#(shinji is thinking about being in a music video and/or kaworu)

[tigirl-and-co]

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It's my blorbos Pinoko and Shinji listening to music!!! Pinoko is showing Shinji some of her faves and Shinji is into them

The reason I commissioned this is bc they both use music to cope, but in different ways, and the thought just would NOT leave me alone.

Pinoko is a young woman trapped in a child's body, and while she genuinely enjoys the music, I can't help but think she also uses it to feel more normal. Hence why she's the one sharing it- I feel like she understands somewhat how Shinji feels, and wants to share her happy place with him.

Meanwhile Shinji uses music as an escape. He's had a hard break of things, and he's only 14. Listening to music lets him take his mind off of things for a while. He also doesn't really have friends, so having someone share something he considers kinda private with him is really meaningful in his eyes.

This has been 'a brief character analysis about 2 characters you never thought you'd see in the same image' with your friend Tigirl

[kurisupersonalblog]

The song in the “until you come to me” video is about Shinji feelings for Kaworu

Today i will make a analysis about the song in the “ Until you come to me ” video, this video is an official short that was shown at Animator Expo in 2014, this video has some art that probably is about Rebuild 3.0 + 1.0  but nobody knows if is just promotional art or if some things in the video will actually be used in Rebuild 3.0 + 1.0 

but a very curious thing about this video is the song that plays in the background.

The song that plays in the background (but in an instrumental version) is Danny Boy, an irish ballad published in 1913. 

Danny Boy does not have a correct meaning, people have a lot of questions, like 

“ Who is Danny? Who’s singing to him?? and why must he leave? Why will he and the narrator likely never see each other again??? “

It has several questions and interpretations about it, one of them is a woman waiting for her man to come home from the war or father/mother waiting for his son (serious, this song has a lot of interpretations)  but... 2 very curious things about Danny Boy is that the song has a large mourning load in the lycris and it's played a lot at funerals by Irish Canadians. 

Yes, Danny boy is a funeral song

Now, you may be asking yourself  " Ok... this is very sad but why did they put a very specific old irish ballad instead of making a original song for the video?? "

Could it be that this song has an important meaning with the short, with the movie and/or with some character? 

After i read the lycris i did an analysis as if some Rebuild character was being represented by this song, and these characters in my interpretation are... Shinji and Kaworu. 

Shinji as the speaker of the song, and Kaworu as "Danny Boy".

( Basically the song looks like Shinji being sad and mourning Kaworu.)

Analyzing the lyrics: 

1. “  The summer's gone, and all the roses falling, It's you, it's you must go and I must bide. “  

I interpreted this part in 2 ways, one more literal and the other more “symbolic”

The most literal would be Shinji thinking unconsciously about Kaworu's promise to return (at the end of 3.33, before he died) and Shinji is there, thinking about this promise, is just mourning Shinji wanting Kaworu to return, to be alive again.

(and Shinji must bide, for Kaworu, but well, he is just mourning)

And the symbolic one seems the situation that Shinji and Kaworu have always been placed in the universe of Evangelion

Shinji has to stay, and Kaworu has to go Shinji has to live, continue and Kaworu has to die

2.  “ But come back when summer's in the meadow, or when the valley's hushed and white with snow ” 

This part has nothing very different, i have the same impression of the first part, Shinji unconsciously thinking about Kaworu's promise to return and wanting him to come back

But a curious thing, is that the “ Until you come to me ” video has a valley with snow, just like in the song 

Not just that but we also have snow in the storyboards of the musical video “Peaceful times”

3. “ I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow...” 

That part struck me as Shinji's situation, regardless of whether the situation is good or bad, Shinji has to be there, to be alive

4. “  Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so “ 

Yes... my interpretation was Shinji saying he loves Kaworu A loving confession in the middle of a moment of mourning, just like in NGE, and this makes me think... something like that can happen in the 3.0 + 1.0?  

This part even reminded me of a part in Sakura Nagashi, that says "I can’t believe that I’ll never see you again, I haven’t told you anything yet" It made me think again that what Shinji didn't have time to say to Kaworu was the "I love you"

but well, that was my interpretation, Shinji in his moment of sadness saying he loves Kaworu.

5. “ But when you come, and all the flowers are dying, If I am dead, as dead I well may be “ 

My interpretation was of Shinji saying that it doesn't matter if he is alive or dead, in fact, by the way he appeared in the until you come to me video... I think he wants to be dead, it doesn't make any difference to him

I've seen people saying that this part could be Kaworu, since in episode 24 of NGE, he accepts his death, says that everything is fine with his death

But  ... that was not what happened in Rebuild 3.33, although Kaworu sacrificed himself and accepted his death, this not happen in the same way as NGE. in Rebuild 3.33 Kaworu was a victim of the circumstances, of Gendo’s plan

he was clearly not well on dying in 3.33, that was not what he wanted

that's why I believe that this part of the song suits with Shinji and his sad/mourning feelings

( and also, the narrator/speaker of the song is alive, that is why i believe more in Shinji’s Pov)

6. “  For you will bend and tell me that you love me... and I shall sleep in peace until you come to me... “ 

this part always broken my heart...

In this part, the narrator (Shinji) says he would be at peace if he knew that Danny Boy (Kaworu) loves him, Shinji in the Rebuilds most likely is not sure of Kaworu's love for him

unlike the anime, Kaworu in Rebuild demonstrated his love in other ways, not with the word "I love you" (but we all know that yes, he loves him) and Shinji wanted to be special for Kaworu, as in the scene where the two of them are going to pilot the Unit 13 and Shinji saw Rei with him and Kaworu, Shinji says “ I thought it was going to be just us two”

Shinji in this scene showed that he wanted to be special for Kaworu, and that just makes me think that Shinji wants to be loved by him, wants to be special for him because he still doesn't know how much Kaworu loves him

That's why i think that part would be Shinji being at peace if he knew that Kaworu loves him, but what he doesn't know, is that in fact, Kaworu was the first person to say that he loves him

and that's it, the analysis ends here, I hope you liked it guys <4

[obfuscobble]

SO I got my hands on the Japan Animator Expo 2015 collection and I thought it a good time to rate each short because I have some very concise opinions.

1. Dragon Dentist 4/5 Girl volunteers to be a dragon's dentist in the midst of a war. Inventive, compelling, beautiful.  Works incredibly well as a short, managing to tell a story far longer than its timeframe without leaving us wondering what happened or what will happen.  A very strong start to the collection.

2. Hill Climb Girl 3/5 Girl wants to be a great bicyclist, and the first step is beating her friend up the hill to school. Pretty good for cel-shaded computer modelling.  If you like Yowamushi Pedal, you'll like this.  Not stand-out but it's an endearing.

3. ME!ME!ME! 4/5 Boy gets dunked on by his own objectification of women. A truly stand out music video not just for this collection but within the genre.  That said, you do have to rewatch it closely to glean its themes and true place as a condemnation of misogyny as seen through the self empowerment male fantasies used by the boy to combat his own misogynistic fear of female desire and deep shame over his otaku life.  And there is quite a lot of female objectification in his life.

4. Carnage 3/5 Gunslinging girl seeks revenge for her family and her arm. Great attention paid to the one armed gunslinging.  The conclusion openly and somberly lays out what will happen next as this old town must pay for its sins, even if it perpetuates the cycle of girls losing those they love.

5. Gundam key animation 1/5 Literally the key animation drawings from Gundam shown side to side with the classic footage. Pretty cool for animation nerds and gundam fans but otherwise not really compelling as a storytelling vehicle.  I have to take off points on that account, but it is really worth a watch to see the keys.

6. 20 min from Nishi Ogikubo Station 0/5 not actually 20 min long. Just kidding! 4/5 woman turns into a cockroach, much to man's dismay. The sketchy art style, soft colouring, and jittery movement add perfectly to the piece's theme, making them obviously intentional choices.  The piece is still fluidly put together, with inventive plays on human/cockroach interaction and the how's of being so small.  The woman as cockroach is envisioned naked, but I feel that this is presented in a naturalistic (ie she just shrunk out of her clothes) and not at all prurient way.  Didn't think I was going to like it as much as I did!

7. until You come to me 1/5 Oh Shinji boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling. Shinji silently misses Kaworu or five minutes. I mean I don't blame him but... Nothing happens, and if one has no inkling about Evangelion, this short has absolutely NO meaning.

8. Tomorrow from There 3/5 Woman avoids responsibilities, calls from her mom, and the creeping sense of adult dread, until she reconnects with her inner sense of joy. A wonderful counterpoint to ME!ME!ME! that focuses on universal human fears and dilemmas, without objectifying women.  Uplifting with a powerul backing song.  But I have to be honest and say that its visuals aren't going to stick with me as powerfully.

9. Electronic Superhuman Gridman 3/5 You are a human with the capacity for joy and wonder, so you will appreciate this heartfelt ode to super sentai live action and robot anime. Comes complete with character design details to reflect the rubber suits and even the tiny screw to hold on the back of a model's head.  Has nice internal logic about the Gridman.exe who fights monsters with the power of the electrical grid, such as circuit power ups and smashing a tv screen to get at the enemy.  Even for those unfamiliar with the tropes, it's just a fun 6 minutes.

10. Yamadeloid 3/5 An ode to historical fighter anime with neat brush-line visuals and fitting soundtrack. But it just didn't grab me by my heart's cockles like Gridman did, probably coming entirely down to what shows I grew up on.  It was also a lot more fourth wall breaking, which is entirely subjective for one's enjoyment, even from one short to another as you'll see.  So I'd like to give it a 2, but I know that nostalgia was the only thing inflating Gridman to a 3, so I'll be fair.

11. Power Plant No 33 2/5 What if we just... turned off our millenial facebook phones... and really lived.... yanno? The instantly gripping visuals of a society powered by a beast that creates electricity, which must then go on to fight a space robot, are immediately undermined by the totes not subtle digs against modern technology.  I get it, technology is literally a destructive beast.  I get it, we should unplug and learn to live freely.  The animation was great but the moral was giving me the feeling that I should get off a luddite's lawn.

12. Evangelion Another Impact Confidential 2/5 Tall woman looks for her daughter, finds hostile wasteland. But what a woman!

13. Kanón 3/5 A Japanese take on a Slavic philosophic parody of Jewish folk mythology, or, "On Solipsism." Actually fascinating as a piece.  It moves very very quickly though, leaving little time for the jokes and philosophy to set in, but I feel the frantic pace was meant to reinforce the confused, overworked, utterly helpless feelings that the main character was experiencing.  The fourth wall break right at the end completely charmed me and even elevated the piece.  Loses points for the inherent misogyny of the novel it was based on, but otherwise worth a watch for the curious, and one of the most interesting Japanese takes on Judaeo-Christian tradition I've seen.

14. Sex & Violence with Machspeed 0/5 Just because you admit that you're being gross for gross' sake doesn't mean you're not gross. Look I could get into it, but I just hated this one.  If you liked Panty and Stocking, maybe give it a try.

15. Obake-chan 3/5 A series of charming shorts about a girl who wants to be a spoopy ghost.

16. Tokio of the Moon's Shadow 4/5 Boy who has, I goddamn assure you, THE. SHINIEST. eyes in the universe saves earth and his radio penpal from a space creature. Come for the innovative mix of animation styles, stay for the dance sequence.  Just watch it.

17. Three Fallen Witnesses 2/5 Ambition: the Anime. Like seriously, this is the 3d animation equivalent of the Ambition games.  It's also a very ambitious premise, based on prosecuting attorneys using "DNA time travel" to gain evidence on a murder case.  Alas, I really feel it should have had longer to play in its world and the case itself.

18. The Diary of Ochibi 3/5 Edible stop motion is here!

19. I Can Friday by Day! 5/5 Tiny space squirrels fight tiny space rabbits, each piloting robot teenagers. Highly creative, wondrously fun, and yet with a good plot and even characterisation to hold it together past the visuals.  I'd love to see this as a short series, as I feel the premise, world, and character sketches could easily be filled out into a humourous and yet compelling larger narrative.

20a. ME!ME!ME! Chronic 1/5 Basically a remix.  Lacking the narrative of the original hurts it because then its just boobs and yonic symbolism and the guns that shoot them.  Still good music.

20b. The Making of Evangelion Another Impact Confidential 1/5 Interesting if you want to see how the short was designed and technically compiled.

21. Iconic Field 2/5 Never try to fit 13 episodes into 6 minutes. This is obviously angling to become a longer syndicated series but not only did they rush too many of their ideas and subplots into it, but they obviously ran out of money and production time.  Some shots are replaced with concept sketches, and there was no voice acting when clearly it was intended to be present.  It's creative in its character and mecha design, but the plot is another riff on the seeded earth hypothesis whose unanimated conclusion you can still see a mile away.

22. On a Gloomy Night Nippon Banzai! Nippon Banzai! Nippon Banzai! Nippon Banzai! Nippon Banzai! Nippon Banzai! Nippon Banzai! Nippon Banzai! Nippon Banzai! 1/5 Never try to fit 13 episodes into 6 minutes using Auld Lang Syne as your backing track.

23. Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen 1/5 Honestly not sure how to classify this one.  It's about a sex worker, it's presented with a quite effective animation style, but in the end it's all about the sex worker accepting abuse from another as her tragic role in the world. Ehn.

24. Rapid Rouge 4/5 In the world of the techno-daimyo, there is only loss. BRILLIANT use of a limited colour palette.  Loses one point due to not fully delivering on the emotional character-sacrifice punch it wanted and for being unartfully open ended.  If it delivers on a second episode like it promises, I might amend my opinion.  It was so close to being perfect, yet didn't manage to get me to care enough about its characters in its short run time, unlike...

25. Hammerhead 5/5 Highly violent, yes, but emotionally impactful to the extreme; I cried both times I've watched it. Update: three times. Wonderful traditional animation, powerful emotional centre, and perhaps the best animation I've ever seen to portray a human's physical demeanour in deep emotional distress.  I absolutely recommend watching this.

26. Conte Hitman 3/5 Manzai routine with clever twists and turns.  Porque no los dos, the sketch.