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I chose this trope because of this quote from the Determinator trope: \\\"In shonen anime, it\\\'s comparatively rare to find a main character who isn\\\'t one of these.\\\"
I can live without the subversion part actually, as it is quite subjective. However, it is clear to me that Shinji is a deliberate aversion of the trope. Compare him to Kaneda (from {{Akira}}) who is a very straight example of the trope. Even when battling a God, armed only with a laser gun that eventually runs out, even when receiving fire from a military satellite, Kaneda never has any doubts about the fact that he is going to make it.
Shinji on the contrary, is never sure about anything and is afraid all the time. Moreover, a kid like Shinji is the exact opposite of Kaneda. Whereas Kaneda is a rebellious biker, a school dropout, who gets the women, looks cool, is a natural leader, etc. Shinji is an introspected, obedient, dorky, humble, overall gentle kid and as charismatic as a doorknob.
Really, I don\\\'t know how the writers could come up with a character like that without making it on purpose. Shinji is an aversion not only of the Determinator trope, but of most if not all the characterization tropes in Shonen until the time it came out.
It might not be as clear today, because of the impact Evangelion had, nowadays we get more and more salarymen/dork/non-bad-boys/whatever characters in Shonen, that are worked into more heroic roles (yes, I\\\'m looking at you [[BlackLagoon Roku]]).
Discuss again !
Edited to fix some typo and to add that:
Moreover, even if it seems like a weird point to make, one should look at his characterization in Rebuild to see how characters like [[BlackLagoon Roku]] or the kid from XamdLostMemories
helped open the door to a revisit of Shinji.
I can live without the subversion part actually, as it is quite subjective. However, it is clear to me that Shinji is a deliberate aversion of the trope. Compare him to Kaneda (from {{Akira}}) who is a very straight example of the trope. Even when battling a God, armed only with a laser gun that eventually runs out, even when receiving fire from a military satellite, Kaneda never has any doubts about the fact that he is going to make it.
Shinji on the contrary, is never sure about anything and is afraid all the time. Moreover, a kid like Shinji is the exact opposite of Kaneda. Whereas Kaneda is a rebellious biker, a school dropout, who gets the women, looks cool, is a natural leader, etc. Shinji is an introspected, obedient, dorky, humble, overall gentle kid and as charismatic as a doorknob.
Really, I don\\\'t know how the writers could come up with a character like that without making it on purpose. Shinji is an aversion not only of the Determinator trope, but of most if not all the characterization tropes in Shonen until the time it came out.
It might not be as clear today, because of the impact Evangelion had, nowadays we get more and more salarymen/dork/non-bad-boys/whatever characters in Shonen, that are worked into more heroic roles (yes, I\\\'m looking at you [[BlackLagoon Roku]]).
Discuss again !
Edited to fix some typo and to add that:
Moreover, even if it seems like a weird point to make, one should look at his characterization in Rebuild to see how characters like [[BlackLagoon Roku]] or the kid from XamdLostMemories
helped open the door to a revisit of Shinji.
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I chose this trope because of this quote from the Determinator trope: \\\"In shonen anime, it\\\'s comparatively rare to find a main character who isn\\\'t one of these.\\\"
I can live without the subversion part actually, as it is quite subjective. However, it is clear to me that Shinji is a deliberate aversion of the trope. Compare him to Kaneda (from {{Akira}}) who is a very straight example of the trope. Even when battling a God, armed only with a laser gun that eventually runs out, even when receiving fire from a military satellite, Kaneda never has any doubts about the fact that he is going to make it.
Shinji on the contrary, is never sure about anything and is afraid all the time. Moreover, a kid like Shinji is the exact opposite of Kaneda. Whereas Kaneda is a rebellious biker, a school dropout, who gets the women, looks cool, is a natural leader, etc. Shinji is an introspected, obedient, dorky, humble, overall gentle kid and as charismatic as a doorknob.
Really, I don\\\'t know how the writers could come up with a character like that without making it on purpose. Shinji is an aversion not only of the Determinator trope, but of most if not all the characterization tropes in Shonen until the time it came out.
It might not be as clear today, because of the impact Evangelion had, nowadays we get more and more salarymen/dork/non-bad-boys/whatever characters in Shonen, that are worked into more heroic roles (yes, I\\\'m looking at you [[BlackLagoon Roku]]).
Discuss again !
I can live without the subversion part actually, as it is quite subjective. However, it is clear to me that Shinji is a deliberate aversion of the trope. Compare him to Kaneda (from {{Akira}}) who is a very straight example of the trope. Even when battling a God, armed only with a laser gun that eventually runs out, even when receiving fire from a military satellite, Kaneda never has any doubts about the fact that he is going to make it.
Shinji on the contrary, is never sure about anything and is afraid all the time. Moreover, a kid like Shinji is the exact opposite of Kaneda. Whereas Kaneda is a rebellious biker, a school dropout, who gets the women, looks cool, is a natural leader, etc. Shinji is an introspected, obedient, dorky, humble, overall gentle kid and as charismatic as a doorknob.
Really, I don\\\'t know how the writers could come up with a character like that without making it on purpose. Shinji is an aversion not only of the Determinator trope, but of most if not all the characterization tropes in Shonen until the time it came out.
It might not be as clear today, because of the impact Evangelion had, nowadays we get more and more salarymen/dork/non-bad-boys/whatever characters in Shonen, that are worked into more heroic roles (yes, I\\\'m looking at you [[BlackLagoon Roku]]).
Discuss again !
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I choose this trope because of this quote from the Determinator trope: \
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I chose this trope because of this quote from the Determinator trope: \\\"In shonen anime, it\\\'s comparatively rare to find a main character who isn\\\'t one of these.\\\"
I can live without the subversion part actually, as it is quite subjective. However, it is clear to me that Shinji is a deliberate aversion of the trope. Compare him to Kaneda (from {{Akira}}) who is a very straight example of the trope. Even when battling a God, armed only with a laser gun that eventually runs out, even when receiving fire from a military satellite, Kaneda never has any doubts about the fact that he is going to make it.
Shinji on the contrary, is never sure about anything and is afraid all the time. Moreover, a kid like Shinji is the exact opposite of Kaneda. Whereas Kaneda is a rebellious biker, a school dropout, who gets the women, looks cool, is a natural leader, etc. Shinji is an introspected, obedient, dorky, humble, overall gentle kid and as charismatic as a doorknob.
Really, I don\\\'t know how the writers could come up with a character like without making it on purpose. Shinji is an aversion not only of the Determinator trope, but of most if not all the characterization tropes in Shonen until then.
It might not be as clear today, because of the impact Evangelion had, nowadays we get more and more salarymen/dork/non-bad-boys/whatever characters in Shonen, that are worked into more heroic roles (yes, I\\\'m looking at you [[BlackLagoon Roku]]).
Discuss again !
I can live without the subversion part actually, as it is quite subjective. However, it is clear to me that Shinji is a deliberate aversion of the trope. Compare him to Kaneda (from {{Akira}}) who is a very straight example of the trope. Even when battling a God, armed only with a laser gun that eventually runs out, even when receiving fire from a military satellite, Kaneda never has any doubts about the fact that he is going to make it.
Shinji on the contrary, is never sure about anything and is afraid all the time. Moreover, a kid like Shinji is the exact opposite of Kaneda. Whereas Kaneda is a rebellious biker, a school dropout, who gets the women, looks cool, is a natural leader, etc. Shinji is an introspected, obedient, dorky, humble, overall gentle kid and as charismatic as a doorknob.
Really, I don\\\'t know how the writers could come up with a character like without making it on purpose. Shinji is an aversion not only of the Determinator trope, but of most if not all the characterization tropes in Shonen until then.
It might not be as clear today, because of the impact Evangelion had, nowadays we get more and more salarymen/dork/non-bad-boys/whatever characters in Shonen, that are worked into more heroic roles (yes, I\\\'m looking at you [[BlackLagoon Roku]]).
Discuss again !
