The Third Impact represents the ultimate end of individuality. By merging all human souls into a single sea of LCL, the barriers between "self" and "other" vanish. Shinji is given the choice: stay in a world where no one can hurt him because no one exists, or return to a world of pain, rejection, and genuine connection. Meta-Commentary
Viewers were livid. Death threats were sent to Gainax (the studio). Hideaki Anno, already battling clinical depression, felt that the audience had missed the point: the show was never about robots fighting angels; it was about the terror of intimacy. neon genesis evangelion the end of evangelion -1997-
The use of Bach’s Air on the G String against a backdrop of military slaughter creates a jarring, operatic dissonance. The Third Impact represents the ultimate end of
The film begins with the tactical invasion of NERV by SEELE’s forces. Meta-Commentary Viewers were livid