>this is what Yea Forums considered the magus opus of anime
I watched the whole 26 episodes in one sitting and let me tell you that the beginning episodes were so slow and having Shinji being such a whiny fag didn't help reeling me into the story, in fact, I didn't care about it at all not until Rei first appeared. She was great when the show was focusing on her, but it wasn't enough for me. Not until episode 8 when Asuka Langley Sohryu made her debut. She single handily carried the entire show for 10 episodes. Imagine watching the beginning 8 episodes enduring Shinji faggotry only to be completely caught surprised by Asuka's personality (at that moment), and also having one of the first best battles against an Angel. Felt like I watching a completely different anime. I was enjoying every single episode after that. That is until episode 18 came and planted the seed which almost made me forget about it because episode 19 had that great reveal. The rest was just painful to watch with not pay off. Why have this massive build up if you're not gonna fucking deliver it, no the series had to bury it with more monologue and destroy every character to make Shinji not look like an asshole.
