So my little tiny pea brain didn't calculate that this video was 4x as long as I normally make in a week and I've totally wrecked my schedule. I'm not sure when the next upload will be but when I get back on it I should be fairly consistent until, you know. Some other bullshit happens.

@Sabuufa

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds Oof.

@falcongamer5867

4 жыл бұрын

That's proof that you're human

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

@@falcongamer5867 Or *am I*

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sabuufa Was quite oof

@falcongamer5867

4 жыл бұрын

@@ScamboliReviews don't pull a Michael on me, i know that you're a human Or do i?

Fun Fact: The writers themselves said they only added the Christian symbolism because, and I quote, “it looks cool”.

@Schnoz42069

Жыл бұрын

They didn’t add it at random though.

@dickc.normous6369

Жыл бұрын

It's the creative equivalent of getting a random Kanji tattoo because it looks neat and I love it

@Mewidy

Жыл бұрын

@@Schnoz42069 yeah they totally did. you can swap christian symbolism for literally anything else and it wouldnt matter

@Schnoz42069

Жыл бұрын

@@Mewidy they literally didn’t. You don’t know anything about what you’re talking about. All the symbolism makes perfect sense.

@OmegaShadeslayer

Жыл бұрын

@@Schnoz42069 What a wonder, you don't know what you're talking about either.

I disliked how everyone kept telling shinji that he had a choice when the choice is basically the apocalypse or become a front line soldier at the age of 14.

@joaodelgado6696

4 жыл бұрын

that sthe point. The characters of the show arent supposed to be the voice of reason but deeply flawed

@boneatled

3 жыл бұрын

"[...] yeah, there's people like shinji out there, but there's also people like Jack Lucas [...]" and you know the rest

@wardensicarius3843

3 жыл бұрын

@alantupadre yeah true.

@judealbert1590

3 жыл бұрын

alantupadre A 14 year old not wanting to be a soldier means he’s a coward!!! Shit I’m about to turn 18 and if I was in shinji position I wouldn’t be doing it and I’m pretty sure that you along with everyone else watching this video would make the same decision.

@ahmedluay-mu7me

3 жыл бұрын

@alantupadre well no. But not every person is a jojo alpha always doing the right thing perfect human being

You don't have to be smart to get Eva, you need to have crippling depression to get eva

@mihaimercenarul7467

Жыл бұрын

Nah it's mid even then

@Shad0wslayer

11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry but if you need to be in a very specific state of mind to enjoy/reflect on a piece of media, it's simply not doing a very good job at that. I was doing okay mentally when I watched Sakurasou, NGE, and Welcome to NHK. Two of these shows broke me and made me rethink what I'm currently doing with my life. One bored me to death that I constantly wanted to tab out and/or made me rather use my phone and browse on the internet for the most random things. Can you guess which of the three bored me to death? That's right, it's Eva

@littleredruri

9 ай бұрын

​@@Shad0wslayer It bored you therefore it's bad? I like slower paced stuff that takes time to flesh out its themes, and episodes 25 and 26 have been essentially my jumping off point for self help and therapy, healing my past trauma and learning how to open up and be a better human being. That's who it's made for. If it didn't do that for you, that's not a failure, that's just it not working for you. And that's okay! You don't have to shit on a piece of media just because you didn't like it or were bored.

@mrcoolcanon

9 ай бұрын

Can you say if the manga is better? Or the same?

@littleredruri

9 ай бұрын

@@mrcoolcanon the manga is even more complicated and even more up for interpretation. The original series to me is far better, though the manga is still very good.

actually, Shinji and Asuka did have a little development for the most part they developed into worse people

@radiacia_3511

7 ай бұрын

Rei also had... "development" she gave up on Gendo and chose Shinji for the instrumentality project

@howsad2397

5 ай бұрын

to be fair they do develop at the instrumentality project which is at the end, but idk I liked the other movie, as it worked much more on development..

@577deaththekid

2 ай бұрын

That's the point.

@braydenlanter95

2 ай бұрын

Not really… more than anything I feel like they stayed stagnant but came to realize why they act the way they do. It was less of a character development and more of a character explanation.

@inyrui

2 ай бұрын

Shinji clearly develops by the end of the show. He rejects instrumentality which was like, the essence of what he wanted. But he rejects it in the end in favor of living as a separate human who will experience loneliness, hurt, and sadness, but also love and happiness. Asuka develops from being cocky, arrogant, and isolated into a vulnerable person who acknowledges her failures and insecurities, which is the first step towards change. She also rejects instrumentality. They both arguably have the most fully developed character arcs in the show. We don't see them fully change into better people, but we see them take the first steps, and that's the whole point. All it takes is that first step towards change. Life will make you sad, people will hurt you, but its worth it because you can also feel love and happiness with others. Idk how anyone could not see that it's a pretty explicit theme of the show that the last 2 episodes and film spend most of their runtime explaining lmfao

"I thought the ending was bad" "No one important dies" *"I didn't watch the movie"* my guy

@muufle

4 жыл бұрын

He said he didn't want to because the evangalion lore is hard to figure out and doesn't want to watch a movie where it could lead to bigger plot holes he needs to look at another 20 hours of content to understand what the fuck is going on.

@muufle

4 жыл бұрын

@Pentex Sucks to understand the movie, he has to dig deeper into the lore than he already has. You can't understand Eva just by watching the anime or the movie, and that's why he doesn't like it.

@muufle

4 жыл бұрын

@Pentex Sucks Exaggeration is a thing.

@muufle

4 жыл бұрын

@Pentex Sucks would it have been better if I said 2,000 hours?

@burtbiggum499

4 жыл бұрын

Its not that nobody important dies it was just that you never feel any stakes

The sad thing about Eva is that it’s message about escapism was completely ignored and ended up doing the opposite for people, creating more escapism.

@juang.552

Жыл бұрын

Ah, if only the author had anything to say about the reception to Eva So sad we never had any follow up movies in which Anno addresses it :'c in

@thatitalianlameguy2235

Жыл бұрын

​@@juang.552 That also do what they criticize by endulging in massive fanservice and obviously exist because it was profitable to do so (and in them, since shinji is his self insert, he marries the self insert of his wife).

@juang.552

Жыл бұрын

@@thatitalianlameguy2235 I'm talking about end of Eva mainly, not the rebuilds. The whole movie is a commentary on how Anno feels about what people took from his work. The rebuilds on the other hand, profitable as they may be, are also laced with several layers of meaning, mainly about the author's relationship with the creation that defined his career. Though i hear interpreting art is not hip these days

@spazmatCc

Жыл бұрын

Shinji as the most relatable/realistic character

@tigergaj

Жыл бұрын

What you say is only true if you interpret it that way. It's YOUR job to get up off your ass and live your life. That was the point! YOU'RE creating more escapism.

Look, man, I'm just here for the psychic meat-mech fights with cosmic horrors beyond human comprehension

@baitposter

Ай бұрын

*_(and that's where the movies really shine)_*

@ZA-en4bb

27 күн бұрын

It very much is within human comprehension

@baitposter

27 күн бұрын

@@ZA-en4bb The physics behind Leliel's shadow isn't Ramiel is a solid maybe; it's either polymorphic or somehow exists beyond three spatial dimensions.

How to watch EVA: 1. Get high and watch a half-hour break-down of the plot. 2. Watch "End of Evangelion"

@runefaustblack

3 ай бұрын

No. Just no. You miss out on, among other things, a TON of really cool mecha fights.

@jettisoncargo

3 ай бұрын

@runefaustblack just watch the dance episode on a 10 hour loop!

@The4thGear

3 ай бұрын

Just watch gurren lagan

@mirceazaharia2094

3 ай бұрын

​@@The4thGear This. It's loud, brash, cool, heroic, gives you cool, likeable protagonists who grow to be better people and win in the end. Vs gross, organic mechas piloted by depressive teenagers who lose and then the world goes extinct. MUH THEMES OF DEPRESSION AND FAILURE, SO DEEP. Fvck off, Evangelion. I deal with enough sh¿t on a daily basis. I'm just climbing out of a decades-long depression hole, I'm beating it, one step and one day at a time. I'm conquering my demons, I am starting to face my fears, I am admitting my mistakes and starting to fix them. Shinji is just a weak piece of crap. He never decided to be better no matter the effort. He never decided to do anything and everything to be better. He just laid down, gave up, and his Earth died. Fvck Shinji.

@BoaHancock_

3 ай бұрын

@@mirceazaharia2094 damn didnt know you watched your father force you to kill your friend on a daily basis!

Wow, this video has no dislikes. Everybody must've hated this anime called "Neon Genesis Evangelion"

@Marziipan

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, must’ve bombed

@pkpantheryt3326

2 жыл бұрын

@@Marziipan I heard they made a sequel called "End of Evangelion" or rebuilds or something but clearly people must hate those too since videos bashing them have no dislikes

@sirlancerstien

2 жыл бұрын

It's really weird how nothing is disliked at all nowadays. The KZread community is so inspiring!

@pkpantheryt3326

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirlancerstien Such positivity!

@katsuragj408

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirlancerstien youtube got rid of the public dislikes

Rei wasn’t resurrected, she was replaced with a clone, just pointing that out. The Rei we spent the series knowing stays dead.

@uCalm

4 жыл бұрын

You gonna act like that no emotion bitch is different now LOL

@Big_DaddyC

4 жыл бұрын

@@uCalm Rei entire character is her learning to emote. At the beginning she clings to Gendo, thinking that gendo is the only one who matters. As the series progress she starts to become a human and not a doll, but she dies. It isnt like they are the same person because old rei was starting to begin to be a human and shit

@eperpaper6956

4 жыл бұрын

@Dave Dave that's not true, did we watch the same show?

@jovanni1676

4 жыл бұрын

@@Big_DaddyC Yea i agree as a character she has a arc and goes through development

@moontrooper2587

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Fernandez She wanted to love to live. But that love is what killed her in the end. ... Ironic, isn’t it?

What is so insane to me personally is that I went into this show with an openess and willingness to completely accept anything and everything and change my own expectations in order to let it fully take me in. I was told it'd be the greatest thing I'd ever be able to watch in regards to Anime (which I had never watched any of before) and so I really did attempt to let it have the most profound impact it could on me but every criticism in this video perfectly shows in what ways I feel negatively about it. There was a comment I read on this video that probably just sums up my feelings towards the show better than I ever could: "I really loved the idea of Evangelion that I had in my own mind but I didn't love the actual show."

@eplatamx2017

10 ай бұрын

Relatable, I came in expecting to be blown away by an extremely complex and deep story that would mess me up. By the end of it I felt scammed and bored, half the show was a regular 'monster of the week' anime and the other half turned into more of a mystery drama that was starting to pick up, only to drop off and turn into a bizarre lecture on loneliness for 2 episodes.

@qwertydavid8070

10 ай бұрын

oof, it's a shame that people were hyping it up so much for you. Evangelion hit me hard because I went into it knowing absolutely NOTHING about it. I literally just saw the rei plushie memes everywhere and I wanted to learn where they came from. Evangelion really is the type of anime that you need to watch knowing completely nothing about it, it's kind of surprising I never got spoiled about it lol.

@BlackBlocRulez

10 ай бұрын

The biggest issue is most people don't understand esoteric and occult symbolism inside NGE, with that it's all just midwits take on Hurr Durr Psychology and Lonliness . For example one thing, Adam in NGE he is actually Adam Kadmon which is the first being made out of light (Adam in the anime is also depicted as a being of pure light) who while seeding the world with life/creation broke apart intp 7 vessels that's most likely why SEELE and Lilith have 7 "eyes" to symbolize this fact. And to unite those pieces/vessels of him, that's actually the instrumentality project or rather Tikkum Olam as it is called within the Kaballah/jewish mystisicm and other occult teachings. There are a ton of messages und leads which aren't obvious to many, from Jungian Archetypes (all the characters) to outright occult/esoteric meanings. And even when people "quote" Anno for saying he chose those "christian" symbols etc. because it looks cool they jusz don't get it without certain knowledge about above mentioned stuff.

@aaronamour6101

10 ай бұрын

@@BlackBlocRulez That is very interesting but still doesn‘t really take away any of the other major criticisms for the show.

@eplatamx2017

10 ай бұрын

@@BlackBlocRulez I don't think that any of what you just said takes away the fact that the show has many other flaws that might seem boring to people, like the inconsistent pacing, the theme change, the unlikable characters, the 'on-the-nose' ending, etc.

honestly i'm just here for the angel and eva designs. and also the ton of wierd, convoluted lore this anime has. Oh and also shinji having a mental breakdown every three minutes is the icing on the cake

@YourLordPhrog

9 ай бұрын

I 100% agree. Also, I love the style.

@janfiloute_the_noob4045

7 ай бұрын

I started the anime because of its unique and weird aesthetic. I was surprised to see that the show had a lot more psychology than i though. Even if i didnt understood all of it, it emphisazed the feeling of the show, for the better according to me. Very special feeling

"YoU JUsT doN'T UNdeRStaND EvA" Nobody does pal...

@PrivateMugen19

3 жыл бұрын

I give the show after 12 episode

@-caleb-7201

3 жыл бұрын

I did I don’t know what you all are talking about.

@demogeymidge2997

3 жыл бұрын

Except Anno

@slQa.

3 жыл бұрын

@Markus Reit If you have to watch an explanation video in order to enjoy an anime. It's not a good anime

@324omarrmz

3 жыл бұрын

@Markus Reit I’m 14 and I just finished watching it and it was one dangerous roller coaster of an anime

I think the character development was supposed to be the character's mentality becoming worse as the story develops lmao

@fiddel6483

4 жыл бұрын

Well at rebuild they have evolution Sinshi isn't such a pussy and Rei is more of a person

@russotusso1695

4 жыл бұрын

@@fiddel6483 not really, Shinji is for most part same, Rei is just able to interact with Shinji more, and Asuka is little more self-awear, for most part main characters are same, with same problems.

@DelixYT88

4 жыл бұрын

You talking about re:zero?

@fiddel6483

4 жыл бұрын

@@DelixYT88 what???

@DelixYT88

4 жыл бұрын

@@fiddel6483 what i meant by that was that re:zero felt exactly like what the comment described

I got interested in Eva because I was recommended KZread videos about its "deep psychological nature" and to be fair they did have some interesting points like the “desire to not exist”. But after sitting down to actually watch the series, i could no longer relate to a single thing about the show, I felt confused on how so many people were able to draw so much from it when all I felt was burnout when watching Eva. It’s so messy to the point I had the uncontrollable urge to just hold down fast forward because I felt like my time was being wasted

@eplatamx2017

10 ай бұрын

Right? specially during those long shots with Misato that just go on forever and nothing happens

@saysikern4425

9 ай бұрын

The lack of information given to the viewer plus the fact I found the main characters insufferable really made it so that I couldn’t get any “deeper meaning” out of it cause I’m trying to figure out what tf is going on

@xoxoheartz

8 ай бұрын

There ain’t nothing wrong with shows that have “DeEp MeAnInG” n all but if wanking ahh retards keep disliking minor opinions on these shows then i Kant take dis shit srsly no more 😂

@stephen-k

8 ай бұрын

Bro it's not confusing it's just stupid, this is what its creator wants you to think, that it's confusing and deep but in fact it's probably the stupidest thing I ever watched

@Tank_lover

6 ай бұрын

​@@saysikern4425they're supposed to be insufferable

as someone who just watched it for the first time, i think the point of the show is that escapism is bad. so people trying to get all the answers of the overarching plot basically lost and dont understand the meaning of the show, which is to forget all about the weird angel SEELE plot shit and focus on how Shinji overcomes his mental problems and to incorpoarate that into OUR OWN LIVES. its very meta. but thats just what i think

@Palindrone-lj3fo

4 ай бұрын

exactly

@h__r

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! So many people are missing this point like they dodging bullets. That's what made me love EVA more than anything and the fact that I related to Shinji so much.

@christtel1484

3 ай бұрын

Bt the way you are describing the series it seems you read/watched some summary on youtube, held on to the escapism bit and wanted to use it to bash the many fans that enjoy the world built around the series. It is literally media. A movie, a series, manga, tv show, made to be consumed. Just because eva and its creator had their own vey valid explanations and complaints about a very different period in anime history doesnt mean we the fans caring for it is "going against the escapism point of the show". I wonder why the rebuilds exist and who was 10000% behind them.. umm could it be the same original creator no longer swamped in depression and financial issues giving everyone closure on his biggest work?

@h__r

3 ай бұрын

@@christtel1484 tbf to the commenter, they are responding to the video which only covers the original series and none of the movies. So it makes sense that they only talk about the depressive and escapist themes of the anime.

@EresirThe1st

2 ай бұрын

@@h__r If you actually relate to shinji maybe you're just a garbage human being

Nobody understands eva unless they're a philosopher from ancient greece who died violently because they said the earths round

@cloud2019

3 жыл бұрын

r/IAmAnEvaFanAndIamSmort

@charliekowittmusic

3 жыл бұрын

Ehh I think this is all a bit of an exaggeration. It does take a little time to go outside the show and watch an explainer, or read an analysis forum post somewhere. But this is just a TV show that involves themes of existential philosophy, Freudian psychology, and religious imagery. The same could be said of Westworld, Lord of The Rings, etc. Those themes just happen to be very meaningful for certain people and I’m one of ‘em 🤷‍♂️

@Lamachi-_-

3 жыл бұрын

Actual legitimate laughs emerged from my body reading this comment

@FrogEnjoyer17

3 жыл бұрын

The ancient greeks knew that the earth was a sphere

@goblinslayer8589

3 жыл бұрын

The earth is rectangle

Virgin EVA fan:"you just don't understand EVA" Chad EVA fan:"i agree that EVA is flawed, but i still love it"

@matteo964

3 жыл бұрын

The problem is that Chad Eva fans are like, 1/100 of the fans

@zaidhernandez4601

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@aleksi2627

3 жыл бұрын

yes. I might even claim it's greatly flawed and it's still liked and viewed as better than 6/10 only because of few things: symbolism (which makes the show feel deep), good animation, unique idea. Those things don't make a show really "good", but basic anime watchers and fans of symbolism will judge the anime to be 10/10, even though it could be argued that it might be objectively wrong to claim so. People assume that if they like something, it must be good. I believe shows like code geass and death note are objectively much better shows than evangelion. But I guess somebody could choose to judge shows with criteria which would make evangelion better and death note worse, but I don't feel like that kind of criteria could be viewed as good by most people.

@boogeymann6686

3 жыл бұрын

Also Chad EVA fan: nonexistent

@Tay-vr3be

3 жыл бұрын

@@matteo964 more like 1/10000. But ur on the point

I appreciate that you approached this video in good faith and actually gave praise to things you liked about it whilst I disagree with you this wasn't a bad video 👍

@SILLY_N3SS

Ай бұрын

Most calmest take from a person with an osaka pfp I've ever seen (I agree too!)

i liked eva because big dumb robot go smash, i liked end of eva because big dumb robot go explode

@1ec

10 ай бұрын

ooga booga like opinion. ooga booga happy

@ZA-en4bb

27 күн бұрын

big dumb robot get eaten big dumb robot grow wing big dumb robot is now a god or something

"No one important in this series dies" lmao, this guy

@Gundamguy-py3ir

4 жыл бұрын

Dude I know right! I almost forgot he tried to make that point.

@seankim5762

4 жыл бұрын

WilloftheWeb noooooo kajjiiiiiiiiiiii

@Gundamguy-py3ir

4 жыл бұрын

@@seankim5762 yeah Kaji isn't really confirmed dead if I remember correctly, but yeah Rei 2 is dead, dead. ☠️

@nickkelly3199

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gundamguy-py3ir nah kaji gets capped it's just not confirmed who does it

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

Did anyone really care that Kaji died though? Did anyone *really* get attached to Kaji? And even after his death, it doesn't really meaningfully effect anyone but Misato. When Rei "died", her being cloned really took any emotional impact of her "dying" away. Her soul is still floating around, even if I cared about her I wouldn't have been sad. That's sort of the point I was making, it's hard to summarize in a few short sentences.

Nope! You’re nitpicking and biased, I win, Bye Bye!

@ryder9562

4 жыл бұрын

Ghiaccio / Knack 2 baby.

@alexbrunton5127

4 жыл бұрын

@@ryder9562 KNACK 3 BABEY

@meatycitadel

4 жыл бұрын

Now I imagine this but in Ghiaccio voice

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

LMAOOO

@tommyahadldldl6331

4 жыл бұрын

Ghiaccio / he’s just an idiot lmao

I actually really enjoyed the first half of Evangelion, even if it's the more "boring" part. So much that I was wondering how they'd wrap up all those plot points they set up. They didn't, of course.

@langustajableczna

7 ай бұрын

I felt a sense of completion after finishing the anime and was surprised they made additional movies. I wonder what didn't you get?

@dutczar5436

7 ай бұрын

​@@langustajablecznaMostly the sci-fi elements like "oh wow look, it's an X58008 drive for evas! How?", or anything about Angels, or maybe showing more of Rei's character (which, I think is just left as "she Gendo wife, that's why she likes him"), and... really all the things this video covered? (I haven't watched it since then, I don't remember what's already mentioned) By the movie, I still didn't even know what the difference between Gendo and SEES plan was, and even after I checked online most people just speculate it's making his wife a god, but doing everything else exactly as SEES wants anyway. I could come up with a whole essay probably, but I've got things to do, and don't care enough.

@langustajableczna

7 ай бұрын

@@dutczar5436 Rei can't progress much as a character, since she is being cloned constantly and shaped to fit Gendo's plan, but I get you and wanted it too. That is her tragedy. I see Rei 2's slight development despite it all. I think if they explained all the technical intricacy it would be way longer and more boring, but those things don't interest me at all personally

@dutczar5436

7 ай бұрын

@@langustajableczna The thing is that you could still pull off something satisfying there, both by spreading out her development (rather than, literally end it by episode 6), or covering more themes regarding the cloning from her point of view, as I only remember one scene in her house, which just seemed to be there to address "yup, existential crisis is hard" and move on. Being unconventional in general is the main problem for me, TOO unconventional. You don't need technical intricacy to explain the Angels, for instance, but the fact we don't know - or more importantly, we don't LEARN - more about them, the central driving force of the story, by the end than we did in episode 1 is something you generally see stories get criticised for. I mentioned that "engine" or "Dead Sea Scrolls" are other things unexplained, but on their own they're something I'd forgive Eva or other shows for, it's just that everything keeps on piling on.

@langustajableczna

7 ай бұрын

@@dutczar5436 I think it was very well done, but I used to really relate to Rei and felt seen when I was much younger and watched NGE first. I think it adds to her character and role, and it maes you sad when you think what could become of her if she was given the time and ability to develop and live. But that's just my reading of Rei and my and your opinions are equaly meaningful and meaningless. I was always curious to see what Rei would be if more of Rei 1 was left in the next clones. For angels I just thought oh angels, some sort of cosmic monster that tries to get inside and get something and they learn from each other on how to attack Nerv. And they got the same names as in the bible lol. When I watch something I let my mind flow and interpret freely, to myself and NGE is perfect for that

I enjoyed it somewhat for what it is, but more so I just appreciate how well it captures a sort of feeling not easily put into words.

This guy and Nux are mad lads. "Why Eva sucks" "Why Fairy Tail is actually good"

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, the duality of man

@Will-uj7yu

4 жыл бұрын

trash taste

@astralking907

4 жыл бұрын

William Dupuis ok boomer

@dizzee6089

4 жыл бұрын

@@Will-uj7yu lol weeb trash

@AvidExpert

4 жыл бұрын

Seriously in the finale season of Fairy Tail they cut the budget, tons of scenes and even had MAIN guild members in the background who were fighting represented as grey background characters with no face/animation. That shit went downhill fast.

Shinji: *burps* Eva fandom: you see that burp is the profound analogy of depression and the empty void you feel in your soul while having no interest in living. That burp smelt like burnt toast, just like the empty black holes in space. These black holes are the metaphors for the Loneliness and the helplessness you feel when going through crisis’s trying to find your place in this world. Only people who understand Evangelion would get this deep and meaningful message, truly Anno was ahead of his time

@nichoalaz6235

3 жыл бұрын

This post was made by Eva gang

@gerardo6525

3 жыл бұрын

Average pseudo intellectual evangelion fan

@xersus9026

3 жыл бұрын

So true

@jojonta2119

3 жыл бұрын

@Dman Sneed [Formerly Chuck’s] I mean Berserk is still a really good manga

@-kenjo-421

3 жыл бұрын

Is eva fandom your literature teacher?

The biggest issue with Eva is that all of the robots, and angels, and Dead Sea scrolls were never even the point. It was just a psychological thriller disguised as mecha anime. So anyone who went in expecting or wanting a mecha anime was very disappointed. Which was most people. That’s basically the only reason the movies exist at all. They’re just an alternate ending for people who didn’t like the show as a psych thriller. And even then the show is very abstract and still mostly revolves around Shinjis mental state. In other words the show isn’t an external conflict between humanity and angels, it’s about the struggle between Shinji and his fear of rejection. So anyone who was more invested in the whole angel crap was inevitably disappointed. And that’s perfectly fine, it’s not a matter of people just “not be smart enough to understand” it’s a matter of people wanting something that just isn’t given. The show was also pretty censored so a lot of content that actually would’ve moved the mecha plot along was removed, hell Toji was originally supposed to die. Thank you for reading my rant that is probably horribly written and horrendously overstated.

@EresirThe1st

2 ай бұрын

It's not that they wanted something that wasn't given, it's that they wanted something that the show professed to be about and then faked them out with a gay tangent about depression

@NPCoppa

2 ай бұрын

@@EresirThe1st As I said the show was never about giant robots. Even the episode titles are all psychological concepts and theories. The entire show is a gay tangent about depression, wether you realized it or not.

@ZA-en4bb

27 күн бұрын

as someone who loves eva this is exactly how I feel about it. I love it's psychological and abstract elements but I do wish they tied up the angel plot a bit more. Eva is definitely not a show for everyone.

I think you were going into NGE with a certain expectation of it in mind. You talk about the story constantly. The story literally does not matter. After I watched the anime I spent 3 hours on the wiki trying to piece together the story. The anime is about the characters and certain emotions. You can't just hand-wave that away as some snobbish interpretation, it's literally the point of the anime. The events focused on in the story aren't supposed to be riveting, mysterious, exciting, and fun with satisfying payoffs- that's not how the characters experience them. Gendo is detached from everything and moves around pawns in a board room - those are his scenes. Shinji fights terrifying angels over and over again and he hates it - those are his scenes. I think the episodes are supposed to be formulaic and repetitive as a part of its theme. The music supplements this, as it's the same action hero music every time. The purpose that people expect from Shinji is to defeat the angels, and nothing else, over and over again, even though he's not even interested in that. A lot of the time NERV has absolutely no idea about what it's doing and they suffer major damage and are forced to take enormous risks. This is important thematic backdrop. As for the characters, they aren't supposed to be likeable or fun, or emotionally satisfying. They do have meaningful character development and exploration, a lot of which is subtle. They don't go from one archetype to another archetype over the course of the show in a satisfying way. They are deeply flawed and weak. If you don't care about the characters that's fine I guess, but that isn't the anime's fault for not forcing you to. When I was watching it I had a feeling that the show wasn't afraid of killing any of the characters, but that there were more consequences to them surviving than dying. As for the last 2 episodes, I still don't know what to think about them, so you might be right, I guess. Overall, I think you really didn't get what I got out of NGE. Which is unfortunate. Watching this review felt like hearing somebody say that they don't like a book because it tastes bad, or the cover is too glossy. I wasn't upset listening to it, because you weren't even criticizing the same anime that I watched.

@anthonyg7623

4 ай бұрын

This is an incredible explanation of exactly what i was thinking, and a lot more actually. Good job dude

@s.o.k.1393

4 ай бұрын

Thank you @@anthonyg7623

@MinorityHunterRoronoaZoro741

Ай бұрын

ok

@IanSmith-ux4iq

Ай бұрын

Ain’t nobody readin that shit

@s.o.k.1393

Ай бұрын

@@IanSmith-ux4iq don’t read it then? Not sure why you had to spend your time saying that you didn’t read something 🤷‍♂️

From what I have heard, Asuka, Rei, Shinji were all supposed to be annoying. They were character troupes taken to their logical extremes and the author wanted to show that these types of characters are very annoying irl. I guess that backfired because some people still love those troupes.

@untanted6445

2 жыл бұрын

Author was himself those characters. He found himself annoying and he dealt with extreme depression. He was even not willing to live. So he tried to put his pain into those characters. He got a lot of hate comments just like shinji. But still in reality there are many people who relates and love those characters as well as the author. So the whole journey is about his struggles coming to light with the characters

@peterrasmussen6775

2 жыл бұрын

@@untanted6445 i heard something about that the rebuilds were kind of like what he would make of the story now that he has a much more stable mind and stuff

@untanted6445

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterrasmussen6775 He was very depressed for a number of years. He only found solitude years after. How the story goes is also related to how his mental health gradually changed. It doesn't matter if he is stable or not because the whole story has a process which comes from his life. You can't only exclude your good times to your craft. I don't know if he is better but all I know is that he survived his hardships along with shinji despite themselves. Some people will say this made them depressed even more and was not motivational but the thing is that this anime was the realest representation of how depressed people are and it doesn't just say things will get better. It may not for everyone an it is okay unless you survive through it and believe that you will come to a peace with yourself which will be enough for a change.

@peterrasmussen6775

2 жыл бұрын

@@untanted6445 wise words! I believe that even though some art isnt pleasant or mentally helping, it can still be extremely well made, with deep meaning. Which makes it great in a different way. If that makes sense.. I really enjoyed the series because it gave a very existential perspective, and it made me think. More often then not, i get more interested in a piece when it makes me think about fundamental or negative things. Just interesting going on a ride like that i think

@AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee

2 жыл бұрын

@@untanted6445 ah yes....because even after learning aliens are attacking, Angels are involved and riding robot mechs that fuk the brain, i am still going to be depressed.

As a die hard Eva fan, this is all pretty fair. I’ll be the first to say that Eva has got to hit at the right time in someone’s anime viewing life cycle to be loved or even tolerated. You make really good points and I’m glad that the show doesn’t have to have universal appeal to be a topic of discussion. Also, yeah, the Eva designs are so freaking cool even to this day.

@duoquendo

Жыл бұрын

agreed, is just a matter of how you take what the series tells you i saw eva 4 times, only finished the last two, only understood the last one

@carlorielmendez6505

Жыл бұрын

I hate the Eva proportions. What I did enjoy doing is buy SD proportioned evas then buy the standard size eva equipment. lanky robots are stupid imo. shortening their limbs made them look better.

@chasingpaper4873

Жыл бұрын

When do you think is the right time in someone's anime viewing life cycle to view this? Like beginner or like have watched lots of shows? For me personally I didn't like any characters, they were all in some way or another running away or refusing to make a move/face the truth. I'm thinking that's because I've watched lots of characters introspection from other animes and everything they talked about on human mentality/feelings are stuff I've already heard before from other animes.

@carlorielmendez6505

Жыл бұрын

@@chasingpaper4873 I've gotten to that point as well. it's kinda hard if a newer show you've watched did it (technically again) already then you went watching older shows. Mine is on the flip side though. I know demon slayer is probably on the decent to good side esp with the strong animation levels, but it's an entry level shonen for those new to anime.

@chasingpaper4873

Жыл бұрын

@@carlorielmendez6505 I personally really enjoyed demon slayer. The animation was great yeah but I mostly like it a lot because I found the characters have greater depth compared to other shounen I watched. Though to be fair, I've haven't watched much shounen either, I've only watched Naruto, Bleach and Fairy tail before. I liked the moments where they show you the characters normal interactions, like when they were resting at that old lady's place/inn or when they were walking towards a mission and they shared a riceball. It doesn't add anything to the narrative or push the story forward, it just shows you that they are close together. That's the issue I found with jujutsu kaisen, you know the trio are close to each other because they go shopping together and yuuji taught megumi how to cook but it just is never showed on screen. And if it does it's at the end in the 1 min of Jujutsu scroll. Tbh i totally forgot that yuuji was placed in a dorm room next to megumi until they brought that yuuji cooking legacy stuff. I liked Demon Slayer approach to giving the viewer an insight of these relationships bonds. It's not too long that it will be counted as filler nor is too short that it can get dismissed by the viewer. From my previous experiences in shounen, normally when relationship building is done it goes on for at least 1 episode and since nothing pertaining to the story happened in these episodes you just count is as filler and skip it. But in Demon slayer since it's well interwoven along the main narrative you can't really skip it. Also Demon Slayer having it's main theme being family/sibling bond it kinda is more relatable to me since I don't really have many friends or close friends. Though i do have a younger sibling to whom I'm close so it's easy for me to relate to Tanjirou. I think if you don't have a younger sibling or someone who you are responsible for, the show can be quite hit or miss.

I love Eva, its probably one of my top pieces of fiction. This video is full of valid criticism, and I totally understand your points. But theres an old saying with Evangelion fans and its that “the more you like Eva, the less you like yourself.” So I guess this show isnt for you

I agree with the title u don't understand eva lmaao nobody dies tf

@ZA-en4bb

27 күн бұрын

toji was supposed to die but BAM! CENSORSHIP!

get a load of this guy looking for a good PLOT and things being EXPLAINED in our SADBOY ROBOT ANIME

@Darkshinxproductions

4 жыл бұрын

for real though, i have no idea how you found all of this info about Eva and I'm impressed great video my man, I'm glad to hear new perspectives about a show that i really love!

@braxton5391

4 жыл бұрын

funy jojo mam i laugh

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

Thankies brother 🙏

@mini_disc

4 жыл бұрын

yEah iTS nOT aBoUt tHe pLOt iTs fOr tHe DEPRESSION

@arlequinnnt8

4 жыл бұрын

Tornike Tvalchrelidze Jojo is not trash.

Holy shit he actually said it, the mad man.

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

Pray for me

@dannya5690

4 жыл бұрын

cmonBruh said what

@leocot7094

4 жыл бұрын

@@dannya5690 Woooooaah cmonBruh

@sandwichrock776

4 жыл бұрын

@@ScamboliReviews already have

@pcrana1

4 жыл бұрын

My boy about to get turned to LCL liquid.

As the title says, you just dont understand it.

@duckthemightyknight364

8 ай бұрын

"YoU JUsT doN'T UNdeRStaND EvA" you do realize you're proving a point right

@rhn36

8 ай бұрын

@@duckthemightyknight364 yes, you dont understand it. You have to be in a certain mindset when getting into eva to truly understand it, like that one meme with the caption “when you enjoy the song(picture of a guy smiling), when you understand the song(picture of a guy crying)”. When i watched it the first time i didnt understand a lot of things and enjoyed the action and story but after rewatching it because i felt like it was a good anime during stressful times i realised its significance and didnt just see it for its combat or action, but the meaning behind it. Yes while some parts of eva were a bit repetitive in the original series, i think the rebuild was a good remake of the original still holding the message but with a different story.

@TekTheNinja

8 ай бұрын

@@duckthemightyknight364 On the contrary I'd say he's mocking that statement but his video proves that statement. No hate really but he really didn't get the actual appeal.

@benbong4577

7 ай бұрын

I like this channel but i get the vibe sometimes that he intentionally exaggerates points sometimes for the sake of being contrarian. Obviously there's things to criticise about Eva, or any series, but the fact it's such a divisive series is proof in itself that not everyone is going to "get it" I feel like the themes of trauma, depression, attachment issues, etc are VERY prominent, so seeing that major part of the show disapproved as "boring" gave me a lol-reaction, like yeah, if you get annoyed by those topics for whatever reason, then i see why you'd hate this show There's nothing wrong with that,

@chaplincrabtree

7 ай бұрын

@@benbong4577themes of trauma and depression don’t mean anything if the show doesn’t do anything substantive with those themes. Which it doesn’t do.

i was looking up some stuff about eva before i watched the ending and saw you video pop up, i didnt watch it at the time but after the ending my first thought was "this was great! i get why he posted this tho and why my sister hated it"

Lol u sounded like a high school teacher at the end "dont leave yet, dont leave yet, I'm not finished"

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

TRIGGERED

@zeminoid

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahah, why is this so true?

Bro you hate evangelion’s character I disagree because I think Pen Pen is amazing

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

Pen pen is the shit I forgot about him

@plastic_love_

4 жыл бұрын

@@ScamboliReviews noot noot

@legendarylitening

4 жыл бұрын

@True facts 3.0 gendo is fucking trash, what the fuck are you talking about. He just makes the same brooding face and is a douchbag for 24 episodes

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

@@legendarylitening lmao

@SkwaglyMate

4 жыл бұрын

Pen Pen is best character

I love Evangelion, and I couldn't help but love this video too 🤣🤣🤣 I like the show because of the reasons you hated it and I find that hilarious. Great work!!

I love your editing and humor. Great video.

I finished this show feeling confused and depressed but at least I got to jam to *ZANKOKU NO TENSHI NO YO NI* every 20 minutes.

@ghostkiller427

3 жыл бұрын

I just finished it right now especially the movie, looking at videos to explain. I don’t get it.

@sqfath7490

3 жыл бұрын

Well, at least they gave us one of the most catchy OP in anime history...

@fentmeth2580

3 жыл бұрын

I 100% understand it and all of my mental ailments are cured

@lemongrab9044

3 жыл бұрын

And then Komm Susser Tod when you want some Fanta

@omologo95

3 жыл бұрын

@@ghostkiller427 like things. Go out the house. Try to enjoy your days. That's all it's about. Get better, take care of yourself.

Plot twist: His favorite anime is Darling in the Franxx

@zefros2731

3 жыл бұрын

another fanboy right here

@sirragno1923

3 жыл бұрын

Nah I was thinking more like a Gundam fan

@animebooty322

3 жыл бұрын

Space dandy cries in the distance

@jeromewillis5886

3 жыл бұрын

Or Gurren

@kevisbanned9181

3 жыл бұрын

@@animebooty322 his favorite anime is ergo proxy

It's perfectly fine if you don't like the show, but I will say, the point of Eva isn't to have a super good plot, that stuff could be cool but overall not needed. In the end it's a surrealist show (the last two episodes prove this) that looks into the minds of lonely depressed people and follows our main character learning to open up to others even if it may hurt. That is the real heart of Eva.

@cass8163

6 ай бұрын

And it remains a terribly written, sloppily paced, pathetic excuse of an attempt at doing that. What Eva IS is possibly the most significantly impactful anime of all time. It single-handedly redefined the genre, taking the medium in a direction no one had ever considered before, and the echoes of that can still be felt and seen in modern shows today. It is undeniably a super important piece of history for the medium, but despite all of the copium on the internet, that doesn't actually mean it's very good.

@liveonguitar5625

6 ай бұрын

The last 2 episodes were them running out of budget fam

@penlordnt

6 ай бұрын

@@liveonguitar5625 And yet they used it to make something beautiful. Really goes to show how creativity can do a lot even with so little.

@CrisCamargo-ih4ve

5 ай бұрын

@@liveonguitar5625 didnt this get debunked SEVERAL of times?

Been watching through your backlog, and I love your style!

The good part for me about Evangelion is that *I don't understand what the fuck is going on but I absolutely love everything that is happening*

@DavidoMAMO

2 жыл бұрын

can uuu feelll ma heaaaaaaarrtttt

@BigWinsAllDay

2 жыл бұрын

i was confused as hell in ep 25 and 26 lmao

@nekosaiyajin8529

2 жыл бұрын

@@BigWinsAllDay those were the only episodes straight-forward enough for me to understand what was going on

@BigWinsAllDay

2 жыл бұрын

@@nekosaiyajin8529 they made me confused as hell but after i watched eoe it all clicked and i was like "oh."

@nekosaiyajin8529

2 жыл бұрын

@@BigWinsAllDay I didn't watch EoE. Is it good?

I'll just say this. It's not for everyone, definitely.

@xdredbruny2

4 жыл бұрын

AND FUCK, you didn't even watch the Canon ending, the REAL ending, dude... You make some great points, but the ending you're talking about is not the real one, it's one made in shitty budget.

@LaymensLameMan

4 жыл бұрын

@@xdredbruny2 what is the canon ending?

@realanger1543

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaymensLameMan End Of Evangalion

@manuelredgrave8348

4 жыл бұрын

If i have to review a plate of pasta that comes without any flavors, I'm not gonna say that *that* pasta tastes well because *somewhere else* there's a sauce that makes it taste better. Ergo: if the anime alone sucks then it sucks

@panconqueos

4 жыл бұрын

HmMMmMMmmm yeeeh, only us intelectuals can enjoy such a masterpiece and complex series hMmMMMM

I watched this video around 4 months ago, I came to revisit after watching the series myself to make my own conclusion… and I really enjoyed the series. I understand that many things are left unresolved and unanswered, but that’s a part of Eva that I really enjoyed. Nothing is ever told directly to the viewer or answered directly so everything can be made sense of, its like a deeper version of show don’t tell. And yeah, that’s not really a excuse for the empty spaces but I found it fresh compared to the various trashy anime’s that are soon to come which feel empty and not in depth. This world felt real, the people talked like real people would actually talk like (except for some instances) and the different organizations looked and acted like actual professionals. Despite all of this I do agree that the ending was lackluster. I basically was scrolling on my phone through the whole 40 minutes and wished that things were wrapped up rather then whatever the mess that was the end of Evangelion ever was. Overall I was pleasantly surprised when I watched this dated show and understand why others such as yourself may not enjoy the series but I can confidently say that I enjoyed the show and hope others will read this comment and decide to check it out even if you may end up agreeing with everything said in this video. ☺️

@SLNDRPLYS

9 ай бұрын

For me, I hate it, and love it. To get the cringe out of the way: I was a low-life, edgy 13 year old... well... I still am years later but you get the point. I'd had a rough 6 years and I wasn't exactly in the best place when I decided to watch this. I fell in love with the show, I loved the idea, and it's something that scratched something I didn't really know was there. I related to Shinji, how he felt... I liked that comfort when I was in a dark place and well- I guess that made it harder for me to witness what a totally fictional character had experienced...? Despite how cringy that sounds, that is the truth and will always remain the truth. I met the end, and I wanted more, I felt sad there wasn't more. I wasn't usually this bad with shows concluding... but... I hated that it had. I decided to watch End of Evangelion. That was probably my mistake. After watching that, I personally felt worse. Multiplied by the fact I felt like shit anyway. I went several months feeling like crap because of this show, because I found comfort when nothing else really gave me comfort, it made me happy to watch, but so extremely lost when it ended.. In fact, I can't bring myself to watch the show for that very reason; it makes me feel like shit when it concludes... when it's all done... Despite that, years ago I watched the show countless time, almost expecting a different story to happen...? But it didn't... it always remained the same. Sorry for my stupid sob story. But ultimately that's why I love and hate it.

@LiyanDim

9 ай бұрын

@@SLNDRPLYS You should become a poet or a writer dude. I respect every single word you say and relate. Eva is truly something beautiful.

@SLNDRPLYS

9 ай бұрын

@@LiyanDim thank you. I'm only 15 now, but I admire the English language, and I love learning words to convey my message better. Thanks for the comment.

@bindukopparapu2795

5 ай бұрын

I think the degree to which you enjoy Evangelion depends pretty heavily on how much you sympathize with Shinji. I related with him on a deeply personally level because I have the same personal issues he does (running away from my problems, indulging in escapism, feeling worthless , isolating myself from other people).

I love seeing you answer to the comments that support your videos as you perfectly know you can't argue against the ones that actually understood it.

“Ah yes, this was foretold in the Pee pee Poo poo complex” “Try calling him the N word!” “Sir, we did it and he told us he wasn’t black.” Good to see my sense of humor hasn’t changed in 7 years.

@Shy-bi8xm

4 жыл бұрын

I'm ashamed at how much i laughed at those

@walterwhitecookingchannel8912

4 жыл бұрын

@@karulhi "NOOOO YOU CANT JUST MAKE THOSE JOKES, THEY'RE IMMATURE AND MEAN!" "haha, pee pee go poo poo"

@LittleX100

3 жыл бұрын

It's true for the internet though sad but true

@therealbattlestar

3 жыл бұрын

@@walterwhitecookingchannel8912 "the wee wee scrolls"

@78Vertigo

3 жыл бұрын

@@karulhi ok narutard

Oh, look at Mr. "I'm not Depressed" over here

@cryuos

3 жыл бұрын

can this get pinned mr. reviews?

@popopop984

3 жыл бұрын

Is that what you call anyone with any happiness?

@paragjyotinath666

3 жыл бұрын

so basically what you're saying is being depressed is the new norm and it's uncool to be happy. this right here is what we call a pee pee poo poo opinion.

@gandalf7345

3 жыл бұрын

@@paragjyotinath666 nah he's saying "I'm not depressed and edgy" is something ignorant guys like this guy who made the video use to degrade what they're talking about

@augustinopulliam7458

3 жыл бұрын

Parag Jyoti Nath i think they’re just saying a lot of depressed people like eva

Eva is definitely not for everyone and I like it purely from the fact that it explores themes I think are interesting and when it finally goes off the rails it makes me wonder what could have been.

@OmegaRedFan

9 ай бұрын

You will never be able to make sense of the chaos.

@pinksalwaysnice9474

4 ай бұрын

Its sad because evangelion was supposed to be completely different and more focused about angles and their existence according to the original story boards but Anno got depressed(or pissed) and the rest was history

so he wants micheal bays eva

Who could've guessed that a show created by a depressed middle aged Japanese man would reflect his mental state. Stagnation, boredom, being in the dark about half of the things that happens around you, a desperate desire of running away. Each character is a slice of Anno's depression and mental state, and that's why the majority of fans have a similar story with Eva, depressed people feeling represented.

@harbis4058

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@betulla96

2 жыл бұрын

Well said. I think Scamboli was really just focusing on the wrong aspects of the show - like, fulfilling expectations, making the characters grow and be cool, giving clear cut answers for all the lore mysteries is not the point. Relating to the characters' struggles, the themes of depression, repressed sexuality, escapism, is the part that hits SO hard. Of course it's a highly subjective and personal topic, so it's not gonna resonate with everyone and that's how you end up with this video.

@betulla96

2 жыл бұрын

@@aeyvan I assume you don't know that the End of Evangelion movie exists as the "real" ending of the story. I'd be ecstatic if every single story in film ended up as crazy as that movie did, so speak for yourself. And no, Yui never comes back to life in the series, I'm not sure how you missed that one lol

@betulla96

2 жыл бұрын

@@aeyvan Or maybe just accept that people can like different things than you and move on? Jesus christ man, chill out with the essays

@cachemist4149

2 жыл бұрын

@@aeyvan The TV anime's ending is supposed to be an introspection/analysis of every character. In the ending, everybody merges into one big soup (including the souls of the dead), and the lines that separate one person from another fall apart. The "dinner table scene" is supposed to say "what would happen if you didn't have to pilot the robot?" It's the only real identity Shinji has, and it's supposed to show that he can be a different person. To be fair, that imaginary life segment goes on for way too long, though. The plot specifics, while not super relevant, were told horribly. People see Evangelion as a masterpiece because it really resonates with people stuck in a particular mental ditch. If you aren't in that ditch, I can completely see how you'd be left with a subpar show that everyone seemingly keeps jerking off for no reason. A lot of people do get sucked into the same mental spiral as Shinji, and for them, it's a great show. I don't get why you're so angry at people for seeing it differently than you.

When I watched the entire series I felt dumb and I started getting a headache from trying to figure out what I was missing. Now I’ve realized that the added lore is just filler. The intent of this show all along was just to deconstruct the human psyche and they used badass-robots and this deep spiritual lore to get us sucked in. The author probably knew that this was the best way to get people to reflect on themselves in this day and age Edit: I just re-read this an I realized how pompous I sounded when I said “the true intent of this show all along.” It is stupid of me to pretend to know the true meaning when I’m not the author.

@liptl9609

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I was looking for this comment. The show is pretty much a reflection on depression and such, based on the author's history of clinical depression, and Shinji is just Hideki Anno's portrayal of himself. The mecha and religious themes are just there for filler, they aren't the main focus, Anno said it himself, and that's why the ending is only phsychological, because that was the real focus.

@Josh-ck9bv

4 жыл бұрын

LipTL but considering how deep the lore goes with all the games and movies it’s reasonable to say that our interpretation is swept under the table

@liptl9609

4 жыл бұрын

@@Josh-ck9bv True. It blows my mind to realize how many hours one could spend only reading about the lore, there is so much stuff and it amazes me every time I look up something about Eva.

@olianims

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for actually taking the time to explain what the show is about instead of typing every cuss word in all caps.

@Josh-ck9bv

4 жыл бұрын

OliAnims I don’t like watering down my cuss words. So when I use them people know how I feel.

Don't know anything about you...this is your first video that I have seen, but love your personality. Great humor spread throughout the review 10/10

I loved this video, just watched eva a few months ago cause I heard it was such a classic and went through every stage of grief you described.

“No one important dies” EoE: Are you sure about that?

@821lancevance

4 жыл бұрын

Thats a movie not the show

@skord176

4 жыл бұрын

Kaji dies even without EoE

@_sls7535

4 жыл бұрын

he didn't talk about the movies in the video because if you need to watch a movie to understand a show then it's poopoo

@821lancevance

4 жыл бұрын

@@_sls7535 or you could be a good writer and write a beginning middle and end to your show

@_sls7535

4 жыл бұрын

@@821lancevance nah just become evangelion's author smh

Holdup wait you got that last part wrong. When they say congratulations it's about when Asuka dies in End Of Evangelion That's the happy ending

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh it all makes sense now

@evashogoki8703

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh, no.

@chuviis3508

3 жыл бұрын

@@evashogoki8703 bruh yes

@snack881

3 жыл бұрын

ohhh fuck you

@user-co3uc8vt7e

3 жыл бұрын

>:D

The show not having character development is a straight up lie

@paulpofussel9042

7 ай бұрын

Actually seems that he really just don't understands some parts

@PeruvianPotato

3 ай бұрын

Bro legit nobody undergoes significant character development until around EoE and even that's a stretch. They literally play the tropes to a T

@Al-ji4gd

Ай бұрын

No, it isn't.

Really thought I was missing something when Eva ended. Thank you for articulating the issues I had with the series and sharing your opinion.

>I haven't seen the movie >no one important dies MY GUY

@gxgycf8348

4 жыл бұрын

while thematically the anime's ending was fitting, i feel like its pretty fair to say that without watching end of eva if you were invested into the show then you'll end up feeling empty as hell, and if you WEREN'T invested into the show you'll feel like it was all a massive waste of time

@crusadrian5010

4 жыл бұрын

@@gxgycf8348 Yea absolutely. EVA was like the fourth anime I watched and I wanted to kms every second of it. EoE cleared shit up a bit but I think EVA is supposed to grow on you as you understand it more and more. Even though I don't really care for EVA all that much, it's impossible to deny how smart the story is and how timeless the Characters and Music is. It really is an important watch for people who like anime imo.

@ianbrown1810

4 жыл бұрын

The anime community did not say "end of eva is so cool dude you have to watch it!" They made the hype around neon genesis evangelion so it is completely fair to judge the movie and series different from one another

@MrJerkdude1

4 жыл бұрын

@@ianbrown1810 Heres the thing, important characters dies in the movie and it is supposed to be a proper run-through of the last 2 episodes

@Flackhero

4 жыл бұрын

Movir sucked just as much, just didnt take up 14 hours of my life

You might like the manga [Spoilers for the manga] Toji actually dies, rei develops a sense of self and hapiness and auska is a more warm and human character and shinji has more of a backbone. Also the entire plot is explained in the finale in a non info dumpy way.

@xavierrodriguez2463

4 жыл бұрын

fuck it might read the manga

@lilith2598

4 жыл бұрын

Manga is WORTH IT. Good art, and it’s a completely different experience. I think it’s so worth it to watch both. The show and manga inform each other greatly. It’s much more clear too.

@reubenorange7660

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with every point you said- the manga really is better- except for the one about Asuka. She's just as insufferable as she is in the anime, if not more so.

@lilith2598

4 жыл бұрын

Reuben Orange you’re playing a DANGEROUS game talking all that shit about Asuka

@Agnes1322

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I had the same thoughts, watching this. I'm also not too fond of the original series (even though I wouldn't say I hate it), but I LOVED the manga. It's definitely the superior story for me personally.

Cant blame u on not understanding it since the writers wanted to "let the readers come up with their own answers"

I love Eva not because of the plot of the story but because of the message behind it that different for each people and packaged in aesthetically pleasing animations. I totally get that not all people find enjoyment with these type of films tho.

@Skaevs

10 ай бұрын

Honestly the plot is great too, if you really go into the lore and stuff, but yeah, the message is what's important.

@qwertydavid8070

10 ай бұрын

THIS!! What is amazing about Eva is that even though the lore and worldbuilding is actually really damn interesting, it's never what the anime was ever about. This was never a show about robots and angels and cool fights. It's a show about people, it's an extremely deep and engaging exploration of the human psyche in it's darkest moments, everything else is just a vehicle so that the true story can shine.

@TheCompleteMental

9 ай бұрын

That's vague and subjective. The imagery was also just for looks, no real symbolism. The sci fi stuff was really cool though, I like their underground armored city and all the tech stuff.

@Skaevs

9 ай бұрын

@@TheCompleteMental If you don't get the symbolism you're dumb. And the message, even if vague and subjective, is the main part of the show. People that only like Eva for it's action and tech aren't fans of the actual show.

@qwertydavid8070

9 ай бұрын

@@TheCompleteMental Different strokes for different folks. I guess at the end of the day there's a difference between people who consume media for pure entertainment and those who consume media for the artistic and "deeper" reasons. Neither is necessarily better than the other, it's just different taste. I love vague and subjective stories personally, but I also don't see anything wrong with watching dumb fun movies with no real message either. Just keep in mind that the purpose of movies, series, and even some videogames, isn't to just be entertaining. They are genuine forms of artistic expression, they can help us understand ourselves and the way we interact with each other. There's nothing wrong with just pure fun entertainment, but please don't underestimate the value of more vague and artistic projects like Evangelion.

“If you’re black, you have to watch Friday at some point” Damn bro, now white people are calling me out for not seeing it too?

@Gwesster

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, scamboli's actually black, soooo...

@louie4551

4 жыл бұрын

Steven Miles Half black, but yeah

@yeezet4592

4 жыл бұрын

@Kai Hall mixed

@rightfulfuture4

4 жыл бұрын

As a white guy, I've only seen Friday after next

@louie4551

4 жыл бұрын

Kai Hall No, he’s half black, half white. He can identify as both. Gtfo of here with that one drop rule

"Everyone in the show hates themselves" ya and I hate them too... and my self.

@Wellshem

4 жыл бұрын

And I hate you. 😠

@mehmetersahin9602

4 жыл бұрын

@@Wellshem why do you hate him you dont even know anything about him.Hating things because you cant understand them is the reason there is so much hate in this world we should listen to each other rather than making assumtions. Shinji hated himself because he didnt listen to other people he assume that they hated him which caused him to hate himself.

@smartstuf1026

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly whats your point here about you hating yourself as well?

@canti7951

4 жыл бұрын

@@mehmetersahin9602 How hard is it to differentiate a simple joke and an offense?

@funkyphill4861

4 жыл бұрын

@@smartstuf1026 It's a joke

17 minutes and 41 seconds of bro explaining how he dosent understand eva

@cannizaro-emne556

Жыл бұрын

explain to me then

@Tom-jg9de

Ай бұрын

​@@cannizaro-emne556 So we have a kid Shinji - Shinji have good old depresion becose his dad (gendo) left him (it's becose he coulnd't love himself but nobody know that and he besecaly a dick) Shinji at age 14 when to Tokyo-2 and bescaly neaded to pilot eva 01 becose rei ( shinji mom clone) was a bad shape, after that he felt love and he wantent that and din't becose he felt that they hate him Some other stuff hapend Shinji grow litle bit and it's hapy and Rei lice shinji but baranom we got Asuka and she got a big problem she have a Big ego becose her mom die and wana be big girl bevose her dad and new mom suck in her eyes Other stuff hapend Shinji become's beder wirh eva that good that he is beder sink that Asuka and becose Asuka work's with ego se become mad a get allot of L shinji fuse with her mom ( not rei but eva 01) and Rei III is a think now Asuka is in sleep and becose of bad happening in his life ( best freand's dead) so he went to Asuka wana weak her up and bust a nut japnise army attak the base Asuka weak up but got a L ( she is vegita on evaglion) and the best part Eva 01 and shinji become a *God* and have a chosie to not or do intrumentalaty he is the decide to tranform pepole into fanta and make all of them into 1 final episode of evangelion hapend and after all of bulshit that shinji live tro after becoming a god he know to love himself Shinji return pepole into pepole Evagelion can be abot grow of shinji and to love himself it's prety good anti-depresion anime (Sorry for gramar and stuff)

His entire point is that if you disagree with him you’re a redittor with the nerd emoji voice after not having watched the movies saved you 18 minutes you’re welcome.

I actually studied EoE in my IB Film Studies. Not for it's amazing story telling (which it's still not bad) but for how philosophical and thought provoking it is. It's like the perfect example of a car crash landing in a tight parallel parking space

@Luis-kv8zc

3 жыл бұрын

I will say, just bc it's a philosophical masterpiece (imo) doesn't mean it's entertaining to everyone. Hell, I sure didn't like reading 1984, may have predicted future society and talks about societal issues perfectly, but damn that shit was boring

@izzie481

3 жыл бұрын

it’s fucking amazing but so exausthing

@Luis-kv8zc

3 жыл бұрын

@@izzie481 fr, I can understand why people don't like it. But it's just a phenomenal show, and I really like shit that makes me think

@aegeandawn2039

3 жыл бұрын

@@Luis-kv8zc I just watched it and I like the show. I like things that makes me think too. Apparently there are people who don't like this kind of show and they start talk shit about it. I don't know why people should really bother with something they can't enjoy, they could just leave i and go right? :(

@Luis-kv8zc

3 жыл бұрын

@@aegeandawn2039 I mean, I'm sort of the same. Shounen shows make me cringe, things that are revered like Haikyuu, Demon Slayer, etc. and Im usually out spoken on it too. Everyone can have an opinion

This man straight talked about memes instead of the anime half the time. 🤣

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

It's a lot more entertaining than the show, that's for sure

@phosforek7343

4 жыл бұрын

Lain *Pretentiousness intensifies*

@manuelcampi8956

4 жыл бұрын

@Lain The monna lisa is not hard to consume so why is Eva?

@akshayv3277

4 жыл бұрын

this guy is trying so hard lmao stop clowning

@brry_01

4 жыл бұрын

@@manuelcampi8956 who told you the Mona Lisa was a masterpiece? It's not even one of the best paintings by Davinci, it's popular because of the story (robbery and shit). But yes, it's not always the case with some masterpieces.

This is hilarious because you can just tell this guy is really salty about not liking a show

@RusticRonnie

8 ай бұрын

Why are you mad he doesn’t like it? He doesn’t have to watch it, he doesn’t have to enjoy it just because you do.

The characters are definitely what caries most of the show for me, and the crazy shit happening that makes no sense was cool to see them interact with. Also END OF EVA IS A WAY BETTER ENDING AND EXPLAINS A TON

@RiqMoran

3 ай бұрын

EoE is not just the better ending its the canonical one. The last two episodes from the anime are not canon.

@colinfuller

Ай бұрын

@@RiqMoranthey’re both canon, the last two episodes are just a super abstract interpretation of what happens in EoE

@RiqMoran

Ай бұрын

@@colinfuller no theyre not. EoE overrides the last two eps and is the widely accepted canonical ending to the main continuity. There is hardly anything connecting the two, theyre very much different. If you want to claim they are the same then you might as well claim rebuild is also the same ending since it has arguably more connections to EoE.

@colinfuller

Ай бұрын

@@RiqMoran okay explain what happens in the last two episodes and tell me how it’s different from what happens in EoE

@JP-hk6xw

Ай бұрын

​@@RiqMoran it's not easy to piece together those last 2 episodes, but the movie and show ending aren't as separate as you might think. Text pops up in the middle of episode 25 saying "instrumentality begins" letting you know that everything from then on takes place during the third impact. And it actually lines up with the movie since it's at that point that shinji goes into the world of nothingness. The show depicts it as a blank white world, the movie depicts it as the orange lcl sea. This is the point in both the show and the movie that Shinji realises he needs to overcome his fear of rejection and accept reality. The show ends right at this scene with the "congratulations" and this is where the movie continues to show what happens next, with shinji breaking out of the blank world and returning to the beach in the real world. Shinjis mom tells him that anyone who has the will to live will return to the real world. Asuka also rejects the third impact so she returns to the beach as well

"Don't fret. This is all foretold in the *P E E P E E P O O P O O* complex."

@realismofuniverses9620

4 жыл бұрын

The *p e e p e e p o o p o o* complex is all powerful...

@omen2332

3 жыл бұрын

I shat myself laughing because of Gendo's face LMA0

@Gumbocinno

3 жыл бұрын

I say that to someone I know online to make fun of him for loving Eva, and he starts absolutely fuming.

@prashil3k594

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gumbocinno you're doing everyone a favor.

@JohnSmith-co1zv

3 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes, the vaginous theorem is nearing completion....

Next video in my feed says “why eva’s ending is a cinematic masterpiece”

@thebenjcrew

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, that video is commenting on the film “end of Evangelion”, which wasn’t referred to in this video (the ending mentioned in this one is the original one for the show, which I’ll admit, is pretty crap). However I’ve seen neither the film nor the video in question so I can’t talk about the validity of that videos points.

@martinfossatti2626

3 жыл бұрын

not really, that other video is about the anime and how it being about coming to terms with oneselves is reflected all along the series

@GreekDudeYiannis

3 жыл бұрын

Mine is "5 Anime Perfect for Newcomers". Oh dear.

@jani90g

3 жыл бұрын

No fucking way, guess what

@aztralsea

3 жыл бұрын

Yep same

I agree with most everything said here, but i dunno if netflix's subtitles changed or something because it lays out _exactly_ why the angels are attacking: they give zero shits about human life and are just trying to blast their way into the fortified pit Ikari put Lilith in, and had a city built around. Basically they're attacking because daddy Ikari's a creep

so it seems like you just don't understand EVA got it.

I thought Misato’s backstory (her father issues, her unwillingness to become a mother herself) were quite potent and personal. DemolitionD describes it more succinctly than I could.

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

Oh the guy with the bad dog

@ruiisuuu7604

4 жыл бұрын

@@ScamboliReviews the bad dog is now dead :(

@ren137c

4 жыл бұрын

Wow its been a while since i've seen someone mention Demo, easily one of the best anime youtubers and pioneered a now hugely over-saturated video archetype. Still watch his streams occasionally but its like he wants to block out what hes done on youtube or something, has no interest in talking about it and just ignores comments about it.

So I watched Eva when i was in deep depression and found myself relating to shinji and it scared me. I feel like the whole purpose of the show was for people to relate to shinji but not emphasize with him. Shinji is what we hate about ourselves and the other characters help to reflect that. I really had no idea what was going on in the plot but at the mental state I was in the show really helped me to reflect on my life. A lot of people will disagree with my view on it but it doesn't really matter It did what it was meant to do for people like me and that's all that really matters. Eva will always be one of the best anime in my heart.

@jonhtsoncurk7009

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like it’s a wake up call to just get your shit together. Or atleast that’s what I learned from it

@base21

3 жыл бұрын

So the point of the show is to make the watcher a better person than its main character? Sounds alittle shitty ngl.

@therumblerx

3 жыл бұрын

@@base21 If you don't vibe with it its cool it's not for everyone.

@base21

3 жыл бұрын

@@therumblerx its not about vibing

@therumblerx

3 жыл бұрын

@@base21 You got your opinion out dude move along.

Man I love Ergo Proxy more than most people, but it's wild you would use that as an example of good mystery writing. If anything Ergo Proxy sniffs its own farts way more than Evangelion ever did. The whole way through Ergo Proxy I can just hear the writers jerking themselves off over their clever allegory, but in the end it's just the more rote sci-fi garbage in a slightly shiny new coat. I eat that slop up like nobody's business because I, too, smell my own farts; but at least I have the temerity to admit it's slop.

Weird side note but from my understanding the ending pisses of so many fans for basically saying "touch grass." So he made a move in response that was basically the creator taking a shit in the middle of the street and asking the fans if this is what they wanted and i love that.

I saw it from the opposite prospective, and i think most fans of evangelion probably agree: I don't give a shit about the whole robot/angel war, and yes it is just too messy to be appreciable. For the whole series i was wondering to see more stream of consciousness of the characters and less action scene, i am totally into characters minds state. Evangelion is all about feelings, loneliness, social issues and depression, and go through that very deeply. To me the last episode (the original not the movie) is still one of the coolest creation of humanity i've ever seen. But i understand that if you had never feel a pussy like shinji, then you cannot like it.

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

That's a real interesting perspective, it honestly makes me understand why people like it a little bit more. I thought the characters were "unrelatable", but I can see how someone who identifies with shinji would like the series a lot more. Thanks for the comment.

@xblade149

4 жыл бұрын

@@ScamboliReviews have you rewatched the series now that you're older. Also these characters feel like real character instead of cardboard cut outs. I heard from some people the reason they don't like Eva because the characters feel rather real

@Tao_7891

4 жыл бұрын

Damn I just liked it for some of my favourite action scenes in anime and the mad lad quality op!

@TheSurrealist.

4 жыл бұрын

You seem like a confident boi. That’s cool. When someone says “put yourself in the characters shoes” it sounds like a cop out. However, being depressed really did make the characters in this show seem relatable and added a layer of depth to them. Your analysis of these characters, especially Shinji, seems to boiled down to “they’re pussies with daddy and mommy issues”. Ok, sure I’ll grant you that. But, why is that a bad thing? You have emotionally damaged people in a fucked up world trying to make sense of it all. I won’t say the character development is the best, it’s not. But i feel like there’s more there than you think. Misato had shit relationship with her dad and then he saved her from dying. That would fuck with me, man. Maybe you’d roll your eyes to the thought of people being depressed. I don’t know if you’ve ever felt depression as an actual condition but man I’ll tell you there are days where I can feel this shit moving around in my brain like a fucking parasite. I’m not trying to convince you to like Eva. I can see how many people don’t. It’s not for everyone. 🤷🏻‍♂️ It’s a show thats as flawed as it’s characters and the creator is clearly a few screws short. As funny as this criticism was I do have to say I feel like some of it was a bit shallow. But, that’s just my take. Enjoyed it nonetheless.

@cesarquint256

4 жыл бұрын

I have being a pussy...a lot lol but I don’t related to shinji maybe before( the first time I watched I like evangelion) but now I honestly don’t, and don’t get me wrong I have enough dosis of reality to have been depressed, fill with hate and regrets ,lost dear ones etc but it’s just to flatand out of nowhere imo, I feel like his writing (evangelion as a whole)could have been way better but it will have make evangelion in a slice of life probably meh just my 2 cents, different tastes.

"no one important dies" Kaworu & the End of evangelion:am I a joke to you

@duckfrob2911

4 жыл бұрын

@@vladimirmartinez290 exactly

@duckfrob2911

4 жыл бұрын

@@vladimirmartinez290 except shinji

@duckfrob2911

4 жыл бұрын

@@vladimirmartinez290 actyualy asuka died too the reason why she appears in the end was for some symbolism shit

@matthewlugo2417

4 жыл бұрын

@@duckfrob2911 im pretty sure since shinji became a god, created asuka again unconsciously thats why he strangles her cause he thinks hes still in human instrumentality, when she touches his cheek asuka lets shinji know shes feeling pain and lets herself beloved instead of keeping it deep down

@parrellel

4 жыл бұрын

Kaji gets shot up by a wet works team in a sewer, nah, not important at all.

"I don't like eva." Yes, obviously because you aren't a depressed teenager going through a reality crisis facing down the inevitability of one's own failures and coming to the sudden realization that life is slowly becoming a constant repeating saga of being told what to do, think, say, and believe, while the rest of the world marches on, and you struggle to rationalize the indifference of the world around you, and your constant inability to obtain what you want, because what you want is approval, but nothing you can do will be good enough because you're seeking the approval of people who never intended to give it to you. Also puberty.

@tablescissors67

10 ай бұрын

Actually it was more written for jaded old Otaku past their prime and diagnosed with ED.

I’m not the type of person who can’t watch something say, I like it, and go therefore everyone should like it, and not recognize there are stunning flaws. Evangelion has many, but the story spoke to me in a perfect time of my life (high school) and i can still drum up those old feelings watching it today. That being said I can see why someone would find it boring and it wouldn’t be something I’d recommend to someone my age whose never seen it as I feel the “I feel asleep during it” is pry about right. One more thing thanks for bringing up ergo proxy, speaking of nostalgia, I’ve not seen it just started it based on this video, but damn this gives me all kinda blade runner/armitage: dual and poly matrix vibes! I’m loving it!

dude i'm trying to focus on your goddamn video but you keep saying things like "pee pee poo poo" and "wowey zowey" and now i'm laughing too hard to hear. also it doesn't help that your voice is super serious and calm so when you say that shit it completely cracks me up ahahahaah

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

LOL I'm satisfied hearing that shit actually worked 😂

@barnaclescum7011

4 жыл бұрын

This is a big peepeepoopoo wowey zowey moment

Remember when the whole staff of Evangelion just thought Christian symbols looked cool and just added crosses for that sole reason.

@cocorosh7295

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah what can I say the pope be drippy

@edsknife

3 жыл бұрын

I think the Christian symbolism was supposed to make Evangelion more understandable than to create fresh symbols of its own. It's like using a pre-existing language rather than creating some code that only the creators understand or would have to teach.

@guywhosellsvapes4595

3 жыл бұрын

@@edsknife It had no real meaning to the production team. The assistant director said it in a interview.

@pickledsandwich7201

3 жыл бұрын

Not really. The director said in an interview that the show doesn’t have Christian themes and they used that kind of symbolism because it looked cool. That doesn’t mean that the symbolism was meaningless, it had meaning relative to the show’s themes, just not to Christian themes. For example “angel” means messanger of god, and the angels in the show are exactly that, messengers of Adam, a god-like being. Or the fact that the Eva’s are clones of Adam. In other words they took a piece of Adam and made Eva (Eve), mirroring the Biblical creation of humankind. Not even only Christianity. The character of Lilith comes from Jewish mythology, and was the original wife of Adam, that later went on to give birth to demons. Basically in the show the humans are the demons fighting against god’s emissaries, and that’s a central theme to Evangelion’s plot, the struggle of Man agains God.

@genesisbustamante-durian

3 жыл бұрын

@@pickledsandwich7201 Throw your headcanon into the gerbage bin. The crosses are NOW meaningless, now that we know that it was meaningless to the creators.

To me EVA just felt like a lot of wasted potential. It could have been fascinating and I was fascinated up until the point where I realized I was not getting any answers to the 8000 questions I had

@manhornhead2659

4 ай бұрын

Wasted potential and that definition of madness are what come to mind when I think of Rebuild. I don't think eva is so much hard to get as it is hard to accept and let go of. I also think because it is so unsatisfying is actually a reason that it is even still around.

@Kingdav9

4 ай бұрын

@manhornhead2659 I agree. As much as I did not like the ending and was irritated that none of my questions were answered, I genuinely cannot stop thinking about it. There's clearly something to it and it's popularity, but I'm not sure I'm convinced that it's a work of 10/10 artistic genius

I don't know how i feel about Eva and the movies but i had so many emotions pulled out of me after seeing the end of the final movie

@mihaimercenarul7467

Жыл бұрын

For me the destination îs not enough if The journey îs mediocre.

Knowing some Christian mythology helped me make the connections, but I admit, I had to look up three or things to understand what was going on. Luckily the anime is full of long silent frame holds so you’ll have plenty of time to look up this shit while they milk a single frame for 30 seconds

@elijahebbert6884

3 жыл бұрын

I don't want to come off like "I'm right your wrong" but the 30 second frames (to me) shows that the characters are confused and debating with themselves, so I didn't really mind them but hey, thats just me

@ZombieLicorice

3 жыл бұрын

Elijah Ebbert you’re correct too. They also had budget issues. The drawn out frames are an effective way to get a message across and to work within a budget

@thedboi1911

3 жыл бұрын

the christian iconography was just so it looked cool. not any bearing on the actual story. the team said so themselves in an interview.

@SouvikMukherjeeACFCOD

3 жыл бұрын

@@thedboi1911 Death of the Author is a thing tho

@capycapy8920

3 жыл бұрын

@@thedboi1911 How a work is interpreted and understood is the sole responsibility of the audience, what the director/writer/author intend ultimately doesn't matter. Death of the author, pretty interesting stuff

I just subscribed to a guy who made fun of my favorite anime for 17 minutes. Just as was foretold in the brejaskdja hypothesis.

@ScamboliReviews

4 жыл бұрын

The madman welcome

So an 18-minute video titled "YoU JUsT doN'T UNdeRStaND EvA" in which you meticulously clarify how that indeed seems to be the case for you and you indeed don't? :) Well good reviews often do display what the reviewer as a person is capable of, where his limits of understanding are, etc, so this is not necessarily a bad review because of it, but I'd say it is an escapist review as if by a character in Evangelion not facing up to the challenge of dealing with something difficult for him/her. When failing to understand something the reviewer falls to the "safety in numbers" escape route. Instead of analyzing what possibly could be lacking in his critical framework in understanding something, and trying to gain a new framework for understanding the world the choice for him is that he applies for validation in numbers, and that is what social media is pretty good for, the validation of misinterpretations and of incompetence. Just display how you are ignorant in a loud and straightforward manner and you will probably get validation by people that share the feeling and some might even consider you "brave" for displaying your weakness and putting the blame of confusion on someone else (in this situation the creators of the show). Much of what you say as criticism could quite as easily be said about pretty much any more demanding work. You could write a book report about how Shakespeare's Hamlet is a lousy inactive character and fails to fill the standards of more standard and easily accessible by-the-numbers Hollywood output like "Breaking Bad", or how "Apocalypse Now" and "Full Metal Jacket" don't have as much character development or a three-act structure and thus are worse then "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" with Sylvester Stallone . It is probably a bi-product of the age we live in: Escapism is a virtue: people demand the corporations, governments and artists make everything as easy for them and treat them as babies. If people accept and even demand for "entertainment" that treats them as babies, it is not a surprise that people also act like babies and the actual competent people will start making more political decisions, taking more money, etc. To me it seems modern "entertainment" is escapism into incompetence and irrelevance by mutual validation. Yes, I have not actually addressed here how Evangelion is "actually good", but the reviewer's lack of willingness to understand anything that is not aimed at escapist babies just made me want to address the "elephant in the room" - the escapist/defeatist world view the reviewer seems to be defending or seeking a validation to, the idea that "art" should be somehow simple and understandable and give clear stories to people who want to be treated as babies, stories about how "drugs is bad", "nerds is bad. don't be a nerd that wants to learn something, just give in to party and be drunk", "millionaires is cool. dressing up as superheroes is cool. millionaires is superheroes and by the way you should not support government regulation on superheroes". Yes, people usually want these kind of stories, at least people who are too weak to change anything about the world (by their own choice probably) and want to cower in positive stories about their world. That is probably the main reason for all these "Happy go lucky, police is good, billionaires is good " stories, and probably there should be "comforting entertainment", but somehow praising this and rallying people against movies and shows that actually demand something of the viewer seems counterproductive destructive nihilism. Anyway, my opinion: "Evangelion" is pretty great. "Breaking Bad" does seem to have its moments and it is well done, but at the same time it seems kinda safe and basic on many levels so I cannot quite accept it as a measure for more demanding shows. As I say this kind of easily understandable escapism might have it's place, "Breaking Bad" is like a very well portioned and seasoned burger from basic fast food components, it does give that empty-calories sugar rush that things with simple-to-understand plots tend to give and does have some real nutrition value buried under all the ketchup, but I usually want slightly more nutrition, food for thought and emotions, and Evangelion delivered that.

@Fauwkes

Ай бұрын

I ain't reading all that shit

@udopadrik9971

28 күн бұрын

​@@Fauwkes Glad you decided to let me know though. :) I don't know how you got lost in such a comment section, but I hope you don't feel too inferior among people that can read/write longer text and are willing to do that on something that they are interested in. The ability to read and write complex text might be overrated, though, perhaps future generations can do without it? So all the power to you and "tweets" with cat pictures FTW!?

@Fauwkes

28 күн бұрын

@@udopadrik9971 I ain't reading all that shit

@udopadrik9971

28 күн бұрын

@@Fauwkes ...and you feel entitled to have it dumbed down for you? Ok, ok, rlx. I understand you are trolling. It just seems you are mostly trolling yourself at the moment.

Evangelion is a great show.. for AMVs.

@Mistawaffle

6 ай бұрын

And for sound design

@Goedust7

Ай бұрын

THERE’S A LOT OF EVANGELION AMVs OUT THERE!!

This show is best understood as a metaphor for struggling with crippling depression. Trying to understand the actual plot will get you nowhere. (I like the video btw, just making an observation).

@Gundamguy-py3ir

4 жыл бұрын

Eva is definitely an experience, not plot driven, try to tell me the plot of End of Evangelion.

@j.yumuraj2880

4 жыл бұрын

James McKenna the people who like the show like it because they relate to the characters. It’s not really plot-driven. If that’s not appealing to you - fine, keep it moving.

@pabloosset2533

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gundamguy-py3ir Fanta takes over the world.

@Gundamguy-py3ir

4 жыл бұрын

@@pabloosset2533 I'd say Miso soup. Lol 😂

@cloudierbus

4 жыл бұрын

Anno thought of this too but no, people complained

Looks like you just aren’t in the right mindset to watch it See, you gotta have a scat fetish

@elhazthorn918

3 жыл бұрын

A coma fetish.

@THEdudeproductions

3 жыл бұрын

What? Don't tell me some weird shit occurs.

@omegazx7236

3 жыл бұрын

@@THEdudeproductions it gets weird but not in that way lol

@MajorwormXcv

3 жыл бұрын

@@elhazthorn918 EoE

@someonecool7984

3 жыл бұрын

only people with a scat fetish can read the peepeepoopoo scrolls

i honestly loved this series, but seeing a diffrent point of view is really fascinating!

Finished 3.0+1.0 a couple days ago and my brain is now slightly smoother than it was before i watched neon genesis

I loved the illusion of choice Shinji is faced with a couple of times. Misato and Rei tell him it's okay to not pilot the Eva if he doesn't want to. It's totally his choice. Except that not just all of humanity (and judging by the complete eradication of all animals, plants and even microorganisms on the Antarctic) but literally every living being on Earth is certain to die if Shinji makes the choice not to pilot the Eva. The funniest part is that Shinji doesn't do it for the obvious reason of not dying a horrible death. No. Even before he became self-loathing, the little fucker only does it because his colleagues, legal guardian and of course, father, occasionally (once in Gendo's case) say nice things to him when he risks his life fighting giant monsters inside an unstable living giant cyborg to save their lives.

@walkingsleeper9713

Жыл бұрын

He legit says he doesnt wana die. The hell are you on about? His first time in Eva he is scared to go into it. The praise he gets is his copium. Without it he wouldve just fuck it all and I wouldnt blame him I might have done the same. The people of that world are one of these shits. Not the worst sure, but why compare. Also hardly unbeatable cyborg. It is actualy Shinji who is strong. Yes the irony. As I can tell the philosophy of this anime aint worth yours time to write here for you. Maybe I am wrong. tho via your lack of observation details for this anime. I can tell you dont care much about it oh well,whatever.

@soysource3218

Жыл бұрын

@@walkingsleeper9713 I feel like it started off as survival and helping lift some responsibility off the injured Rei's shoulders. I feel like as he kept going, he felt like it was actually contributing something which made people like him more. Just everyone around him liked him more. So he justified his job as EVA pilot as something to earn praise which I guess is a side perk of helping 'save the world.'

@walkingsleeper9713

Жыл бұрын

@@soysource3218 Indeed people tend to like obedient dogs and tools, that they can grind. All it took for Shinji to get some admiration was to save the world multiple times hahaha. Tells you well the human nature. And people call him a wimp thats just the best. The PTSD that shinji goes throught all the time. Most of them would call it a day and log out(if you get what I am sayin)

@paocut9018

Жыл бұрын

@@walkingsleeper9713 i personally agree with the points you make but maybe writhing them in a less confrontational, less insulting way would do a much better job at starting a constructive conversation that can change the other party's mind

@paocut9018

Жыл бұрын

I guess it goes to show what a person is willing to do and endure for the sake of being complimented and loved when they never received either of those things in their whole life.

“The Peepee Poopoo Complex” actually would be something they’d put into a brand new movie if they wanted to 💀

Bruh, if you obsess over the lore of the show, congrats, you completely missed the point.

@OMNIhydra1

Жыл бұрын

@Pointless Rat Race The writing does do what it sets out to, but the way this video is examining the show is focusing on the literal events, not the themes or the characters. The show isn't really about the giant monster fights. It's about the characters learning to grow up and deal with the world of adults. Something big and scary, with all kinds of weird stuff going on that kids would normally be sheltered from, hence the impossible to decypher jargon and the 1001 names it keeps tossing out that ultimately don't matter at all to the core story. It's a red herring whose obtuse nature is kinda the point. It's about them learning pilot adult bodies and make genuine connections with others and face challenges that seem impossibly big for anyone, much less a bunch of kids to handle. It's about learning to stop running away from problems that seem beyond you to try and return to the familiarity and relative comfort of childhood. Looking at the show in a purely literal sense, as a series of events meant to be understood completely as if this were a historical documentary, is a trap. If that's what you're meant to do, the last two episodes are where the entire thing becomes a total failure as what is literal falls away entirely to make room for more metaphor and symbolism. If you realize the specifics of what human instrumentality or seele or angels are in a literal sense is unimportant and look at them instead through a more interpretive lens, you realize that here the literal meaning behind Shinji getting in the robot is a lot less interesting or important than the personal reasons he was able to swallow his fears and at least try. In today's world with everything being a serialized epic with a massive wiki built to analyze every nugget of lore, watching a show from before that time that fakes you out with lore that is largely meaningless in a literal sense and is there primarily to push the themes of the show has to be a bit jarring. But maybe focusing only on the worldbuilding and the lore is robbing people of their ability to focus in on what's actually important in a story. Themes, characters, the actual point the creators were trying to get across. Stories aren't just a bunch of events strung together. They are there to impart some sort of message. Thinking about the events as if you're putting together a timeline of what happens often won't help you work out what is actually being said. The core of Eva was never the worldbuilding. It was about the themes those worldbuilding elements were meant to convey. Something you won't grasp if you don't examine those themes in any capacity. The analysis here was weirdly mechanical despite failing to examine the actual mechanics of a story. Like this was looked at as a historical record of Nervs battle with the Angels, rather than Shinji's story of growing up and learning to stop hating himself and starting to open up to others in turn.