ok i don't get the shinji ikari hate train. the biggest complaint about him is that he's whiny and a lil bitch but cmon man.
his dad left him and was only using him to pilot the eva.. he was used by pretty much all of the other adults for the same reason, and was outcasted by kids his age. (his only friends just wanted mommy milkers let's be real). and can you imagine having that much responsibility on you as a child? he's almost died like 74729293 times and was forced to potentially kill his classmate. like that's rough, of course he's going to be shut off, nervous, and uncertain. it didn't help that asuka literally bullied the fuck out of him. (i love asuka too though, she had it rough as well) but still.
shinji is just a representation of true humanity and mental illness. he's not supposed to be a perfect protagonist because irl NO ONE ACTUALLY IS! he's very realistic to how a literal child would behave in an incredibly stressful situation. did he do some shitty things? sure. EVERYONE IN THE SHOW DID!
idk guys i'd love to hear some of my other shinji stans speak on the matter. (i'm only referring to 90's neon genesis). finally, does no one talk about how sexualized asuka and rei are when they too are only kids? kinda fucked up tbh
edit: the reason i bring up the asuka situation is because it's true. yeah it is comedy and it can be funny but she genuinely pushed him to do some crazy shit. i was provided an example to the whole "peer outcast" point. i mean how do you not bring that up? not all of it was just goofin she did some questionable things towards shinji. now shinji is no saint because he's also done some incredibly questionable things towards asuka, and i believe asuka has very valid reasoning for how she acts. also gave so many other arguments in this post can you read?
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