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| 2022 Rewatch |
 Novels I have read/am reading pending approval: since November 10 2022 |
| Spooky episode.. I guess Asuka had it pretty rough, but there're still some things I felt weren't really touched on. So after her mother had that psychotic break and ended things, her dad got another wife, but what then? We know Asuka was pretty traumatized after everything and didn't accept the new lady as her mom (and still doesn't even though she plays nice with her over the phone), but what about her dad? He seemed like he cared for her, but I guess she never cared much for him -- or at least as much as she did her mom? They said her mom never paid much attention to her in the first place so it makes sense that she yearned for maternal love, but from the way she acts, I assumed that she didn't even have a dad. Anywho, I guess the only other person she actually enjoyed was Kaji (RIP) and you could say it's because he's a conventionally attractive guy who gave her attention, but I think it's more than that. To an extent, Kaji represented the independent, adult life that Asuka wanted so badly after the incident with her mother. Him rejecting her advances only further troubled her because it reinforced the idea that she was a child who needed someone to take care of her. Tbh, the hallelujah chorus sort of took me out since that's more or less a meme song -- I also liked how we got to see Misato piecing together more Nerv secrets. I think it would be cool to see her continue Kaji's work and expose the truth behind the second impact and Nerv's goals. |
tiaamyomMay 24, 2022 11:36 AM
| *director cut* again 30 min. i'm wondering though if they just added more "elevator" time and more loops on that asuka's trip lol. i'm glad for this episode. it's just shows how much asuka is much more complex character than she shows. and also, i get the fact that there's something in shinji "they" don't tell us yet. the angels at this point are godlike right now. lol @ halauluja OST. |
| What a sick freaking javelin throw. Also this all seems new to me, I think I had previously dropped it at the previous episode. |
  NYANPASU  whiskey tango foxtrot |
| This was such a mindfuck episode. Also I was watching it at night and those flashes burned my eyes. I really love Atuska, but I hope that she'll get a little less prideful. Yeah her childhood was really hard and I sympathize with her, but that's not a reason to treat others badly. I can't belive that there are only 4 episodes left. I watched this too fast. |
| man adults are so fucked up |
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| It's pretty specific but as someone who's both learning Japanese and interested in etymology, it's been amusing to notice some of the details in the script. For example, in this episode it was said that "people create dolls as a reflection of self" while the Japanese word for doll literally breaks down to "the shape of a human". |
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| Asukas insecurities and mental unstableness are finally brought to the forefront. She's just like Shinji, both feel abandoned/betrayed by their parents and weren't loved enough growing up as a result. Only instead of retreating inwards like Shijnji does, Asuka lashes out. Instead of refusing to get in the elevator like with what shinji did with gendo, she marches in and puts up a front to hide her true feelings. She craves affection from others but unlike shinji she doesn't shy away from openly begging for it. With all these similarities no wonder she hates him, hes basically her and the one person she hates above all others is herself. Good on Mr. Kaji for not perving on a mentally unstable 14 year old. |
-insert NGE meme here- |
| shit this one was a very heavy episode. poor asuka. she's the first one who's past we have seen. rei and our boy shinji left. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| W Shinji. W Evas. W everything. W Rei. |
| Shinji being the only person from the opposite sex that Asuka can relate to, since she's not old enough to be recognised by adults, hits hard. Unfortunately he's unable to reciprocate and bond with her because of his own issues. Really makes you wonder how many people must be separated like that in RL, needing each other while just at an arm length's distance. |
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| While quite the messed up past, can you really say Asuka has had it any worse than Shinji or Rei? You can admire her for being how she is and wanting to not need anyone, but she never thinks on how she can actually achieve that. She just belittles those who do what she refuses to learn how to do and then just makes a complete fool of herself. Although in the case of the angel attack, it was unfortunate and would be curious to see how it would've affected Rei, which would mean no one to javelin shot the Spear of Longinus (what even is it?). She goes on about 'Shinji the mighty' and them not being needed because of him. It's more a case of him actually being the most competent in most mission (hence why I hated him being suddenly dumbed down for the void and EVA-03 episodes). He's having to pick up the slack from the others. Asuka is all talk and Rei has issues fully connecting with her EVA. It'll be interesting to see how Asuka comes out from this. Will she see that her comrades AREN'T pitying her and that it's fine for her to work WITH them? Or are about to Asuka's bitch-mode evolve into mega-bitch? Someone needs to slap her before she gets herself killed (even if that's what she'd prefer), and this is just going to make breaking ther Kaji news to her even harder (does Shinji even know at this point?). Will finish up by saying that while it was meant to be a serious moment with Asuka being mentally attacked......I couldn't help but laugh at the church choir singing xD |
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| Beautiful sad episode, i feel for Asuka we really got to see a new side to her character and backstory. it's very interesting. one thing i like about this anime is how it showcases mental health in all it's forms and how it's a reoccurring theme throughout this journey. |
| AND HE SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER! AND HE SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER! King of kings forever and ever! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! And Lord of lords forever and ever! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! King of kings forever and ever! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! And Lord of lords forever and ever! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! King of kings forever and ever! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! AND LORD OF LORDS! KING OF KINGS! AND LORD OF LORDS! |
| the episode made to understand asuka, beautiful and deeply sad at the same time. She is afraid of human closure, so she hate everyone, trying to be independent and adult, even if she is 14 years old. rei using the spear was very cool. |
| ''Touch the darkness inside me'' |
| We stan a BPD queen. |
Take care of yourself |
| As I’ve said before that Asuka as a whole for me has been a case of I find her funny at times but other times I find her overly angry for the sake of being angry I mean I get the appeal of her character and she’s probably one of the more popular characters when it comes to Evangelion but honestly I think I find Rei to be more interesting than her mainly because there’s a lot more to Rei than on first glance and Asuka as a character just feels like she’s doing the same schtick over and over again and again throughout the show. But I would be lying if I said I didn’t feel sympathetic for Asuka in this episode. We did get some insight into why she is the way she is and I will say the use of Hallelujah was very off-putting at first but then it just got very disturbing as the scene progressed with the angel just fucking up Asuka’s mind with that light beam. Judging by the flashbacks we saw, she really had quite the rough life there with her mother going crazy and her not wanting to accept her new parental figure I mean damn no wonder she’s got anger issues a lot of the time. Rei using that spear on that angel at the end was pretty neat though. But man this episode was just verging on the disturbing a lot of the time, a brilliant episode but very disturbing episode for me. |
| wow...poor Asuka. i hate seeing my favorite characters go through so much bs edit - finished the episode about an hour ago. oh. my god. i have never had such a strong reaction to an anime flashback/mental breakdown scene in my entire life. i now need to take a very long time mentally preparing myself for the next episode. damn you, show. have some non depressing characters and backstories for once. i need to uh i need to go lie down and contemplate my life decisions i'll say it again: poor Asuka. |
soberkatz110Aug 7, 4:42 PM
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