Found myself so wrapped up in the humanely flawed yet amazing characters and sick action scenes that I binged it without even realizing. If you're not willing to open your mind to different views or look back through the series to understand better then you might not love it as much; however, if you are then you will find instances that resonate with you and like me you will love the series. If I had to point out the first thing that really hooked me to continue it wouldn't be the ambiguous yet suspenseful story, great animation quality (for 1995 lol), or even the sick action scenes but the characters. These aren't your typical black and white, good and bad characters. They're grey characters who's attitude you feel toward them is dictated by the scenarios in the episodes and how the character chooses to act to conflict. I found my attitude to Shinji (the protagonist) changing from feeling sorry for him, to being angry at him, and even feeling proud in him. Furthermore, instead of just being thrown flawed characters and being told to accept them as is we are given their reasons for being the way they are. Episodes that elaborated in this were intriguing because they made me like these supporting characters and actually accept their flaws. The relationships between character like Shinji and his father, Misato and Ryogi, Asuka and Rei etc... were incredibly believable human behaviour. These interactions furthered the plot and furthered the feelings of empathy I had for the characters. Now for the sense of playing the devils advocate I will point of some of the things that might push you away from the anime. First its the quality of the animation (I know I know I praised it above) because this was created in 1995 its hard to be drawn to it and the quality you find from streaming websites that aren't legit make it even worse. Their is some flimsy animation scenes when it comes to the characters face, but I can guarantee that mostly every scene where the EVA (big mecha robot) is in is absolutely crispy. Those scenes look amazing and attention to detail is great for it times. The second thing that might push you away is all those out of body scenes. They can be confusing at times but if your experienced in anime I'd say you'll understand if not just keep rewatching the scenes (that's what I had to do at times I'm pretty experienced :) ) Then comes episode 25-26 these were difficult to digest/interpret but once I took my time to really experience and plug previous scenes together I found these two episodes to be the most rewarding. Overall Neon Genesis Evangelion is an iconic must watch anime that left a huge impression in me that made me want to even write this review. For anyone who read this entirely thank you and I hope you watch it!