>>3776993Rebuild Asuka is a flashier, substanceless Asuka who plays a much smaller role in the story. The reason they put her in Eva 03 is because they were literally concerned about how much she had been sidelined. I don't think they fucked up Rei's character. The movies aren't even done yet. Her Eva handling fewer weapons is kind of a weird gripe? She got a scythe in 3.0, that was pretty cool.
>>3776990I like Eva for more than superficial reasons. I don't think that defending the Rebuilds is incompatible with that. The new continuity hasn't moved into its 'culmination phase' yet. It took a while for the original series to get to that point as well. I choose to remain optimistic. There's a lot of good in these films.
They do have problems, I won't deny it. I just think the autistic hatred of them is annoying. There's a lot to appreciate that people aren't seeing.
