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!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pd9ea614a.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail From: Rudolf Polzer Newsgroups: japan.anime.evangelion,rec.arts.anime.misc Subject: Re: What is the point of Asuka? Date: 28 Jul 2003 05:26:35 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: denshimeiru-realaddress@durchnull.ath.cx NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9ea614a.dip.t-dialin.net (217.234.97.74) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1059369995 20659217 217.234.97.74 (16 [190225]) X-Homepage: http://www.durchnull.de X-PGP-Key: http://gpg.durchnull.ath.cx/key.txt X-KlebrigerTopf: h0n3yp0t@div0.linsucks.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.anime.evangelion:6076 Scripsit ille »Richard Qunt« : > 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? [...] They (GAINAX) just wanted to show what they think of people like me - Germans. SCNR And that scene in episode 23 is really funny. -- [11] "My Last Theorem: A Prankster's Guide to Ageless Mathematical Jokes That are Funny Because They're True and People Can't Prove Them for Centuries." P. Fermat. Circa 1630. RFC 2795