Thread 282886118

Why are there two episodes where Shinji wears Asuka's clothing?

>>282886118 (OP)
Watch the series

>>282886150
>shippers
>watching eva
pick one

>>282886150
I did and it was fine

>>282886118 (OP)
it's joke about him being more effeminate than his peers, owed to his meek disposition, soft, rounded facial features and lack of developed musculature
compare him to Toji, for instance

i thought it was because they had to be in sync with eachother (i havent watched eva in a while)

Rei was already perfectly coordinated with Shinji. That episode show how NERV is just a dumb organization that exists thanks to Ritsuko and her unpaid overtime

>>282887434
Who knows, maybe it wasn't that Rei was synced but that she was really good at perfectly imitating someone else's moves, she does have a penchant for following orders
That wouldn't have worked for the operation since Rei would have been acting on a delay, which would have meant that both of Israfel's cores wouldn't have been destroyed simultaneously

>>282886990
It's hard to actually watch Eva and avoid the conclusion that Shinji is at least bisexual, if not a flat-out flaming queer.

>>282887785
I think a more apt description would be "desperate enough to accept (almost) anyone"

>>282887810
Yes and no.

Shinji was very desperate for some kind of affection. But the show seems to incline us to think that he'd begun to view Kaworu romantically regardless of whether that was Kaworu's intention or not.

>>282887898
dude literally takes his hand and tells him he loves him without Shinji doing anything

Its just a reference to 80s exercise gear since they're doing TV training. Shinji is wearing blue so it's a guys shirt.
You guys are weird.

>>282888042
doesn't Shinji's outfit also have legs while Asuka's is a leotard?

>>282888172
they both have legs

>>282888229
Ah, that was only a thing in the manga then

>>282888282
Yeah Shinji's outfit is much gayer in the anime.

>>282886118 (OP)
And why does Shinji have child bearing hips

>>282888948
he just has a narrow waist

>>282886118 (OP)
these niggas have the same fucking face

>>282888948
mommy issues

>>282888948
For Kaworu to put his angel babies in.

>>282886118 (OP)
Shinji is a latent crossdresser obviously. That also explains Evangelion's zoomer fanbase.

>>282892941
gay

>>282893209
I mean he is

Manga did it better.

>>282892941
Just occult things

Curry thread.

>>282887434
It's because Asuka was new to the team and the only odd one out. Rei can coordinate with anybody so there's no reason to train her and Asuka, but she and Shinji have to actually put in effort to synchronize.

>>282887785
He's just a touch starved virginal child. Anyone who showed him kindness would no doubt win his love.

No one ever thinks about this part but Shinji arrives in Tokyo to see Gendo after what appears to be years of having not seen him. He doesn't have any other family, so that means he was literally at some orphanage or boarding school getting the Naruto treatment perhaps his entire life up to this point with just small moments of Gendo breezing into his life to call him a disappointment, then leave again just as suddenly. He's probably never uad someone give him physical affection or tell them they love him.

I like asuka but this show sucks.

>>282888282
I prefer the double leotard.

>>282890528
They were originally supposed to be the same character until the network made Anno add a male MC.

I like this show but asuka sucks.

>>282897984
You're going to love the rebuild.

>>282888981
but why tho

>>282898078
Early adolescence before his hormones bulked him up.

>>282898140
>his hormones
poor kid needed more testosterone

>>282886990
>>282888948
pretty sure he is drawn from nadia

>>282898292
im aware of that

>>282887785
What's with Anno and homosexual themes towards the end? Kare Kano has a yuri-themed episode too.

>>282896937
kek

>>282901922
yup

Asuka #1

>>282898292
that was just Sadamoto making fun of his own sameface problem

>>282886118 (OP)
It's unisex dancewear, okay?

I like Gayji

Who is it?

>>282905387
ignore it.

>>282898533
>Kare Kano has a yuri-themed episode too.
Should I undrop it?

>>282897277
it's because 00 was still fucked up

>>282904106
How did she get stuck in there the wrong way around?

>>282906201
Never trust a drunkard to fail properly.

>>282886118 (OP)
quality is a quantity of its own

>>282908700
anon, stop!!!! janny's not gonna like this!

>>282900149
asuka clitty vs kenken nakadashi

>>282887785
>>282898533
The gay shit really felt tacked on, Kaworu shows up for one episode and is never brought up again. Obvious fujobait.
Also my boy Shinji is a TRVE son of Agartha and is 100% straight.

>>282908700
Cool OC.

>>282898292
it's common knowledge

>>282897984
nah you do

>>282908700
Manga did it better.

>>282910232
and then they say goodbye

REI NO

>>282910377
They’re going to the same school.

>>282910927
And Kensuke is too! And he's already taken an interest in Asuka, unlike Shinji! Damn, he can't stop winning...

>>282910552
Atta girl.

>>282910993
She’s so cute to Shinji she triggered a memory from an alternate timeline.

>>282911081
Dude, ya gotta stop coping with fifty different headcanons. Sadamoto already said the ending isn't romantic. You gotta stop, it's not healthy...

>>282911106
He only said that to get the reiqueers off his back.

>>282910993
I like how you've been sitting in the thread for hours seething and getting banned yet the moment you get that single (You), you start losing it.

>>282911204
Look, another headcanon.

>>282911213
And when I say for hours without getting a single (You). I mean it
https://desuarchive.org/a/search/tnum/282886118/deleted/deleted/

>>282910377
Goodbye is a spell to meet again, rebuild said so

>>282895345
WAY better! It baffles me how much worse the anime is

>>282912732
The only thing the manga did better were Toji and adding a few small character interaction and development moments that wouldn't have fit into the runtime of the show
Kaworu for example was a comically bad character in the manga whereas it's one of the standout moments of the show

>>282886118 (OP)
Because Shinji is a fag, Eva is for fags

>>282912704
rebuild isn't canon.

>>282887434
They had to get Asuka up to speed and Israfel was a good softball fight to use for practical training. Nice of it to plant them headfirst in the ground like looney tunes instead of soulraping or dismembering like later angels.
If anything 3 pilots wasn't enough

>>282912732
filtered

>>282912732
Didn't the manga get made AFTER the anime and took 20 years to finish?

>>282910552
based

>>282910552
SHE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

>>282913265
it's still way better than the overrated mediocrity the anime is
better story and better characters designs

>2025
>still pulling the hottest takes

Kenken wife

>>282888042
he DOES wear her plugsuit though

Must really be mad

>>282914192
No takers. A whole night wasted.

>>282908700
>he doesn't know
rebuild isn't canon.
the story concludes with EoE

>>282914784
asuka ends up alone with the only guy in the world she can't stand and is choked like a stress toy upon being spotted by him, but it's okay because she caresses his face to get him to stop.
such a beautiful story of love <3

>>282915148
they get better

>>282915624
>headcanon

>>282915674
it's literally an officially published illustration made by a gainax staff member

>>282915674
official artwork

>>282915682
>>282915686
>non canon staff artwork

>>282915723
closest thing to canon there is, because there's no other officially sanctioned media depicting anything after end of evangelion

>>282886118 (OP)
I tire of this devilman mazinger fanfic. Why does this anime have to be talked about constantly forever?

>>282915752
>continuous coping

>>282915820
you didn't have to describe your posts, buddy
we get it

>>282915835
>no u

>>282915907
ever had to socialize a feral kitten?

>>282915907
>>282915865
>>282915674
Welll for starts it doesn't even real life children I know your into that

>>282915624
Fun fact: this was drawn by Okazaki Takeshi, a manga artist, who worked with Gainax to make promotional art. He did not work on Evangelion beyond promotional artwork. In other words, this has no affiliation with the actual film or its canon, it is just a promo piece.

He also drew the pic related doujin and some others.

>>282916198
Gainax stil signed off on it's publication, something they did not do for ANY other media anyone related to the company did regarding anything after EoE
Evem the rebuilds carefully skirted around the issue by making references to the movie but never acknowledging it or it's events directly

>>282916268
Okay, and. Gainax signed off just about anything. Nazi Kaworu. Lewd artworks of the boy pilots. Ten billion mediocre spinoffs.

>>282916298
This kind of thing is clearly a taboo for them though, why else would no other illustrations, manga or anything official ever cover the subject when it's one of the more popular sources of fan speculation?

>>282887785
>>282887810
Rule vs Exception. Shinji isn't gay in general, he was just gay for Kaoru because Kaoru was just that good. Extremely charismatic, emotionally intelligent, actively seductive, and prettier than most girls. His whole archetype (bishonen) is that he's someone that "even straight guys could fall for". So of course Shinji would. The pretenses that either it wasn't gay, or that Shinji must be gay as a rule, are unnecessary label-minded rationalizations of the fact that a straight boy was gay for someone exceptional.

>>282916198
>You have to be 18 to look at this 14 year old
Quite the culture we live in

>>282886118 (OP)
Shinji wanted to be a girl but was born a disgusting moid and is upset about it for 30 years

>>282886118 (OP)
The one fuunny thing about all the AsuShin shippers is that the series pretty clearly showed that while they might be more similar than they think, they are both fundamentally incompatible with each other as they both cope, and thus seek, polar opposite things

>>282916769
I mean you can sit here all day trying to argue otherwise, I'm sorry, it's not canon. Conjure up as many excuses in your head as much as you want to spare your feelings, it changes nothing. Gainax would license anything even without the staff members' artistic input or wishes. One guy's personal interpretation of post EoE is nothing compared to the sea of shit Gainax stamped their seal of approval onto. And that is that.

>>282916832
Both of their wishes essentially boil down to yearning to be needed and loved, I don't see the issue

>>282916879
>I'm sorry, it's not canon
That's not what's being argued though
>One guy's personal interpretation of post EoE
You mean the ONLY one that exists in an official capacity

>>282916891
Like I said, go crazy dude,. You've made your choice to continue to obsess over this shit till your death bed, continue thinking some guy's licensed artwork is the original staff members' vision because daddy Gainax gave the go-to, even if it's the only one.

Mari Must Die

>>282915674
It's not really much of a stretch though
The ocean is blue so people started returning, like Yui said
The only "contentious" part of the image is Shinji and Asuka being on good enough terms to go taking strolls on the beach while holding hands after all that happened, but I could see it happening given enough time

>>282888282
Asuka is so pretty and shapely bros

>>282917063
Can't argue with that

>>282915682
Here's the official sequel/conclusion made by Anno.

>>282917546
This is a wholly different story, not a sequel

>>282897984
I like Asuka but this show sucks.

>Anno says he's not done with Eva
>Anno didn't really work on the first two movies that much, only took over after the 3rd
>Anno's admitted that the last movie wasn't what he wanted but was made for investors
>schizos keep repeating that Rebuilds are his vison when it's not true
>schizos who also does this bring up shipping shit even in non-shipping threads (like this one)
Really makes you think does

>>282917783
I mean, the OP is an edited gif to make two characters kiss

>>282917578
There's only one story and this is a sequel.

>>282917846
>>282917880
You also keep seething? Again, why do you keep bringing up Rebuilds are a sequel and seething about shipping

>>282917880
It's 3 stories retard. Why do you think it's called Trace Upon a Time? Anno already said that he named it that not because "it's a sequel" which is something he never once said. He named it that because this his 3rd time writing a ending for a Eva project.

>>282917986
Anno's evangelion is a linear continuity, because they're animation project made one after the other. Anno himself cannot go back in time, he can only move forward, which is exactly how the story moves on in his trilogy (eva IS a metanarrative).

>>282918174
>Anno's [HEADCANON ]
I like how even when Anno admits something schizo still want to seethe and headcanon shit.

>>282916820
Crazy