Quote:Strangely, the parallels with (of all things) Sister Princess are leaping right out at me. Wataru, an only child, is simply overwhelmed with adoration when he gains his dozen or so (half-?)sisters, and suffers a complete and utter inferiority complex over it. Absolutely convinced he is unworthy of the vast quantities of affection he receives, and sure that he is unable to return it in kind, he makes frequent attempts to escape his sisters at first. Although he eventually settles in, he doesn't quite accept that he's worthy and all that until the end of the story...
And as for Shinji: while you might think his self-esteem would be going through the roof, I suspect that the sheer weirdness of the situation will be putting a lot of pressure on him. As does the insistence that "in the end there can be only one" (now you die, Highlander!), which makes his situation more complicated with each battle, which could very well cause him to run away once or twice... (Of course, the girls will be hunting him down.)
I see some definite plot elements that could be lifted here...
-- Bob
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For Jor-El so loved the Earth, he sent his only begotten son...