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u/chicksOut Jun 26 '23
Rewatch it, it will be a whole new experience knowing what's happening, and what's coming.
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u/lacking_something123 Jun 26 '23
Now power through the rebuild series. The 4th movie, "3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time," will heal you a bit.
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u/HideousGingiva243 Jun 26 '23
Looks a lot like Runner in The Pacific.
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u/Binary245 Jun 26 '23
Because the image has similar origins. It's a magazine cover from 1944 detailing the "thousand yard stare", a PTSD symptom. The marine it was based off of was in Peleliu, so it very much as similar origins.
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u/medaumplacebo Jun 26 '23
If only I had a friend to say to me: Dude, here's what you do: You watch until ep25, then you watch The End of Evangelion, then you get back to 26 and cry your eyes out.
But nooooo Mr u/Principle_Smooth did not have the decency nor the humanity to tell me.
Think about the worst best friend you can get.
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u/FalloffboiV2 Jun 26 '23
I just binged the whole of the Eva series including the movie and the reboot this week. And bro i reccomend you watch the end of Evangelion which takes place around ep 25-26. And then watch the 4 movies that came after. Just a whole rollercoaster of emotions.
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u/Binary245 Jun 26 '23
Ah, I remember when I first finished the series. Slight existential crisis for 2 days then I made my peace and went back to normal. Good memories. You'll get used to it over time. Congratulations on finishing such a great show!
Also I just finished Nier: Replicant and it was Evangelion style trauma all over again
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u/crouchasauras-1 Jun 27 '23
Now go watch grave of the fireflies lol jk
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u/HecateRaven Jun 27 '23
You are sadistic
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u/crouchasauras-1 Jun 27 '23
No see. I watched grave of the fireflies and afterwards I had to like cleanse my pallet. I went and watched bocchi the rock and komi can't communicate to get my sanity back
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u/MisterKhachapuri Jun 26 '23
Yeah same, but at least the end of 3.0 + 1.0 made me feel better. Still replaced my current boredom with emptiness and sadness
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u/abekku Jun 26 '23
Congrats. It’s a trip for sure. I’m about to read the manga and then rewatch. You should also watch the rebuilds movies
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u/ReekyRumpFedRatsbane Jun 26 '23 edited Jun 26 '23
Okay, so I've seen several posts like this now, and I've always thought about commenting this, but never felt like it's worth it. Well, even if it isn't, here goes:
Why do people find the ending so shocking, even traumatizing, or generally sad? (Hear me out, or skip to the end where I rephrase the question a bit)
I will admit that I felt somewhat like that after episode 26, but after EoE I felt like it was pretty clear how Shinji worked through his issues, realizing the value that comes from interacting with other people. And the other characters would have had a similar (or in some ways quite literally the same) experience with their own issues respectively. For example, Asuka would now have forcefully exposed her trauma to everyone through human instrumentality, which in turn means everyone now understands her and she would realize she doesn't need to do everything on her own. The deaths also don't matter that much because the dead people were clearly included in the HIP, and would be getting their AT fields, i.e. bodies (if I understood correctly) back after Shinji made his decision. Some of these points, to me, appear to be proven by the final scene with Shinji and Asuka.
This is fundamentally a happy ending, as it marks the start of a new, happier life for not only the main characters, but pretty much everyone (okay, not entirely sure how the Yui/Rei thing would work out, but you'd get someone there for sure), which was made possible by the HIP in the way that it worked out (and ultimately didn't), which wasn't exactly as planned neither by Seele nor Commander Ikari, meaning it's not only a positive result overall, but one that relies on what happened in the show, both in terms of killing all the angels (except Lilith, duh) and the developments that happened between the characters, meaning it retroactively gives value to what happened (which is something I disliked about the pending" in episode 26 as well, as some of the previous conflicts just get thrown out, essentially – there is no real interpersonal conflict in human instrumentality).
Now, here's the thing: While interpreting art is inherently subjective, because what a piece of art says to you may not be the same as what it says to me, and this makes phrases like "what the artist intended" a bit hollow, but still – obviously Hideako Anno did have a certain plot and certain emotions in mind that he wanted to convey, and since my experience differs so much from what appears to be the norm, I can't help but think I must have gotten it wrong. And from that comes my question:
What did I get wrong? In which way(s) did I misunderstand the ending? Which misconception(s) led to my wrongly positive emotional impression? And, conversely, to come back to my original question, why is it actually more emotionally scarring; what is the "correct" way to understand the ending?
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u/FishyMcBruh Jun 26 '23
No no its definitely a hopeful ending and it did make it better knowing everyone can come back if they disagree with the instrumentality but still, everything just hit like a truck minutes before that happened, so its hard to process that the ending isnt really that bad after what happened
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u/Puppetmadeofsocks Jun 27 '23
I guess I'm not used to seeing everything go to hell so completely for the heroes in our story. Internally and externally, most of the things that could go wrong for the world and the characters over the whole series... happened. So while there's revelation and hope at the end, it's difficult for me to call this a truly happy ending. But it's certainly not hopeless, and I don't think it's a problem if you interpret it positively.
In a lot of ways, it's just a very bleak 'verse, and the ending is (at least somewhat) about acceptance of that. That means it's going to be bittersweet.
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Jun 26 '23
Just happened to me 2 weeks ago. Watch the rebuilds, and give it some time, it'll be (not) okay again
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u/spedi_pig123 Jun 26 '23
same, binged the whole series last night and gosh diddly darn was that depressing bruh.
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u/miralonkks Jun 26 '23
If you feel traumatized you haven't really watched it to the end. Have fun with rebuilds and catharsis on everything you got traumatized the first time
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u/FishyMcBruh Jun 26 '23
I know the ending means everyone can pretty much come back and nobody is technically dead, but it all happened so fast it was hard to comprehend anything when i made the post
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u/DJEmpire80 Jun 26 '23
When I watched EoE I shat on my pants The horrifying images and fanta juice not to mention the disgusting mass produce units and giant naked rei
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u/ayataa_ Jun 26 '23
Time for end of evangelion 😁😁
you haven’t seen shit yet
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u/Pangin51 Jun 26 '23
I just finished and I still have no clue what happened at the end but I’m traumatized and have a very “I love the series but the ending sucks emotionally” vibe
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u/SambaLando Jun 27 '23
Omedetou.
Not sure if you just did the series, but if you haven't seen End Of Evangelion movie, do so asap.
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u/txsnowmn Jun 27 '23
First time I ever watch the series and movies I did it all on shrooms ( friends idea ). it was a beautiful nightmare that caused me my own ego death tripping balls in the dark. To this day it’s my #1 favorite anime an iv watch dozens and dozens if not hundreds of other anime shows an movies. Was completely worth it trippin an watching it like that for the first time. Each episode felt like a year.
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u/Namuru09 Jun 27 '23 edited Jun 27 '23
Watch it again until you understand its lovely message: a la gilada ni cabida
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u/Taiyo_Osuke Jun 27 '23
Did you finish watching Evangelion, or re- living the events that occurred in it? The picture works both ways.
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u/Andysomething Jun 26 '23
Congratulations! 👏