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So first off Dungeon Meshi and Evangelion spoilers below:

So I don't know if this has already been confirmed or not, but I feel like these two scenes are specifically evangelion references

So first we have the already talked about Ramiel/Undine scene;

Where the undine not only shifts it's form slightly when it fires its laser but also makes a kinda screaming noise when it fires

But another scene I haven't seen people discuss is the shapeshifter fight and it's parallels to EVA Unit 01 going berserk

(EVA 01 L: Sachiel Fight, EVA 01 R: Zuriel Fight)

Their eyes open the same, they seem to have a similar shape(vaguely) and they make a super similar sound effect (and the first frame of both awakening is them with one eye)

Just thought the idea was cool (and am back deep into my EVA hyper-fixation so everything just seems like EVA to me rn)

So Evangelion ANIMA spoilers (vol 5) below

Hey what the actual fuck?

Like the whole ending of Shinji being recreated from the ark data is such a cool concept and all that as Final Model EVA (part 2 electric boogaloo)

But then they just lean so heavily into the EVA and shinji being born born, and it's so fucking wild, like Asuka calling him her baby???

Both of Shinji's (still living) love interest (or both people who are in love with him) are just his mom kinda, Rei Trois is cloned from his mom (and Rei Cinque just flat out looks like his mom but with blue hair) or Asuka kinda giving birth to him

I vote we bring back his boyfriend who isn't his mom and all that

Shinji and Kaworu's cycle is so tragic.

In every timeline Shinji and Kaworu fall in love to some extent, and befriend each other at Shinji's lowest point, and every time Kaworu sacrifices himself to save Shinji

Kaworu in the Manga is the one Shinji turns to after loosing both Rei and Asuka, and having no one else to turn he befriends Kaworu out of necessity, even expressing his distain for Kaworu, and Kaworu is already madly in love with Shinji and confesses it, and of course as he realizes he's been manipulated by SEELE and NERV just as Shinji had, he makes his request to be killed so that Shinji can continue growing, and Shinji reluctantly follows through, choosing to leave himself alone

Anime Kaworu is kinda in love with Shinji straight (🤨) from start and this Shinji seems more receptive to it, while they don't share a room or the same confession, they share an unspoken love, and just as their last life they must make the same sacrifice, and Shinji is left with Kaworu's blood on his hands.

But Anima is where we get a major difference, this Kaworu stays with Shinji after his death, and follows Shinji through his transformation into Super-EVA, and keeps talking to Shinji, and still trying to help Shinji through it all, being the one still there for Shinji even after Yui's true death

And Rebuild Kaworu is nearly completely different, his first action on earth and his first interaction with Shinji was saving Shinji from the near-3rd impact and with it the future that Shinji desired, and he and Shinji bond over music, learning to play piano together, Shinji approaches Kaworu and hands over what used to be his most priced item and trust Kaworu to fix it, and Kaworu takes away the physical representation of Shinji's guilt (the DSS choker), and he and Shinji's souls become one as they pilot EVA 13 as one, and his last actions is forgiving Shinji for his mistake with the spear, as Kaworu sacrifices himself to save Shinji (not being killed by Shinji's (literal) hands, but still dying to Shinji's actions), and Kaworu even while dead kept watch over Shinji (in Gendo's office)

In every timeline consistently Kaworu loves Shinji and gives him everything he has, and holds nothing against him, being the only one to truly forgive Shinji, and only one to understand him, but also the one who may have heart Shinji the most

I fucking love the idea of Shinji becoming an angel of nephlim in some form, so fucking much.

Like it pushes him closer to being like Kaworu, it kinda shows a loss of humanity, and kinda the effects of his repeated sacrifice when he pilots; and especially after the Zereul fight, seeing Shinji's body now reflecting the evolution and loss of humanity that Unit 01 has following its merge with the S² engine.

Also it just looks and feels dope as hell! The idea of Shinji being left not entirely human after Unit 01 reconstituted him, and him becoming the very thing he's been fighting against. Shinji after giving everything he had left, breaking his promise to never pilot again, choosing to get back in and fight again showing the last of his humanity dying with him as Zereul stabs him, and letting him be reborn as some form of angel-human (a nephlim?), and also the idea of shinji having like the core red eyes, and controlling unit 01 (like Kaworu controlling 02), also just looks so cool to me. And I feel like it kinda shows a better version of "The Curse of the EVA" that they mention

Like I loved that in Rebuild 2.0 and 3.0+1.0