Because weebs are mostly incel failed males which is why they are into proto-cuckold shit like femdom they literally cannot imagine themselves approaching (like a normal, non terminally low T man)
>>211955325
Why are otaku such autistic and incomprehensive?
Japanese animation culture is declining year by year. To be realistic, the younger generation rarely watches anime. These scripts where the weak man is favored by the strong woman without any context are anime for unmarried men in their 30s and 40s.
>>211955422
There is no one else like Shinji who is such an extreme example.
Although the degree varies, the combinations mentioned by op are the same in mainstream anime before Evangelion, such as Urusei Yatsura, Ranma, and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water.
>>211955845 >Urusei Yatsura, Ranma
Where is "the shy nervous male and dominant female" couple in these anime?
>Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
You literally reinforced his opinion. And Nadia itself didn't influenced other anime except Evangelion, which was made by the same staffs of Nadia
>>211956326
If Shinji is the standard for being shy and nervous, then who else could be a shy and nervous protagonist besides Shinji?
If you take what op says literally, that kind of thing is not common in anime