Neon Genesis Evangelion Chapter 95.5 (Last Stage) Discussion

Rei366 said:


Indeed, it's a bonus chapter depicting Sadamoto's take on Mari, a character created by Anno for the Shin Eva movies. He wrote that without discussing with Anno, relying only his assumptions because of Mari's behaviour and manner of speaking toward certain characters along the fact the things she seemed to know. It's totally disconnected from the manga but is interesting once you watched the second Shin movie.



I see, pretty interesting that it would happen without talking to Anno, thank you. Whenever I get around to those movies, I'll definitely make sure to re-read that chapter afterward.

This was quite a ride, Very satisfied with the ending, Shinji and co finally have a chance to live normal lives.

Pretty nice to get a more lighter toned ending compared to EoE; despair on-screen and uncertain futures for Shinji and Asuka. Instead we have another take for a bittersweet, no actually, a happier ending considering that these characters get to live trauma-less lives.

Thank goodness it's not an ending where it's the 'perfect' world from the TV series (I believe some other manga took that too far...)



Overall, no regrets for reading this version of NGE ;)

what a ending,that was good ride read NGE after long years waiting

10/10



never watch the anime,but the manga is fucking underrated :/

so so so deep for read

Rei366 said:
Terrestrious said:
This is the chapter discussion thread I was sent to after finishing the Eden of Summer chapter with Yui and some character named Mari Makinami. I liked getting insight into why Yui fell for Gendo but otherwise, I got none of that. Guessing it might have something to do with the Rebuild films but I haven't seen any of them.

Indeed, it's a bonus chapter depicting Sadamoto's take on Mari, a character created by Anno for the Shin Eva movies. He wrote that without discussing with Anno, relying only on his assumptions because of Mari's behaviour and manner of speaking toward certain characters along the fact she seemed to know certain things It's totally disconnected from the manga but is interesting once you watched the second Shin movie.





June 13, 2019

@Optigisa Yes, it is.



Thanks for the clarification :)

The build up was great but kind of underwhelming ending.

Very good closure, I was expecting a depressive tone but I'm glad that they earned their happy ending. BTW the ending just got RahXephon'd, lol.

Terrestrious said:
This is the chapter discussion thread I was sent to after finishing the Eden of Summer chapter with Yui and some character named Mari Makinami. I liked getting insight into why Yui fell for Gendo but otherwise, I got none of that. Guessing it might have something to do with the Rebuild films but I haven't seen any of them.

Indeed, it's a bonus chapter depicting Sadamoto's take on Mari, a character created by Anno for the Shin Eva movies. He wrote that without discussing with Anno, relying only on his assumptions because of Mari's behaviour and manner of speaking toward certain characters along the fact she seemed to know certain things It's totally disconnected from the manga but is interesting once you watched the second Shin movie.





June 13, 2019

@Optigisa Yes, it is.

Now THAT is an ending. That very well may be one of my favorite last chapters of all time. Beautifully done. So i'm guessing the world was reset with memories of the previous events being erased. The whole geography of the world must have been reset pre-2nd impact too. Kind of weird, if you think about that part too much. Apparently everyone thinks the MP Evas have always been there, as those "relics". Shinji seems to retain some of it, since he remembered Asuka. But what a great end to the series. I still wonder if Misato, Toji, Kaji, or any other character that was killed came back in this universe. But in the it doesn't matter too much. Shinji is the main character, and we see his life is now normal and he's on the path to a bright future. This ending was much more satisfying that anything related to Eva i've seen so far, and i'm sure the Rebuild movies aren't going to be able to match it. It's been quite a ride, and i'm sad to see it end, but i'm glad it ended really well.

Really really nice ending! with this last chapter I can say I loved the entire manga, it was doubtful but I'm glad I decided to read it, I has been very enjoyable

That ending this is by far the best possible version of NGE... unless Rebulid 4.0 manages to top this... Ooh my excitement for Final is off the charts