054 - Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 12

James thinks about the Madonna/whore complex around Shinji x Misato. And how Evangelion is better at telling a cosmic tale than Ridley Scott's Prometheus. Skip synopsis @10:56   Email: [email protected]   054: Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 12 Chapters 77 to 83, "Genocide" and "Concorde" By Yoshiyuki Sadamoto Translation by Lillian Olsen, William Flanagan, David Ury and Karl Gustav Horn   Topics: Sadamoto's somewhat over reliance on copy pasting action scenes from the anime. Humans: the 13th Angel Asuka's return to battle. The mother/whore complex with Shinji x Misato's relationship. Why Evangelion works as Sekai-kei sci-fi genre.   Other references: Bakelite   Synopsis: SEELE destroys NERV HQ by sending out the Japanese Strategic Self Defence Force. As part of their security system they flood parts of the base in Bakelite, a thermo setting polymer plastic, used to drown and block out the corridors akin to cement.   Asuka is forced to hide out in her Unit-2 but is soon ordered to fight the air force. She is mentality recovered in the fight once she realises that her mother's soul is a part of her Eva. Asuka forgives her mother but is not safe for long, her umbilical cord is cut, meaning she has no power except for a limited battery supply. And on top of this, SEELE has sent out a group of mass produced Evas to battle her. Fuyutski believes that the number of Evas sent are not just to fight but to bring forth the human instrumentality, the literal death and possible rebirth of the world.   Shinji is saved by father and commander, Gendo Ikari but Gendo admits he does not love Shinji and wishes that Shinji stops SEELE so that he can have his own instrumentality where he will become god and reunite with Shinji's mother. Misato knows Gendo has betrayed NERV, but shares a common goal with Gendo in getting Shinji to pilot his Eva and help Asuka.   Misato explains the cosmic events on how the human race was designed, that the angels they fought are of the same ancestry and the instrumentality will threaten to reshape all life if he doesn't act now. She gives Shinji one last instruction, to save Asuka and fight off the mass produced Evas. Misato does her best to be like a mother to Shinji but she knows Shinji is hard to convince, she is afraid and desperate and so she speaks to him like the woman she knows she is and passionately kisses Shinji. Misato dies fending for herself as Shinji makes his way to his Eva.   Shinji finds his Eva trapped in Bakelite. He calls out for his mother, knowing that it's her soul that resides inside it.   Do you want to see Asuka's biggest fan? You'll find her [here]   Facebook - facebook.com/weappreciatemanga/ Instagram –  weappreciatemanga.co.uk   Twitter -   @RealJamesFitton Website – Weappreciatemanga.com Email – [email protected]