Sep 25, 2012
I had an urge to write yet another review to this "mindblowing masterpiece" for some unknown reasons, maybe because it's been a long time since I was so dissapointed with an anime and didn't even realize what the hell is wrong with it. Maybe this'll clear my thoughts up and make you waste a couple of minutes of your life on reading. Oh yes, and pardon my English.
Nowadays when we start watching Evangelion, most of us already know what to expect - something unique, amazing, special, deep, powerful. Well, this series hasn't left any of those impressions, nor any impact on my mind and
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soul, apart from a brief suspicion that the author played magic tricks on the society and made it truly believe that this muddle has sense and meaning.
The story doesn't shine with singularity and isn't really that complicated. Weird monsters attack the world, and a typical japanese student with serious complexes and attention issues has to save it by piloting a giant robot. He has no desire of doing so, and doesn't really suit for the job, but who cares? That's basically it for the main story. Period. No twists, no amazing revelations, no intrigues, just some mind-digging philosophy for the rest of the show. And don't expect any interesing combat tactics or strategies, the little amount of action is easily forgettable and doesn't captivate your attention at any moment.
The main focus of the show are the characters, their psychology. O'kay, psychology is nice. I really love to observe how amazing, complex characters solve their problems by self-analisis and then actually DO something. Shinji, the main character of Evangelion, is a wimp, has always been a wimp and will probably stay a wimp, in spite of what he said in the finale. Yes, this is a non-typical anime character, he's realistic, not Lelouch, I get it, but I don't like it. The only worthy characters are probably Asuna and Misato, being more or less reasonable and interesting to watch.
Until the end the show was still promising and watchable. Its ending is truly pathetic. The main idea of the show seemed elementary and priimitive to me. As not to spoil the "fun", I'll stop here.
And a couple of words about the supposed alternative finale, the movie, which you must watch after completing the show: more action in the beginning, and a completely muddled rot and nonsense, deeper than any ocean, in the end.
I didn't find this mindrape enjoyable at any rate, if it provokes any feelings, those are disturbance and confusion.
Actually,at first I still gave it a 7, as an homage to it being classics and peculiar in its own weird way, and I'm not claiming that it's a bad anime. But if you're a fan of epic and dramatic shows that actually make sense and don't leave so many questions unanswered, shows like FMA, Code Geass or whatever, it's highly possible that you won't like Eva.
That's it, I'm ready for your dislikes.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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