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I always felt that the close up of the locked door handle during the infamous Hospital Scene at the beginning of *End of Evangelion* was a deliberate callback to the close up of the, presumably, locked door handle of the room that Asuka's dad and his lover were using for their affair. However, this time Asuka is inside the room with the person she desires but as a result of the behavior described in this video, she is unable to do anything about it leading to Shinji taking matters into his own hands; literally. I also really liked the puddle on the roof between Asuka and Shinji after the Arael attack. It goes back to Kaji's story of the wide river that's "deeper than any ocean" between men and women that prevents mutual understanding of one another. In reality, it was just a small puddle that either of them could easily cross. However, neither of them could take that simple step over the puddle leading to the further disintegration of what little relationship they had left.

Hey buddy, I just want to say thank you putting this in depth explanation. You articulated exactly the portrayals of these scenes in such a way that I could never have done myself- furthering my love for this.

Oh, I see. You're going to slap a distastefully provocative title on the thumbnail but never go beyond beating around the bush in the content of the analysis work itself. Cry me a river about monetization and limitations of the platform you chose yourself to publish it on.

Well done with this. It makes me want to rewatch the series. I haven't seen it since working as a board artist so when you discuss near the end about screen direction leading to regression or strength, I'm so searching into that on my next viewing. OMG!

VERY classy way to censor "unalive," other creators take notes

Evangelion is kinda dumb...tbh

super random so hopefully you see this but WHAT is that resonance remix in the beginning, I have to know.

Do enjoy thinking and thoughts of others have.

18:33-18:43 Yo, that's so real it hurts. 😂

3:40 Tovarish Shinji!

I didn’t hate the characters at all I hated the story the way they interacted was ok but it felt like they tried to make the pieces fit together at the end felt like they shoved it all together or maybe I didn’t understand it to well but now that I watched these videos it makes more sense.

That is a steak dinner compared to misato’s cooking, asuka should be grateful

Draw a shinji

I can't believe that it took me a month to get to this video, time is just passing me by these days. Stellar video by the way, there were so many small details and callbacks that I never noticed through my multiple watch throughs; especially that "game of house" callback. Pumped for the next deconstruction, probably the best Evangelion content on TH-cam.

What if it had nothing to do with the light or the angel, and Asuka just did that?

Wayne June narration

ah yes a stupidly long video essay overcomplication and overanalyzation of an anime character when really it's not that deep

Gotta watch it with the weird blasphemy God didn’t make humans evil and make abominations.. people did. He doesn’t tell people what to do (not that anyone would listen)

This put me down a mental rabbit hole of how much the Second Impact would have disrupted international supply chains and food production. Makes me wonder if Misato's offer of a steak dinner to the kids after that mission was informed by her experiences from the post-Impact world where scarcity and famine would have been common for a time and helping them enjoy the benefits of a comparatively stable world. Oh wait this is an Evangelion meme thing Uhh Fanta hospital

Damn shinji i guess being an evan pilot didnt pay rent when misato got arrested for being a pdf

😂😂😂😂

I was skimming through the contents of this, & when I went past 12:16 & saw a real person...I for a split sec thought you'd incorporated some of Mega64's Evangelion live action stuff. 😂

To quote modern manga and anime enjoyers: “it ain’t that deep” Jk This was epic. Insightful. I feel called out and seen. What good media and good reviewers are supposed to create the space for. Loved it.

Though my opinion of her remains unchanged, a lot of what has happened to her makes a lot of sense in how she acts. Which also makes sense for all the other characters.

ooo this makes me want to watch evangelion again and I am not ready for that

When i watched evangelion, for me Asuka quickly passed from a "cool girl" to someone who really rubbed me the wrong way, between her almighty atitude and she bitching about anything Shingi or Rei does. Thankfully, the show did show she was messed up in the head like everyone else and needed help like shingi to overcome life's burdens... but she rejected any help, and we know what happened.

the whole thing around the 33 minute mark is weird because it doesn't really have as much to do with Shinji so much as yet another rejection. For her its worse than Kaji because she views Shinji as lesser. It's weird how this is always framed around how all of her character is about being "in love with Shinji". It's a crush and a blow to her ego. I'm really not a fan of a lot of these character analysis that just make Shinji the main driver of all the other characters motives, rather than a two-way interaction. It's inherently antithetical to what Eva tries to tell the audience.

Ayo the intro play liem one T-th-tH0sE horror analog sto-sto-St0-StoR13s, like that's that's that's really cr cre cre3Py stu- *lost connection*

18:30 - Romantic Drama at it most juicy.

When are you going to explain hospital episode

At 22:05, I think I know what is written here. The middle character is a bit hard to read, but I think it says “itai”( イタイ), which means “it hurts” in Japanese, but it’s written in Katakana. For those who don’t know, Japanese has three ways of writing: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Think of it almost as the English equivalent of upper case, lower case, and cursive. In this case, katakana is usually used for words/names that aren’t natively Japanese or could also be used for emphasis. Since イタイ is natively Japanese word/phrase, my theory is that writing it in katakana is meant to express what Asuka is going through is extremely painful. I could be wrong, but that’s my theory.

I usually don’t watch Eva videos because I’ve watched and read so much about it at this point there’s usually nothing new in them, but wow this one was so worth it

I don’t think anyone could convince me otherwise that this is one of the saddest and most tragic animes ever, the complexity of the characters is like no other. Even the creator had depression like Shinji’s.

TL;DR Accepting responsibility is a sign of maturity for both men and women alike. And though important, it is not the singular characteristic (requirement) of maturity. * note: using CAPS because there is no way to italicize. Timberwolf @19:55 you assert that accepting responsibility is "THE hallmark of manhood." I think this statement is problematic. The problem is twofold: the exclusion of gender and the implied singularity of the statement. I think accepting responsibility is a sign of maturity, not only in men but also in women. It's more accurate to say that accepting responsibility is a sign of ADULTHOOD. My thoughts are with the young people who may be listening to your videos who may very well be trying to figure out in their own lives what it means to be grown. This is after all an anime we're contemplating. And though its themes may be more mature in nature, the audience may still be quite young. The first time I watched Evangelion I was barely out of high school and there are bound to be people who watch it who are even younger. To the next point, I'm sure an argument can be made that accepting responsibility might be an important sign, or a hallmark of maturity. But saying its THE hallmark makes it sound like that's the only characteristic that matters. However, a case can also be made for conscientiousness, consideration, emotional intelligence, reliability, and independence. Just to name a few of the many things that indicate maturity. How would a grown person look if they can take on a job but lack in these other areas? Maybe they're self-absorbed all the time, like an adolescent. Maybe they harm those around them either purposefully or out of negligence. How mature does that look? What if they can't be trusted to complete a task and they always need supervision or support? Any of these scenarios can be reasonable basis for doubting a person's level of maturity. Now for the sake of fairness, I get how this lapse may not have been intentional. After all the topic of conversation is Shinji, a young man not a young woman. And in the context of Shinji's character arc, accepting responsibility carries a heavier weight with it because we know Shinji historically runs away from his problems. A simple fix might have been to say "SHINJI'S hallmark of manhood" instead of generalizing. But I digress. Thank you for your thoughts and your content. And thank you for helping me enjoy Evangelion even more than I already did.

im very grateful you’ve made this series analyzing the direction and filmmaking of evangelion. this series of yours should be much more popular. great work - cheers!

What a beautiful birthday gift to Asuka ❤

WHERE DO YOU EVEN START WITH A VIDEO LIKE THIS. GOODNESS GRACIOUS????? GREAT VIDEO!! was expecting this to have MILLIONS of views oh my god U DESERVE SOOSOOS MUCH FLUFFING MORE

What a banger wtf❤

At 35:20 you might want to put a seizure warning there.

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media offline!

anyone notice the subliminal message in this video!?

the segues to the product placements were worthy of LTT

Taught me nore in 45 mins than any teacher has

7:14 Haven't seen the series in a long time, but I'm almost sure that the cutting of the defense budget is a plot point later in the series that ties to the invasion of Nerv by the JASDF. At this point in the series, I don't remember it being brought up

really nice touch, to directly explain the difficulty in discussing the final episode without assuming to tie into a discussion of the finale itself... good analysis here

Nah, i can fix her

saved your vid as research for a story. Know the show garnered fame but yet to take it in.

I'm almost 40, anime has been in my life almost all of it. How is it I just learned that Astro Boy's real name is Mighty Atom?!