From: "James M" Newsgroups: japan.anime.evangelion,rec.arts.anime.misc References: Subject: Re: What is the point of Asuka? Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:41:17 -0400 Lines: 25 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Organization: Voicenet Communications Message-ID: <1059522415.719124@newshost03.voicenet.com> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.204.123.240 X-Complaints-To: abuse@voicenet.com NNTP-Posting-Host: nntp.voicenet.com Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.news2me.com!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!diablo.voicenet.com!diablo2.voicenet.com!nntp.voicenet.com!not-for-mail Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.anime.evangelion:6115 Richard Qunt wrote in message news:bg21fr$1p8$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... > I have been watching Evangelion recently and asking myself this question. > What point is there to Asuka even being in the series at all, except as a > love interest for Shinji and a foil for Rei? > one of the best positions I've heard is that Auska is presented as Shingi's balence or oposite. They've both suffered from parental loss and neglect, but have moved in very different directions. She's invessed all her self worth in being a pilot while Shingi became passive without self worth. She's Shingi's foil, not Rei's > All she ever seems to do is stand there whining and bitching and > occasionally getting badly beaten in her Eva. I cannot think of a single > time when she ever actually does anything useful or helpful. It seems like > she was only added so that Gainax would have another bishoujo besides Rei > and Misato to sell toys and posters of. Usefull? At least her failures were not for lack of trying. Shingi was pretty useless most of the time too. Half the time his Eva bailed him out. Lets be honest, if you were preparing for a battle to save the human race would you let ANY of these pychological trainwrecks be involved?