Neon Genesis Evangelion

Originally Posted by Rei no Otaku

I don't know. Sure he complained, but did he ever not do his duty? The only time he really wasn't going to was the fight against Zereul, and that, I thought, was very understandable considering what Gendo made him do against Unit 03. Also the beginning of EoE as well, but by then everyone was in mental breakdown mode. So that's no surprise. He always stepped up and did what he needed to do.

So yeah, Shinji didn't like risking his life in a living robot that caused severe mental stressfor a father who showed him no love. I said it before, I doubt anyone at 14 could have done half of what he did and even stayed remotely sane.

After reading your post and thinking about it, Shinji did show a rather large amount of courage to press on even with his non-affectionate father being his boss. Put together with the introduction of the other pilots, friends at school and of couse, Pen-Pen, (that little bird sure knows how to live) he built up his social skills at a quick pace through the series.

The film, which I hadn't been able to watch until a good few years later after finishing the series was both a suprise and a great action film. I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen the film yet so I won't say anything more about the film.

The series as a hole was good, there were some plot holes which I couldn't figure out until much later after thinking about it and reading other people's views and opinions.

Jam it back in, in the dark.