Understanding Asuka's Breakdown in Evangelion's Darkest Episode

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  @thelastcrow5660 · 1 year ago

  A lot of people might hate Asuka for her behavior, but to tell you the truth, I don&apos;t think I&apos;ve ever been more seen and understood by a fictional character before or after seeing Evangelion for the first time. Her obsession with being the best, all the while feeling completely worthless and jealous of others made me feel really uncomfortable because that&apos;s exactly how I behaved in high school.<br><br>What&apos;s most heartbreaking in all of this is how in End of Evangelion, it turns out Asuka was everything she wanted to be, which is the best Eva pilot. She fights an unwinnable 9v1 and using all her experience and tools, she almost wins. All she needed was to come to terms with her mother&apos;s death and realize how much she loved her.

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  @Milty2001 · 1 year ago

  The episode where asuka was facing 9 angels traumatized me, i lost it when she was begging her mom to love her while her eva was getting punctured 😭

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  @saraosorio1889 · 11 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1954gByMEs&amp;t=1320">22:00</a> it&apos;s smeared Katakana: &quot;イタイ&quot; meaning, &quot;IT HURTS&quot;.

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  @Oonder22 · 1 year ago

  &quot;When does independence devolve into isolation?&quot; That cut deep.

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  @MandarkAstronominov-m5h · 6 months ago

  The term Mind R*pe in media discussion was literally invented by the Evangelion fandom on the EVAForums in 1997. Specifically to describe what happened to Asuka in Episode 22. This is THE namesake case of M.R.

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  @GODofEverythin9_ · 1 year ago

  &quot;Lets watch a cool mecha anime&quot; Oh God, just what have I gotten myself into

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  @snowofshadows2713 · 10 months ago (edited)

  i find poetic that, while shinji found himself in shadows, asuka lost herself in light

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  @SA-mo3hq · 1 year ago

  The Elevator scene is such a brilliant encapsulation of both Rei and Asuka. Asuka is so consumed by both her contempt and fear of Rei, being the living doll Auska is terrified she truly is, and desperate to project her own defiant strength, that she will stand petulantly silent for the longest minute in animation. Rei is so disconnected from humanity that I honestly don&apos;t think she understands how unnerving and unsettling it would be to stand perfectly silent in an enclosed space with someone you have a deep relationship to, even if that relationship is antagonistic.

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  @r.babylon2885 · 1 year ago

  The strange choice of having other actors voice Asuka in the meltdown struck me differently than the 2 options you proposed. It reminded me of Shinji&apos;s last two episodes of analysis. &quot;A version of you existed in everyone&apos;s mind&quot;.

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  @ilegalsandwich · 1 year ago

  Nerve : so we got back you&apos;re mother<br>Asuka : yay<br>Nerve : but we left her soul in the robot<br>Asuka : wait what

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  @squiddle5193 · 1 year ago

  Speaking german makes this hit much harder as you subconsciously process the text from the strobe cuts.

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  @nightmareN7fnaf4 · 1 year ago

  I was so uncomfortable watching her freak out, spaz, and scream in her eva, it was so disturbing snd horrifying to me.

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