Neon Genesis Evangelion Ending Explained

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  • Make sure you're strapped in tight to your EVA unit, we are about to explain the ending(s) of Neon Genesis Evangelion now that it's streaming on Netflix.
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  • @davien001
    @davien001 Před 3 lety +15838

    You're laughing, The Third Impact turned people into orange fanta and you're laughing

    • @abhishekghosh803
      @abhishekghosh803 Před 3 lety +522

      Your comment made me laugh harder

    • @systemerror6047
      @systemerror6047 Před 3 lety +826

      “Let me get this straight. You think that The Third Impact is funny?”
      “I do. And I’m tired of pretending it’s not”

    • @opdestroyer937
      @opdestroyer937 Před 3 lety +152

      “Orange Fanta” you made laugh even harder😂😂😂😂

    • @potatomanboooi3105
      @potatomanboooi3105 Před 3 lety +41

      orange fanta funny

    • @Xeno_Channel
      @Xeno_Channel Před 3 lety +49

      LMFAO dude I literally just finished the movie and was emotionally confused as hell... but this just made my night bro! :)

  • @SpanishDio
    @SpanishDio Před 3 lety +21846

    First episodes: Giant Robots vs extra-dimensional monsters
    Last Episodes: *Depression*

    • @2highbruh
      @2highbruh Před 3 lety +167

      I don't even get it. I mean was it all in his mind, he just wanted to separate himself from others and imagine all this?

    • @SpanishDio
      @SpanishDio Před 3 lety +406

      @@2highbruh You can (not) understand Evangelion.

    • @blank0po367
      @blank0po367 Před 3 lety +10

      Honestly

    • @cherrypoptart2001
      @cherrypoptart2001 Před 3 lety +160

      Its a trend now with mechas. Evangelion, code geass and darling in the franxx. Just leave the viewer depressed right after.

    • @kamogelok5315
      @kamogelok5315 Před 3 lety +2

      Bro ikr

  • @leoross4674
    @leoross4674 Před 3 lety +17187

    This anime is literally “Where is Shinji but no one asks How Is Shinji”

  • @paulmcf1115
    @paulmcf1115 Před 3 lety +8874

    Dude literally killed the entire cast as a middle finger to fans who hated his ending

    • @Xtr1d
      @Xtr1d Před 3 lety +201

      Fr😭😂

    • @itsthatasian06
      @itsthatasian06 Před 3 lety +317

      Dudes cold af 🥶

    • @Sophie-mv7bd
      @Sophie-mv7bd Před 3 lety +252

      Chad move

    • @cookrileyw
      @cookrileyw Před 3 lety +522

      Because he made a fantastic world and story and then did not make an ending that in any way had anything to do with rest of the show. If he really wanted to make an ending like episode 25 & 26 just make those two bizarre episodes and not waste the effort creating 24 illrevant episodes.

    • @SG-hv8wj
      @SG-hv8wj Před 3 lety +2

      Lol

  • @jager1394
    @jager1394 Před 3 lety +15115

    Me after literally finishing Evangelion at night: "I don't need sleep, I need answers"

  • @8golong826
    @8golong826 Před 3 lety +7400

    The "H" in Neon Genesis Evangelion stands for "happiness"

  • @beansbeansbeans36352
    @beansbeansbeans36352 Před 3 lety +4972

    Last episode of the series: *Shinji learns to love himself in a cruel world*
    End of Evangelion: *SNAP BACK TO REALITY*

    • @JM64
      @JM64 Před 2 lety +24

      Oof

    • @bullymaguire5838
      @bullymaguire5838 Před 2 lety +131

      Oof there goes gravity,
      Oof he's so mad, is he? 😅

    • @laserbeamlightning
      @laserbeamlightning Před rokem +30

      Mom’s spaghetti

    • @SirL_56
      @SirL_56 Před rokem +39

      Bro the start of that movie is still stuck in my head 💀

    • @skellexe
      @skellexe Před rokem +4

      @@laserbeamlightning BROOO💀

  • @rageraider5200
    @rageraider5200 Před 3 lety +5203

    THINGS THAT CANNOT BE EXPLAIN
    - The placebo effect
    - Dark matter
    -Blackholes
    -End of Evangelion

  • @plssub0videos986
    @plssub0videos986 Před 4 lety +8760

    End of Evangilion was like being on meth, speed, and acid all out once

  • @eris2950
    @eris2950 Před 4 lety +7307

    Next up: The holy bible explained in 5 minutes

    • @crisworking
      @crisworking Před 4 lety +33

      Ink!Tale Sans This is gold.

    • @lexxxus8549
      @lexxxus8549 Před 4 lety +52

      More of the Hebrew bible because majority of the Angel's mention are in the Hebrew bible and not the holy bible

    • @viola308
      @viola308 Před 4 lety +81

      @pxladin
      People with your level of intelligence should be publicly crucified.

    • @viola308
      @viola308 Před 4 lety +59

      @@vastoa xD i imagine being crucified would hurt

    • @Sprachitektur
      @Sprachitektur Před 4 lety +26

      pxladin tips fedora

  • @catintime3917
    @catintime3917 Před 3 lety +4686

    I just wanted to see children fight in morally grey "robots"

  • @iOSMIDO
    @iOSMIDO Před 3 lety +13417

    I still have to explain myself why a character like Penpen was in an anime like this

    • @kashutosh9132
      @kashutosh9132 Před 3 lety +819

      I don't know but there has to be greater reason for it who knows

    • @karinagbilbao
      @karinagbilbao Před 3 lety +1293

      Yeah it’s called merchandise lol

    • @adrianelice9871
      @adrianelice9871 Před 3 lety +793

      Yup he's essentially a marketable mascot. Same with the corgi in cowboy bebop

    • @iOSMIDO
      @iOSMIDO Před 3 lety +144

      @@adrianelice9871 oh Ein he's sooo cuteee

    • @randomstuffandye
      @randomstuffandye Před 3 lety +144

      Because he's a badass

  • @rodthemighty9201
    @rodthemighty9201 Před 4 lety +12499

    (Fans who wanted a different end)
    Hideaki Anno: (pulls out uno reverse card) *Now you have depression*

  • @synthes3425
    @synthes3425 Před 4 lety +5426

    The whole anime is a big wtf moment.

    • @mikkodoria4778
      @mikkodoria4778 Před 3 lety +1

      @@professionalgamer4678 you should try too,

    • @gauismaximus595
      @gauismaximus595 Před 3 lety +3

      Manga is amazing

    • @difanaufalpratama8765
      @difanaufalpratama8765 Před 3 lety +35

      @The Third Child if i'm not mistaken there are 93 chapters for the manga series. there is some additional detail in some character backstory. For the ending is really different because the one who made the ending isnt hideaki anno but the director of art from Gainax that also help the animation through the series of evangelion tv series. The ending is kind of happy ending and also in the extra chapter we will meet a new character that will appear in the new rebuild of evangelion movie mari

    • @justahumanwithamask4089
      @justahumanwithamask4089 Před 3 lety +2

      Ig I'll check out the manga.

    • @kingkai2800
      @kingkai2800 Před 3 lety +1

      Darling in the franx?

  • @memelord6985
    @memelord6985 Před 3 lety +4580

    Put simply: Neon genesis evangelion teaches us that you need to love yourself in order to overcome depression, anxiety to avoid self destruction

    • @jorgesalaber1730
      @jorgesalaber1730 Před 3 lety +353

      And the EOE is what happens if you choose to be stuck in your nihilism and accept your self loathing.

    • @memelord6985
      @memelord6985 Před 3 lety +20

      @@jorgesalaber1730 watch the film at your own risk

    • @mattisj.419
      @mattisj.419 Před 3 lety +115

      Yeah, that's what it's trying to do but in reality it shows that Shinji, who embodies Anxiety and Depression doesn't manage to change anything and is still hated by asuka in the last moments of EoE. I liked the Series ending far more.
      ALSO it gives the viewers PTSD like WTF that was terrifying.

    • @The-Big-Boss
      @The-Big-Boss Před 3 lety +6

      yeah thats probably why it is the Japanese equivalent to starwars

    • @Tang526
      @Tang526 Před 3 lety +8

      Its like understanding acid

  • @impsimp8240
    @impsimp8240 Před 3 lety +11482

    I literally cried when I finished the series. Not because it was sad, but because I felt like I had survived a fever dream.

    • @Saturn_day
      @Saturn_day Před 3 lety +1111

      i didnt cry at all... i was just thinking "wtf man".

    • @bread6052
      @bread6052 Před 3 lety +469

      @@Saturn_day I didn’t cry too, I was just confused and more terrified for what it meant.
      I am still confused in what it meant but maybe I do know but just can’t explain it idk.

    • @Saturn_day
      @Saturn_day Před 3 lety +14

      @@bread6052 yeah...

    • @kemasrafa8970
      @kemasrafa8970 Před 3 lety +9

      I feel you

    • @noobles_1718
      @noobles_1718 Před 3 lety +18

      THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT FELT LIKE

  • @aidan4529
    @aidan4529 Před 4 lety +13310

    Nope there was no movie
    Shinji learned to love himself and everyone is very happy and peaceful and everything is perfect

    • @trueno4904
      @trueno4904 Před 3 lety +2418

      don't run away don't run away don't run away

    • @mjtd1974
      @mjtd1974 Před 3 lety +151

      Aish Qureshi I fking hate this

    • @anglosaxon9599
      @anglosaxon9599 Před 3 lety +221

      That’s what I want to think

    • @zenzonerzz4789
      @zenzonerzz4789 Před 3 lety +648

      There was no movie in ba sing se!

    • @yes-zv2og
      @yes-zv2og Před 3 lety +72

      @@zenzonerzz4789 LMFAOOO

  • @lambdaweaponscache5394
    @lambdaweaponscache5394 Před 4 lety +3324

    Neon Genesis Evangelion: You can (not) explain

    • @omarpikm2101
      @omarpikm2101 Před 4 lety +93

      the amount of blood in the series
      You can (not) forget

    • @kingcookie9777
      @kingcookie9777 Před 4 lety +27

      Neon genesis evangelion 6.9 you can (not) die

    • @omarpikm2101
      @omarpikm2101 Před 4 lety +63

      NGE 4.20
      You can (not) get a girlfriend

    • @nathantragic1047
      @nathantragic1047 Před 4 lety +6

      Nothing can be explained

    • @jhonzeimerman5650
      @jhonzeimerman5650 Před 4 lety +5

      Series: Oneself battle to defeat deppression.
      Movie: the end of Mankind and the birth of a new Mankind, twisted and flawed as the previous one.

  • @geno2033
    @geno2033 Před 3 lety +6386

    the fact shinji hardly knew kaworu but he was his most loved person is genuinely heartbreaking. he rly did have no one

    • @yunganand
      @yunganand Před 2 lety +287

      officer arrest this man hes making me cry

    • @darrenfleming7901
      @darrenfleming7901 Před 2 lety +780

      it also affects him more because it makes him question whether the angels are really even the enemy. He's basically been thinking that angels are soulless monsters, but then why did an angel show more kindness to him than any other human so far?

    • @steveleo3015
      @steveleo3015 Před 2 lety +10

      sir give me your contact info, im gonna send my lawyers

    • @TJ-Judge
      @TJ-Judge Před 2 lety +41

      In the manga he hated him. It was much more believable in my opinion

    • @chuviis3508
      @chuviis3508 Před 2 lety +150

      @@TJ-Judge Manga Kaworu does not have the same personality as his anime counterpart though.

  • @cherrypoptart2001
    @cherrypoptart2001 Před 3 lety +2993

    Ngl, that scene where auska and unit 2 getting eaten by all those EVAs was dark af

    • @mattisj.419
      @mattisj.419 Před 3 lety +332

      All of EoE was dark af but you're absolutely right i also found that scene to be the darkest... With her Arm inside the entry plug getting split in half and all, i hated that😬

    • @niikutuff
      @niikutuff Před 3 lety +152

      fr tho, they did asuka dirty bro

    • @agentkirifuda_shank7071
      @agentkirifuda_shank7071 Před 2 lety +3

      same feeling when watching ntr happened

    • @rust8636
      @rust8636 Před 2 lety

      @@mattisj.419 plot armor thats what it is

    • @Luma_64
      @Luma_64 Před 2 lety +35

      @@rust8636 how is that plot armor lmao

  • @shingshongshamalama
    @shingshongshamalama Před 4 lety +8290

    TV ending: "You can be free of the endless cycle of self-destruction if you just learn to love yourself."
    Fans: "Yeah but wtf we want an actual ending."
    EoE: *"ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT"*

    • @lochlanhanham8308
      @lochlanhanham8308 Před 4 lety +397

      ... You just summarised the explanation which contained a summary

    • @imperialguardsman135
      @imperialguardsman135 Před 4 lety +264

      Pack up boys, this guy explained everything

    • @londonmandela5000
      @londonmandela5000 Před 4 lety +87

      Just imagine what the ending of Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is going to be like

    • @imperialguardsman135
      @imperialguardsman135 Před 4 lety +42

      @@londonmandela5000 I'm dreading that moment, because my Evangelionic depression is gonna come rushing back in

    • @dukelukebr6873
      @dukelukebr6873 Před 4 lety +23

      @@londonmandela5000 imagine if its still the same premise, but even more complicated than EoE

  • @MrSmoshing
    @MrSmoshing Před 4 lety +6959

    Why isn't this 40 hours long

    • @eljapo6078
      @eljapo6078 Před 4 lety +99

      pkoh’s cabin Yeah, 40 h for the anime alone, then another 40 for End of Evangelion and (True)

    • @iansagols5468
      @iansagols5468 Před 4 lety +105

      Because they didn't explain it well.

    • @babyeater2824
      @babyeater2824 Před 4 lety +5

      Agreed

    • @estehtix
      @estehtix Před 4 lety +12

      Because its not shaw dawson's content

    • @carlycrays2831
      @carlycrays2831 Před 4 lety +10

      Honestly, the ending is pretty easy to understand.

  • @Zenix.
    @Zenix. Před 3 lety +1374

    me fisrt ep: "oh hell yeah robots fighting monsters and this was a sick op"
    me at the end: "wtf just happened."

    • @JM64
      @JM64 Před 2 lety +68

      Me at the start: Teenagers in giant robots fighting giant monsters? I've seen this before!
      Narrator: "He had in fact, *not* seen this before"

    • @Al_musawi14
      @Al_musawi14 Před 2 lety +5

      @@JM64 *Morgan freeman

    • @okiplaythisgame7910
      @okiplaythisgame7910 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Al_musawi14 WHICH WORD IS MORGAN FREEMAN REPLACING

    • @Al_musawi14
      @Al_musawi14 Před 2 lety +1

      @@okiplaythisgame7910 silly fellow, it's probably the Narrator

    • @alifkindi345
      @alifkindi345 Před rokem +1

      Same

  • @holybamboozler
    @holybamboozler Před 3 lety +2098

    The ending of the show wasn't even sad- it was just a pure mindfuck
    However, that mindfuck still had value for all of us. Well done.

    • @petscop2154
      @petscop2154 Před 3 lety +6

      Well said

    • @JM64
      @JM64 Před 2 lety +60

      Evangelion is simultaneously some of the most blessed and cursed content in existence and I'm not sure how to feel about this.

    • @brunomenezes9011
      @brunomenezes9011 Před 2 lety +3

      speak for yourself

    • @memeuz8882
      @memeuz8882 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@JM64great explanation

  • @OrangeLightning
    @OrangeLightning Před 4 lety +4443

    'End of Neon Genesis Evangelion Explained'
    >only 9 minutes long
    alright guys

    • @RealKoolKid1
      @RealKoolKid1 Před 4 lety +44

      Orange Lightning C A S U A L S

    • @SpikeTheWolf
      @SpikeTheWolf Před 4 lety +2

      I dont get it

    • @SurfingJakeOwns
      @SurfingJakeOwns Před 4 lety +65

      @@SpikeTheWolf hes saying its mega deep and would take a long times to explained it all

    • @johnb6913
      @johnb6913 Před 4 lety +38

      Better than some clueless fanboy waffling on forever

    • @ulfberht4431
      @ulfberht4431 Před 4 lety +1

      Orange Lightning
      And that’s a problem because...?

  • @anthonyruiz9173
    @anthonyruiz9173 Před 4 lety +3745

    I just finished this...Idk how I feel about existence anymore

    • @davidwharton8923
      @davidwharton8923 Před 4 lety +69

      hey i just finished it right now too! anime brothers ;)

    • @prestongarvey5843
      @prestongarvey5843 Před 4 lety +93

      I just finished it to and im lost asf

    • @mia-ui4zd
      @mia-ui4zd Před 4 lety +119

      I just finished eoe and I'm not sure that I actually exist now

    • @PinotNoir_
      @PinotNoir_ Před 3 lety +28

      I just finished this, got depressed, and fever 🤣

    • @Maou_yusha20
      @Maou_yusha20 Před 3 lety

      Same

  • @creaks6488
    @creaks6488 Před 3 lety +1310

    Plot twist: Pen² actually started the Third Impact

  • @crunchu2361
    @crunchu2361 Před 3 lety +548

    Don’t worry guys, when the third impact hits, its not real life, its just a Fanta Sea.

  • @IkariShinji28
    @IkariShinji28 Před 4 lety +5088

    Explained in 9 minutes?
    What?
    Am I a joke to you?

  • @jwizdum2103
    @jwizdum2103 Před 4 lety +4164

    Honestly I think End of Evangelion is definitely the “true” ending, my theory is that the last two episodes are what’s going on inside Shinji and Asukas heads while they’re lying next to each other on the beach

    • @ProlificPianist
      @ProlificPianist Před 4 lety +421

      EoE is the extended ending. Episodes 25 & 26 are the events of EoE up until the final episode title splash screen called "One More Final: I Need You", essentially meaning that beach scene was more like an Episode 26.5 or similar preview for a non-existent Episode 27. Its just an extended ending is all, not a "true ending".

    • @vitaminc2161
      @vitaminc2161 Před 4 lety +91

      There are really a few story in general that present an ending in multiple different way. I think it's magnificent how Evangelion takes care of the ending. Both are basically the same (with small extension in movie starting from where Asuka and Shinji lay down on the beach after the Instrumentality) but presented in 2 different ways which invoke different emotion and interpretation from the audiences. I think it's great. Especially when you watched them as a kid then watch them again as an adult. Really. Nothing beats that feeling.

    • @gammabursta6915
      @gammabursta6915 Před 4 lety +3

      J Wizdum oh...

    • @EpicPivotDX
      @EpicPivotDX Před 4 lety +35

      Both endings are literally tbe same ending, the movie is more in depth, you ain't smart lmao.

    • @NidokingOtsutsuki
      @NidokingOtsutsuki Před 4 lety +179

      @@EpicPivotDX "you aint smart" when you cant even realise that they are in fact, completely different. in the series, he gets over his self hatred and rebuilds everyones bodies. in the movie, he kills everyone apart from himself and asuka because he doesnt get over his self hatred.

  • @junfaa
    @junfaa Před 3 lety +2302

    The Angels came from Adam, not Lilith. The whole reason the Angels are attacking is because no two seeds of life were supposed to land on the same planet, especially one that is carrying the fruit of knowledge, the blood of which normal life evolves, and a seed with the fruit of life, such as Adam, where Angels come from through some unknown process, but both Adam and lilith landed on Earth. The reason for not wanting this is because the first ancestral race of the universe were a godlike species and possessed both the fruit of life, and fruit of knowledge. They didn't want any other species to possess both of them and ascend to a godlike state. The fruit of life grants power and the fruit of knowledge grants intelligence. The fruit of knowledge is immaterial and is possessed by all humans and possibly other beings from earth as well as Lilith and unit 01 which was created using a tissue sample from lilith. The fruit of life is the s2 engine, which unit 1 ate from an angel, thereby becoming what the First Ancestral race attempted to prevent. This extended to shinji.

    • @NikHem343
      @NikHem343 Před 3 lety +131

      THIS is what I needed

    • @RedOli84
      @RedOli84 Před 3 lety +7

      @@rubenaalexander5007 Honestly that question is irrelevant

    • @sonicxxx100
      @sonicxxx100 Před 3 lety +31

      this deserves more likes

    • @jisaskrayst
      @jisaskrayst Před 3 lety +11

      (clap clap clap) ughh what about jisas krayst who died at the kross, from what episode will i be shown?

    • @jibril2473
      @jibril2473 Před 3 lety +11

      Wut

  • @ryuzxa
    @ryuzxa Před 3 lety +369

    If Shinji go to Therapy none of this could've happen

  • @Apollomilktea
    @Apollomilktea Před 4 lety +3792

    Personally I like to think that the two endings are connected and the original ending is what’s happening to shinji internally and his thought process while the End Of Evangelion is what’s happening externally with everyone else. Just my opinion.

    • @RafaAnto
      @RafaAnto Před 4 lety +310

      not only your opinion, most think like this. I think whoever wrote the script for this centered too literally in Shinji strangling Asuka as a negative thing when it can, and most times is, recognized as a sign of him demanding her to recognise him. Specially at the end when he already stops the instrumentality project (when he already recognizes his self-worth in the anime ending and thus demanding her to recognise it too in the movie ending)

    • @vollied4865
      @vollied4865 Před 4 lety +95

      It's not an opinion you're correct

    • @EvolutionV117
      @EvolutionV117 Před 4 lety +75

      I believe this too during the last episodes you will see images that happened in end of Evangelion Spoiler
      like how ritsuko was shot

    • @viniestbobby9895
      @viniestbobby9895 Před 4 lety +6

      That's how I felt long time ago Which this Series lol I was more surprised that they come back with this series then starting remake of this series.😶🤔

    • @jonathanramirez3109
      @jonathanramirez3109 Před 4 lety +23

      I also believe that, although I'm confused AF what I believe is that Shinji was able to accept himself and others and thus had the world stay like it is for another chance at living

  • @tinman6326
    @tinman6326 Před 4 lety +1861

    Its was funny that the end of the anime actually congratulated you for getting thought the show LOL :D

    • @ogi1337
      @ogi1337 Před 4 lety +58

      It was cute

    • @shedontluvzak8069
      @shedontluvzak8069 Před 3 lety +68

      i mean i lowkey needed it as i was extremely shook

    • @lamasu8060
      @lamasu8060 Před 3 lety +31

      They congratulated shinji. Not the viewer.

    • @LlamaLopez
      @LlamaLopez Před 3 lety +64

      @@lamasu8060 Shinji, along with most of the cast, was intended to be the embodiment of overcoming depression and, by extension, to represent the viewer (or those that can relate).

    • @psychofade2745
      @psychofade2745 Před 3 lety +6

      Congratulations! You have acquired Depression

  • @David-mc8in
    @David-mc8in Před 3 lety +682

    I just want to see how a eva looks without armor

    • @iotaku
      @iotaku Před 3 lety +13

      heheehHaaahhahaAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

    • @kusuoko3373
      @kusuoko3373 Před 3 lety +63

      asuka... well she was just kind beaten up

    • @crunchu2361
      @crunchu2361 Před 3 lety +113

      Remember when Unit-01 goes berserk and pops all its armor off in the show? They’re vaguely human but far more grotesque

    • @JM64
      @JM64 Před 2 lety +20

      It's nightmare fuel is all I've gathered.
      Yet i'm still intrigued 🤔
      They also all seem to have different skull structures (Unit 1 having two eyes, unit 0 being a cyclops, and unit 2 having four eyes

    • @drawforge9640
      @drawforge9640 Před 2 lety +3

      That's just an angel

  • @mungunshagaibuyantugs8189
    @mungunshagaibuyantugs8189 Před 3 lety +205

    Author wanted to share his feelings with others. Depression

    • @kashutosh9132
      @kashutosh9132 Před 3 lety +10

      This statement of yours is the best explaination 👍
      I got the same vibe when I was watching last 2 episodes

    • @bryanparty4411
      @bryanparty4411 Před měsícem

      Best comment

  • @ak88ify
    @ak88ify Před 4 lety +1159

    I honestly try to look at the bright side of the movie ending which is an unlimited supply of orange tang.

  • @artemoila1
    @artemoila1 Před 4 lety +1110

    I have never seen a more ambitious video title.

    • @DavistheDCfan
      @DavistheDCfan Před 4 lety +33

      They tried and they failed

    • @xyz8206
      @xyz8206 Před 4 lety +2

      😂😂😂

    • @yinnacle9885
      @yinnacle9885 Před 4 lety +5

      @@DavistheDCfan but they didnt ?

    • @DavistheDCfan
      @DavistheDCfan Před 4 lety +2

      @@yinnacle9885 pardon? What movie do you think they are talking about? I'd reccomend thinking a bit more of movies then flat and basic filler, especially The End of Evangelion

    • @ericallinger7479
      @ericallinger7479 Před 4 lety

      @@yinnacle9885 I mean they gave a recap, didn't really explain much tho.

  • @g.ullible6067
    @g.ullible6067 Před 3 lety +722

    I found the EOE ending more uplifting than the TV ending... in the TV ending, the characters end their stories in this single conciousness, implying that it *is* the ultimate end for their stories, but I simply can't reconcile it. Something about it is twisted and wrong. It puts all the blame on Shinji and doesn't resolve the impact of the other characters. It strips humanity of *humanity* and implies that it's true that we cannot become healthy people without existing in a world where the 3rd impact happens. In contrast, in EOE, Asuka and Shinji both decide that they want to resolve their problems simply because they want to be alive and have seen the value in relationships despite the trauma. They are returned to the real world because they have embraced their humanity and are given a chance to make things right on their own, physical terms. I think Shinji *does* finally come to terms with his situation in EOE.

    • @user-rz8qz5pn1c
      @user-rz8qz5pn1c Před 2 lety +43

      PHENOMENAL TAKE

    • @roelguevara6393
      @roelguevara6393 Před 2 lety +5

      awesome

    • @leomcdonnell2553
      @leomcdonnell2553 Před 2 lety +31

      Man was made by xerox cause he’s spitting fax

    • @marcelinerohden5888
      @marcelinerohden5888 Před 2 lety +23

      maybe them returning back means they are the new adam and lilith

    • @gingerrik1422
      @gingerrik1422 Před rokem +19

      Yeah, was really weird to me that this video tried to pin Shinji as not changing and doomed to fail despite him finally deciding he wants to continue living no matter what

  • @PabloKneeGears
    @PabloKneeGears Před 3 lety +748

    In the end hes not an angel-kicking gundam warrior nor main character the savior of all, he's simply human just like us fighting depression or simply running away from it hes scared of what other people think of him hes afraid of judgement. Mainly the anime is just him finding a worth to his existence.
    That is what I think the show is trying to tell us

    • @lordlopikong6940
      @lordlopikong6940 Před 3 lety +41

      Indeed if the show was trying to interpret what a 14 year old would look like who's got the world in his hands. Then yes. They made the most naive, short-sighted,can't get the big picture character. Befitting of a 14 year old. The reason why this anime is sometimes hated is because the people who's hating can't relate to shinji(that includes me). Why make a plot of letting 14year olds fight for the safety of humanity. I'n the end this anime can do just fine without the big robots and waves of angels and still get your plot of philosophy expressed

    • @samc1881
      @samc1881 Před 3 lety +45

      @@rubenaalexander5007 i respect that but i think thats what makes it more memorable and stands out from the sea of mech animes

    • @kashutosh9132
      @kashutosh9132 Před 3 lety +15

      @@lordlopikong6940
      From what I comprehend is this show was all about hideki anno and his depression,the last 2 episode was all like anno in the end accept himself for whatever he is,I don't think I could ever understand the main plot by joining the dots there is simply so much information left unspecified

    • @thepurpleshade486
      @thepurpleshade486 Před 2 lety +1

      berserk did it better

    • @dra7895
      @dra7895 Před 2 lety +2

      @@rubenaalexander5007 no that separates it from regular mecha anime, nge is a catharsis for anno

  • @marcv253
    @marcv253 Před 4 lety +1189

    2:10 humans came from Lilith. Angels came from Adam

    • @Gaia_Gaistar
      @Gaia_Gaistar Před 4 lety +44

      Are humans a collective angel then?

    • @maidros85
      @maidros85 Před 4 lety +219

      @@Gaia_Gaistar that's how I understood it. Adam-type beings and Lilith-type beings were not supposed to coexist on a single world, which is why both sides struggle during the series... Riiiight? :(

    • @ThaKillFeed
      @ThaKillFeed Před 4 lety +37

      Maidros Fëanoron
      That’s exactly right! They were supposed to land on the same planet at all

    • @DARBOID.
      @DARBOID. Před 4 lety +104

      @@Gaia_Gaistar Adam and Lilith are Seeds of Life. Angels are the life that comes from Adam. Lilin are the life that comes form Lilith. Humans are one form of Lilin. Plants, animals, humans, are all Lilin.

    • @TejasPetkar
      @TejasPetkar Před 4 lety +3

      @@mamatt199 sorry for asking a dumb question but how was the spear lost ?

  • @kingkill4292
    @kingkill4292 Před 4 lety +228

    You fools, evangelion is for the elite of the depressed

    • @nathanielmccormack4830
      @nathanielmccormack4830 Před 4 lety +15

      Erik Hernandez
      No no. It makes the elite depressed.

    • @a.dsingh9598
      @a.dsingh9598 Před 3 lety +2

      Now im not happy about the fact that its one of my favorite animes

    • @JM64
      @JM64 Před 2 lety

      Lmao

  • @inujoshua1359
    @inujoshua1359 Před 4 lety +299

    Neon evangelion ending explained explained please

  • @enerawilson1422
    @enerawilson1422 Před 3 lety +247

    I feel both are cannon. Happening simultaneously as his consciousness is merged. Every other human being es both experiencing bliss and horror at the same time, just like him.

    • @Sam__The__Slayer
      @Sam__The__Slayer Před 2 lety +2

      Same with the Rebuild, they are just same continuity with some events altered, proof is several Kaworu's grave on the moon, where he dies everytime in Shinji alters timeline after instrumentality but after Shinji does the Neon Genesis the concept of EVA and Angels are eradicated completely. That's my thinking.

  • @dirtyactsatdonedirtprice4547

    basically this anime is the detailed version of depression and confusion in 2d animation trying to find answer about life

  • @kritchayarnchandrasakha5200
    @kritchayarnchandrasakha5200 Před 4 lety +2299

    My friend’s dad made me and my friend watch this move.
    *we were 7.*

  • @evgeni661
    @evgeni661 Před 3 lety +711

    This is not Evangelion's Ending "Explained", this is heavily a personal interpretation more than anything.
    Most of this information is not officially confirmed anywhere and parts of it are blatantly wrong.
    Especially regarding the final scene of the movie, a rather darker and crueler tone was given to it by this review when in reality it is supposed to serve as a catharsis to the series.
    Shinji reaches out to strangle Asuka to confirm that rejection and denial exist once more i.e. that he is no longer in Instrumentality.
    By going back to a world where rejection and denial exist, Shinji has admitted that he feared them, and faced that fear. He has confessed that Asuka's and Rei's accusations in the earlier scene were true, that he locked people out too tightly because he feared abandonment.
    As Shinji strangles Asuka, she reaches up and caresses him, countering that although rejection and denial exist again, acceptance also exists again-people have the choice to accept others into their hearts, just as they have the choice to deny others. And with this, Asuka confesses that Shinji's accusations in the earlier scene were true: Asuka resisted, at every level, accepting Shinji (and by proxy, everyone) into her heart, by yelling at him, demeaning him, and violently rejecting the rudimentary efforts he did make to get closer to her. But now that Shinji's managed to stop fearing rejection from everyone, Asuka's learned to stop rejecting everyone. Shinji knows he can't passively wait for someone to accept him; Asuka knows that she can't keep rejecting everyone.
    Realizing that Asuka intends to stop rejecting him, Shinji breaks down in tears. Asuka responds "Kimochi warui"; to accept someone feels weird, foreign, and disgusting to her, because she's always resisted it.

    • @femgyro3974
      @femgyro3974 Před 3 lety +6

      это одна из лучших интерпретаций Конца Евангелиона которую я когда либо читала

    • @onim2645
      @onim2645 Před 3 lety +64

      thank u, i know exactly what youre talking about and i agree, just couldnt find the right words for it

    • @matiasalfredo5595
      @matiasalfredo5595 Před 3 lety +10

      What?, so when shinji was crying in there, asuka was still alive? I thought she was dead cuz shinji finished up strangling her...

    • @anopiniononyt9585
      @anopiniononyt9585 Před 3 lety +161

      Such a hypocritical thing to say that the video is not facts and only is an interpretation of what happened, yet you come here also saying your own interpretation lol

    • @anopiniononyt9585
      @anopiniononyt9585 Před 3 lety +52

      @@matiasalfredo5595 she wasn’t dead, she literally said “disgusting” before the credits rolled

  • @ForkBarbarian
    @ForkBarbarian Před 3 lety +334

    Ngl I kinda wished I had never watched this

    • @chiklydave3800
      @chiklydave3800 Před 3 lety +16

      Same bro same

    • @niknatbff
      @niknatbff Před 3 lety +4

      Same

    • @mommykirogi
      @mommykirogi Před 3 lety +20

      Yup I'm still confused and I don't think I'll ever understand but I'll still be wondering and that is going to be depressing

    • @tnc767
      @tnc767 Před 3 lety +15

      I am both happy and sad that I watched this

    • @EddieFreak
      @EddieFreak Před 3 lety +1

      LMFAO

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache Před 4 lety +2190

    You see what happens when Rei wins the waifu wars? _Everyone dies!_

  • @Roge9
    @Roge9 Před 4 lety +1474

    Spoilers>>> if you looked at end of eva as a sad and depressing ending then I suggest watching the movie again after you overcome the shock. No one actually died besides maybe Gendo and everyone is free to leave the tang realm. The message of the movie (which Yui and Rei spell out for you) is actually uplifting.
    Also the choking scene is up for interpretation but I personally believe that it was basically a continuation of where they left off. Shinji after becoming one with asuka beforehand knew her true feelings, he hated it but stopped choking when asuka caringly touches him. Asuka despite being Asuka doesn't angrily react to Shinji, instead she understands him after being one with him. The bandages and stuff on her possibly represents her recovering as a person. Shinji, ashamed of what he did, cries.
    Another interpretation is shinji just wanted to see if he was still in the tang world so he choked asuka to see if what he was feeling was real. But yeah, interpret the ending however you want, there's no definitive answer.

    • @chrisstone-streetlightinte5629
      @chrisstone-streetlightinte5629 Před 4 lety +67

      I'm not the only one that refers to LCL as TANG!!!!! I thought I was alone in that.

    • @Roge9
      @Roge9 Před 4 lety +53

      @@chrisstone-streetlightinte5629 tang is an internet meme at this point, I've also seen it referred to as fanta lol

    • @phd9335
      @phd9335 Před 4 lety +80

      But Misato died as well. She wasn't turned into LCL

    • @chrisstone-streetlightinte5629
      @chrisstone-streetlightinte5629 Před 4 lety +33

      Eh...I don't have a ton of friends that have ever seen NGE or really watch anime in general so I end up being pretty oblivious to it all. It's been pretty exciting to see all this new stuff about NGE pop up on CZcams. I started calling it that back in maybe 98 when my friend Yousef lent me his entire VHS collection.

    • @Roge9
      @Roge9 Před 4 lety +46

      @@phd9335 yeah she was, you could see a frame of rei before the explosion. Also asuka was able to enter it as well despite being... You know.

  • @spartandud3
    @spartandud3 Před rokem +31

    The problem with the ending of Neon Genesis is that the Instrumentality Project happens off screen and with little to no explanation. If they had one episode showing it happen and then an episode after showing the consequences it would have been great.

  • @katja3995
    @katja3995 Před 3 lety +58

    My friend: oh you should watch neon genesis evangelion, it's my favorite anime
    *me watches it *
    Instant regret

  • @MaryArts
    @MaryArts Před 4 lety +495

    Damn Shinji reminds me of my brother. He hates himself too. It destroys his life. He is also unable to reach out to people. I would be so happy when there is a happy ending for him.
    I think the endings are easier to understand when you have a Shinji in your life and you wish that he would accept and love himself.

  • @rubeng9649
    @rubeng9649 Před 4 lety +521

    That was probably the most stressful, yet amazing ending I have ever watched for any anime. I hope the creator has found happiness.

    • @Ignasimp
      @Ignasimp Před 4 lety +13

      Stressful? I though it was so slow.

    •  Před 3 lety +2

      I hope everybody will be happy!

    • @lordlopikong6940
      @lordlopikong6940 Před 3 lety

      @@Ignasimp same

    • @8iego815
      @8iego815 Před 3 lety +4

      Uh... you've never seen Devilman, have you?

    • @davidpoljanec4708
      @davidpoljanec4708 Před 3 lety +2

      How was it amazing? Most of it is Shinji mumbling to himself and the rest is just confusing.

  • @iotaku
    @iotaku Před 3 lety +47

    People saying darling in the franxx ending was crazy... Bet they haven't watched eoe

    • @azreosama1487
      @azreosama1487 Před 3 lety +1

      Agree

    • @MightyQuinn12
      @MightyQuinn12 Před 3 lety

      Darling in the Franxx just felt like a washed Eureka 7 and Evangelion anime into one.

  • @daniha7584
    @daniha7584 Před 3 lety +484

    POV: You're watching this video after you finished the anime on netflix

    • @GeoRunnerz
      @GeoRunnerz Před 3 lety +11

      Haha no

    • @Coram_D30
      @Coram_D30 Před 3 lety

      Ni

    • @badnewsbear4834
      @badnewsbear4834 Před 3 lety +17

      Yes, And now I’m currently trying to find out how I can watch the “Rebuild of Evangelion” movies since they are not on Netflix.

    • @paperyyy
      @paperyyy Před 3 lety +3

      I feel like depression isn’t more deep then the anime

    • @andymedrano1802
      @andymedrano1802 Před 3 lety +2

      Lmao no

  • @syrahokeiv9036
    @syrahokeiv9036 Před 4 lety +155

    You can (NOT) understand the ending.

  • @clutchedsanity8790
    @clutchedsanity8790 Před 4 lety +380

    The most deep and depressing anime I've ever finished. I'm weary of rewatching it again but you'll notice things you didn't see when you first watched it.

    • @carlycrays2831
      @carlycrays2831 Před 4 lety +47

      I'm not entirely sure it is. Yes, everyone is gone, but the potential for rebirth is there. In the end, we must accept our pain because we cannot just be alone because it's easier. We need others, even if it hurts us.

    • @irondude220
      @irondude220 Před 4 lety +13

      6th time rewatching it I really don’t know why but I think it’s a problem

    • @mxie383
      @mxie383 Před 4 lety +14

      It’s deep, depressing? Maybe at first. In the end whats so sad about it? No one actually died, everyone was actually joined together as one, this way Shinji didn’t have to rely on other people to accept himself. Everyone is finally at peace together and just moved from the Tang world that the movie closes in, i actually think the endings pretty nice

    • @DanteYewToob
      @DanteYewToob Před 4 lety +4

      For a less confusing but equally depressing and thought provoking story, watch Devilman Crybaby on Netflix.
      It's insanely fast paced (I actually wish it was twice as long tbh) and has a solid and plainly understood message and story. If you want something with a certain ending that still makes you want to die... DMCB lol

    • @ugotaids9441
      @ugotaids9441 Před 4 lety +4

      Oh like the part where shinji beat off in the hospital???

  • @lmao7931
    @lmao7931 Před 3 lety +56

    okay but you still didn’t explain why rei moaned when the spear of longinus pierced through the eva series core

    • @altofdish
      @altofdish Před 3 měsíci +3

      idk if this is serious, but its probably relevant to the sexual symbolism of the movie. symbolising biological life, and as misato said, a sign that you once lived through the existence of your offspring

  • @Rangure02
    @Rangure02 Před 3 lety +377

    Hideaki Anno: Here's a bad edited, low budget, confusing ending with a lot of unanswered questions of my wonderful series
    Fans: We want another ending
    Anno: So you have chosen death

    • @131untouchable
      @131untouchable Před 3 lety +5

      By exile

    • @Larbioca
      @Larbioca Před 3 lety +1

      @@131untouchable by sadness

    • @e4zyphil
      @e4zyphil Před 3 lety +13

      definitly one way to view this. probably the right way. i think most agree that the original ending was the better one, the message was wholesome. i also just wanted a few more answers about the final character development and got this EoE ending... with shinji choking asuka... well, not so wholesome

    • @TrainerRad164
      @TrainerRad164 Před 2 lety

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @littleload1407
    @littleload1407 Před 4 lety +393

    I don't think Evangelion fans will ever be happy until they give us a happy ending. We *all* want to see shinji happy.

    • @littleload1407
      @littleload1407 Před 2 lety +21

      @Veersingh Matharu Veersingh Matharu LOL just came back to this comment after 3.0+1.0. I was so right

    • @Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r
      @Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r Před 2 lety +12

      @little load Ep.25+26 did that perfectly lol

    • @littleload1407
      @littleload1407 Před rokem +4

      @Matejko108 thrice gave us a happy ending and it definitely did not lack depth 🤣

    • @Lasanga95
      @Lasanga95 Před rokem

      Yes

  • @quizey7486
    @quizey7486 Před 4 lety +2820

    IGN explaining the end of Evangelion?? LMAOO
    OK SURE

    • @devinorosco7197
      @devinorosco7197 Před 4 lety +53

      Quizey that’s literally the first thing I said to myself when I saw the title. Lol

    • @gabechuck713
      @gabechuck713 Před 4 lety +127

      Explaining quantum physics with crayons

    • @jessiebotelho8695
      @jessiebotelho8695 Před 4 lety +69

      Devin Orosco gatekeeping much?

    • @EdwardViaTomato
      @EdwardViaTomato Před 4 lety +202

      The way you try to bash IGN for no reason (apart from maybe a desire for social conformity/acceptance) makes you out to be a real Shinji. Loser.

    • @maidros85
      @maidros85 Před 4 lety +59

      It was a decent attempt. :) When you want to explain Evangelion, that's all one can do - attempt.

  • @vwuzi
    @vwuzi Před rokem +11

    Who else is still confused?

  • @dabaruknemuhar1981
    @dabaruknemuhar1981 Před 3 lety +49

    I watched the TV series, and the movie, and now this explanation, and i still have no idea what is going on?

    • @wildwyatt9
      @wildwyatt9 Před 3 lety

      same

    • @cskelly3783
      @cskelly3783 Před 3 lety +12

      Yeah, nobody does. This is what happens when you try to find the answer to the meaning of life and what reality is. Evangelion conveys this theme... I wished I never watched this in the first place.

    • @zey8952
      @zey8952 Před 3 lety

      SAME

    • @GoofyAhhLion2937
      @GoofyAhhLion2937 Před měsícem

      literally everyone is just giving their theories. the anime ending of AOT did this better imo

  • @rqzep
    @rqzep Před 4 lety +757

    I hate to geek out, but this explanation has a lot of mistakes. You know IGN did not do it's homework when they started saying that the angels were descendents of Lilith.

    • @Kiribruh02
      @Kiribruh02 Před 4 lety +142

      Yeah, arent they descendants of Adam?

    • @klickonthat5244
      @klickonthat5244 Před 4 lety +24

      @@Kiribruh02 Yeah, they are.

    • @teetheluchador
      @teetheluchador Před 4 lety +35

      it doesn't matter theyre all angels. its really not that wrong

    • @DraconicFeathers
      @DraconicFeathers Před 4 lety +81

      The show itself says humans are the 18th Angel, and count both Adam and Lilith as Angels. Blame Anno for not being clear, not IGN...

    • @nicke5801
      @nicke5801 Před 4 lety +78

      Aeres Vistaas It also says that Angels are descendants of Adam and Humans are descendants of Lilith which is why they cannot both exist on the same planet... not like its a big part of the plot or anything

  • @cyberviruz999animeee3
    @cyberviruz999animeee3 Před 4 lety +678

    So in jojo words,
    Pucci activates maiden heaven, universe reset, Jolyne has new hairstyle.

    • @asuklown1412
      @asuklown1412 Před 4 lety +22

      not everything has to be a jojoke

    • @robertpetrie6847
      @robertpetrie6847 Před 4 lety +8

      You mean Irene

    • @abhishekvvs8622
      @abhishekvvs8622 Před 4 lety +15

      *Made in heaven

    • @tesmat1243
      @tesmat1243 Před 4 lety +1

      And Emporio become the most powerful stand-user of part 6?
      Man, i haven't grasp anything.

    • @Maverickun
      @Maverickun Před 4 lety +2

      matteo testani he didn’t become the strongest you fool, he just got weather’s disc which caused him to have weather’s stand and that helped him kill pucci

  • @tristancannon4431
    @tristancannon4431 Před 3 lety +37

    Watching the ending of this show was like being stuck in Willie Wonkas Horror Tunnel for an hour and a half. Just replace chocolate with goop

  • @waggshore3777
    @waggshore3777 Před 2 lety +44

    The scene where Shinji strangles Asuka on the beach could also be seen as him trying to prove to himself that he is no longer a part of the human instrumentality, that he is out of the LCL. It is often said that Shinji recognises the thing that causes him the most pain, is when he inflicts pain onto others. In this scene, rather than being faced with what he thought would be the death of Asuka, the ultimate pain to inflict on someone that, in turn, would inflict pain onto him, Asuka caresses his cheek. She returns the gesture with love. Not only does it show that Shinji's actions continue to be contradictory to what he was trying to learn, it also leaves him in a state of confusion, unable to ascertain if he is still a part of the LCL or not. What should have brought him pain, gave him love, and that throws him for a complete whirlwind that proceeds with him responding by laying there for what we can assume to be a long period of time (the passage of time can be noted by the rusting of the cross that Misato gave to Shinji before her passing.)

  • @umbraemilitos
    @umbraemilitos Před 4 lety +137

    I think it was two sides of the same ending.

    • @sureshshukla2476
      @sureshshukla2476 Před 4 lety +23

      Yup.
      Shinji came to the same conclusion in both the endings.
      EoE was just kind of extended and more brutal

    • @goodbye3771
      @goodbye3771 Před 3 lety +7

      exactly. i think the tv series ending focused on the behind the scenes while the movie focused on the apocalyptic shtick.

    • @dewaadisandjaja
      @dewaadisandjaja Před 3 lety

      Agreed.

  • @superpulaski9767
    @superpulaski9767 Před 4 lety +402

    “NGE ending explained”
    *only 9 minutes long*
    Hahahahahahahahahaha

    • @DavistheDCfan
      @DavistheDCfan Před 4 lety +2

      Laughed so hard I cried

    • @jhonzeimerman5650
      @jhonzeimerman5650 Před 4 lety +9

      Everyone talking like if Evangelion is Quantum physics.

    • @hmalol2466
      @hmalol2466 Před 3 lety +6

      Jhon Zeimerman yeah it’s harder than quantum physics

  • @dapperblueberries9779
    @dapperblueberries9779 Před 3 lety +51

    Tv Last Episode: Realization and learning to cope with your problems.
    EoE ending: Sunkist flavored depression

  • @paradox2127
    @paradox2127 Před 4 lety +285

    cruel angel's thesis was a godly opening and to this day, its still stuck in my head. NGE is a godly anime and even though its confusing asf, i give it a 20/10 any day

  • @kuribo04
    @kuribo04 Před 4 lety +565

    Shinji feels no mysoginistic disgust. 😅
    He is scared of people and their thoughts, it's quite different.

    • @vgman94
      @vgman94 Před 4 lety +84

      Dargon Dude That still doesn’t count as misogyny. It’s...grotesque. But he shows no hatred or disgust of Asuka.

    • @kuribo04
      @kuribo04 Před 4 lety +89

      @@subparticle8995 I could never agree with anything said in this comment lol.
      It's ironically pretty mysogynistic.

    • @subparticle8995
      @subparticle8995 Před 4 lety +8

      @@kuribo04 Why, because I said woman? Just an observation of the behaviour of american women. Not a problem in the rest of the world.

    • @kuribo04
      @kuribo04 Před 4 lety +70

      @@subparticle8995 I mean, pointing out that she is a woman it seems like you are attributing what you are criticizing to the fact that she is one.
      And I'm sure American women are also all very different.

    • @sakonan4883
      @sakonan4883 Před 4 lety +21

      You know she probably isnt the one who wrote this video’s analysis?
      She might just be doing reporting

  • @o9rag
    @o9rag Před 3 lety +42

    Well, I don't think of the two endings as two separate endings but instead, I think that both are just different aspects of the same ending. Instead of searching for the differences in the endings, I think it would be better if we related the two. I think the ending of the original NGE showed the instrumentality process, what was going through Shinji's mind during the process, and how he could've had a reality where he was happy without any worries. The EoE ending however shows the other side of the instrumentality process, the other reality where everything just gets worse for Shinji, he is unable to overcome his problems so he instead shut himself off and tried to get rid of everything that said otherwise like when he tried to strangle Asuka. Anno tries to covey a very deep, meaningful, and quite confusing message which might be pretty difficult for people to process. You may or may not like the show but you cannot deny how influential it was and is probably one of the most impactful anime still to date.

  • @amanmalik2081
    @amanmalik2081 Před 3 lety +11

    I came depressed
    I saw the comment section
    And now this became my coping mechanism

  • @ElTacoNazo92
    @ElTacoNazo92 Před 4 lety +196

    The whole reason Shinji and Asuka are left is because Shinji reaches the same conclusion as the TV series. Also you can't just name drop the First Ancestral Race without explaining what they are. I'd recommend new watchers to look elsewhere for answers.

    • @Slaydur
      @Slaydur Před 4 lety +2

      ElTacoNazo92 I’d typically recommend evageeks wiki to read further or the manga... it’s better than the fandom page tbh

    • @DraconicFeathers
      @DraconicFeathers Před 4 lety +7

      Still better than what the show provides in regards to the First Ancestral Race...

    • @DiscoMouse
      @DiscoMouse Před 4 lety +5

      I think they’re better off not mentioning the FAR at all, the show and movie should be able to stand by itself without fairly obscure supplementary material.

  • @irvipat10
    @irvipat10 Před 4 lety +141

    (Is satisfied with tv show's hopeful ending)
    (other fans riot over complex ending)
    *End of Evangelion happens*
    This is why we can't have nice things

  • @ngerks314
    @ngerks314 Před 3 lety +28

    The explanation just made me even more confused

  • @sal6695
    @sal6695 Před 2 lety +5

    Dude imagine only accepting you want a normal life only when all of the world is melted to sludge

  • @dajusta87
    @dajusta87 Před 4 lety +104

    IGN's take on Neon Genesis Evangelion Ending Explained, Explained.

  • @Gloverfield
    @Gloverfield Před 4 lety +433

    Me at the start of anime: *Wow this is the best anime :D*
    Me at the end of anime: *I don't like this anime anymore :C*

    • @xosa2k
      @xosa2k Před 3 lety +55

      Me at the start of anime: wow this is a decent anime
      Me at the end of anime: definitely one of the best animes 🤯

    • @babysnails1156
      @babysnails1156 Před 3 lety +4

      @@xosa2k EOE made no sense.

    • @xosa2k
      @xosa2k Před 3 lety +3

      @@babysnails1156 how??? tf?

    • @babysnails1156
      @babysnails1156 Před 3 lety +21

      @@xosa2k most of the evangelion was just another senseless mech anime which is said by the creator, while creating evangelion the creator went through depression and changed the view of evangelion that’s why it’s views is so obscure the meaning of EOE was to push through life no matter how hard it got but they did a really bad job of portraying that and every symbol relating to religion literally didn’t mean anything and was just for looks which also made it confusing understand

    • @xosa2k
      @xosa2k Před 3 lety +23

      @@babysnails1156 well that's just sad that you got it that way, I thought the animes portrayal of instrumentality, may it be from the main series and to the movie, is very unique and groundbreaking. The animations and the therapy-like dialogue is very beautiful both in the series and on the movie. But you wouldn't able to see that unless you're an action loving kid, or slice of life lover, or just isn't with your taste in general, which makes my essay useless.

  • @lilchopan8418
    @lilchopan8418 Před 3 lety +81

    The ending wasn't really depressing. It was really thought-provoking no matter how absurd it was. I prefer the EoE ending much better 'cause we get a little explanation enough to tinker about and a proper closure.

  • @mandoelorryann4171
    @mandoelorryann4171 Před 3 lety +101

    Watching this ending while smoking 2 blunts was intense , I can only imagine if I was on shrooms 👽😵🤯😳

    • @coolerman_13
      @coolerman_13 Před 3 lety +9

      Dude same. I finished 25&26 pretty stoned, I didn’t think it was real until I rewatched while sober... shocking stuff.

    • @nono-yx8fp
      @nono-yx8fp Před 3 lety +2

      @@coolerman_13 man I haven't smoked in a while but watching this show sober was amazing. I gotta try it stoned even though I quit smoking

    • @aftey5702
      @aftey5702 Před 3 lety +3

      My friend tripped on some lsd and smoked a bowl while watching the end of evangelion, He was confused as hell💀

    • @molkva
      @molkva Před 3 lety +6

      @@aftey5702 that sounds horrible

  • @Lykurgos88
    @Lykurgos88 Před 4 lety +273

    "Explained" =D

  • @joes2735
    @joes2735 Před 4 lety +29

    It’s been awhile since I’ve seen Eva, but I took the “end of evangelion” to be more fleshed out than the original anime version. Shinji decides to return to his human form even though he knows he’ll feel pain again. Him choking Asuka was his most raw emotion prior to losing form. A mix of embarrassment/ shame and longing for empathy from her surging back to him after regaining consciousness.

  • @jinayvora9704
    @jinayvora9704 Před 3 lety +12

    Alternate ending: shinji never left that angel ball space and his mind is now being controlled by the angel.

  • @gyro6889
    @gyro6889 Před 11 měsíci +5

    "Shinji, crank that Soulja boy"

  • @kalplays9922
    @kalplays9922 Před 4 lety +43

    Y'all kinda missed the fact that Shinji rejects Instrumentality in both endings... most importantly he does not let it continue in EoE. Shinji is very clearly told by Yui that each individual person can choose to return to their separate state outside of Instrumentality.
    C'mon now.

  • @xyz8206
    @xyz8206 Před 4 lety +304

    Confused ? I have been confused for the last 24 years.
    Edit - Now I am more confused

  • @jstaskis
    @jstaskis Před rokem

    What a fantastic breakdown. Thanks to the channel and the episodes creators!

  • @XTechnoXGamerX
    @XTechnoXGamerX Před 4 lety +15

    The T.V. ending definetly made me feel the enlightenment much more, and was better lasting than the one from the movie, only because I find easier to grasp the resolve of acceptance over oneself, instead of going through the same problems only to find out something you already know. Everyone shapes their reality, the shape of their selves, and you will find connections and happinness in the same amount you value your opportunity of existence.

  • @jollybee515
    @jollybee515 Před 4 lety +34

    This show honestly gives me PTSD. It was the best piece of media I've ever seen to this day but I don't think I could ever watch it again

  • @OneOhNine
    @OneOhNine Před 4 lety +71

    Hi hi hello,
    HUGE Eva nerd here.
    Just a warning:
    There are so many details that are wrong here that I dont even have the energy to correct everything. The base story is correct for the most part, but A LOT of the details are just wrong.

    • @saysoun752
      @saysoun752 Před 4 lety +3

      That's the beauty of Evangelion as everyone sees things differently and therefore will come out with a different conclusion. I love watching things like this as to see if anyone will see it the way I see it.

    • @captainalexaaa1796
      @captainalexaaa1796 Před 4 lety +10

      It's IGN what did you expect

    • @otakudjr
      @otakudjr Před 4 lety +8

      @@saysoun752 but this isn't an interpretation thing, just some facts of plot details that are straight incorrect

    • @rodrigodelarosa2561
      @rodrigodelarosa2561 Před 4 lety

      OneOhNine your comment made me wanna watch it

    • @saysoun752
      @saysoun752 Před 4 lety

      @@mamatt199 Right or wrong, it's still her take on trying to explain Evangelion.
      @Neil Brown Then you're missing out because Evangelion is awesome. Just my opinion but, to me, it's one of the the greatest anime ever made. Top five right along with Revolutionary Girl Utena.

  • @UnidentifiedGecko
    @UnidentifiedGecko Před 11 měsíci +5

    “FNAF lore is too hard to understand!”
    Evangelion: “Allow me to introduce myself”

  • @BurritoChainsaw
    @BurritoChainsaw Před 3 lety

    This was amazing. Thank you. I loved your explanation.

  • @htheboss2221
    @htheboss2221 Před 4 lety +13

    Dam... I thought i had gotten the wrong message, that: humanity can grow through each other but that responsability lies on you and that that makes you you which in term defines everything around you and who you are

  • @AngelPl4y3r
    @AngelPl4y3r Před 3 lety +18

    I watched it when I was like 14, I'm 24 now and my wife got me the rebuilds. For me it has always has been the same ending, series is Shinji overcoming everything, while the End has always been how it came to be that he got there, plus what was actually happening in the world while he was in his head. He and Asuka have to opportunity of forgiving themselves in the end and because of that have the will of living again, that's why they separate from the LCL and have individual forms compared the ocean of souls the world have now become.
    I'm excited for the new ending on the rebuilds more than anything :)

  • @whynotkhoi
    @whynotkhoi Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you so much for the explaination! Just finished the movie, and I finally understand why this series is so popular.

  • @kiahgray
    @kiahgray Před 4 lety +8

    evanglion was so beautifully done, it will always leave its mark in my mind and i hope to pass down my love for this amazing story and art work down to my future children and friends

  • @kristianutomotobing9719
    @kristianutomotobing9719 Před 4 lety +63

    Watch evangelion analysis project or evamonkey for better explanation