[EVA] [gainax] FLCL volume 01 (spolier)

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be WARNED! soilers for episodes 1&2 follow!

greg at ghost2138.org wrote:

>So, what is it that you like? The story? (I still don't
>know what's going on.) The jokes? (I have trouble figuring
>out when they're trying to be funny.) The character
>development? (was there any?) 
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well, I've only seen the first 2 episodes, (well some of the 3rd on a 
fansub a year ago but that was a poor copy and I dont count it)  but 
I'll see if I can tackle this. the story-- near as I can tell- like in 
Eva, the robots are just eye candy. the real story seems to be about 
Naota and Mamimi. she's depressed for lots of reasons- kids picking on 
her, her boyfriend ran off to america and she misses him, she has no 
real friends... etc. she seems to be  glomping all over Naota cause she 
misses his brother and he reminds her of him. Naota it seems would be 
happy to tell her to bugger off if A: she werent a potential suicide 
case and B: his bro has a new squeeze in the US and he seems to feel 
genuinly sorry for her. later that concern streinthens to something 
more, but hwo much I'm not as of yet sure. now thats Episode 1&2, and I 
cant comment beyond that- but all the wacked out stuff aside, thats a 
DAMN good bittersweet teen angst story and I rather like it.

and personaly- as to the humor element- I find a crazy peach-haired 
lunatic riding around on a yelow Vespa moterscooter and beaning people 
on the noggin with a Rickenbaker bass gutar quite hilarious ^_^

>I just get really confused when animes I think are total
>dogs end up praised by all and sundry. Key the Metal Idol
>and Noir I thought were both total turds and yet I've found
>nary a negative comment on the net. I'm just curious as to
>what other people are seeing in them that I'm not. 
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its all a mater of taste- everyone's differs-- hell there are SOME 
people out there who *GASP* nave not only seen and understood eva, but 
REALLY dont like it. I say each to their own ^_^

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