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From: fwhite*NOSPAM*@colfax.com (Frank White)
Newsgroups: japan.anime.evangelion,rec.arts.anime.misc,uk.media.animation.anime
Subject: Re: Just what is so special about Rei Ayanami?
Date: 18 Jun 2003 02:58:09 GMT
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In article <kq4+29REl87+Ew$b@xerez.nospam.co.uk>, 
see.sig@nospam.demon.co.uk.invalid says...
>
>Once upon a time in the faraway land of uk.media.animation.anime, Ryan
>Holmes <ryan@holmes367282.fsnet.co.uk> said:
>>I have seen loads of posts on UMAA recently talking about how sexy and
>>beautiful Rei Ayanami is. I just don't understand it at all.
>
>Well some of those people are fairly notorious by now and would probably
>have sex with anything vaguely humanoid that wore a skirt.

(Thinks of some of the male demons from OVERFIEND in a skirt,
and what that might lead to in these circumstances.

Gets very queasy.)

>>Rei is bland, dull and maybe even boring. For most of the show she just
>>sits/stands there saying and doing nothing.
>
>She thinks quite a bit though. Anime has always made good use of
>silence, you need to look for meaning in that too. E.g. when you
>consider some of the stuff Asuka comes out with when Rei's around,
>silence is the perfect response, the ultimate put-down. That's one
>reason Asuka hates Rei so much, because simply by saying nothing, Rei
>wins nearly every confrontation.

Which of course explains the elevator slap...

>>She is short, pale, skinny, has mousy features, looks like she never 
brushes
>>her hair (which it looks like she cuts herself) and flat-chested.
>
>Flat chested compared to some over-inflated anime girls maybe, but
>pretty well proportioned for a real girl. Her hairstyle looks like
>something out of Vogue.

Physically, there's nothing wrong with Rei.

>>We only
>>see her wearing that plain turquoise dress, which does nothing to make 
her
>>look attractive at all.
>
>I suppose you looked really cool in your school uniform then?

Asuka looks good in her's.

Just an observation.

>> She makes no attempt to look sexy.
>
>Why should she? There's more to life than going out of your way to
>attract boys.

Yes, like trying to understand why your soul and body don't
seem to fit together...

>>Yet for some reason, some of the people here think that Rei is some 
sort of
>>sex fiend, would be absolutely fantastic in bed or would be great at 
giving
>>blowjobs. I just don't get it.
>
>It's the "some of the people" that you should really be thinking about
>in your search for an answer, not Rei.

Or psychiatric examination to determine why this matters to you...

>>There are so many hot women to choose from in this show, so why go for 
the
>>dullest chick of the lot?
>
>Because she's enigmatic, and people love a mystery. You might just as
>well ask why many people prefer the Mona Lisa to a Britney Spears
>poster.

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Naw.  Too easy.

^_^

FW