Is running away better than facing your problems head on?
the third option is better, realizing none of your problems are real
>>284763492Why did the author deny us of our escapism?Why didn't Shinji get Rei in the end?
>>284763628.....except all of them
>>284763492No, running away... le bad.
>>284763628exactly, just imagine yourself as an anime protagonist
>get in the fucking robot shinji>no, youre a horrible father and Im not even close to ready to handle fighting angels>youre right shinji *tends watermelons*>everyone you know fucking dies(except dear daddy :))))>stop fetishizing these 14 year old anime girls I deliberately put in skin suits and have you encounter naked at least half the runtime>heres a nymphomaniac who might be your great granddaughter(?), go marry her and get a job lolwhat WAS the message of evangleion?
>>284763834>what WAS the message of evangleion?A younger, cloned-version of your mother is your real true love.
for cowards like me yeah
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>>284763653Anno is too unwilling because it is Rei, the character who outshone his favorite.
>>284763492yes. the safest way to avoid danger in a fight is to run away. then you fight once you're cornered and there's no other options of escape. always run away.
>>284765446That seems to be the issue with a lot of great anime. What was his main character?
Sometimes yeah. Life is not a shonen manga, you can't be confrontational all the time and expect it to work out for the best. But what Shinji and other characters are ultimately running away from is themselves and there's no getting away from that except in death and whatever the hell Instrumentality is, I guess.
>>284765446Well, there's no accounting for good taste.
Wishing you a very Eva Christmas, /a/!
>>284766515You too, anon!
I don't know how to find the stream this year, am I retarded?
Watching 4.0 for the first time.The fuck is this shit. They say the literal phrase Mari states, but then translate it anyways in the same subtitle.
>>284763653I feel it's quite interesting that Shinji never gets with Rei in any of the mainline adaptations. Even the Sadamoto manga, where Rei is obviously in love with Shinji, has her be wiped from existence.
>>284767611Japan hates mother-son incest in anime even if indirect Personally I find it much less weird and disgusting than sibling crap I await the day Japan wakes the fuck up
Has Asuka ever not jobbed?
>>284767611I just want Shinji to be happy. They both loved each other and got along the best.Why can't authors just let us have our escapism? Why must they always deny us the best girl?
It's okay to run. Some problems are too hard to face. And some people can't escape even if they wanted to. Running is fine just try to make something of where you run too.
Oh hi Ideon reference.
>>284765560Actually the best way is to make yourself seem like a big enough threat so that others think twice about messing with you.
Finished 4.0.
>>284765446>the character who outshone his favoriteThe show basically forgot about Rei for some time lmao. Asuka has a much bigger impact on most people.
Would Shinji have been better off he had someone who planted himself into his space regardless of if he wanted to talk or not?
>>284774796slop
>>284763492>>284763697>>284769744Didn't Shinji use "Running away" an analogy for suicide?
>>284774578>Asuka has a much bigger impact on most people.The world is filled with the naive.
asukafags and reifags should gather in a parking lot to knife fight each other like a bunch of bums.
https://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1766725400269528.webmYes.The confused person cannot fix their own problems.They're the ones confused. They need space and time away from it, and experience something entirely different, to even have a CHANCE of figuring it out.>But what about asking for help FROM WHO?He was surrounded by glowies on all sides.Fuck em!We live in 2025, we've established that young men made the right move from withdrawing. It took way too long, but hey what're ya gonna do. At least it happened. Women are going apeshit at seeing the future they had a direct hand in creating. I can't wait for it to get even worse.
>>2847757954chan is our parking lot.
>>284774993it's more like avoidant personality disorderalthough suicide could be seen as a permanent escape
>>284774796No, because introverts don't respond well to that. You can't just break down a wall and expect people to open up to you.
He needed someone like Kaworu who would relentlessly praise him and tell him he loves him.
>>284774578Wrong, as far as NGE goes Rei had the biggest impact on people. Asukas impact is fueled by otaku pandering in spinoffs, as a safer waifu.
>>284776473I can't think of a safer waifu than Rei, and that isn't an insult.
>>284776244how the fuck *do* you exactly deal with introverts then??
>>284776551You don't. They decide with who they'll engage in contact with, not you. It's a one sided interaction, but that's what makes them introverts.
>>284763492He just need better MALE role model in his life. That it. A good amount of problem would have been solve had Gendo not been a shit father and he wasn't handed to some hag.
>>284776607this shit is actually the most frustrating bullshit on the planet
>>284774796Only if they ruffled his hair and called him a good boy
>>284776656I don't think it's much different than regular human interaction, only introverts don't feel a responsibility to making (you) feel good and prefer significantly less contact with people.It's frustrating because you think you deserve their attention. You don't. If a person doesn't want to interact, there's nothing you can or should do to force it
>>284776473>a safer waifuAnno himself complained about otakus just wanting to have their own perfect waifu in Rei and how characters like Asuka and Misato are less popular with that crowd.
>>284776945Then at least say that instead of being gay about it>>284774796Depends. If someone was consistently trying and didn't make him feel like a fag he might open up.
>>284776547Asuķa is safer because she is the writers favorite, and the writers of EVA abandoned integrity before the millenium hits.
>>284777101Projection. He was just mad everyone didnt like what he liked."Am I out of touch?""No, it is the children who are wrong."ahh moment
>>284774993No.
>>284777133What exactly was gay about my post?
>>284776619Shinji just needs Rei GF.He has Kaji already.
Asukikes called out.
Is there anything in western media like EoE?
>>284777751Kaji is a shit male role model and glowie at it. Both Rei is probably the only character that could help Shinji in a serious manner (give Shinji emotion support/give Shinji some time and distance until he get his act together to interact instead of shoving food in his mouth), but it would be far easier if he just need a role model to rely on.
>>284777605So you're using your own definition here. What a waste of my time.
>>284777880Its the only real definition, anything else is cope fueled by mental illness. I do not give a shit about your time.
What time is Nise tomorrow?
>>284777101That's bullshit. Rei had broader popularity in Japan at the time rather than ONLY being popular with otaku like Asuka. In places like America, it's the reverse.
>>284778110That's because nips can't into women that talk back. That's hardly better than the otakus.
>>284778110>In places like America, it's the reverse.You have to consider that when circumcision is done on a newborn baby their frontal lobe doesn't develop so naturally Amerikikes love Asuka because they are mentally underdeveloped.
>>284778178Asuka can be fixedRei is permanently broken It is an easy choice
>>284778178They also like Misato though.
>>284778122Westcucks just take bullshit and spin it as something manly. At least Japs will admit they have a fetish for being stepped on.
>>284777751kaji is a good litmus test for understanding the series
>>284778231>Rei is permanently brokenWhen did that happen?>>284778238Like I said mentally underdeveloped.
>>284763492you have to consider Shinji doesn't want these kind of problems. so are they really his problems?
>>284778178Truth.Asuka was always for mentally impaired otaku.
>>284778311You mean weebs? You know what rhymes with weebs? Heebs.
So called "based" Asuka profile pic havers been real quiet after this dropped.https://x.com/ShitpostRock/status/2003271587861049579
>>284778275Rei hasnt been socialized at all, she is a test subject who will never fit into society.
>>284778345go back
>>284778350She attends school and makes friends.She is also not a literal mentally deranged tool like Asuka.I also hate to drag in the r*builds but the imagery of Asuka being a sour loner playing video games when a fresh Rei is out there living her best life in society speaks loads.
>>284778350But that doesn't mean she's broken. There was no event that broke Rei for her to be considered a broken character.
>>284778402Rei is unbroken.Asuka breaks down because she is weak
>>284778416>>284778402>>284778350>>284778231Today I will remind them.
>>284778435Woops
>>284778416>Rei is unbroken.Yeah, that's what I said>>284778402
>>284776419This problem with kaworu is he appeared way too late when shinji was already messed up.
>>284777101>>284778110>>284778122Rei was more popular due to VA momentum.
>>284778350It's always weird to see how badly asukfags fail to understand rei even slightly. Reifags at least tend to understand asuka.
>>284779217>Reifags at least tend to understand asuka.Through sheer hatred for the character. By understanding Asuka you begin to hate her. Asukafags are in denial or simply masochistic.
We understand Asuka because he has a character, and Rei isn't a real person who you can start to describe in the first place.
>>284771816>Actually the best way is to make yourself seem like a big enough threat so that others think twice about messing with you.
>>284776619
>>284779399>We understand Asuka because he has a character,He also has a penis.>Rei isn't a real person who you can start to describe in the first placeWhat about the second place?
>>284779437>huehuehue a typing mistakeIdk, you tell me. Describe Rei's character.
>>284779509Considering the role she plays revolving around humanity, the best way to describe Rei's character would be ''alien''. Alien in the sense that her social skills aren't developed so she's ''alien'' to those around her and others she doesn't know are ''alien'' to her. I can never see Rei living a normal human life aside the one we saw in NGE.
>>284778350She literally talks in school and interacts and likes Shinji. Rei and Shinji are the same.
>>284779623Socialized means something a bit different from socializes or socializing
>>284779659Doesn't matter. This series failed when the author didn't put them in a relationship together.
>>284765104I refuse to change.
>>284763628This works well until your problem is money and you literally have to make it or else you'll become a homeless retard, serial killing thief, or a combination of both. Literally nothing else matters except that.
>>284779580Alien to you maybe, but Rei's feelings are intrinsically human.It is a you problem.
>>284780499>Rei's feelings are intrinsically humanIf you read my post thoroughly then you'd understand that I wasn't referring to her feelings, but how she treats those who she doesn't know personally. Look how she snatched the card from Shinji's hand and just ran away in the beginning. >It is a you problem.How? And what are you referring to?
>>284780728>Look how she snatched the card from Shinji's hand and just ran away in the beginning.That's just her being unable to express that she likes Shinji the moment she saw him.
>>284781058>That's just her being unable to express that she likes Shinji the moment she saw him.And let me guess, when she slapped him it was a ''love slap'' to express how much she loved him?
>>284763492Depends, there are problem that deserve to be addressed and others that are better run away from. Personally I've tried to face all my problems and most of the times I've lost but around my late 20s I stopped trying to win all those impossible tug wars and just left the battlefield.That time I had the courage to leave my job, I've never felt so free in my entire, I swear on god it was better than sex
>>284780728Rei can be pretty abrasive and dismissive. Not everyone is like that, but plenty of teenage girls are for sure.Its why the whole "Rei is submissive waifu " is such a crock of shit.
>>284781182She slapped him because he spoke bad about his own father. She's watching out for him.
>>284781421>Rei can be pretty abrasive and dismissive.But there was always a logical explanation behind her motives.>Its why the whole "Rei is submissive waifu " is such a crock of shit.Never understood that. It's just felse interpretation of her character.
>>284778449God I love Rei, I used to be Asukafag in teens but since then I grew up to learn about the ways.
>>284777751he had like one singular conversation with Kaji. thats hardly a role model.
>>284778281we often dont have a choice
>>284779342by understanding Asuka you wind up wanting to fix her
>>284784227Exactly. Why is developing empathy for a messed up kid such a wild idea to the reifags here? Sure she isn't able to deal with her trauma on her own, but that's just pretty normal for a kid as messed up as her.
>>284779431Is that Daisaku from Combattler V, or Daijiro from Voltes V?
>>284763492Shinji BF
