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Well I started my re-watch of Evangelion and went through the first five (yay for the DVD having them in one go). I have to say watching it now as an adult is much better. I first watched it when I was nine and since I wasn't use to anime a whole lot yet outside of DBZ, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Rurouni Kenshin, I had no idea what the fuck was going on. Now though through years of hearing about it and now seeing it again and being use to the medium and the genre, it's quite a different viewing experience.

The story so far is alright. I honestly don't really care at the moment about anything other than Shinji himself. He's a very interesting a character and is quite fun to watch from a psychological aspect. He's a child who has been thrown into a situation he's not use to, conversing and being around people he doesn't know, and is there simply because his distant father as decided that he's "Of use to me now." This all gives him a lot stress which effects his psyche, and five episodes in it's already shown. I'm not sure what all he was like before this all happened, but it seems like he was always the type to do whatever he was told which does make him out to be a respectable young man. But being thrown into a situation in which he's basically told that he has no choice and if he refuses he puts another person at risk effects him quite a lot. He has his problems which are becoming bigger because of his current situation and is gaining more because of it. All of this boils into shaping his mental state, which I find fascinating to watch.

The rest of the characters are just there for now in all honesty outside of Misato. I don't know how old she is, but she acts like a teenager and this aspect isn't helped by the fact that her voice actor makes her sound like one as well. Ritsuko is a pretty alright character, as is Rei, Shinji's dad, and the two boys from school. The EVAs are very nice looking which I've always though (Unit 00 is my favorite so far). The Angels are pretty weird looking (a pyramid? really?).

The music is very nice too. That opening theme is just perfect to me and the ending theme isn't too bad as well. I do find it hard to focus on the subtitles and learn the lyrics though due to how much shit is flashing on screen during the chorus.

The only thing I don't get so far is why they HAVE to use 14 year olds. I'm hoping that gets some explanation because if it doesn't, I'm just going to be in a constant WTF state.

As a whole Evangelion is pretty interesting so far. I already planned on watching every episode and after seeing the first five I would like to see that through, if anything just to see how Shinji evolves as a character.