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[21st-century-minutiae]

Neon Genesis Evangelion was an influential late twentieth century anime series with an early twenty-first century reboot/continuation series. It is a dark, science fiction, drama about trauma, social isolation, and children piloting giant robots to fight existential threat of omnicidal aliens.

Shinji Ikari is the protagonist of the series, who, at the start of the series is summoned by his estranged (and emotionally abusive) father to pilot a giant robot to fight aliens. Over the course of the series it is revealed that Shinji's relationship with his deceased mother is what permits him to pilot said giant robot (which his mother was heavily involved in creating), making his participation necessary for the security of the planet.

The above posts are drawing an intentionally farcical connection between Shinji Ikari's role as a giant robot pilot with perceived nepotism. They are tongue in cheek references.

Neon Genesis Evangelion was extremely popular, but it remains a niche story in the early twenty-first century. Individuals who watch anime or float in those circles are likely to be aware of the general plot and characters (or have outright watched the show), and would understand the connection and the humor. But it wouldn't be strange for a person to be completely unaware of the context.

shinji ikari

[ekdsc]

asuka is a little confused about the purpose of pride month

[myszkaa]

School days

[fffkorobka]

[plutomaris]

BECOME A LEGEND

[plotsignificanthaircut555]

I found my Eva Title Card Generator tab again

[sana5353]

reference under cut

[maybelsart]

Some evangelion pins im working on

[moog-enthusiast]

asuhika (ft the three stooges & kawoshin)

[pake-qr]

[ashleyloob]

some eva kids phone wallpaper sized versions available for free on my kofi :^)

[wiya-nagisa]

[fraudue]

take care of yourself // death & rebirth

[myszkaa]

I had fun redesigning plugsuits

[z0mbieed]

more of them!

[scrimblospectrumdisorder]

okay but real talk gainax were fucking geniuses for this i think about it once a week minimum