>>2794010>She can barely feel emotion>just goes along with anything anyone tells her to do>she's not "quiet", shes nothingness.>She doesn't stay silent because she's shy or anything, she stays quiet because she doesn't have anything to say.>Her character development is just vaguely appreciating the protagonist.Did your friend even watch the show because this is all wrong.
>It's tempting because- like instrumentality, choosing her just means an existence where everything is A-OK and everyone appreciates you and no one says bad things and bad things never happen. But this isn't a real life. This isn't a life a person could possibly have. It's artificial, it's created. You have to reject it because it's hard, not because it's easy.Only if you're Shinji or Gendo because, surprise, they have a complicated relationship. Everyone else who Rei interacts with, like Toji and Asuka, Rei is blunt and honest. "Toji, you know what joining Nerv means, right?" "Asuka, the reason you can't pilot Eva-02 is because you suck."
>You can still like her as a character. You can like her characterization more than Asuka, it doesn't matter. You're just not supposed to ultimately fall in love with her like shes the "perfect girl" like so much of the NGE audience has done.I can fall in love with someone however I want, even if the director says I'm not supposed to. What a retarded and judgemental thing to say.
