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There is this feeling to the series where in-universe, if Shinji was a girl his father probably wouldn’t have resented him as much or sent him to the ranch then go so hard on the whole cloned his dead wife when her soul went into the robot thing, despite what gendershits will say.Considering the wild shit that happens in this series, Shinji being trans or not is literally the most non-issue thing to care about in regards to it.
Shinji's design is a male version of Sadamoto's design for Nadia, the title character from Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, which Hideaki Annoalso directed. He also initially designed the protagonist as an "Asuka-type girl" but this was eventually changed in favor of a boy, as Sadamoto suggested it'd fit a "robot story" better. Similarly, the relationship between Asuka and Shinji would be similar to the relationship between Jean, Nadia's love interest and eventual husband in the earlier Nadia.[76][77]
EVA If it weren't for Sadamoto – Redux".Translation of interview with Yoshiyuki Sadamoto about designing the series. An easily recognizable silhouette is also important, but I designed the characters so that their personalities could be more or less understood at a glance. For example, even the color and length of the hair expresses personality. I thought that Asuka would occupy the position of an "idol" in the Eva world, and that [Asuka and] Shinji should be just like the relationship between Nadia and Jean.
The story and the characters were worked out by the whole staff, but my indications in particular concerned, for example, the character of a character, or what voice he should have. The design, on the other hand, is mostly mine. At first we were influenced by Sailor Moon and the idea was to have an all-female cast, it was my suggestion to put in male characters as well. Shinji, for example, was a woman, I was the one who suggested he be a man. With an all-female cast, the story would have been completely different. Another idea I had was for the robots to be piloted by boys up to the age of fourteen. If the characters were adults they would be better, they would look more like experienced military men, but I wanted the robots to have a kind of maternal spirit in them, so only children would ride in them, and there would be a synchronization between the robot and the spirit. Sadamoto Days – i fan meet e l’intervista
In the beginning I gave Shinji longer hair, so in the dramatic scenes, it could hide his face or wave in the breaze. But when I drew that, he looked a little too wild-and so delicate the slightest pressure would break him. So finally I tried for a look where you could see the forhead through the bangs, shorter hair-the look of a boyish young girl. Spreaking in concreate terms, his eyes are a girl's eyes. I drew them exactly as I drew Nadia's [the heroine of Gainax's 1990 TV series Nadia, forthcoming in English from A.D.V. Films-ed.] eyes. He's a male Nadia, just as if I had given Nadia a masculine makeover. Lengthen the eyelashes and change the hair style, and you have Nadia.

Troons could never.Evangelion Cardass Masters: "Shinji renounced the world where all hearts had melted into one and accepted each other unconditionally. His desire... to live with 'others' -- other hearts that would sometimes reject him, even deny him. That is why the first thing he did after coming to his senses was to place his hands around Asuka's neck. To feel the existence of an 'other'. To confirm (make sure of) rejection and denial." "In the sea of LCL, Shinji wished for a world with other people. He desired to meet them again, even if it meant he would be hurt and betrayed.
Anno, Sadamoto and staff have spoken extensively about the development of the series and what they were thinking and intending, published books worth, it’s more interesting than the anime movies.At the end of “Episode 26', Magokoro wo Kimini ni”, Shinji returns to reality, not wanting a complementary world. Human beings may be incomplete beings who need to be complemented, but the creators [of Eva] do not approve of forced complementation [Instrumentality]. After all, we should live in a world with others, even if it hurts. As Ritsuko says in the last [anime] episode, “Episode 26, The Beast that Shouted 'I' at the Heart of the World” there must be good things even on rainy days. - Oguro Staff Commentary #64
I’m not going to write an essay, I understand anyone who can’t stand evashit.
Like every character in this retarded universe Shinji is based on Anno and draws from the experiences of the staff, but nah gotta project gender feefee’s
Shinji is not some forever miserable fuck despite what gendershit redditors and tumblrites will tell youShinji's character was conceived to reflect Anno's personality "both in conscious and unconscious part".[81] Like all characters, Anno based Shinji on himself, and like Asuka and Misato, Anno considered Shinji as part of his conscious self.[48] He was thus represented as "a melancholic oral-dependent type" caught "in [an] oral stage", like Anno considered himself.[82]Seeing Shinji as a reflection of Anno, assistant director Kazuya Tsurumaki avoided depicting him as a brave character, since "Anno isn't that much of a hero".[83][84] "Shinji was summoned by his father to ride a robot, Anno was summoned by Gainax to direct an animation", he said.[85]Like other male protagonists in Gainax series, Shinji was conceived with a weak and insecure personality. Gainax wanted to reflect the psychological state of animation fans and the Japanese society, in which fathers are always at work and emotionally absent.[86]
The Manga, drawn by Sadamoto, who’s style this troon is aping, had an explicitly happy ending.Q: Looking from an outsider's perspective, I feel so bad for him. Just how is he going to become happy?
Ogata: Perhaps he's not in high spirits, but I think Shinji has plenty of happiness. He has a place that he belongs, isn't that in itself an amazing thing? I've never once thought of Shinji as being unhappy. Perhaps there are times where Shinji himself thinks so though, especially in the TV Series.
[...] It's not as if he isn't loved, it's just that he's forgotten his memories of when his mom loved him when he was little. He grew up without knowing the love of a parent, and so he hungered for love so much he would have been satisfied with the tiniest bit of love from another. And I think Shinji wanted someone to talk about his feelings to. He has the type of personality where it's hard to talk to others. He wants someone to talk to, and even though there are people who care about him, none of them really can listen/be there for him to the extent he wants. [...]But in the end he's pulled back on his feet by a girl and dragged along, and that's something in itself. At least that's far better than being alone. - Evangelion Special Talk with Megumi Ogata and Detective Tanaka
For the Evangelion manga, Sadamoto wondered "what the world looked like through Shinji's eyes", changing the main theme from "running or not running away" to "being honest with themselves".[95] This led Sadamoto to change Shinji's characterization and psychology. He wanted to reflect contemporary teenagers in the character and as more of a "bad boy",[96] and was influenced by the Gulf War, wondering how a 14-year-old would have behaved on a helicopter. [97] Sadamoto also drew on his own experiences as an adolescent, saying that his characterization was "more like a flunk-out" than Anno's version.[98] Sadamoto said he was not as comfortable with the image of a Shinji who'll hunker down and say "I can't do anything", but envisioned him as a someone who simply tried his best.[99][ … ]
He conceived Shinji with a "clean image that a woman tends to project" in his mind, portraying him as a "cold, unambitious" character, "the type who would commit suicide, but can't bring himself to do it". "It was my intention to create a wistful character who had given up on life"
I think it would be good if I can make Asuka an existence that, to Shinji as a member of opposite sex, he can respect to a certain extent and feels longing for. Sometimes a friend, sometimes a rival, but sometimes a member of the opposite sex.
From a boy's point of view, the first kiss is an enchanting incident. But if you start to think about what a kiss is, isn't it the first incident where you connect physically with the girl you love? But to me it is more real that before that psychological connection comes first. Moreover, I felt I could depict the psychological connection between fourteen-year-olds as being more pure than that between adults. For me, the scene depicted in the manga where they dance together to the music is something like a kiss.
As an aside Shinji is named after animator Shinji Higuchi.In the Evangelion manga, in the last chapter, we see a hope for a future in which Shinji is finally able to put aside that loneliness and fear that has marked his whole life and his choices. How did you come to write this ending?Yes, I draw on some of my own personal experiences, I come from a country town and moved to Tokyo. When I moved to Tokyo it was snowing and everything was so white and this white meant that I had moved away from my home, that my friends were no longer around me, but it's the beginning of a new future full of hope and that's kind of the image. - Milano Manga Festival 2013
Evangelion is a work closely related to director Shinji Higuchi's name to the extent that the name of the main character was used. In the TV series, director Shinji Higuchi mainly participated in the part where 'Asuka' appeared. "She feels like a daughter," he said of Asuka."
"Honestly, it didn't feel good to keep being called by my name during the recording process. Others keep calling me 'idiot' (ばか). Asuka used to call me a fool in the TV series and the old movie version, but the new theatrical version I became a kid (がKI) in Es. It was painful to listen to."
[...]"I was worried that Kaworu would be entrusted to me, but fortunately, they entrusted him to Mahiro Maeda.
To be honest, I don't have the confidence to draw Kaworu properly. As I say now, the thing I hated the most because the main character had my name on it was the scene in which Kaworu appeared. Whenever Kaworu said 'Shinji-kun', I couldn't stand it (laughs)" - GameFocus interview with Higuchi
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