Misato has ice, snacks and 50 GALLONS OF BEER in her fridge lmao. Mood. Her car is wrecked and there's a monster that might kill her and all she can think about is car payment loans lol. She's just like me fr. Well, except for the groomer vibes she's giving off.
I'm sure it's gonna get depressing very soon, I hear all the characters suck and half of them are sexpests. Seems like you get a pretty decent understanding of why they suck though. I already dislike Shinji though, dude get in the fucking robot the world is ending. I guess sucking is hereditary, because his dad sucks too, fucking dumbass. Dude if your son is "the chosen one" when it comes to piloting these things and you're all "I must sacrifice everything for the mission" then sacrifice some free time to be with your son so your top pilot is less psychologically messed up.
NERV is in dire need of a psych team though, insane that there isn't a dedicated therapist to help the pilots deal with trauma.
Also it's so beautiful! I miss old anime like this and Akira, everything just gets to breathe. It's so pretty every frame is a painting. The women have noses and they look like women, which is also impressive. Sadly there's still only one body type women can have, but at least they can look humanoid.
Anyway, bit idea: Guy who only watches Evangelion for the fights.
Edit: Okay so Shinji managed to make two friends and they get sent away. The dude needs a support network, how incompetent can his dad be? "Huh my best pilot is getting some friends? Can't have that, we need him to be as mentally unstable as possible!"
Dude needs to be fired.
Double edit: Now on an episode where an EVA goes berserk and tries to attack the dad and he just stands there looking at it and then when it breaks thru to him he's shocked. The guy is absolutely not beating "himbo, but not actually hot, just dumb" allegations
Never been a huge fan of mecha anime, but Gurren Lagann is pretty fucking good
Thanks for the recommendation!
yeah, gurren lagann is evangelion if it were actually any good
Or if he wasn't emotionally abused and was encouraged instead
and also if the plot and the mythology made any god damned sense instead of being vaguely judeochristian-colored BS put in a blender and smeared over the screen.
anyway, yeah, i know art can be uncomfortable and shit, but i hate watching a show where the main selling point is "look, abusing a kid is bad and it fucks them up". i already know this. watching it just makes me feel awful, and with the shitty ass ending of NGE, there's not even any point to anyone's suffering. it's the equivalent of someone scraping their nails on a blackboard for 20+ episodes, watching you writhe in pain, for no reason at all.