I won't go into the story but I will say the series is not always for everyone and that perfectly fine. I understand that it can be confusing, too angsty or the characters can be too much but I don't see that. I see this as something beautifully flawed, cause it's a character piece with a lot of layers not only do you have a mecha series , you have sci-fin elments ,a tiny bit of cosmic horror and end of the world setting. And no matter your opinion Shinji Ikari maybe the most realstic and relatable mecha hero you may come across. I hope this slightly changes your mind or convinces you if you had doubts abbout the series or you always wanted to watch it or you only seen the newer movies. As a Evangelion fan I hope I helped you ^_^ I also wanna say if you know were to look for information EVA becomes less confusing and so simple it's according how you look at things.
