn't ready for the bishounen and shinji's being gey lol. the plot just keep confusing, that i wonder if it was intended or not. i mean, they just presented lilith from nowhere. and how this episode connects to previous episode ending that the eva are created to be human, i cannot understand. i feel cheated, like the anime is intended to be confusing lol. |
| Background information has been fast and furious the last few episodes, which is as much welcome as it is confusing. I was ready to call this one of my favorite shows of all-time after Shinji's Eva went feral, but honestly I'm starting to tire of how convoluted everything is. And while most of the old comments in this thread are about the gay undertones, I thought Shinji was attracted to the Fifth Children in the same way he was subconciously attracted to Rei as a parental figure. Everyone on this show has so much psychological trauma that you can't take anything at face value. I was aware going in that NGE's production was plagued by budget issues, so I can't help but look at the minute-long stills and think about the creators being cheap rather than deep. I know the final two episodes are quite controversial, so we'll see how things wrap up before giving the movie a shot. |
| Something tells me it's already too late to expect this show to make any sense, huh? Well, at least the music was awesome |
| New character shows up for one episode, and dies. Absolute masterpiece |
  NYANPASU  5700XT |
| This was by far the best episode of the series. Went from a 7 straight to a 10 right back down to a 7 again. Wish that guy was introduced earlier on in the series wtf 😭 |
| and i was feeling kinda gay for kaworu too man |
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| OOkay that was a gay episode tf shinji he never blushed on girls kiss and he Blushing on a boy he just saw for like two mins tf is this anime 😂😂 |
| Hedgehog meets new hedgehog. Hedgehog gets closer to other hedgehog. Hedgehog gets too close and ends up getting hurt. Poor shinji. First he lost Rei, Mr Kaji, then Asuka and now finally someone steps into his life that actually reaches out to him first with genuine affection and he turns out to be an angle. Don't blame the kid for being bummed out. Can't say I ship it too much tho. Kaworu talks a lot about freedom and philosophy but at the end of the day he's just another tool being used by a higher power. I think some philosopher once said that all philosophy can be boiled down to a decision on whether or not to kill yourself. Guess at the end of it that was the only real decision he could have made. Bit edgy tho |
-insert NGE meme here- |
| i suspected that eva 01 had shinji's mom in it and i was right. commander ikari playing with both the mother and daughter haha. a lot of stuff is still confusing. 2 ep to go. let's see how this ends. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| W Shinji. W Evas. W everything. W Rei. |
| Poor Shinji. Gains a boyfriend and then forced to kill him in the same episode? :P In seriousness though. This is something Shinji really needed, and while it could be seen as certain yaoi elements, especially considering Kaworu's tone every time he spoke, it wasn't. This was the first male friend that Shinji had that he was able to truely open up to. While their meeting was as EVA pilots, he was the first to like him as a PERSON. Everyone at school only gave an interest in him because of his piloting. And at this point he had no one to turn to. Rei was an unknown, Misato was busy uncovering NERV's secrets, and Asuka was completely broken - that part about Unit-02 closing it's soul off though is interesting, is it pulling a Unit-01 and closing itself off to all but it's true pilot (Asuka)? Unfortunately this first true friendship had to go on a speedrun. Meeting, bathing, sleepover, sharing thoughts that were troubling him and wanted someone to just listen...and finally betrayal. 2 episodes left and it unfortunately feels like the Spear of Longinus is going to have a shoehorned explanation. Mysteriously shown for a short scene, then it's embedded in 'Adam' (who apparently ISN'T actually Adam), pulled out so Rei can pull a javelin world record throw...now Gendou is actually happy that it's in orbit out of the way. We have no idea where the fuck it suddenly came from, what it's purpose is, and now it's currently being shown as out of reach. Was expecting that angel signal to be Rei in Unit-00...but all we see is Rei herself, but she disappeared from the scanner. Kaworu is supposed to be like Rei, but he ended up being an angel. So does this mean this 3rd incarnation of Rei has attained the power of an angel now? That still moment went on for waaaaaaaaay too long. Not a single twitch. If it wasn't for the music, viewers would be checking to see whether their player had frozen on them :P |
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| Very rushed episode. I liked the idea of implementing male romance into the plot, but was it necessary to make it look so misplaced? Random guy appears and manages to form a deep relationship with Shinji in just a little over 10 minutes, achieving something that other characters failed to do in the previous 23 episodes. Rushed or not, introducing romantic relationship between Shinji and Kaworu was the best element of this episode, in my opinion. Random plot details presented without much context felt like watching a pseudointelectual animated clip. Well, hopefully everything is gonna be explained later on. Too bad Kaworu didn't have more screen time. |
| Okay not gonna lie this episode was confusing i didn't know what was going on with this whole fifth boy and why he died in the same episode he was introduced in... but anyways... what i liked most about this episode is the fact that our boy Shinji blushed when talking to that fifth boy, that was cute. this was the first time Shinji has felt normal. to me at least. it was good seeing him feel comfortable around fifth boy even though he was shy around him, aww Shinji ... i'm glad he got to experience some pure love and care from a stranger but this time from the same sex as him. i've always felt a connection to Shinji and loved his character and this episode just made me love him even more. our boy might be gay or at least bi. so proud of him and mind you this was made in the 90s a time where being queer was still taboo. |
| In this point I want Shinji being happy more than for just one day in his life.Everytime he is happy for a moment its came w,th disaster |
| absolutely wonderful episode, even if it was a little rushed. Shinji just needed someone to like him, and kaworu was perfect for him, too bad they had so little time to be together, and the fact that he is the one to kill kaworu is truly heartbreaking, poor shinji. Even if i don't like so much kaworu, i think he is one of the most important characters of the show, for the consequences it will have in the plot. I felt very bad for asuka, it's painful to see her in that state. Hyuga clearly is in love with misato ''it's ok if i die with you'' |
Neemesis_2Mar 12, 4:26 AM
''Touch the darkness inside me'' |
| Ritsuko's character is so tragic, i feel so sad for her, she is literally completely broken. |
| ''Touch the darkness inside me'' |
| It's pretty incredible that a character who only had roughly 13 minutes of screentime in a 26-episode series would become as incredibly popular as he did. And, honestly, that popularity is very much deserved. Not only does he have arguably the most striking character design in the series, but also works to beautifully articulate the show's core themes. He's essentially an alien who has no experience with the complications and hardships that come with dealing with other people, but is able to astutely assess the human condition as an outside observer. And Hyuga's got that apocalypse rizz, damn. In all seriousness though, I find myself feeling really bad for him on repeat viewings. Misato clearly cares for and respects him a great deal, but their work relationship as well as his own social awkwardness make it hard for him to express how he feels about her. |
Take care of yourself |
| Kaworu, well what a character, he’s only in this episode and appears for about 13 minutes but damn does he leave quite the impression. I feel like people on this forum are just overly judgemental for a non-existent “gay” relationship when I merely saw the guy in question as more of a kindred spirit with Shinji who let’s be honest doesn’t really have anybody that he’d call a proper friend and especially because of the recent developments in his life that have happened entirely out of his control. Think about it for a sec, Misato is too distanced from him and doesn’t really understand him as a person, Rei as he’s found out in the last episode is more than one person and is an experiment under his father’s jurisdiction and doesn’t even know if he would call her a person anymore considering what Ritsuko showed him before, Asuka for the longest time has been at his throat and wants nothing to do with him and essentially has just basically been opposed to him for again the longest time he’s known her for. Kaworu on the other hand? Actually views Shinji as a person and treats him like one instead of somebody trying to protect all of humanity. Yes it turns out that the guy is an angel in the end but say what you want, he at least gave Shinji the light of day so to speak. God it was such an intense episode especially towards the end, just the moment when Shinji in EVA 001 has got Kaworu in his grasp and we are treated to the long still of the EVA just glowering at said boy with the classical music playing in the background? Made for quite a powerful scene before we are eventually shown Kaworu’s head falling down into the water accompanied by the sound of what I can summarise as Shinji’s EVA just squeezing the living hell out of him. When I first saw the scene in question, I thought that my player had stopped working and I was still on a particular frame and there was more to it but nope that’s literally the scene. I had to watch it again to make sure that was the case and indeed it was. This is incredible stuff, certainly incredible stuff here. Even if I’m confused about what’s going on, I’m still enjoying the show as it is. Which is good to know personally. God we are only two episodes left and then the show will be done. |
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