I've long wondered what exactly it was that always left me feeling unsatisfied about Evangelion. It's not as if I'm not unaccustomed to the idea of a 'heads I win, tails you lose' ending. There was just some aspect of the whole thing that felt rushed and incomplete, some issue that had not been resolved, in the act of the storytelling, that was left by the wayside to further the plot.
I admit. The series itself, when you look back at it, had the seeds of impending doom from the very beginning, if only because Anno makes Shinji into the lodestone of the series. Other characters evolve, transform, grown and decay around him.. but at his core, Shinji remains the same.
In the end it's his own deathwish that finishes the series off. The theorised reaction force in the mind to the animal's survival instinct...
- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead
I admit. The series itself, when you look back at it, had the seeds of impending doom from the very beginning, if only because Anno makes Shinji into the lodestone of the series. Other characters evolve, transform, grown and decay around him.. but at his core, Shinji remains the same.
In the end it's his own deathwish that finishes the series off. The theorised reaction force in the mind to the animal's survival instinct...
- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead