The time is 2015

Marley 2022-03-25 09:01:10

Text / Xiaotie

"The year is 2015.

A world where more than half of the human race died 15 years ago is like being buried in the shelves of a convenience store and is miraculously revived. A world in which production, circulation, consumption, and economy are gradually recovering. Just It seems that I am used to seeing this kind of scene, closing and destroying the world inhabited by human beings like a commonplace. A world in which the number of children who were originally responsible for the times has drastically decreased. Japan abandoned the ruined old Tokyo, moved the capital to Nagano Prefecture, and built a second new The city of Tokyo, but this is just a pretense of the era's capital relocation plan, mainly to build a fortress city against the enemy - the world of the third new Tokyo city. And

this city ​​was inexplicably attacked by an unknown object "Apostle". A rough world view of "Neon Genesis "EVANGELION Evangelion". A world view full of pessimistic impressions. We excluded the stage with an optimistic atmosphere and started this story. In the

story, there is a 14-year-old boy who is afraid of contact with others. He thinks his own Actions don't matter, give up to let others know about you, and live in a closed world. I think I was abandoned by my father, I am a useless person, but I don't have the courage to commit suicide. I am a timid boy.

There is also a story A 29-year-old woman who keeps as far away as possible when she comes into contact with others, fleeing from deep contact in order to protect herself. Both are extremely terrified of being hurt, and both lack the positivity of a typical protagonist, making people I don't think it's suitable. But, I still made them the protagonists. Some people say "life just needs to change". I hope that by the end of this story, whether it is the world or them, it will change, so I created this This is my real "mood".

By the way, the name of Shinji is taken from a friend, the name of Miri is taken from the protagonist of a favorite manga, and the name of Ritsuko is taken from a friend in middle school, all borrowed It seems that there are no related names at all, but there are actually some contexts to follow.

- Anno Hideaki"


This sentence is from the words of the ruffian in the studio before "EVA" was broadcast, and the time was July 17, 1995.

Before this, there was too much information about EVA. When I saw this passage in a web page mixed with philosophy, theology, psychology, terminology, film reviews, interviews, news reports, explanations, etc. , that's you!"

- This is the best sentence I thought to explain EVA.

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Of course, even if 2015 is coming, the world will not have a weak, delicate short-haired teenager who wears headphones and isolates the world Outside of your own world, use music to cover up your fear of approaching strangers.

Of course, even if 2015 comes, there won't be a woman named Miri, who drinks, smokes, is cool when she wears sunglasses, is vulnerable when she's drunk and lays on Kaji's body, and gives him an adult when protecting Shinji kiss.

There probably wouldn’t be a girl named Ayanami Rei who was always wounded in battle. She regarded herself as a dispensable and sacrificial clone, followed Commander Ikari’s orders with a blank face, and seldom smiled. I don't know that I am a goddess in the eyes of many otaku.

There is probably no girl named Asuka. She lost her mother since childhood. She has a strong personality and always strives to be the first in everything. She has received a lot of love letters, has a crush on a mature uncle, but learned to kiss with a weak teenager.

There will definitely not be an uncle named blessing, with pigtails, romantic, unrestrained, and tolerant, as a double agent, but still able to do it with ease, dying calmly on a hot afternoon.

There will not be a man named Ikari Yuandu, who is very indifferent to his children, cold-hearted and cold-hearted, and secretly contemplates the completion of human beings in his heart, trying to become a god.

There will be no cute and cruel apostles, no cannon fodder, no blood, no third shock, and no end to the world.

Even if 2015 comes, they are just products conceived by a ruffian director who doesn't look like a good person twenty years ago, and they are separated from us by a screen, a piece of paper, and a song.

I no longer worry about whether I fully understand what the animation of EVA is talking about, and I have no intention to study the psychological metaphors of philosophy, religion, and religion. In the face of Hideaki Anno, he said that the last new theatrical version will be delayed until 2016. - In 2018, I can also take it lightly.

After all, for me, the EVA story ended way back in 1995. With so many settings and backgrounds, it's really just a story of how people who are afraid of being hurt and who are always escaping from reality try to open up and find their reason for being.

We have been searching for so long, asking its explanation, asking its meaning, asking its data, but forgetting to ask ourselves what is the original purpose of pursuing these questions. Sometimes, even if you don’t understand philosophy, theology, or psychology, you can still vaguely feel what EVA wants to convey to you, which is related to your experience, not related to your understanding of these peripheral knowledge.

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Neon Genesis Evangelion quotes

  • [EVA-02 will not start because Shinji is in the cockpit with Asuka]

    Asuka Langley Sôryû: It's mental static! I told you, if you HAVE to think, think in German!

  • [Rei is explaining why she doesn't recall her having saved Shinji the day before]

    Rei Ayanami: I think... I am the third.