Leave Shinji alone, the kid is doing better than most of us would in his place.
absolutely not, no
No, really, the kid mostly just falls apart to himself but still keeps trucking until he completely cracks.
I've generally had a rule of thumb since fifteen years ago. Whenever someone says Shinji was "a pussy" or "a wimp" or something similar, chances are I can probably ignore anything else they say about media and not miss very much. And I don't even like Evangelion! It's a bad show! But it's kind of an useful indicator, like clams in the water.
Well, the thing with Shinji is that he ran out of self-worth (or never had any to begin with) and is waiting for the people around him to tell him whether he's worth keeping alive. Anybody who actually has any sense of self-worth is gonna do better. Now, the question is whether any of us, given the same upbringing and treatment, the same life, essentially, would fare any better? No, because then we would be Shinji, and not ourselves.
(Unless we isekai'd ourselves into Shinji's body, but that's a fanfic for another time.)
Okay so what if
what if
we remove Shinji from the toxic hell hole of his father, and the utterly dysfunction of NERV officers who view him as essentially a cog in an anti-apocalypse weapon first and foremost and
say
Have him make friends with Koji Kabuto, the Getter Pilots and a few Gundam pilots.*
You are light. You can even use sadness as fuel to light the way.
When the Psycho-Frame is overloaded with a singular will or an over-concentration of multiple human wills, it emits a luminescent phenomenon[4] similar to a vivid aurora and is described as a "warm light" that gives one a sense of safety and removes feelings of fear[5]. It is suggested that the reason this phenomenon occurs is in part from the Psycho-Frame drawing energy from a higher dimension that Newtypes can ascend to[6].
Is that Unicorn? it's the only one that comes to mind (Which you know, if so, GOOD CHOICE)
...i should do Yet Another Unicorn rewatch. Watching Banahanger go from zero to hero is great.
Yep
It gets a ton of flack, particularly because of banagher and that “even so” attitude but the entire point is to drive home the idea of what human potential can accomplish against cycles of violence and cynicism passing itself off as realism. While Banagher’s character work is iffy throughout the series as an embodiment of that philosophy he gets the work done well
Is that Unicorn? it's the only one that comes to mind (Which you know, if so, GOOD CHOICE)
...i should do Yet Another Unicorn rewatch. Watching Banahanger go from zero to hero is great.
Yep
It gets a ton of flack, particularly because of banagher and that “even so” attitude but the entire point is to drive home the idea of what human potential can accomplish against cycles of violence and cynicism passing itself off as realism. While Banagher’s character work is iffy throughout the series as an embodiment of that philosophy he gets the work done well
I actually really like Banagher overall.
Plus, he learns Summon Gundam and that's like the most player character thing ever.
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Also good news: Next episode is a new canon arc, and not more filler!
Bad news: Railgun is on hiatus until July 24th. Boo Covid 19!
Its been a minute since i watched Unicorn. But my big gripe against banagher is that he seems so, so dumb when it comes to Audrey. Like i understand he wants to protect her and keep her out of danger. but even when she reveals her true identity like, he shakes his head and says "No, you're Audrey." it was frustrating to me.
Leave Shinji alone, the kid is doing better than most of us would in his place.
absolutely not, no
No, really, the kid mostly just falls apart to himself but still keeps trucking until he completely cracks.
I've generally had a rule of thumb since fifteen years ago. Whenever someone says Shinji was "a pussy" or "a wimp" or something similar, chances are I can probably ignore anything else they say about media and not miss very much. And I don't even like Evangelion! It's a bad show! But it's kind of an useful indicator, like clams in the water.
Well, the thing with Shinji is that he ran out of self-worth (or never had any to begin with) and is waiting for the people around him to tell him whether he's worth keeping alive. Anybody who actually has any sense of self-worth is gonna do better. Now, the question is whether any of us, given the same upbringing and treatment, the same life, essentially, would fare any better? No, because then we would be Shinji, and not ourselves.
(Unless we isekai'd ourselves into Shinji's body, but that's a fanfic for another time.)
Okay so what if
what if
we remove Shinji from the toxic hell hole of his father, and the utterly dysfunction of NERV officers who view him as essentially a cog in an anti-apocalypse weapon first and foremost and
say
Have him make friends with Koji Kabuto, the Getter Pilots and a few Gundam pilots.*
*Super Robot Wars I'm describing Super Robot Wars
Just let's save ourselves the whole "slap Shinji to make him a man" thing. The memetic Bright Slap didn't even actually work on Amuro the first time, how the balls did this become a meme!
But yeah, a SRW-style support structure would definitely change how things go entirely. I mean, hell, SRWX makes Ange from Cross Ange into a largely decent human being, just from being surrounded with people like Wataru or Cecily, and that's WAY more of a lost case than Shinji could be in a million years.
Leave Shinji alone, the kid is doing better than most of us would in his place.
absolutely not, no
No, really, the kid mostly just falls apart to himself but still keeps trucking until he completely cracks.
I've generally had a rule of thumb since fifteen years ago. Whenever someone says Shinji was "a pussy" or "a wimp" or something similar, chances are I can probably ignore anything else they say about media and not miss very much. And I don't even like Evangelion! It's a bad show! But it's kind of an useful indicator, like clams in the water.
Well, the thing with Shinji is that he ran out of self-worth (or never had any to begin with) and is waiting for the people around him to tell him whether he's worth keeping alive. Anybody who actually has any sense of self-worth is gonna do better. Now, the question is whether any of us, given the same upbringing and treatment, the same life, essentially, would fare any better? No, because then we would be Shinji, and not ourselves.
(Unless we isekai'd ourselves into Shinji's body, but that's a fanfic for another time.)
Okay so what if
what if
we remove Shinji from the toxic hell hole of his father, and the utterly dysfunction of NERV officers who view him as essentially a cog in an anti-apocalypse weapon first and foremost and
say
Have him make friends with Koji Kabuto, the Getter Pilots and a few Gundam pilots.*
*Super Robot Wars I'm describing Super Robot Wars
Just let's save ourselves the whole "slap Shinji to make him a man" thing. The memetic Bright Slap didn't even actually work on Amuro the first time, how the balls did this become a meme!
But yeah, a SRW-style support structure would definitely change how things go entirely. I mean, hell, SRWX makes Ange from Cross Ange into a largely decent human being, just from being surrounded with people like Wataru or Cecily, and that's WAY more of a lost case than Shinji could be in a million years.
I haven't gotten to play them but my understanding with how those SRWs (I think it's the Alpha trilogy/Quadrilogy**) like had a team of peers who weren't struggling with severe emotional trauma* and were actually able to form friendships that help Shinji to recover from his alienation and allow him to form a somewhat healthier sense of self and understanding of the world and those around him. Or at least as much as one can during the midst of a giant crossover robot story RPG. Does it do the Bright slap stuff instead?
also for Amuro I think at least for Japan it's a lot to do with Toru Furuya's delivery on the follow up line of "My father didn't even hit me!" (which seems to be more iconic at times than the slap itself?)
*or were alien god beings placed in a mom-shaped human shell
**Does it stay a Trilogy or does Gaiden make it a Quadrilogy even though its title would infer its a side story?
Question for other folks watching/have watched Utena:
Where do you come down on the movie? Alternate retelling, or do you think it's actually a follow up of the end of the TV series given
Anthy's more direct behavior and personality in guiding Utena to understand what is going on, plus the repeated references to "The Outside World"?
Without making it blatant in the text, is the movie Anthy rescuing Utena from the sacrifice she makes at the end of the TV series to replace Anthy as the object of hate, breaking the system that would trap them both and bringing her back to their world?
I don't really have any deep argument for or against really. I just think the TV series ending is absolutely perfect and trying to connect it and go "but what if the movie is actually round 2?" kind of cheapens the experience.
No offense, if you support that argument though of course, that's just where I'm coming from.
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Yeah I mean the guys in utena are all trash, it is true
But also Nanami is right there
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Yeah, we are not even halfway through this year yet, but this is the best anime of this year already, I cannot imagine anything that would be able to beat this adaptation.
In this episode we've got:
Bishigami
Bishirogane
Shitty spoiler girl
more Bakaguya
and Miko Iino's bad, not good, very very not nice first week in the council
Question for other folks watching/have watched Utena:
Where do you come down on the movie? Alternate retelling, or do you think it's actually a follow up of the end of the TV series given
Anthy's more direct behavior and personality in guiding Utena to understand what is going on, plus the repeated references to "The Outside World"?
Without making it blatant in the text, is the movie Anthy rescuing Utena from the sacrifice she makes at the end of the TV series to replace Anthy as the object of hate, breaking the system that would trap them both and bringing her back to their world?
I've always thought it being a highly metaphorical follow up is the more interesting reading, so that's what I choose to go with.
Yeah, we are not even halfway through this year yet, but this is the best anime of this year already, I cannot imagine anything that would be able to beat this adaptation.
In this episode we've got:
Bishigami
Bishirogane
Shitty spoiler girl
more Bakaguya
and Miko Iino's bad, not good, very very not nice first week in the council
12/10.
Just saw S2E6, but I'll have to wait for next week for 7.
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Okay so what if
what if
we remove Shinji from the toxic hell hole of his father, and the utterly dysfunction of NERV officers who view him as essentially a cog in an anti-apocalypse weapon first and foremost and
say
Have him make friends with Koji Kabuto, the Getter Pilots and a few Gundam pilots.*
You are light. You can even use sadness as fuel to light the way.
I'll do it in two:
EVEN SO!
Is that Unicorn? it's the only one that comes to mind (Which you know, if so, GOOD CHOICE)
...i should do Yet Another Unicorn rewatch. Watching Banahanger go from zero to hero is great.
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Yep
It gets a ton of flack, particularly because of banagher and that “even so” attitude but the entire point is to drive home the idea of what human potential can accomplish against cycles of violence and cynicism passing itself off as realism. While Banagher’s character work is iffy throughout the series as an embodiment of that philosophy he gets the work done well
I actually really like Banagher overall.
Plus, he learns Summon Gundam and that's like the most player character thing ever.
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I think she fundamentally misunderstands exile. Like she'd probably just live in a mansion in a different country
Season 3 visual:
Airing in the same season as Yuru Camp season 2. Winter season is going to be super comfy.
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Also good news: Next episode is a new canon arc, and not more filler!
Bad news: Railgun is on hiatus until July 24th. Boo Covid 19!
Get your boats ready because a stone oceans a comin'
It just popped up on my alerts which is odd because I havent mentioned Jojo in months. I may have just been excited
Probably not accurate. Even on that site it has this line at the end.
Which basically invalidates everything they said before this line.
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Just let's save ourselves the whole "slap Shinji to make him a man" thing. The memetic Bright Slap didn't even actually work on Amuro the first time, how the balls did this become a meme!
But yeah, a SRW-style support structure would definitely change how things go entirely. I mean, hell, SRWX makes Ange from Cross Ange into a largely decent human being, just from being surrounded with people like Wataru or Cecily, and that's WAY more of a lost case than Shinji could be in a million years.
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I mean, considering the focus of the show
I haven't gotten to play them but my understanding with how those SRWs (I think it's the Alpha trilogy/Quadrilogy**) like had a team of peers who weren't struggling with severe emotional trauma* and were actually able to form friendships that help Shinji to recover from his alienation and allow him to form a somewhat healthier sense of self and understanding of the world and those around him. Or at least as much as one can during the midst of a giant crossover robot story RPG. Does it do the Bright slap stuff instead?
also for Amuro I think at least for Japan it's a lot to do with Toru Furuya's delivery on the follow up line of "My father didn't even hit me!" (which seems to be more iconic at times than the slap itself?)
Where do you come down on the movie? Alternate retelling, or do you think it's actually a follow up of the end of the TV series given
Without making it blatant in the text, is the movie Anthy rescuing Utena from the sacrifice she makes at the end of the TV series to replace Anthy as the object of hate, breaking the system that would trap them both and bringing her back to their world?
Yes but they are amazing garbage. The highest class.
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I don't really have any deep argument for or against really. I just think the TV series ending is absolutely perfect and trying to connect it and go "but what if the movie is actually round 2?" kind of cheapens the experience.
No offense, if you support that argument though of course, that's just where I'm coming from.
Yeah I know, I just remember all those dudes being quite popular at the height of the bishie craze.
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But also Nanami is right there
Bakarina is great (And suddenly having Tuxedo mask cameo)
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Yeah, we are not even halfway through this year yet, but this is the best anime of this year already, I cannot imagine anything that would be able to beat this adaptation.
In this episode we've got:
Bishirogane
Shitty spoiler girl
more Bakaguya
and Miko Iino's bad, not good, very very not nice first week in the council
12/10.
I've always thought it being a highly metaphorical follow up is the more interesting reading, so that's what I choose to go with.
Just saw S2E6, but I'll have to wait for next week for 7.
Agree though, the adaptation has been phenomenal.
I mean he's earned the "Best Jeanist" award 8 years in a row so I'd say he's earned it
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Also Sophia knows the real love rival to beat.
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