Why Evangelion's Endings Make Each Other Better

Video essay about the interplay between Evangelion's original televised ending and the follow-up film End of Evangelion and how it speaks to the nature of endings themselves. Spoilers ahead for the original series and EoE, though not the Rebuilds. There are also flashing lights, animated depictions of body horror and violence against women, and oblique references to suicide.
Special thanks to ‪@AllINAllmusic‬ and ‪@AsherFulero‬ for the music.
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[@loon4830]

Great video. I really appreciate you not doing what 99% of eva videos do and get stuck unable to talk about the actual story to get lost in "well the director was depressed and so we dont really know what it means".

[@Crunchy_Troll]

The true ending of Evangelion is the friends we made along the way

[@ryco2220]

I always assumed that the ending of the series is more like what shinji was imagining, like what was going on in his head during the third impact. while EoE is what ACTUALLY happened, it kind of makes sense why the series felt like a happy ending, in his mind he thought that rejecting the impact would be a good thing, a thing that will make him happy and bring everyone that he wants back. but the movie ending is what actually happened in reality, thats just my thought though could be completly wrong

[@docentdocent2393]

Evangelion is probably the most life-affirming anime I've ever seen.

[@andrewblawson]

I like interpretation that all of the Evangelion endings are canon and are the result of, as Anno says, Evangelion repeating itself. And it took potentially many more unseen endings for Shinji to have a "final" ending as seen in Rebuild.

[@Karkafs-Desiderium]

My reading of the story always was that ep. 25 & 26 happend during istrumetality in shinjis mind, and that when he chooses agianst instrumetality we see everybody congratulating him because that is what he sees in his mind, right before waking up on the beach next to asuka. Back in reality

[@IzayaGarshia]

This really was our Jujutsu Kaisen

[@tris0117]

This analysis really put into perspective why I "enjoy" rewatching both the original series and the film. It is a constant reminder of the difficult yet, correct decision; whenever it is necessary to heed it. Nihilism gets you nowhere, except rock bottom. Confronting your fears at least gives you that chance to go up.

[@fwsh_sprite]

Damn dude I just watched Eva a few days ago I’m unsure if I wanna watch the rebuilt films as I feel the original shows conclusion was perfect as it is and I feel this puts my thoughts put together perfectly looking forward to your future videos and career man the anime KZbinr scene has just seen a promising new creator!

[@em.elizabeth7368]

Y’all this is embarrassing but shinji is the first character that I have been able to connect with. Like I always see people say “oh I am just like this character” and I’ve never gotten that but I do with shinji. Like I hate that fact and I wish I didn’t but when asuka was talking about apologizing I was like “oh. OH” and it was not a fun experience.

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

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[@vighneshsivakumar3418]

How in the pantheon of Eva analysis have you managed to find a take this fresh? I've always been so fixated on the metacommentary of EoE that I never thought to look at its story separate from that context.

[@skepg3729]

cant stop watching eva videos this post eva depression hits different

[@vehkian8666]

always impressive how you keep making sick videos on topics and media that’s already well covered but you still manage a take that’s not always explicitly expressed but i’ve so far already found i agreed w myself

[@patrickfiorentino2704]

This is the take. I couldn’t articulate what I thought after watching both endings. But this is definitely one way to put together that jumbled cluster of thoughts this story put in my head. Great review

[@dingus_maximus]

Really beautifully written video. Each ending is a half truth and they come together to form the whole. But even with the whole truth there are so many unknowns that can only be understood with time.

[@rapp8901]

crazy how watching this give makes me feel mad jealous and furios of how real are characters and every consequences can happen i love evangelion..

[@AnalyticCritic]

I loved your analysis of Evangelion!! I think your focus on the duality of the two endings and how they combine to make something both painful and triumphant was something that lots of Eva analysis videos don't grasp. Eva is hard to keep track of, but the emotions and all the turmoil are not. Great video!!

[@ThatBeanGuy1]

Just letting you know this is now one of my favorite videos about Evangelion ever, Amazing Writing.

[@InfernalRamblings]

Another great vid, now you got me wanting to rewatch Eva. (I've only watched it once about 10 years ago.) I always thought the end of the series and the end of... erm, End of Evangelion, were concurrent in some way. This is a really neat reading of the two.