Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:47 am
xD You did the same thing as me by accidentally calling Shinji Shuji--well, I did the opposite by calling Shuji Shinji, but... Yeah, End of Evangelion really is up for interpretation. the way I see it is this. Shinji became God and he had two choices:
1. Join his fellows in the LCL of happiness.
2. Reject Instrumentality. I think pretty much that whole AU thing is very, very possible, seeing as he might've restarted the world. Basically, I think the last episode of Evangelion takes place during that time Shinji's in his Eva before it breaks free of Lillith. < I prefer this one.
As for Shinji's personality. Okay, I first watched this when I was 12. The fact the whiny boy I was back then found Shinji annoying at times was just bad. XD My mom watched it with me when I was older and she found the whole relationship between Gendo and Shinji interesting. Sad thing is that I do that hand-folding thing Gendo does when I'm discussing things with my friends.
Awhile back, I actually took into account the lyrics of the ending song, and I thought that Shinji actually did what I knew was coming all along: HE ACTUALLY DID IT! HE BLEW IT UP! GOD DAMN HIM! I have the whole series on DVD. First anime I watched the whole series of. XD
Now, for Saikano:
1. I guess the reason I liked Shuji was that he was a very believable male character in many cases. Guys do very very stupid things. I may not have liked how cruel he was to Chise at the start, but he really had EXCELLENT development as a character.
2. The whole plot is beautiful. I have to say. evangelion had mindfucks, but for the most part it was depressing. Everything about Saikano was just adorable. I mean, the whole arc where Shuji worked as a Fisherman was just amazing.
3. I am glad I never saw the anime. My friend said the ending theme was all she really liked from it. XD
Now, do I like mecha? Depends on how the mechs are used. TTGL was a Super Robot anime, but I just could not ome to like it for how absurd it was. It's just overhyped. You want an epic attack: Erupting Burning Finger. You want a good Super Robot? Getter Robo. the old Gundams were good too. It was once Zero Wing hit things went all, "OOOH! PRETTY BOYS PILOTING ROBOTS! SEE HOW SAD THEY ARE?"