ROFL... you didn't understand anything if you think so. The only thing you would get from Rei is incomprehension, from Shinji is indifference and from Asuka is a nice push to the ground. You only understand when you face similar issues.
@@evalangley3985 you are right but i think the point is they don't need a hug but because that wouldn't help with their traumas but wanting to hug them to console them if that makes sense cus that's even how i felt at but realised at the end it wouldn't do anything lol
@@evalangley3985 that’s how you end up alone and unhappy is pushing others away. To give love and compassion without expecting it in return is ultimately the most emotionally mature way to treat people.
The intro to this video is bone chilling. Asuka's confession of loneliness made me shiver and cry. I know she's just a fictional character but damn this had me fucked up mentally all day. Reflecting on my own life and the similar pains I have felt and feel.
Are you talking about the moment where she got empaled by a spear and giant bird like monster pilled on her robot and tear of his organs ? Because I saw this moment earlier and I just didn't want to see the rest because of the organs part.
i feel that asuka tries to be misato, she sees the attention she gets and wants to be effortlessly wanted like she thinks misato is. misato doesn’t want that, she doesn’t want asukas future to be her present. they have such an interesting dynamic
Not by a mile, you don't seem to understand the character, Asuka has too much pride to ever want to be someone else. Even tho she despises herself she still thinks she's better than anyone else.
Her character makes me the most sad and a lot of people can unfortunately relate to her struggles. For me, it was the way she was so angry at everybody around her. “Why am I not good enough? Why don’t they care about me? Why won’t they look at me? I hate them all, and I hate myself for being undeserving of love.” Really hits close to home.
This video was excellent. I had never realized how clear Asuka's relation to Rei was. The quote you included about Rei killing herself if ordered to was just perfect. Asuka hates to see Rei because she symbolizes (at least in Asuka's mind) everything that Asuka rejects. I wonder if Asuka has some sympathy for Rei as a person and might just be assuming that Rei is suffering because she doesn't put up a facade like Asuka does.
Her damn life is pretty much the same as mine. Not only the personality, but basically her family life. A dysfunctional mother taking all the attention and destroying the life of everyone, an absent father avoiding the issues... and me who had to become the adult and rely only on my own while despising anyone with the only things I ever owned, my determination, and my pride to never had to rely on anyone for my accomplishments. To this day, nothing has changed. At least, I can take care of myself, I am successful in the eyes of society... however I am still as broken as her when she lost confidence in herself. It is not because you are wealthy and good looking that it means that you will not end up by yourself and unable to get close to anything or anyone. The pain is not to be lonely, the pain come from not caring about it... and this is frightening... just not caring anymore, about anything or anyone. I hated everything for too long, now I don't feel anything anymore. I just try to occupy myself, escaping, preventing myself from dwelling on things I can't control. There is a price to fight against everything with a fiery passion, it burns you out. The worst is when you are confronted to failures. At that time, you are just unable to get over it. You drown into it to the point you can't move on. There is no plan B, it is DO or DIE. It is a miracle that I am still alive. I always though I would end up like her in that frigging bath... to my surprise, I am still living.
I think it would be fantastic if you were to do an analysis of Shinji. This analysis was so on point, I wonder what you would do with the rest of the cast of Eva.
I recommended my girlfriend to watch NGE, and the first thing she said wen seeing Asuka... She hated her, and told her, you need to watch more, you need to know more keep watching, watched some more and still hate her, then I told her "the thing is that you don't know her, you don't know her reasons to be this way, keep watching" and so she kept watching... Now she love her
Pesonally, I cannot stand Asuka Langely Soryu, as she constantly reminds me of my tormentors. In 10th grade, I was often called a "retard" by the others due to the fact I had aspergers syndrome. Unlike Shinji however, I tried to connect with them in spite of their attitude towards me, but the more I tried to befriend them the more they hated me for it, thus the more I hated myself for even trying. I even reached out to others for help, even the teachers. But as friendly as they were, none of them helped me at all. But the person she reminds me most of all is Grace, who attended trade school with me. I wanted to get to know her better but she was hesitant. We eventually got closer but as we did, she would constantly point out fault after fault I did like a policeman, like a hypocrite. One time I stood up for myself and said, “You know what Grace? You're a fault finder. You constantly nitpick at other people’s issues when you don’t have the audacity to admit your own!” And she only thing she said was, “I will not be yelled at!...fucking asshole.” And walked off. Despite this I kept trying because I wanted to understand her so she wouldn't have to feel alone, nor I. But the more I tried to confront her, the more she openly resented me and acted like the drama queen. Whenever Asuka appearas on screen, I cannot help but feel utterly ashamed for not trying hard enough to understand my tormentors. And yet people still waifu her, fetishize her, idolize her, and worship her. I cannot help but feel like an outcast, which to this day is one of my greatest insecurities especially in the wake of a pandemic.
I fell in love with a girl just like asuka. The sad reality is when you’re like this the closer someone gets the more scared you are they’ll reject you and you eventually throw them away thinking you did it before they could. In my case I truly loved her and would’ve done anything and everything to be there for her I think in a way having someone like that scared her. And eventually she threw me away. I hope someday she can heal I really want to be by her side hold her and tell her I’m never gonna leave her but in the end she needs to accept that some people actually do care and not everyone is against her. Maybe someday she’ll let me love her again
Asuka Langley Soryu is the shonen character who knows suffering like no other. Let's start at the beginning, at four years of age. Most people have no memories of this age. Asuka, on the other hand, suffered the harsh spiritual trauma of losing her mother to amnesiac madness and suicide, worsened by her father's selfish negligence introducing a stranger into her life. An nice first memory, right? Ten years later as a pilot Eva her suffering reaches new heights, life threatening battles against monsters, widespread adult neglect and mental rape that rekindles her trauma. Think about, can it get worse for Asuka? Oh, yes. Never underestimate the self harming capacity of the human mind. Her desire to be an adult and gain otter people attention led her to develop a perfectionist and defensive personality, which led her to push people away with yelling and insults when things didn't went as she liked, and base her identity on her success as an eva pilot, a path that would lead her to the abyss in the battle against Arael. The series ends with her in a bathtub with her veins slit, with all her vitality and passion drained from her eyes. Her relationship with Shinji deserves a separate case because the two adolescents did not find communication based on the mutual sympathy of a shared trauma, but rather they misinterpreted each other and established a parasitic and toxic relationship in which each one worsened the trauma and insecurities of the other. Asuka's abrasiveness and flirtation didn't help Shinji come out of his cowardly introvert shell and gain confidence and assertiveness, it only isolated him more and scared him from making contact with her. Shinji's passivity was misinterpreted as rejection of her by her, added to her defense mechanisms led to her downfall as an Eva pilot and worsened her misery. Shocking, shocking, shocking. But brace yourself. Then there’s the End of Evangellion, where the pain and misery goes beyond belief. Shinji in a moment of weakness and selfishness masturbates on his comatose body to then have one of the most horrible deaths on screen: alone, in great physical pain and with rage and despair in his heart. Finally the instrumentalization ends with her discovering Shinji's dirty secrets on his subconscience and alone with him in a post-apocalyptic environment. Amid all of this pain, pain, pain I’ve actually left out quite a bit. She will have to spend years if not decades to be able to recover something close to happiness and repair her relationship with Shinji, and yet that will be filled with more challenges, tears, remorse and redemptive suffering. Overall, this is a sickening picture. Asuka's life is only suffering. Soryu has been through a hell unlike any other since her first memory. No other shonen character compares to this level of misery. None. Do you hate Asuka? Someone asked me. Oh, no! Not at all! I weep for Asuka. There is no other character in the anime who have suffered so much I feel only pity for Asuka Langley Soryu.
Asuka represents a lot of myself and desires of a lot of people in general. The need to create a wall hiding your true hurt self. The feeling of needing to prove yourself to not be replaceable. The desire to have someone to connect with and break through your wall. She was such a well written character.
Asuka reminds me of myself, in some ways... I didn't suffer the tragic backstory but... There are some aspects of her personality and desires, that I share with her.
At 15:24 I noticed a parallel between that ending scene to the cover of the move. Shinji is behind caution tape that separates him and asuka completely, however in the movie cover they are side by side. This is probably meaningless but I thought it was kinda cool :')
The intro is so chilling, perfect intro for the video but I can’t help but think that 0:12 represents Asuka having been physically or sexually abused or taken advantage of and we also see it again at 0:26. It would explain some of her anger and lack of wanting to be dependent
@@tweeterhead2320 she offers herself to Kaji so I would not be surprised if she was taken advantage of as a child or harassed. Children may seek out attention from adults but they still cannot consent.
it would make sense to be honest I always thought she was hypersexual due to trauma edit: watching the intro again, one of the sentences in the flashing images says "dont violate me!"
"You don't even love yourself you're all you have and you never even learned to like yourself". I watched this movie a decade ago on some anime dub site but didn't really understand it at the time, as an adult now the experience with toxic men and my own active defence in regard towards relationships this hits home for me. "You're all you have and you never even learned to like yourself". It such a powerful statement indeed. Its been years but i think this is still one of your greatest and hardest hitting videos for me next to the HXH video thats not on here anymore. Stef you did alot of good for those who watched your videos i hope you come back one day legitimately instead of gaslighting us here.
I like how you pointed out that asuka is always wearing her eva things on her head together with an explanation to why she does, that being to show her pride, and then at the last scene of The End of Evangelion you said that she had finally accepted herself she wasn't wearing them (she wasn't wearing them when she's reflecting on being useless) Maybe the precense/lack of the hair things represent her present feelings or something(specially her pride) . or maybe something to show that she still feels connected to her mother . but I'm thinking too much about it
the pride sort of works as a mask of her true feelings, so the reason why she wasn't wearing the hairclips at the end symbolizes that she's embracing her true self without the fake mask of pride that she constantly puts on.
Dude. Your picture is amazing. Im happy to know that others read goodnight punpun.......hmmmm speaking of I wouldn't mind an analysis on Goodnight punpun, that along with welcome to the NHK and Yuyu Hakusho are some of the best interpretation of self realization i ever had.
Came back after a few years to see if anything on your channel had changed. Happy to see you had made this available again and i hope to see you make your other content public again, it was great. Hope you're doing well stef Edit: I'm braindead and im pretty sure the only reason i see it is because he swapped it from private to unlisted. Still not sure why it was on the channel but w/e
Its so scary to see how i relate to her, on bad days i get so lost within myself and i get so angry and sad and i feel alone. And i want to be loved and cared for but at the same time im scared of it because ive been hurt so much. The betrayal of friendships and fake people and losing trust in my own parents and being lied to and used everything ive gone through and still deal with is all so much at times. I just want the pain to leave. I work so hard and i feel like im always not doing enough to make myself happy or better or good enough to be normal. I just want to be loved. I just want someone i can trust and tell me that its gunna be ok and i can get through this because i have the courage to keep going. I dont know why or how im still alive.
I wonder if any clear showcase of affection could have changed her. Like in the kiss scene,what if Shinji held her instead of doing nothing? Of course it’s out of character for him to do it but I wonder (if he was insistent enough) if her walls would break or if she would keep rejecting him since they are so similar
I believe Asuka made honest efforts to relate to others. She just doesn’t know how. I wonder if Rei and shinji showed her some sort of affection and love if she would have acted differently
I dont think she could. Self hatred like hers ruins relationships. I think thats why she hates Shinji so much because he doesnt actually hate her. And she cant understand it. @violetsparkles5453
I love how these Evangelion videos keep coming, because I just recently watched it. Thank you for keeping it relevant! Also I love the format of your videos and your sense of humour.
This channel made me go from "Yeah, Evangelion is old and weird and doesn't hold up" to "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU MUST WATCH THIS SHOW TO UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF LIFE"
21:45 no matter how many times I've watched this film, I always cry at this moment The only two other sources of media that can give me that strong of a reaction every god damn time is Leaves From The Vine (Avatar: The Last Airbender) and "Avengers Assemble" (Avengers: Endgame) idk know why I'm posting this here, maybe I feel comfort that there are like-minded people who love this show and the discussions surrounding it. If you read this, all I can say is, thank you
Favorite show of all time. Probably my favorite character of all time. Before watching the show, I really didn't think I would be a fan of her. But I was surprised. She is an amazingly complex and tragic character. She has so many cathartic moments. Thank you for this. I'm a writer and Hideaki Anno is probably my biggest influence so I always like to hear analyses of the show.
Eva(even if dubbed) analysis videos always leave me with a weird melancholic feeling and a compulsion to rewatch the series yet again. I don't know if it's just me, but I get it with no other series.
Same here :P I really only watched once, watching these videos just make me want to rewatch it again to see it for myself to get that sense of relief i didn't get the first time around (mostly because i didnt know whether he had actually fully strangled her or not)
Wow amazing anaylsis of Asuka. I had realized a lot of these points myself including Asuka's vulnerability and self hatred with reference to Shinji, but this was pretty in depth though and fleshed out. Nice hair btw
THAT OPENING WAS GREAT. Asuka is my favorite character in Evangelion. Shes fantastic as a hard deconstruction of the tsundere trope and i'm so happy to see you do more Eva videos. Keep up the work Sudo
Some people may disagree with me but Asuka exhibits early on many of the traits that Tsunderes exhibit throughout anime. However instead of the formative reactions and attitudes held by most Tsunderes to mean really nothing other than that they're simply like that to fit the appeal, Asuka takes many of those behavior and has them imbued into her being as a character. She treats Shinji as cold as she does not simply because she hold a romantic interest or affection for him but rather due to her frustration with Shinji's own accepting nature. Asuka has "Dere" moments in EVA, but they're very rare, subdued and mean a lot more compared to most in the trope. Like when shes making food for the dinner in 2.22, or crawls into bed with Shinji in NGE. Asuka, and for that matter all of EVAs cast have complex characters and personalities steeped in psychology and anime's history. This may be a reach but I find that a character like Asuka was Ano commenting on the state of expectation anime fans have for the media they're consuming. That isnt however to undermine the weight of the problems that Asuka has as a character in the Evangelion franchise but rather adds to the deconstructive factor of her actions as a whole. I apologize if I didnt make sense, your welcome to PM me or reply
I see what you're saying, but you make it sound like there were "tsunderes" before Asuka. One could argue that there were "bitches" before Asuka, but not tsunderes. Unless you consider Lum (Urusei Yatsura) or Sayaka (Mazinger Z) tsunderes? The way I see it, Anno just added his own personal life experiences into Asuka, thus making her more "real".
I do think the referred Lum and Sayaka are valid Tsunderes. However, I could be overstating my argument. I totally agree with your sentiment that most of the Asuka is Annos personal life experience however because of Asukas time and place in modern animes history, she can be seen rather as more of a template for what we now see as a Tsundere rather than a Tsundere herself. However, that intrinsically make her a Tsundere as previously stated. I may be off the mark about Anno's intent and think what you're communicating is completely justified. Thanks for responding
Another Note: while Asuka in NGE may not technically be commenting on the nature of Tsunderes in anime, Rebuild Asuka is probably commenting on it in the way I'm ascertaining in the previous message. There's so much progress that has happened in the medium since her creation and now having her in these new movies, products of a different time and place where shes had copy cats of herself litter the scene is something I'd be surprised Anno wouldn't hint to or take inspiration from. But that series isnt over yet so .w.
Whenever you're struggling to accomplish something in a dream, I think the reason is your brain isn't getting the feedback from your hands that you would get when you're awake, the signals to move your body don't work. But what you can do is just recognize that you're in a dream state and then simply decide that the task is accomplished.
Aaaw...this was actually really helpful! I've been trying to get myself to watch this series for such a long time, I really admire the ideas behind it. Plus, I've been going through a bit of a rough time mentally with school and everything. I really admire your work mah man! Keep it up!
What im wondering about now is the line "how disgusting". I had always thought that the line showed that Shinji is still hated by Asuka, and she insults him calling him disgusting, leaving him to cry and accept that she hates him. Shinji talks about how being hated is part of living and that not everyone will like you or hate you or whatever. However, the line could be that shes disgusted by herself and shinji. Shes disgusted that they both have taken so long to truly open their eyes and see each other for what they really are. Now that they both are reunited, she is disgusted by their past, but is ready for a new future. Im not really sure tho.
Kimochi warui literally translates to “feel bad”. I don’t think it’s her saying to shinji that he himself is disgusting, but that she herself is disgusted from all the events that just transpired. She did lowkey JUST get brutally killed and enter a dream state where shinji choked her out just so that she can come back to life and get choked out again. So I would also “kimochi warui”
brilliant analysis... i just discovered Eva and it has way more depth than i expected... the concept of the AT fields as the barriers between human souls is pretty thought-provoking
OMG I understand now! At first I didn't really like asuka (yes I was one of those people who thought she was just a bitch), but now because of this explanation (great analysis btw) I actually see why she was acting the way she was and see her in a new light...she's not so bad after all. I'm sorry asuka for not liking you :(((( You just gained a new sub, great vids my man!
I think there's some conflating of the concept of having a reason behind one's behavior and someone being unable to treat people well. it's not shallow to say that Asuka has anti-social behavioral issues and is hard on people. It's true. it's also true she's had a hard, hard life. It's both and that's part of the beauty. If someone is stabbing you in the gut or tripping you or embarrassing you, it's not rational to stop and say "hey now, what's the root of this behavior." They are still responsible for their actions. (although I can see posing that she is a child. Definitely don't think she's an evil, unforgivable figure. I like her.) Everyone has outward facades. That's the most human of conditions. Being unable to grow beyond it is understandable but doesn't somehow excuse it. To excuse such behavior is to do that person a terrible disservice. The truest way to care for someone or something is to be realistic, else you inhibit it's growth. Asuka should have been dealt with differently than being told "you're just a kid." but as a 30 year old man, I now look back at situations like that and say "Yeah, I was just a kid. I simply hadn't had the raw experience to understand. I wasn't deficient, that's just the reality of life, experience, and knowledge." It also doesn't mean she's some awful, irredeemable character especially when weighing in her status as an adolescent. It just doesn't serve the story to sort of dismiss it. Tragic, yes. Awful to deal with? Yes. Worth getting to know and brave and someone who manages to stand up despite crippling pain? Absolutely. It's really a gripping version of the "all stories are the same" arc. It's both. One doesn't remove the other (in regards to whether she is a bitch or a tragic figure. Her inability to socialize is very much who she is) Asuka was/is kind of a bitch and we should feel sorry for her.
That was such an intense intro.. I was expecting the usual coffee and the adorable fat cat. That took me by surprise 😂 awesome analysis video man, on point as always 👏👏
ppl keep on asking me why eva is such a blast for me. And it's like you said, a personal experience. Forget the "religous symbols" and focus on the charackters and their portrial and you'll get a lot more out of this series. It's very existentialistic in the end, but with a positive solution.
these analyses are best watched after a semi recent viewing. i saw eva once in the early 2000s and once more after a few of sudostefs analyses, it helps a lot.
Everyone in this show needed a hug. No strings attached. Just to be held by another person for a time.
Group Hug Time
@@mehmetugur2924 HUG ME BRO. HUG IT OUT
ROFL... you didn't understand anything if you think so. The only thing you would get from Rei is incomprehension, from Shinji is indifference and from Asuka is a nice push to the ground. You only understand when you face similar issues.
@@evalangley3985 you are right but i think the point is they don't need a hug but because that wouldn't help with their traumas but wanting to hug them to console them if that makes sense cus that's even how i felt at but realised at the end it wouldn't do anything lol
@@evalangley3985 that’s how you end up alone and unhappy is pushing others away. To give love and compassion without expecting it in return is ultimately the most emotionally mature way to treat people.
The intro to this video is bone chilling. Asuka's confession of loneliness made me shiver and cry. I know she's just a fictional character but damn this had me fucked up mentally all day. Reflecting on my own life and the similar pains I have felt and feel.
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Drama queen
i feel this too. it was tough to watch.
@@razato6495 ur so funny I forgot to laugh 😐
@@maverickbull1909 the whole show is supposed to mess with you your supposed to cry (feel bad)
Asuka's downfall and defeat in EoE is the most soul crushingly depressing part of any show I've seen.
I was like, "Wait! She isn't supposed to die!"
I looked like Hitler from Downfall when I watched that scene
Are you talking about the moment where she got empaled by a spear and giant bird like monster pilled on her robot and tear of his organs ?
Because I saw this moment earlier and I just didn't want to see the rest because of the organs part.
That scene hit me so hard. Its not even funny
i feel that asuka tries to be misato, she sees the attention she gets and wants to be effortlessly wanted like she thinks misato is. misato doesn’t want that, she doesn’t want asukas future to be her present. they have such an interesting dynamic
You’re so right
Not by a mile, you don't seem to understand the character, Asuka has too much pride to ever want to be someone else. Even tho she despises herself she still thinks she's better than anyone else.
@@violetsparkles5453 No, he is not.
@@emildegas4213 sure dude
@@violetsparkles5453 brainlet
She's one of the characters I related to the most in any anime or just in media in general. Plus we have the same birthday.
Yeah, I feel the same. It was like watching myself.
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Yes December 4th that’s my birthday too!
happy birthday
@@glass3478 Thank you so much for the happy birthday!
my favorite tiny detail about the whole "Lavender Perfume" is that when Kaji is over at there place, Asuka is wearing Misatos shirt!
Her character makes me the most sad and a lot of people can unfortunately relate to her struggles. For me, it was the way she was so angry at everybody around her. “Why am I not good enough? Why don’t they care about me? Why won’t they look at me? I hate them all, and I hate myself for being undeserving of love.” Really hits close to home.
By the end of the series the only thing you can feel for her is pity.
This video was excellent. I had never realized how clear Asuka's relation to Rei was. The quote you included about Rei killing herself if ordered to was just perfect. Asuka hates to see Rei because she symbolizes (at least in Asuka's mind) everything that Asuka rejects. I wonder if Asuka has some sympathy for Rei as a person and might just be assuming that Rei is suffering because she doesn't put up a facade like Asuka does.
Really excellent work! Great analysis of an amazing character!
Lol. I think pretty well TBH.
hey goatjesus love your vids man! :)
@@GoatJesus who's you fav eva character?
never clicked on something in my subbox so fast in my life
he made a new EVA video!!!!
Her damn life is pretty much the same as mine. Not only the personality, but basically her family life. A dysfunctional mother taking all the attention and destroying the life of everyone, an absent father avoiding the issues... and me who had to become the adult and rely only on my own while despising anyone with the only things I ever owned, my determination, and my pride to never had to rely on anyone for my accomplishments. To this day, nothing has changed. At least, I can take care of myself, I am successful in the eyes of society... however I am still as broken as her when she lost confidence in herself. It is not because you are wealthy and good looking that it means that you will not end up by yourself and unable to get close to anything or anyone. The pain is not to be lonely, the pain come from not caring about it... and this is frightening... just not caring anymore, about anything or anyone. I hated everything for too long, now I don't feel anything anymore. I just try to occupy myself, escaping, preventing myself from dwelling on things I can't control. There is a price to fight against everything with a fiery passion, it burns you out. The worst is when you are confronted to failures. At that time, you are just unable to get over it. You drown into it to the point you can't move on. There is no plan B, it is DO or DIE. It is a miracle that I am still alive. I always though I would end up like her in that frigging bath... to my surprise, I am still living.
Are you OK? Just wanted to check
I think it would be fantastic if you were to do an analysis of Shinji.
This analysis was so on point, I wonder what you would do with the rest of the cast of Eva.
GrayFoxxG :/
What made this BroHo hater so upset?
GrayFoxxG there is already one that covered almost all important aspects of Shinji
just watch the one made by GoatJesus bro. it's excellent
Kaworu is gay
I recommended my girlfriend to watch NGE, and the first thing she said wen seeing Asuka... She hated her, and told her, you need to watch more, you need to know more keep watching, watched some more and still hate her, then I told her "the thing is that you don't know her, you don't know her reasons to be this way, keep watching" and so she kept watching... Now she love her
oh i thought she hated. her cause she saw herself in her character and hated to see that
HE'S BACKKK, It's great to see you return Stef your content is amazing!
Pesonally, I cannot stand Asuka Langely Soryu, as she constantly reminds me of my tormentors. In 10th grade, I was often called a "retard" by the others due to the fact I had aspergers syndrome. Unlike Shinji however, I tried to connect with them in spite of their attitude towards me, but the more I tried to befriend them the more they hated me for it, thus the more I hated myself for even trying. I even reached out to others for help, even the teachers. But as friendly as they were, none of them helped me at all.
But the person she reminds me most of all is Grace, who attended trade school with me. I wanted to get to know her better but she was hesitant. We eventually got closer but as we did, she would constantly point out fault after fault I did like a policeman, like a hypocrite. One time I stood up for myself and said, “You know what Grace? You're a fault finder. You constantly nitpick at other people’s issues when you don’t have the audacity to admit your own!” And she only thing she said was, “I will not be yelled at!...fucking asshole.” And walked off. Despite this I kept trying because I wanted to understand her so she wouldn't have to feel alone, nor I. But the more I tried to confront her, the more she openly resented me and acted like the drama queen.
Whenever Asuka appearas on screen, I cannot help but feel utterly ashamed for not trying hard enough to understand my tormentors. And yet people still waifu her, fetishize her, idolize her, and worship her. I cannot help but feel like an outcast, which to this day is one of my greatest insecurities especially in the wake of a pandemic.
@@hawkeyenextgen7117 bro why are you spamming this, please seek out help
@@renebaan7430 already tried that.
@hello…don’t you dare.
I fell in love with a girl just like asuka. The sad reality is when you’re like this the closer someone gets the more scared you are they’ll reject you and you eventually throw them away thinking you did it before they could. In my case I truly loved her and would’ve done anything and everything to be there for her I think in a way having someone like that scared her. And eventually she threw me away. I hope someday she can heal I really want to be by her side hold her and tell her I’m never gonna leave her but in the end she needs to accept that some people actually do care and not everyone is against her. Maybe someday she’ll let me love her again
Asuka Langley Soryu is the shonen character who knows suffering like no other.
Let's start at the beginning, at four years of age. Most people have no memories of this age.
Asuka, on the other hand, suffered the harsh spiritual trauma of losing her mother to amnesiac madness and suicide, worsened by her father's selfish negligence introducing a stranger into her life. An nice first memory, right?
Ten years later as a pilot Eva her suffering reaches new heights, life threatening battles against monsters, widespread adult neglect and mental rape that rekindles her trauma.
Think about, can it get worse for Asuka?
Oh, yes. Never underestimate the self harming capacity of the human mind.
Her desire to be an adult and gain otter people attention led her to develop a perfectionist and defensive personality, which led her to push people away with yelling and insults when things didn't went as she liked, and base her identity on her success as an eva pilot, a path that would lead her to the abyss in the battle against Arael.
The series ends with her in a bathtub with her veins slit, with all her vitality and passion drained from her eyes.
Her relationship with Shinji deserves a separate case because the two adolescents did not find communication based on the mutual sympathy of a shared trauma, but rather they misinterpreted each other and established a parasitic and toxic relationship in which each one worsened the trauma and insecurities of the other.
Asuka's abrasiveness and flirtation didn't help Shinji come out of his cowardly introvert shell and gain confidence and assertiveness, it only isolated him more and scared him from making contact with her.
Shinji's passivity was misinterpreted as rejection of her by her, added to her defense mechanisms led to her downfall as an Eva pilot and worsened her misery.
Shocking, shocking, shocking. But brace yourself. Then there’s the End of Evangellion, where the pain and misery goes beyond belief.
Shinji in a moment of weakness and selfishness masturbates on his comatose body to then have one of the most horrible deaths on screen: alone, in great physical pain and with rage and despair in his heart.
Finally the instrumentalization ends with her discovering Shinji's dirty secrets on his subconscience and alone with him in a post-apocalyptic environment.
Amid all of this pain, pain, pain I’ve actually left out quite a bit. She will have to spend years if not decades to be able to recover something close to happiness and repair her relationship with Shinji, and yet that will be filled with more challenges, tears, remorse and redemptive suffering.
Overall, this is a sickening picture. Asuka's life is only suffering. Soryu has been through a hell unlike any other since her first memory. No other shonen character compares to this level of misery. None.
Do you hate Asuka? Someone asked me.
Oh, no! Not at all! I weep for Asuka. There is no other character in the anime who have suffered so much I feel only pity for Asuka Langley Soryu.
Finally, someone who understands….she is my second favorite character (my favorite being Ryoji Kaji)
Beautifully said.
and she would most likely hate you and every other person in the world for feeling pity on her
Asuka represents a lot of myself and desires of a lot of people in general. The need to create a wall hiding your true hurt self. The feeling of needing to prove yourself to not be replaceable. The desire to have someone to connect with and break through your wall. She was such a well written character.
The three mask concept. One mask you wear in public, one you wear to hide your true self from your own self, and the third is the REAL you.
Asuka reminds me of myself, in some ways... I didn't suffer the tragic backstory but... There are some aspects of her personality and desires, that I share with her.
15:28 lost my shit here.
Another great/super detailed video, really liked it, keep up the good work man!
I thought I was alone in the "Asuka is my favorite character club." Great video!!
At 15:24 I noticed a parallel between that ending scene to the cover of the move. Shinji is behind caution tape that separates him and asuka completely, however in the movie cover they are side by side. This is probably meaningless but I thought it was kinda cool :')
i wonder how asuka feels being stuck in a body of a 14 years when she was desperate to be recognized as a adult in the old series
The intro is so chilling, perfect intro for the video but I can’t help but think that 0:12 represents Asuka having been physically or sexually abused or taken advantage of and we also see it again at 0:26. It would explain some of her anger and lack of wanting to be dependent
Is there any evidence or Asuka being sexually abused? She was definitely treated poorly by her mother, but recall any sexual abuse in her past
@@tweeterhead2320 she offers herself to Kaji so I would not be surprised if she was taken advantage of as a child or harassed. Children may seek out attention from adults but they still cannot consent.
it would make sense to be honest
I always thought she was hypersexual due to trauma
edit: watching the intro again, one of the sentences in the flashing images says "dont violate me!"
@@chillfactory9000 it's probably addressed to the 15th angel, Arael.
Evangelion best anime of all time 👌
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No for every meaning.
Woah there...buddy
Christ, this is gonna be good
Asuka best
Enee yep
"You don't even love yourself you're all you have and you never even learned to like yourself".
I watched this movie a decade ago on some anime dub site but didn't really understand it at the time, as an adult now the experience with toxic men and my own active defence in regard towards relationships this hits home for me.
"You're all you have and you never even learned to like yourself". It such a powerful statement indeed. Its been years but i think this is still one of your greatest and hardest hitting videos for me next to the HXH video thats not on here anymore.
Stef you did alot of good for those who watched your videos i hope you come back one day legitimately instead of gaslighting us here.
I like how you pointed out that asuka is always wearing her eva things on her head together with an explanation to why she does, that being to show her pride, and then at the last scene of The End of Evangelion you said that she had finally accepted herself she wasn't wearing them (she wasn't wearing them when she's reflecting on being useless)
Maybe the precense/lack of the hair things represent her present feelings or something(specially her pride)
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or maybe something to show that she still feels connected to her mother
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but I'm thinking too much about it
the pride sort of works as a mask of her true feelings, so the reason why she wasn't wearing the hairclips at the end symbolizes that she's embracing her true self without the fake mask of pride that she constantly puts on.
22:15 i love how you cut the scene just in time
I want an analysis of your cat
This ^
Light prayeYes plesase
(Spoilers) It will have an extreme overweight
Dude. Your picture is amazing. Im happy to know that others read goodnight punpun.......hmmmm speaking of I wouldn't mind an analysis on Goodnight punpun, that along with welcome to the NHK and Yuyu Hakusho are some of the best interpretation of self realization i ever had.
Hello, fellow PunPun.
Me: Sudostef... what took you so long?
Sudostef: Kept you waiting, huh?
A Hideo Kojima/Hideaki Anno Tragedy
I don't need no analysis to know Asuka best girl 🔥
omg I just subbed two days ago because of your eva videos!
Your videos are awesome!
Same here hahaha xD
TheMarineGamer IGGHQ ^^
This video basically describes why Asuka is my favorite character from Eva.
Came back after a few years to see if anything on your channel had changed. Happy to see you had made this available again and i hope to see you make your other content public again, it was great. Hope you're doing well stef
Edit: I'm braindead and im pretty sure the only reason i see it is because he swapped it from private to unlisted. Still not sure why it was on the channel but w/e
This analysis of Asuka is amazing. I can really understand her more now.
Your cat is one of the best parts of the video though
Its so scary to see how i relate to her, on bad days i get so lost within myself and i get so angry and sad and i feel alone. And i want to be loved and cared for but at the same time im scared of it because ive been hurt so much. The betrayal of friendships and fake people and losing trust in my own parents and being lied to and used everything ive gone through and still deal with is all so much at times. I just want the pain to leave. I work so hard and i feel like im always not doing enough to make myself happy or better or good enough to be normal. I just want to be loved. I just want someone i can trust and tell me that its gunna be ok and i can get through this because i have the courage to keep going.
I dont know why or how im still alive.
I wonder if any clear showcase of affection could have changed her. Like in the kiss scene,what if Shinji held her instead of doing nothing? Of course it’s out of character for him to do it but I wonder (if he was insistent enough) if her walls would break or if she would keep rejecting him since they are so similar
I believe Asuka made honest efforts to relate to others. She just doesn’t know how. I wonder if Rei and shinji showed her some sort of affection and love if she would have acted differently
I dont think she could. Self hatred like hers ruins relationships. I think thats why she hates Shinji so much because he doesnt actually hate her. And she cant understand it. @violetsparkles5453
Dude this was probably the only explanation on eva that makes sense
If I ever get around to making videos, you are the standard of quality I want to eventually achieve. Fantastic work.
I always love the seziure induceing parts of your vids sudo; so calm and peaceful.
I love how these Evangelion videos keep coming, because I just recently watched it.
Thank you for keeping it relevant!
Also I love the format of your videos and your sense of humour.
The first 40 seconds always give me chills and goosebumps...damn!
Thank you for re-listing this sudoStef!
This channel made me go from "Yeah, Evangelion is old and weird and doesn't hold up" to "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU MUST WATCH THIS SHOW TO UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF LIFE"
I’m always showing this anime to people to open their minds lol
21:45 no matter how many times I've watched this film, I always cry at this moment
The only two other sources of media that can give me that strong of a reaction every god damn time is Leaves From The Vine (Avatar: The Last Airbender) and "Avengers Assemble" (Avengers: Endgame)
idk know why I'm posting this here, maybe I feel comfort that there are like-minded people who love this show and the discussions surrounding it. If you read this, all I can say is, thank you
Asuka best girl.
Favorite show of all time.
Probably my favorite character of all time.
Before watching the show, I really didn't think I would be a fan of her. But I was surprised. She is an amazingly complex and tragic character. She has so many cathartic moments.
Thank you for this. I'm a writer and Hideaki Anno is probably my biggest influence so I always like to hear analyses of the show.
Eva(even if dubbed) analysis videos always leave me with a weird melancholic feeling and a compulsion to rewatch the series yet again. I don't know if it's just me, but I get it with no other series.
Same here :P I really only watched once, watching these videos just make me want to rewatch it again to see it for myself to get that sense of relief i didn't get the first time around (mostly because i didnt know whether he had actually fully strangled her or not)
Your cat is still fat, all is good with the world
Peace is in balance.
Yup
Great video as always 👌
Wow amazing anaylsis of Asuka. I had realized a lot of these points myself including Asuka's vulnerability and self hatred with reference to Shinji, but this was pretty in depth though and fleshed out. Nice hair btw
she deserved so much better. i would have hugged her
Finally a video I show people why Asuka is best girl. Great video you were really spot on how Shinji and Asuka parallel one another.
Excellent analysis. Very well explained. This video helped me understand Asuka alot better. Thanks.
THAT OPENING WAS GREAT.
Asuka is my favorite character in Evangelion. Shes fantastic as a hard deconstruction of the tsundere trope and i'm so happy to see you do more Eva videos. Keep up the work Sudo
Miragephan Hard deconstruction of the tsundere trope?
Some people may disagree with me but Asuka exhibits early on many of the traits that Tsunderes exhibit throughout anime.
However instead of the formative reactions and attitudes held by most Tsunderes to mean really nothing other than that they're simply like that to fit the appeal, Asuka takes many of those behavior and has them imbued into her being as a character.
She treats Shinji as cold as she does not simply because she hold a romantic interest or affection for him but rather due to her frustration with Shinji's own accepting nature.
Asuka has "Dere" moments in EVA, but they're very rare, subdued and mean a lot more compared to most in the trope. Like when shes making food for the dinner in 2.22, or crawls into bed with Shinji in NGE.
Asuka, and for that matter all of EVAs cast have complex characters and personalities steeped in psychology and anime's history. This may be a reach but I find that a character like Asuka was Ano commenting on the state of expectation anime fans have for the media they're consuming.
That isnt however to undermine the weight of the problems that Asuka has as a character in the Evangelion franchise but rather adds to the deconstructive factor of her actions as a whole.
I apologize if I didnt make sense, your welcome to PM me or reply
I see what you're saying, but you make it sound like there were "tsunderes" before Asuka. One could argue that there were "bitches" before Asuka, but not tsunderes. Unless you consider Lum (Urusei Yatsura) or Sayaka (Mazinger Z) tsunderes?
The way I see it, Anno just added his own personal life experiences into Asuka, thus making her more "real".
I do think the referred Lum and Sayaka are valid Tsunderes. However, I could be overstating my argument. I totally agree with your sentiment that most of the Asuka is Annos personal life experience however because of Asukas time and place in modern animes history, she can be seen rather as more of a template for what we now see as a Tsundere rather than a Tsundere herself. However, that intrinsically make her a Tsundere as previously stated. I may be off the mark about Anno's intent and think what you're communicating is completely justified. Thanks for responding
Another Note: while Asuka in NGE may not technically be commenting on the nature of Tsunderes in anime, Rebuild Asuka is probably commenting on it in the way I'm ascertaining in the previous message. There's so much progress that has happened in the medium since her creation and now having her in these new movies, products of a different time and place where shes had copy cats of herself litter the scene is something I'd be surprised Anno wouldn't hint to or take inspiration from. But that series isnt over yet so .w.
Asuka is the best EVA pilot, Eva unit 01 is the best EVA. If Asuka drive unit 01 she would be unstoppable
Probably your best video to date. Super insightful.
Whenever you're struggling to accomplish something in a dream, I think the reason is your brain isn't getting the feedback from your hands that you would get when you're awake, the signals to move your body don't work. But what you can do is just recognize that you're in a dream state and then simply decide that the task is accomplished.
i got so excited seeing the notification for this video
Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Aaaw...this was actually really helpful! I've been trying to get myself to watch this series for such a long time, I really admire the ideas behind it. Plus, I've been going through a bit of a rough time mentally with school and everything. I really admire your work mah man! Keep it up!
About time he posted
thank you for making this video sudoStef. Made my day in a cathartic - way :)
Holy moly, that first 30 seconds might be some of the most horrifying 30 seconds in a video yet. well done!
i've been wondering when you post eva analysis again and now you came with asuka analysis. perfect!
This guy makes such good points. I wish everyone would have his understanding for characters
15:10 is the equivalent of the show saying "Damn that's crazy 🤯 Anyways..."
Great video mate, definitely the best anime TH-camr out there
What im wondering about now is the line "how disgusting". I had always thought that the line showed that Shinji is still hated by Asuka, and she insults him calling him disgusting, leaving him to cry and accept that she hates him. Shinji talks about how being hated is part of living and that not everyone will like you or hate you or whatever. However, the line could be that shes disgusted by herself and shinji. Shes disgusted that they both have taken so long to truly open their eyes and see each other for what they really are. Now that they both are reunited, she is disgusted by their past, but is ready for a new future. Im not really sure tho.
Kimochi warui literally translates to “feel bad”. I don’t think it’s her saying to shinji that he himself is disgusting, but that she herself is disgusted from all the events that just transpired. She did lowkey JUST get brutally killed and enter a dream state where shinji choked her out just so that she can come back to life and get choked out again. So I would also “kimochi warui”
the only evangelion character that made me cry
Thanks for uploading a video about Asuka on my 21st birthday. I'm gonna get drunk and watch some Eva!
And then there's rebuild asuka. Who is a tsundere. And know wears an eye patch. That's it
jmiquelmb Rebuild Asuka is fucking great
brilliant analysis... i just discovered Eva and it has way more depth than i expected... the concept of the AT fields as the barriers between human souls is pretty thought-provoking
thank you for this, it was beautiful
that's was great. thank you . I'm going to watch the whole show again through this lens .
Great video man, Asuka over any waifu, any day.
Yet another fantastic video! Thank you so very much for this one. It helped out a lot in truly understanding Asuka even more.
OMG I understand now! At first I didn't really like asuka (yes I was one of those people who thought she was just a bitch), but now because of this explanation (great analysis btw) I actually see why she was acting the way she was and see her in a new light...she's not so bad after all. I'm sorry asuka for not liking you :((((
You just gained a new sub, great vids my man!
Well she can still be a bitch and be unlikeable despite there being a reason for it.
@@maverickbull1909 true, don’t know why people excuse shinji and asuka so much, having a sad backstory don’t change the fact they’re unlikeable pos
22:49, I didn’t think I would cry at this analysis. It appears my guess was wrong
Finallyyyyy. I missed u so muuuuuch
I think there's some conflating of the concept of having a reason behind one's behavior and someone being unable to treat people well.
it's not shallow to say that Asuka has anti-social behavioral issues and is hard on people. It's true. it's also true she's had a hard, hard life.
It's both and that's part of the beauty. If someone is stabbing you in the gut or tripping you or embarrassing you, it's not rational to stop and say "hey now, what's the root of this behavior." They are still responsible for their actions. (although I can see posing that she is a child. Definitely don't think she's an evil, unforgivable figure. I like her.)
Everyone has outward facades. That's the most human of conditions. Being unable to grow beyond it is understandable but doesn't somehow excuse it. To excuse such behavior is to do that person a terrible disservice. The truest way to care for someone or something is to be realistic, else you inhibit it's growth.
Asuka should have been dealt with differently than being told "you're just a kid." but as a 30 year old man, I now look back at situations like that and say "Yeah, I was just a kid. I simply hadn't had the raw experience to understand. I wasn't deficient, that's just the reality of life, experience, and knowledge."
It also doesn't mean she's some awful, irredeemable character especially when weighing in her status as an adolescent. It just doesn't serve the story to sort of dismiss it. Tragic, yes. Awful to deal with? Yes. Worth getting to know and brave and someone who manages to stand up despite crippling pain? Absolutely.
It's really a gripping version of the "all stories are the same" arc.
It's both. One doesn't remove the other (in regards to whether she is a bitch or a tragic figure. Her inability to socialize is very much who she is) Asuka was/is kind of a bitch and we should feel sorry for her.
Always a good day when I wake up to a new Stef upload.
You really do get better with every video. Your constant analysis of the NGE series always fascinates me and never gets boring.
you're my favorite eva analysis person.
big fan man, love ur work! ... and ur cat
24 minutes, felt like 5. Dude, you're the best, just keep doing what you're doing.
That was such an intense intro.. I was expecting the usual coffee and the adorable fat cat. That took me by surprise 😂 awesome analysis video man, on point as always 👏👏
You just Blew my mind !
ppl keep on asking me why eva is such a blast for me. And it's like you said, a personal experience. Forget the "religous symbols" and focus on the charackters and their portrial and you'll get a lot more out of this series. It's very existentialistic in the end, but with a positive solution.
these analyses are best watched after a semi recent viewing. i saw eva once in the early 2000s and once more after a few of sudostefs analyses, it helps a lot.
great vid dad
I love the mix of analysis and dank, makes it a great video to watch
thank you for this video, it really has helped me with trying to understand the ending!
I love you cat clips instead of evangelion clips. The cat is adorable.
Have you ever tried watching The End of Evangelion while shroomed SudoStef?...I have and gained a 100 extra philosophical mind-fuck conclusions!
“I ain’t watching this… I don’t wanna cry tonight”
Make please PenPen analysis.
I can't believe Evangelion videos r still coming out until now ,that's awesome :D
very good stuff dogg
bro your gonna mess someone up with all those flashing colors