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The Meaning of Human Instrumentality in Neon Genesis Evangelion
This video essay explains the original ending of Neon Genesis Evangelion as it unfolds in episodes 25 and 26, wherein Gendo Ikari triggers an apocalyptic event called Human Instrumentality.
The Human Instrumentality event constitutes the end of the world as we know it: all human bodies are obliterated, and our souls are transported to a spiritual domain where they begin to meld into one another. The goal of Human Instrumentality is to end human individuality altogether, and unify all persons into a single divine consciousness.
Episodes 25 and 26 depict the Human Instrumentality event as it unfolds through the eyes of Shinji Ikari, Asuka Langley Soryu, Rei Ayanami, and Misato Katsuragi. This is largely a traumatic experience, because all of these characters are forced to reveal their darkest thoughts and desires, which they suppress from others and themselves. In the video I explain why Human Instrumentality forces these characters to reveal their inner lives.
I also trace the journey of Shinji Ikari, through which he overcomes a fixation on the idea that he is worthless and unworthy of love. Shinji formed this idea because of the influence of his father, Gendo; and we learn that this idea also shapes his relationship to the Evangelion Unit 1. Shinji pilots the Eva because he believes it is the only way that he can secure love from other people. But he learns to abandon this idea through a sequence of experiences that are delivered to him over the course of the Human Instrumentality Event.
The Human Instrumentality Project sits at the center of all Evangelion lore, and yet the episodes that depict the way this project is realized are exceedingly hard to understand. I hope this video is able to bring some clarity to all my fellow Neon Genesis Evangelion enjoyers!
#anime #evangelion #neongenesisevangelion
00:00 Human Instrumentality
00:37 The Traumas of Instrumentality
01:36 Shinji's Happy Ending
03:13 Does Instrumentality Succeed? Maybe Not
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  • @ChumpyGames
    @ChumpyGames 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    If you enjoyed this video, consider leaving a like and subscribing! It's the best way you can support me because it tells YT to push my videos out to more people. If you want to see more videos on Evangelion or other topics in anime and manga, check out my channel! I've got tons of stuff! :)

  • @CinemaSongscovers
    @CinemaSongscovers 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I saw Spirited Away once, online. But I had to watch it with english subtitles, because try as I might, I couldn't seem to find the english dub version.

  • @jaedynjoie-fils356
    @jaedynjoie-fils356 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Love these videos, hope you do longer ones eventually. Your insight is lovely and voice very charming

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks, friend!

  • @LibertyForAll-l3q
    @LibertyForAll-l3q 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Wouldnt much of the worlds magic disappear since it stems from the outer gods and celestial bodies?

  • @LibertyForAll-l3q
    @LibertyForAll-l3q 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I have also wondered this, but the way you describe how they imagine objects and whether it is accurate enough for them to reappear ties directly to why faith is essential for incantations. Only someone devout would be able to envision the godly and divine with sufficient accuracy. Furthermore, we know from Thops' Barrier that incantations and sorcery are fundamentally similar, differing only in their sources of inspiration

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah I agree that sorcery and incantations really just differ in the source of their inspiration, but ‘inside’ the magician it looks the pretty similar

  • @LibertyForAll-l3q
    @LibertyForAll-l3q วันที่ผ่านมา

    The author of Berserk cited Kaze to Ki no Uta, a story featuring gay relationships, as an influence. This supports the idea that he may have intentionally written a relationship with homosexual undertones without explicitly stating it, to avoid conflicting with the broader audience's interest in the series.

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh nice - I didn’t know that but I have to check out that manga/anime/whatever it was! Could be fun to talk about in a video

  • @LibertyForAll-l3q
    @LibertyForAll-l3q วันที่ผ่านมา

    Aha this was very informative thank you very much, pretty cool of them to do this

  • @LibertyForAll-l3q
    @LibertyForAll-l3q วันที่ผ่านมา

    This makes a lot of sense!

  • @LibertyForAll-l3q
    @LibertyForAll-l3q วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is so good, i also appreciate that you said this without making 10 min long video xD

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks, friend!

  • @KenotheWolf
    @KenotheWolf 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Its what I see as a representation of „Mother Nature“ its doing its thing without regret, mercy or evilness.

  • @ChumpyGames
    @ChumpyGames 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you enjoyed this video, consider leaving a like and subscribing! It's the best way you can support me Thank you so much, and check out my channel for more essays on Evangelion and other topics in anime and manga!

  • @ch0sticks126
    @ch0sticks126 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i think youre totally right, i also think kaworus philosophy made him just accept his defeat, almost glad doing it

  • @javihermorivas8320
    @javihermorivas8320 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ¿Os imaginais que en el cuaderno se van divujando las fantasias iniciales de las chicas Magicas que Madoka recoge volviendose un simbolo de nostalgia y de ideas que buscan acerse verdad? 😇

  • @Undomaranel
    @Undomaranel 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The only unbelievable thing about Spirited Away was how fast Chihiro got a job.

  • @Irobert1115HD
    @Irobert1115HD 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    maybe the spirit of the forest can speak but did choose not to do so?

  • @PracticalEminence
    @PracticalEminence 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    His hair is naturally black… he changed it blonde because he was an apprentice for madam Sullivan. I think that’s pretty cool

  • @ChumpyGames
    @ChumpyGames 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you enjoyed this video, consider leaving a like and subscribing! It's the best way you can support my channel. Thanks for watching! :)

  • @cyruscyberdogcyroi8178
    @cyruscyberdogcyroi8178 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In the middle of transforming, his face was actually kind of cute.😂 It was more deer-like.

  • @nassimnouri
    @nassimnouri 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant observation

  • @CosmosSolarSystem
    @CosmosSolarSystem 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Kids stealing cards in my day was…. God what did my generation steal cards for??? I know the later half did it for fortnight (my brother spent $2000 of fortnight skins and virtual currency) but what did us early Gen Z do it for?! Ok it orobably didn’t help i was the rule follower heh

  • @Genisis_tobe
    @Genisis_tobe 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Rei is acually a character that is mentally but not physically strong

  • @ch0sticks126
    @ch0sticks126 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the philsophy of the angels is so intresting, what exactly are they is still a strange

  • @nickcrane2126
    @nickcrane2126 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cause it’s the spirit of the forest Not of the animals

  • @jonathanpinckney9227
    @jonathanpinckney9227 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I believe Lauren Bacall voiced the dub of the Witch of the Wastes.

  • @SandorAzigazi
    @SandorAzigazi 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Holy shit is that the goat from the cover of Pokémon Jade

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      lmao I had never seen the image you’re talking about, but I looked it up and I’m almost certain it is, at least at a glance

    • @SandorAzigazi
      @SandorAzigazi 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ChumpyGames You have solved a mystery within me. Thank you Chumpy.

  • @EmissaryOfSmeagol
    @EmissaryOfSmeagol 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We were blessed by this upload on Misato Sunday

  • @falnica
    @falnica 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you make videos explaining Evangelion I'll watch them

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It’s a deal!

  • @ChumpyGames
    @ChumpyGames 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you enjoyed this video, consider leaving a like and subscribing! It's the best way you can support my channel. I have other Evangelion videos on my page, as well as videos on other topics in anime and manga. Thanks for watching!

  • @nny2055
    @nny2055 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    多分ポイントがズレてる。優れている劣っているという考えがこの映画の主題から大きく逸脱してます。 この神はシシ神は他のイノシシや犬のように、ある種の中でとりわけ強い一個体が「神」として崇められているのではない。イノシシが他の個体を一族とよんでいるし、昔は他のイノシシも喋れたようです。それらの生命の種のトップとして存在する神と違って、シシ神は明らかに存在が違います。遥かに古くからこの森に住む神です。この一帯が持つエネルギーが顕現した姿が「シシガミ」なのです。つまり森、山、森、川、などのその土地の存在そのものです。もしくはこう考えてはどうでしょうか?犬やイノシシ、サン、アシタカ、あなたや我々が、ドーキンズの意味でDNAの乗り物だとするならば、シシガミはDNAそのものです。だから彼とはコミュニケーションは取れません。彼は我々を理解し、死を命令できます。我々は決してできません。優位ではなく高次元な存在だから。

  • @rezambie
    @rezambie 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    yipee spoiler friendly berserk video

  • @hamadaloudah9907
    @hamadaloudah9907 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    still dumb still bad still shitty

  • @lolailo2199
    @lolailo2199 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Man, looking back, this version of guts was fascinating. He constantly lies to himself and pretends to not care when that was never him at all. It was just his way of coping with his situation.

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah. I was really only able to see through the lies when I reread it after the Golden Age.

  • @ChumpyGames
    @ChumpyGames 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you enjoyed this video, consider leaving a like and subscribing! It's the best way you can support my channel. I've got a bunch of other Berserk videos on my page, check them out if you want more!

  • @kristijanzikic1970
    @kristijanzikic1970 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lohse is basically sort of Dark Urge

  • @conr6
    @conr6 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is true in real life. It understands its own nature, unlike humans. Humans forget that we are just highly sensitive and complex apes. We are told what the right way to behave is, and then are shocked by our own animalistic instincts. The more disconnected you are from your bestial nature, the more it will catch you off guard. The more difficult it is to control or tame the self, which reacts to the pressures around it. Similar to Carl Jung’s idea of the shadow. We should all know our beast intimately to avoid being overtaken by it, and to avoid not seeing it in others

  • @JohnDowson100
    @JohnDowson100 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    To be fair, the Spirit CAN speak (he calls Ashitaka's name once, urging to save the girl he loves), he just chooses not to. He is just beyond that.

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I don't think it CAN'T speak, I think it chooses not to. It's beyond being human or animal, it is the concept of life itself. It's an elevated being.

  • @claragomezb.7849
    @claragomezb.7849 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Not inferior, purer I think.

  • @Yunggravy622
    @Yunggravy622 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful berserk is the greatest of all time 🙏🙏🙏

  • @Thetommyhappy
    @Thetommyhappy 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Not sure if it's anti-work. Did didn't the creator say that the girl in the movie was inspired by a niece or something and he referred to her as lazy? The character also became more confident and strong after didn't she. Even the good twin sister made some of the characters work for her. It Al depends on the work involvement imo.

  • @vc4961
    @vc4961 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    still freaks me out

  • @devdeteriorate
    @devdeteriorate 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Never saw Metropolis but I was a huge fan of the writers work as he made Akira My local cinema is actually doing a late night screening tonight and I might go into it blind!

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I hope you see it and enjoy it!

  • @rezambie
    @rezambie 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i just read the first deluxe volume are any of your berserk videos early spoiler friendly? :p

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I think I'd recommend finishing up the Golden Age for most of my videos. This particular video covers stuff in Golden Age Chapter 5 and earlier, which is not far from where you are, and nothing it discusses is particularly spoilerific anyways. However, I'd caution you from the rest of my Berserk videos until you finish the Golden Age because they are extremely spoilerific.

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh, and one other thing: you're in for a treat and I hope you enjoy it!

    • @rezambie
      @rezambie 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ChumpyGames will i know what the golden age is when i get to it?

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It ends about a quarter way through deluxe volume 5. You will know it when you see it

  • @ChumpyGames
    @ChumpyGames 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am still experimenting with the best way to format manga panels in my Berserk videos. A vertical/iPhone style orientation felt best, but please let me know if you don't like it and I will figure out a better way! Thanks for watching, and check out my channel for more Berserk videos and other topics in anime and manga!

  • @ch0sticks126
    @ch0sticks126 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    hey chumpy, cool vid!!! btw, ive always wondered what your your pfp is

    • @ChumpyGames
      @ChumpyGames 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It is an image of a philosopher called Parmenides that was illustrated in a medieval manuscript. 😃

    • @ch0sticks126
      @ch0sticks126 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ChumpyGames oh dude thats cool!!

  • @patrickflynn95
    @patrickflynn95 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's practicing noble silence

  • @CTHD13
    @CTHD13 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Doesn’t Mononoke literally scold the apes in the film for taking on human ways like violence to survive? The apes are becoming more human-like, and so it is implied they are *degrading*.

  • @percivalyracanth1528
    @percivalyracanth1528 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There's also the broad theological reading that God is silent or silence itself, which flies in the face on any and all anthropomorphism.

  • @nicholasschrader7179
    @nicholasschrader7179 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Naw he just didn't have anything he wanted to say to anyone.

  • @mag4208
    @mag4208 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sophie you’re beautiful.