[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Layton13

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I'm not really sure where you're getting the idea that Shinji never has doubts, a crisis of his own beliefs, or ever considers the feelings of others? The Christmas episode was all about that. He's actually about to give up on everything he's strived for, and even outright thinks he might be the crazy one in all of this until he sees how much his efforts have had an effect on the other Riders, ontop of Ren slapping some sense into him. Heck, there's also the scene where he briefly considers letting Asakura die in the car fire in another episode. There's also his interactions with both Ren, Kitaoka, and Tezuka to consider, where he very much shows concern over their well being, despite their differing ideologies. To me, it shows that Shinji does his best to bridge the gap with others, despite how different they might be to him.

Like, I'm not trying to say you can't dislike Shinji or anything like that, but to me it seems like you're making him out to be some sort of grandstanding sociopath when that's really not the case.