It’s a story about a bunch of mentally ill people abusing each other. It’s very crude and meant to show the worst parts of humanity and what trauma does to them.
I didn’t get that. I saw Shinji, Asuka & Rei as all being different parts of the same psyche. Different parts of the ego, Id & superego.
This was reinforced by the concept of syncing the pilot to the robot, or in human consciousness the psyche to the meat suit.
When the psyche and robot are synchronised they are unstoppable, but do many doubts and imposter syndrome feelings get in the way of that control that we seldom synchronise properly
The first paragraph of your comment doesn’t really connect with the next two. How does the pilot/psyche having to link with the robot/body implies Shinji, Asuka and Rei are part of the same psyche?
Anyway, you’re ignoring all of the other mentally ill characters.
Ryoji hates himself so much that he flirts with anything that moves just to try and prove to himself that he is worthy of love.
Misato is so lonely that she’s pushed into a toxic relationship with Ryoji. At her worst, she goes full pedophile just to get some affection.
Gendo is so jealous of his own son that he literally tries to destroy the world so that he can be alone with his wife.
Naoko was so obsessed with Gendo that she was not only glad when his wife died but also couldn’t say no when asked to help him bring her back to life via cloning. She then killed the clone and probably herself.
It’s a story about a bunch of mentally ill people abusing each other. It’s very crude and meant to show the worst parts of humanity and what trauma does to them.
Everyone keeps saying mentally ill.
I didn’t get that. I saw Shinji, Asuka & Rei as all being different parts of the same psyche. Different parts of the ego, Id & superego.
This was reinforced by the concept of syncing the pilot to the robot, or in human consciousness the psyche to the meat suit.
When the psyche and robot are synchronised they are unstoppable, but do many doubts and imposter syndrome feelings get in the way of that control that we seldom synchronise properly
The first paragraph of your comment doesn’t really connect with the next two. How does the pilot/psyche having to link with the robot/body implies Shinji, Asuka and Rei are part of the same psyche?
Anyway, you’re ignoring all of the other mentally ill characters.