#draft kaworu

most of the video is based on episode 24 draft 1, the last part is just me making up to have a possible ending

i think his core problems are still there, they were just toned down for the official release. just like rei, he grew up in a seele lab, and i just think they didnt raise him very well (actually i was making a small comic about it but got dropped again. hope i could finish what i have left T^T). hence his depression and internal crisis. if i remember correctly, there was a scene from a ps game (probably nge 2) of kaworu sitting on a chair just like shinji and questioning his life choices. he was lonely and craved real relationships instead of being seen as a tool or a vessel. the main problem revolving around kaworu is fighting against his set up destiny and real nature, this is why he was called angel of free will. but his suicidal intents were always there so... its a shame that he was born to look like a human but couldnt live like one.

i think the reason why they decided to change the direction, aside from being rushed at that time, was to have a character that wasnt so depressed like everyone else once we got to know them (°▽°). besides, he was introduced very late in the series so they cant just expect us to immediately sympathize with yet another gloomy character, it would have felt like a trope. hes like a spark at that time when everything else is depressing and hopeless despite him also being one of them. he just got another way to cope with his problems.