out of context spoilers

What is indentity? What drives us? Why do we live? What makes living worth it? Is living worth it?

What does it mean to be human?

This is Evangelion.

Throughout the course of the TV show, the series of NGE delves into the psychological and philosophical elements of what it means to be human, focusing on our beloved fucked up individual, Shinji Ikari. Taking everything we know about the world and characters of the Evangelion world, EoE perfects the concept of a grand finale, in what I would call the greatest ending to a series - ever.
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Moving on to my mini tangent of things I loved about the movie :D__

The contrast of the third impact happening while Komm Süsser Tod's - Come Sweet Death plays in the background is nothing other than brilliant. The juxtaposition of the message of the ending vs. the apocalyptic scenery we are presented with is masterful. The internal conflict that shinji goes through after everyone turns into tasty orange juice is spectacular. The conclusion of Shinji's character being so similar to the TV shows ending yet presented in juristically different ways was incredibly fascinating. The ambiguity that the ending has while still maintaining definite answers is perfectly done. The moments of silence and repetition that occurred throughout the movie and specifically during Shinji's breakdown were done amazingly. Small moments like the third impact beginning with shinji choking asuka and ending with shinji choking asuka is something so simple yet is an event that can be interpreted in an infinite amount of ways.

(The scenery of the end)

Every. Single. Character. Gets. A. Good. Conclusion. In. NGE.

I highly appreciate shows that don't leave characters behind, and that is the biggest critique I have on a majority of my favorite shows. But this isn't something EoE had an issue with. Every single character that had importance in the show had a conclusion that I felt satisfied with, and even some random ass side characters had heart tugging ends when it came down to it.

The plot and lore of the NGE world only gets better here in EoE, expanding on the ideas presented in the show revolving around Lilith, humanity, Angels, SEELE, and in general character motivations. I loved all of it.

All in all, it is incredibly hard to talk about how much I loved this movie without completely spoiling everything (despite the spoilers i have already listed lmfao), and I highly recommend this series to everyone - regardless of what type of shows you like.