#idk how to factor kawrou into this exactly but.

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Something something Shinji hating being a person and being narratively positioned between Asuka who is too much of a person in that she feels so much she's angry all of the time and Rei who is not much of a person at all and is just one clone out of many of someone else and Misato also hating being a person and being positioned between Ritsuko who is too much of a person in that she also can't stop from feeling so so much and Kaji who is not as much of a person because he's a helpless cog in the machine

#everyone is kind of a helpless cog in the machine in nge but kaji especially so #idk how to factor kawrou into this exactly but. #i just think misato and shinji parallels are so fun they're literally the same and coping in different ways #shinji just shuts down and chooses not to be a person at all but misato doubles down on being too much of a person and making a persona <3 #neon genesis evangelion