THIS IS HOW IT ENDS?! (The End Of Evangelion Pt. 3 Netflix Reaction / Commentary)

We're back with the End Of Evangelion Part Three! This is the LAST part and certain things are censored for obvious reasons.
In part three of The End of Evangelion, we...think everybody takes an L? We go into the mind of Shinji (again), the Third Impact taks pretty much every one, and Shinji has to decide whether he wants to stay and live. Also what is up with Shinji and Asuka?! Jeez...
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[@mk9beatz]

you’re laughing, humanity is turning into Fanta and you’re laughing

[@KeepItFiveStar]

When all is doomed, sometimes all you can do is laugh!

[@mk9beatz]

@@KeepItFiveStar YOOOO i didn’t expect you to comment back. it’s a joker reference btw if you didn’t get it

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Def went over my head. Haha

[@gordonchell4364]

I was laughing for most of the second half because I was so confused and afraid.

[@HoundsBane]

That was my reaction too. That’s my reaction every time I rewatch.

[@Iridescent_Astraea]

"She's falling off the bone... like good ribs" Bruh I'm dead

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Hahaha thank you!

[@slashingzordz7998]

“Yeah that’s sex” Everyone when they watch EOE for the first time

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

This movie cinematic wise was way ahead of it's time ......

[@kristijanEX]

We still aren't where this movie was. No animated nor real life movie has since touched the highs of End of Evangelion.

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

@@kristijanEX maybe Angel Egg....

[@kristijanEX]

@@hebrew26commandmentspower55 it looks pretty good, really reminds me of EoE though from the art style standpoint.

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

@@kristijanEX good to hear

[@kristijanEX]

@@hebrew26commandmentspower55 no man, thanks for the recommendation.

[@infamousempire8302]

“What did we just go through?!” -Every Eva fan ever after watching End for the first time

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Haha pretty much. But it was still awesome

"But it was still awesome" -Every Eva fan ever after the previous statement

[@Apronika]

Notice how Shinji's back bends when he figures out that Asuka won't help him at all. He looks just like Eva 01.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Nice observation!

[@Apronika]

@@KeepItFiveStar Yeah, also- This was counted as everyone's death. If you think about it, Shinji killed Ayanami.

[@tada8288]

Basically after everyone turned to orange juice, Rei let Shinji choose if people could bring themselves back or not. Asuka and Shinji were to first to come back, but Shinji after everything didn’t know what was real and what wasn’t. No idea why he thought strangling Asuka was the way to figure all that out though.

[@tada8288]

Adam’s and Lilith’s role weren’t really explained in the show but basically there were alien trying to recreate their species, so they made a bunch of Liliths and adams which were all meant to go to different worlds but a Lilith and an Adam landed on earth so the angels were trying to “reboot”, the earth by touching Lilith and make everything explode into orange juice.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

The strangling really threw us off. Especially me. That's why I kept thinking he was trying to see if she was alive in his own weird way. Thank you for watching and explaining!

[@sidneywade2454]

@@KeepItFiveStar i see it as a combination of hatred for asuka and wanting to see if she was real. so it still looks justified to me.

[@feniza1]

I interpreted the choking as Shinji finally standing up for himself. Through the show he's always meek and does whatever he's told to do without complaining, always searching for approval and love. In the ending, when Asuka sees he's finally standing up for himself, she touches his cheek, to which Shinji inmediatly stops choking her, because he got what he wanted: approval. Ironically, when Shinji stops the symbolic choking, he stops asserting himself, and Asuka responds with a mere "disgusting", because even after all that Shinji still fully depends on the views of others to act for himself. That's just my interpretation though, I'm sure there's not really a right answer to this.

[@sidneywade2454]

@@feniza1 well, that's you. and that's a pretty decent interpretation. but there will never be any definite answer, we have to find our own. just like life, in a way

[@JenABlue-ed1bw]

“Dear mom, today at work I drew a naked, thousand-mile-tall 14-year-old girl dissolving into bloody chunks. So basically what I’m asking is, do you think it’s too late to take that job at the convenience store Uncle Hiroshi manages?”

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Hahaha! Love this comment

[@BASEDHITLORLOVER14n88]

Pretty late to this but here i go. Honestly, when I first watched evangelion I thought the same about Shinji, partly because i saw myself in him sometimes, but then I realized that me and probably most people wouldn´t do much better than him in such a situation, I mean imagine having a dead mother, being abandoned by your asshole dad, getting called by your dad only for him to use you to pilot a robot to fight 100 story tall monsters and if you refuse, everybody in the world dies, find out that the girl you liked is some weird clone of your dead mother, feeling the same pain that the eva does, which is pretty horrible, being forced to almost kill one of your only friends against your will by none other than your father, killing the only person who you feel that truly loves you by your own hand, and so on and so forth. I feel as if Shinji is justified because of all of this. My boy Shinji really just needs a good ol´ trip to the psychiatrist or something.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

He really does need a trip. The whole team needs a trip. It should be in the budget.

[@costinvelicu3534]

I think the reason some people dislike Shinji is because they want a strong protagonist , some sort of hero wich is the most common role of the protagonist because it allows the viewer to full powerfull or at least connect with the protagonist and further more connect with the show.

[@PalitoSelvatico]

@@costinvelicu3534 its because anno designed this shit to trick guys into thinking it was another robot story where they could relate to the main guy. As episodes go by, once you already related to him he starts to destroy shinjis identity also sending a direct message to all otakus: you are a lonely person and if you dont want the world around you to be destroyed, you have to face your fears (get in the robot). most people say they wouldnt do what shinji does in the movie, meanwhile in their lifes they have easier problems they refuse to face. The entire series is a message to anime fans, telling them what misato says to shinji: stfu, stop complaining, your life is awful but stop blaming women for it and fix your shit.

[@brendananderson9102]

Shinji was also raised in isolation for a good chunk of his childhood by Seele. So, there's that. (My theory is that they wanted him to have a fragile character, that way when it came time to exploit him it would be easier. In a flashback of his, he is shown at a playground, but the playground is on scaffolding and there's a stage light on the playground. It was never an actual playground, it was a stage/biome that was made to look like a playground. I bet even the sun was just an effect. So this is the world Shinji has known up until he was probably 10? 11? 12? 13? He did mention having a music teacher, but even that music teacher could have been just a tutor Seele hired. So I'm guessing Shinji only knew this artificial "perfect" world without pain. Which is why he assumes the real world should be that way, when it's not.)

[@raptros]

@@PalitoSelvatico you had to go there? Every character in the show is broken in someway or another, both men and women, you think Asuka had her stuff together when her mother lost her mind and hanged herself along with her doll thinking it was Asuka? Did you miss the part where Asuka cut her wrists in the bath tub? it's a trip to the bottom of the human psyche and how deep one can fall to the point of giving up their own humanity, the depths of human mind is the place where hell truly exists, but in your little mind... It's all surface level BS....

[@mamitomoe321]

Every character in that series needs a therapist (except Pen Pen). Should be required watching for psychology students. Commentary was hilarious and awesome.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Pen Pen is def the most chill. That would be interesting if Eva was used in psych classes. I’d be all for it! Thanks for watching and for the kind words!

[@JustSomeGuywithEpicGrasses]

God-King Pen Pen

[@idot3331]

Pen Pen needs therapy just from witnessing the rest of the characters interacting

[@desdenova1]

No therapist can fix depressed 14 year-olds who are forced to pilot giant robots to save humanity, none.

[@raphael.cavalcanti3301]

I think Pen Pen needs a therapist after he saw Shinji strangling Asuka and starting the end of the world

[@Wildo87112]

One trivia that I thought was pretty nuts --- the floating Rei at 20:39 looks identical to the Rei that Shinji sees in the very 1st episode of the show, right after we're introduced to Shinji in the phone booth. It feels like a throwaway shot but it begs the question of how Shinji see her there? How did Rei teleport herself to the phone booth and then back to NERV HQ, on a stretcher? The theory is that Rei achieves god-hood at EoE and transcends the limits of time, and is able to project herself back to the beginning, before it all begins when Shinji boards Unit 01 to replace injured Rei. Perhaps to say hi and bye to him for the last time.

[@jozieash5016]

ReI is practically an Angel if you think about it and judging from what Kaworu said about them being the same, it’s likely. Also, let’s not forget that Rei has Lilith’s soul

[@angelicusmortus1484]

The choking thing was because he still thought he was in instrumentality. In instrumentality when he chokes her she does nothing. Instrumentality makes everyone experience eachothers feelings, desires, and experiences. Asuka hated that Shinji would never reach out to her when they kissed and he would never comfort her throughout their relationship. Shinji hated that no one loved him nor confirmed their love for him besides Kaworu and he killed him triggering his depression. So when Shinji chokes her he is checking if he is still in instrumentality and over correcting in "reaching out" (thus Lilith asking "what are your hands for?" ) thinking that the loop will continue. Now that Asuka knows that all he ever wanted was what she wanted which was emotional comfort instead of attacking him she caresses his cheek to show him that she understands his hate for her. When he stops choking her and cries she says the infamous "How Disgusting" (romanized japanese= kimochi warui). She says this because she now has all of his experiences in her heart and knows what he did in the hospital while she was in a coma. That is why she makes the comment. You guys had an amazing commentary, extremely funny but if you guys ever have the time you should rewatch it with a new perspective. If you have any questions regarding any scene I'd be more than happy to discuss. If you respond I will explain that infamous hospital scene so you can understand why it is there to begin with haha.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thanks for the detailed response and kind words. Haven’t rewatched it yet but will probably do that in the future

[@angelicusmortus1484]

@@KeepItFiveStar thank you for your response! You guys did awesome, I'm glad y'all reached completion without getting emotional XD

[@thecollector5887]

she still alive. He choked her to prove there is still rejection in the world, she approved of him to show him she understands him but also to prove to herself she can accept. But she said Disgusting because she knows what he did when they were all in the JUICE. when they were all in the JUICE they were all inside each other's souls. So Shinji brought her back with him and that's it. She has the choice to accept him or not. But they are probably both adam and eve now.

[@miguelaglramos]

brooo, the adam and eve part got me thinking

[@nishanthgideon1485]

I think when he choked her she thought he finally changed n was wild man but as soon as he cried she knew it was old shinji still n said disgusting

[@ドライバあきの]

@@nishanthgideon1485 actually its confirmed the creator asked a female va or somebody if a guy did what shinji did to asuka in the beginning of the movie to her what would she say n she said disgusting so thats why that line is there

[@gatobuho-]

This is just the creator's way of yelling at the audience this is what they achieved, you wanted blood and here it is.

[@alexander.8242]

The world: Literally ends Me and these dudes: XD

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Haha gotta go out laughing! Thanks for watching

[@garavonhoiwkenzoiber]

This show. This fucking show man. Back in it's day there was nothing that came close. I don't think anything has since. Loved your Eva reactions and am glad you got to do EoE :D Can't wait for your Rebuilds!

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thanks so much! Really appreciate it! Hopefully we will be able to do it soon

[@diegooseguera4163]

Yes, all is right with the world

[@KeepItFiveStar]

We're gonna miss the dysfunctional crew for a bit

[@MajorLawliet]

Funny little detail, just to add to things. Those pictures of odd drawings you saw? Legit, actual, real drawings of kids that had gone through abuse and other such things using art to express themselves, I believe from actual therapy sessions. Whatever they may mean, that's up to you.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Recently someone in the comments said they weren't therapy drawings, but I also heard that they were. It's still wild. Thank you for watching and keeping us informed!

[@MajorLawliet]

@@KeepItFiveStar I am pulling that information off of a very thorough review of the series from a guy that had direct connection with fans that could both speak japanese and even had bought explicative material with extra added stuff and details like the storyboards for episodes, so I would consider him a trustworthy resource. And no problem men! Glad to see you enjoyed the clusterfuck no matter what!

[@hwalnut7202]

Just before the drawings are shown, you can see both shinji choking asuka as well as asuka's mom choking her (I think??). I think the drawings are there to show the cycle of abuse, especially in asuka's life

[@user-nn4mc8ge4u]

@@MajorLawliet how tf does anno have access to that private information 💀 that makes 0 sense

[@ashleyvincent1860]

Shinji: 🎶All I want to do is see you turn into a giant woman, giant woman🎶 Rei: *grows into an enormous rapture angel thing* Shinji: 😲 No, not like that.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Ashley Vincent well done! Thanks for watching!

[@Apronika]

theres your steven universe song

[@floatingpasta8099]

More like: *screeching screaming*

[@ozyssah]

Ya know, usually when I watch eva it'll bring out some depression, meanwhile when I see your reactions I'm just laughing my ass off lol

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Haha thank you! Glad you enjoyed.

[@Lumppii.]

I'm extremely late but it was a pleasure to watch the series once again with you guys. You guys made scenes that made me cry before turn into nonstop laughter so thank you :) Definitely gonna continue watching videos. I hope to see the channel grow, it's always a blast watching a video from you guys!

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thank you so much! We really appreciate the kind words and hope you enjoy the other stuff too. EVA will be back in the future!

[@Largo01]

"Did they hook up?" Unsure, equal chance 'yes' or 'no, those shots are just Freudian'. Amusing note, Spike Spencer and Tiffany Grant (the ADV voice actors for Shinji and Asuka) once did an AIDS awareness advertisement together and the audio sounds hilariously like Asuka gave Shinji a STD. That whole sequence is a consequence of Shinji and Asuka both having feelings fr each other, but their traumas pushing them apart. And yup, that's where the meme comes from. And cue the song! Isn't it chilling that Gendo is basically a grown up Shinji? Some folks believe the bite was a painful introduction to Gendo's Instrumentality, others believe it was him being barred from the collective mind. I had a good laugh at the Christmas Reis comment. Well played, guys, well played. The three women in the IRL sequence are Misato, Rei & Auska's voice actresses. Shinji's words to his mother basically mean, he doesn't know where to find his happiness, but he now believes he can try. That's it's not just futile. It's widely believed that Shinji choked Auska to confirm they were back in reality, because in Instrumentality nothing 'bad' was allowed to happen. Meanwhile for Asuka she woke up to find the Completionist straddling her with his hands around her throat. So, in the final tally: Shinji and Asuka are alive, but the rest of humanity can return if they wish to. Lillith is dead and Lillith's clone is out in space along with the Lance of Longinus so no one can invoke another Impact. The returning human race need to be able to live and eat so there must be some way to reverse the red seas etc. All in all, this is a happy ending even if in a really weird roundabout way. Thanks for reacting to this one, it was great watching you guys laugh and WTF through it all. The fourth and final of the Rebuild movies comes out late June in Japan so probably 3 months or so after that before it comes out in the west, so if you want to knock them all out at once (1.11, 2.22, 3.33 & 3.0 + 1.0) you'll probably have till September-ish. I'm sure your brains will have recovered by then ;)

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thank you for this detailed comment and watching with us. We appreciate you and the notes. I'm curious about the other ones, so we'll see what we can do after our Eva break, but more anime is on the way!

[@Largo01]

@@KeepItFiveStar It's been a fun ride, I'll have to stick around and see what you guys bring up next.

[@payforoxygen]

it has been a long time coming but it is finally here the new movie . "Some folks believe the bite was a painful introduction to Gendo's Instrumentality, others believe it was him being barred from the collective mind. " Perhaps it was him being able to reunite with his wife and spending an eternity with her due to him realizing his faults and apologizing to his son

[@Davis190]

13:40 'He's about to come out, 'Hi, we had a lot of fun tonight, make sure to talk to your family' Pretty much lmao

[@LucreciaCrescentIsBestGirl]

Fun fact: the Japanese version of Asuka’s final line was “Kimochi warui,” which can translate to either “disgusting” or “I feel sick.” There are a few theories about what the feeing sick means. The simple one is that she is just sickened by Shinji/what just happened. The other theory is that it is in reference to morning sickness. The implications of that one can be inferred from there.

[@ian09dbz]

or shes just saying the most asuka thing

[@Ricc-bmc8xm]

My take on the Asuka strangulation scene was that seeing Asuka reminded Shinji of all the traumatic events which took place and so he reflexively tried to kill her in order to metaphorically remove those memories. Also, Asuka was cold to him most of the time throughout the series, despite it betraying her actual feelings for him, so perhaps he was overcome with a momentary surge of anger upon seeing her? As for why I think Shinji stopped strangling Asuka when she placed her hand on his cheek is because it reminded him of his mother's warmth from during instrumentation when Shinji's mum placed her hand on his cheek just like Asuka did. This triggered back the memory of the conversation he had with his mum during instrumentation where his mum asks him, "Will you be alright?" and Shinji replies by saying he will try to find true happiness and the meaning of life, the meaning of him being in this world. So then he decides to embrace his past and strive to keep living in the pursuit of happiness, hence why he stops strangling Asuka. The more simple, alternate explanation is that Shinji was simply brought back to his senses when Asuka touched him but I prefer the former due to its poetic connotations lol.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

We like your take!

[@jenniemafune4063]

17:28 "falling off the bone like good ribs" 😵 fucking dead..lol. The whole thing is crazy, but much respect. It did some ballsy shit for its time. This was so fun, cant wait to see what you guys do next!

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Haha thank you Jennie! We appreciate it and have some fun stuff planned!

[@nakiankim2012]

7:31 "Aww everyone's juice!" best reaction ever

[@princetrollcula6455]

Neon Genesis Evangelion had fly me to the moon ending song. And End of Evangelion had a best line is… I’m so fucked up.

[@ViroVeteruscy]

Kind of a film you're better off watching alone. When there's other people, you're too busy trying to joke than understanding the context.

[@estebanr1807]

agree

[@shikitohno47]

Lmfao you're a furry and subbed to rev says desu, shut the fuck up

[@mari_iscariot]

"the world nuttin'" this guy, love him.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Haha thank you!

[@ichirouarisato1135]

I'm watching this show when i was 12....try imaging my reaction 😂

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Haha I bet it was wild. Thanks for watching!

[@TheAceSpaceman]

9:58: Me at 17 watching it for the first time, and all crying and shit.

[@vicho5960]

I watched it like 3 months ago, I'm 13

[@electricv564]

@@vicho5960 I watched it around the same time. I probably was not affected by it because I watched it at 2am.

[@jfriend-m10]

"Why would you draw a dog with it's guts out?" I felt that.

[@AgntFL]

Something you guys misunderstood was that everyone dies. In actuality everyone was turned into LCL(the liquid used in the Eva’s entry plugs) and became a single being. Even those that were killed beforehand like Misato, which is why you can hear her after the mental stuff starts. So everyone can eventually return to life if they CHOOSE to

[@Alex-bw6yd]

This. No one “died” not even Gendo. Everyone became a collective soul/mind. Even all of the SEELE/NERV workers/army. Just a soup of the soul, and Shinji said “aight that’s cool and all but I want to try and live as much as life sucks, and I think we should give people the option to live or stay in the hivemind”.

[@zephilandevol]

@@Alex-bw6yd i thought Gendo was the only one who didn’t get accepted into Instrumentality

[@Joel-pi2tt]

God was the enemy of mankind, sends his angels forth to destroy. Mankind captures and uses the angels against god. God captures the heart of a human, Shinji Akari. Using Rei a human. God ended the world, but allowed Shinji to choose wether or not they come back.

[@coutiya2007]

a bit late, but a little explanation, asuka was so disgusted by shinji, she rejected intsrumentality because shinji was in the sea of LCL with her. Gendo was absorbed into the LCL like everyone else, his transition was a lot more violent than everyone else's because even though he sought instrumentality, no one in the series put up more walls between himself and everyone else. He had the strongest AT field of anyone else in the series, so to break his AT field, the anti AT field's reaction to him had to be extremely violent, breaking him mentally and physically by making him face the truth about himself from Yui and Rei.

[@alexangulorojas3799]

I think Gendo wasn't part o instrumentality because Yui herself punished him and the way he says: "So this is my retribution"

[@coutiya2007]

@@alexangulorojas3799 I would have thought so too, but the catalyst for instrumentality was shinji, not yui, so everyone was absorbed.

[@alexangulorojas3799]

@@coutiya2007 but at that point Eva 01 was basically a god anda therefore Yui became god. I like to think that Gendo got what he fucking deserved Haha

[@EdgarTheOgre]

if y'all still dont get it, shinji is bestowed the power of creation, like becoming what we know as god, and he had to make the choice of how to remake reality seele wants at fields to disapear, so we all become one, but with individual souls, a literal paradise shinji decides to create 2 worlds, and you decide where to stay

[@kik310]

"Disgusting" Man... this anime ending so deep

[@samjames6714]

This could have all been avoided if those people in Antarctica hadn’t decided to mess with the giant frozen person

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Would've saved a lot of lives and trouble

[@user-qx4fc1up8y]

Tell your pfp to get in the robot

[@demongorr]

"That's a LEGIT vagina dawg" Such a fun reaction video, cheers guys!

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thank you so much!

[@eduardogutierrezramirez4486]

Pretty sad how i won't be able to watch this movie again for the first time 🤣🤣 your reactions where funny

[@KeepItFiveStar]

You'll always remember your first time. Thanks so much and thanks for watching!

[@Asterati]

The dude behind the guy with the Rei plush is flipping off the camera

[@Anton-qc1fk]

Highly recommend y’all watch “Why the End of Evangelion is a happy ending” on your own time. Not asking to post a reaction or anything, just give it a watch because it painted the show and film in such a different light in which you can gather so much to learn from. Evangelion, despite spawning from a creator in a deep depression, is truly one of the greatest works of art in recent history.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thank you for the suggestion!

[@kshino8466]

Shinji was chosen to decide which all human-beings turn into the one as lcl(orange juice) or keep going on the same way as individuals. Becoming the one means there is no rejection from others which Shinji was really afraid of, but no affection from others either. Living as an individual means a person can be loved by others, but also be hated. Shinji chosen the later one, so he was alive while everyone but Asuka turned lcl. At last, Asuka was also on the beach as well with keeping her body, because she's desired not to be with Shinji together as lcl, as the one. She's desired so cuz she's really loved Shinji and wanted to stand by Shinji as a different individual, as an other for Shinji, rather than being just the one.That's why she didn't resist Shinji's choking at all. Shinji choked her because he's extremely afraid Asuka, who is the only person on the earth except Shinji, will reject him and being alone. But he noticed her love with her hand on his cheek and started crying with relief. Finally, the word by Asuka, "pathetic" or "disgusting" was just her honest feeling towards Shinji's emotional instability or the paradox he's holding in mind.

[@shubhamvyas3192]

This makes a lot of sense. Holy shit.

[@wavybones_prodicalson1792]

"I feel like I shouldn't watch these 2 kids" My mood when watching this scene and when Gendo stuck his dirty ass hand all over Rei before Jumpstarting Human Instrumentality

[@jacobpeterson4071]

Nothing has come close to Evangelion I'm happy you guys enjoyed this!

[@TheReck12]

Devil man crybaby ending is similar, Eva was inspired by it

[@TheBlackFelinefromtheend]

@@TheReck12 I mean Eva did inspire a lot of media

[@Glassandcandy]

Watching normies react to the most elusive part of a notoriously ethereal and open ended anime is something I did not know I needed. Like this section is talking about the way humans connect and construct meaning and they’re making jokes about “sex stank” lol

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Hahaha this might be the best way to describe our reactions

[@reydrawsthings3981]

This is actually an alternate universe where episodes 25 and 26 didnt happen and is replaced by this

[@aspinia]

all what Gendo wanted was to see his wife again, because waifu is laifu.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Ha he went about it in the worst way. Thanks for watching!

[@JZzone000]

Yui Ikari: All according to keikaku (plan). Also Yui after her plan: You alright, Shinji?

[@Oroxom3]

Dont worry, Shinji becomes a powerful shonen hero in the new movies. (Im not joking, you will prefer that version of Shinji)

[@KeepItFiveStar]

We'll check that one out eventually. Thank you!

[@mlggodzilla1567]

Thats not the truth, he is still a pussy

[@mlggodzilla1567]

@Bean Bowl you mean not listening to everybody as always? Who knows, shinji better get his stand to go ssj and defeat detective conan once and for all.

[@MajorLawliet]

@@mlggodzilla1567 Half of the show is Shinji listening to everyone every time. What are you talking about?

[@mlggodzilla1567]

@@MajorLawliet Bean Bowl said no spoilers, so i didn't spoil anything, we were talking about the third movie

[@williamdibble9706]

Just in case yall still check the comments here, I'll leave my own observation, though the ending is probably supposed to be interpreted however the individual viewer wants (kind of fits with the what I'll call "be yourself" narrative). First - During the fight against the Mass Production Evas, Shinji DID try to help Asuka (90% sure at least). The thing was, all that red stuff around it prevented him from getting into the entry plug. So he just sits there while Auska gets torn apart, listening to it and dying inside. Now here's for the real fucked up part of this. His mom is inside Unit 01 to some degree. "Ok, but why does that matter?" 01/Yui only broke out of the seal AFTER Asuka died. Regardless of the reason (and there are several theories as to why she waited- none of them good) his mom purposefully waited until she kicked the bucket to break free, knowing that her son could hear the horrible sounds and that he wasn't running away. So one of the first times he tries to help someone out of his own volition, he's way, WAY too late. Second, the whole Asuka-Shinji dynamic is really tragic. She takes a liking to him, and in an effort to get him to reciprocate, kisses him. He was...wholly unenthusiastic about that, which was a huge blow to her pride...and all she lives for is to be the best. If she has no pride in herself, she can't be the best, and therefore has no reason to exist. This gets worse after the whole sync rate debacle, and culminates in the battle against the mind angel. Their whole dynamic would be really typical- Asuka is probably just a normal tsundere, albeit with massive trauma from HER mother and father- if Shinji hadn't been abandoned by his father and developed negative self-confidence, they might have gotten closer in time. As it were, her normal tsundere behavior ended up hurting him quite badly even though they shared a mutual (romantic?) interest. Her behavior pushes him away because he thinks she truly hates him, though she doesn't really know how to express herself any differently. Cue her confusion when Shinji gets alienated-she doesn't know she's hurting him. She then gets more scathing and the cycle continues. More detail on the kiss scene- she treated it like a game so that he couldn't truly reject her. When she kisses him, he does nothing back, and she acts disgusted to cover her feelings up, as she thought he rejected her. Guess what- he does like her, and this leads him to having even LESS self confidence and contributes to Asuka's breakdown. All that to say that there are different ways of interpreting it, and while Shinji is pretty "Why did you do that" at times, I can actually sympathize with him. I mean, he's fourteen for god's sake, and one day the dad that has never called to him before is like "Hey son, get in this robot to save the world! If you fail once, the world dies. No pressure tho, and by the way, I'm going to say three words to you in the entire show! Now go have fun!" This ballooned beyond how long I intended it to be, and very few people will probably read it, but hey, just wanted to offer my take. If anyone does read to the end though, thanks!

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thanks for watching and sharing! We appreciate your interpretation and it was a nice read.

[@funnybutscary75]

This happened after episode 24 and was the alternate ending to the original series. The movie is both an episode 25 + 26 together to create a ending that's outside the character's minds.

[@arcanist1]

The super quantity of sems references are Hideaki Ano intentions to remind Freud theories that most of the psicological problems are related to sems desire. Here we have teen with traumatical childhoods, lack of physical caress and of course confusing desire of being loved with sems desire

[@jurassicpark1fan920]

In the NGE universe, there was an ancestral race which was faced with its end, so they send out "seeds of life" to spread their descendants to specified planets across the galaxy. Each of those seeds had the soul of one of those members of the ancestral race which was inside a vessel called "moon" as well as a "Lance of Longinus" which was to control and incapacitate the seed. Each selected planet should have one and only one of those seeds. Unfortunately, Earth was the home of two seeds through an accident. One is the "Fruit of Life", or Adam and Angels and the Other one is the "Fruit of Knowledge, Lilith and the Humans. The first seed (Adam) crashed on earth in Antarctica while the second (Lilith) crashed in the Japan region. Lilith’s Spear was lost/destroyed and since the Rule was that only one seed can be active on a single planet, the spear made Adam go dormant. The Angels were created by Adam. The Crash of Lilith on Earth was called the "First Impact". Humanity was eventually born and evolved from Lilith. In the Katsuragi Expedition Adam (the one Misato witnessed) was awakened which resulted in the Second Impact. In short, SEELE is trying to create the Human Instrumentality to create the third impact so that all of Lilith souls merge into an "egg" and merging with each other so that Humanity can evolve as well as completely eradicate human conflict so that the faults of one person are compensated by the strengths of the other person. At the end of the series and in The End of Evangelion Shinji is going through Human Instrumentality. Basically, everyone becomes one in body and soul and turns into LCL that’s made from Lilith, but Shinji rejects it because he decides that being an individual that experiences both happiness and pain is necessary. Shinji's been running away from pain all his life and only wants to accept happiness but finally accepts both in the end. The second Impact was actually started by inserting human DNA into Adam and naturally that didn't go so well. If you're confused about what are the Evangelions well... Evangelions are living artificial humans of near-godlike power. They are present in nearly every single franchise entry, although their functionality and role can vary greatly depending on the story being told. Originally created by Gehirn and further developed by NERV under the supervision of SEELE, the Evangelion are born from samples of the very first Angel, Adam, with the exception of Evangelion Unit-01, which was created from the second angel, Lilith. While the Evangelion were supposedly created to combat the Angel threat, their most important functions, and one of their greatest secrets, is to initiate Third Impact to evolve humanity further. Unit-01 has the soul of Shinji's mother and Unit-02 has part of the soul of Asuka's mother.

[@sirtheo3rd]

4:04 I *KNEW IT* that someone say this and i can't stop laughing

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Haha glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!

[@darthdumptruck8767]

Bro, on god this the funniest shit to watch. Definitely worth learning about and understanding some interpretations of the ending. I personally like to focus more on the characters struggle and development rather than all the Lilith egg/angel jargon. However I have never seen any tv show/anime which comes close to greatness of Evangelion.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thank you! We really appreciate it! There's been a lot of interpretations of the ending and some awesome responses in here about it.

[@shanelogan630]

The Undertaker Kane double choke slam joke had my dying

[@jacobstorey6395]

I’m pretty sure that this movie is just what was intended to be in the original series but I think that it was either budget or time constraints that made the original last 2 episodes seem rushed. The creator of the series had this movie made to act as a substitute for the last 2 episodes, not actually to be between or after the 2 last episodes of the series. In the context of the End of Evangelion movie, the last 2 episodes did not happen and this all takes places after episode 24 of the series. It is pretty annoying that it is so hard to get ahold of this information and it’s why so many people are left confused at the end of the series. I actually thought the exact same thing, that this movie took place between episode 24 and 25 of the series, but after talking to some people that know a lot more about the situation that the studio was in at the time of the end of the original series, it became a bit more clear.

[@ciromuriel]

They did happen, but EoE is what everyone went through with Instrumentality vs. what Shinji especifically went through in eps. 25/26.

[@JTaylortrois]

The best explanation I can come up with for the last scene (after watching this movie like 10x) is that Shinji is still just so desperate and afraid of being ignored that him choking Asuka is still just him trying to force her to pay attention to him. I think some people are in denial about Shinji being abusive and try to overthink it, but that's the only explanation I have that makes sense to me. As much as I love Eva, I think the ending is kind of bad (but in a cool way I guess). Thematically, Eva is basically about NEETs and anime nerds needing to grow up, go outside, meet people, maybe attend group therapy, etc. but it seems so pessimistic about the prospect of that actually leading to happiness. It's the last anime you'd want to have a try-hard edgy ending but how could it not?

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Everyone on this show desperately needs therapy. I did hear that one of the messages for End of Eva was the creator lashing out because people didn't like the original ending.

[@jbark678]

Abuse survivors are unfortunately likely to become abusers themselves, so I'd totally buy that Shinji has tendencies.

[@SolidMetal8718]

I know its been a while... But that "happy" song... Komm Susser Tod, look into the lyrics... it's the most depressing nihilistic thing that anyone could come up in the 90s... and it paints the mood of "the world it's literally ending, we will all die and you can't do anything about it", absolute cynical drive to insanity the longer it goes

[@allister-hd7mz]

just binged the entire reaction of all of evangelion and was pretty fun!

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thank you! We really appreciate that

[@Te3b0]

asuka has said before "I'd rather die than be left alone with you". Not sure why Shinji decided to choke her in the first place, but she was happy he was killing her. That's why she only caressed his face and didn't stop him. But then when he started crying and stopped choking her, she stared blankly in disbelief. After all that, Shinji didn't have what it takes to at least give Asuka one last kindness. That's why she looked at him and said "Disgusting"

[@davidantoine9134]

Best moment was from the last video when the on the left got mad and said “Get in the damn robot”

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Haha glad you enjoyed!

[@rosario_rose455]

Here's a little fact for you because idk if they included this audio in the Netflix dub ending. So during the fly me to the moon ending song for the last episode, it has audio of Shinji's voice actor Spike Spencer from the original English dub. He goes a rant about how some things haven't be resolved and don't make sense, and questions how he will get home. It goes on to him wondering where to run away, hoping the movie will make up for this, and says that the creators ran out of ink. You can watch this scene in a video on youtube if you like to, as well as another youtube video that does an animatic of Shinji ranting these things!

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Gonna have to check that out. Thanks!

[@JZzone000]

Fun tip: the three female cosplayers were their voice actors.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

That's dope!

[@ProdbyJason]

This doesn’t happen between the episodes this is an alternative ending the first one is where his fathers plan goes through and everyone combines together to fill in each other’s gaps and Shinji gets through his depression. in this one the companies plan goes through and everyone combines together to “evolve” into a new being, and shinji doesn’t get through his depression and is a sad loser , also I think he chokes askha to confirm that she’s actually there that’s why he stops when she touches him

[@revolverocelot1380]

No this is *not* alternative. It's the same timeline. The last two episodes actually happen in between the movie. Once shinji sees all the reis inside liliths head. It has been confirmed by anno *and* there were scenes from end of eva in the last two episodes. First half of EoE is how instrumentality happens. The last part is how it ends after shinji learns to love himself.

[@philguer4802]

This show was brought to you by Fanta(tm)

[@raptros]

Basically the last two episodes happen inside their minds, Shinji triggers the third impact but it's all seen from within their psyches. End of Evangelion is the last two epiodes again, happening at the same time but seen from the outside.

[@hollow.5494]

When you want to watch anime to have fun, yet you end up watching an anime that fucked your brain extremely hard...to the point you have PTSD.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

There are some fun moments in this anime, but the rest? Oh man...still a good watch tho.

[@Oliveira-rp9md]

Yo watch the rebuilds of Eva now , its a whole different story that takes place in an alternate reality created just after the events of the end of evangelion , it's a sequel and a spinoff at the same time

[@KeepItFiveStar]

A few others have been telling us about it. We’ll probably watch it down the line. Thank you!

[@env0x]

i think the final scene of EoE is significant, when shinji is choking asuka, that is the first time shinji makes a decision for himself and not for anyone else, which is why asuka shows him affection by placing her hand on his cheek... that is until he starts crying because he feels regret, at which point asuka calls him disgusting.

[@wingbutler]

This movie is the most artistic way to troll your audience. Ano is a legend i tell you.

[@ferdinandfranciaiv4912]

The real life dream sequence I think is supposed to show that Instrumentality is not reality the same way the movie you're watching, The End of Evangelion itself, is not real. The same way that we guys are separated from reality by watching people in a fantasy (them characters in the movie), the people in the movie are separated from reality by also watching people in a fantasy (us movie watchers, or Evangelion fans). It's the movie reminding you the viewer that what you're watching is a fantasy much like Instrumentality is for the characters you're watching.

[@Amadeo790]

Look up the lyrics of the song, it's not a happy song, it's a song of regret and acceptance (also many of the concepts shown here need strong religious knowledge both in Christianity and Judaism to understand(That and the creator's depression))

[@Darth_Bateman]

Don't worry, it's a time loop so we get a better ending in the Rebuild. . . . I hope.

[@hivemindclips151]

this was the most unpredictable ending i've ever watched lmao

[@alejoparedes2388]

"I don't know how to feel."

[@JuanFerrer888]

Solo quiero decirle que he visto algunos de sus videos reacción y me ha gustado mucho, y se lo dice un fan de Evangelion desde que se emitió inicios del 2000, saludos desde Venezuela.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

¡Hola! Lamento si mi traducción es mala, pero estoy usando el traductor de Google. ¡Gracias por las bonitas palabras sobre Evangelion! ¡Agradecemos que veas los videos!

Bro, why were you guys laughing all the time? this is unbelievable, it seems like they didn't even care or like the film, and it doesn't even seem like they understood, and just to let you know all of Shinji's violence in this film belongs to the fans, and it was said that there are several timelines and one is that shows all the violence from the fans who sent death threats to the company at the time, and that's why even in some messages from the producers you can tell that it wasn't Shinji but the fans at the time, and it really seems like you didn't take ANYTHING about the film seriously or the anime, and you probably won't think that's good, I recommend watching a video about the history of the anime and the film, which are different, because you guys did a lot of shit, about shinji, about the messages, about the way it's told, and among many things

[@phyllischristopher817]

I wonder were you traumatized by what you just saw?

[@KeepItFiveStar]

We survived!

[@TOKYOTOYBANZAI]

Sorry I'm late watching this! Had to go back to the USA for some family stuff and missed a week's worth of KZbin content. Looks like everything has already been explained for you guys though! So my job is done :P If you have any other unresolved questions regarding Eva, let me know! Also, you guys should definitely watch the Rebuild movies, especially after freshly watching the original series. You'll notice the subtle differences in the first film, and the huge differences in the second film... and then a completely new story arc in the 3rd film (which concludes in the upcoming 4th film).

[@KeepItFiveStar]

It's okay. Better late than never. Hope everything is well with the family! The Rebuilds keep getting requested, so we might have to get to it sooner than requested. Ha. Thanks for watching!

[@ArchiduquesaMA]

This movie is all about despair, it never gives the viewer confort. It's fitting since this movie was a response to the haters that harassed the creator of NGE for the hopeful TV ending

[@Alucia0]

When you think that Komm, süßer Todi s a happy song cus of the music. xD The lyrics are literally about someone about to kill them self. The name translated into English is come sweet death.

[@grapes9h5]

This is the best reacts ever

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thank you!

[@grapes9h5]

@@KeepItFiveStar seriously, you guys cracked me up - watching the End of Eva, which does not make me laugh!!

[@floatingpasta8099]

Don't know where I heard this idea from but I remember someone saying that the movie is a response for people who didn't like the hopeful conclusion of episode 25-26

[@tompac1044]

Honestly it’s refreshing to see people with open minds watch this and remind everyone how fucking weird this movie actually is. It’s like everyone’s either in the “intellectual” circle jerk talking about how great it is or they go on a two hour rant talking about how they hate it. Well, in any case, this movie helped me understand myself and my emotions when I was a depressed teen, but looking back on it the movie does feel very “incel” pandering as an adult. Well, have fun trying to wrap your heads around whatever the fuck this movie is because I sure did.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thanks so much! Glad the movie helped you as a teen, and it was def a weird one. We'll return with more EVA content in the future.

[@jamessmall6499]

Welp, basically all the spoilers: EVA-1 has the soul of Shinji's mom in it. That's why Shinji was able to pilot EVA-1 at all. Those times where Shinji went Ultra instinct? Nah, that was Yui Ikari, Hell hath no rage like Mom in combat boots. She kicked the first angels ass because her son was afraid, tore the second one to shreds from the inside out because he was afraid, and she literally ate the heart (They call it an S2 engine, basically the Angels power source.) of the next one so she'd never run out of power and be unable to protect her son again. Rei merged with Lillith, and became the Angel of Death, a nascent new God being born, humanities epoch, maybe all three. She takes the Tree of Life, Shinji's breaking sanity combined with the power of the Lance of Longinus and the Mass produced EVAs into herself. She breaks the AT fields (An AT field btw, is an Absolute Terror Field, and the literal weaponized 'walls' we put up against other people and our own emotions.) of everyone down using Shinji's fear of being alone, so everyone turns into LCL fluid, so that everyone can merge with everyone, humanity can all become one collective consciousness, nobody ever has to be alone ever again, and everyone's soul goes into that vessel that was the Geofront. Basically the egg that will rebirth humanity. Rei talks to Shinji for the last time. She offers him the chance to never be alone again... But he decides through introspection that maybe the barriers between people are a good thing, because the trust that bridges them is what makes us human. And EVA-1 hears him. And tears that imitation Gods head off. She rips her way free of Rei/Lilith's eye, because her SON WANTS TO LIVE. With a cosmically massive roar, she burns all of the power she has in her, as angelic wings of fire encircle the world. She derails the literal Death and Rebirth of humanity, the birth of a God, the Apocalypse, because her son wants the chance to be happy. In this moment, she holds the power, of everything. With contemptuous ease, she shatters the imitation Lances of Longinus, and burns the mass produced EVAs, her pale shadows, into the void so they can never be used like this again. She shatters the vessel, releasing the souls of humanity into the sea of LCL. Those with the will to survive, will reform. Humanity will survive. And she gets to talk to her son one last time, as EVA-1's power fades, and the machine vessel of a newborn god slowly turns to ashes, one of the Angels of Death, the Reis, a missing piece of Yui's soul coming home, or EVA-1s escort into the afterlife. I know the Dub is different, on Netflix. But her words to her son in the original are some of the most hopeful, inspiring words I've ever heard, and it brings me to tears just typing them. “Anywhere can be paradise as long as you have the will to live. After all, you are alive, so you will always have the chance to be happy. As long as the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth exist, everything will be all right.” She gets to touch her son one last time as EVA-1 dies, and she falls into the blackness. She asks if he'll be alright. And EVA-1, Yui Ikari, sacrifices the power of Gods, her immortality, the power of the Lance of Longinus, Lilith, the Angels, all the blood, the terror, the effort, everything that brought her here, and ultimately, Herself, as EVA-1 dies, taking the Lance with her into the infinite void... Just so Shinji might be happy one day. The ultimate proof that her mother loves him. In summary: Shinji's Mother, is the baddest ass mother who ever lived.

[@bulletfastspeed]

Misato only offered him buns to try to motivate him.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

It's a great motivator

[@maximusdellaporta6444]

dude I could write pages on evangelion and its ending. I have so many thoughts and emotions about the show that I just cant contain into one comment. I love Evangelion. NGE is my favorite show, and EoE is my favorite movie. I have seen both dozens of times and have answers to pretty much all of your questions. If you're seeing this and have a couple questions, I would love to answer them.

[@owenyin3316]

“happy music right now” _lyrics begin_

[@revolverocelot1380]

The music is actually really depressing. It's a celebratory song about suicide. The singer thinking everything would be much better if they died. That's why it sounds happy but isnt. It also fits shinji cause hes suicidal.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thanks! We learned afterwards how depressing it was

[@CeddyFeldmann]

Fun fact, This ending is an alternate take of the TV Ending.

[@chereborn2525]

Great reactions bros!

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed!

[@dio780]

he choked asuka at the end to see if the human at fields were back (if rejection exists meaning humans are no longer one but individual) and to see if he undid human instrumentality

[@TheReck12]

"They didn't answer anything!" Yeah that sums up the movie

[@payforoxygen]

(from what I know) the drawings at 5:10 ish were drawn by children that suffered from abuse or trauma

[@El_Carlangas]

do you think they even care about that? They even barely watch the movie.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thanks for letting us know. Didn't know that

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Of course we do, but how are we supposed to know that watching it for the very first time filming a live reaction? We wouldn't watch the entire series, plus a movie if we didn't want to.

[@El_Carlangas]

@@KeepItFiveStar Yeah sorry. I'm beeing salty 'cause you were kinda awfull with our poor friend Shinji. He's fucked up, but they save humanity at last. That Rei spirit watching the deads works as a savepoint for the souls who really wanna comeback to life. That's why Asuka is now alive.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

@@El_Carlangas All good! We weren't kind to him, especially me, while watching the movie. I'm not as mad at him anymore after being a couple weeks removed and watching some post-Eva discussion vids on here. Thanks for watching!

[@robbiethecontroller9642]

If you know who Slaneesh is, then this in my opinion is a good reminder of how The Dark prince of pain and joy was born. (I'm talking about when rai becomes Lilith and the third impact happens in this movie) :)

[@turkeygrasslesnatch4742]

The song is "Come Sweet Death" and it is indeed meant to sound like Hey Jude, but super depressing.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Turkey Grasslesnatch Thanks for the info!

[@kindequation_Arts]

Y’all’s reaction is really funny and I like your channel I recommend watching the Evangelion Rebuild movies and it will finally give you a good conclusion. 👌🏾

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thank you! And it's taking us forever, but we hope to react to it soon!

[@himajintime]

I like you guys reaction. The frustration you got will be resolved by Sin Evangelion.

[@KeepItFiveStar]

Thank you! We hope to watch the other movies when we can meet in person again