Dark Ariel7 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 First off, don't get me wrong. I like Evangellion. I just dont love evangellion. After having have watched most of it (still have about 4 episodes to go) Im just here wondering why people love it so much. Its a good anime but I was just not struck by it. Is it all in the ending? Or am I just not seeing something that I should be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Cat Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 As someone who is watching episode 25 at this moment, I would say yes, the ending is what you have to get to. Though it seems there's an immense drop in quality for the last two episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ariel7 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Hmm. Is the ending that good? Because I honestly lost some motivation around episode 20-ish when they started to reveal the real nature of the angels. Im just wondering if Im missing out on the best part of the series. From this one Doujinshi I read I can somewhat guess the nature of the ending though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 The best way I've seen it described is imagine a mindfuck where you're not sure even the writer knows what he's trying to say. Plus it was supposedly a breath of fresh air in the mecha genre at the time and started a number of tropes including the tsundere (though don't take my word on those last 2 points because I might be wrong, but part of it is definitely the fact that it was something different and is now basically a "classic") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ariel7 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Holly crap. Asuka is the genesis of tsunderes?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidbatman Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Basically, its a show that makes little to no sense, which makes it great because so many theories can work within the context of the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklord Rooke Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Basically, its a show that makes little to no sense, which makes it great because so many theories can work within the context of the show. I think the creator wrote his depressive thoughts, which is probably why it makes little to no sense. I call it pseudo-philosophy, because it seems really deep but not really. I like the first half better than the second, and the fans are really mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ariel7 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 What Im getting is that people love it because it has a vague yet complicated plot? I thought people hated that. They are always complaining of newer mecha anime that they plot has holes or makes no sense or whatever. After watching those and going to see Evangelion I thought I would be struck by genius but it really is not very different at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulless Watcher Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I can't bring myself to watch Evangellion, I know it's a classic and pretty much a "must watch" for anime fans. It's just, that I can't stand shows that completely disregard their "plot" at the end of the story in favor of their "message". The last time I watched an anime like that was Ergo Proxy and that nearly cured me of my otakudom. Also Shinji is the most annoying protagonist ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rq2_CSO65Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ariel7 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Im soryy. Have you met Makoto? If not, I urge to watch School Days. I think your views will change by the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulless Watcher Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Im soryy. Have you met Makoto? If not, I urge to watch School Days. I think your views will change by the end. I said annoying, not the most disgusting scum of the human race. There is a subtle difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ariel7 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 True enough. But I dont think Shinji was actually that bad. He really was just a normal kid up until they just called him up randomly. Even the other guys from his HS understood how hard it was on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulless Watcher Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 True enough. But I dont think Shinji was actually that bad. He really was just a normal kid up until they just called him up randomly. Even the other guys from his HS understood how hard it was on him. Which brings me to another problem I have with the show, who in their right mind designed robots that can only be piloted by highschoolers? I know there is some weird crap with family member's souls being integrated with the eva units so only certain people can pilot them, but why not create clones, or whatever the hell Rei is, for the sole purpose of angel fighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Cat Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Never mind. I lied. Drop it now and never look back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ariel7 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Never mind. I lied. Drop it now and never look back. Oh. That only makes me curious though... yvetox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Cat Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Oh. That only makes me curious though... No. You think you want this, but trust me, you don't want this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 No. You think you want this, but trust me, you don't want this. I liked it....? What did you not like? I haven't watched Death/Rebirth and The End of Evangelion yet though. So no opinion on those, but the show was very good, the manga was great, and the new movies? HRNGHG SO GOOD Edit: Alsohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyFQVZ2h0V8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Blue Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 watch the movies, the ending of the series was really bad.. they didnt have the budget to do it and that "thing" came out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ariel7 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Great now I gotta go finish watching it from curiosity. Grr. Oh well. I guess I was going to anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Blue Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 well watch both of them, the movie changed a lot of things and even added some characters I think both of them are great but I didn't like the ending of the series really..but that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosakyun Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Gotta love the last two episodes. But yeah. I liked it, but didn't love it as well. You could pull out a lot of things from your ass to interpret whatever happened, and it would still not make sense. That's about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getsuya Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I don't personally like Evangelion because I don't like depressing things with a negative outlook Evangelion has a fairly positive ending but if you ever watch anything else from the series after that (IE any of the movies, including the new ones) it wads up that positive ending and throws it out the window. I don't like apocalyptic/post apocalyptic shows, I don't like artsy shows, I don't like whiny realistic teenage protagonists, I hate tsunderes and kuuderes, I love my family so it always depresses me to watch anything where family relationships are super strained or horrible, I hate how mecha shows after it had to start being all dark and angsty (don't get me started on the stupid 'darker' reboots of old classic mecha shows that happened post-Eva) and I'm not a big fan of the mecha design either. ALLLLLLL that said, even I will openly admit that Eva was a masterpiece the shook the anime world and changed the rules for things that came after it. I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't watched it and, in the end, if you sat me down to watch it again myself I wouldn't complain. Like Fate/Zero, it's an anime that I hate with a passion while still having deep respect for it. Then again I think the new reboot movies are better than the original because they reveal that (3rd movie spoilers) Shinji is pretty much the villain of the series. By the end of the third movie it's not even 'pretty much'. Shinji is straight up the villain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Blue Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I think there is even something called "the shinji syndrome" btw shinji from the movies is much more likable than the shinji from the serie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLM4475 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I'm sorry but I mean no offense to any Evangelion fans here. But I think it's not great at all. If there is such a thing, it must be because: 1. Shinji is such a pussy 2. Not much anime talk about clonings 3. Its weird and hard to comprehend psychological conflict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Cat Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I liked it....? What did you not like? I haven't watched Death/Rebirth and The End of Evangelion yet though. So no opinion on those, but the show was very good, the manga was great, and the new movies? HRNGHG SO GOOD Edit: Alsohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyFQVZ2h0V8 Everything. The last two episodes were so bad. It was so good until then. So good..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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