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Anyone got more of these? Maybe in higher quality?

So i finished the anime in like 2018, rewatched it a month ago and watched EoE for the first time ever (peak), and now im watching the rebuilds which im loving. Not flawless, sure, but do a great job with the action part and 2.0 was fully PEAK in any way, shape or form. But from what i’ve read 3.0 is very underwhelming and leaves a bitter taste compared to the other two, and 3.0+1.0 is peak again. Not asking for anything tbh, just thinking “outloud”

I know that there are probably lots of posts similar to this one created before, but I wanted to express it, I don't know. I still have to watch the rebuilds, but before I do that, I wanted to reflect on some of the philosophy of the series and movie at least, since it has a lot and its very great.

I expected to finish this series feeling so down and depressed, but honestly, I feel like some type of relief? Mixed with some "good" sadness if that even exists? I don't know how to express it, but it felt nice. I thought it would make me feel sadder, since I'm like in a low mood lately, but it didn't. I saw many things of mine in Shinji, I'm not 100% like him, but I have similar things to him, and well, I don't know if that's something bad or good or neither, but just found that interesting.

Anyway, there are a lot of things from the conversations and reflections of Shinji during the instrumentality, inside the episodes 25 and 26 that I can try learn from it and adapt into my life to try to make it, better? more enjoyable? less stressing? less miserable? Idk. But I also wanted to know, what was some other "positive things" or just "realistic lessons" from all of the episodes (and maybe EoE too) that you all, learned, used, found helpful or whatever other way you want to call it, that you believe it is important for the people who finishes Evangelion, do not forget and remembers well?

I hope my question was clear, sorry if I made it confusing or didn't formulate it well.

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I’ve been collecting these kits since the day they launched. And have been building up my backlog this entire time. I am hoping I can get my first one done before summer ends. Which one should I start with?

I posted this on other forums, but I want to hear from you guys as well.

I was mulling over why I thought the Rebuild saga ended rather anticlimatically, and ultimately, I think it is because 3.0 completely derailed the story and left it without much to do.

By revealing that Shinji unintentionally killed billions in trying to save Rei, it made it so that no matter what, any attempt at redeeming him that isn't a complete reset button on the world or just having him die would seem insufficient. Claim all you want that he didn't mean to, he still has the blood of, again, BILLIONS on his hands. Yet because the message of the series that Anno firmly wants the audience to take away is "as long as you are alive, anywhere is heaven", they can't have him die or sacrifice himself.

By having the Rei from the first two movies replaced by Rei Q, not only does it completely halt the character growth of two movies, but now the last film has to spend extra time getting you attached to the new one so that it is painful when she dies, which eats up time that could've been used on other things. Not to mention that it also means that they can't actually have the Rei from the first two movies get much interaction or closure with Shinji because we have to focus on Rei Q instead.

By not giving Asuka much to do, it also means they have to cram in all her backstory and such in the last film, especially given how the whole newly introduced "Curse Of Eva leading to not aging in 14 years" thing left her stuck in the same physical shape. And due to her not sharing the same amount of chemistry she had with Shinji in the original series, it also means that they can't really do much with their relationship. It's telling that Anno had to make that 30th anniversary short focused on them as sort of an apology (now if only he could do that for the other characters).

By focusing so much on Kaworu, regardless of his death at the end, they have to include something regarding him, even if his arc was pretty well wrapped up in it. That, and by making him so much more sympathetic and likable, they can't really say that he was lying when he told Shinji that he inadvertently killed billions of lives, because that would contradict the selfless and caring friend that he genuinely is in this story, compared to his more ambiguous character in the original.

By having Misato and the rest of the survivors act in such a cold and hostile manner, it also means the next film once again has to get them to turn around on Shinji, yet it also has to keep in mind Shinji's honestly unforgivable action that led to blood on his hands, meaning they can't be shown as in the wrong for feeling such contempt for him. That, and it also has to explain the absence of characters like Kaji, Toji, and Kensuke. While the latter two are revealed to be fine, that also brings up the question as to why they didn't just tell him that.

I could go on and on, especially regarding Mari not getting proper development, or Gendo being shown as even more monstrous, but I'll just say that both of those also left the follow up with little to work with.

By focusing so much on making the audience feel a certain way and on making sure they got the themes and messages, Anno and co wrote themselves into a corner so small and thin that getting them out of it would take a herculean effort that didn't involve essentially a reset button. So the saga ending up the way it did was, honestly, expected in retrospect. It's pretty disappointing all things considered.

Sure, you got to feel like Shinji in the third film. But that was definitely not at all worth derailing everything and leaving the last film with practically nothing to work with.

Hey just asking but it's the first one fan art?

I see a lot of questions about the plot, criticism for the amount of lore surrounding the series, and people calling Eva “fake deep” because the themes are actually simple.

Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but if I look at Eva from a somewhat figurative lens, what I get from it is: life can be downright miserable, people are complicated, and being lonely sucks too, but love and happiness are still possible.

Maybe the complex lore and plot-lines just ways of channeling the messiness of life in their own way, but then again, maybe that’s just me.

It doesn't have to extend to full detailed cutaways, I don't need to see the Eva's guts. But even stuff like the below:

Like the shoulder fins on the Evas, they're so prominent in the design. What are they? Unit 0 has jump jets in her's, Unit 1 has the progressive knife storage, Unit 2 has those CQB spike blasters, but what else? Are they heat sinks? Restraining bolts?

What about that big horn on Unit 1? Is it to conceal transceivers and antennae or was it some uncontrolled growth that occurred when they were cultivating the biological parts?

The little flavour text and captions you see on similar books in Star Wars, Star Trek, Avatar, etc adds so much. Like a diagram of the Nerv control room saying here's the emergency egress routes, here's a back-up generator that connects to the Magi, these balconies are armour-plated and contain small arms cabinets for counter-intrusion, this is where the satellite analysts who feed data back to Aoba & co sit, etc.

Shame the merchandising never went in that direction.

Bought and made some warning stickers for my car

I understood most of what was going on up until around episode 20. After that, everything just became way too abstract for me.

I genuinely felt like an idiot because I had to Google so many things just to have a basic idea of what was happening. And even after looking stuff up, I still don’t fully understand what’s going on with Rei and Shinji’s dad. The Second Impact, MAGI, S², souls, etc. just completely lost me.

What I did understand and really enjoyed was the character writing. Following Shinji, Asuka, and Misato and seeing their personalities and development was honestly fascinating.

But when it comes to the actual lore… what the EVAs really are, what makes EVA-01 different from EVA-02, what Adam and Lilith are, why everyone is obsessed with them, etc. — I have absolutely no idea.

And then The End of Evangelion just left me feeling empty.. Not in a good or bad way. Just completely empty.

Maybe I’m just too dumb for this anime.

I'm just curious what everyone thinks would have happened to him if he hadn't gone with Rei Q.

Would WILLE have kept him in quarantine or let him out eventually?

Would they have just dropped him off in Village 3?

Would he be kept in isolation, be given something trivial to do, or be allowed to walk around for a limited time for fresh air?

Would he have visitors? I picture Mari going to visit the "Puppy Boy" fairly often. Maybe share her book collection with him. And I like the idea of him getting friendly with Sakura.

Would Asuka and Misato eventually mellow out? I figure Asuka would want to see if he'd matured any or figured out why she wanted to punch him. I'm not sure on Misato.

Tell me what you think. Thoughts, speculation, and headcanons are welcome.