[EVA] Eva Manga: Like? Dislike? (Was: No Stage this month)

[RJN]

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From: "immano" <immano at katamail.com>
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Subject: Re: [EVA] Eva Manga: Like? Dislike? (Was: No Stage this
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: > And why exactly is a R/S romance manga-wise NOT backed up by facts
from
: > the
: > manga itself?
:
: Um, the fact that it's not there? Shinji and Rei, a boy with heavy
problems
: relating to others and a near-autistic girl, use shy contact and
uneasy,
: sketchy conversation to communicate. And that is supposed to
indicate
: romance?

Episodes 5 & 6. There was..something. Then it was destroyed because
bigmouth came along :(

At least Jung in Gunbuster knew to leave Noriko & Kazumi together in
the end. ;)

The most @@ Gainax pair finishing together may be Marie & Sansom in
Nadia!

Asuka & Shinji in EoE are nothing compare to what Rei & Shinji as a
pair *could* have been made to be. True, they have both have tragic
backgrounds, but that's not really original.  All A & S are is
temperament role reversal.  Perhaps Sadamoto's manga will be a little
more original.

The manga Kaworu is totally unlikeable & IMO self-centered.  I liked
anime Kaworu who was both sympathetic & sympathizeable - I felt he was
doing a painful, somewhat conditioned duty & would really have liked
to become a member of the human society he was so intrigued by - a
truly evolved-by-experience "angel".

Hopefully, if he is given more character development in the
compilation movies, none of the manga Kaworu will be incorporated into
his actions or attitude.  I don't want the campy clingy Kaworu in
IM2/Angelic Days or other games either...
RJN