"xm0123, you didn't watch all of Neon Genesis Evangelion."
Yeah. I got bored of it. And lots of people said it only got worse after the 20th episode.
"So you ran away."
Ran away? What?
"You ran away, because you're a coward."
What is this, are you trying to compare me to Shinji? Sorry, but I kicked my depression back when I was 15, and I also got over my brief relapse of depression last year, too. I don't think I'm scared.
"You're scared, because you don't want people to compare you to otaku."
That's not it! I lost interest!
"By the time school starts, you may never see the end ever again."
Oh snap! You're right!
And thus, starting yesterday, and finishing today, I watched the rest of the Evangelion tv series. And, for the most part, it was as I feared: a disjointed, confusing mess, coupled with psychobabble, really depressing stuff, and not as much action as the earlier part of the series.
And no, I don't love the ending.
However, I felt it was worth it. Although I don't like the ending, in general, there were two part of the last episode that I liked. The first part I liked was when Shinji imagined life without Evas. It was the funniest part of the entire series. Shinji's parents were like normal parents, Asuka was still a brat, but was a little more helpful to to Shinji than before, Rei actually demonstrated some cheerfulness as "The Mysterious Transfer Student." and Touji, Kensuke, AND Shinji all ogled their lovely teacher, Miss Misato Katsuragi, who still drives like a maniac. Asuka complains about boys, and then all is well.
And the next part I liked. When Shinji sees that life doesn't always have to be a negative experience, he sort of channels Jimmy Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life, but instead of George Bailey saying, "Clarence! I want to live again! I want to live again!" we get Shinji-kun saying, "Yes! I want to live in the real world again! I want everybody to live again!" And everyone he knows congratulates him . . . and that's it.
What happened? Did he save the world because he didn't wanna hate himself anymore? Did he die and now he's in his version of Heaven now? Was it all just a dream? Or a mass hallucination? I don't know. True to anything suffering from Evangelion Syndrome, *snicker* any conclusion I make could make sense, but also not make sense. I feel a sense of dissatisfaction, not knowing what truly happened, and also because there's some things I still don't understand. On the other hand, Eva has a better ending than the Inuyasha magna. BURNED!
Yes, Eva's ending is one I love and hate. My score of 7 out of 10 still stands. I feel Eva has potential, and there were some good scenes, but it's just short of excellence. My favorite episode was #18. Everything after that is lackluster, except for the second half of 26. It makes up for all the weirdness. Kind of.
But, there's still the Eva manga. And there's still the Eva movies that are currently in production. DUN DUN dun dun dun DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!
P.S. I have no interest in watching the two Eva movies which supposedly shows what happened in the outside world during the last two episodes. As dissed as the tv ending was, the "End of Evangelion" ending was even more hated, from my observations. So there.
