Finally watching NGE and I'm not really getting the appeal. I keep hearing that it's a "deconstruction" of the mecha genre (a term people love to misuse, and that seems to be the case here). I've also heard that its "more about the characters" and that it's "psychological". Is this referring to the endless scenes of angsty teenagers doubting themselves and whining about how much they hate their parents? I actually started laughing out loud when one of the MCs says "I hate you mom!! I hate you dad! I hate everyone! But most of all, I hate ME!!" Lmao so psychological. I've heard that it's supposed to be "philosophical" as well although this seems to mostly be in the form of pseudometaphysical Phil 101 monologues e.g. Who am I? Am I here? etc.
What am I missing? Is it just the context in which it came out and what it did at the time? I can respect that. Do I just need to manage my expectations because, after all, it's a Chinese cartoon? Why does this constantly get memed as an art house masterpiece? Gunbuster was 100x cooler.
It's not really about the mecha genre, it's about flaws in people and becoming capable to appreciate those instead of the hundreds of terrible self destructive reactions that people do because they cant come to terms with themselves at even a rudimentary level. If you're already mentally perfect theres no reason to watch it or any other fiction for that matter.
Jose Carter
Check out the manga after the tv show and movie its mostly better in almost every regard.
Lincoln Diaz
shut the fuck up. If you don't like it, don't watch it
Brandon Stewart
>shut the fuck up. If you don't like it, don't watch it butthurt eva fan detected
Hudson Williams
its not the same if you didnt watch it during puberty
Luis Mitchell
Its just mechs + depression. A manchild's idea of "deep".
Henry Parker
What do you consider to be a deconstruction?
Jaxson Johnson
This looks cool... thanks user.
I plan on watching End of Evangelion and most likely the rebuilds as well. Is the series relatively faithful to the manga?
Okay, this actually sort of makes sense (I'm 30).
Difficult to define briefly here but deconstruction is a school of literary criticism with focus on the instability of fixed meaning in language. It's quite specific and refers to the method of critical analysis rather than the art object itself. The term is constantly misused by pseudo-intellectuals to accrue cultural capital to say basically that something subverts expectations, or literally breaks something into it's separate parts.
He goes through self loathing, he hates his parents. He complains about a lot of things. He acts like a teenager. The problem is that no one was there to genuinely help him. They had ulterior motives, that’s how people work unfortunately. His father only cares about him because he loves his wife. Misato is there to overcome her lonliness. Asuka just wants validation, she doesn’t care from who. Rei likes shinji because she reminds him of gendo. Kaworu was the only one without ulterior motives. Shinji felt that. The peak of evangelion wasn’t the fights. It was when shinji was forced to kill the one thing that gave him some form of love, even if it might be harmful for everyone else in society, including himself. It’s not about philosophy, it’s about dealing with people.
Jackson Evans
It's the same wether you're 14 or 28 if you keep being a pathetic loser. Now I'm old enough to understand Misato and Ritsuko.
Nolan Walker
Not him but I amdumb. Please explain Ritsuko to me.
Daniel Robinson
Uh I watched all of that in 2 days. Can't remember anymore.
Instead of fucking she has a cat while everyone is getting married before 30.
Carson Diaz
Are you new to anime and Yas Forums?
Zachary Barnes
Yes the manga is
John Watson
I've been on Yas Forums for over a decade. I've seen more anime than a normie but probably quite a bit less than most people on Yas Forums and I don't usually come to this board. I usually browse /lit/ and occasionally /g/. Why? Has this topic already been discussed to death? Sorry.
Adam Cooper
Especiallly the flaws in otakus. I swear Anno put a recording of the theater audience from an Ending Part 1 screening in Ending Part 2 as if screaming at them "THIS IS ABOUT YOU, YOU RETARDS. OUR COUNTRY WAS ALREADY WEIRD BUT YOU SHUT INS SURE AIN'T HELPING. GO OUTSIDE AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO GET LAID."
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM EVERYTHING SHOULD BE WYTE OF MY COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM THIS IS A COOMER INVASION ALL OF US MUST COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
