[EVA] New poster and manga info[spoilers for eps 18 and 19]

[Kami-chan]

Hello:).

> Hello, I'm Vertigo(Millions Vertigo Ambrosia Bluesummers), an insane
fanfic
> writer/anime obsessee.

I'm just an another lurker:).

> However, I don't really like the manga. Sandalphon, Mataeriel, Sahaquiel,
> Ireul, and Leliel are never brought up(Bardiel is referred to as the
Eighth
> Angel), and Toji is killed instead of simply having an arm amputated.
> Also, Kaji has a brother that died, and apparently, Rei fought Sachiel
> before Shinji did.
> So, have any of you read the manga, and any thoughts?

I've read it, and I agree with you. To me, manga is just another fanfic,
only with great illustrations. It's not that I don't like manga at all, I
love Sadamoto's artwork and I thought the manga was pretty funny at the
beginning. But with every new chapter I liked manga less and less, and the
8th volume... Brr. I had a feeling that I was reading another badly written
fanfic.
Why I don't like the manga? Because it's much worse than anime, that's all.
If I haven't ever watched anime, I would love the manga. Unfortunatelly,
I've watched anime first.
It is probably the most wonderful anime I've ever watched, and I've watched
a lot of anime. At first I thought that it was just another 'Giant Robot
Show", an anime for young boys with a lot of action, and pretty girls with
big tits, but I was SO wrong. Evangelion proved itself to be a beautiful,
psychological story, and probable one of the most realistic anime I've ever
seen (giant robots aside:). Characters are real - just look at Shinji - he's
often hated because of his attitude, but he acts like a normal teenager in
his position would. And that's why he isn't liked, because a lot of people
would like to believe that they would've acted differently in Shinji's
position, and seeing Shinji's weakness remind them of their own weaknesses.
After all this years after Evangelion's release, I doubt I've ever seen a
good interpretation of it, and of EoE, at least on English-language sites
(I've seen a few very good at Polish and Japanese ones). That's why I want
to make my own site about Eva, but I don't think my English is good enough
yet.
But, back to manga.
It's quite different from anime. At first I thought it was a good thing,
who'd like to watch exactly the same events for the second time?
However, not only the story was changed. The change of characters is what
hurt me the most, because I loved every character from anime. Misato is
probably the one who hasn't been changed much. Shinji in manga seems to be
just another hormone-driven teenager, with somehow empty head. Touji and
Kensuke are even worse. Asuka in the manga is pretty unrealistic - just look
at the way she appears, kicking some much older and stronger guys asses.
This isn't Karate Kid, Sadamoto-sensei. What's more, she graduated from
university, but acts like an another empty-headed girl.
I won't talk about Rei, because It'd probably be a spoiler, same thing about
Ritsuko. Kaji... eh, that would be a spoiler, too.
Kaworu.. I don't care about the spoilers, he was made into a complete
sadistic idiot in the manga. Sadamoto most've really hate him to make him
like that, or maybe he just wanted to improve his characterization? In that
case, he failed. In the end, Kaworu's actions are completely illogical, and
he looks like a weirdo who can lose his way in his own pants. The things he
did <*wink*, spoiler, *wink*> would've made sense if they were shown as a
flashback from Kaworu's childhood, but the way they are shown now, thhey
don't make sense at all. I have feeling that Kaworu's fans won't be pleased.

In the end, Evangelion manga became just another shonen manga like Love
Hina, only better. Things that may distress about 13-15 years old male
reader (Shinji's lack of spine, the way he doesn't react in 19 ep when Evas
00 and 02 are badly beaten, Shinji's slight attraction towards Kaworu,
almost all of that psychological/phylosophical nonsense, and a lot more)
were removed, and they were added thind such as more fan service (boobies!),
romantic interaction between main characters, humour, etc.
What's more, Sadamoto said, that he wants to give the manga a happy ending.
I fear his conception of "happy".

So, is manga bad? No, it's just totally different. I don't like it, but the
people who like mangas like Love Hina will probably like it. For me, it's
just another fanfic... only with wonderful art^__^.

My, that was a long mail. Please forgive me my grammar mistakes:).

Kami
www.kami.chan.prv.pl