Should you watch Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time?
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Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Anime · 2021
In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each lives a life far different from their days as an Evangelion pilot. However, the danger to the world is far from over. A new impact is looming on the horizon—one that will prove to be the true end of Evangelion.
The sides of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
- Pilots living in a farming village after the end of the world
- A father who will not explain himself
- A last fight staged in a place that stops looking real
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time is good for you if…
- you like a story you have to piece together from everything that came before it.
- you like giant robots and red oceans framed like paintings.
- you want Shinji's story to actually reach an end.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- two and a half hours of mecha and metaphysics is too much for one evening.
- you don't want to sit with depression and grief all night.
About: depression · fatherhood · letting go
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