@@DoctorNuriel god why why does this anime leave such a dark scar on my mind i will never be able to get it out of y head 10 years ago i watched this as a kid man now and even then it makes me question everything the trauma it indirectly put on my child self still is there a scar which idk i will ever be able to move on from
@@novustalks7525 god knows brother god know its symbolic to his life like he is in closed himself in a cocoon that keeps on looping as all he wants is recognition
Ive never heard someone explain this anime so well. So often when people try talking about this show the make it sound even more confusing. That's an achievement
There are a bunch of errors and more mispronounciations than i can count but its not a bad surface level review if you are willing to go back and relearn the mistakes like JetAlone not being even close to an Eva
@@ripsterhipster5948 Dang you're so cool. So, please, tell me... When will you be uploading your interpretations of art in a vulnerable form such as this? It's awful convenient for you to mock a creator when you yourself have done nothing of value. I can only hope that when you become an adult, you stop trying to be such an edgy shell of a human.
@@futuresaturn7614 and then somehow reverts to an uplifting life changing message in less than 5 minutes in the last episode like dude what is this show.
Eva's theme is universal: loneliness, depression, self and awareness. It is also a lesson we can take away to be a better person once we are aware if we are struggling with these issues.
@@aarocka11 there are other languages in the world and ppl who use them. For example "eve" has different pronunciation and even different spelling in other cultures including mine so I think its kinda pathetic to be grumpy over that in a global social communication and media platform such as youtube. As long as u get what he tries to say thats all it matters. the world doesnt revolve around u but u have to revolve around the world u live in and explore to understand things as well as adapt to the differences & change
I thought it was interesting you saw the mass produced evas as doves, to me they were infinitely more similar to vultures, with how they circle above and only truly come in for the kill once their opponent is down.
I agree that they act like vultures, I felt the introduction of them jumping out the plan gave them a dove, savior like look, but they quickly become vultures, circling their prey, picking them apart.
1:10:49 "to be human, is to fail, to be terrible, to learn from your mistakes and shortcomings, to self improve" My favorite quote from this video. Loved it alot
I fundamentally disagree with the conclusions drawn by both the anime and the guy explaining the anime. There are things in life that are far far worse than loneliness. There are emotions there are things that can happen to you that break you so completely that literally cause you to suffer for every single second you are still alive. Whether that's physically or emotionally. There is suffering that is so strong. Suffering that goes so bone deep. That the strongest happiness life could bring, does not even begin to make the suffering worth going through. Thankfully most people don't have to go through that type of suffering. But many do. And that's what always frustrates me about these types of media where some government or entity gets rid of emotion to stop suffering and the "hero" brings emotions back because happiness and love feel good too. Like no sorry. There can be no happiness for someone suffering in the beginning stages of dementia or Alzheimer's. Where you're trapped in a healthy body as your mind betrays you and you forget who you are and who you were and everyone you've ever loved. You look in the mirror and see someone you don't recognize. You genuinely see a stranger. You wander out of your house for hours searching. Lost in the city you've lived in all your life. Trapped. You know what the cartel do in mexico? They stuff and tie someone in a bunch of rubber tires and then set the tires on fire. Because it kills them slowly. It can take days for the person to burn to death. Because it's the tar that slowly eating through their skin. It's agonizing. It's a pain you can't imagine. It's a pain no one can imagine unless they've gone through it. And there's no way you can tell me that the fleeting happiness of the world makes pain like that worth it. Because that's just a lie. If the worst thing humanity ever had to go through was loneliness or sadness or grief I could see your point. But those emotions are shallow and nothing compared to the real thing. True despair and true hopelessness and true pain. There's nothing worse than the certainty that the pain will never get better. And that's a lot of people's reality right now. The morals of this show are f****** dumb. And wrong. Sure it may resonate with all of the privileged people who never had to experience real suffering. And I hope those people never do. I hope they only ever experienced the mundane sadness that comes with being a human. Right now someone is torturing a baby to death so I mean are you really going to tell me that, the baby's suffering is worth it so the rest of humanity can experience happiness LMAO no it isn't.
@@WhitneyDahlin I understand what you mean, but those things don't happen to everyone. the feelings shown here are able to happen to anyone, and because of others, or not having others, they occur. Those things are some of the worst possible feelings, but the meaning of both this explanation and show are that true loneliness is the worst emotion, and if it doesn't get better, it makes every human experience just another dreadful day to live. I agree, that depression and loneliness aren't the worst things that can happen, but they rip away humanity from those who undergo those emotions. (Sorry if I repeated things lol)
@@SteveBufz So! The universe is cruel & unfair. There so much pressure. What are you going to do about it? Are you going commit suicide from that pause? The choice is yours, but fact is you have that free will to choose. No one can and/or should do it for you. You have to decide. Hell, you have luxury to pick your own death unlike the victims such as patients with terminal illness, war factions, extreme zones, etc.
Kawaru is the single best written plot point and character In any show. He’s in the show for barely an episode but creates one of the most lasting impacts. He hits emotional and pushes the show forward perfectly.
Honestly, I was both astonished and impressed by how they made a character go from “The new pilot of Unit 05” to “Shinji’s boyfriend” to “Plot Twist Enemy” in the span of 1 episode. An absolute roller coaster of events lmao
Asuka’s mental breakdown is seriously one of the most disturbing things i have ever seen in a anime this show captures so much hopelessness even in the “happy” scenes theres still a bit of bittersweetness and the feeling that something bad is gonna happen this anime is a masterpiece
our tv programs used to air gundams, dragonball, pokemon, ranma 1/2 and other fun shonen stuff and then one day, they decided to air neon genesis evangeleon. the shock I experienced when eva 01 went berserk and started eating an angel haunted me for days. I was like 7 at that time lmao
I think one thing that made the series so loved is the fact that even if you can’t understand the series completely there’s something deep in everyone that makes people understand it one way or another.
Ye indeed. I doubt I can never understand the series fully because I never (luckily) had to go through these issues that the series characters have or what the show's creator had. I bet ppl who went to such deep end in their lives/heads can maybe relate to the series and its characters lot more but even so its very thought provoking anime for anyone to watch. Even to someone like me who doesnt really care that much about anime in general. I just wish someone had told me that watch End of Evangelion first before watching last two episodes but on the other hand it was kind of interesting to went through that "what the hell" experience 😂
Makes me not wanna ever touch the anime for fear that imma become a broken man sitting in my dorm room in the fetal possession on my beam bag for the rest of the semester.
Ritsuko straight up says to Shinji "he is not very adept at living" so I'm sure she fully understands how he is as a person, she just doesn't care as long as he makes her feel wanted, that's enough for her, and probably was enough for her mother as well
Came here to say this. I was so engrossed in this and then looked at the playtime and realised it wasn’t going to go into the rebuild era of the timeline. I hope they plan on a part two as I would watch the hell out of it.
@@socksenseiive seen many analysis videos about evangelion But never seemed to get the story explained as completely as you do One of the few animes i like, for sure the only one i watch once a year And this year, i'll be able to fully understand it, thanks to you Cheers🍻
Man i used to catch this on adult swim when i was a kid and it creeped me out so much i could barely understand it. This adds a lot of context my child mind couldnt quite comprehend.
This is the definitive Evangelion analysis video I've been searching for for decades on UA-cam. You are the only one that has actually made my all-time favorite anime make sense to me. I always knew Evangelion was brilliant, but never knew how to explain it even after watching it for the millionth time. I understood Shinji and other characters and the philosophy of this series, but never understood the minute details of why certain things happened and its oftentimes complex lore. It's like I've known about all this deep down, but you somehow brought it to consciousness without breaking a sweat. "Congratulations!" 👏
without taking away anything from this phenomenal video, i just want to say that you do not need to understand all of the connections and storylines to appreiciate evangelion. The series takes its own lore very lightly and is more interested in building a bizarre campy world with depressing undertones where people value things very different from us. at no point do any character / story-arc seems to be written in order to relate with the viewer or even to give us the conventional satisfaction of storytelling of premise, conflict, resolution
As someone who has watched Evangelion but failed to understand the story it was trying to tell, only being able to capture the bare minimum, this has been very eye opening, at the very least I can say that this show has been something that changed my mentality.
@@njogusznI view the concept of reality differently now. We don’t share one reality, we all have realities that we share with each other, intimacy is sharing a reality.
sonder n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own-populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness-an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
I fucking love you, man. You made me cry with the ending. I love you. And just in case anyone needs it, you are wanted, you are needed, and people love you, regardless of what you think of yourself. Try finding joy in life, try seeing life in a different perspective. You'll be stunned by how strong you are, even stronger than you think.
The fact that shinji is sort of, the one who ends up being with the choice for individuality or instrumentality, is almost satisfying, i cant explain, but shinji finally having a choice that actually matters, makes me happy to see him have, at least in some part, a little bit of power
The video was spot on, but just a small correction, all of the evas are based on Adam, except 01 which is created from the lower half of Lilith, hence why Lilith's body is missing both legs
Ok one question I didn’t seem to get answers anywhere is when 01 went berserk why did it ran on all 4s, it being made from lower half of Lilith doesn’t explain it
@@priyanshuanubiswell id imagine since the eva is an artificial human built up with no true evolution and also that its shinjis mom's soul inside it, it was a primal and raw reaction. yui ikaris anger and also the instinctual nature of the evas. thats my guess
Random religion wiki fact: Longinus is the name given to a Roman soldier that mercy killed Jesus on the cross. His lance in some circles also is called the Spear of Destiny. I know pretty much everyone knows this, but a few might not :) so many easter eggs in NGE
I know this is an old comment, but I just need to correct you; the Roman soldier we call Longinus used his spear to ensure Jesus was already dead, not to mercy kill him; Jesus then bled "blood and water" from the spear wound, indicating He had been dead long enough for his blood to begin to separate.
This video not only helped me to understand Eva + End of Eva more cohesively, but in doing so sparked something in me that i hadnt felt since originally watching them. As someone that constantly battles with similar problems as Shinji, even into my 20s, I sometimes lose sight of the message - that all of this is worth it. Life is worth it, not intrinsically but due to the opportunities it presents. Locking yourself off from life because it hurts ignores all of the good that can come with it, if you so choose to put effort toward it. Thank you for this video, you've earned a sub. ,✌️
This got recommended to me out of nowhere and I must admit, I am happy with the discovery of this video and you as a content creator. Amount of effort put in this video is worthy much bigger numbers in terms of views and subscribers! Keep up the good work, it will pay off sooner or later ✅
I have been pondering this story for 20+ years. It is an amazing work of art that dives deeper than I was ready for as a teenager. You laid out that crazy story masterfully and made clear so many things I still did not understand.
This anime helped me figure out my relationship with my father more than any amount of therapy. My father and I are two extremes of human nature : he fears loneliness so much he doesn't mind sinking in a spiral of miscommunication, manipulation and betrayal, as long as he's not alone. Me, I fear the pain of opening to others, letting them in and making myself vulnerable to being betrayed and hurt. So I shut everyone out, reject love and relationships, and I accepted the pain of loneliness because it's the lesser evil as far as I'm concerned.
I don’t know much about my dad but the few times I’ve met him, he’s exactly like me now that I think about it :/. Lowkey made me think about how I hate dead beats in anime so much lol
I cant believe how deep this show is and how Shiniji still chose to deal with the pain he suffered even after all that happened and how the story is built theres no words to describe how much i loved the story and how hard it was for Shinji and all of these characters dealing with depression I’ve watched this like 3 times allready😅
I was going through so much in my life at the time I fist watched this series, probably about 10 years ago. I knew a related to a lot of of it but your video really broke it down and made me realize I needed a show like this at that time. Please make a part 2.
About the Third Impact and its objective: it becomes apparent once you see what SEELE means: it's "soul" in German. The unification of all human souls into one being.
I noticed this too! I thought it was an interesting meta thing with SEELE being Soul, NERV being the mind/brain (NERV like nerves), but I wasn't sure what would represent the body in this case. Reality, I guess? The Soul wants to unite all souls The Mind wants to unite two specific souls (Gendo and Yui) The Body wants to uhh, understand, I guess? To exist and feel, both good and bad? That's the conclusion Shinji gets at the end with the post-instrumentality clarity. Though I suppose in terms of goals pre-instrumentality, Shinji wants to not exist at all, so I guess that would be the initial wish of the Body, assuming Shinji would represent the Body.
This video deserves 10x the attention it currently has. What a fantastically edited viewing experience and beautifully written script. I look forward to more videos from you!
As an evangelion fan of the last 20 years, I deeply approve pf this video essay. It is by far the best and most eloquently produced summarization of the events of the series. I know this took ALOT of work to put together. Cheers to you.
Wow, what a stunning recap. This is award worthy work. This is the kind of thing you can only make through passion. No amount of commisions or money gets this video made with anywhere near the same feeling. Please keep making passionate work in any way that speaks to you!
One of the coolest aspects of this video is the editing choices to revisit previous clips when mentioning the effects of that scene to keep things clear and easy to keep track of all the information that is being thrown at us. Well done.
After watching NGE and End of Evangelion i came out not understanding some things. This video gave me what i was missing. Thank you Sock Sensei for this beautiful video. And please do continue your work on Evangelion. I wanna know everything there is to know about it, it's such an intriguing and meaningful story.
When I first saw this show, I was a fourteen year old academic prodigy with anxiety, an ego problem, and no social skills. Asuka's character was one of the most important influences in media on my early teen development.
The shock on Ritsukos face when her mother over rules her self destruction code was heart wrenching. Honestly, one of my only gripes with the ‘new’ movies was the omission of the creation of the Magi and the various hacking attempts. I thought the whole premise was very well thought out
Like seriously, imagine you and your mom both get manipulated and used by the same guy, your mother literally ending it all because of the same man’s creation saying what he said, and yet still being betrayed by her. It sucks man. Especially since her brain is what’s powering the machine as well
Holy Shit.... this is literally the first time i understand evangelion and it's so amazing. I'm sorta speechless and in awed of the scope of both your project and the story itself. Also reliving the visceral feelings of watching nge's brutality but with much more clarity of their significance makes them so much better. What an amazing piece of media, cryptic and touching the human experience so deeply!
I’ve watched and rewatched Eva over the past 20 years now, every time I do i find something new or perceive it differently as I age and gain new perspectives and experiences, it’s a very complex watch and this video was masterful in your explanation of it, i even learned something new from your video. Bravo
I just finished the movie two hours ago, I was so confused I hopped onto UA-cam for an explanation. I felt like I understood the message of the series, but not fully. Your video really helped me to piece things together. This is a fantastic video, great work.
It's kind of funny looking back to about an hour ago when the most uncomfortable thing I knew about this show was the hospital scene with Shinji and Asuka. It almost feels unremarkable after hearing a summary of literally everything else.
I REALLY don't comment much but yooooooo. Your editing, vocal delivery, and script-writing are TRULY phenomenal. As someone who hasn't actually watched the whole show through since I first saw it in 2003 but who has never forgotten the way it made me feel, you managed to both remind me as an adult of why I need to revisit this show ASAP and also make me feel the same horror and immense depth of emotion that I first experienced in my childhood home's basement all those years ago. It's rare for a narrator to capture the vibe, story, and theme of a project so well it both supplements and adds to the experience of watching it yourself. Truly a masterclass in delivering a video essay and I'm so excited for the next one.
Breathtaking synopsis. I've never seen the show because of how insane it all seems. But although it's still complex, you made it digestible. I think I have a series to see now. Thanks
This is such an intense story and genuinely I don’t think I could stay sane while watching it on my own, thank you for making this video, I’m so glad I could in some way experience this story
After watching this in its entirety, i’ve gotta say this was as good if not better than most popular channels in terms of production quality, pacing, story telling, editing, and all that other good stuff. I was super surprised to see that you had less than 10k subs. Great job man, keep it up and you’ll be big someday
I think the best way I could describe Evangelion's storyline.. and more or less Shinji's story is one of self growth and how depression stunts that growth. We see how Shinji does grow, but his depression keeps him from making any particular progress. He makes friends, he builds bonds, he sees pain and loss, he experiences rejection both from his father and his first love. He tries to come to understand what growing up means, where sexuality comes in and how that bond ignites. This entire tale is how one can make mistakes, be hurt, and needs to move forward despite all the pain. Shinji believes placating and helping other people. Following orders is far better than just being left to his own devices. But he doesn't realize that his blind obedience only orchestrates his downfall and digs a further pit into his soul. He fails to see he's not the only one in the world who is lonely, who is hurting, who desperately wants someone else to care for them. He is so consumed in his pain of self loathing and the pain of rejection; he fails to see the love offered by others. Only experiencing tastes of it from the angel of free will who gave him a bit of answers to his problems.
I put this anime off because of how many people would say it’s confusing and I honestly never had an ounce of an idea as to what it was about, but this video has actually left me rather speechless. I’m so happy to have watched this as this has shown me just how deep and interesting this anime truly is, I also love the story of Adam, Lilith, angels, souls, and machinery as I’m super passionate about anything of the sorts. I’ll definitely be giving this series, as well as the movies, all a watch in hopes of interpreting it in my own way!
I’m a huge fan of this series, I even got a half sleeve of unit 01, and I gotta say this is probably the best analysis of eva I’ve seen on UA-cam. Literally has all the best parts of the other analyses I’ve seen with some even new ideas thrown into there. Top tier
Thank you for this amazing review/explanation video. About 2 years ago was when I watched Evangelion for the first time and I remember crying at the end of the final episode because Shinji reminded me so much of myself and I was so happy to see him find happiness. I still struggle with having an insane fear of rejection and intimacy with others, even those in my household. But seeing this reminded me why I was so touched by this series in the first place, why I do what I do. Thank you. ***Please do a similar video on the Rebuild movies, it would be awesome if you do 🙏🏽
53:48 - 55:00 That part of the story explains so purely, why we as humans till this day, cant perfectly understand the complexity of emotions. It hits so hard ;((
Thanks for putting together this video! It was very informative and well edited. I just finished the series, and while I felt like I understood the flow of what was happening, how we got there was lost on me, and this video helped piece together the parts I didn't fully understand like the deeper themes of their dream-like states and the purpose of certain things.
The prose writing here is deeply engaging and your recital has factual and objective feel to it, pair that with the choice of tracks that are somewhat quiet and subdued and you get style that's simultaneously calming yet enterrtaining.
Wow, I clearly had not understood EVA at all - thank you for it. I feel like my appreciation of the series has increased so much. Please make a sequel for the rebuild!
THIS is the video I've been looking for ever since I became obsessed with Eva! This deserves so many more views. Just subbed and can't wait for the rebuild video!
I never really understood evangelian till now. I knew it was depressing; once I finished it, being left to feel its emotions, rationalize the ending and reconcile its views on existentialism with my own. But damn. You’ve brought this animes brilliance to a whole new light for me. Thank you.
46:58 i always assumed Misato was the off-screen character who killed him on NERV's orders and that her listening to the voicemail is just her grieving.
I think the reading is a little off. I assume it's just a random suited goon that we often see in the background (government or Seele) or if you want to say it was a named character it could have been Fuyutsuki but there isn't much to go off since he came to the rescue of Fuyutsuki earlier. During imitate scene between Misato and Kaji he states he has "one last gift for her", this could just be info or that she is no pregnant with his child (given some context because of the rebuilds), this was the last time she saw him and eludes to the fact he knew what was about to happen. We are also shown her getting picked up and taken to the lock up and given her gun back and told they don't know where Kaji is - it is implied at this point they took her to either use her a leverage against him or to stop her getting involved. She probably knows what is happening but can't keep it together any longer after she listens to his message. The theory that Misato killed him was also shot down by Anno himself during an old interview
35:40 the way you described this chapter, the music you used, it was absolutely brilliant. You could almost listen to just this section to introduce a newcomer to the ideas in this show.
I really respect the amount of effort you put into telling the story of this anime. It made me appreciate it so much more than I originally had. This is gonna be the most watched explanation of NGE, I'm sure of it. This video is too well made.
Felt like I had a solid grasp on this anime through the countless viewings of the anime and analysis video's similar to this one. Yet, I never gave much thought about where the angels came from or why they do what they do. So not only did I learn something new about this series, I had a blast watching the whole video. Have a like and subscribe, well deserved!
I wanted to watch something while i played games but i was so invested i stopped everything and watching this beautiful video made by you thank you make another part ASAP ❤
I've been trying to understand this anime for years. After watching your video, not only do I finally have some clarity about the story but it made me love the anime even more. Loved the video, I can't wait to see more of them.
Man 20 years later and this series has never been more important and resonant to humanity than today. Hopefully super AI will analyse and interpret this video and its meaning for humanity in a positive way.
I have watched all versions of Evangelion more times than I'd like to admit and I still learned some new lore facts I didn't pick up. Thank you for the great video.
Shinji isn't riding a train to the last stop, he's on the Yamanote line which is a continuous loop, unending.
you got me there I didn't catch which line it was, that suits the psychological depiction more
I never knew that, god damn that adds so much more to the scene
@@DoctorNuriel god why why does this anime leave such a dark scar on my mind i will never be able to get it out of y head 10 years ago i watched this as a kid man now and even then it makes me question everything the trauma it indirectly put on my child self still is there a scar which idk i will ever be able to move on from
Why is it a continuous loop?
@@novustalks7525 god knows brother god know its symbolic to his life like he is in closed himself in a cocoon that keeps on looping as all he wants is recognition
"shinji, crank that Soulja boy"
Euphrates river
Soujia boy a watch me row!
made of fanta@@handsfortoothpicks
"Shinji, crank that Tenebre Rosso Sangue [calm] - Heaven Pierce Her [2023]"
"YOOOOOOOOOoooouuuuuuuu" *steel drums*
The comments told me that people watch Evangelion and have an existential crisis but I had an existential crisis and Evangelion made me see the light
"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable."
@@Katou-my2xc that’s a crazy quote who said it?
@@getit6775 Cesar A. Cruz, whose quote was later repeated by Banksy in a piece of street art.
@@Katou-my2xc holy shit I was about to comment that before I oppened the comments
It's like girls listening to Billie eyelash compared to people who have attempted
Ive never heard someone explain this anime so well. So often when people try talking about this show the make it sound even more confusing. That's an achievement
right?? i remember when i first got into eva i watched evangelion timelines and all of them just confused me more
the way other mfs explain it reminds me of charlie in it’s always sunny
I agree
agreed, its really hard to understand it, and it doesn't help that the Netflix subtitles aren't the ones with the updated English voiceovers haha
Yes! So many get fixated on the minor intricacies of the lore and miss the main point
Ive seen like 5 memes from this show and now im watching this, did not expect "existential crisis the anime"
a speedrun to an existential crisis
There are a bunch of errors and more mispronounciations than i can count but its not a bad surface level review if you are willing to go back and relearn the mistakes like JetAlone not being even close to an Eva
this
Feliz Jueves
@@ripsterhipster5948 Dang you're so cool. So, please, tell me... When will you be uploading your interpretations of art in a vulnerable form such as this? It's awful convenient for you to mock a creator when you yourself have done nothing of value. I can only hope that when you become an adult, you stop trying to be such an edgy shell of a human.
"the only way to beat it is a choreographed dance sequence"
"go watch Evangelion, it's peak fiction"
The peak in question:
It’s honestly hilarious how it somehow goes from that, to the most depressing show you’ve seen
@@brettwriterand a crazy fever dream
@@futuresaturn7614 and then somehow reverts to an uplifting life changing message in less than 5 minutes in the last episode like dude what is this show.
@@stachu5049 i must say thats a good refresher of all the emotional damage that is being caused upon you
Eva's theme is universal: loneliness, depression, self and awareness. It is also a lesson we can take away to be a better person once we are aware if we are struggling with these issues.
You over thinking. It just anime.
@@INFERNO95 Perhaps you are too young to know the meaning of the term 'expression'
@@TheDarkHarper its just anime its cool at all but its just anime to entertain type shit
Everyone just projects. That wasn’t the theme for me
@@winchesterkidIt has so many themes to be honest. Sometimes we just don't notice and depends on the viewer
Editing skills? Check. Clear, understandable, and engaging storytelling? Check. Deep and meaningful message? Check. You did great on this
Shinji? Little bitch. Seriously though I'm with you. Great video. I'm finally able to fully understand things. I knew a good bit but not enough
The only issue is that this person has no idea how to pronounce any of the words in the show
@@aarocka11 its not that big of a deal
@@aarocka11eeva
@@aarocka11 there are other languages in the world and ppl who use them. For example "eve" has different pronunciation and even different spelling in other cultures including mine so I think its kinda pathetic to be grumpy over that in a global social communication and media platform such as youtube. As long as u get what he tries to say thats all it matters.
the world doesnt revolve around u but u have to revolve around the world u live in and explore to understand things as well as adapt to the differences & change
another thing to add to asuka is that asukas mom hung her self and “asuka” in a double suicide but just hung the doll because she thought it was her
Damn
So many issues would've been avoided if they just add a therapy center in NERV
Trauma takes years though so im unsure in this timeframe how much it could have changed things but you are still right regardless.
@@EBMproductions1I thought they needed them to be unstable to sync better with the Eva’s
@@Cava1ierrrrrr no not at all when asuka got too unstable she couldnt pilot her eva after the one angel effed her mind up.
I don’t think they need them unstable, just in a state where they require love. Love that they have missed for maybe all their life.
I thought it was interesting you saw the mass produced evas as doves, to me they were infinitely more similar to vultures, with how they circle above and only truly come in for the kill once their opponent is down.
I agree that they act like vultures, I felt the introduction of them jumping out the plan gave them a dove, savior like look, but they quickly become vultures, circling their prey, picking them apart.
They always looked like moths to me
@@socksensei ye... asuka was done dirty.
vultures ain't white
Also *that* one scene with eva 02 and the M.P.E (Mass Produced Evas)
The way the show goes from depressing, to “yippe dancing time!!!”, to “I feel numb.” in such little time is crazy
reminds me of edgerunners
@@CasualKrieger on god it does
Reminds me of real life experiences
1:10:49 "to be human, is to fail, to be terrible, to learn from your mistakes and shortcomings, to self improve"
My favorite quote from this video.
Loved it alot
I fundamentally disagree with the conclusions drawn by both the anime and the guy explaining the anime. There are things in life that are far far worse than loneliness. There are emotions there are things that can happen to you that break you so completely that literally cause you to suffer for every single second you are still alive. Whether that's physically or emotionally. There is suffering that is so strong. Suffering that goes so bone deep. That the strongest happiness life could bring, does not even begin to make the suffering worth going through. Thankfully most people don't have to go through that type of suffering.
But many do. And that's what always frustrates me about these types of media where some government or entity gets rid of emotion to stop suffering and the "hero" brings emotions back because happiness and love feel good too. Like no sorry. There can be no happiness for someone suffering in the beginning stages of dementia or Alzheimer's. Where you're trapped in a healthy body as your mind betrays you and you forget who you are and who you were and everyone you've ever loved. You look in the mirror and see someone you don't recognize. You genuinely see a stranger. You wander out of your house for hours searching. Lost in the city you've lived in all your life. Trapped.
You know what the cartel do in mexico? They stuff and tie someone in a bunch of rubber tires and then set the tires on fire. Because it kills them slowly. It can take days for the person to burn to death. Because it's the tar that slowly eating through their skin. It's agonizing. It's a pain you can't imagine. It's a pain no one can imagine unless they've gone through it. And there's no way you can tell me that the fleeting happiness of the world makes pain like that worth it. Because that's just a lie.
If the worst thing humanity ever had to go through was loneliness or sadness or grief I could see your point. But those emotions are shallow and nothing compared to the real thing. True despair and true hopelessness and true pain. There's nothing worse than the certainty that the pain will never get better. And that's a lot of people's reality right now. The morals of this show are f****** dumb. And wrong. Sure it may resonate with all of the privileged people who never had to experience real suffering. And I hope those people never do. I hope they only ever experienced the mundane sadness that comes with being a human. Right now someone is torturing a baby to death so I mean are you really going to tell me that, the baby's suffering is worth it so the rest of humanity can experience happiness LMAO no it isn't.
@@WhitneyDahlinbro missed the point 💀
@@WhitneyDahlin I understand what you mean, but those things don't happen to everyone. the feelings shown here are able to happen to anyone, and because of others, or not having others, they occur. Those things are some of the worst possible feelings, but the meaning of both this explanation and show are that true loneliness is the worst emotion, and if it doesn't get better, it makes every human experience just another dreadful day to live. I agree, that depression and loneliness aren't the worst things that can happen, but they rip away humanity from those who undergo those emotions. (Sorry if I repeated things lol)
@@SteveBufz
So! The universe is cruel & unfair. There so much pressure.
What are you going to do about it?
Are you going commit suicide from that pause?
The choice is yours, but fact is you have that free will to choose. No one can and/or should do it for you. You have to decide. Hell, you have luxury to pick your own death unlike the victims such as patients with terminal illness, war factions, extreme zones, etc.
@@SteveBufz
You want to be left alone, then why do you respond back. That contradicts your objective.
Kawaru is the single best written plot point and character In any show. He’s in the show for barely an episode but creates one of the most lasting impacts. He hits emotional and pushes the show forward perfectly.
Honestly, I was both astonished and impressed by how they made a character go from “The new pilot of Unit 05” to “Shinji’s boyfriend” to “Plot Twist Enemy” in the span of 1 episode.
An absolute roller coaster of events lmao
@@johnnysalery7383 absolutely insane I’ve never seen a show create such an emotionally impactful character in such a short amount of time
I meeeeean..He can be all three!@@johnnysalery7383
@@johnnysalery7383 He is not "Shinji's boyfriend" wtf are you on about lmao
@@hrothgarnogarnot even Anno would deny how gay Kaworu is
Asuka’s mental breakdown is seriously one of the most disturbing things i have ever seen in a anime this show captures so much hopelessness even in the “happy” scenes theres still a bit of bittersweetness and the feeling that something bad is gonna happen this anime is a masterpiece
For those who may be curious, the final words said in the video and the final text on screen 「じゃあね」simply means “See ya”
Do NOT let Shinji near any hospital
That only happens if he's into a specific girl.
Just watched the End of Evangelion 20 minutes ago after finishing the Show Last Night
What the fuck
@@loganrobson8624 I just finished it too and totally agree with your reaction
Nahhhh
shinji looses it alot on the span of this video 😂
Me who just wanted to watch robots fight monsters: "HUH?!?"
poor you.
watch transformers or like pacific rim or sum shit
@Kneecaptain i already did bru. I acc thought evangelion would be sumth like gundam TwT
our tv programs used to air gundams, dragonball, pokemon, ranma 1/2 and other fun shonen stuff and then one day, they decided to air neon genesis evangeleon. the shock I experienced when eva 01 went berserk and started eating an angel haunted me for days. I was like 7 at that time lmao
@@lumie372 that hospital scene omfg 😭
ong bro like bru wtf this is some "it ain't that deep" type situation
I think one thing that made the series so loved is the fact that even if you can’t understand the series completely there’s something deep in everyone that makes people understand it one way or another.
Ye indeed. I doubt I can never understand the series fully because I never (luckily) had to go through these issues that the series characters have or what the show's creator had. I bet ppl who went to such deep end in their lives/heads can maybe relate to the series and its characters lot more but even so its very thought provoking anime for anyone to watch. Even to someone like me who doesnt really care that much about anime in general.
I just wish someone had told me that watch End of Evangelion first before watching last two episodes but on the other hand it was kind of interesting to went through that "what the hell" experience 😂
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This video motivated me to rewatch all of Evangelion, truly a masterpiece unlike anything else.
shitiest anime oat
Feel like some manga are definitely better
@@DOROHEDOROFAN I never read it, only watched the anime
@@DOROHEDOROFAN any recommendations?
Makes me not wanna ever touch the anime for fear that imma become a broken man sitting in my dorm room in the fetal possession on my beam bag for the rest of the semester.
"Shinji get in the robot"
"No"
"Rei get in the ro-"
"Alright fine I'll do it"
This deserves more praise you went really in depth and explained everything really well that I can't wait for your explanation on the rebuild movies
will be coming soon :)
Same. As someone who finds evangelion to be confusing af, this finally cleared some things up for me.
"Trying to still get used to Asuka's personality."
You mean how socially hostile she is?
Ok, what kind of rizz does Gendo have to attract these women when he is borderline sociopathic towards his own son?
For real😭
Power. Immense power.
plus he's a nerd with glasses ayo what
Women Like the no good type men. Duh 😂🤦🏽♂️
Ritsuko straight up says to Shinji "he is not very adept at living" so I'm sure she fully understands how he is as a person, she just doesn't care
as long as he makes her feel wanted, that's enough for her, and probably was enough for her mother as well
Please make the second part to this!!! I had so much fun revisiting evangelion with this and a recap and analysis on the rebuilds would be awesome!!!!
Came here to say this. I was so engrossed in this and then looked at the playtime and realised it wasn’t going to go into the rebuild era of the timeline. I hope they plan on a part two as I would watch the hell out of it.
I second this
pls i need it
Leaving comment for algoritm, you deserves it this low views should not be allowed
you're a real one
@@socksenseiive seen many analysis videos about evangelion
But never seemed to get the story explained as completely as you do
One of the few animes i like, for sure the only one i watch once a year
And this year, i'll be able to fully understand it, thanks to you
Cheers🍻
Man i used to catch this on adult swim when i was a kid and it creeped me out so much i could barely understand it. This adds a lot of context my child mind couldnt quite comprehend.
This is easily the best Evangelion video Ive seen
ong this a fucking masterpiece
Also one of the best series dissections period
there are way way better video essays you just have to look
It not different from other Eva videos that been made by the years.
@@Shoegaze-none on your channel, thats definitely for sure. Maybe comment when you have a couple under your belt, alright kiddo?
This is the definitive Evangelion analysis video I've been searching for for decades on UA-cam. You are the only one that has actually made my all-time favorite anime make sense to me. I always knew Evangelion was brilliant, but never knew how to explain it even after watching it for the millionth time.
I understood Shinji and other characters and the philosophy of this series, but never understood the minute details of why certain things happened and its oftentimes complex lore. It's like I've known about all this deep down, but you somehow brought it to consciousness without breaking a sweat.
"Congratulations!" 👏
it's a recap
@@AugustRxa recap with explanations? That's why it's called "making sense of Evangelion"
without taking away anything from this phenomenal video, i just want to say that you do not need to understand all of the connections and storylines to appreiciate evangelion. The series takes its own lore very lightly and is more interested in building a bizarre campy world with depressing undertones where people value things very different from us. at no point do any character / story-arc seems to be written in order to relate with the viewer or even to give us the conventional satisfaction of storytelling of premise, conflict, resolution
same
As someone who has watched Evangelion but failed to understand the story it was trying to tell, only being able to capture the bare minimum, this has been very eye opening, at the very least I can say that this show has been something that changed my mentality.
in what way did your mentality change?
@@njogusznI view the concept of reality differently now.
We don’t share one reality, we all have realities that we share with each other, intimacy is sharing a reality.
sonder
n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own-populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness-an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
I just had to share one of my favorite words from the dictionary of obscure sorrows
Everything that came before hand: I sleep.
58:57
HE WHAT?!
ha came before hand
Literally same like WTF 😅
Asuka fell asleep first at the sleepover
Everyone that came into hand: Shinji
I gotta Watch evangailon
I fucking love you, man.
You made me cry with the ending.
I love you.
And just in case anyone needs it, you are wanted, you are needed, and people love you, regardless of what you think of yourself.
Try finding joy in life, try seeing life in a different perspective. You'll be stunned by how strong you are, even stronger than you think.
chill bruh
Thank you
Thanks, that’s awesome
Thank you
Thank you
The fact that shinji is sort of, the one who ends up being with the choice for individuality or instrumentality, is almost satisfying, i cant explain, but shinji finally having a choice that actually matters, makes me happy to see him have, at least in some part, a little bit of power
Rei let him chose as he was the only one that actually treated her like a real person
The video was spot on, but just a small correction, all of the evas are based on Adam, except 01 which is created from the lower half of Lilith, hence why Lilith's body is missing both legs
Wow. I never made the connection with Liliths legs missing! Crazy I'm still learning details like this about this show.
Ok one question I didn’t seem to get answers anywhere is when 01 went berserk why did it ran on all 4s, it being made from lower half of Lilith doesn’t explain it
@@priyanshuanubiswell id imagine since the eva is an artificial human built up with no true evolution and also that its shinjis mom's soul inside it, it was a primal and raw reaction. yui ikaris anger and also the instinctual nature of the evas. thats my guess
@@kyandi3498humans don't typically run on all fours though, even when we were more primal we ran on two legs.
@@iainoam2565 it feels more primal even if its inaccurate
“To be human, is to be alone”. I say to myself, crying as I realize that I have become lonely by my own fault
It’s never too late to change that.
It is not your own fault. Isolation and annihilation is the human condition. It is ineluctable as the sun rising.
Where's your mom
yeah you shouldnt have cheated on your girlfriend
Random religion wiki fact: Longinus is the name given to a Roman soldier that mercy killed Jesus on the cross. His lance in some circles also is called the Spear of Destiny. I know pretty much everyone knows this, but a few might not :) so many easter eggs in NGE
I'm a Christian and I didn't know this, so thats cool to know
I know this is an old comment, but I just need to correct you; the Roman soldier we call Longinus used his spear to ensure Jesus was already dead, not to mercy kill him; Jesus then bled "blood and water" from the spear wound, indicating He had been dead long enough for his blood to begin to separate.
So is it pronounced lon-gih-noos or lon-ji-nus?
The first one, considering that Latin and Greek don't have the "J" sound.
Though of course this is unlikely to be the soldier's actual name.
This video not only helped me to understand Eva + End of Eva more cohesively, but in doing so sparked something in me that i hadnt felt since originally watching them. As someone that constantly battles with similar problems as Shinji, even into my 20s, I sometimes lose sight of the message - that all of this is worth it. Life is worth it, not intrinsically but due to the opportunities it presents. Locking yourself off from life because it hurts ignores all of the good that can come with it, if you so choose to put effort toward it. Thank you for this video, you've earned a sub. ,✌️
Ngl Your comment really resonates with me
Well said
I like the phrase “Don’t Lose Sight” to remind me that life is worth living and that good things will come
"Life is worth it" okay so its fanbase is existential manchildren? so deep...
@@tjr930 one day in your life you will look at this comment you made and you will regret it heh
Mommy and daddy issues: the mecha anime
lol
but not mecha because for some reason they are weird flesh beings lol
@standard-anime-girljpeg6479 so body-horror.
It's just like titans from attack on Titan but looks like robots @@standard-anime-girljpeg6479
@@standard-anime-girljpeg6479 Bio-Mecha Phsycological/Mommy-Daddy Issues: The Anime/Movie/Comic
0:26 I remember crying my eyes out in terror when I saw 01 looking like that when I was 6 years old. Still creepy to me nowadays.
27:48 “shinji, crank that Soulja boy”🗣️🗣️💯💯
Crank that what 🗣️⁉️⁉️
Lmao
Don’t worry Shinji will crank that
@@treyreeve6650maybe a little too much, he might goo much
Bim bam bam bwaaa
This got recommended to me out of nowhere and I must admit, I am happy with the discovery of this video and you as a content creator. Amount of effort put in this video is worthy much bigger numbers in terms of views and subscribers! Keep up the good work, it will pay off sooner or later ✅
I appreciate it!
Same, the algorithm did good for once!
I have been pondering this story for 20+ years. It is an amazing work of art that dives deeper than I was ready for as a teenager.
You laid out that crazy story masterfully and made clear so many things I still did not understand.
Brilliant research, editing, and storytelling. Keep at it, can't wait to see what you make next!
Thank you!
W
This anime helped me figure out my relationship with my father more than any amount of therapy. My father and I are two extremes of human nature : he fears loneliness so much he doesn't mind sinking in a spiral of miscommunication, manipulation and betrayal, as long as he's not alone. Me, I fear the pain of opening to others, letting them in and making myself vulnerable to being betrayed and hurt. So I shut everyone out, reject love and relationships, and I accepted the pain of loneliness because it's the lesser evil as far as I'm concerned.
I don’t know much about my dad but the few times I’ve met him, he’s exactly like me now that I think about it :/. Lowkey made me think about how I hate dead beats in anime so much lol
Lmao cringe
I would count this as episode 27 just because you covered almost every aspect of importance to understanding this show.
I cant believe how deep this show is and how Shiniji still chose to deal with the pain he suffered even after all that happened and how the story is built theres no words to describe how much i loved the story and how hard it was for Shinji and all of these characters dealing with depression I’ve watched this like 3 times allready😅
I was going through so much in my life at the time I fist watched this series, probably about 10 years ago. I knew a related to a lot of of it but your video really broke it down and made me realize I needed a show like this at that time. Please make a part 2.
Same here but for me it was 5 years ago
GOOD, what Is your favorite character and ship
@@thaspectralhuntergg3887 lmao off yourself 😂
About the Third Impact and its objective: it becomes apparent once you see what SEELE means: it's "soul" in German. The unification of all human souls into one being.
I noticed this too! I thought it was an interesting meta thing with SEELE being Soul, NERV being the mind/brain (NERV like nerves), but I wasn't sure what would represent the body in this case. Reality, I guess?
The Soul wants to unite all souls
The Mind wants to unite two specific souls (Gendo and Yui)
The Body wants to uhh, understand, I guess? To exist and feel, both good and bad? That's the conclusion Shinji gets at the end with the post-instrumentality clarity. Though I suppose in terms of goals pre-instrumentality, Shinji wants to not exist at all, so I guess that would be the initial wish of the Body, assuming Shinji would represent the Body.
26:40 - "But Misato is tired of her shit" wonderful phrasing. Shakespeare wouldn't done better. You've got yourself a subscriber.
This video deserves 10x the attention it currently has. What a fantastically edited viewing experience and beautifully written script. I look forward to more videos from you!
Just finished the series today and this really helped to wrap up the loose ends I still had. Probably one of the best vids of watched on YT.
As an evangelion fan of the last 20 years, I deeply approve pf this video essay. It is by far the best and most eloquently produced summarization of the events of the series. I know this took ALOT of work to put together. Cheers to you.
This show is so much better than I remember. Thank you for this entire video. Very moving and well put together
The original is one of the best, most gut wrenching and beautiful story I’ve ever had the joy of watching.
Wow, what a stunning recap. This is award worthy work. This is the kind of thing you can only make through passion. No amount of commisions or money gets this video made with anywhere near the same feeling. Please keep making passionate work in any way that speaks to you!
This may be the best video of Evangelion I’ve ever seen
Indeed
One of the coolest aspects of this video is the editing choices to revisit previous clips when mentioning the effects of that scene to keep things clear and easy to keep track of all the information that is being thrown at us. Well done.
This is exactly what I was hoping to find when I searched for it. Thank you
Glad to help
After watching NGE and End of Evangelion i came out not understanding some things. This video gave me what i was missing. Thank you Sock Sensei for this beautiful video. And please do continue your work on Evangelion. I wanna know everything there is to know about it, it's such an intriguing and meaningful story.
When I first saw this show, I was a fourteen year old academic prodigy with anxiety, an ego problem, and no social skills. Asuka's character was one of the most important influences in media on my early teen development.
The shock on Ritsukos face when her mother over rules her self destruction code was heart wrenching.
Honestly, one of my only gripes with the ‘new’ movies was the omission of the creation of the Magi and the various hacking attempts. I thought the whole premise was very well thought out
Like seriously, imagine you and your mom both get manipulated and used by the same guy, your mother literally ending it all because of the same man’s creation saying what he said, and yet still being betrayed by her. It sucks man. Especially since her brain is what’s powering the machine as well
Holy Shit.... this is literally the first time i understand evangelion and it's so amazing. I'm sorta speechless and in awed of the scope of both your project and the story itself. Also reliving the visceral feelings of watching nge's brutality but with much more clarity of their significance makes them so much better. What an amazing piece of media, cryptic and touching the human experience so deeply!
He makes it sound soo much gayer than what it really is. Its all about a boy finding his nuts. A "coming of age" film, if you will.
I’ve watched and rewatched Eva over the past 20 years now, every time I do i find something new or perceive it differently as I age and gain new perspectives and experiences, it’s a very complex watch and this video was masterful in your explanation of it, i even learned something new from your video. Bravo
I just finished the movie two hours ago, I was so confused I hopped onto UA-cam for an explanation. I felt like I understood the message of the series, but not fully. Your video really helped me to piece things together. This is a fantastic video, great work.
The way you are able to make an anime that many have confusion about and it’s meaning seem so simple and understandable
It's kind of funny looking back to about an hour ago when the most uncomfortable thing I knew about this show was the hospital scene with Shinji and Asuka. It almost feels unremarkable after hearing a summary of literally everything else.
I REALLY don't comment much but yooooooo. Your editing, vocal delivery, and script-writing are TRULY phenomenal. As someone who hasn't actually watched the whole show through since I first saw it in 2003 but who has never forgotten the way it made me feel, you managed to both remind me as an adult of why I need to revisit this show ASAP and also make me feel the same horror and immense depth of emotion that I first experienced in my childhood home's basement all those years ago. It's rare for a narrator to capture the vibe, story, and theme of a project so well it both supplements and adds to the experience of watching it yourself. Truly a masterclass in delivering a video essay and I'm so excited for the next one.
Breathtaking synopsis. I've never seen the show because of how insane it all seems. But although it's still complex, you made it digestible. I think I have a series to see now. Thanks
"Seele has had enough of Gendo's Bullshit" yea...thats a fair statement
This is such an intense story and genuinely I don’t think I could stay sane while watching it on my own, thank you for making this video, I’m so glad I could in some way experience this story
Same
Btw for everyone searching. The choir song used in the vid during Leliel is Forgotten Dawn - Miserere Mei ambient mix.
THANK YOU. I HATE when videos don't credit the music they use. One of my biggest gripes with a lot of long style YT vids
58:39 side note but do you happen to know what music this is???
Thanks vro
After watching this in its entirety, i’ve gotta say this was as good if not better than most popular channels in terms of production quality, pacing, story telling, editing, and all that other good stuff. I was super surprised to see that you had less than 10k subs. Great job man, keep it up and you’ll be big someday
On Dec 28, 2023 (a month after your post): 25.7K subscribers. Not so bad, not so bad...
I think the best way I could describe Evangelion's storyline.. and more or less Shinji's story is one of self growth and how depression stunts that growth. We see how Shinji does grow, but his depression keeps him from making any particular progress. He makes friends, he builds bonds, he sees pain and loss, he experiences rejection both from his father and his first love. He tries to come to understand what growing up means, where sexuality comes in and how that bond ignites. This entire tale is how one can make mistakes, be hurt, and needs to move forward despite all the pain.
Shinji believes placating and helping other people. Following orders is far better than just being left to his own devices. But he doesn't realize that his blind obedience only orchestrates his downfall and digs a further pit into his soul. He fails to see he's not the only one in the world who is lonely, who is hurting, who desperately wants someone else to care for them. He is so consumed in his pain of self loathing and the pain of rejection; he fails to see the love offered by others. Only experiencing tastes of it from the angel of free will who gave him a bit of answers to his problems.
I put this anime off because of how many people would say it’s confusing and I honestly never had an ounce of an idea as to what it was about, but this video has actually left me rather speechless. I’m so happy to have watched this as this has shown me just how deep and interesting this anime truly is, I also love the story of Adam, Lilith, angels, souls, and machinery as I’m super passionate about anything of the sorts. I’ll definitely be giving this series, as well as the movies, all a watch in hopes of interpreting it in my own way!
I just finished Evangelion, eager to see what my dreams will look like tonight.
So how was it?
@@DivisionOfTheLight It actually was freaking intense, I mixed evangelions plot with stuff from the book "snow crash" and dreams went crazy.
@@anthead7405oh my god, snow crash- love that book! It's always so crazy when dreams combine different pieces of media and stuff
I slept through the later half of the end of evangelion and you can just guess how insane my dreams went...
I’m a huge fan of this series, I even got a half sleeve of unit 01, and I gotta say this is probably the best analysis of eva I’ve seen on UA-cam. Literally has all the best parts of the other analyses I’ve seen with some even new ideas thrown into there. Top tier
Thank you!
Incredible video. Huge respect for all the work you put into it. You have well and truly earned a subscriber.
Thank you for this amazing review/explanation video. About 2 years ago was when I watched Evangelion for the first time and I remember crying at the end of the final episode because Shinji reminded me so much of myself and I was so happy to see him find happiness. I still struggle with having an insane fear of rejection and intimacy with others, even those in my household. But seeing this reminded me why I was so touched by this series in the first place, why I do what I do. Thank you.
***Please do a similar video on the Rebuild movies, it would be awesome if you do 🙏🏽
Shinji nutted soo hard bro. I can relate too
53:48 - 55:00
That part of the story explains so purely, why we as humans till this day, cant perfectly understand the complexity of emotions.
It hits so hard ;((
jordan peterson ass comment
Thanks for putting together this video! It was very informative and well edited. I just finished the series, and while I felt like I understood the flow of what was happening, how we got there was lost on me, and this video helped piece together the parts I didn't fully understand like the deeper themes of their dream-like states and the purpose of certain things.
You can't just blue ball me with the possibility of breaking down everything at the jump! I need the video of the movies Pronto. Please!
Will be out soon…
Phenomenal editing and pacing, had me hooked through with the straight to point and smooth narration. Beautiful video
58:54 bro done lost his mind 😂😂😂
The prose writing here is deeply engaging and your recital has factual and objective feel to it, pair that with the choice of tracks that are somewhat quiet and subdued and you get style that's simultaneously calming yet enterrtaining.
Wow, I clearly had not understood EVA at all - thank you for it. I feel like my appreciation of the series has increased so much. Please make a sequel for the rebuild!
27:48 "Shinji... crank that soulja boy"
THIS is the video I've been looking for ever since I became obsessed with Eva! This deserves so many more views. Just subbed and can't wait for the rebuild video!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
this was fantastic. watched from start to finish, and it was well worth it. can't wait for the rebuild analysis. keep up the good work brother!
thank you!
I never really understood evangelian till now. I knew it was depressing; once I finished it, being left to feel its emotions, rationalize the ending and reconcile its views on existentialism with my own. But damn. You’ve brought this animes brilliance to a whole new light for me. Thank you.
46:58 i always assumed Misato was the off-screen character who killed him on NERV's orders and that her listening to the voicemail is just her grieving.
I think the reading is a little off. I assume it's just a random suited goon that we often see in the background (government or Seele) or if you want to say it was a named character it could have been Fuyutsuki but there isn't much to go off since he came to the rescue of Fuyutsuki earlier. During imitate scene between Misato and Kaji he states he has "one last gift for her", this could just be info or that she is no pregnant with his child (given some context because of the rebuilds), this was the last time she saw him and eludes to the fact he knew what was about to happen. We are also shown her getting picked up and taken to the lock up and given her gun back and told they don't know where Kaji is - it is implied at this point they took her to either use her a leverage against him or to stop her getting involved. She probably knows what is happening but can't keep it together any longer after she listens to his message. The theory that Misato killed him was also shot down by Anno himself during an old interview
That just stupid.
same here!
I doubt NERV could trust Misato with killing Kaji
35:40 the way you described this chapter, the music you used, it was absolutely brilliant. You could almost listen to just this section to introduce a newcomer to the ideas in this show.
I really respect the amount of effort you put into telling the story of this anime. It made me appreciate it so much more than I originally had. This is gonna be the most watched explanation of NGE, I'm sure of it. This video is too well made.
Felt like I had a solid grasp on this anime through the countless viewings of the anime and analysis video's similar to this one. Yet, I never gave much thought about where the angels came from or why they do what they do. So not only did I learn something new about this series, I had a blast watching the whole video. Have a like and subscribe, well deserved!
I wanted to watch something while i played games but i was so invested i stopped everything and watching this beautiful video made by you thank you make another part ASAP ❤
second parts on my channel if you're looking for it
I've been trying to understand this anime for years. After watching your video, not only do I finally have some clarity about the story but it made me love the anime even more. Loved the video, I can't wait to see more of them.
this is so well made, and I really enjoyed the in-depth explanation. Can't wait to see the rebuild version of this. Nice work!!
Man 20 years later and this series has never been more important and resonant to humanity than today.
Hopefully super AI will analyse and interpret this video and its meaning for humanity in a positive way.
I have watched all versions of Evangelion more times than I'd like to admit and I still learned some new lore facts I didn't pick up. Thank you for the great video.
Alright, you got me hooked. Can't wait for your rebuild review and in-depth look. Amazing work my dude.
Greatest breakdown I’ve seen. Great work and very eloquent.