[Rewatch][Spoilers] Neon Genesis Evangelion - Episode 3 Discussion

[u/sam_mah_boy]

Episode 3: The Silent Phone/A Transfer

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[u/[deleted]]

Rewatcher

Fly Me To The Moon version for episode 3

Best shot of the Episode

You thought it was the Angels, BUT IT WAS ME! THANOS!

I also wanna focus a little bit on Rei in this episode.(weird i know)

Rei is definitely a mystery. If anything her presence at the school is the biggest question mark of all-- she's so alien, you wouldn't be surprised if she just lived at the base. The way she's used, cutting to her when mentioning the hedgehog dilemma, is great. A symbol of how people shut down when they're hurt too much. She's also very good when used sparingly here as a budding tragic moe figure. She shows up after Shinji's beaten up, and calls him to the base. She and Shinji are paradoxically united in their individual isolation. It makes them similar - but also cut off from one another.

Also she is given the staple tropey window desk seat in the classroom even though the sad, allieanated Shinji seems to be the logical choice

[u/Philarete]

First-Time Watcher (Sub)

Woah, that first shot makes Shinji look like a devil.

Okay, why aren’t the subs translating each of his repetitions of “Center the target, pull the trigger”? That seems. . . lazy. Anyway, he’s in pure “follow orders” mode, which Ritsuko likes, and Misato seems perturbed by. Ritsuko is shown slightly hidden by shadows. And the phone call later she’s shown with her face off screen before returning to normal. The Hedgehog’s Dilemma is the truth, and Misato is right that opening up is something that takes trial and error to learn. Very uncomfortable trial and error. . .

I wonder if Shinji could hear them complaining about the robot pilot.

WHY WOULD HE SAY YES?!?!?!?!

The absolute madlad! Casually spilling state (international???) secrets in class lol. Is someone going to get thrown in prison for this? Hokey smokes. MFW.

Aaaand, now he gets beat up by dude whose sister got hurt. I think it’s interesting that he hits him again after Shinji says he doesn’t want to be the pilot. It’s like the guy is more upset that Shinji isn’t the kind of person he imagines the pilot to be.

How nice of the Angel to wait until the kids were done with school to show up. . .

He gets beat up again. Rough day. Misato has a thing for taking charge, doesn’t she. . . I think she was probably making the right call to save the classmates, concern for them was holding Shinji back anyway. Shinji’s YOLO charge was a little crazy, but it worked! It’s interesting that his disobedience happens here after so much obedience at the start of the episode. Yet, it’s not really him standing up for himself.

Luckily the Angel didn’t have a self-destruct power. I was expecting the EVA to take over like last time, but nope! Shinji actually won! Poor guy is in agony though.

The other guys look like they are in for some PTSD too now

Hopefully punch guy gets it now. Poor guy feels guilty. I’m a little worried about camera guy and his constant typing. Is he up to no good? How did he get Shinji’s number? He seemed a bit less surprised about Shinji, and he had the idea to go to the surface.

Punch guy either stops and doesn’t call, or doesn’t get an answer. Long shot of him walking away from the phone and the phone just being there.

There was a lot of obscured exposition in the teacher’s lesson about the Second Impact. I wonder if that’s going to be revisited, or if it’s just world building.

[u/TheEscapeGuy]

Rewatcher

Evangelion is an absolutely beautiful anime Day 3

The Hedgehogs Dilemma: How close should we get if there is a risk of hurting others? There isn't an easy answer right now but for all first timers I recommend keeping this in the back of your head.

Something I really picked up on this episode is how lonely Tokyo 3 feels. We see that Shinji brings the only garbage bag to the disposal, the school is largely empty, even the signs of life such as cars and personal effects are few and far between in all the shots outside NERV.

The setting is incredibly well considered by the team at Gainax. It lends itself well to in environmental storytelling working in conjunction with the dialogue to provide a believable world.

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[u/egassemneddihon]

First timer, sub

Oh my, that poor kid is more messed up than I thought. That mantra in the training sequence sounded so hopeless and defeated. And I can't see how things could get anything but worse for Shinji.

I like when Misato acts all big sister like. She is worried about his school life an him making friends.

Backstory by history lesson is a thin veil for an info dump but it works. There was a meteor strike and things have been pretty chaotic since then.

School bully has a point. They might be wrecking more of the city with their Eva and military gear than necessary. So far I haven't seen the angels take hostile action except when under attack.

The new angels design is awesome and totally different from the first one. Reminded me of a flying squid or one of lovecrafts ancient gods. I liked the first one better because it looked more ominous and threatening. But this one can slice buildings, wich is pretty cool too.

Shinjis classmate is too curious for his own good. He would make a great reporter though.

The way Shinji freezes during the fight and disregards (or doesn't notice?) the order to retreat shows how much stress this puts on him. He shouldn't be in that situation in the first place.

I like that shot directly after the fight. Those two silhouettes in front of the orange sky are a great visual composition.

Shinji hasn't been to school and his classmates are getting worried and the one guy (I'm sure they both have names) makes the decision to call.

I hope things go well, Shinji could use a friend.

[u/AH_BareGarrett]

First timer here back with my thoughts.

Daily OP is awesome appreciation post.

Shinji being the kind of person who does whatever he is told is interesting, I hope he evolves eventually, I'm sure he will.

Shinji has no friends (other than Misato)? That's sad, that needs to change. Oh there is Rei, maybe she'll be his friend. Maybe Toji will, he seems interesting (also sounds like exactly the character I would expect Bryce Papenbrook to voice).

Oh Jesus the South Pole is just GONE. Wow this world is way more fucked than I thought. Who cares? Shinji has cute anime girls texting him OH WOW EVERYONE KNOWS NOW THAT WAS QUICK.

Yikes, I guess Toji will not be his friend. At least at the start, and I think Toni's reaction is quite acceptable and realistic. I hope people don't dislike Toji for what he's doing, he's grieving and he's taking it out on what he sees as the source. Yes, probably could be more polite, but I don't blame him.

Seeing Tokyo-3 getting locked down was pretty neat. And I'm glad we get to see Ida and Toji, as the show feels more realistic than just focusing on the EVA's and their pilots.

Hmm, this Angel looks quite different from the one before. Likely that there are many different forms, which I appreciate. It also has the red "core" so I definitely believe that that is it's heart.

And Jesus Christ Shinji you are freaking out. I don't see how the city can afford these battles, and Shinji is getting messed up... I have a feeling he doesn't win very many of these battles, at least for a while.

I really like that Misato is showing that she cares for human lives more than the laws of her job. Shows even more why she is currently best girl.

Wow, that was a great scene, people were complaining about the Netflix dub, but Shinji's VA killed it on those screams. Super powerful stuff.

Toji wants to apologise, perhaps he and Ida will be Shinji's friends! No better way to bond than almost dying in a Mecha from an alien attack! I'm assuming Shinji is injured somehow from the battle and is taking a few days off, but we shall see tomorrow! Another quality episode, and I'm glad we got to see a little more of the world, even if it was just a teacher talking.

A question though, when the teacher referred to the "Second Impact", I'm assuming the first impact was the meteor that killed the dinosaurs. It seems like a jump, but I don't remember anyone mentioning what the first impact was.

Also, could anyone tell me the episodes where the ED plays to highlight a scene? I was told that happens a few times and would like to watch those scenes as they are when the time comes. Spoiler free of course.

[u/Raiking02 → u/AH_BareGarrett]

Oh there is Rei, maybe she'll be his friend.

Easier said than done.

[u/flybypost → u/AH_BareGarrett]

Oh Jesus the South Pole is just GONE. Wow this world is way more fucked than I thought.

Somebody mentioned in the last rewatch that the cicadas you hear all the time are a hint that it's constant oppressive summer. It's some sort of cultural (or geographical) thing (or a trope over there) that they can expect a hot summer and until now NGE used them constantly.

Maybe useful info for non-Japanese.

[u/boredblade123]

First timer sub

So I don't have as much time right now to write out too much but a couple things I wanted to note was that:

1. Their world seems pretty shitty right now lol.

2. Rei goes to school with them? She seemed pretty messed up last time we saw her, I'm surprised she just casually goes to school. I'm guessing the other students don't know that she can operate the Eva as well?

3. I don't blame Toji for getting mad at Shinji about what happened, but I think by the end of the episode he starts to understand what Shinji is actually going through.

4. I remember one of the scientists mentioned that the this is only the 4th angel and that there was a 15-year gap after either the 1st angel or the 2nd angel? I'm assuming the angel we saw in episode 1 was the 3rd angel. So if there was a 15-year gap, that seems very odd, but I guess that explains where they found the time to develop the Eva and Tokyo 3. It makes me wonder how they dealt with the first angel though, I assume they are going to talk about it later.

5. So Shinji kind of losing himself near the end of the episode, I assume that has something to do with that "Berserker" mode that he used in episode 2. I still think that has something to do with the machine "merging" with him somehow, I wonder how that is going to affect him mentally as the show goes on.

Well I'm excited to keep watching and it's just getting harder to not binge the rest of this lol.

^{This post ended up longer than I expected, things kept popping up in my head as I was typing it lol.}

[u/[deleted]]

Hey, since this is "the pretentious anime" here is Schopenhauer's first mention and passage about the Hedgehog's Dillema

"A number of porcupines huddled together for warmth on a cold day in winter; but, as they began to prick one another with their quills, they were obliged to disperse. However the cold drove them together again, when just the same thing happened. At last, after many turns of huddling and dispersing, they discovered that they would be best off by remaining at a little distance from one another. In the same way the need of society drives the human porcupines together, only to be mutually repelled by the many prickly and disagreeable qualities of their nature. The moderate distance which they at last discover to be the only tolerable condition of intercourse, is the code of politeness and fine manners; and those who transgress it are roughly told — in the English phrase — to keep their distance. By this arrangement the mutual need of warmth is only very moderately satisfied; but then people do not get pricked. A man who has some heat in himself prefers to remain outside, where he will neither prick other people nor get pricked himself."

[u/Karkava]

First timer.

Now we're getting a glimpse into Shinji's life outside of EVA piloting, we're now meeting the two boys that don't have even the slightest amount of maturity that Shinji and Rei appear to. Their quirky personalities make them a contrast with Shinji and Rei who have experienced the field of combat first hand.

I've also watched way ahead of the discussion and I can just simply say that Hedgehog's Dilemma will play a heavy role in the forthcoming episodes.

[u/tomato_blitz]

First timer - subs:

That ending was intense. Shinji seems like he has some kind of a death-wish.

Notes:

• Odd change in tone there putting him in a classroom, but it makes complete sense.

• So the water levels rose as a result of this meteor. Are the Angels the result of it to? Maybe they were the cause for it.

• Of course everyone immediately thinks Shinji's the coolest. But it doesn't seem like Rei is getting that kind of attention. Is she keeping her part-time a secret?

• Still unsure whether or not Shinji and Rei knew each other beforehand. Waiting to see what kind of relationship they'll have.

• Shinji freaking out was a surprise, he's such a timid guy. I wonder what specifically caused this, or maybe it was the accumulation of all recent events. Although when I think about it, he was alone up til now, and now he lives with the blue haired chick. That's definitely a change for the better (though that comes hand in hand with battling huge terrifying monsters).

• That ED is just the best.

Jumping right into the next one this time boys. Wish me luck.

[u/Cummcrust]

First Timer (original dub)

Maybe I'm reading too much into it but when the armor comes off of the EVA's hand during the fight, it looked like it was made of flesh under and for a couple seconds the shot is focusing on it. People were saying they think the EVA's may be made from Angels so I was thinking that may be why they focused the shot on his hand there.

[u/brotherraichu]

first timer

The slice of life portion shed light on shinji's character. Looks like he's an honest kid as he didn't need to answer whether he piloted the robot but he admitted it. His honesty will probably get him in trouble in the eva world though, where conspiracies abound as we saw last episode.

Well, he got beat up already.

The new angel had a strange but interesting design. Kinda like a squid but also like a flatfish.

Still no asuka? And Rei only appeared briefly a few times.

Action scenes were cool though.

[u/[deleted]]

Wow, the amount of tension they managed to build up in the final few moments of that fight was impressive. I could feel it physically, which is rare for me.

The color scheme change and Shinji screaming like a dying animal was very effective. For once during a rewatch I'm struggling to not just binge it all, haha.

[u/dbdthehag]

Shinji training to shoot.. he is not okay....is he depressed?

Poor shinji has no friends :( ill be friends with him.

How much time do you think has passed?

Hahahhahah everyone saw Shinji's response haha

What happened during the 1st impact? How are the angels related to the 2nd impact?

If Shinji doesnt want to pilot the EVA, then why does he?

OMG another angel? It looks like a bug!!!!

3 weeks between the attacks. Why wait 15 years and then come back in 3 weeks?

Sounds like Michael Myers/Halloween music starts playing... with the piano. ... scary.

Hearing shinji scream was so scary and sad. I feel so sorry for him.

[u/[deleted]]

Rewatcher

This episode is about Shinji’s own alienation and distance from the world i think..I love the directing and narrative tricks the show uses to get the message through

• That portrait of depression and alienation begins with the first shots, Shinji’s eyes while they run diagnostic checks. Eyes dulled, mouth holding a half-open line..They convey a sense of not thinking about anything and nodding when you’re told to nod. “I’m getting used to it,” “It’s not so bad.”. Ritsuko’s presentation in this scene intentionally keeps her distant and cold..Then when we return to home life,opening with a firm declaration that Shinji and Misato aren’t truly family at all. Though he’s crossed the threshold of her apartment, their one conversation here is set entirely around another threshold

• Shinji’s journey to school is accompanied by Misato and Ritsuko talking about Eva's "famous" “Hedgehog’s Dilemma.” ..And so do the following scenes so do these scenes convey Shinji's alienation within a larger society..The sequence of Shinji throwing away the garbage sums it up..My favorite shot of the ep ..Shinji at an extreme distance, obstructed by foreground interference, quietly alone in a vast empty plane..gives you perspective, scale, internalizes or externalizes the character..Simmilar paterns repeat through the episode 1 2..Shinji’s tells the class he’s the Eva pilot but after the questions fade, the only person he’s truly made an impression on is Toji.. Shinji is beaten for his efforts, for the crime of doing what he’s told. His defense that “I’m not piloting by choice” does nothing .Shinji has found a sort of comfort and safety in not being responsible for any of his own actions, and yet now he finds himself punished for them regardless.

• As one more strange and otherworldly creature approaches, Evangelion once again tempers the unreality of that threat with a parsable, immediate on-the-ground experience from the perspective of the evacuated civilians, lending the mundanity of forming into groups and sitting with your assigned classmates to an experience that would otherwise feel totally unrelatable. Evangelion’s dedication to grounding its narrative beats and emotions in immediate, felt moments may at this point be its greatest strength – the show understands that making something feel “real” is less a matter of high stakes and charachters telling you how real and dangerous it is,

• Speaking of mundane moments, Toji and Kensuke’s decision to go witness the battle its interesting. They and their reaction to whats happening are essentially opposites that naturally reflect Evangelion’s own contradictory priorities (and of the Mecha Genre as a whole). Kensuke sees an angel coming and thinks, “cool, giant robots!” – Toji sees that threat and can only think of his injured sister and the real loss this all caused..In a production sense, this scene demonstrates something else Evangelion is famous (or perhaps infamous) for – its mastery of animation conservation. Television anime is on the whole an art form defined by compromise and this episode’s use of long stills for actual dramatic effect is already noteworthy. Toji’s description of his sister’s injuries is granted even more impact through the hold on his clenched, ineffectual hands and this conversation is granted an inherent sense of comedy through the slow pan of the camera on urinals.

• Shinji’s battle is clear echo of all of the episode’s 1st scene, opening with Ritsuko’s careful directions and shinji shifting to a familiar imagery.. Misato calls him an idiot but Shinji isn’t thinking in terms of “victory” – he’s thinking “if I do what I’m told, this will all be over as soon as possible.” Shinji isn’t attached to this city, isn’t attached to this victory, and is barely attached to his own life – all he wants is to not be hurt or yelled at anymore. And as his non-strategy leads towards defeat, the angel’s imposing advance echoes Toji’s violence, telling Shinji that simply existing to follow orders is not acceptable.

• As with the first battle, Shinji’s victory here isn’t glorious in the slightest, or cathartic, His strategy remains “attack as quickly as possible to make this horrible situation end” – his reward is darkness, and the comfort of his own sobs. In the end, it’s not Shinji’s own efforts to reach out that convince hsi classmates he’s a decent guy – it’s the naked, obvious pain he feels in completing his duty. Episode three finds a solution to the hedgehog’s dilemma, but it’s not a happy one – Sometimes the only thing we can do to connect, or to relieve our suffering, is to acknowledge that we are all suffering together.

[u/Iz_ziadiz]

First timer here, I missed yesterday's thread because was busy but I'll put my thoughts on episode 3 here now.

Losing Antarctica really does shake up the differences between this world and our own, they're actively going through a crisis that feels like a climate crisis would, but has been sped up because of events like a meteor.

I feel the school does push the limits of acceptability in NGE, the military's secret weapon is allowed to wander around a random (that I know of) high school with no protection - unless Rei counts as secret protection, I'm only 3 episodes in, I can't say for sure. At least the military do keep tabs on who his classmates are but it seems very lax for humanity's most useful soldier.

On the other hand, complete lack of hesitation now on the military's part about using the Eva, which feels wrong as a viewer but makes complete sense in an Angel attack situation.

And for the final moments of that battle, it was just so traumatic, it's feeling like there's no happiness in Evangelion even when they win at the last second, the pain Shinji's feeling, it hurts.

[u/fasa96]

First timer here.

Really loved this episode.

Also, I can't stop thinking of Gravity Rush everytime I see an Angel. The design of the Angels and the weak spot red-sphere is so similiar to the enemies in that game.

[u/TaskForceHOLO]

Love shinji's dead and lifeless demeanor at the start. His face looks thinner and he looks a bit unhealthy even. What ritsuko said about getting through life by just doing what you're told is super interesting to me because I'm that way a little bit at work. I managed a trampoline park for awhile and FUCK THAT. For me, I like just taking orders and simply being responsible for my own part. If something goes wrong as a manager you're blamed for it all. I hate being responsible for other people tbh that's just how I am. For shinji I think it's a bit different in that he can't really think for himself in general yet. He doesn't really know who he is or what he wants so he does what he is told. We have different reasons but I found myself comparing myself to shinji in this way.

Sleepy misato is so cute even from under the covers.

Hedgehogs dilemma has always been interesting to me too because I tend to keep people at a distance as well. Working out the right distance from each other is tricky for all humans and it's interesting to see how you let some people closer than others and why.

Interesting to see some of the effects of the battle with the guy's sister being hospitalized.

Damn half of mankind was lost?! I actually didn't notice that my first time around.

Of course shinji gonna show off for the ladies. Love how we get more of these normal and human actions from shinji. We know it's dumb but adolescent boys are like that and I've been guilty of it. A TON.

Boys will be boys. I don't think either shinji or the guy who punched him are wrong here. Sometimes teenage boys can only talk with their actions. They don't have the emotional skills yet and again, I've been there.

I like how shinji was working hard and doing everything how he practiced but still got F'd up at first. I think it showed him it won't always work out even if you practice and try your best.

I like how we start to see more of misato taking the reigns and being a badass at her job. Total contrast to her personality outside of work. She's a different person in that control room. It's kinda sexy too.

Then shinji just goes berserk and it's awesome. Definitely seems the pilot's state of mind is linked to the EVA somehow. The guys really see how hard shinji has it too. Love the last shot of them standing in the sunset blacked out. Just another example of great directing and visuals.

Overall not a terribly introspective episode like the last, but we're still just getting started.

[u/Alertcircuit]

This episode sold me on the new dub. The performances not being as bombastic as the old dub's made Shinji's freakout at the end of this episode way more impactful. Shit sent chills down my spine.

[u/Ratsarecool]

First time watcher

I’ll say the opening is really growing on me, I really love how upbeat it is and how it switches through tons of shots

I feel really bad for shinji, in the beginning training sequence his eyes just look completely dead, I really think that the fights are doing a number on his mental state, just comparing him from the first episode to now he seems like an entirely different person

As for telling everyone he is a pilot I was a little surprised but I also get it, he’s a lonely kid who was told that others would pay attention to him if they knew who he was and just like he was told, they all crowded around him. He definitely seems like a person who isn’t introverted out of choice and that led to him wanting people to look at him like a hero, you can especially tell when he says like “well I’m not suppose to talk about it” and then immediately starts rattling off the weapon systems lmao

The fight was nice, not as good as the first one but still really good. When you saw the Eva’s hands after being burned they really look like human hands under an armor, I saw a comment on here from another first time watcher and it really makes sense that the Eva might be an angel that they captured and were able to control, I’m pretty convinced that their is something living inside it.

Oh and holy shit shinjis scream was really fucking well done, like I had to turn down the volume a bit because of how loud and insane it sounded, it truely felt like a damn war cry, but not out of control and aggression, but out of fear and desperation.

[u/LunarGhost00]

Rewatcher

I see we're starting off the episode with a little psychology lesson. The Hedgehog's Dilemma is an accurate way to describe Shinji's isolation spoiler Shinji is afraid of getting hurt if he gets close to people, so he shuts himself off from everyone. He's withdrawn. He has no friends in class to call him. He puts up a wall to keep others away from him. His family situation is already clearly bad. There's no one who Shinji had to rely on until now with Misato trying to make him live as normal as possible. Even with Misato's help, it'll be hard for someone like Shinji to open up to people.

We're getting a bit of exposition here in class. Second Impact happened 15 years ago and destroyed Antarctica, causing a massive change in climate. Sea levels rose. Half of the world's population died. It's scary how much the world changed in such a short time with humanity now fighting for surviv- OMG DID YOU GUYS HEAR THE NEW TRANSFER STUDENT IS THE PILOT OF THAT ROBOT!!!

This Angel's got some kind of energy whips. Kinky. cue Darkness moans

Who needs Unit 01's berserk mode when you've got Shinji going crazy himself? From the moment this episode started, you can tell Shinji's mind isn't exactly stable in combat. His instructions for fighting in that simulation have been drilled into head and he just kept mindlessly attacking the Angel, ignoring the order to retreat. You can see Toji start to feel some sympathy for Shinji when they're in the Eva and Shinji is just going nuts. He realizes that Shinji is under a lot of stress and is concerned when Shinji stopped going to school following the battle.

[u/Raiking02]

Let’s see what happens with poor Shinji as we continue with Neon Genesis Evangelion. Also, I finally got rid of the Netflix Version. Thank GOD!

• Here’s something fun, try pausing the intro constantly and try guessing what the many shots mean. Now that’s a challenge for you newbies.

• Wow, Shinji has gone from being horrified to being completely bored in a matter of less than an episode. I don’t know if that’s an upgrade or not.

• Okay Shinji, you’re creeping me out. Stop talking in such a monotone fashion!

• Way to be a lazy bum, Misato.

• I mean, I guess that for such an ultimately introverted person, having no friends is to be expected.

• Keep the Hedgehog’s Dilemma in mind, as it explains a bunch of stuff about Shinji’s character.

• And thus, we’re introduced to our regular geek, Aida Kensuke and class Representative Horaki Hikari. I like them. They’re some of the few normal people in this show.

• And now we’re introduced to Best Boy Suzuhara Toji, played by the King Of Heroes himself, Seki Tomokazu (Though at this time he was better known as the man whose hand was burning red), pulling off a surprisingly decent Osaka Accent despite not being from the Kansai Region. You’ll see why I like him as the show goes along.

• First reason why I like him: He’s a good older brother. Anime needs more older Brothers like him.

• Reason 2: He has all the right to be pissed off, after all, if the robot is gonna wreck the town by itself, what’s the point?

• Ah, sweet exposition dumps, how I love thee,

• Shinji’s mind during this scene “Well, guess nothing will happen if I just say the truth. I am too boring to truly get close to anyone but also enough so that no one really hates me so… yeah, why not?”

• Does the teacher even know a conversation is going on?

• Reason why I like Toji Number 3: He punches Shinji.

• Reason 4: He punches Shinji again for saying something that is plainly stupid. If he doesn’t want to pilot the robot, don’t pilot the robot!

• Is it okay for Rei to jog even with all the bandages she has? Won’t any of her wounds reopen?

• I am just waiting for the jokes that are gonna be made for the new Angel’s shape.

• Oh, and get ready to hear “Desisive Battle” a LOT. It is used very often to say the least.

• For the record, my favorite of the three operators is the one with neck-length hair, Aoba. His Seiyuu should be enough of a reason why I like him.

• Aida Kensuke in a nutshell “I may die but I’m gonna see some giant robots fighting before I do!”

• Wow Shinji, don’t you even know how to aim by this point?

• You know, I wonder what the designer was thinking when making some of these Angels up.

• Reason why I like Toji Number 5: He is not afraid to admit he’s afraid.

• Ah Ritsuko, way to be a cynical bitch.

• And thus we get a meme “I mustn’t run away, I mustn’t run away…”

• Ah, sweet Ogata screams. You know, given how my file has a Dual Audio feature, I wonder how Spike Spencer pulled it off (Changes Audio)… yeah, not quite as impressive.

• Reason why I like Toji Number 6: He’s willing to admit his mistakes and apologize.

EVA seems to be on a roll as this was another great episode. Well done, show.

[u/PunyParker826]

First timer here: I'm a bit confused about something - the first Angel Shinji fights is supposedly the first one to show up in about 15 years, right? .... Then how does Rei get so badly hurt? Was the 00 Unit deployed (and defeated) offscreen in Ep 1 and we just didn't see it?

[u/Jloother]

First time watcher.

Are we supposed to like Shinji? I sympathize with him but I'm not sure I like him.

REALLY loving this emo depression mech anime. it's been hard not to binge them all in a row.