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Have you seen Neon Genesis Evangelion? (piefed.social)
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When did you first see it, and what did you think?

Was it your first/only anime if you did see it?

inspired by LCL vs FCL.

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[–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I watched it around the time that it was current, and had seen quite a bit of it's contemporary anime by that point. Lots of iconic scenes and moments, until the ending goes completely bananas. The end was / is beyond my comprehension, with way too much symbolism (I assume) for me to follow.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    it's not really symbolic so much as it is just a interpretation of mysticism traditions of various major religions.

    it's kind of a pastiche of christian Gnosticism, Kabbalah, and Buddhist mystic stuff.

    but yeah you'd have to know about that stuff for it to make any sense, esp if you're a teen. I watched it in college so I was a bit more fluent in these things.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    While full of symbolism, there's also a lot of weird Canon science/rules that make it all make sense in the story. Oddly though the actual Canon reasoning is more obscure than the metaphorical meaning/symbolism.

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