[EVA] Manga continuation - Stage 46: Part II

[Brian Swetland]

[MMKokusaiYK <bochan at fuji.ne.jp>]
> After skipping a month, I expected a bit more, but this month has 
> hit a new low in terms of Eva manga material.  Not only were there 
> surprisingly few pages (it could/should have been combined with the 
> previous stage to make one good one), but there is extremely little 
> dialog (the first line by any character came after *9* pages), and 
> the storyline follows the TV series so closely that the frame images 
> may just as well have been traced from the TV cel background art.  

Bummer -- I hope Sadamoto isn't just tired of working on this or at a 
loss as to where to go with it.  I've enjoyed his take on the characters 
and variations on the story through the fifth collection.  It would seem
to be a pity if he just followed the rest of the anime dead-on rather
than exploring his version of the Evaverse more. 

> (Gendo and Fuyutsuki watch from a window in Gendo's office.)
> Gendo: Everything begins from here.
> 
> - End Stage 47

Here's hoping that this marks a transition away from the anime again
(considering that the manga has matched some parts of the story pretty 
closely before).

I for one would like to see some kind of confrontation between Sadamoto's 
Less Spineless Shinji (tm) and Almost Outgoing Rei (tm) when Rei's origin 
is finally revealed.  

Brian

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