Maybe it’s because I was expecting something new, but fuck man ain’t no one gonna remember this show outside 02 even though she’s a combination of Rei and Asuka’s best traits because most modern weaboos imagine themselves as fucking shinji and think they need an outgoing, sexually aggressive dom gf to improve there lives.
This show had so much potential, and you can see in the first half of the show, but it kept falling into pointless melodrama for its own sake instead of adding anything to the story. The supporting cast is pretty weak too outside of anyone named Ichigo, Mitsuru, and Kokoro as they’re the only three that get any real development (Goro more or less acts the same throughout the show, and is just there to be the voice of reason).
Like fuck man, the most iconic thing about this show is that they gave a mecha a panty shot, and that was just a homage to KLK’s transformation sequences.
*sighs*
You expected something new from Studio Trigger, a studio known for recycling ideas just applying them in different ways? Once again: You have to read a room. This is like expecting Donald Trump to be mature when he gets attacked: Pretty fucking unlikely.
So no one is gonna talk about the romance, the key component of the show?
No one is gonna talk about the themes of individuality and the connections we make, which haven’t been done like this since the LAST Gainax show and best exemplified in Hiro in how he just goes with the flow in the beginning but develops into defying the very society he was born in?
No one is gonna talk about the mecha designs or the klauxosaur designs despite both using digital art to it’s fullest?
No one is gonna talk about Futoshi, one of the most realistic depictions of a broken hearted teenager who eventually gets over his feelings?
No one is gonna talk about Zorome and how he shows that just listening to people without ever thinking will hurt you in the end?
No one is gonna talk about the reunion between Zero two and Hiro in Episode 15, which ACTUALLY is the most iconic thing in the show?
Here’s the thing: ‘wasted potential’ just means ‘didn’t do what I want.’ Stop acting like the show did something wrong like you said and either talk about actual flaws in the show (like the pacing) or just admit this is personal. Stop acting like your personal feelings are somehow a valid compliant.
