History YMMV / Evangelion303

* JerkassWoobie: Asuka alternates between being annoying and being very, very pitiable. At the beginning of the story she is constantly boasting about her unparalleled skills and picking on her fellow pilots. And still during that time she is suffering because she feels that her world is falling apart. Then she and Shinji get together and she calms down, shows her softer, nicer side... and shortly after [[spoiler:a mission fails, her best friend dies and she spends several months in coma.]] When she wakes up she behaves incredibly angry, spiteful and abusive with everyone, especially Shinji... and the whole time she blames herself for everything, hates herself and wants to die [[spoiler:to find her friend again and stop hurting people]]. Finally she runs away because she thinks that she is a useless, wrecked failure and everyone will be better off without her. [[spoiler:Fortunately Shinji finds her.]]

* JerkassWoobie: Asuka alternates between being annoying and being very, very pitiable. At the beginning of the story she is constantly boasting about her unparalleled skills and picking on her fellow pilots. And still during that time she is suffering because she feels that her world is falling apart. Then she and Shinji get together and she calms down, shows her softer, nicer side... and shortly after [[spoiler:a mission fails, her best friend dies and she spends several months in coma.]] When she wakes up she behaves incredibly angry, spiteful and abusive with everyone, especially Shinji... and the whole time she blames herself for everything, hates herself and wants to die [[spoiler:to find her friend again and stop hurting people]]. Finally she runs away because she thinks that she is a useless, wrecked failure and everyone will be better off without her. [[spoiler:Fortunately Shinji finds her.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: [[MisaimedFandom A seriously misguided reader]] accused Grummancat of blaming all USA gaffes and mistakes on an evil secret organization. Grummancat retorted that his story never implied such nonsense.

* TrueNeutral: [[AncientConspiracy Seele]] does not care about good or evil. They only care about keeping balance between countries, often supporting the military and political underdog, and they can help a country one day and plot its obliteration the next.

* ArchivePanic: It clocks in more than 1,000 pages and the third part has barely started.
* JerkassWoobie: Asuka alternates between being annoying and being very, very pitiable. At the beginning of the history she is constantly boasting over her unparalleled skills and picking on her fellow pilots. And still during that time she is suffering because she feels that her world is falling apart. Then she and Shinji get together and she calms down, shows her softer, nicer side... and shortly after [[spoiler:a mission fails, her best friend dies and she spends several months in coma.]] When she wakes up she behaves incredibly angry, spiteful and abusive with everyone, especially Shinji... and the whole time she blames herself for everything, hates herself and wants to die [[spoiler:to find her friend again and stop to hurt people]]. Finally she runs away because she thinks that she is an useless, wrecked failure and everyone will be better off without her. [[spoiler:Fortunately Shinji finds her.]]
* TrueNeutral: [[AncientConspiracy Seele]] does not care about good or evil. They only care for keeping balance between countries, often supporting the military and political underdog, and they can help a country one day and plot its obliteration the next.

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* ComeForTheXStayForTheY: Come for the sex scenes, stay for the interesting AlternateUniverse and well-written romance and drama.

* TrueNeutral: [[AncientConspiracy Seele]] does not care about good or evil. They only care for keep balance between countries, often supporting the military and political underdog, and they can help a country and plot its obliteration the next day.

* TearJerker: For this troper, Rei's backstory, [[spoiler:specifically the reveal that she didn't always use to be the {{Emotionless Girl}} we see.]]