>>86778737>He's walking alone with Misato's cross. He's not following Kensuke or Asuka. He leaves on his own, walking a path alone. I found it more depressing than EoE where at least he's with Asuka.You've got to be fucking kidding me.
He's walking a path alone in the same way that millions of people do on the walk to work or school every morning. He meets up with some friends, and then he goes off alone on a train. But then he meets up with some other friends! Surprise! Based on this pattern, I think he's going to meet up with other people to interact with later in his day, and not be stranded alone forever.
The final shot of Shinji shows him walking INTO, not away from, a crowd of people. And the final frame has Shinji saying "my future extends into infinity" while the cross on his back shines. For fuck's sake, it is not intended to be depressing.
>He doesn't give a shit if he lives or dies at the beginning of the manga chapter that's called depression. He's pretending to like his uncle and aunt but runs away from them.The whole point is this manga ending is that he's changing. He says as such. And then we see him meeting new potential friends in Asuka and Kensuke. It's about progression. The optimistic tone is blatant.
>Which hints the scientists are researching them. Please tell me that you don't think nothing will happen when that fucked everything up in the first place.Maybe something will happen, maybe not. However, the scene isn't an ominous hint that the world will be fucked again. If anything, it's reassuring. The mother says that people tried many times to figure out what they are, but no one knows. They're just relics on the world now, a reminder of what happened long ago. Like the great Pyramids.
>Eva is still Eva. Fuck off with your romcom SoL delusions.Wow, you are butthurt at the shitty direction Sadamoto took this in.
It's an alternate slice of life world for Shinji, like the one in episode 26, but more melancholy and less slapstick.
