>>2871169ANNO: "I'm surprised. In Japan, the overwhelming favorite is Rei. They can't handle strong women such as Misato and Asuka"
His statement speaks for itself. Referring to Rei as "weak" just because she does never act like a bitch, unlike the other mentioned characters. Saying that Japanese people "can't handle" "strong women" - as we all know that unlike America and Europe, East Asia in general (and Japan in particular) is perhaps the only region in the world that (still) wasn't completely brainwashed by feminist ideas. "Can't handle" is lol, by the way. A man who has self-respect and confidence will never waste his time trying to "handle" woman who is about to treat him like shit. He leaves them to masochistic feminist cucks (see Anno).