Why Evangelion's Endings Make Each Other Better
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2022
- Video essay about the interplay between Evangelion's original televised ending and the follow-up film End of Evangelion and how it speaks to the nature of endings themselves. Spoilers ahead for the original series and EoE, though not the Rebuilds. There are also flashing lights, animated depictions of body horror and violence against women, and oblique references to suicide.
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Great video. I really appreciate you not doing what 99% of eva videos do and get stuck unable to talk about the actual story to get lost in "well the director was depressed and so we dont really know what it means".
The true ending of Evangelion is the friends we made along the way
I mean, they did make a lot of Reis!
Shinji number of friends: 0.
Welp, there we have it folks.
Evangelion is probably the most life-affirming anime I've ever seen.
I always assumed that the ending of the series is more like what shinji was imagining, like what was going on in his head during the third impact. while EoE is what ACTUALLY happened, it kind of makes sense why the series felt like a happy ending, in his mind he thought that rejecting the impact would be a good thing, a thing that will make him happy and bring everyone that he wants back. but the movie ending is what actually happened in reality, thats just my thought though could be completly wrong
More like the series ending is the instrumentality process on the inside, in the spiritual/mental realm. The text cards in the episodes more or less say so.
I personally can't see how that's the case considering how different the two endings are for Shinji, one is him overcoming (or at least starting to overcome) his own psychological issues.
While EoE is him falling deeper into them, ultimately destroying the world. EoE is a very angry film, especially towards Shinji (who is almost explicitly supposed to to Anno)
The two endings demonstrate the paths Shinji could take.
@@Simp4Gwyn I don't think the two endings are as different as you imply. Shinji still comes to the same conclusion about life in the End of Evangelion that he does in the anime. Furthermore, Instrumentality still occurs in the anime, meaning the world is still destroyed. The process by which it happens is just left unstated.
I do agree that EoE is a very angry film, and the tone of the ending is very different. But I see the End of Evangelion as more of a realistic take on overcoming depression. In the anime ending Shinji has his epiphany and is happy, the end. In the movie, Shinji still has his epiphany, but getting better is going to be a process, and all his issues and relationships aren't going to be solved overnight. Hence the final scene with Asuka. There's a hope that the two of them will become better and learn from their mistakes. But in the present, they're disgusting.
@@JurzGarz that's a fair assessment to make, I just can't see them being meant to be the same ending from different perspectives, simply because of the completely different tones the two take.
From a canonicity stand point, Evangelion is all but stated to be cyclical, so something being or not being canon isn't an issue (I know you didn't mention that, I just wanted to).
The show would have had to have skipped pretty far into the future for it to have reached that conclusion, and to take the ending of the original as it literally being instrumentality I think misses the point of the two episodes. Where Shinji is seriously contemplating his existence from the perspective of others.
While in EoE, Shinji is the farthest from ever considering others in his own mind. He locks himself in a shell and refuses to leave up until the very end of the film.
Tone, I think, informs everything about the endings.
Just my opinion though, I can see where you're coming from.
@@Simp4Gwyn "and to take the ending of the original as it literally being instrumentality I think misses the point of the two episodes."
Thing is, the show literally tells us that what's being shown is Instrumentality. Of course the metaphorical and thematic meanings are what is important in the last two episodes, but in the literal plot sense, instrumentality occurs in both the show and the movie.
On the topic of "canonicity": I'm of the personal opinion that "canon" is an almost irrelevant question when it comes to whether fans should accept a given entry in a series (any series, not just Evangelion). I think everyone is free to build their own headcanons. This attitude has freed me to enjoy a lot of series whose later entries I find to be disappointing. Canon is important for writers maintaining internal consistency, but fans should feel free to decide what their own canon is.
So really, which endings of Evangelion you want to acknowledge as part of the story is a question of "whatever floats your boat".
My reading of the story always was that ep. 25 & 26 happend during istrumetality in shinjis mind, and that when he chooses agianst instrumetality we see everybody congratulating him because that is what he sees in his mind, right before waking up on the beach next to asuka. Back in reality
Ohhhhhhhh, i like that. It does explain the otherwise pretty bizarre congratulations scene, and it gives it the bite that the scene kinda needs.
The text in the original episodes more or less pointed to it being in the spiritual connection, the mindscape.
1:23, this is actually a myth. Eva did not run out of money at any point, it was actually quite high budget for the time.
The issue was more poor planning and other behind the scenes messes that caused them to run out of time for what Anno wanted.
4:35, I also disagree with your reading here. Imo, it's clear that Shinji has been on the beach for quite a while, just look at how he's nailed misatos cross to a wooden peg and that the cross has a small ammount of rust. I see his strangling Asuka not as a rejection of others, but rather as a Conformation of them. After all the shit he's been through, Shinji is doesn't really know if what he's seeing us real. Is this actually Asuka? Or is it another figment of the sea of LCL? Out of his mind and desperate to find some way of knowing if she is real, Shinji strangles her again, trying to make her hurt and reject him so that she knows she's really there. Instead, Asuka responds by showing tenderness to him. At this, Shinji both knows she is real, and at the same time the horror of what he was doing truly sets in, and then he breaks down. Asukas is then a Conformation that while she is willing to show him kindness, she hasn't forgotten his mistakes and hasn't forgiven him.
Oh, good to know! Sorry to propogate the myth. I know Gainax was a disaster in general terms, but I'm clearly not up to date with the specifics.
I think what you're saying makes sense. I kinda forget about Misato's cross, and your reading definitely explains it. It's always *felt* like Shinji was just waking up on the shore to me, but your reading actually, you know, addresses the contents of the text.
Your second point might be reading too much into it, "Disgusting" was a mistranslation in the original it was supposed to be equivalent to "I feel sick."
@@agure4061 Also, another theory is that while the Third impact was happening (before it was stopped by Shinji) all of the people were merging into one and Asuka probably saw Shinji's memories of what he actually did in the hospital and that's why she said "How disgusting".
@@agure4061Not really. Anno had to force a response that felt honest from the voice actress, making her question what she would feel after "being violated in such a way". As result, I understand, the response is an emotional one but outside of the need of the plot.
[Citation needed]@@duvan-solis
Shinji's head during the ending: "Yes.....o....oh...oh fuck....no."
This analysis really put into perspective why I "enjoy" rewatching both the original series and the film. It is a constant reminder of the difficult yet, correct decision; whenever it is necessary to heed it. Nihilism gets you nowhere, except rock bottom. Confronting your fears at least gives you that chance to go up.
That's actually a misunderstanding of nihilism. Nihilism is meant to build you up. It's one of the best systems out there.
@@Coffy-chanLmao no, nihilism is entirely depressing as you cannot expect anything to come from you
@@Ealais76 Objectively incorrect. You are completely uneducated on the subject and haven't the slightest clue what nihilism is. It is one of the most uplifting schools of thought, it just requires a high level of commitment and understanding.
@@Coffy-chanyou’re thinking of existentialism not nihilism. Common mistake.
@@whitegriffin3772 The two overlap quite a bit, but it's no mistake. You could say this is one of those overlapping bits.
Damn dude I just watched Eva a few days ago I’m unsure if I wanna watch the rebuilt films as I feel the original shows conclusion was perfect as it is and I feel this puts my thoughts put together perfectly looking forward to your future videos and career man the anime TH-camr scene has just seen a promising new creator!
I think they're worth a try though only if you have the context of who wrote this stuff, Hideaki Anno. The Rebuild's ending puts some closure on Eva as a whole. I personally think of EoE as a "maybe life will be worth it" and the last rebuild it as a "it was worth it in the end". Almost as if Anno is talking to himself from 25 years ago.
I saw a conspiracy theory that the rebuild movies are actual a sequel given the ending of end of evangelion… also the movies are incredibly well made
I'd reccomend watching them, they are a direct continuation after the end of Evangelion, and they provide the series with closure. Not to mention they're pretty good.
The first two rebuilds are fine but nothing to write home about and are basically worse versions of the TV series with "better" animation to make you think they're better than they are. They fall off a cliff after the second so I wouldn't recommend them unless you really want more Eva. EoE is the perfect stopping point and does everything the last rebuild tries to do better
There's a documentary about Hideako Anno. Watch that documentary and then watch the rebuild films. When you see Shinji, picture him as an avatar for Anno, and the rebuilds are gonna come off as beautiful. Yes they're nowhere near as good as they original and have a lot of glaring issues, but they're still worth a watch
Don't go into them expecting a 1:1 recreation of Evangelion or End Of Evangelion. Alot of people get too obsessed with it being different and loose their minds over it. It dosent contradict or erase the original series, it'll always be there and it'll always be the same, take Evangelion:RE as a new journey, a different look into how Evangelion could've gone with an open mind.
Don't let people's criticism online form your opinion.
They have alot of good stuff aswell, Rei is highlight as she is much more developed and her relationship with Shinji is extremely sweet, alot of the weird stuff is also no longer present, no Shinji hospital scene or Misato making out with him or anything like that. We also get to see the Idiot Trio as adults which is super sweet and very heart warming aswell
Give it a shot if you still haven't
How in the pantheon of Eva analysis have you managed to find a take this fresh? I've always been so fixated on the metacommentary of EoE that I never thought to look at its story separate from that context.
This also reminds me somewhat of the endings of Madoka Magica and its movie, Rebellion.
I mean, I love the metacommentary of EoE too! And every new terrible thing fandom does makes EoE more and more relevant.
I should really watch Madoka, huh? It's on the list!
@@misteryourdad if you end up watching madoka and rebellion please make a video with your takeaways! it's my favorite series
I like interpretation that all of the Evangelion endings are canon and are the result of, as Anno says, Evangelion repeating itself. And it took potentially many more unseen endings for Shinji to have a "final" ending as seen in Rebuild.
I didn't know he said that, but that makes perfect sense!
I don't see how that makes sense. If Evangelion is repeating itself, isn't every ending overriding the previous one by default?
@@JurzGarz Even if they are overridden, they still happened.
@@RandoLePerson I disagree. What you're describing is evidence that Rebuild is a separate continuity, not a cycle.
cant stop watching eva videos this post eva depression hits different
This really was our Jujutsu Kaisen
always impressive how you keep making sick videos on topics and media that’s already well covered but you still manage a take that’s not always explicitly expressed but i’ve so far already found i agreed w myself
I've seen Evangelion a number of times. But it wasn't until a proper long weekend marathon last year that I saw the series finale and End of Eva back to back and realized that it's like you said: both are the same story told wildly differently. Two sides of the same coin that both contrast and compliment each other. It was a pleasant surprise, and It's nice to hear an analysis that covers this angle. Great job!
Really beautifully written video. Each ending is a half truth and they come together to form the whole. But even with the whole truth there are so many unknowns that can only be understood with time.
I originally thought the difference between these endings was that they showed each of the possible outcomes of Shinji’s decision of whether to carry on through the pain or to regress further within himself, but watching this video has helped me realize they show the same outcome. I assumed that making the “right” choice, to choose love in spite of the promise of pain, was all blue skies and congratulations. But the whole truth is that it can also be the bleak, desolate landscape of giving into hatred and being rejected for it. But not always. Sometimes it’s one, and sometimes it’s the other. You take the good with the bad. Believing things will be all good from here on because you chose love is naive, because life isn’t that simple. But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth making that choice.
how does this has so few views and likes? it's easily one of the best EVA videos I've seen, I could never have thought of this relation between the endings.
Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you so much! The Algorithm is a mystery, but I'm happy with how this turned out. Still, the kind words do mean a lot to me!
Hey, quick question. Have you seen the rebuild films?
I do feel they make your point stronger here by showing how the choice that shinji made is the same choice that his father made. I think this really does work by showing that not only is the choice to live deliberate but also one made by the people before you.
Not yet! I watched the first three, and then got so used to the 4th one not being out that I just kept not watching the 4th one! I really need to catch up, though.
@@misteryourdad I would highly recomend it, its probably the best eva property to come out.
To further this point, it can also be argued the manga’s ending can be seen as a companion piece to the series, film and especially the “rebuild” endings. Each touches on different aspects of what it means to continue on living as well as the franchise’s relationship to escapism due to the differing state of the world and other characters in each version of the story and their various endings.
The more of the series I’ve seen, the more apparent that the best way to understand it is from a meta-textual and meta-narrative perspective rather than purely from its plot, which alone has a multitude of loose threads that fail to tie up neatly and unanswered questions that never got to be given proper answers. And its in this sense that each version of Evangelion begins to act more like a sequel to the last than a reboot, expanding upon the story’s themes with each deviation and hopefully provide a sense of closure to those who felt closure was needed. How successful they manages to be is obviously up to the individual to decide, but rarely have I seen a story told in such a way.
@@coledavies9654 I wouldn't go that far. Its good, but that's it.
I loved your analysis of Evangelion!! I think your focus on the duality of the two endings and how they combine to make something both painful and triumphant was something that lots of Eva analysis videos don't grasp. Eva is hard to keep track of, but the emotions and all the turmoil are not. Great video!!
Thank you! And yeah, you nailed it--even when the unexplained sci-fi stuff gets opaque, the emotional core of the story never does. Part of why I like Third Impact in EoE so much is, even if you have no idea what's going on in the plot, the scene still gets across the tone and character arc.
once you get to finish the Rebuild Films, it gets better
Just letting you know this is now one of my favorite videos about Evangelion ever, Amazing Writing.
Aw shucks, thanks!
Another great vid, now you got me wanting to rewatch Eva. (I've only watched it once about 10 years ago.) I always thought the end of the series and the end of... erm, End of Evangelion, were concurrent in some way. This is a really neat reading of the two.
I end up rewatching it without meaning to every 5-6 years or so! It's always a trip.
This is the take. I couldn’t articulate what I thought after watching both endings. But this is definitely one way to put together that jumbled cluster of thoughts this story put in my head. Great review
Thanks! It just took me a solid 20 years to articulate it myself.
When I finished watching the show, I had a complete idea of what happened despite all the buzz about the last episodes being "too confusing." Then my friends urged me to watch EoE, which I did. At the end I was like "well this didn't tell me anything new, it was just way grosser." Watching this video put things into perspective, I appreciate EoE a bit more now. :)
I mean, EoE is definitely way grosser! That is 100% true!
My personal reading of the EoE ending, and of Shinji choking Asuka, is him finally making a decision for himself. The whole series she mocks him for being a coward and not being able to stand up for himself. That's why she says "disgusting". It took the world ending for Shinji to finally grow some balls and do something of his own free will.
And BC She accepted and loved him.
I think the answer to the meaning of the endings of both show and movie is found in the title.
The movie is "Genesis". At the end, Shinji and Asuka are Adam and Eve. By choosing the knowledge of the self over the hegemony of the Instrumentality, they have cast themselves out of Eden.
The TV show ending is the 'Evangelion' or the Gospel that promises salvation from the original sin of abandoning eternal life for self knowledge, the hope that people can still find peace and joy through their perceptions.
Last I checked they DO happen alongside each other. The original episodes do say they focus on the instrumentality on the inside. While the film shows the overall process on the outside.
My only critique of End Of Evangelion is the final scene as it feels mostly tacked on. Right when he says "Goodbye, mother," felt like a better point to end, but that is just me.
I mean, obviously I really like the final scene, but I get where you're coming from. It's less cohesive with what came before it, though that's part of why it works so well for me.
@@misteryourdad That is fine, you do you. A big problem for me is it comes off as tonally inconsistent with what came before.
Granted, seeing the Rei specter inferring her return is nice, but the previous scene before the text at the start would have been a much better place to end on with a better sense of hopeful ambiguity. If ambiguity was what was intended, then the scene right before it would have worked better, I'd venture.
thank you for making this
Y’all this is embarrassing but shinji is the first character that I have been able to connect with. Like I always see people say “oh I am just like this character” and I’ve never gotten that but I do with shinji. Like I hate that fact and I wish I didn’t but when asuka was talking about apologizing I was like “oh. OH” and it was not a fun experience.
I actually had the same experience! It was both very reassuring and also a terrible dose of "Christ, this is what I'm like?"
I like to think I'm much less of a Shinji these days, but the fact that I keep coming back to this story makes me think I might just be better at managing it.
You know, there's a 3rd, different ending. In the manga. And I think it is too, the same ending. What do you make of it?
I am gonna be 100% honest with you: I have not read the manga, though I probably should at some point, especially as the repetition increasingly becomes a deliberate part of the storytelling. I do tend to get sad every few years and do a rewatch, so maybe I'll switch it up next time.
Good video thanks for keeping it simple too
You put into words perfectly the way I feel about Evangelion. No matter how bleak EoE appears and how bad things look...in the end, Shinji will still always reject instrumentality. No matter the nature of reality, it is still a reality that he chooses to live with.
P.S. On a related note, I'd venture that it is clear the musical interludes of during the "Death" half of Evangelion Death & Rebirth are happening after the ending. The world is restored and the four (Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami, Asuka Langley Sohryu, & Kaworu Nagisa) are enrolled in a new school in New Tokyo 2.
You know, I had always heard I didn't need to watch D&R, but I'll add it to the list!
So the rebuild films retcon the tv series and movie endings by stating that evangelion is a loop a kind of Groundshog Day if u will
Tv and movies are both bad endings that will continue to be until shinji breaks this loop by getting a good ending
In the final film Kaworu is seen getting out of 1 of many coffins seen on the moon he says that he is stuck playing an infinite roll in this circular narrative
And u see empty coffins where he has done this before and more coffins where he will do this again .. the moon is also covered in blood from the events of end of evangelion
In the human instrumentality in the final film shinji also says that he now remembers kaworu and this isn’t the first time he has met him and done this before
Apparently in Japanese, her line during the ending is different. Instead of "How disgusting", whe says "I feel sick", which the dub for the anime itself also had a few cases where Asuka saying she felt sick was replaced with her stating she was disgusted.
Note: my source is TV Tropes, so grain of salt.
Still, interesting! Tonally, I like "I feel sick" a little better, but you're always going to get these quirks in translation.
”Barf”
When making something to share with people don’t understand you until you finish the work
0:32 Messi
The real ending of Evangelion is the end of the 4th rebuild film. Through Kowrou's comments in those films, we can gather that Shinji has recreated the world countless times through the Human Instrumentality project, but keeps getting stuck in the same cycle of destruction every time. The finale of the last film shows Shinji finally breaking that cycle and creating a world free of Angels, Evas, numbered impacts, and all the things that had brought him pain.
now read Heidegger and do a part 2 on the rebuild?
ah, so that's why there's a third ending
Ending 2.0 + 1.0
What do u think happened to Shinji and Asuka after the final scene? I wonder, are they just gonna die after like two weeks from lack of food?
I dunno, i mean, people got tanged, but beans probably didn't
I mean they are finally Happy togheter and they can live his Life for a good time.
@@thaspectralhuntergg3887 trying to ignore how weird this sentence is its just wrong. they are not happy together at all. Shinji let go of her throat and accepted moving on but she literally calls him disgusting. This is the set up for your weird mental fan fiction where shinji and asuka get married right after asuka rejects him. some people must really turn their brains off huh?
Let's not perpetuate the budget thing. While there was financial trouble at Ginax, the reason why the last 2 are so weird is time. Ep 24 was turned in right before the airing, and thus was able to allow Kaworu to die, land they made the episodes in order, TIME was the critical factor
What do you think of the ending in the Rebuild films? Do you feel they mesh with the 2 original endings?
...i still need to watch 3.0+1.0. I want to re-watch the rest of the rebuilds first, and then that's a whole thing, though maybe I'm just kinda scared of it all ending! I'm sure there will be a video about it when i finally do.
@@misteryourdad yeah lol there was a lot I'd forgotten going into 3.0+1.0 after a decade-long gap between films! This was a great video, I really liked your interpretation on the original two endings, look forward to seeing what you think of the rebuilds!
A bit unrelated, but I think one of the reasons that I really like the NGE and TEOE is because it's one of the first times I've seen a boy's puberty being depicted so raw and psychological. For female depictions, it's always twisted and gory like Teeth, Carrie, and Ginger Snaps. It's just such a beautiful piece whether you watch it at your lowest or with a clear mind.
its been stated by the creator himself that he had always planned to end the original show in the way he did. Money was not as much of an issue as people have made it out to be, however im aware they had some other production issues that could be attributed to some things considered to be faults in the original show. Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, just letting you know
I feel too many people misunderstood the message of Evangelion, because I've seen so many people say that EoE and the TV ending are thematically different when they are really the same thing from different perspectives. Both end the same, to say otherwise is missing the point in my opinion. Shinji choking Asuka doesn't mean he didn't learn his lesson from Instrumentality, it shows that even if you accept the difficulties of reality, you don’t always know what to do.
Evangelion‘s multiple endings is the reason why I rewrote the final season of Game of Thrones
Hehehe
@@misteryourdad stupid Showrunners had the ruin it in one season
Well for the Eoe did you can explain if a person has will to live they can rise from the water or the primordial ooze or whatever you want
So can Humanity can rebuild
Yes, if a One Person want really ti Alive again he can.
Congratulations.
Evanglion and it's fans confuse me with the whole what is cannon what isn't thing. Think of it like Undertale, every timeline is cannon only for the run you're currently doing- that doesn't mean the others aren't cannon or don't exist, just that they didn't happen this time. Shinjin in EoE apparently fell deeper into his own darkness and couldn't find his happy ending, rebuild (3.0+1.0) is him finally reaching his happy ending and NGE, I don't know wether to say it's neutral or not
I like
0:06 the first one.
Ok, so what about the like 10 other shows, movies and endings
I'm, uh, still getting to those.
He is good
0:38 "souls of pilots"...
Mothers 😮
Oooooooh!
It's one thing to send 18 yr old boys to war but anime is like " yeah fuck that. Let's send all boys and girls to war and make sure only them can participate"
"Evangelion endings make each other better"
*I think it's a bad concept to have multiple endings*
*Mostly cause I thought of that before I watched anybody pull it off, and I wanted to do it*
Persona 3 moment
Rebuild isn't a complement to the others it's a contradiction.
EoE was a spiteful response from Anno to the reactions to thankless EoTV series end. That is why it is kind of the opposite to EoTV and pretty much a SHinji bash too. Even though EoE and EoTV are kind of opposed to each other, positive and negative really, I do think there was a kind of last minute positive growth for Shinji either into adulthood or at least a better person that realises he should open himself up and grow with these characters and the world in both. Though it is smidgen of last minute growth Fans of EoTV and EoE tend to overly enhance it in order to justify those endings as positive and affirming.
Rebuild is a jaggered rehash of EoTV/EoE but also the antithesis to both. Not only does it imply that Shinji did not grow and learn anything last two times, but even further to say that Shinji can only be a child in this world, and if he wants to be anything else he has to find his own place just not with any actual eva characters. The reason for this is because Rebuild is aimed specifically at Eva Otakus with the unbendable rule that they/Shinji didn't grow or get the message. Which negates and undermines so much of the other unsatisfying endings.
Rebuild isn't a complement it's a confliction. Not only with the others but Rebuild is at odds even with itself, like there is so much hypocrisy with it that annihilates itself and the other ones in many ways.
I do think there was an effort to make it lore consistent, at least within the rigid constraints and purpose of being 'a commentary/PSA on and for Eva Otakus and justifying, understanding and well stroking off Gendo' that seem to mandate this.
Probably why everything in Rebuild seems so contrived, convoluted and hypocritical to me, as those two mandates are at odds with each other IMO.
I still dont get it did everyone died at the end or what ?
shinji let go even though he got rejected if you want to see the rest of humanity rebuild again literally watch the rebuild??
Uh no the evas used in the series were living beings who needs armour to protect their body
Should we tell him about the third ending?
I'm gonna watch the last Rebuild, I swear!
0:00 you had to put the disclamer... Aghm pikachu
Btw wdym body horror... I saw none of that
Can somebody intercut all the endings into a new tv series?
I hate the End of Evangelion.
Because it forced me to relive my trauma, I felt mentally violated like Asuka by the angel Arael, it gave me nightmares about the Third Impact.
The reason for this, is because in the beginning of 2020, my childhood friend committed suicide at age 16. This broke me.
But this also triggered my trauma from 10th grade wherein I was bullied from my Autism so much, that my peers sexually assaulted me, and the adults did absolutely nothing to help me. I was very suicidal in those days.
I saw the End of Evangelion by accident after my friend's suicide, and....
To make matters worse, Lockdown was right around the corner. And I was going stark staring paranoid that Eva was predicting my reality.
When I sought emotional support on the Evangelion fandom, hoping they'd understand given the context of the show, they cyberbullied for my depression. It's the ultimate irony; a fandom, dedicated to praising a series that portrays the cost of trauma; downplayed my own. They said it was impossible for me to be traumatized by an anime, and that everything that was happening to me during Lockdown was all in my head. I thought I was going completely insane.
Is it okay to hate Evangelion, even if the fandom hates so much they wish death and eternal suffering upon you for being unable to enjoy it?
Wow, I'm really sorry. That's awful, and the way a piece of media can get wrapped up in what happens around it can keep bad memories coming back.
In 2020 I was dealing with extreme death anxiety and I watched End of Evangelion, third impact definitely had me feeling a little traumatized. Sorry you went through all that stuff, hope you’re doing better.
Good video. I disagree but it was well told lol.
Thank god that gay silver haired boy makes the world repeat
Hey, no spoilers for the new testament
We don’t know for sure…it wasn’t a “good” ending, really it was just a sad ending but great story and ending.
The death threats theory was very overblown. In reality, there was one religious cult written insult on the gigax building and one troll sending Anno an Email. Even the letters you see in EoE after transition are hardly negative
Much like the Spear of Hope and Despair weren't enough
The TV ending and the Movie ending left me wanting more, wanting the ACTUAL ending of Evangelion
And then i got it with 3.0+1.0, and i'm pretty happy
I liked the original ending so much, i have no real desire to watch any of the films.
Comment 100. Just cause. I have a love/hate for this show. The world is fascinating but is like cod zombies where you really have to dig to get the answers that just raise more questions
Not gonna lie, I was keeping an eye on the 99 comments.
I was vaguely aware that CoD zombies had a lot of lore! I haven't fallen down that rabbit hole, but it's out there.
@@misteryourdadFell down that rabbit hole as a small child tbh
Too much melodrama and not enough explaining what the hell is going on
woulda been cool if you pronounced asuka's name correctly