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evangelion 2.22: you can (not) advance (hideaki anno, 2009)

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Even though it feels kind of like exalted fan fiction, and even though I can now understand what people are saying, the ending of this movie still kicks ass the second time around. I sort of hate it if I think about it—maybe?—but if I’m not thinking about it, it rules. Like hell yes, Shinji! The power of love! Save the girl! Destroy the… world? OK, sure, we all become our parents sooner or later.

Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance starts by introducing us to a new character, Mari, who fights an Angel in an unfinished Eva unit and wins.1 As with Asuka’s introduction in the show, the Angel is attacking outside of NERV HQ because Kaji has something important in a suitcase. This time, the important thing is the “Key of Nebuchadnezzar,” not Adam, but Kaji delivers his cargo to Gendo just like before. And never fear, the introduction of Mari does not mean we don’t get Asuka; she arrives in all her glory and takes out an Angel in single combat.

There’s a middl…

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