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WCDT: Strips 2892 to 2896 (9th - 13th February 2015)
Neko_Ali:
As a guess, because he's not a cute girl, and his constant whining gets on the watcher's nerves since he's the one seen most often.
AprilArcus:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 10 Feb 2015, 17:52 ---As a guess, because he's not a cute girl
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AS FAR AS WE KNOW
hedgie:
--- Quote from: AprilArcus on 10 Feb 2015, 17:49 ---
--- Quote from: hedgie on 10 Feb 2015, 17:17 ---Dude, Asuka/Rei. Kaji would be good as well, but Shinji is just such an annoying whinging brat.
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Seems pretty unfair to single Shinji out. That whole series is about turning the screws on teenagers and then watching them break. Why is Asuka's violence and subsequent catatonia or Rei's dissociation from friends and social ties more praiseworthy than Shinji's honest and desperate cry for rescue? And isn't the fact that unlike the other two, Shinji had no military training (and is obviously totally unsuited to it) an extenuating circumstance?
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It's not just the kids. The entire cast is fucked-up. Misato makes Faye look like a teetotaler, Gendo is a complete arsehole, and Ritsuko has serious issues as well. As much as the English language voice actress for Asuka grates on me, I just have always found Shinji annoying.
AprilArcus:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 10 Feb 2015, 18:11 ---I just have always found Shinji annoying.
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Yeah, I am challenging you to interrogate that first impression. Can you come up with a reason other than that the showrunners dared to make an effeminate boy the protagonist of an action show?
Fig:
The more I read the comic the more I hear Faye's series of 'fucks' go in time with the sound of the 'glugs' from the pouring booze.
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