Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion

For sure NGE's strongest feature is it's cast. Complex and well developed characters with lots of emotions involved. A lot of concepts and ideas that are quite original, for sure a very different sort of anime, and for sure a mysterious plot that drags you along. I for sure clung to the characters and something happened to me that's rare to happen when I'm watching anything: I was bound to the characters, I developed affection towards Shinji, Misato, Asuka and to a lesser extent to Rei as well. I'm impressive anime for sure. My big disappointment, however, is what disappointed pretty much everyone who watchedNGE: The final is fucked up and even NGE: End of Evangelion didn't fix it, because I like things to be conclusive towards the end of a show. But NGE is the sort of show the drags you into the story, brings you a lot of emotions and surprises. but gives no conclusions whatsoever. And that doesn't only happen to the plot as a whole, but to the entire cast it is likewise, meaning that the relationships never get to a conclusion.

Another point to notice that kind of annoys me is that almost every single character in this show is psychologically disturbed, to a lesser or greater extent, which in turns them more human, however it is annoying because their psychological issues get in the way of the events going forward and it never changes too much. That's especially the case with Shinji Icari, he's the first protagonist I've ever seen who totally lacks the balls to be in the position he is, which is not only annoying in itself, but it also bugs me that unlike what's expected of him, he never superates it, and in fact it seems to get worse in the end of the series.

Same with Asuka, that's a hell of a personality. Again I can not blame her. She is a very traumatised girl, but the way that gets in her way is too much and towards the end of the series she - like most of the characters - is situated in a quite of a sad situation, something which is very peculiar about NGE: there's no happy ending, for no one...

Overall, a good show because of how catchy the characters are, a must watch because of how unique it is, for sure. However I can't say I was satisfied with how weird, inconclusive and fucked up it ends, therefore I think it's far from deserving an excellent rate.