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I just resaw all this on mushrooms. Jesus

Its ame mario

GURREN LAGANN!!!

Crispy

i. think if y’all watch the 1.0 2.22 3.33 and 3.0+1.0 just make em uncuts paterons only and fit a blind watcher it’s a really good contrast to the original story with updated looks

Che Arnold

He's not bisexual. A theory is all that it is.

Cody

Oh yeah, Ichigos name means a couple of things, Strawberry, The one who protects, or he who protecs, and 15 as Ichi= 1 Go =5, his sisters call him Ichi ni, or Ichi-nisan, as brother Ichi... but also Ichi Ni San = 1 2 3... Bu the point is, he is the protector to grimmjows baerer of the 6sexto rank

Jey R

jeez

Griff

Aus - WTF are you even talking about? I intentionally didn't specify what was "frustrating" to not skew their opinions, but did love what Suraj said. I've seen the ENTIRE thing and read the manga. So far I haven't directly spelled out about 90% of my issues with Bleach during their watching for the same reason. Dispite those issues I still have a lot of love for it so calm your clown ass down. Michael - .......What does the last sentence in my post mean to you?

Benjamin Donahue

Mickeys entire theory hedges on Asuka being a step sister.

HouseDogget

#SundayRundown @The Sunday Rundown, if any of the reactors want to respond or at least read any of this. Congratulations! You have completed the original story of Neon Genesis Evangelion. There are some facts widely known by fans that cannot be learned from watching the show. I will include many of those in this comment. There will not be any spoilers for the Rebuild movies. • The First Ancestral Race (FAR) are an alien species that seed life through the universe. On every planet they leave either a Black Moon, which contains the fruit of knowledge, or a White Moon containing the fruit of life. On Earth they messed up and left both, the black in Japan and the white in Antarctica. To repair this, they deactivated the white moon and left a device to activate or destroy its contents (The Spear/Lance of Longinus) and an instruction manual of sorts (The Dead Sea Scrolls). • Possessing the Fruit of Knowledge, Lilith possesses intelligence but little power. She gave birth to the human race through her blood, the LCL, which NERV also uses in the Evangelion cockpits and is what humans turn back into during Third Impact. Adam has the Fruit of Life, which means he has infinite power but no intelligence. • By the end of the series, Eva Unit One has both the fruits of life and knowledge. That means she (and Shinji) have infinite power and the awareness to use it. The real life scenes in the movie and the school scene in the last episode represent Shinji creating/visiting alternate worlds as he tries to decide what to do with his own. • Humans experiment using the Lance on the inert White Moon. This woke up Adam. He promptly exploded, causing Second Impact and seeding the Earth with Angels 3-16 who would wake years later. • Eva Unit One and Rei were both created using the flesh of Lilith. Seele always intended for Unit One to be the device for controlling Third Impact, but Rei was a contingency created by Gendo so that he could assume control. While Rei is a clone of Yui, she also has Lilith’s DNA and possibly her mind. This is why she can create her own AT-field as seen in episode 24 and can absorb Adam. Unit One is made out of Lilith’s lower body, which is why the Second Angel is missing her legs for much of the show, but Yui willing merged with the Eva during the first activation experiment and serves as its mind and soul. • Every Eva unit possesses a human soul. Early on Kensuke mentions that none of the children in Tokyo-3 have mothers. Kenji reveals that every child at the school is a potential pilot. These facts are related. The technology used by Ritsuko’s mom to copy her mind into the three MAGI computers is used by NERV to turn the souls of human mothers into the CPUs of their giant cyborgs. • Unit-02 is possessed by Asuka’s mom. The experiment where they downloaded by her mind into it caused her mental illness and suicide. • Unit Zero is possessed by the first Rei, the child who died in the flashback episode. That is why every time the unit goes berserk it tries to kill Ritsuko, because her mom murdered the first Rei. • Unit Three was presumably possessed by Toji’s mom. • NERV scientists at several points mention “reconfiguring” Unit One for Rei or vice-versa. Presumably this means that “souls” can be transferred between Eva units. Also, Rei and Shinji can connect to each other’s Eva units because Rei 1 and Yui are so similar. • Everyone has an AT-field. The fields of Angels and Evas are stronger than ours, but every human has an AT-field they maintain themselves as individuals and not part of the soupy, LCL homogenate we become in End of Eva. Both in-universe and out, the AT-field represents our fear of getting too close to other people. • Adam has no mind, even in his fetus form. He never controls Gendo. However, Kaworu is part Adam and part human just like Rei, so he is the closest Adam comes to having a consciousness. • If you pay attention, the mass-produced EVAs in End are piloted by Dummy Plugs with Kaworu’s name stamped on them. Just like Gendo used Rei-clones as his dummy plugs, Seele is using mindless versions of Shinji’s boyfriend. • Getting meta, the notes flashed on the screen during End of Eva are letters the studio got after the final episodes of the show. They are mostly hate mail and death threats. End of Eva is in part a “fuck you” to those fans, which explains why Shinji goes so far off the deep end. The live action theater scene was shot at the opening for Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, the compilation film you guys didn’t react to. Thank you for reading! Hope some of this is of interest.

Chandler Buchanan

Nahhh Shinji definitely has some sugar in the tank.

HouseDogget

Nothing's done!

HouseDogget

What is the schedule for this week? I have not found any. What times will you guys be uploading One Piece Live Action?

Muhammad Affan

As a fan of gundam, doing OG 0079 is a tough sell to react, sure its story and definitely the topics more than holds up but I feel like they wont perform that well. However the mecha genre has been on a resurgence lately, so it wouldnt be too outlandish if they do the compilation movies or something.

Vicar Sol

GURREN LAGANN FINALLY!!!!!! NEXT UP ONE PIECE ^_^

Dale Ellis

Y’all I didn’t mean to start an argument or anything

Chago_kiba_Lee

Yeah. Bleach is all hype and bad writing. But it's fun for the hype parts.

If Death Ever Slept

Now that Eva is done i'd like to touch on this popular fan theory that Sinji is Bisexual seeing that it was brought up here during the review. I personally never read this as Sinji being Bi and i think a lot of people who do are projecting their own feeling onto the Character. Sinji as a character is extremely depressed, he is a person who feels as if he is always alone even when he is surrounded by others so he seeking a conection with anything. When the Show/Movie is showing Sinji's sexuality it is being focused on through the eyes of a depressed teenage boy who is attracted to women/girls which the show does by showing scenes where he is sexually attracted to Rei, Auska or Misato. The conection that Sinji shows with Kaworu isn't a sexual one in nature but a Mental Emotional one. Sinji in his depression is longing for a conection to something and Kaworu is giving him a branch to grasp, they have long conversations about the beauty of life and Kaworu comforts Sinji. Sinji's longing for a connection also touched upon in the movie where in a scene with Auska she not only calls Sinji a "Coward" but also points out that he'd "Love" anything that showed him attention and affection while also stating Sinji's own feeling wouldn't be genuine. When Sinji kills Kaworu his pain and anguish over the situation wasn't solely out of the "Love" he had for Kaworu but was also because Sinji doesn't have a true desire to harm anyone (remember he was destroyed after hurting Toji also). Sinji's depression is the primer focus of this series and when in that state of mind the need for human contact as well as a sense of belonging is a huge deal for someone in that dark place but that wanting for a connection or to be "loved" isn't necessarily a sexual desire.

All Mighty Lowercase Jay

Grimmjow really violated Ichigo. I love how he was hopping like a boxer, he want all the smoke. Didn't even pull out his sword. Due to Hitsugaya being the youngest out of all the captains, he's the most naive and least experienced when it comes to battle. Not taking anything away from him though as he's one of my favorites. @Suraj, Espada means sword.

Kayso

Bleach is also filled with filler and mixed cannon episodes + bad pacing compared to the manga until TYBW

MackXi

Y'all should definitely check out Eternal Raijin remixes on these Bleach OST bro shiiii is fuegoo!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Heavenly Demonic Emperor

This is not my thesis and I'm no therapist but I've had alot of experience taking care of people with trauma... The end of eva and the end of the show are the same ending, which is why you see shots of Asuka in her eva underwater, Misato dead on the floor, and Ritsko dead in the lcl during 25 and 26... Alot of the story boards for this movie were made during that time and alot of what happens was always intended... Shinji had no maternal figure and nearly no paternal figure, his emotional growth was severely disrupted, added to that a whole list of other traumas cause him to lash out in ways that seem out of nowhere... At multiple points we see him have cycles of depression, anxiety and self hatred that sometimes end in rage that he can't control or false confidence that crumbles immediately... in ep 3 when he defys misato and has a literal screaming breakdown, even though the consequences for doing so could be the end of the world, then runs away and literally sits at the edge of a cliff at one point... Then in ep 19 he is threatening to destroy the headquarters of mankinds only hope with the most powerful weapon on the planet... Hell in the first episode you can clearly see he ripped the letter from his father in a rage then taped it back together... Add on to that him staring at the couple kissing in the theatre and looking upset, him trying to non consensually give Asuka her first kiss while she sleeps, him peeping on her while she gets dressed... Sheesh I could go on all day but these things are symptoms of unresolved trauma mixed with alot of other things that tend to end up spiraling in some way at some point... Asuka ripping up her room, smacking rei and screaming at people, starving and hurting herself... Misato drinking, not speaking for years, self hating her use of men, personally overseeing and grooming child soldiers... Gendo using woman, abandoning his child, draining the resources of an entire unstable country to fund an insane science project so he can see his wife... These people have wildy unhealthy coping mechanisms and issues that need serious addressing and outside help they are not receiving... Now catch any one of them on there worst day during a breakdown, crucify them and make them god without there knowledge... How well do you think that is gonna go?... There is definite commentary on the fans, as is deserved, but to reduce it to that only seems wrong to me... Look in the end the good won out, Shinji saw that he has value, that he's allowed to be, and that even if it hurts he wants others in his life, so he returned the world and the people will return if they choose too... Sorry for the lengthy rant by the way I know these are all opinions lol

Stephen husuc

Great anime. Will not watch it again

Legion

Eva is actually a rather optimistic and hopeful series if you think about it.

Dooly

you should react to devil man cry baby fantastic anime.

Cash driver

^you seemingly care

Chaos T

Aus with all due respect, Bleach is awful and a very simple shonen anime to understand. Anyone who thinks one needs critical thinking to understand Bleach probably has a low baseline intelligence to begin with.

Chaos T

Damn it’s not that serious chill

Chago_kiba_Lee

Whereas NGE made you depressed and mindfucked, GL will give you hope and unbelievable hype. The things is you gotta let it cook for like 5-6 episodes before you really feel the hype. I watch GL at least once every year and I always skip to ep7 just because imo that’s where the plot really takes off and never comes down.

SeymourAsces

It's not "the most frustrating". The creators of the show are simply doing their best to incorporate the beloved characters they made into the show still. There's literally like 2 fights like this the entire show. It sure beats watching 40+ episodes of filler. Meanwhile the same people talking about this will be the same ones who are at the front of the tv screen watching the entire half of the show that is filler in naruto. People like you that can't deal with something for 5 seconds say some clown shit like this when you got to skip an entire arc and have to deal with a little of connecting plot that had to do with it. Who cares

Aus

Hope whatever show you guys watch next can be more relaxed and digestible! Gurren Lagan is for sure more relaxed but still fun and awesome

space1999

With all due respect you're an idiot. Every episode especially from the arrancar arc onwards is a movie. Don't misinterpret your lack of critical thinking and plot awareness as a valid opinion

Aus

This is a great video breaking down what happens in the world of the story itself https://youtu.be/E5gVDDpviKo?si=lsVTds8M8huYTHTH This one does a good job diving into the metaphors and psychology of both endings https://youtu.be/0VABh_NE4Xg?si=r_kU0K3Lz_S8QaFJ

space1999

Welcome Gurren Lagann👏

Pedro Hernández

Like Chris said, Shinji chokes Asuka because they saw the absolute worst aspects of each other when they merged into the human soup He saw all of her hate towards herself, him and humanity and it hurt him on a spiritual level. She reaches up to touch his face showing that despite her seeing the worst aspects of him she still accepts him (Love Asuka saying “disgusting” lol) Really the narrative is an excuse for Ano to have these deep dives into Freudian Psychology and Spirituality. It’s like the creator of “True Detective” saying how he just wanted to make a show about two guys in a car talking about philosophy, he had to add the rest of the story to get people to watch and get the show actually on air at all

space colon

And now your getting into some of the more frustrating aspects of Bleach. Love when Suraj called out the filler characters saying it's just going to come right back to where we were before they got involved. 100% accurate. Also to be fair while they did barely win they took all of that damage because they were limited. Other than Ikaku and Ichigo It's at least safe to say they wouldn't have been nearly as injured otherwise.

Benjamin Donahue

what is bro cooking

bondbond53

I really dont think the Shinji in the show is ANYWHERE NEAR the Shinji of the movie. The kid was sad and depressive, Yes. But he was never a molester nor a pervert that would masturbate to his friend in coma and would never kill Asuka (or Rei). He literally let everyone in the world die and we end up with a post-apocalyptic sad end in the movie and in the original end we have a brigth world with everyone happy with him, and he happy with himself How can you say thats the same?!?

Gabriel Moreira

Love the Eva discussion! I’m glad you guys weren’t judging yourselves for being confused (am also confused every viewing lol adore Chris’s Spring Breakers/FLCL comp) Don’t want Spidey to be attacked by comments for being honest about his confusion! Love every breakdown and viewing shared in the discussion! Especially the psycho-sexual aspects you guys discussed and the ego death/self-actualization discussions! It is a bit difficult to watch when you guys aren’t enjoying yourselves or are slightly angry while being confused abt the film (I know it can be frustrating to watch confusing things) but I really appreciate all of you being open and honest and genuinely vulnerable in your discussion. Really hope you all could enjoy this experience overall -//-/-/-/-/—/—/-/-//-/-/—/-//-/—/-/-/-/-/—/////// To Mickey’s point about that vision of Shinji in another reality, the voices of the characters in his head say just before he sees that how important it is to accept that you can live a happy normal life in another world That there’s nothing inherently wrong with you It’s like Evelyn seeing the other realities in EEAAO, they are important for her to see to know that she can be connected and happy That others she’s afraid of connecting with are people she could be connected with in another world The things Mickey says about the family dynamics I feel are true thematically, I really like his point about Asuka and Shinji being two sides of the same coin

space colon

You’re 100% right

Chago_kiba_Lee

To be fair, Bleach doesn’t hold up and is hard to get into. It has some peak moments but also a lot of nothing.

Cody Peevy

“Spiderverse” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once” take a lot of their best aspects (thematically and narratively) from Evangelion Both have a few Eva references sprinkled in Like those films the fourth wall is destroyed. The contract made between the film and viewer (that this is a story being told to us) is broken by Hideki Ano, directly involving us in his world and sharing his message about humanity directly with us We’re all part of these same emotional and psychological narratives the characters are facing. He’s talking to US about humanity, connection, suffering etc -/-////-/-/—//—//—/-//-//—/—//-////////———-/-/-/ The gross scenes are uncomfortable to watch… in those moments I try to solely view the scenes as Freudian imagery and distance myself from seeing it just as a story and characters I know As f***cked as it was with what Shinji did over Asuka’s body (Didn’t need that in this movie) it is relevant to the message… like the idea that Shinji’s ability to connect with others has been perverted to such an extent that he would do THAT with Asuka’s body… like his concept of human connection has been destroyed after killing Kaoru (and everything else). It makes his decision to NOT connect with humanity and chase individuality all the more dramatic Misato kisses Shinji (which was gross af) because she has felt more and more like she has no worth to others outside of her body (the opposite of Ritsuko who feels she only has her mind to offer and is deeply insecure about her body) All of this is really only scratching the surface 😅 I love the show/movie but don’t think they’re perfect At the same time there’s so much intentionality to every visual and music choice and line etc, we’re really peering into Ano’s mind

space1999

Yeah I don't really want to get into it but I can't help to atleast a little... This is a basic and non empathetic reading in my opinion, though everyone has a right to there interpretation especially with something so abstract... I feel everything in this movie is in line with shinjis character in the show, and that's ok, and also makes the ending of the show hit all the harder

Stephen husuc

Do you guys even like most of the shows y’all watch

james lee

Just started Gundam 0079 today. Instantly want to binge more and more. Catching bodies episode 1.

DMorte

Love this interpretation, I would say it wasn’t 100% out of spite to the audience though

space colon

Damn I didn’t know 😩😩

space colon

Do Gundam 0079 afet Gurren Lagan, one of the best mecha ever

Roland The Gunslinger

I wish y'all will be watching the other works of Hideaki Anno, atleast in your own time. He is probably one of the most influential person in the industry with what he has contributed, right up there with guys like Ghibli and Go Nagai. The man's life and works are incredibly fascinating and has great passion to the otaku culture. He has worked on almost every major influential Japanese franchise. Hideaki Anno has come a long way since Evangelion and his recent works reflect that (you'll see that in the Rebuild of Eva movies). IF you are planning to react to another one of his works, Shin Godzilla is a fantastic movie, ESPECIALLY after watching Eva (dont worry no ego death in this one).

Vicar Sol

Hmm is this truly The End of Evangelion? 🤔

Captain K'nuckles

I'd say that Shinji was never the creator. Shinji is the audience and the creator is Gendo. Shinji is his assessment of anime fans and Eva was his best attempt at teaching while still giving giant monster fights. End of Evangelion is his The Dark Night Returns sequel. Something he didn't want to actually do, and after a backlash; did out of spite to his audience.

HouseDogget

I know dude... i just used mangaka to portrait an japanese author. But anyway, the point is the same...

Gabriel Moreira

There was no mangaka, this is an anime original series

mauri9998

Gawd Damn! That movie was not good for my mental health back in high school lol.

BT

So now i can say what i think about Eva and why I HATE the movie. Yes, the mangaka was really depressed when making the show and most of it is a metaphor for all of this angust and fellings of insecurity, BUT by the end of the show, he has a optimistic point of view. The end scene of the show is everyone bein happy for shinji because he finally understand that yes, life is difficult and people get hurt and can hurt others, but even so its good to live and you can find purpose in yourself as long as you keep on living.... but he got SO MUTCH HATE for that ending, to the point that people sent hate letters and stuff like that to the studio, that he decided to make the movie as a response to that, and with a REALLY cynical and negative point of view. Shinji is pretty mutch, in the movie, what he thinks the otakus are, cowards, perverts, missogynists and hopeless. ALL the men in the movie are missogynists that only see woman as objects and hurt them. The last scene, when shinji trys to kill asuka, but in the end cant, is like a metaphor for the fans hating on him for no reason, and the despise looks and words she gives to him is the author telling the audience they fucking suck for ruining what should be a optimistic end.

Gabriel Moreira

Omg Gurren Laggan is pure hype! Yessss I can’t wait for them to get more into it

Narutoanime16

watch?v=xPxmQF6Huvs&ab_channel=ThatOneGuy%27sAnimations congratz on ending eva.

Hængeklumpen

Fun fact, Grimmojw was ranked #12 at first, and has been promoted to 6.

Michael

ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH!

Liesmith

my bad forgot to erase this after the second video.

Dominiyankee

watch the full video first my friend, they know.

nkft

The song used during the Third impact is called: "Komm susser tod" and it translates into come sweet death

Hængeklumpen

They released that last week

Hængeklumpen

Oh man the Angelic Days sequence really fucked up Mickey huh. Man's cooking shouldve stayed in the kitchen.

Vicar Sol

#SundayRundown #BLEACH Just a reminder that, in "BLEACH", the preview for the next episode just has characters exchanging fun banter back and forth that doesn't spoil the episode. I recommend looking away from the screen and just listening as this preview happens, then looking back for "Illustrated Guide To Soul Reapers: Golden", which are the 30-second shorts at the very end. I'm only saying this because it seems like you guys are trying to find the shorts, but not seeing them. If you are seeing them and just don't like them...then I'm sad. I just want to make sure y'all watch at least one. 😛They're really fun, sometimes informative, and let you see characters you never get to see during the main plot.

Nabeshin

It's here! It's finally here! ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER!

Ori Lotus

Shinji goes back to the womb with everyone else (inside his mom Rei) Him and Asuka get to choose if they want that or to live a free life, it’s all a weird retelling of Genesis from the Bible lol (Neon Genesis) Would honestly love a reaction to a video breaking down the themes/symbolism or even just a discussion podcast like with Bojack Can’t wait for the drunk explanation!

space colon

#SundayRundown Y’all mentioned in this episode whether any of the Arrancars can upgrade and become stronger than one who’s a higher number than them but the general consensus is that as soon as they’re created Aizen knows their full capabilities and gives them the numbers accordingly. Hollows originally gain power by killing and eating other hollows but once they become Arrancars it seems much harder to gain power so most are just stuck with what they have.

BlakStatik23

omg gurren lagannnnn

MQ

HELL YEAH GURREN LAGANN! PAVI WE DID IT! So, this is one of my favorite animes ever. I want to make one suggestion and that is after you finish Gurren Lagann, to watch the animated movie Promere. It is made by the same studio and its basically a giant love letter/spiritual successor to Gurren Lagann, not to mention having an amazing art style and a BANGER soundtrack as well. But don't worry, you don't need to watch Gurren Lagann to enjoy it, you'll just get a LOT of references and homages to it if you have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVtCu_8cikw trailer if y'all are interested. #SundayRundown #GurrenLagann

Brakthir

It’s finally here!!!! I’ve been waiting years for this and it’s finally here. Pavi is probably crying tears of joy

SeymourAsces

No way Gurren Lagann ? That's a surprise and I'm here for it !

Sam Brown

edit: they know

Dominiyankee

YESSSSSSSS ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tehhunger

YES! Finishing one legendary anime and starting another legend!

Taizen

Row Row fight the power!

BT

Believe in the me! That believes in you!

Jackie Gibson

Gurren……LAGAN!!

Guns

NAHHH GURREN LAGANNN!!!

Danny

Stacked Wednesday. Love to see it

Ivan

Row Row Fight the Power!!!

sovexas

Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhh My Favorite Anime is finally here!!!!!

sovexas

Not shinji in a hospital 😳😳

David Ramirez

Oh Shinji I hope you don’t lock a hospital door and do stuff…you’re so silly

Tom B


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