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 ====== Neon Genesis Evangelion ======
-{{ img:bnr:r:evangelion.png?460 }} Neon Genesis Evangelion is a [[lb:mecha]] [[lb:anime]] about kids with suicidal depression getting stuffed into their <wrap spoiler>mothers' soul-carrying</wrap> ‘robot’ wombs to fight Angels or all of humanity goes extinct.\\  As its name suggests, this is an adaptation of the story of Genesis. No it isn't? I could have sworn...\\  Anyway, it's a good time. A //very// good time.
+{{ img:b:r:evangelion.png?460 }} Neon Genesis Evangelion is a [[lb:mecha]] [[lb:anime]] about kids with suicidal depression getting stuffed into their <wrap spoiler>mothers' soul-carrying</wrap> ‘robot’ wombs to fight Angels or all of humanity goes extinct.\\  As its name suggests, this is an adaptation of the story of Genesis. No it isn't? I could have sworn...\\  Anyway, it's a good time. A //very// good time.
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-[[playground:evawiki]]\\  [[playground:eva:team asuka]] • [[playground:eva:team rei]] • [[playground:eva:team misato]]\\  [[playground:nge:rebuild]]
+[[lb:evawiki]]\\  [[lb:eva:team.asuka]] • [[lb:eva:team.rei]] • [[lb:eva:team.misato]]\\  [[lb:eva:rebuild]]
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 ==== Shinji Ikari Raising Project ====
-For a long time, this manga had more written about it than the original anime, End of Evangelion and manga combined. On one hand, that shows how much I seem to like it...on the other, it shows that I should probably write notes while I'm watching something instead of writing about it a long time afterwards.\\  What am I saying? It still is the most detailed section.\\  Anyway...this manga is a slice-of-life romcom spin-off, although I don't remember how it came to be. It's more focused on comedy than romance.\\  The manga has story arcs which are interrupted by one-off stories, which don't really have any long-term plot relevance.\\  At this point in the writing I want to bash my head against the wall because my notes don't make it easy for me to figure out how to structure this review. Fuck it, let's just go.\\  Shinji's personality is closer to his manga counterpart than the anime. He's also the accidental pervert trope.\\  There are two main girls that Shinji has pursuing him: Asuka and Rei. That's not too unusual, although their personalities differ from the canon. Asuka is an actual [[lb:tsundere]] and Rei is not herself at all. My notes state that Rei was similar to one of the Reis in [[lb:nge:ANIMA]], but I didn't specify which one. Asuka is very snarky and the source of most of the funny quotes from this series.\\  Based on my reading of the manga, I figure that Shinji will eventually end up with Rei rather than Asuka. This is painful for me to admit, because I am and always will be a loyal member of [[playground:eva:team.asuka]],((:fn:>Because Misato is too old and mother-adjacent for Shinji. Misato is best girl; everybody knows this.)) but that's just how this is.\\  Some evidence in favor of this is: Asuka appears to get more frustrated with Shinji's antics as time goes on; the last few chapters strongly hint that Asuka is okay with Shinji going with Rei; Shinji and Rei work together better than Shinji and Asuka; Shinji and Asuka are often in discord while Shinji and Rei are often in concord; many chapters are based around Asuka ‘catching up’;((:fn:>Reacting to Shinji and Rei's chemistry. Rei even has a headstart in a lot of things.)) Shinji also seems to prefer Rei; when Shinji loses his memory in Volume 16, he assumes Asuka is his sister but Rei is his girlfriend;((:fn:>Or...according to my notes, he says he would have preferred that Rei and him were a couple rather than just classmates.)) Asuka asks Shinji if he's in love with Rei in the final volume and while he doesn't answer, she seems to know something he doesn't and is alright with it.((:fn:>This schizo structure is a result of my crazy notes. This is probably what I was referring to when I said ‘strongly implies she's okay with Shinji going with Rei’ but I can’t remember. This is on me and how I write these things, which is that it takes me fucking forever to get to writing about these things. Anyhow, the same chapter also shows that Asuka is okay with Shinji going with Rei. At least that's what my notes say.)) I got a lot of this from re-reading the series and writing stuff down. To be clear, I've read it about twice and started reading it three times.((:fn:>I forgot where I left off the first time, so I started all over again.))\\  Anyway, besides the two main girls, there are four other girls who are questionably relevant to the whole Shinji thing. Those are Misato, Kirishima Mana, Satsuki and Maya Ibuki.\\  Misato and Shinji's relationship isn't romantic this time, but she's otherwise the same as normal. She //does// say she'd love if Shinji lived with her forever, though this is in more of a ‘he makes my life much easier because I don't have to cook or clean anymore’ way. Misato is Shinji and Asuka's homeroom teacher, who works with Nerv for free. She's in charge of taking care of Shinji and Asuka, which means keeping them in her home and training them. The training she comes up with is often insane. Misato is also **aware **of the romantic tension and frequently attempts to use it to help Shinji...//evolve//.\\  Kirishima Mana is basically girl #3...well, next to Kaworu, but we'll get to him later. Mana appears later in the series for mysterious purposes to seduce Shinji,((:fn:>I just remembered that I believe this is because Shinji's mom ordered Kirishima to do this, though I can't remember for sure.)) but she seems to legitimately come to like the guy later on. Her deal is mostly to be overt about seduction and to force Asuka/Rei to action.\\  Satsuki is one of the Bridge Bunnies((:fn:>The three technicians in Nerv HQ. In the main series these are Ibuki, Aoba and Hyuga. This time, they are three women.)) this time around. The wiki wrote that she had a crush on Shinji, but this wasn't clear to me until later on in the manga. She's mostly a tease and calls him cute. My notes claim that it was never clear to me if she //really// had a crush on him. I'm noting it anyway.\\  Ibuki is mentioned just because I like Ibuki: she's barely plot relevant. She's mostly a victim of Shinji's antics.\\  Now it's time to talk about the **gayman **himself: **Kaworu**. Kaworu appears early on in the manga, then disappears. The fandom wiki claims he appears in volumes 2, 3 and then doesn't reappear for the remaining 18 volumes.
+For a long time, this manga had more written about it than the original anime, End of Evangelion and manga combined. On one hand, that shows how much I seem to like it...on the other, it shows that I should probably write notes while I'm watching something instead of writing about it a long time afterwards.\\  What am I saying? It still is the most detailed section.\\  Anyway...this manga is a slice-of-life romcom spin-off, although I don't remember how it came to be. It's more focused on comedy than romance.\\  The manga has story arcs which are interrupted by one-off stories, which don't really have any long-term plot relevance.\\  At this point in the writing I want to bash my head against the wall because my notes don't make it easy for me to figure out how to structure this review. Fuck it, let's just go.\\  Shinji's personality is closer to his manga counterpart than the anime. He's also the accidental pervert trope.\\  There are two main girls that Shinji has pursuing him: Asuka and Rei. That's not too unusual, although their personalities differ from the canon. Asuka is an actual [[lb:tsundere]] and Rei is not herself at all. My notes state that Rei was similar to one of the Reis in [[lb:nge:ANIMA]], but I didn't specify which one. Asuka is very snarky and the source of most of the funny quotes from this series.\\  Based on my reading of the manga, I figure that Shinji will eventually end up with Rei rather than Asuka. This is painful for me to admit, because I am and always will be a loyal member of [[lb:eva:team.asuka]],((:fn:>Because Misato is too old and mother-adjacent for Shinji. Misato is best girl; everybody knows this.)) but that's just how this is.\\  Some evidence in favor of this is: Asuka appears to get more frustrated with Shinji's antics as time goes on; the last few chapters strongly hint that Asuka is okay with Shinji going with Rei; Shinji and Rei work together better than Shinji and Asuka; Shinji and Asuka are often in discord while Shinji and Rei are often in concord; many chapters are based around Asuka ‘catching up’;((:fn:>Reacting to Shinji and Rei's chemistry. Rei even has a headstart in a lot of things.)) Shinji also seems to prefer Rei; when Shinji loses his memory in Volume 16, he assumes Asuka is his sister but Rei is his girlfriend;((:fn:>Or...according to my notes, he says he would have preferred that Rei and him were a couple rather than just classmates.)) Asuka asks Shinji if he's in love with Rei in the final volume and while he doesn't answer, she seems to know something he doesn't and is alright with it.((:fn:>This schizo structure is a result of my crazy notes. This is probably what I was referring to when I said ‘strongly implies she's okay with Shinji going with Rei’ but I can’t remember. This is on me and how I write these things, which is that it takes me fucking forever to get to writing about these things. Anyhow, the same chapter also shows that Asuka is okay with Shinji going with Rei. At least that's what my notes say.)) I got a lot of this from re-reading the series and writing stuff down. To be clear, I've read it about twice and started reading it three times.((:fn:>I forgot where I left off the first time, so I started all over again.))\\  Anyway, besides the two main girls, there are four other girls who are questionably relevant to the whole Shinji thing. Those are Misato, Kirishima Mana, Satsuki and Maya Ibuki.\\  Misato and Shinji's relationship isn't romantic this time, but she's otherwise the same as normal. She //does// say she'd love if Shinji lived with her forever, though this is in more of a ‘he makes my life much easier because I don't have to cook or clean anymore’ way. Misato is Shinji and Asuka's homeroom teacher, who works with Nerv for free. She's in charge of taking care of Shinji and Asuka, which means keeping them in her home and training them. The training she comes up with is often insane. Misato is also **aware **of the romantic tension and frequently attempts to use it to help Shinji...//evolve//.\\  Kirishima Mana is basically girl #3...well, next to Kaworu, but we'll get to him later. Mana appears later in the series for mysterious purposes to seduce Shinji,((:fn:>I just remembered that I believe this is because Shinji's mom ordered Kirishima to do this, though I can't remember for sure.)) but she seems to legitimately come to like the guy later on. Her deal is mostly to be overt about seduction and to force Asuka/Rei to action.\\  Satsuki is one of the Bridge Bunnies((:fn:>The three technicians in Nerv HQ. In the main series these are Ibuki, Aoba and Hyuga. This time, they are three women.)) this time around. The wiki wrote that she had a crush on Shinji, but this wasn't clear to me until later on in the manga. She's mostly a tease and calls him cute. My notes claim that it was never clear to me if she //really// had a crush on him. I'm noting it anyway.\\  Ibuki is mentioned just because I like Ibuki: she's barely plot relevant. She's mostly a victim of Shinji's antics.\\  Now it's time to talk about the **gayman **himself: **Kaworu**. Kaworu appears early on in the manga, then disappears. The fandom wiki claims he appears in volumes 2, 3 and then doesn't reappear for the remaining 18 volumes.
 > Notably, he is completely absent from the remained (sic) of the 18 volumes after his appearances in Vol 2. and 3. Mana Kirishima later appears in a very similar role.((:ref:>[[https://evangelion.fandom.com/wiki/Kaworu_Nagisa#Shinji_Ikari_Raising_Project|Kaworu Nagisa | Evangelion Wiki]] - Section on Shinji Ikari Raising Project, checked 2024-12-04 13:30 CEST.))\\
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 ==== Rebuilds ====
-[[playground:nge:rebuild|{{ :img:bnr:m:rebuild.png?80|Evangelion Rebuilds}}]]
+[[lb:eva:rebuild|{{ img:b:m:rebuild.png?80|Evangelion Rebuilds}}]]
-Sometimes referred to as the ‘New Theatrical Edition’...because that's what these films are called in Japanese: ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版. For simplicities sake, I'm referring to the films as the //**Rebuilds**//.\\  They are a remake of the original series and set in a separate continuity.\\  For...reasons, they have a [[playground:nge:rebuild|dedicated article]].\\
+Sometimes referred to as the ‘New Theatrical Edition’...because that's what these films are called in Japanese: ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版. For simplicities sake, I'm referring to the films as the //**Rebuilds**//.\\  They are a remake of the original series and set in a separate continuity.\\  For...reasons, they have a [[lb:eva:rebuild|dedicated article]].\\