So I just caught up with NGE efter years of not catching up with it
I just finished the movie too
wut happend
anons, I need help
I cant wrap my head around it
I'm trying really hard but I cant
help
I's all a metaphor for depression. Sometimes it goes away, but most of the time it feels like the world has fallen apart around you.
>>143787622
*It's
>>143787503
Yes
>>143787622
I'm kind of conflicted
I think Shinji is a spineless coward that deserves to be put down
At the same time I blame his dad, but even then he had his reasons
I'm not even gonna talk about the dreamlike sequences in episodes 25-26 and the final part of the movie
What have you done to me Anno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIscL-Bjsq4
The 2001 space oddysey of anime.
Rei and beyond infinite.
>>143787746
In the series, Shinji is an everyman pulled off the street to pilot a giant robot, just like Amuro Rei -- only he stays an everyman while the conspiracy behind the scenes engineers the end of the world, and everyone goes to some upload heaven.
Then in the movie, Anno's depression kicked in, so he made his self-insert into a useless sack of shit who brought the whole thing tumbling down.
>>143788010
Alright, OP here. Been looking at the final scene again, and I'm starting to get the gist of it despite the light drunkness. Evangelion thread I guess.
>>143788118
>Evangelion thread I guess.
>>143788199
I don't come to /a/ often, so I guess this wasn't a good idea after all kek
I need someone to hold my hand through the digestion of the end of the series though. Man, it was fucking great
>>143787503
>wut happend
Instrumentality project kicks in and Shinji becomes the tool to turn the entire human population into Tang, where people basically live in their own personal heaven. Decides he doesn't want to go through with it himself, goes back to the real world and sees Asuka who didn't take the Tang route either. Shinji chokes her to see if he's really back in reality. Kimochi warui.
>>143788611
>Shinji chokes her to see if he's really back in reality
Well that's an awfully extreme way of "checking"
My take on it is that Shinji became literally insane
>>143788730
You can see the thousand yard stare.
He'd clearly been alone for weeks, and then suddenly this apparition, who last he remembered, he was choking the life out of.
>>143788730
I personally don't think that interpretation is correct. He's either acting out his last interaction with her or he actually wants to kill her. It doesn't really make sense for him to be checking.
>>143788832
I guess you're right.
One thing's been bothering me though
Why the vagina on Mei's white forehead
>>143788937
Cause it's funny.
>>143788730
He chokes her while he's in instrumentality, it would make sense for him to try it again to make sure he isn't still in that state.
>>143788199
>>143788301
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KusK9OXDLU
>>143788937
Isn't she meant to literally be the mother of all humanity at that point? I'm guessing it's just showing that
>>143788937
Because everyone else was getting a hand-job.
>>143789023
In what way does that make sense. Hell, he wasn't even in Instrumentality at that point.
>>143788964
heh.
Well that was fun. Didn't expect it to be a psychological anime and I honestly have no idea how I haven't been spoiled on it during all these years. It's gonna take some time to metabolize, but it was an insane ride.
I'm out of here. Thanks, anons
>>143789087
Carrying on from where he left off.
And, after all, the last words Asuka spoke to him in Instrumentality were "If I have to be with you, I'd rather die."
>>143787503
>daily reminder that newfags still thinks its an achievement to finish NGE
1995 was 20 years ago
if you've questions then just google it
>>143789213
Sure, but there's no indication that he's unclear whether the situation is real or not.
What if you've seen Evangelion in 95-96?
>>143789217
It's a meme you dip
>>143790033
Anime pro.
>>143790033
The you're either some with a traumatised childhood or an old fuck who should stop wasting his life here.
I wish ...
>>143787503
Watch em fampai. Not perfect videos but they'll probably help you understand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho07Ag6lV9g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ngsZ4pvyww
