09:40 Excerpt from the original novel "---Because," Suddenly interrupted, Grete looked back at Shin, taken aback. Then she gasped. "You want us to stop being who we are in order to satisfy your sense of justice and sympathy--is that what you're saying?" The boy in front of her. He had the face of a child his age, something he hadn't shown when the Federal Army had taken him in over six months ago, or even during the great offensive. A child whose one precious possession had been casually taken away and trampled on before his very eyes. Stubborn. "I'm grateful that you were saved. But that doesn't mean you should pity me. You shouldn't tell us not to fight either. --We..." Because this is all we have. Despite the suppression, no, because of it. It sounded like he was spitting blood. Why do we fight? Why do we fight when there's no reason to fight? To the members of the Eighty-Six, there was no more insulting question. Because all they had was their pride. They had nothing left, except the pride of not giving up on life until the last moment and fighting until the last moment. All the family members he wanted to protect were dead, and he had no hometown to return to. He didn't even know the history he should have relied on, even those of his own blood relatives, and he didn't even remember a single story from the picture book he was read to every night as a child. His dignity was completely trampled on by the country that was supposed to be his homeland, and they simply wanted him dead. He no longer had any reason to survive, yet he clung to life. To at least maintain their own form, with nothing but themselves. All they had was pride - the pride of deciding to fight to the end, not to run from fate, not to succumb to despair, on a battlefield of death, bound by the armies of mechanical ghosts and the malice of the persecutors. What are they fighting for? When asked, they cannot answer. There is no way to answer. There is nothing to lose if they do not fight, nothing to fight to protect. However, because fighting to the end is their only pride, they do not want to lose that pride. Even if it means losing their lives that would have been longer if they had turned their eyes away and run away. "Running away from the battlefield while leaving the others to fight, or turning a blind eye and living until someone hangs you, is the same as those in the Republic. Pretending to be alive is the same as being dead. -- I will not become the same as you." The strength of the words spat out, which was unusual for this usually cold-hearted boy, is the strength of the rejection he felt. Damn, Grete thought, biting her crimson lip. She realized what she had lost. The pride that was the only thing they had left to cling to after having had everything stolen from them. And the small amount of trust that they had placed in her because of that. They are the Eighty-Six. Abandoned on the battlefield, living on the battlefield, and fighting on in that battlefield where there is nothing but despair -- these are helpless children with nothing but their pride. They don't have to fight anymore. Forget about the battlefield and live in peace. The words that Grete and the others had been repeating up until now, meant as concern, were to them an attempt to take away even the last of their remaining pride. Their crimson eyes are lowered, and they never look in my direction again. "Giving orders from the rear could result in a fatal time lag.... I will be taking command of the suicide force directly."
Hey I’m a book reader who wanted to share how this scene is done in book for you if you don’t mind. It should be spoiler free since it’s the same information in the episode. But you don’t have to read it if you feel like it could be. But it’s pretty much the same information just told in a literary way. If you noticed shin was awfully silent when Theo brought up the question on if Lena was still alive of some sort of large scale legion offensive occurred there. Two pages after that scene in the book it says this: The words Theo had spoken earlier were still on his mind “if something did happen to them, I wonder if the major is still alive”. There was nothing to wonder about. He was the only one who knew the truth, and there was no need to tell anyone, so he decided not to share the fact… …the republic has already fallen. The way they relay this information in the anime is pretty much when he points to the republic showing the viewer that shin is aware the legion had already taken control over San Magnolia. I also wanted to share this line from the following page: Even if the republic was crushed or wiped out, he felt emotional connection to it. But… Maybe someone will come help before the republic falls. So until then… you have to stay alive, Major. They didn’t make it in time. Shin sighed, gazing at the shards of glass still littering the corridor. Major, Could you please never forget us? If we did. Even for a short while, could you….? But it seemed shin ended up being the one to remember. He couldn’t help but think that he was always left behind. At the end of the that paragraph it says: “Don’t leave me” she was the one who said that… So why? Why did she even leave him behind.
11:07 That's because he's a veteran soldier who has survived for years on the battlefield of District 86, where the annual survival rate is less than 0.1%.
Like I said last time, Shin is at the point of no return because death is always around and nearby him. Having all of that Survivors Guilt, he is going to the battlefield with a bad mindset were he hopes he dies. This Anime is a powerful reminder of PTSD and Survivors Guilt that many soldiers and veterans go through. There is that hope in Shin, In every Darkness there is a little Light. No Spoilers!
No way Lena is dead. They're baiting us 100%
Spider Lena pepehands
09:40 Excerpt from the original novel
"---Because,"
Suddenly interrupted, Grete looked back at Shin, taken aback.
Then she gasped.
"You want us to stop being who we are in order to satisfy your sense of justice and sympathy--is that what you're saying?"
The boy in front of her.
He had the face of a child his age, something he hadn't shown when the Federal Army had taken him in over six months ago, or even during the great offensive.
A child whose one precious possession had been casually taken away and trampled on before his very eyes. Stubborn.
"I'm grateful that you were saved. But that doesn't mean you should pity me. You shouldn't tell us not to fight either. --We..."
Because this is all we have. Despite the suppression, no, because of it. It sounded like he was spitting blood. Why do we fight?
Why do we fight when there's no reason to fight?
To the members of the Eighty-Six, there was no more insulting question. Because all they had was their pride.
They had nothing left, except the pride of not giving up on life until the last moment and fighting until the last moment.
All the family members he wanted to protect were dead, and he had no hometown to return to. He didn't even know the history he should have relied on, even those of his own blood relatives, and he didn't even remember a single story from the picture book he was read to every night as a child. His dignity was completely trampled on by the country that was supposed to be his homeland, and they simply wanted him dead. He no longer had any reason to survive, yet he clung to life.
To at least maintain their own form, with nothing but themselves. All they had was pride - the pride of deciding to fight to the end, not to run from fate, not to succumb to despair, on a battlefield of death, bound by the armies of mechanical ghosts and the malice of the persecutors. What are they fighting for?
When asked, they cannot answer.
There is no way to answer.
There is nothing to lose if they do not fight, nothing to fight to protect. However, because fighting to the end is their only pride, they do not want to lose that pride. Even if it means losing their lives that would have been longer if they had turned their eyes away and run away.
"Running away from the battlefield while leaving the others to fight, or turning a blind eye and living until someone hangs you, is the same as those in the Republic. Pretending to be alive is the same as being dead. -- I will not become the same as you."
The strength of the words spat out, which was unusual for this usually cold-hearted boy, is the strength of the rejection he felt.
Damn, Grete thought, biting her crimson lip.
She realized what she had lost.
The pride that was the only thing they had left to cling to after having had everything stolen from them. And the small amount of trust that they had placed in her because of that.
They are the Eighty-Six.
Abandoned on the battlefield, living on the battlefield, and fighting on in that battlefield where there is nothing but despair -- these are helpless children with nothing but their pride.
They don't have to fight anymore. Forget about the battlefield and live in peace. The words that Grete and the others had been repeating up until now, meant as concern, were to them an attempt to take away even the last of their remaining pride. Their crimson eyes are lowered, and they never look in my direction again.
"Giving orders from the rear could result in a fatal time lag.... I will be taking command of the suicide force directly."
Hey I’m a book reader who wanted to share how this scene is done in book for you if you don’t mind. It should be spoiler free since it’s the same information in the episode. But you don’t have to read it if you feel like it could be. But it’s pretty much the same information just told in a literary way.
If you noticed shin was awfully silent when Theo brought up the question on if Lena was still alive of some sort of large scale legion offensive occurred there. Two pages after that scene in the book it says this:
The words Theo had spoken earlier were still on his mind “if something did happen to them, I wonder if the major is still alive”. There was nothing to wonder about. He was the only one who knew the truth, and there was no need to tell anyone, so he decided not to share the fact… …the republic has already fallen.
The way they relay this information in the anime is pretty much when he points to the republic showing the viewer that shin is aware the legion had already taken control over San Magnolia.
I also wanted to share this line from the following page:
Even if the republic was crushed or wiped out, he felt emotional connection to it.
But…
Maybe someone will come help before the republic falls. So until then… you have to stay alive, Major.
They didn’t make it in time. Shin sighed, gazing at the shards of glass still littering the corridor.
Major, Could you please never forget us?
If we did. Even for a short while, could you….?
But it seemed shin ended up being the one to remember. He couldn’t help but think that he was always left behind.
At the end of the that paragraph it says:
“Don’t leave me” she was the one who said that… So why? Why did she even leave him behind.
That’s actually so interesting thanks for sharing
those butterfly like legions are the jammers
Yeah I quickly remembered that after the episode ended
11:07
That's because he's a veteran soldier who has survived for years on the battlefield of District 86, where the annual survival rate is less than 0.1%.
Great vid
Ty
How late are you with End of Evangelion now though?
It’s coming haha
Like I said last time, Shin is at the point of no return because death is always around and nearby him. Having all of that Survivors Guilt, he is going to the battlefield with a bad mindset were he hopes he dies. This Anime is a powerful reminder of PTSD and Survivors Guilt that many soldiers and veterans go through. There is that hope in Shin, In every Darkness there is a little Light.
No Spoilers!
Shin needs Lena