The Soul in Eva-03 (was: [EVA] Kazuya Tsuramaki at Otakon 2001)

[Brian Haynes]

>In my opinion, these discussions are prejudicial in the way they divert
>viewers from Anno's real purpose, a psycho-analysis of the human being,
>including himself. After all, due to this basic need of objective
>dissection, the series end was practically rejected by most fans
>and !TA-DAN! "End of Evangelion" came up.

IMHO, the series end was rushed and made short on time and money.  If it was 
done properly, perhaps so many people wouldn't have rejected it and 
generally gone "WTF?" at the end.  You seem to suggest that EoE is 
completely for the fans and has no real place in Anno's purpose.  Although I 
haven't seen it yet, from what I gather, it seems to show much clearer the 
analysis of the self that you talk about.  The last two episodes of the 
series seem to drop everything else in favor of this self-analysis.  There 
is no information as to how Instrumentality really came about, and there is 
really no information as to how it has changed anyone but Shinji.  Even 
then, Shinji's apparent change in the last episode is not necessarily enough 
to convince, he's had his ups and downs before, and I can envision him going 
back to his old self, the Instrumentality of the last episodes really having 
very little affect on him in the long run.  I do, however, appreciate the 
in-depth poking, prodding, and exploring of the characters in the last two 
episodes, because it is the type of exploration I've often put myself 
through in my more depressed or thoughtful moments.

>A debate on theories is certainly stimulating but frankly I barely see it
>happening here. Usually people tend to defend their own ideas fervently
>but, being merely a speculative discussion, there are no real proofs and
>this ML has already witnessed some bitter endings.
>
> > Not to mention it's nice
> > to have an intelligent discussion with people, even though it's about a
> > set of fictional events.

That, of course, doesn't mean that it can't.  Some of the people who 
subscribe to this ML also frequent japan.anime.evangelion, and occasionally 
there are very convincing theories there with substantial supporting 
evidence.  Yes, sometimes people get very emotional, but that's the nature 
of some people, I guess.
         -Deus

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