"Hey son, I know you hate me, but I want you to pilot this robot with no training that lets you feel the damage done to the robot like it's done to you. You get to sleep with a neglectful alcoholic, and work with a massive stuck up cunt and this clone of your 'dead' mom. Oh if you don't then the world is dead. Good luck."
"oh and if you do son, world's also dead but you and the red head who hates you because you are pus pus will be the only ones left. You know, have fun son"
Teenager = insane phase
Tell him not to pilot the damn robot, he will do everything in his power to pilot it.
Though everyone was ass at him without telling him why.
(had hero treatment in 2, fall in come at end, woke up as most hated person in 3 without knowing why)
And for some reason, he lost all of his character from 2 and return to 1 (useless kids who can't think himself)
Never understood why people bashed Shinji for being a pussy. I mean he is only 14 and out the blue his estranged father whom he has not seen in years want to see him, and when he finally does it is to make him pilot a dangerous robot with no experience against a monster with god like powers. I would say he reacted pretty rationally to the situation
"Hey anon pilot, there are these giant assholes who want to ruin everything. We need you to kick their asses."
And I'm in that robot lickety split; I don't care if that guy's a complete stranger or Satan or what and I don't care if I die from getting stabbed in the balls a minute in.
That's a chance to do some good on a global scale. That's a chance to matter in a way I never will. And if I fail, then at least I'm the guy that died trying.
So when I see someone refuse that chance I'm going to call him a pussy, because god dammit he is one.
shinji is one of my favourite characters because of how relateble he is. yeah we like shows that when the characters see a monster they go all yeah lets kill him. but with shiji comes the real approach. you want me to pilot a robot i have never used before? **** dad this is not a easy choice..
No, he's supposed to be like many kids of that generation. Maybe even this one.
And he isn't a pussy, if you put things into persepective no one with common sense would want to pilot that ******* monster, and over the course of the show he grows a spine as well.