Anon10/17/25, 13:36No.23580231
This shows is such a mess.I love it to bits, there are many cool ideas, but it's still a mess.I like how we get a more character driven show where personal motivations of the main cast can swing things just as much as that of the political movers & shakers......but it's still a mess.If you're doing character drama, you need a tad more time spent on characters and your final arc cannot be resolved with Newtype magic bullshit alone unless it ties into meaningful character development.This ending didn't, Machu just "powered through" with youthful exuberance and learned absolutely no lessons.I know not everything needs to be said out loud, like I loved the irony of Kycilia giving Nya an gun and telling her to just shoot her problems... then getting shot in turn.But if you're gonna Eva your Gundam, then your main cast needs to go somewhere. Shinji (finally!) fucking grows up by the end of Rebuild and triumphs over his dad by pointing out the latter's teenage bullshit. (Only took ~25 years IRL, but I'll take it).Where did our main cast go? OK, Shuuji learns that obsession is not love, but you cannot make your Cloudcuckoolander the vessel of your character drama in the very last act!I love this show, but it's such a mess.