[EVA]Gender/Sex

[Peter Svensson]

>Well, she wouldn't have the monopoly on being the Jesus of the show. 
>They're everywhere! Rei is Jesus.

Hmmm... I'd argue that really. She's more of the Triple Goddess than a 
Messiah. (Which is to say, she embodies Maiden, Mother and Crone in a 
fashion reminiscent of many non-Christian religions.)

>Kaworu is Jesus.

Dies for sins, yeah. Kaworu makes it as a Jesus-figure.

>Shinji is Jesus.

Gets crucified, undergoes last temptation, yeah. Shinji is Jesus.

>Yui is Jesus.

Yui is Mary, mother of God. Did you not get the memo? She's immaculate, gets 
portrayed as the ultimate maternal figure, and is female. Now, you could 
also argue that her entry into Unit01 is a form of "dying for sins" but 
since she does it for personal gain, I'd argue otherwise.

>Lilith is Jesus.

Crucified, and impaled by the spear. Our first female Jesus. (at least by my 
reckoning.)

>The Eva Series are Jesus.

Crucified and impaled by the spear. I'd make a really bad joke about eating 
flesh and making communion but I won't.

>EVA-03 is Jesus.

I'm not seeing this. Brutal death does not a Jesus make.

>Heck, Dr. Katsuragi, Kaji, and Misato are Jesus.

Well, self-sacrificing figures at the very least. Though Dr. Katsuragi is a 
bit of a cipher, and Misato and Kaji are most definitely NOT sinless...

>Everyone is Jesus, even Anno!

The Jesusification of Man Project has been completed I see...

>Is that what "One More Final" is actually referring to? I thought that 
>maybe it was an Engrishy way of pointing out that #26' is another final 
>episode.

That never occured to me, even though One More Final takes the place of 
Episode 26' for that final eyecatch. I thought of One More Final as a 
modifer to "I Need You." Hence that it's yet another "I Need You" but the 
last one Shinji will need, as he's ready to affirm his post-Instrumentality 
existence.

>This eyecatch, despite appearing before the very last scene, IS the English 
>counterpart to the "Magokoro o, kimi ni" we saw earlier, after all. Then, I 
>am intentionally being devil's advocate.

End of Evangelion is very odd in how it handles the Episode Titles. Air 
breaks tradition and has two English titles rather than a Japanese and an 
English title. Then all the episode titles play during the beginning of 
Third Impact. And then we get a final episode title that doesn't include the 
episode number as the previous 25 (27?) have.

I think part of this is Anno's desire to break with tradition and 
convention. Especially given the credits or lack there of.

Peter Svensson

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