However, its too complicated theological background knowledge left most anime fans feeling confused after watching it, and it is difficult to get a clue about the whole show. Therefore, the Mu Dalu Secret Research Institute has produced a research report specifically for the background of the EVA story for the majority of animation enthusiasts, hoping to help everyone better understand this magical work.
[EVA Timeline] In the
unknown era, God gave the world a punishing punishment-First Impact. Only two people survived on Noah's Ark in the floods of seven days and seven nights.
In 1999, Fuyuki and Ikura met at Kyoto University. Soon after, Sextant Yuantang and Dongyue met. At that time, Yuantang and Wei were already in a relationship. Gentang approached Wei while also contacting Seele, the organization behind her.
On September 13, 2000, the Second Impact (Second Impact) occurred. An abnormal change that brought a huge catastrophe to the earth occurred on the Antarctic continent, causing the sea level to rise and the earth's axis to be distorted. Like the legend of the extinction of dinosaurs, dust covered the sky after huge meteorites hit the earth, causing global temperatures to drop. Economic collapse, ethnic disputes, civil wars..., the world's population has rapidly decreased, leaving only half of its original size. Antarctica has become a quiet and deadly area. Human beings are not extinct like dinosaurs, but the work of revival is extremely severe.
In 2001, Shinji Ikura was born, and all EVA drivers were also born in that year.
In 2002, Gentang and Dongyue went to Antarctica to investigate the cause of the second catastrophe. The League of Nations officially issued an announcement stating that the world-scale disaster on September 13, 2000 was caused by a massive meteorite several times the speed of light hitting the Antarctic continent. The impact of asteroids. But no one knows what caused the second catastrophe. Reality is hard to conceal after all. In the circle of experts, there are some preserved photos circulating, among the light and shadow caused by the impact, there is a giant-like image. Some survivors in the Antarctic and other places said that in the center of the impact wave, there are several pairs of huge wings. Miri, who was frightened by the second catastrophe and fell into a state of autism, was protected by the League of Nations.
In 2003, the League of Nations completed its survey of Antarctica and established the Institute of Artificial Evolution in Hakone based on the survey results. Fuyuki visited the Institute of Artificial Evolution for the first time, and then began to assist Gentang. There is a huge spherical cavity in the ground of the Artificial Evolution Research Institute, and the NERV headquarters was built using this cavity. At this time, Project E began, and the construction of Unit Zero began.
In 2004, the EVA startup experiment was carried out. An accident occurred in front of the young Shinji. Shinji's mother only disappeared during the experiment, and the rescue plan failed. Not long after Wei's incident, Gentang decided to transfer to the implementation of the "Human Completion Plan" (they before this, their purpose was only to implement the E plan).
In 2005, Misato and Ritsuko met at the 2nd Tokyo University in the 2nd New Tokyo City, Nagano Prefecture, and later met with Misato. It didn't take long before Kaji and Misato started living together. Above the underground Tuodong, the construction of the third new Tokyo city has begun.
In 2007, Miri and Kaji broke up.
In 2008, Dr. Akagi completed the basic theory of MAGI. Following his mother Naoko, Ritsuko joined the research institute and became the main executive.
In 2009, Katsuragi Misato joined the institute.
In 2010, on the day NERV's central computer MAGI was completed, the developer Naoko Akagi committed suicide after strangling the first Ayanami. The Institute of Artificial Evolution has been adapted to become the new secret organization NERV.
In 2012, while visiting his mother's tomb, Shinji fled in front of his father. Since then until 2015, Shinji has never met Gendou.
In 2014, the second Ayanami transferred school and entered the 3rd New Tokyo City Chiichi High School.
In 2015, the apostles struck! Fifteen years have passed since the second Hao, and mankind can finally prosper again. Three EVAs were ready for practical use, and then it was discovered that three 14-year-old boys and girls could serve as EVA drivers. People had to place their hopes on them. In the face of the reappearing apostles, the war of the young men who bear such an important destiny for the survival of mankind on their shoulders has now begun.
[EVA story background]
In the great era of the earth, the essence of heaven and earth, yin and yang blended, famous and unnamed, the two yis gave birth to the four elephants, and the four elephants gave birth to gossip...Stop! Anyway, after a complex physical and chemical reaction that no one can clearly explain, the tree of life began to grow on the earth, producing various organisms level by level, spreading across the earth’s land, sea, and sky, making the space between the earth and the earth. Full of life. Finally one day the tree of life has grown to its apex. The essence of yang and yin condense into Adam and Lilith respectively. Adam is a male and Lilith is the highest form of a female. After their "forbidden fusion", Lilith produced a "Lilith's Egg, Black Moon", from which eighteen apostles were produced, of which seventeen gained the fruit of life. I don’t know if it’s because there are only seventeen fruit of life on the tree of life, and the eighteenth apostle can only obtain the fruit of wisdom. Therefore, the power of ATField is weak, not enough to maintain a general form, and can only be divided and collapsed. Different forms exist, and this is-human beings. The tree of life no longer exists, but the "light and water" in the tree of life, namely energy and transmission matter, constitute the human soul. In the end, the tree of life only had a few unrotten roots, roots and whiskers, which became the long spear of Langkinus in later generations. Adam, Lilith, and the apostles No. 2 to No. 17 all entered a dormant state, while the still ignorant humans went their separate ways. Among them, some wise men knew what had happened. These things were written as legends in the Dead Sea documents. Maybe it was also written in the Shan Hai Jing...
Time flies, the eighteenth apostle of that year, human beings, has walked all over the earth, developed a highly developed civilization with wisdom, and regarded himself as the master of the world. However, the "heart barrier" creates a gap between people, and the soul is full of indifference and sorrow. The feeling of loneliness forces mankind to start looking for a new way of survival... In 1947, in the caves of the Jordan Valley, some gypsy People accidentally discovered the Dead Sea document, which shocked the archaeological community. Its deciphering work lasted for many years and finally succeeded. The content of the record is shocking. It not only points out the origin of human beings and apostles, but also points out that at some point in the future, those born by Adam and Lilith will return to the body, re-grow the tree of life and produce a new form of life form. In this process, it is crucial that the human being or the apostle controls Adam, because the genetic factors are all derived from Adam (so Adam is also called the first apostle, the first person), and the one who controls Adam returns to Lilith. After the egg, you can become a new life form, or in other words, become a god, and the one who loses has only death (the one who wins has to die, but the soul is saved haha). Therefore, before this agreed time comes, the apostles will wake up and become enemies of mankind. For mankind to successfully complete the return, all the apostles must be eliminated before then.
For this purpose, the secret organization Seele was established. Its German meaning is soul. Headed by the Kyrgyzstan Speaker, it has formulated the script of the human completion plan, or timetable, and its subordinate executive agency is GEHIRUN (meaning brain). Later it was renamed NERV (meaning nerve). Seele recruits researchers all over the world. One of them is Yui Ikari, a female student engaged in research at Kyoto University in Japan. In 1999, her research report attracted the attention of Metabiology Professor Fuyuki. At the same time, notice that she still has the sextant source degree, who is determined to climb up. It only took a few months for him to get Wei soak, and from this he also entered the Seele organization as the thirteenth member (this number is destined He is the betrayal Judas). With the deepening of the research, Seele sent the Katsuragi expedition to Antarctica in 2000, but only Gendu knew the ultimate goal of the expedition...
God said, I will come back, and when I come back, I will destroy the world. !
Noah obeyed God's will to build the ark, so that life on earth survived the great flood. This great flood was God’s punishment and was called the first impact. From an archaeological point of view, there was indeed a great flood that destroyed most of the world’s population and many prehistoric civilizations in ancient times, and it remained in the legends of various peoples in the world.
In August 2000, the Katsuragi expedition arrived in Antarctica. The huge humanoid lifeform they discovered was actually a fusion of Adam and Lilith. Katsuragi’s plan is to seize or control the S^2 mechanism of Adam and Lilith, separate and shrink Adam from Lilith, and use it as a supplementary plan for the future of mankind. But there is one thing he doesn't know. Whether Adam and Lilith are fused or separated, they will release huge explosive energy and anti-ATField force. This is the same as the principle that nuclear fusion and nuclear fission will produce big explosions and shock waves, but the explosion equivalent is different. So although the disaster caused by the separation of Adam and Lilith will not destroy all human beings, it will kill half of the population on earth. And the third impact sixteen years later was the reintegration of Adam and Lilith, and the whole world would be doomed again.
Knowing nothing about Katsuragi continued his separation experiment, even bringing his own daughter with him. On September 12, Ikogento, who was instructed by Seele, left Antarctica with information. The experiment ended in a big explosion the next day. The powerful anti-ATField force awakened the second apostle, the giant with white light on the blurred photo. Its huge wings spread out to cover the entire southern hemisphere, and the devilish roar of Antarctica turned into a sea of blood and a huge tsunami. Within a few hours, large tracts of land were flooded, killing hundreds of millions of people. In this doomsday disaster, only Katsuragi Miri was rescued and escaped by her father, Ikogento then returned to Antarctica and rescued her by the way. However, Ikogento’s main purpose was to recover Adam, Lilith, and the Second Apostle. Only the Longinus gun was left behind (Miri Katsuragi, who suffered from aphasia, was kept on an Antarctic expedition ship for nearly two years, and it seemed to be recovered. The work lasts a long time). The chain of disasters caused by the second shock did not gradually calm down until 2002. The climate on the earth has also become weird. For example, Japan becomes summer all year round, and the cicadas are heard at any time. This is probably due to the deflection of the earth’s axis.
Seele knows from the Dead Sea document that not only the second apostle was awakened by the second impact, but in fact all the apostles were awakened, but it took some time for them to accumulate energy (the second apostle was subdued because of insufficient energy). After investigation, Seele also found that a strange phenomenon occurred when a child was born on the day of the impact. The child's name was Zhuxun, so he quickly monitored him. Although this child was educated to be a very cultivated and charming person, he never forgot his true identity and purpose of birth. That is his fate of freedom and death...
Adam asked God, why there is only me in the world. So lonely? So God took his rib and made Eve.
On February 23, 1997, the first somatic cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, was born in the history of biological evolution.
Human beings are afraid of possessing the power of God in their hands, but some people have also called out the oath to kick the throne of God: God's in his heaven, all rights with the world! ——Seele’s motto
In 2004, three-year-old Shinji Ikura was taken to the second underground laboratory of the Institute of Artificial Evolution (GEHIRUN’s external name) in Hakone, where he witnessed his mother’s transformation into a sub-quantum in the first machine Status (400% synchronization rate). Soon after, Ikaki Gento entrusted the young Shinji to a teacher living in a distant place. The back of his father's unfeeling departure became Shinji's nightmare, and he kept jumping out of his mind when he grew up...
But he didn't know the vast work that his father and Seele were doing. After the second impact, millions of tons of sand were removed in the huge spherical space under the Hakone area on the side of Sagami Bay in Japan, and 22 layers of armor protection were installed on the surface. With this as a base, Lilith was nailed to the central dogma of the deeper strata. As a subsidy for the human replenishment plan, the E plan was implemented in parallel. The second apostle, who had lost the S^2 mechanism, was transported from Antarctica and was equipped with restrained armor, which became an important tool for mankind’s future replenishment-the first EVA machine. , And imitated it to get a soulless EVA zero machine. However, EVA cannot be used without soul synchronization. The only way is to extract Lilith's soul material to create a clone with apostolic ability and make it obey human beings.
At the same time, Ikumi, one of the main implementers of the Human Completion Project and Project E, was secretly planning to rebel against Seele. She tried to save humanity from the third impact in the future, so she took advantage of the opportunity of the first machine fusion experiment. Take the initiative to fully integrate his soul into this important tool for the replenishment plan. Gento was deeply shocked by Ikari’s actions, but he soon began to take advantage of the situation to implement his own set of supplementary plans, mixing the Lilith soul material cloned by Unit Zero with the particles of Ikyui, and even his appearance. For Mawei, this manufacturing process is realized through the Dummy System, through which countless clones can be cloned from one subject and share the same soul. As a result, The First Children, the exclusive driver of the zero plane, Ling Boli was born. Absolutely obeying Gento, she killed Dr. Akagi who had just built the MAGI supercomputer after a foul curse, and Dr. Akagi who had been used up also committed suicide. Another person who was used was the developer of EVA Unit 2. Her soul was forcibly deprived of her soul by Unit 2, which led to her schizophrenia. Her female Asuka was selected as The Second Children-Exclusive to Unit 2 under construction. The driver. For Yuandu, the No. 2 unit was difficult to control, and it might even be the check and balance force that Seele placed next to him, so he tried to hand over the most important No. 1 unit to his son for control. However, the selection of Shinji as The Third Children inevitably drew Seele's opposition, so Gento had to wait patiently for the opportunity.
At 12:30 pm on June 14, 2015, the third apostle appeared and attacked the third new Tokyo city, the fortress city of mankind. The Kanto coastal area was under martial law, and the Strategic Self-Defense Force mecha units and N2 mines No Nuclear has no nuclear weapons, but it is as powerful as a nuclear bomb) attacks are declared invalid. Gento’s opportunity has finally arrived, Shinji is on his way to NERV...
[EVA Theological Foundation] The
entire animation of EVA is based on complex religious thoughts. Simply, from the title of the film, you can see that Evangelion means a gospel in English, which makes people think of the Old Testament. Moreover, the story is full of so-called God, Adam, Eve, and the Dead Sea Scrolls (The Dead Sea Scrolls) and so on. The whole story is based on Judaism. Because of the close connection between Judaism and Christianity, there are so many things in the Bible that we are familiar with; however, this film is neither a Judaism propaganda nor a Christianity. In the religious film, the author just borrowed the concept of the story to express his thoughts-these will gradually be revealed in the following analysis.
Now that we talk about religion, let us start our research from NERV, a mysterious organization in EVA.
NERV—GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN, ALL'S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD
. People who have seen EVA will definitely have a deep impression of the blood red logo of NERV, and at the same time will understand the sentence GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN, ALL in the subtitle. RIGHT WITH THE WORLD——is a verse of the British poet Robert Browning. We can temporarily translate it into "what God does not do, and man does it." From this sentence, we can understand the meaning of NERV. Just as Ikari Gento said that the power of science is infinite, please see the dialogue between Ikari Gento and Dongyue when they were in the South Pole in the twelfth chapter (the two were on an aircraft carrier at this time):
Dongyue: No life allowed The world of existence and death, Antarctica, shouldn't be a hell.
Ikura Gento: But we humans are standing here, living well as creatures.
Dongyue: Is it because it is protected by the power of science?
Ikojimoto: The power of science is the power of people.
Dongyue: It is this kind of arrogance that caused the tragedy of fifteen years ago-the second shock, and the result was such a tragic situation. Such punishment is too great. It's simply a sea of death.
Ikogento: But now that the pollution has disappeared, the world has been purified.
Dongyue: Even though I am full of evil, I still look forward to the existence of the world in which human beings survive.
Not to mention the revelation of the storyline in this important dialogue, the thoughts and viewpoints revealed can already explain the meaning of the blood red logo of NERV. The NERV logo is based on the NERV word under half a leaf as the main body, surrounded by GOD'S. IN HIS HEAVEN, ALL RIGHT WITH THE WORLD. In fact, that leaf is actually a fig leaf, which is the original sin in the Bible that symbolizes Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden—due to the original sin of stealing the fruit of wisdom; the performance of the forbidden fruit of wisdom is converted to EVA. The scientific omnipotent concept represented by NERV, and GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN, ALL RIGHT WITH THE WORLD also embodies this scientific omnipotent thought of NERV. However, Anno Hideaki believes that the power of science is the root of the original sin of mankind. Therefore, the NERV logo has fig leaves. On the one hand, it represents the original sin borne by human beings. On the other hand, as a symbol of NERV, it has such a meaning. It embodies NERV's fearlessness, fearlessness, and self-sufficiency will. As the commander-in-chief of NERV, Ikari Gento concentrated this kind of thought and will, or it was Ikogen to bring this kind of thinking to NERV. As a skeptic, Dongyue possesses that human beings should have faith and awe. Dongyue believes that it is precisely because mankind is complacent with his scientific power and trying to use scientific power to carry out his own plan to become a god that caused the second impact-God's punishment of mankind.
SEELE—The Theological Viewpoint of Consciousness First
SEELE is NERV's direct superior agency. As the planner of the human completion plan, SEELE is the biggest and ultimate guiding force behind EVA (from the meaning of SEELE-the soul can be known). In fact, only the senior level of SEELE and NERV Personnel only knows the truth of the so-called Human Completion Plan. From the outside, the so-called human complementation is the process by which humans evolve to a new level through the power of science, including divine power. If the movie version is used as a benchmark, it means that human beings are reduced to a soul-like existence in the sea of LCL. Some people think that the ending of THE END OF EVANGELION is the complete annihilation of mankind. In fact, mankind has lost the body, lost the barriers between each other, and continues to exist in the form of spirit, that is, spiritual completion. At this point, the ending of the TV version is the same. The psychological analysis of Chapters 25 and 26 can be said to symbolize (in fact) the completion of the soul. It can also be seen that SEELE can abandon the human body and allow humans to evolve into the spiritual world, which proves their concept of consciousness first. At the same time, it is the ideological basis of this film-human thought is the most important, and the meaning of EVA is to give people a feeling of completion.
[EVA technical background] The
AT Field absolute field
is the so-called powerful space barrier that protects the apostle in the cartoon, which can be literally translated as the absolutely inviolable field. It is precisely because of the existence of this enchantment that the apostle has strong vitality. Legend has it that the apostles (angles) obtained the complete absolute realm after eating the forbidden fruit "the reality of life". This is why only Eva, who also has the Absolute Domain, has the ability to confront the Apostle. However, the concept of absolute domain is not just that simple.
In the 24th chapter of the tv version, the 17th apostle-Free Consciousness-Nagisa Kaoru expresses another meaning of the absolute realm-the wall of the heart. The so-called Heart Wall Kaoru described it like this: "You call'Li Lin' the absolute realm. No one can invade the sacred realm. The light in the heart, you should know what Li Lin is? The absolute realm refers to anything. The psychological barrier in the human heart" This is the so-called wall of the heart. Among them, in the manga version of STAGE 29 tombstone Ikari Mototo said to Shinji: People don’t know what they are doing, they are all working hard to understand each other. But remember, there is absolutely no way to fully understand between people. Human beings are such sad creatures. In other words, there is no complete communication between human heart and heart, and loneliness is the root knot of human sorrow and destiny. Man is also the one who walked out of God, out of the Garden of Eden, and determined his own lonely destiny. However, the meaning of human beings is not simple.
Evangelion-Evangelion, a humanoid universal robot,
translated into Evangelion in Chinese. It can be said that this translation is quite flavorful. At least I think it's better than those of the "Royal Pavilion" who call Eva, but the short name Eva in the film reduces the meaning.
The so-called evangelists are messengers who bring hope and gospel to mankind. In the Evangelion of New Genesis, Evangelion has indeed played a considerable role in complementing people's hearts. Then, the concept of synchronization rate has to be involved.
The synchronization rate
is the so-called synchronization rate with Evangelion. Here I think the synchronization rate and the driving success rate are two concepts. I don't want to involve too much discussion about "technical". Just talk about my special understanding of synchronization rate. Speaking of synchronization rate, Dr. Akagi once said, "Synchronization rate is not simply an attribute that can be displayed on the surface of the body, but a reflection of the deep inner psychology. In other words, the so-called synchronization rate is nothing more than Eva uses to test the mental state. It's just a mechanism.
Back to Evangelion, Evangelion’s gospel can be understood in two ways. On the one hand, he is the ultimate weapon that humans use to protect themselves; it is also the core of the human completion plan; on the other hand, his synchronization rate mechanism makes him become A living psychological diagnostic device, tracking and reflecting the psychological state of the driver at any time, in line with the main line of thought of the whole film.
Apostle (Angel)
also means angel, the messenger of God. However, Anno Hideaki did not use the word angel. Instead, he created a special kind of life-the apostle. What is an apostle? It is the messenger of God, sent by God to seize the future of sinful mankind. However, who is God? Why does God judge mankind? Here is the author's thinking.
[EVA Character Analysis]
AYANAMI REI
Formerly known in Japanese as Ayanami, he is the first qualified person to operate the EVA zero machine (FIRST CHILDREN). As the commander-in-chief, he missed his deceased wife, an artificial man made by Ikura. He had beautiful blue hair and a pair of blood-red eyes, but he rarely spoke, lacked various expressions, and was very indifferent in personality. But she has a special affection for the Ding Family and his son. Indifferent girl Ayanami who persistently walks towards the end of her life-the first impression of everyone who mentions this name is her indifferent expression and deep eyes. Then there is the classic line of "Order?" It can be said that this line condenses Li's thoughts. Obey orders, carry out orders, fulfill your mission-at all costs. The meaning of life is to complete orders. So what made her form such a thought? On the one hand, it was her question about the meaning of life "What is the meaning of life?" Then there was "Is life happy?" However, in fact, she did not really find the answer to these two questions. On the other hand, because Li itself is a personal creation. She was created to carry out the human replenishment plan. Rei herself also said: "If I die, he (referring to Ikura Gento) will not let me go. There will be another one I will be created if I die. ..." So, deep fatalistic thoughts were engraved on her young heart. The order to complete Ikogento is the only meaning of the life of Rei, an artificial human. To this world, it doesn't matter to her, to her own life, it doesn't matter to her, and even her own soul doesn't matter to her. Because of this, Ayanami has such indifference, her indifference is precisely the indifference to this meaningless world, and her deep eyes are the depth that sees through the world as nothingness.
Logistics Asuka Langley (SOURYU ASUKA LANGLEY)
The original Japanese name (logistics アスカラングレ－), usually abbreviated as Asuka, and Tianying Chinese translated as Asuka. As the second qualified person (SECOND CHILDREN) driving EVA No. 2 machine. She is a German half-blood with a quarter of Japanese descent, and a gifted girl who has graduated from university in Germany. Her self-confidence and arrogance are in sharp contrast with Shinji, Rei and the others. She is the kind of cute but inaccessible girl. Due to a certain unpleasant memory in the past, she suffered a mental breakdown from the apostle's mental attack due to a defeat in combat at the end of the story, and she was able to recover in the theater version. Her most famous line is "Idiot?" A lively girl who actively pursues self-realization. For Asuka, the most important thing is herself. The meaning of everything she did was attributed to her purpose of self-realization. Always insist that you are the best, especially driving Eva, thinking that you are the driver who has been selected as the best adaptor to drive Eva to protect humans. People will envy her, so that she will satisfy her own psychological desires, and she will be able to continue to be excellent and continue to exist. Until the day when she was "beaten" by the Shinji that she looked down upon, when she found out that she could not do anything, and found that she had been defeated by others, this kind of psychology gradually developed until the psychological attack of the xxth apostle made her psychology The line of defense really collapsed, only to find that he, like Shinji and the doll (Rei), had nothing but Eva. Moreover, his current mentality can no longer drive Eva. Losing to maintain her own mental state, Asuka can only choose to escape-something she always looks down on, but now has to do. From this we can see that Asuka is not as simple as she seems to express on the surface, her inner thoughts are very complicated. The unrestrained character she showed was just to hide her inner pain deeply. Our pain will not disappear, but we conceal it deeply, hoping that time will relieve it, however, Asuka tells us-it is impossible, they will not let you go. Similarly, Asuka's arrogance is nothing more than a psychological barrier she has erected for herself-she is actually hiding in her own deep "absolute realm-the wall of the heart".
Ikari Shinji (IKARI SHINJI)
The original Japanese name is 碇 Shinji, the third qualified person (THIRD CHILDREN) who manipulates the first EVA machine. The only son born to NERV commander Ikoji Gento and Ikoji Yui, as a pilot, he has the highest synchronization value with the EVA No. 1 aircraft, and plays the most prominent role in every mission to annihilate the apostles. However, because he witnessed the death of his mother (which was "destroyed" in the experiment), coupled with his father's indifference and ruthlessness, he was introverted, had a negative attitude towards things, and always used "I'm sorry" to escape reality. And always want to close the memory of the past, causing another completely different personality in his inner world, which may also be the main reason why the first machine often runs violently. The self-enclosed boy who tries to escape everything, as the hero of this film, Shinji can really be said to set a precedent in Japanese manga (in fact, Eva itself is considered a landmark work in the Japanese manga industry). A protagonist who is not talkative, self-closed, negatively introverted, and not good at expressing. It gives those comic fans who are used to seeing the handsome protagonist a very peculiar feeling. However, this feeling immediately rises to a kind of identification. This is the true success of the characterization of Shinji, and its meaning.
Neon Genesis Evangelion was officially screened in Japan in 1995. Shinji’s personality reflects the state that Japanese teenagers were generally in at the time. So I quickly got a sense of identity. Indeed, not only Japan, but also the young people living in the world at the end of the century have a kind of confusion. Some people count the "decadent generation" as this type, and some call it the "fatherless generation". Fatherlessness means incomplete self-knowledge. The specific performance is just like Shinji, who was abandoned by his father since childhood and suffered loneliness, so he was unwilling to communicate with people around him, thinking that communicating with others would only cause harm to both parties. Instead of doing this, it is better to close yourself up and suffer loneliness alone. At the same time, there is a strong dislike for the intervention of the outside world, and the strong heart wall prevents the heart-to-heart blending. Because of this character, it leads to the way from escaping from others to escaping from the world.
Supplement: Regarding Porcupine
Akagi: Shinji, the kid, may not know how to take the initiative to talk to others, so he can't make friends. Have you heard the analogy of the porcupine?
Katsuragi: Porcupine?
Akagi: For a porcupine, even if it wants to pass on its warmth to the opponent, when it approaches the opponent, the thorns on its body will hurt the opponent. You can also describe humans in this way. Now Shinji's heart seemed to be like a porcupine, so he became more and more timid.
Katsuragi: I hope he will soon realize that when a person grows up, he must have friends around him. One day I will find a way to get along with my friends.
The image of Shinji represents a group. Many people think that Shinji is very similar to themselves, and it is this group of people that Shinji represents. These people are introverted, not good at speaking and interacting with others. They are often in a passive position when interacting with others. They are very concerned about other people's opinions. Real communication and understanding between people is very difficult, and it is precisely because of this that a human completion plan is needed.
Nagisa Kaoru
The final apostle Zhuxun appeared as the seventeenth apostle and the fifth adaptor (driver). His background is quite complicated. Simply put, he was used by SEELE and sent to NERV. The purpose is to achieve SEELE's plan to get rid of Ikogento, who has betrayed them. When Zhu Kaoru, who was trapped in the valley, arrived at NERV as the fifth adaptor and was about to launch the third attack, it was discovered that all the apostles were deceived by the traps of NERV and SEELE. This passage can be said to be a real critique of human behavior as a messenger of God. The theme music here is Symphony No. 9 1 Choral 1 Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Ode to Joy. At this time, the meaning of the angel that Kaoru carries is quite harmonious with the mental state of Beethoven infused in this song. Among them, many of Zhuxun's lines can be regarded as classics in Eva: Let's go! come on! Adam's clone, Li Lin's servant. EVA was born by Adam, and its existence is really abhorrent to humans. I really can't understand the behavior of human beings using EVA to survive so far. The "Li Lin" refers to human beings, which is what Judaism says: "Human lilin is the offspring of lilith, the offspring of sin." Adam's clone naturally refers to the Eva organism, which human beings replicated with their own scientific power. The act of God, taking Eva as his servant, and relying on Eva to fight against the apostles and exist. It is criticizing the evil nature of human beings at all costs. When he reached the final doctrine (the gate of heaven), he found that Lilith was there instead of Adam. He discovered that everything was actually arranged, and the apostle’s powerful life would inevitably be defeated by human wisdom. In other words, it was defeated by human deception. From this, Zhu Xun sighed: This is Lilith! Yeah? So this is ah? Apostle Li Lin has always believed that Adam is hidden deep underground by NERV, and SEELE told Nagaki Kaoru in the same way. However, when the final apostle really saw the truth, he chose his own death. Survival is my destiny. Even if humanity will be destroyed, I have to survive, but I can also choose to die. For me, survival and death are the same, and death is the only freedom for me.
[Interpretation of EVA plot]
Ayanami’s smile
The sixth chapter of the decisive battle, the third new Tokyo City Rei II, and STAGE19 The Moon in Darkness can be said to be the most praised Eva shots by the majority of ayanamist (a loyal believer of Ayanami, who likes Ayanami), and it is considered the most beautiful Ayanami. Look like. However, it does have a profound meaning behind it. The main description in this part is the development of the relationship between Shinji and Rei. It is mainly used to reflect the inner world of two people, to show the personalities of two people, and the changes they bring to each other. Shinji had asked Ayanami why she was driving an Eva before, and Ayanami's answer was "fetters."
Me, I don’t know anything else, it seems that I came to this world to drive Eva. If I were not the driver of Eva, maybe I would have nothing. Isn't it the same as death...
Rei's passage is not only her helplessness towards her own life, but it also expresses Shinji's psychology on the one hand. It is precisely because of the foreshadowing of this first article that this smile will be profound afterwards. At that time, in order to cover Shinji, Ayanami was seriously injured. Shinji spared no effort to rescue Rei from Eva zero plane, and Ayanami also smiled. Here is a "classic" of Shinji:
Don't say "goodbye" when we separate next time. Although we have nothing but driving Eva, as long as we are alive, one day, we will definitely feel that we can Living is a good thing. Although it may be far away from this day, before that day comes, let's live on. (The latter part does not seem to be what Shinji said, but it is meaningful, it is from the comics)
Here, two self-enclosed people come together, open their hearts to each other, and the true meaning of life flashes in an instant .
On a dark, empty road, if two people travel together, maybe you can find something, right? Just like the moon hanging in the sky.
Chapter 9 Moment, Heart, Coincidence Both of You. Dance Like You Want to win!
In the Gulf of Kii Peninsula, the seventh apostle with the function of separating and uniting appeared, and the uncoordinated Asuka and Shinji were immediately attacked in a dramatic manner. After analysis, only by hitting two separate apostle cores (S2 organs) at the same time can the seventh apostle be destroyed. As a result, Misato brought Asuka back home to live with Shinji and conduct coordinated special training. A few days later, on the battlefield, it was necessary to defeat the apostle before the 62 seconds of music ended. The two people cooperated with the "dance" and continued to collapse in the last few seconds, but the apostle had been eliminated.
In this episode, Asuka and Shinji are training together. Especially the comic version is preferred. Describes that two people who are in a certain contradictory state understand each other and reach a state of coordination in a short period of time. It also means that even under the influence of the wall of heart, people are not completely incapable of understanding each other. In fact, people can still cooperate very well. At the same time, Shinji and Asuka also understand the importance of mutual harmony.
The Third New Tokyo City Power Outage
Day Chapter 11: The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still
In an experiment, the power supply of the NERV headquarters was suddenly interrupted, and the only backup power was used to maintain the MAGI system. While NERV was in chaos, the Ninth Apostle landed from the coast. After hearing the warning from the League of Nations, with Shinji, Rei, and Asuka in the third new Tokyo city, they worked hard to find a way to NERV. At the same time, Yuandu used their own hands to prepare for the launch of EVA.
After the three aircraft were launched, joint operations successfully destroyed the Apostle.
The main description of the script this time is that after human beings have no electricity for the convenient energy of their own creation, the third new city of Tokyo, known as an automated city, has also fallen into a panic. Even Eva, which protects humans, must run on electricity. but do not
necessarily say Richangshenghuo the need for electricity, suggesting that human society is built on fragile foundations. It is also a mockery of science.
Finally, I have a little comment from Ayanami Rei as a summary: human beings fear the darkness, so they use fire to eliminate the darkness in order to survive and
the end of evolution is death
. Chapter 13 The Apostle, Invasion of LILLIPUTIAN HITCHER
The NERV headquarters found an abnormality on the protein wall during the mock test experiment, and MAGI identified it as the eleventh apostle of bacterial specifications. The apostle was able to split and multiply rapidly, and after controlling the simulation body, it began to corrode the MAGI system, and proposed that NERV explode. In response, Ritsuko entered CASPER3 where MAGI had not been corroded, and relied on her mother's remaining memory to write a self-destruction promotion program for the apostle, and then the apostle was annihilated.
The main description here is the use of artificial evolution procedures to make the invading Eleventh Apostle evolve to a stage of self-destruction. One of the most important lines is what Ritsuko Akagi said: "The end of evolution is death." Naturally, its meaning is not to simply explain how the apostle was first dropped, but to illustrate this point of view and imply the fate of this mankind. It also reflects the author's philosophical views.
In this episode, there is also mentioned MAGI, the system of three wise men, which is the name of the three wise men in the east who came to bless Jesus at the birth of Jesus in Christian legends. The key is her working principle. Three different personalities of a person carry out different logical analyses and make voting decisions. These three characters belong to Ritsuko's mother, Naoko. MELCHIOR-1 represents her as a scientist, BALTHASAR-2 represents her as a mother, and CASPER-3 represents her as a woman. On the one hand, it shows the contradiction between people's inner psychology and character, and it can also be seen that the author does have his own unique insights on the division of people's psychology.
Hallelujahchorus
's 22nd chapter is at least like that of Don't Be
Asuka's synchronicity value is declining. She is worried that the day when she is forced to leave the EVA driving position will come soon. So, when the fifteenth apostle appeared, she took the initiative to go out to meet the apostle regardless of the order. But after being attacked by the apostle's spirit, she almost collapsed and was unable to fight. In the end, Yuri drove the zero plane and used Longinus' gun to defeat the apostle in the orbit of the satellite.
It’s worth mentioning here that there is a background music theme "M essiah, part Ⅱ, 42 H allelujah, chorus (Messiah Chapter 42, Praise the Lord, Chorus)" to break Asuka’s divine song in praise of the Lord The last line of spiritual defense announced the end of Asuka's arrogant thought that ignores everything. Let's look for a more correct thought.
The other key is the appearance of the Spear of Longinus, which is the name of the soldier who stabbed Jesus to death in the Bible. This Longkinus gun has the ability to pierce ATField, piercing Jesus to death, it pierced the absolutely inviolable realm. Isn't the work done by NERV with such a gun the work of Longinus? The core of their scientific evolution plan to become a god-the gun of Longinus is a very good name.
The New World of Mankind-The Human Completion Plan The
Human Completion Plan is a more important part of Evangelion. It can be said that the entire story revolves around the Human Completion Plan. However, the Human Completion Plan is indeed one of the concepts hidden in this film that is relatively deep and not easy to understand. Because there are so-called "two endings" in Evangelion in Neon Genesis. One is the 25th and 26th chapters of the animated TV version, which ends in a stream-of-consciousness psychoanalysis. The other is the end of the third shock described in the movie version of The end of Evangelion. Regarding the two endings, the discussion was quite intense, and individuals held their own opinions, and there was no definite result. Then I will write down my opinions, hoping to arouse certain thoughts.
The first is the psychoanalysis class in episodes 25 and 26 of the tv version. It can be said that all the first 24 episodes of Eva are for this final human completion plan. Here, the so-called human replenishment is the evolution of the human heart, which is actually the psychological evolution and the solution of morbid psychological problems. In the film, the core topic is the meaning of existence and the purpose of existence, and people’s loneliness is the object. A long psychological description is carried out, which is intended to make the audience (that is, the audience with the same psychology as the characters in Eva) understand the film The character's psychological problem is also solved in the process of psychological solution. (I won't elaborate on the analysis here) In the end, Ikura Shinji also walked out of his gloomy psychology and completed his own inner complement. At this time, everyone congratulated him for completing his very important psychological journey. Then, at the end of the film, I wrote "Then bless all the children in the world..." That's it, Eva ended in such words.
Then, the movie version of The end of Evangelion was launched, which ended Evangelion in the form of describing the story. However, the so-called description of the story is just a psychological analysis based on the story. In fact, the entire Evangelion story is set up for psychological completion.
Rushing out of oneself—towards the new century
Rei II—towards death and experiencing life.
Rei II is Ayanami who appeared in Eva’s tv version for a long time. The tv version also describes the gradual communication between her and Shinji Aki. Understand and gradually supplement the other party's process. In this process, Rei gradually understood the meaning of feelings between people, from a "machine doll" who didn't know what feelings were, to gradually developing feelings with Shinji, and finally sacrificing herself for Shinji. The self-detonation of Unit Zero and the disappearance of Rei II announced the completion of Rei II's mission. This should not be the mission that Ikogento gave her, but the sad mission that Anno Hideaki added to her. The reason why it is a mission is to say She just broke through her self-enclosed character and possessed human feelings. However, she still didn't get out of her fate of being instructed and exploited by others, and that job was left to Rei III who was "reborn from the ashes". Let our Rei II rest forever.
Asuka-a bird flying in the sky
After experiencing a long period of abnormal mental state, Asuka finally walked out of her past self due to her mother's soul communication in Eva Unit 2. The synchronization with Eva No. 2 machine was completed, and its synchronization rate reached 400%. Asuka, who finally found her mother, also found herself. She said, "The Absolute Realm protects me..." Everything has nothing to do with other outsiders, everything is for herself. The Absolute Realm is not a wall separating the hearts, but is used to protect oneself. The Eva II flying in the sky is Asuka flying freely in her own consciousness.
Rei III——It
’s painful for me to choose , but I can’t choose and there is no pain...
It’s very simple. In the movie version of The end of Evangelion, Ayanami finally broke through her destiny and made her own choice. He left Ikojimoto to no longer be his doll, but resolutely made his own choice. At this time, Ayanami has completed her inner replenishment, and she is a perfect god-like existence, leading the third impact.
Ikura Shinji-perhaps that's good,
Ikura Shinji is living under severe psychological pressure throughout the new century Eva. This is exactly his fate as a male protagonist. When Ayanami left everything to him, his heart was still full of contradictions. The self-enclosed consciousness for fear of hurting others is still deeply buried deep in his heart. In the end, it was because of his thinking that triggered the third impact. And in the sea of life in LCL, he saw the world he had hoped for-people mixed into a whole, but it was still a chaotic world, and there were still conflicts and conflicts. At this time, Ikura Shinji truly understood that no matter what state he was in, the world would not change if he didn't change his heart. In the end, he chose to return to the original world, decided to change himself, and decided to accept everything.
After such a painstaking process, Evangelion's teenagers finally got out of their own psychological circle and out of their own psychological shadows. It can be said that Evangelion has made up their minds. At the same time, it has brought good news to young people all over the world.
What is the difference between Lilis and Eve?
In various religious legends, Eve is a woman made by God taking a rib (clone?) from Adam
Therefore, Eve is basically unconditionally subordinate to Adam and
eva takes the homophony of eve (Eve). Some people say that it is implied that eva was actually developed by cloning Adam.
Lilith is the representative of the devil in many legends. Judaism says that Lilith was Adam’s first wife (Eve was the second), but Lilith wanted to rebel against God, so she left Adam and came to the shore of the Red Sea, combined with the devil, and became a complete devil. . She has 7 eyes (the sign of seele in eva), which sees the past and the future respectively, and has the wings of an eagle... (It's ugly anyway)
. There is no Eve in eva, only Adam and Lilith are the ancestors of human beings.
Why did "Adam" choke "Eve" by the neck at the end of the movie?
I don’t remember any relevant explanations, so I can only say that my own understanding is
that there are only two people left in the end. Painful, but still remain an independent individual. The other is Asuka. She felt the soul of her mother in the second plane, understood the meaning of atfield, and kept her own soul independent. (Two children protected by their mothers~~) When the
two people left the eva and returned to the real world, the others had already been filled (lose their bodies and souls together, which means they were dead~~~~~). In fact, this is inconsistent with Shinji's original idea. What he hopes is to return to the original living environment, with friends, classmates, and a dad who doesn't love him very much, but he still values him very much. Like it, but you can slowly get used to and change the world. The world now has nothing but Asuka who has been calling him "baga", so he feels desperate.
Asuka has been able to affirm her existence after regaining her self. She no longer needs to rely on other people's affirmation to make up for herself, so she has become indifferent, and there is nothing but pity for Shinji.
Shinji hates this world more than before, and also hates Asuka, who represents the future (because she can live without caring). Shinji pinched Asuka's neck to express his hatred of the outside world and others. This is Shinji's long thought, "others are hell". He feels that others don't like him, so he hates other people. He didn't seem to change in the end. Shinji once felt that he couldn't bear Asuka's criticism of him, and he expressed his inner feelings, so he wanted to kill her. Now facing the more ruthless Asuka, it is normal to want to kill her.
I think this ending is very natural. After the two children died, it would be strange if they were still normal. I also think that the two of them will not like each other.
Shinji was used as the completion object, and EVA, the gun of Langias formed the tree of life, and consciousness was extremely metaphysical (consequence of consciousness can be simply understood as what you think is what you do), so he began to imagine, To be more precise, it should be a dream, dreaming that she and Asuka are in the living room of Misato's home, eagerly asking for help from Asuka, but Asuka rejected Shinji, accused him of evading contact with others, and pushed Shinji to the ground. Shinji slowly climbed up, yelling hysterically: "Who can save me, don't leave me alone! Don't kill me!" After turning off the table, after a moment of silence, he raised his hands and tightly caught Asuka's neck. Seeing her lifted off the ground, she did not let go for a long time.
At this time, the picture freezes, and what appears is the consciousness of Jinji chaos and the dialogue with Rei, and then there is no words. Thus, the fusion of mankind began. Regarding this scene, many people don't understand why they want to play Asuka. In fact, this kind of action is just a manifestation of the anti-human and anti-social tendency of real governance. Asuka is no longer Asuka here, but becomes the representative of THE OTHER in Shinji's heart. Didn’t you say that hurting others will know the pain in your heart better than hurting yourself. Although Asuka has been scolding Shinji on the surface, she is the person who Shinji is closest to. Shinji rejected all the care for him from the outside world because of his hatred for himself. So he used Ka Asuka to harm his heart and vent his hatred of mankind.
I personally think that Shinjika Asuka's lens is one of the most classic lenses in the entire EVA, a "feat" with the meaning of "watershed". Since then, Shinji has made up his mind to "completely destroy" mankind. His self-loathing, hatred of human emotions reached the extreme, and broke out, but in the end, Shinji gave up and began to try to accept other people’s love. To touch Shinji's face, Shinji let go of his hands. In this regard, he is the same as his father. For them, "Love is a kind of injury" (the subtitle of the theater version).
The Final: Philosophy behind the Evangelion
From the perspective of philosophical school, EVA does not belong to any school. It is a work that is a hybrid of many ideas. I saw Nietzsche, Marx, Hegel, Heidegger, Freud in EVA...As a surrealist work, EVA has been used for most Modernist approach. Everything it does has only one purpose: to let us know the world.
Dualism: LCL and spirit. In Eva, it is believed that all life is made up of LCL, so there is the concept of LCL sea of life. However, the spirit is independent of the material. Even the soul of the original LCL human being will continue to exist, and if the physical body will cause inconvenience, it is better to abandon it.
The theory of evil nature: human beings are the offspring of sin, and they came to this world with the unforgivable original sin.
Really? Mankind has the hope of survival, and the hope of mankind makes people have to use their own scientific power. Is there anything wrong with the hope of survival?
No morality: There is no morality in Eva. According to "tradition", what human beings do is immoral. Relying on copying opponents (Eva is a derivative of Adam like the apostle), deceiving opponents and surviving. How can such behavior be considered moral? Is the kind of human behavior that uses everything for itself is moral? What is morality? What is good and evil? Good and evil are things that do not exist at all. They are just reasons for human beings to fabricate reasons for their actions. After Nietzsche chanted "God is dead", can we get the new hope of the new century?
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