>>2176588He actually said "HomuHomu", which is the Madoka-fan way of referring to Homura.
>>2176589Well, the thing about Homura is that she plays a role similar to the one he wants Kaworu to play, he is doing "loop" or "cycles" for his special person, Shinji. The impression I get from Anno is that he's quite fond of Kaworu.
Throw in the same-sex yuri fandom for Madoka like the same-sex yaoi fandom for EVA, and bam.
In that way, it makes sense to me why he'd be impressed with HomuHomu.
>>2176616>iWe have a sample of him talking about a eird novel and "castle in the sky", and the things he finds interesting/daring in a work. Elaborate, who are you talking about and what? Rei, castles, novels? Explain.
>on AnnoI'd like to say that he doesn't necessarily need to hate Rei. He (and his writers) only needs to prefer or like the other characters more. Then, because of that preference, it means that in relative terms Rei must be behind whatever they prefer.
It also means that if he wants to make his favourite look good (or better), all he needs to do is to portray the competition for attention in a bad light. Since we're talking characters, removing interesting bits or barring it off from developing is one way of doing it.
Before anything else, this is the basis for the existence of Rei Q.
