Depression...

Finally finished watching "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and "End of Evangelion". And boy, is it depressing! I reckon it's the most depressing story I've ever encountered. The ecchi and insane amount of nudity towards the end of the series didn't even seem to grab any attention. Hideki Anno did both a great and terrible job in making this series.

It was great in the sense that it portrayed his fight against depression very well through the characters. You could literally feel what the characters felt, especially Shinji's and Asuka's. Of course, that meant that you'd be mighty depressed after watching it. The same went for me. I felt so unmotivated to do anything that I got a headache today.

The fact that he left the ending so darn ambiguous can be both good and bad. For me, I was already too unmotivated to think, so it was bad. But once I'm motivated again, I reckon I'll find it very impressive. As for other people, I can't believe they could send death threats to Hideki Anno after watching End of Evangelion. Perhaps the depressing theme really did affect them. Hope nobody committed suicide after watching the series.

Ikari Shinji... that kid sure is pitiful, yet I can't seem to feel any pity for him. One who can't love himself will not be loved by anyone else, I guess. Since Shinji represents Anno, I congratulate Anno for successfully overcoming a trial as tough as this.

Well then. My headache is restricting my thoughts so I'll just end it here. Too bad it ain't as ambiguous as Evangelion.