#not a fan of the eva games but kawoshin

[onefrailheart]

evangelion: girlfriend of steel 2nd (2003) ౨ৎ

[scrimblospectrumdisorder]

No hate to OP (i believe they said in the comments that they know its probably due to translation error) but this came onto my "recommended posts" page and i wanted to further elaborate on it because i do genuinely see people say that asuka is "canonically" homophobic... this will go off topic for a minute in order to make sense.

Firstly, the game that this is from is gfos2 (Girlfriend of Steel 2) which was a dating sim released by Gainax with the two possible endings, being Asuka and Rei. There is a possible route for Kaworu... but it stop halfway through the game as far as I'm aware. :(

(There's plenty of kawoshin ship bait in the game though... even a possible kiss.)

The actual creators of Evangelion (most importantly Hideaki Anno) were not exactly... involved... in neither the creation of this game nor much of the rest of the early spinoffs for Eva. (NGE2 being a notable exception, Anno and other Eva staff actually gave input on that one.) This basically puts all of these games in a sort of limbo state as far as their canonicity goes. Sure, it has the Neon Genesis Evangelion brand on it, but that doesn't quite make it an official branch of the story. (still fun to think about though!)

As you'll notice, over the years there was a gradual decrease in these Evangelion dating sims and visual novels. That coincides with when the Evangelion IP was slowly being transferred away from Gainax and towards studio Khara (Anno's own studio) which was a process that lasted several years. (as you can read about in the article I linked above)

Theres been spinoffs, but I believe we'll never truly return to the days of THIS being officially licensed Eva content.

Now, let's get to this particular example. Gfos2 was fan translated by a user named xPearse who....

admitted to mistranslating this scene on purpose for a joke. The original line was something much more akin to calling Kaworu a yaoi guy (not even that, a tanbi guy lmao) than it was the literal f slur.... the butt of the joke is still that Kaworu is gay, but if you still view this as canon you'd also have to accept Rei x Shinji as canon. Despite this, it appears that he took it upon himself to also patch in a Kaworu ending, which was once uploaded to youtube but is now lost to time. oh well. TLDR, this isn't the most... source accurate fan translation.

There's more I could talk about in these spinoffs that pertain to Asuka being "homophobic", but instead I'd like to end this on a funny note.

In the 1996 Evangelion drama CD "After The End", written and directed by Hideaki Anno, Asuka does in fact call Kaworu... a "homo-boy". Don't fret though! This drama also has the characters dress up as power rangers to try and increase the ratings of the anime. So, take it as seriously as you desire.

(I can't help but wonder, though... could this be the reason for all of the homophobic Asuka jokes in later spinoffs? I wouldn't doubt it 😭😭)

Friendly reminder that in one of the eva spin off games not only is KawoShin canon but asuka calls them the f slur

[yuepants]

evangelion x squid game. both shows are depressing and have fly me to the moon in their soundtracks. i had to.

[literaryeagle]

For my sixty-seventh Evangelion book review, here is Shin Seiki Evangelion Koushiki Guide Book (Neon Genesis Evangelion Official Guide Book), published by Kadokawa Shoten. This 171-page paperback is a guide to Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's Evangelion manga, however it was released before the manga was finished, so it only covers the first 12 volumes (the whole manga was 14 volumes).

This book is not available in English or French - although the chapter titles are in English - but it has plenty of pictures. The illustrations are in full color for the first twelve pages, and then the rest of the book is in black-and-white. (The book's dust jacket is also removable, however there is no alternate cover art hidden underneath.) The full color pages are devoted to the cover art for the first 12 volumes of the manga. For example, here is the cover for Volume 6, which features Toji, Hikari, and Evangelion Unit-03:

It's interesting how some of the characters' hair color in the manga is different from how they look in the anime. And as many of you probably already know, Shinji's eyes are a different color as well.

By the way, this is going to be another multiship-friendly review, so expect a mix of ReiShin, KawoShin, and AsuShin. Keep reading for the rest of the book review, plus a few more pictures!

After the Cover Illustration Gallery, there is a title page and a Table of Contents page, and then the first chapter of the book which is called "the Character". This section contains pics and information about various characters, including dates of birth and blood types, and discussions about the characters' personalities. Shinji, Rei, Asuka, Kaworu, and Misato each get 4 pages devoted to them, while the other characters only get one or two pages. The other characters in this chapter are Toji, Kensuke, Hikari, Gendo, Ritsuko, Kaji, Fuyutsuki, Maya and Makoto and Shigeru (these three characters are squeezed together into two pages), Yui, Naoko, and Keel. This part of the book also contains three brief columns about other topics: Evangelions and Angels, Nerv, and Seele.

By the way, even though this chapter has lots of pictures, they're all from the manga, so you won't see anything new here if you've already read the manga. Also, many of the pages have multiple images all crammed together, so the pics end up being very tiny. Most of the book is like this, unfortunately.

The second chapter of this book is called "the Episode", and it contains illustrated timelines for events in the manga (again, only for the first 12 volumes), plus information on battles, characters' relationships, and some background stuff about Nerv and Seele. The section on relationships isn't just about romance; it also covers family (for example, Asuka and her mother) and friendships (such as Shinji and his classmates). Anyway, I said this would be a multiship-friendly review, so I'll get to that now. Let's start with Rei and Shinji. This chapter devotes three pages to Rei's relationship with Shinji (two of those pages are for Rei II, while the third page is about the introduction of Rei III). Here is a piece from one of those pages:

Awww, Rei and Shinji holding hands! So sweet! (By the way, the above scan is larger than actual size, so you can see it better. As I mentioned before, a lot of the pictures in this book are really small.)

Moving on, this chapter has two pages about Kaworu's relationship with Shinji. Here's a piece from one of those pages (yes, the kiss is here):

Such an iconic moment. ^_^

As for Asuka and Shinji, um... This chapter only devotes half a page to their relationship. Yeah, not even one full page (the other half of the page is for Asuka and Kaji). What the heck? None of the illustrations for the Asuka and Shinji portion are romantic, either: There's a picture of Shinji, Toji, and Kensuke freaking out; a pic of Asuka kicking somebody; and a picture of Misato standing next to Asuka. That's it. Fortunately, there are some images later in the book that I think AsuShin fans will like, so don't worry, I'll get to those next!

The third chapter of the book is "All of Yoshiyuki Sadamoto". It starts with a Q&A section, and then there's a gallery of the title page illustrations from various chapters of the manga. Like many other parts of the book, this gallery crams multiple images onto each page, so most of the pics are tiny. But at any rate, here are some cute ones that AsuShin fans can enjoy:

Adorable pics, aren't they? The one of Shinji and Asuka dancing together is so precious!

The next part of this chapter has some pictures and info about other manga that Sadamoto has worked on, plus his art books, and other things for which he has done illustrations or character designs such as album covers, video games, and anime. There is also a timeline of his career, and some extra comments from him.

Okay, next we have the fourth chapter of the book, which is called "Message from EVA Friends". It starts with a conversation between Hiroya Oku (creator of the manga Gantz) and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. After that, there are short messages from some of the Evangelion anime staff: Hideaki Anno (creator), Ikuto Yamashita (mecha designer), Yoshito Asari (assistant character designer), Yuko Miyamura (voice of Asuka), and Megumi Hayashibara (voice of Rei).

The next part of the chapter has illustrated messages from various writers/artists. Finally, some pictures that aren't already in the graphic novels! Check out this message from Kazuya Tsurumaki (assistant director for the Evangelion TV series, director for the first half of The End of Evangelion, and one of the directors for the New Theatrical Edition - AKA "Rebuild" - movies):

What a cute drawing of Asuka!

All right, I'll show one more illustrated message from this section. This is from Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou (the writer and the artist for the manga Deadman Wonderland):

Wow, Rei and Evangelion Unit-01 look pretty cool in that art style!

The book's fifth chapter is "Comic EVA History", and it shows Evangelion-related covers for various issues of Monthly Shounen Ace magazine and Young Ace magazine (the chapters of Sadamoto's Evangelion manga were originally published in Monthly Shounen Ace, and then starting in the summer of 2009 the remaining chapters were published in Young Ace). This part of the book also has pictures of some Evangelion-related bonus goodies that could be obtained with those magazines, such as posters, cards, and stickers.

And finally, the sixth chapter of the book is called "Extra Part", which includes notes for some of the terminology used in the manga, such as "LCL" and "entry plug". Then the book ends with a short psychology test to see which of the Children you are most in sync with.

Overall, I don't really recommend Shin Seiki Evangelion Koushiki Guide Book. It's supposed to be a guide to Sadamoto's Evangelion manga, but it was released before the last two volumes of the manga came out, so the information is not complete. Also, most of the illustrations are smaller versions of images that you can already see by simply reading the manga, so it isn't even all that great as an art book. It just feels like a cash grab. There are much better Evangelion books out there, so I would say don't bother with this one unless you're a serious collector who wants to obtain as many Evangelion-related publications as possible. Anyway, that's just my opinion. Your mileage may vary.

Well, that’s it for my sixty-seventh Evangelion book review. I have plenty more Evangelion books to discuss, so keep checking my blog for new reviews!

[hoshiokoete]

Sorry for the long break, I am just totally out of ideas atm. Also I wanna mention that I am merely a casual Evangelion fan, so it's not really one of my peak interests except for Kawoshin. I still love browsing other peoples Kawoshin art but I haven't really had motivation or ideas in general to draw anything atm, I have been doing some other projects instead.

If there will possibly be something new official Eva projects with some Kawoshin included (video games for example) I guess that could possibly give me some inspiration for new ideas. For now it just feels I have a massive burnout.

I am open for suggestions tho if some of you have any. I would be really happy if I get any new inspiration.

Thank you for reading!

[onefrailheart]

ikari shinji raising project (2004) ౨ৎ