Did I just find a… Star Wars reference in the Evangelion manga? The Force is strong with Toji - it’s clear why he was chosen by Seele to be the Fourth Child. Such a high midichlorian count - Anakin Skywalker doesn’t have shit on him.
Just a friendly reminder that Anno and Co. originally intended for Rei Ayanami to creep the hell out of us.
Rei was, for all intents and purposes, a personified backlash against the hordes of 80s and early 90s fanboys who slobbered over female characters, and who figured that having a 2D girl that obeyed your every whim and had no voice as your own personal fuckdoll would be pretty damned sweet.
In other words, they wanted a placid, soulless little girl to wank over.
And Anno delivered. Oh, boy, did he deliver.
And then she got fetishized anyway and Gainax made merchandise to ride that.
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