First, the Asuka of the Rebuild films isn’t the “real” Asuka. No, no, no, I’m not talking about the sequel/reincarnation/parallel universe theory, I mean she’s not the Asuka we all know and love. The Asuka of the TV series is a deeply conflicted, psychologically twisted, and ultimately self-destructive character. The Asuka of the Rebuild movies, on the other hand, is little more than your run-of-the-mill modern tsundere. Gone are the abandonment and self-worth issues that made her so dynamic in the TV series. Instead, we’re treated to cooking contests with Rei for Shinji’s affection.
I have seen the tv series and EoE movie, but not rebuild movies. From what chuck said, kinda glad I didn’t see the rebuild. It sounds like they shot the essence of characters from eva, eva is not eva if doesn’t have damaged characters that have scars that show. I realize it’s a movie series and not tv series where they can gradually show the characters and flesh out their problems and see them struggle with them.
But you don’t take a character like Asuka with problems that made her who she is, haunt her everyday and make her and make her generic. Eva is not generic, it’s ( and don’t remember who said this) depression in a box. People that have problems that scar them psychologically that they deal with in their own ways, are thrown a fight for survival on the brink of extinction, and have all limits pushed to being wrecked. In what way does this seem like typical anime, Eva is not normal, Eva is where we can actually see humanity in a fictional characters and contemplate one’s own in the world.
I have not seen the rebuild, so I don’t know the direction it’s going. Maybe they’re trying to go a different approach to psychologically damage Asuka or the characters. We to wait till the final movie to see what the characters finally turn out and judge them completely.
