I'm not exactly amongst those who paid attention to show's quality and dissect it to the tiniest detail piece by piece, I just saw everything by "Awesome", "Good", "Eh", "Lol", and "Meh".
Then I read RE-TAKE
By that point, the only stuff I knew is End of Evangelion, Rebuild 01, and multiple (lighthearted) spinoff. I never saw the original series myself. I was pulled into doujin for hours wondering why the hell this is not official, it got the feel that's different than everything I read to that point, then I saw the original and "Whoa buddy, holy crap!".
Plot holes aside, this doujin got what could be considered essence of the original series. No instant happy ending, no hopeless struggle, and aside form multiple pointless sex scenes (though at least one being plot crucial) it's story and message heavy. If you want Lighter And Softer or Darker And Edgier, this doujin is not what you want.
You want a fanfic with the feel of original series, then this is what you want.
Right kind of wrong
I'm not exactly amongst those who paid attention to show's quality and dissect it to the tiniest detail piece by piece, I just saw everything by "Awesome", "Good", "Eh", "Lol", and "Meh".
Then I read RE-TAKE
By that point, the only stuff I knew is End of Evangelion, Rebuild 01, and multiple (lighthearted) spinoff. I never saw the original series myself. I was pulled into doujin for hours wondering why the hell this is not official, it got the feel that's different than everything I read to that point, then I saw the original and "Whoa buddy, holy crap!".
Plot holes aside, this doujin got what could be considered essence of the original series. No instant happy ending, no hopeless struggle, and aside form multiple pointless sex scenes (though at least one being plot crucial) it's story and message heavy. If you want Lighter And Softer or Darker And Edgier, this doujin is not what you want.
You want a fanfic with the feel of original series, then this is what you want.