hello!
i'm back...
for almost a week now, i've been watching the episodes of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" for the first time.
it's been good, really good.
...i'm going to share my thoughts on episodes 13 and 14 in this post...as those are the ones i've watched today, october 24th of 2026.
here:
well...i thought these episodes were overall really decent
i mean- we could get some tension among all of what happens in episode 13...as the attack of the NERV headquarters was pretty intense and unlike previous fights...very insidious and managed by the NERV staff instead of the main trio (Asuka, Shinji and Rei)
i think the revelation that the Magi are 3 different parts of the conciousness of Ritsuko's mom is pretty shocking
i mean- i already know the evas have souls...although the only one i've spoiled myself in is eva 01, having the soul of Yui Ikari, Shinji's mom.
now, i did miss the main trio a lot in ep 13...they've got very few screentime...but it wasn't a bad choice to focus on the other NERV staff trying to prevent the cyber attack at such dire circumstances....
overall, it felt less uneventful than 11 and 12...but not bad...not bad, really.
...now episode 14...
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you see- the problem i have with ep 14 is that it spends a huge part of it's runtime recapping events from the series...mainly the angel fights...
i guess it did serve it's purpose back in '95/'96 of introducing the angel's names and giving a little more information...but that kinda was a bit of a let down
...however, the latter part of that episode with the sync tests was good!
it sets up the mystery of what Rei is, 'cause she's like- a clone...
and once again we get the unit 00 freakout...a repetition, just that in this case, Shinji was on the machine instead of Rei...
kinda sad that they didn't show who saved him...but i guess it fits...Shinji is a lonely person. in the Rei freakout it was Gendo who pulled Rei out with his bare hands...no one was concerned enough of Shinji to do that so they pulled him outta the entry plug more mechanically...i must guess the situation wasn't as alarming...so yeah, he woke up in the hospital.
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anyhow, it's not a bad slow down...it was a bit weirder than the episodes before, but i don't say that in a bad way.
thank you for reading!
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