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Shinseiki Evangelion: Ikari Shinji Ikusei Keikaku, or as it's known in English: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project, is a light-hearted spinoff manga of the popular mecha anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. The Manga is also loosely based on the Video Game of the same name. I say loosely, because really the only thing the Game and the Manga have in common is their name...

Story (3): There isn't much of a semblance of story here... Shinji, Asuka and Rei basically just go through with normal Junior High School life. There's a little bit of NERV here, but their goal is completely different to the ... series NERV. They are defending the MAGI from SEELE... and that's about it. Apparently SEELE want to use Shinji to get to the MAGI but considering that this Manga is over 100 chapters long, I got bored and dropped it. As you can tell, the Story drags quite a bit, and the whole SEELE thing is extremely underplayed.

Art (7): Just about the one positive thing about this Manga that I will say. It does have some very enjoyable art. It looks like the Anime, so that's pretty good. Unfortunately, some things such as... proportions on female characters can change between chapters for seemingly no reason. As well as the fact that the majority of the art in this story is just shameless fanservice. While I love some fanservice, it does get annoying after a while, especially if it's repeatedly shoved in your face.

Character (4): Characterisation here is all over the place. Some characters, like Asuka and Misato, remain rather faithful to their anime counterparts. And others, like Rei and Gendo... don't... Shinji himself is rather different here, being subject to a perverted makeover that kind've fits his character? Although not much. Rei and Gendo are easily the most different though. Rei is the bad side of this, she's Rei in name only. Literally nothing that makes Rei Rei is shown here. Rei is also the cousin of Shinji in this version. Let that sink in a moment. Gendo however, is the opposite side. Gendo is a complete idiot, but it's hilarious. If you have to read any part of this Manga, read the Gendo bits. They will give you a good laugh.

Enjoyment (5): Despite how much I've disliked this Manga, I did find some enjoyment out of it. Seeing the schenagans that Shinji somehow gets into on a daily basis is sometimes funny. Although the fact it was used to simply objectify the female characters got annoying after a while. Gendo's scenes however? Fucking comedy gold. Literally, as I stated before, the best part of this Manga.

Overall, Shinji Ikari Raising Project is a pretty poor attempt at trying to make a light-hearted Evangelion story. It's plot stretches on far too long. Characters are all over the place in terms of characterisation, which spreads to the shipping (Which leans heavily on Shinji/Rei, creeped out yet?) And overall enjoyment just sits in the middle. That being said, I did get some genuine laughs here, mainly from Gendo, and the Art itself is quite nice. Unfortunately that doesn't save this Manga in the end, and I couldn't finish it. Read Angelic Days instead.