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I understand where you're coming from, but I always thought that the TV ending showed Shinji accepting Instrumentality. That's the point where it ended at, with Shinji finally feeling comfortable with everyone, and realizing that coming together wasn't so bad after all. All that mindrape stuff was him going through Instrumentality, so yes, it did give a picture into his mind, but I thought his final choice differed in the movie.
I always looked at the TV ending him accepting who he was. All the people he was talking to within his mind were telling him of his faults, and how he refused to realize that others did appriciate him, were he believed they all hated him, and gave him no choice in the matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trumpet Thief
Though the last scene shows him finally accepting that part of his thinking to be false. With that realization, I don't think he would have still chosen Instrumentality.
Edit: And where the hell is Trowa!? :Mad2:
You know, I never actually thought of it that way. They all could have very well been congratulating him on NOT choosing Instrumentality. Kudos!
And I figured that with the Split Personality gimmick, people wouldn't take me too seriously. But being my favorite anime character ever, all my "split personality" badboys will be in a signature that I'll make up soon enough :cool:
They will still be missed though. :(
I'm kind of in class right now, but I watched EoE with Momiji just a few days ago. And then immediately after EoE was done, I had him watch the first minute of Rebuild.
There are some strong theories about what the true nature of 'Rebuild' is. I have seen the 2nd Rebuild movie as well so I can agree with some of the theories.
There is a doujin manga series called 'Re Take' which is basically a sequel to the End of Evangelion. It is pretty darn good. Only thing is that it is absolutely 18+. There's sex and stuff. But the storyline that that follows is really interesting.
I got around to watching this with some help of Momiji (Momiji-CHAN even). I really liked it. I don't remember the series too well anymore... It seemed like a hand full of episodes with higher productions values. I really loved it, and I hate anime these days!
Now I keep listening to Komm,susser Tod!
Shinji remains my favorite character. That's right, out of everyone else, all of them, Shinji is my favorite. Suck it ;/
Rebuild of Evangelion is a necessity for the series, I think. The reason the anime is so convoluted and neither endings (Episodes 25 and 26) and End of Evangelion make any good amount of sense is because the whole scope of the series was never realized in the original anime. There has been a significant amount of information released via interviews which actually explain the origin of the Angels and humans as well. These details actually make End of Evangelion make perfect sense.
Anyone who honestly thinks Rebuild of Evangelion is merely a cash-in isn't giving the movies a fair chance. Aside from being significantly different from the series (major changes start happening at the end of the first movie), this time around, they might actually have the opportunity to fit in everything they'd intended from the beginning.
Agreed. Good to know that no one in this forum is looking at Rebuild as a "cash-in". Elsewhere, the opinions are quite the opposite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ouch!
Rebuild is a cash-in for sure, but it's not 'merely' so. I can agree with that.
Also in case I was too ambiguous before, speculation on the true nature of RebuildRebuild is a direct sequel to End of Evangelion.
I think it's mainly Hideako showing what he wanted Evangelion to truly be (He was happy with the TV Ending, but there were problems because of budget cutbacks etc.).Quote:
Originally Posted by JKTrix
And I've heard a lot of theories about that, and it is really interesting and very plausible. In 2.0, there are actually a lot of hints that support (SPOILER)Rebuild being a sequel to EOE. I have yet to see the movie though, this is just from what I've read.
While I did prefer the end of evangelion movie to the last two episodes of the series (i watch the giant naked glowing Rei destroying the world scene atleast once every week) I prefered the ending itself of the series to that of end of evangelion. I just got this warm feelin of completion with the whole room breaks apart and congratulations scene.
Anyway the rebuild of Evangelion doesnt really catch my interest. Right now Im only really interested in seeing the completion of the Manga and how they decide to end things. Overall I liked the Manga series much more than the anime series as it had alot less angsty teenage sexual tension. Also the fact that (SPOILER)Toji dies makes a far stronger impact with the following scene (SPOILER)where it flashes to class rep's appartment and she says "I hope Toji enjoys his lunch tommorow"
Infact the only thing I prefer in the anime over the manga is that Kensuke gets abit more notice in the anime. And the fact that the anime is actually finished. Otherwise all the extra angel battles and what not werent very enjoyable for me.
(SPOILER)Toji should have died in the anime in my opinion, as heartbreaking as it is. It's not like he did much when he got back anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
Agreed. It would have made the scene (SPOILER)where Toji's entry plug gets crushed a bit more believable. I mean, just how many people (SPOILER)expected Toji to die from that? I sure did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trumpet Thief(SPOILER)Toji should have died in the anime in my opinion, as heartbreaking as it is. It's not like he did much when he got back anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
I definetly did. And by seeing him at the end of the episode I actually (SPOILER)thought he was dead. Shinji's piercing scream at the end sold it for me. But alas, it turned out to be naught. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by MomijiAgreed. It would have made the scene (SPOILER)where Toji's entry plug gets crushed a bit more believable. I mean, just how many people (SPOILER)expected Toji to die from that? I sure did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trumpet Thief(SPOILER)Toji should have died in the anime in my opinion, as heartbreaking as it is. It's not like he did much when he got back anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
Wait until you see Rebuild 2.0...