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新世紀エヴァンゲリオン [Shin Seiki Evangelion] #12
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 12
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) T+ audience. Japan's most controversial anime series is over...but not the manga version of Neon Genesis Evangelion! Series co-creator Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's personal interpretation of the Evangelion characters and story is sure to intrigue new and old fans alike. In 2015, the ""Angels"" have returned, and Shinji Ikari, a fourteen year-old child of the new Earth, is forced by his father Gendo--commander of the secret organization NERV--to pilot the monstrous biomechanical weapon called ""Evangelion"" to match the Angels' fearsome power...
192 pages, Paperback
First published April 3, 2010
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Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
167 books252 followersYoshiyuki Sadamoto (貞本義行) is a Japanese character designer, mangaka, and one of the founding members of the Gainax anime studio.
His notable works include Neon Genesis Evangelion character design and manga.
He is also the character designer for the .hack//Games and the Package designer for the .hack//GU games.
Also publishes with the doujinshi pen name 45yen.
His notable works include Neon Genesis Evangelion character design and manga.
He is also the character designer for the .hack//Games and the Package designer for the .hack//GU games.
Also publishes with the doujinshi pen name 45yen.
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March 11, 2017
OMG Shinji! It is not the time to self pity! There is a war out there! ( I can't blame him though)
I am happy about Asuka, but I would like to have more explanations about how her mother's soul is in EVA?
Origin of mankind and all the quick background information was nice but not enough. It would be confusing for someone who hasn't already know about the impacts and angels and all.
The more important problem with this volume: COME ON! Why Misato ???? She was my favourite character from NGE! *still in denial*
I am happy about Asuka, but I would like to have more explanations about how her mother's soul is in EVA?
Origin of mankind and all the quick background information was nice but not enough. It would be confusing for someone who hasn't already know about the impacts and angels and all.
The more important problem with this volume: COME ON! Why Misato ???? She was my favourite character from NGE! *still in denial*
July 4, 2022
Humans are the only creature that can hate its own kind.
That was cool when Shinji commanded the Eva Unit 01 a.k.a. his mother (the awakened Evangelion) after getting all depressed about losing everyone (bruh, same here.)—but let's be honest, Asuka owned this volume. The battle against the Eva series was a gory and fulfilling action sequence. I couldn't commend the art style more. It was the highlight of the whole volume, especially Asuka's psyche waking up as good as new. Also, Commander Ikari is such a selfish bastard. I knew it, his character's just purely evil and beyond redemption, all the while there's Misato sacrificing herself for the children's fight against JSSDF who annihilated at least a quarter and a half population of NERV if not all. Crossing Katsuragi off my list—how many of my favorite characters died now?
I think, this is my favorite volume.
January 7, 2024
Pēc oficiālās versijas pirms 15 gadiem, īsi pēc tūkstošgades mijas, Zemi ne tikai skar, bet tajā ietriecas ne pārāk liels meteorīts, bet ar gana lielu ātrumu, lai tā postošais spēks un pēcāk sekojošās kataklizmas laupītu dzīvību vairākiem miljardiem cilvēku. Bet draudi Zemei un tās iemītniekiem ar to vien nebeidzas, pēcāk uzrodas ironiskā kārtā par Enģeļiem sauktas dīvainas tehnoloģijas un bioloģijas kombinācijas būtnes. Vienīgais glābiņš šķiet rasts faktā, ka šie Eņģeļi, lai kādi būtu to mērķi, neizmanto situāciju, lai tos realizētu.
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September 4, 2023
Girlboss Asuka.
October 6, 2017
Es el mejor volumen hasta ahora, lleno de acción, revelación de secretos.
Aunque la actitud de shinji me causo ciertos incovenientes me gusto todo el conflicto interno de el se me hizo impresionante.
Me dio tanto gusto que regresara un personaje que me agrada y con mas fuerza.
Lo que no me gusto fue comi termino cierto personaje que estimaba mucho pero la manera en que termino fue digna.
Una historia increíble en todos los aspectos.
Aunque la actitud de shinji me causo ciertos incovenientes me gusto todo el conflicto interno de el se me hizo impresionante.
Me dio tanto gusto que regresara un personaje que me agrada y con mas fuerza.
Lo que no me gusto fue comi termino cierto personaje que estimaba mucho pero la manera en que termino fue digna.
Una historia increíble en todos los aspectos.
August 29, 2021
Questo volume mi ha fatto capire ancora di più quanto il manga sia un complemento indispensabile all’opera di Anno.
Stupendo!
Stupendo!
November 22, 2017
Shinji está ahora frente a la verdad, a un personaje que aborrece y al mismo tiempo quiere. Es momento de madurar, de luchar, ¿luchar contra quién y por qué?, vamos llegando al final de la saga.
September 25, 2014
Qué bueno ver que mientras el resto de la franquicia se vuelve cada vez más ilegible/inmirable, Sadmoto sigue dando sus esporádicas pero brillantes muestras de que Evangelion, cuando se interpreta bien y no es para seguir robando a cuatro manos, es uno de los productos -que nunca deja de serlo- más interesantes que hayan dado los traumas japoneses.
January 11, 2017
4 1/2 stars
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September 2, 2022
ASUKA SOLOS IN THIS VOLUME
April 26, 2021
Ya se van cerrando las historias, los misteriores, las distintas incógnitas que nos habían dejado en Neon Genesis Evangelion: El misterio de Lilith y Adam, qué son los ángeles o los Evas. Si bien las temáticas de la narrativa principal, que sería la lucha entre la humanidad y estas deidades, la trama psicológica que tiene es lo que hace extraordinaria esta historia, y más todavía este manga. Se nota demasiado que Sadamoto fue el diseñador de personajes, porque justamente algo que destaca mucho el manga por sobre el anime es la construcción de personajes. No quita que las batallas, las imágenes, los conflictos entre cada una de las piezas del tablero son buenas, pero si hacemos la comparativa con la evolución de los personajes, esto último está a otro nivel, más todavía como cada imagen acompaña justamente a darle mayor profundidad a esto.
Nuevamente Shiji cae en un estado de depresión, siente que nada tiene sentido, todo lo que ha protegido finalmente ha muerto o ya no están dentro de su vida. De ser así, ¿qué sentido tiene salvar o no la humanidad si yo finalmente me sentiré solo, o peor, me sentiré completamente desolado en este mundo? Quizá tiene razón, si analizamos la historia de él, siempre ha salvado a la humanidad, pero no a las personas que él quería: Toji, Rei, Kaji, Misato y Asuka, entonces, ¿a quién realmente está salvando? Mientras está en ese transe, su padre lo encuentra y le dice que se levante, que vaya donde su madre y la pilotee, pero él no quiere, le dice que no tiene sentido, ¿para qué? Este pequeño diálogo que se entre ambos es muy potente, porque su padre le dice a su cara que no lo quiere, él sólo le importaba Yui (su esposa, y la madre de Shinji), pero la perdió y sólo tiene ganas de recuperarla. Desde esa perspectiva, le dice que siempre le tuvo celos, y pues claro, porque Yui en el momento que fue madre, se dio cuenta que este planeta ya estaban sus días contados, la destrucción de la humanidad era inminente, entonces quería dejarle un futuro a Shinji que él pudiera decidir (independiente de su decisión). Muy bien cerrado ese arco de padre e hijo, desde mi perspectiva era necesaria la conversación, cosa que no se dio en el anime, porque claro, se daba por hecho que eso también lo entendió Shinji en la instrumentalización humana (pero eso lo debes deducir).
Por otra parte, Misato le explica todo lo corresponde al primer impacto y sus implicaciones en la Tierra sobre esto, pero lo más importante, le da esperanza. Se genera una escena hermosa entre ellos dos, un beso, uno que significa: “Shinji, debes vivir”. Existen distintas especulaciones al respecto, qué es un beso de los verdaderos sentimientos de Misato, qué en verdad es una forma de despedirse como la madre que era de él, pero yo creo que un poco de todo, y lo más importante, darle la esperanza con la siguiente frase: “Eso fue un beso de adulto. Continuaremos con lo demás cuando vuelvas”. A un chico adolescente decirle eso, es darle motivación, hacerle prender la llama de su vida, y decirle: “Ten esto y a futuro te daré algo más. Lucha con todas tus fuerza para que así sea.” , y eso algo que necesita Shinji, para que él sienta que no está solo, que debes seguir tu camino. Realmente es muy emocionante, porque sabes que no es real, al fin de cuentas, era lo último que podía decirle Misato para una inminente muerte.
Y bueno, en paralelo tenemos a Asuka, donde por fin despertó, pero lo más importante, despertó porque se dio cuenta que su madre siempre estuvo ahí, pudo superar su trauma psicológico y darse cuenta que ella estuvo cuidándola en todo momento. Pero ella no puede lugar sola contra los Eva series, son demasiados, los cuales están comandados por el Dummy System basados en Kaworu. Necesita de alguien, y ese es Shinij, quién todavía no puede llegar. Cuando finalmente llega Shinji al Eva, se encuentra con una imagen desoladora, con un Eva sepultado, sin poder subirse, por lo que recurre a lo más profundo de su ser y pega un grito desesperado a su madre, pidiéndole ayuda para seguir adelante. Y como la madre que siempre quiso ser para su hijo, ella sale a la defensa para darle la oportunidad de que él elija el destino que desee.
Nuevamente Shiji cae en un estado de depresión, siente que nada tiene sentido, todo lo que ha protegido finalmente ha muerto o ya no están dentro de su vida. De ser así, ¿qué sentido tiene salvar o no la humanidad si yo finalmente me sentiré solo, o peor, me sentiré completamente desolado en este mundo? Quizá tiene razón, si analizamos la historia de él, siempre ha salvado a la humanidad, pero no a las personas que él quería: Toji, Rei, Kaji, Misato y Asuka, entonces, ¿a quién realmente está salvando? Mientras está en ese transe, su padre lo encuentra y le dice que se levante, que vaya donde su madre y la pilotee, pero él no quiere, le dice que no tiene sentido, ¿para qué? Este pequeño diálogo que se entre ambos es muy potente, porque su padre le dice a su cara que no lo quiere, él sólo le importaba Yui (su esposa, y la madre de Shinji), pero la perdió y sólo tiene ganas de recuperarla. Desde esa perspectiva, le dice que siempre le tuvo celos, y pues claro, porque Yui en el momento que fue madre, se dio cuenta que este planeta ya estaban sus días contados, la destrucción de la humanidad era inminente, entonces quería dejarle un futuro a Shinji que él pudiera decidir (independiente de su decisión). Muy bien cerrado ese arco de padre e hijo, desde mi perspectiva era necesaria la conversación, cosa que no se dio en el anime, porque claro, se daba por hecho que eso también lo entendió Shinji en la instrumentalización humana (pero eso lo debes deducir).
Por otra parte, Misato le explica todo lo corresponde al primer impacto y sus implicaciones en la Tierra sobre esto, pero lo más importante, le da esperanza. Se genera una escena hermosa entre ellos dos, un beso, uno que significa: “Shinji, debes vivir”. Existen distintas especulaciones al respecto, qué es un beso de los verdaderos sentimientos de Misato, qué en verdad es una forma de despedirse como la madre que era de él, pero yo creo que un poco de todo, y lo más importante, darle la esperanza con la siguiente frase: “Eso fue un beso de adulto. Continuaremos con lo demás cuando vuelvas”. A un chico adolescente decirle eso, es darle motivación, hacerle prender la llama de su vida, y decirle: “Ten esto y a futuro te daré algo más. Lucha con todas tus fuerza para que así sea.” , y eso algo que necesita Shinji, para que él sienta que no está solo, que debes seguir tu camino. Realmente es muy emocionante, porque sabes que no es real, al fin de cuentas, era lo último que podía decirle Misato para una inminente muerte.
Y bueno, en paralelo tenemos a Asuka, donde por fin despertó, pero lo más importante, despertó porque se dio cuenta que su madre siempre estuvo ahí, pudo superar su trauma psicológico y darse cuenta que ella estuvo cuidándola en todo momento. Pero ella no puede lugar sola contra los Eva series, son demasiados, los cuales están comandados por el Dummy System basados en Kaworu. Necesita de alguien, y ese es Shinij, quién todavía no puede llegar. Cuando finalmente llega Shinji al Eva, se encuentra con una imagen desoladora, con un Eva sepultado, sin poder subirse, por lo que recurre a lo más profundo de su ser y pega un grito desesperado a su madre, pidiéndole ayuda para seguir adelante. Y como la madre que siempre quiso ser para su hijo, ella sale a la defensa para darle la oportunidad de que él elija el destino que desee.
September 11, 2023
3.25 stars
in one of the climaxes of Evangelion, that being the infiltration of NERV, we see what many claim to be the herald of the series. yet, like other works that follow a similar shift in themes, I'm not a big fan. after sequences of full epic battles against the angels, having humans as the final threat was not what I expected from the series. I love the concepts of humans being puppeteers in a world of larger, more overt adversaries. Gendo Ikari's character arc and his perspective on the instrumentality project is engaging and works in the narrative. nonetheless, the sudden shift to mob-like gun battle sequences ended up falling flat. Asuka's intense scenes as she reawakens are definitely the highlight of the volume for me. I understand how some people are frustrated with Shinji's demotivated outlook on life but I honestly just feel bad for him. it's questionable how people's reaction a protagonist struggling with mental health is annoyance instead of seeing his emotional turmoil.
in one of the climaxes of Evangelion, that being the infiltration of NERV, we see what many claim to be the herald of the series. yet, like other works that follow a similar shift in themes, I'm not a big fan. after sequences of full epic battles against the angels, having humans as the final threat was not what I expected from the series. I love the concepts of humans being puppeteers in a world of larger, more overt adversaries. Gendo Ikari's character arc and his perspective on the instrumentality project is engaging and works in the narrative. nonetheless, the sudden shift to mob-like gun battle sequences ended up falling flat. Asuka's intense scenes as she reawakens are definitely the highlight of the volume for me. I understand how some people are frustrated with Shinji's demotivated outlook on life but I honestly just feel bad for him. it's questionable how people's reaction a protagonist struggling with mental health is annoyance instead of seeing his emotional turmoil.
December 6, 2020
Misato is my queen.
She will always be :,)
She will always be :,)
September 27, 2022
4⭐️
Qué onda la obsesión de Misato con pegarle a Shinji cada vez que no le quiere hacer caso? No me gusta a.
Y ese beso? 🤨
Toy más perdia, que chucha esta pasando, aiua.
Qué onda la obsesión de Misato con pegarle a Shinji cada vez que no le quiere hacer caso? No me gusta a.
Y ese beso? 🤨
Toy más perdia, que chucha esta pasando, aiua.
August 24, 2023
były płaczki
December 31, 2023
Tremendo volumen. De mis favoritos. La acción, la tensión y la profundidad hacen de este tomo una maravilla. Y ni hablar de la ilustración de Sadamoto 🙌
En verdad este tomo es cine puro ✨️
En verdad este tomo es cine puro ✨️
March 8, 2024
Evangelion 12
Las fuerzas Japonesas atacan NERV, ya sea vía el padre de Shinji o Misato aprendemos mas sobre NERV, los ángeles, y los impactos. Lo que, si terminas odiando a Shinji, pues mientras él se la pasa llorando, quejándose, y casi deseando que lo maten, Asuka que estaba convaleciente, no duda ni un segundo al verse en un EVA de ponerse a pelear, aun con el tiempo contado. Eso si las peleas de EVA muy bien
5 stars
Las fuerzas Japonesas atacan NERV, ya sea vía el padre de Shinji o Misato aprendemos mas sobre NERV, los ángeles, y los impactos. Lo que, si terminas odiando a Shinji, pues mientras él se la pasa llorando, quejándose, y casi deseando que lo maten, Asuka que estaba convaleciente, no duda ni un segundo al verse en un EVA de ponerse a pelear, aun con el tiempo contado. Eso si las peleas de EVA muy bien
5 stars
September 27, 2014
¿Querían explicaciones? ¡Acá las tienen!
Cierto cambio de la historia original me ha sorprendido lo suficiente como para poner cara de :o
Cierto cambio de la historia original me ha sorprendido lo suficiente como para poner cara de :o
September 1, 2021
I can't wait to watch the anime, so far I'm loving the manga so much
September 19, 2021
{2nd readthrough}
This summation will be much shorter than the others. I want to finish the series this week, before my friend's wedding. And ..to just move on with my life.
The Story: Shinji has been (stubbornly) crippled for about two volumes now. I can't say I blame him. But it takes the loss of another friend and mentor and the hope of saving another that pushes him to finally fight on.
If last volume was about revelations, this volume is about cementing their meanings, confirming the clockwork complications.
Quote appreciation!
1) After all, you're still alive. And as long as you're alive there's always something you can do. I'm not like Commander Ikari. I do want you to pilot the Eva, but I don't want you to give up hope. I want you to pilot the Eva for yourself, not others. - Misato, pg. 66
2) Long ago a celestial body carrying an egg of life fell to Earth. [...] - This and other important intel provided by Misato, pgs. 93-97
Art appreciation!
1) Among the myriad Evas with their new, unsettling designs, the closeup of Unit-02 on pg. 121, panel 4, stands out, almost majestically. Look at the eyes and strapping chin gleaming in the light.
2) Calling out to 母さん, Shinji has proves the link between him and Yui is intrinsic in Unit-01, who awakens a second time to aid him in his fight. Ending the book with another striking Eva image like this was the perfect way to wrap up volume 12. (pg. 178)
Moment appreciation!
1) Asuka laying waste to the JSSDF and the new Eva series for.. the whole second half of the volume. 'Nuff said.
2) Misato goes out with a kiss kiss, bang bang. (pgs. 140-160)
The Extras: 1st ptg, March '11. In the bios Shigeru Aoba is finally mentioned, but, frankly, I forgot how much he really has just blended into the background even now. We don't know much about this guy. His other two Central Dogma operators have been more fleshed out by comparison. Maya via Ritsuko and Makoto via Misato. This guy's job is really just to get panicked and punch buttons. Speaking of underutilized characters, a wild Japanese Prime Minister appears for two whole pages on 83 and 84!
In his afterward, Sadamoto admits to us he is incapable of having an A.T. Field, and so for work and parenting he shifs between the (LCL?) states of Shinji and Gendo, except when it comes to his own (A.T. field generating?) selfishness.
This is the first book to credit khara before Gainax. And is this really the first time I'm noticing the glossary intro stating what volume it's for? "Welcome to the sound effects glossary for volume twelve [...]" Grrr! The example hiragana SFX, 84-4 is wrong. No fourth panel even exists. This may be from volume 11.
The official Japanese and English voice actresses for Asuka are invited to v12 to discuss Asuka, as her re-emergence in the manga and the (then, on the near horizon) 2.0, You Can (Not) Advance, heralding Asuka's appearance in the Rebuilds, was a timely coincidence. The foreign language actresses have met, which is rare, but cool. I'm reminded of how much two episodes were on VHS. And suddenly spiral down my life's rabbit hole. So, this past week, at a con one of my co-worker's (Keli) friends name-dropped her to Monica Rial, who had previously attended (Keli's) Birds of Prose women's book club as a guest. In it, she mentioned that Tiffany Grant was her mentor on her voice over journey. Well, Tiffany and I both worked on a fan project called Eva-R (no, not Rebuild), over at http://www.eva-r.com/. The site is still functioning and I downloaded the trailer with us together in the credits. And now I'm trying to see what Reddit and YouTube think about it. I need to stop! And the website that hosted Tiffany's article, "In Defense of Asuka", mentioned in this book, Modus Productions (www.modusproductions.com/eva-r/tiff/m...), seems to be Tiffany's personal domain or was lent to her by the fanwork. It now redirects to http://www.truantpixel.com/eva-r/tiff.... Crazy!
Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. - Ephesians 6:4, KJV (Thanks, Biblehub.com.)
This summation will be much shorter than the others. I want to finish the series this week, before my friend's wedding. And ..to just move on with my life.
The Story: Shinji has been (stubbornly) crippled for about two volumes now. I can't say I blame him. But it takes the loss of another friend and mentor and the hope of saving another that pushes him to finally fight on.
If last volume was about revelations, this volume is about cementing their meanings, confirming the clockwork complications.
Quote appreciation!
1) After all, you're still alive. And as long as you're alive there's always something you can do. I'm not like Commander Ikari. I do want you to pilot the Eva, but I don't want you to give up hope. I want you to pilot the Eva for yourself, not others. - Misato, pg. 66
2) Long ago a celestial body carrying an egg of life fell to Earth. [...] - This and other important intel provided by Misato, pgs. 93-97
Art appreciation!
1) Among the myriad Evas with their new, unsettling designs, the closeup of Unit-02 on pg. 121, panel 4, stands out, almost majestically. Look at the eyes and strapping chin gleaming in the light.
2) Calling out to 母さん, Shinji has proves the link between him and Yui is intrinsic in Unit-01, who awakens a second time to aid him in his fight. Ending the book with another striking Eva image like this was the perfect way to wrap up volume 12. (pg. 178)
Moment appreciation!
1) Asuka laying waste to the JSSDF and the new Eva series for.. the whole second half of the volume. 'Nuff said.
2) Misato goes out with a kiss kiss, bang bang. (pgs. 140-160)
The Extras: 1st ptg, March '11. In the bios Shigeru Aoba is finally mentioned, but, frankly, I forgot how much he really has just blended into the background even now. We don't know much about this guy. His other two Central Dogma operators have been more fleshed out by comparison. Maya via Ritsuko and Makoto via Misato. This guy's job is really just to get panicked and punch buttons. Speaking of underutilized characters, a wild Japanese Prime Minister appears for two whole pages on 83 and 84!
In his afterward, Sadamoto admits to us he is incapable of having an A.T. Field, and so for work and parenting he shifs between the (LCL?) states of Shinji and Gendo, except when it comes to his own (A.T. field generating?) selfishness.
This is the first book to credit khara before Gainax. And is this really the first time I'm noticing the glossary intro stating what volume it's for? "Welcome to the sound effects glossary for volume twelve [...]" Grrr! The example hiragana SFX, 84-4 is wrong. No fourth panel even exists. This may be from volume 11.
The official Japanese and English voice actresses for Asuka are invited to v12 to discuss Asuka, as her re-emergence in the manga and the (then, on the near horizon) 2.0, You Can (Not) Advance, heralding Asuka's appearance in the Rebuilds, was a timely coincidence. The foreign language actresses have met, which is rare, but cool. I'm reminded of how much two episodes were on VHS. And suddenly spiral down my life's rabbit hole. So, this past week, at a con one of my co-worker's (Keli) friends name-dropped her to Monica Rial, who had previously attended (Keli's) Birds of Prose women's book club as a guest. In it, she mentioned that Tiffany Grant was her mentor on her voice over journey. Well, Tiffany and I both worked on a fan project called Eva-R (no, not Rebuild), over at http://www.eva-r.com/. The site is still functioning and I downloaded the trailer with us together in the credits. And now I'm trying to see what Reddit and YouTube think about it. I need to stop! And the website that hosted Tiffany's article, "In Defense of Asuka", mentioned in this book, Modus Productions (www.modusproductions.com/eva-r/tiff/m...), seems to be Tiffany's personal domain or was lent to her by the fanwork. It now redirects to http://www.truantpixel.com/eva-r/tiff.... Crazy!
Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. - Ephesians 6:4, KJV (Thanks, Biblehub.com.)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 11, 2022
This is a review of the entire series!
After the disastrous results of a cataclysmic event known as the Second Impact, an alien species known only as Angels terrorizes the last remnants of humanity. Young children are raised in military schools and trained to combat these godlike entities by piloting giant biomechanical mechas into battle. The story revolves around the personal struggles of the members of NERV, the shady organization responsible for the creation of these mechas; most notably the cold and calculated leader Gendo Ikari and his chronically depressed son Shinji.
The surface level story of Evangelion is deceptively simple. It appears to be a straightforward apocalypse story about the last survivors of humanity fighting back against an alien race that nearly drove them to extinction, but there’s a lot of depth in the background of the plot. There’s more to the Angels than meets the eye. NERV has a disturbing number of skeletons in its closet. And the few survivors in charge of fighting against the aliens have an abundance of mental scars in desperate need of being healed lest they destroy themselves before the Angels can get to them.
I love the subtle depth of the characters. Shinji appears to be a cold and distant boy with odd tendencies that are almost sociopathic in nature, but he turns out to be an extremely sensitive and anxiety-ridden teen who suffers from a lack of parental guidance and affection. He’s not always likable, but he’s uncomfortably relatable. Asuka appears to be a bratty and spunky girl with all the confidence in the world, but she suffers from a self-destructive inferiority complex caused by past tragedies that causes her to act out in front of adults to make herself appear more mature than she really is while struggling with emotional breakdowns in her private time.
Every character has a facade they put on in front of their peers, only for it to be revealed that they’re hiding a brutal amount of unhealed trauma and emotional baggage that usually causes more damage than the main threat of the story. In fact, the main story is just a part of the background. What makes Evangelion a masterpiece in my eyes is how horrifyingly human the characters are, how painful their struggles are and how disastrous their bad choices end up being.
A very bleak, depressing and terrifying series that tackles nihilistic philosophy and twisted religious allegories in abundance, but there are faint glimmers of hope and lessons to be learned from the catastrophic mistakes made by the mentally and emotionally broken cast.
I enjoyed reading this much more as an adult than I did as a teen!
After the disastrous results of a cataclysmic event known as the Second Impact, an alien species known only as Angels terrorizes the last remnants of humanity. Young children are raised in military schools and trained to combat these godlike entities by piloting giant biomechanical mechas into battle. The story revolves around the personal struggles of the members of NERV, the shady organization responsible for the creation of these mechas; most notably the cold and calculated leader Gendo Ikari and his chronically depressed son Shinji.
The surface level story of Evangelion is deceptively simple. It appears to be a straightforward apocalypse story about the last survivors of humanity fighting back against an alien race that nearly drove them to extinction, but there’s a lot of depth in the background of the plot. There’s more to the Angels than meets the eye. NERV has a disturbing number of skeletons in its closet. And the few survivors in charge of fighting against the aliens have an abundance of mental scars in desperate need of being healed lest they destroy themselves before the Angels can get to them.
I love the subtle depth of the characters. Shinji appears to be a cold and distant boy with odd tendencies that are almost sociopathic in nature, but he turns out to be an extremely sensitive and anxiety-ridden teen who suffers from a lack of parental guidance and affection. He’s not always likable, but he’s uncomfortably relatable. Asuka appears to be a bratty and spunky girl with all the confidence in the world, but she suffers from a self-destructive inferiority complex caused by past tragedies that causes her to act out in front of adults to make herself appear more mature than she really is while struggling with emotional breakdowns in her private time.
Every character has a facade they put on in front of their peers, only for it to be revealed that they’re hiding a brutal amount of unhealed trauma and emotional baggage that usually causes more damage than the main threat of the story. In fact, the main story is just a part of the background. What makes Evangelion a masterpiece in my eyes is how horrifyingly human the characters are, how painful their struggles are and how disastrous their bad choices end up being.
A very bleak, depressing and terrifying series that tackles nihilistic philosophy and twisted religious allegories in abundance, but there are faint glimmers of hope and lessons to be learned from the catastrophic mistakes made by the mentally and emotionally broken cast.
I enjoyed reading this much more as an adult than I did as a teen!
September 14, 2018
A Seele havia ordenado a invasão da Nerv e o que dá o tom para esse volume da história é justamente o forte sentimento de urgência que permeia a ação de todos os envolvidos. Desde os soldados mais rasos, até os postos principais estratégicos e, claro, os pilotos Shinji, Asuka e Rei.
A leitura foi rápida e atribuo isso justamente ao sentido de urgência da história. Chegou num ponto de não retorno. A lamentar apenas o fato de que está acabando, dá até pena saber que tem apenas mais dois volumes e fim.
A leitura foi rápida e atribuo isso justamente ao sentido de urgência da história. Chegou num ponto de não retorno. A lamentar apenas o fato de que está acabando, dá até pena saber que tem apenas mais dois volumes e fim.
August 22, 2022
Sigue el ataque militar desplegado por SEELE contra el cuartel de NERV para capturar a los Eva y no dejar humano con vida. La mayor parte de la acción que se desarrolla en este antepenúltimo tomo sigue de forma fiel -a veces con idéntica similitud- a lo que hemos visto en The End of Evangelion. Es decir: los milicos atacan, Shinji está deprimido y perdido por ahí, Gendo se mueve entre las sombras haciendo cosas tenebrosas, Misato se tiene que hacer cargo de todo a la vez, Asuka se despierta y con ella el Eva 02 y cagan a palo a todo el mundo, etc., etc. Sin embargo, hay algunas diferencias interesantes. En el manga no es Misato quien rescata en primer lugar a Shinji, sino su padre, quien además despliega un A.T. Field para defenderse gracias a que antes se había morfado a Adán. Por otro lado, el despertar de Asuka y el Eva 02 se da a través de un encuentro con su madre en un sueño envuelto en un campo de girasoles. Aparece también una interesante -aunque medio inverosímil- explicación sobre la Luna Negra, el Huevo de Lilith y el de Adán, la creación de los ángeles y los seres humanos como el ángel número 13. Finalmente, el que es para mí uno de los momentos más desgarradores de la película, cuando ante la muerte Misato le dirige sus últimas palabras a Pen Pen, no está en el manga. El tomo se cierra con el combate de Asuka con los Evas producidos en serie y el Eva 01 despertando ante la llamada de Shinji.
December 23, 2020
This one's dark. The theme of this volume is pretty much "man's inhumanity to man," with repeated scenes of soldiers mercilessly (and completely unnecessarily!) gunning down NERV employees, and several of them being slaughtered in turn by Gendo and Misato, with dozens later being crushed like ants by Asuka in Unit-02. On the personal level, there's the part where Gendo sits Shinji down and tells him that he resented his own son for taking up part of Yui's love and attention.
The interesting major difference here is that Gendo shows up and actually saves Shinji's life, showing off the eye of Adam in his hand before their little father-son talk.
In contrast, Asuka's battle seems to have been taken beat-for-beat from the movie, and I'm not sure what to make of this. Maybe Sadamoto just figured that it was already perfect and didn't need any adjustments.
What can I say? The art is as amazing as always, the story holds together at least as well as it did in the anime, and the format allows us to spend a little longer digging into the characters, their psychology and motivations. And somehow it's really hitting home for me, as it didn't while watching the anime, how deeply messed up everyone and everything is.
The interesting major difference here is that Gendo shows up and actually saves Shinji's life, showing off the eye of Adam in his hand before their little father-son talk.
In contrast, Asuka's battle seems to have been taken beat-for-beat from the movie, and I'm not sure what to make of this. Maybe Sadamoto just figured that it was already perfect and didn't need any adjustments.
What can I say? The art is as amazing as always, the story holds together at least as well as it did in the anime, and the format allows us to spend a little longer digging into the characters, their psychology and motivations. And somehow it's really hitting home for me, as it didn't while watching the anime, how deeply messed up everyone and everything is.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 18, 2017
Nella NERV ha luogo un cruentissimo scontro, con le truppe tecniche della Seele che sterminano ogni resistenza. I piloti degli eva devono essere salvati, ma Shinji non ne vuole sapere di muoversi e Asura è ancora incosciente. Il ragazzo è salvato dal padre, che ammazza due soldati che lo stavano per giustiziare, solo per rivelare qualcosa di strano e terribilmente sbagliato: un occhio nella sua mano, da cui si libera un at field. Misato interviene per portare via il ragazzo all'uomo, rivelando che la Seele non è il male, ma è Hikari stesso a volere a tutti i costi il third impact, l'occasione per una rinascita della razza umana. Intanto Asura si risveglia e inizia a devastare il nemico con il suo EVA, anche quando per nemico si intende un gruppo di angeli mandati contro di lei. QUando sembra che la ragazza non ce la possa fare, Shinji raggiunge il suo EVA e, non potendo entrare nell'entry plug, grida disperato verso il robot. L'essere tecnorganico risponde alla sua chiamata, rivolgendosi a lui come se fosse sua madre.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 16, 2020
This masterpiece has taken a special spot in my heart. After watching the anime, I thought how about read the novel. So I did it. Since it was soo good that it left an impact on me. I decided to go on and research about Evangelion. This leads me to discover the depressing things author Hideaki Anno had to go through. He mentioned in an interview that Evangelion is a way of expression Hideaki Anno was using to burn down his feelings of depression. I wouldn't say that Shinji Ikari is my favorite protagonist, but I can't help it but feel relatable to him. During this novel as well as the anime it almost feels like I am Shinji, I felt like I was betrayed. My feelings were betrayed. Shinji will always be the most unique protagonist I will ever see, because the protagonist is not the ideal version of himself, as if Evangelion is telling me that Shinji is the person you would never want to be. This is my review of Evangelion as a whole.
October 14, 2024
“I don’t want to atone to god.
I want to REVENGE on him.”
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Honestly having seen “End of Evangelion”, each page turn filled me with more dread than the same action for a Junji Ito book. AND THATS SAYING SOMETHING!
Anyways, the climax has officially started now, and omg it’s perfect. This is possibly my favourite volume in the series so far, and it handles everything PERFECTLY! Especially that bonus scene with Gendo and Shinji.
But most of all, the art on display is amazing. It flawlessly displays the absolute horror of a situation that everyone is in, and the fight scene with Asuka is incredible.
That being said, one chapter is a bit TOO handholdy with exposition… but the ideas it is trying to communicate is just that complicated so I’ll give it a pass here.
I want to REVENGE on him.”
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Honestly having seen “End of Evangelion”, each page turn filled me with more dread than the same action for a Junji Ito book. AND THATS SAYING SOMETHING!
Anyways, the climax has officially started now, and omg it’s perfect. This is possibly my favourite volume in the series so far, and it handles everything PERFECTLY! Especially that bonus scene with Gendo and Shinji.
But most of all, the art on display is amazing. It flawlessly displays the absolute horror of a situation that everyone is in, and the fight scene with Asuka is incredible.
That being said, one chapter is a bit TOO handholdy with exposition… but the ideas it is trying to communicate is just that complicated so I’ll give it a pass here.
July 9, 2019
Diesen Band habe ich nun tatsächlich zum ersten Mal gelesen!
Die Zeichnungen werden immer besser und definierter, auch wenn in diesem Band sehr viel.... Zerstörung passiert.
Asuka kriegt endlich ihren Schneid wieder und ich bin froh für sie.
Was allerdings Ikari treibt... wird langsam echt sonderbar. Vorallem... Seine rechte Hand, der alte Professor, scheint ja über alles Bescheid zu wissen, findet dann aber trotzdem immer noch moralisch was auszusetzen an allem? Das verwirrt mich.
Und die Sache mit Shinji und Misato?
Kam für mich doch etwas aus dem Nichts...
Die Zeichnungen werden immer besser und definierter, auch wenn in diesem Band sehr viel.... Zerstörung passiert.
Asuka kriegt endlich ihren Schneid wieder und ich bin froh für sie.
Was allerdings Ikari treibt... wird langsam echt sonderbar. Vorallem... Seine rechte Hand, der alte Professor, scheint ja über alles Bescheid zu wissen, findet dann aber trotzdem immer noch moralisch was auszusetzen an allem? Das verwirrt mich.
Und die Sache mit Shinji und Misato?
Kam für mich doch etwas aus dem Nichts...
January 26, 2021
I cursed G-d. Then asked him: Why do you give? And why do you take?
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^ this quote is actually me talking about how good the manga is only to be hit with End of Evangelion bullshit in the last volumes like bro why did people decide EOE was better than the original ending. Like at least they didn’t include the awful opening scene but they DID leave the Misato kiss in for NO reason but I mean hey on brand of Evangelion to refuse to engage w it’s content critically right better to just jerk off to Freud
Still holding out hope we’ll deviate girl help
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^ this quote is actually me talking about how good the manga is only to be hit with End of Evangelion bullshit in the last volumes like bro why did people decide EOE was better than the original ending. Like at least they didn’t include the awful opening scene but they DID leave the Misato kiss in for NO reason but I mean hey on brand of Evangelion to refuse to engage w it’s content critically right better to just jerk off to Freud
Still holding out hope we’ll deviate girl help
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