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Originally Posted by Triple_R
Short of flat-out caricaturizing a character, it can be very hard to effectively convey to the fans of your work "You're not supposed to like this character!"  |
Kinda like a joke, it fails when you have to explain it.
Though I think I'll consider myself a Shinji defender. To me, he wasn't really that bad til near the end. He wasn't likable either, but it's only natural to be emo when your dad is a genocidal maniac who is working for people
worse than him, everyone's an asshole or bipolar, and whatever plot contrivances happened when Anno was off his drugs and decided to be cruel to everyone.