I still have a lot of things I don't understand about this anime, and my current feelings are only superficial.
First of all, the protagonists all have a heavy past that they must bear and spiritual shackles that they cannot escape. Because of his father's indifference and his mother's early death, Ikari Shinji is particularly eager to be recognized and praised by others. When he is recognized, he feels happy. In order to seize those small joys, he does not hesitate to deceive himself and avoid pain. But in the end, he found that escaping was only painful. No one paid attention to him, no one praised him, and felt the emptiness of his own value, so he forced himself to come back and continue driving Eva? In this way, Ikari equates his own worth with driving Eva, and this is the source of the last two episodes to ask himself.
Others Asuka is trying desperately to live on her own because of her mother's suicide and the neglect of her father, but her shackles are the same as Ikari Shinji. By driving Eva, she can prove her worth, and she can live by others by getting the first place. The compliment that Asuka's mother held in her arms was a doll instead of Asuka. This kind of neglect caused great harm to a young mind. She kept shouting "Look at me, look at me" later. A distorted expression of longing for approval from others, and when this longing is not available, it "hates everyone hates myself". Both she and Ikari Shinji have exaggerated the influence of "I in the hearts of others".
Ling Bo Li is a "new human being" with human life form created by people. She is communicating with others, constantly shaping and searching for herself in the entire external world where she is, and finally affirming her own existence. Mayumi is constantly looking for the shadow of her father. Ritsuko repeats her mother's mistakes and is willing to be used by Commander Ikari. Commander Ikari has been adhering to the "Human Supplement Plan" in order to fulfill the common wish with Ikari Yui.
The "Human Supplementary Program" is actually supplementing the lack of people's heart, and this lack cannot be supplemented by a single person, and it must rely on mutual help between people. The real me includes the "me" in others' hearts and the "me that I have." We cannot exaggerate the "I" in other people's hearts and lose the "I own", but it cannot be completely denied. Accepting the "I" in someone else's heart and incorporating it into the "I have" is what I understand Eva to be about.
Ps: The apostles are also evolving from simple attacks to being able to rapidly evolve according to the actual situation they face, and then to being able to read people's hearts and express their inner desires concretely. They are really god-like creatures.
In addition, Eva also involves religious and philosophical issues. Due to his limited ability, he cannot analyze it, so he has to worship the great god.
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