Neon Genesis Evangelion Chapter 95.5 (Last Stage) Discussion

hope everything works out for him :)

It was a really nice ending. In a way, I felt this is in a way, similar to the previous ending with the only difference this one has a happier tune to it (not that I'm complaining).

Now, after waiting so many years for its ending, it will feel really weird living with no more Evangelion chapters

It must have been agonizing to read this from first chapter to last during it's entire publication.

This is the chapter discussion thread I was sent to after finishing the series yet nobody seems to be discussing that 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. Anyway, the finale everyone is talking about was pretty good. I'll admit, I don't like it as much as End of Eva's, but it's nice to get a different and happier conclusion to the series. I thought the touch of focusing on the glistening of Misato's necklace during the final panel was a nice addition too, a way of highlighting how Shinji's prior experience/life aided him positively, specifically through Misato's symbol.



As a whole, I didn't enjoy this manga as much as the anime version. If I needed to explain the differences between the two as quickly as possible, I'd probably say the manga is more explicit. One of the most obvious examples that happened late in the game was actually hearing what Gendo told Ritsuko (it was my initial assumption for what he said in EoE too but upon looking into it further and thinking about it more, I came to the conclusion that it was "I needed you") and characters are just far more open about expressing themselves, we even get more overt characterization. Like when Gendo found Shinji before Misato at the beginning portions of the End of Eva material. This isn't necessarily a complaint by the way, just like an observation that probably explains why in general the anime worked better for me. Though honestly, if it wasn't for End of Eva I'm not certain I'd say I liked the anime better, and I liked the TV series original ending.



But for the manga, it was definitely a worthwhile read for another great take on the NGE story. There are certainly things I preferred from this version, for example the diminished focus on Angel battles, since those were often my least favorite part of the series, sans like, a few exceptions. Sadamoto's interpretation of the Ballet fight was better too, not the fight itself since they don't have the music to match in manga format, but everything leading up that I honestly enjoyed more than the anime version. Then there were instances where the manga did things differently and I'm not certain which version I prefer. The way they dealt with Toji's story arc was brilliant, and I'm a bit conflicted whether I liked it more than the anime. Toji's final speech to Shinji where he apologized for hitting him when he knew so little was such a gut-punch, I loved it. Kaji's another one. I loved his backstory, and the speech afterwards was great albeit pretty harsh, I'm not sure I enjoyed that as much as the oddly serene conversation they had in the anime but both versions are compelling in their own way and I'm glad I got to experience both. Kaworu's early introduction was something I was a fan of the idea of but was a little turned off by the initial kitty killing scene. Still, it was an interesting approach and when the series brought that scene back up for the Shinji killing Kaworu scene just wow. The page transition to Shinji strangling Kaworu in the field was brilliant.



Which reminds, Sadamoto clearly couldn't do a lot of the things the anime did due to the difference in medium, but he managed to take advantage of the manga medium in order to deliver some really great scenes. The art was always great, and while I sometimes got confused during action sequences because quite frankly I've never been good at following those, it was always a joy to look at. Especially moments that flowed with power like the Kaworu one mentioned above, or how he would use different shading techniques to convey different messages, if you go through some of my previous posts around here, I've mentioned a few examples in the past. Overall, for me this is an 8/10, there were certainly passages where it was a 9/10 but not enough to push it over for me.

Not an entirely unexpected ending. Shinji's final line is a bit heavy handed, but after all he's been through, a warm ending is welcome for once



On the whole, Sadamoto took Anno's ideas and expanded them in a way that makes the world feel "fuller" and the characters even more fleshed out. Thus making the manga at least equal to the anime version.

Guigas said:
the ending just got RahXephon'd, lol.



Indeed! at least the ending was more satisfying than EoE



8/10

formiga said:
robal15 said:
Kuinra said:
Luna_ said:
I've renamed the thread title because what people here read was not the actual chapter 95, but the chapter "Last Stage". Please use this thread for discussion about this "Last Stage" chapter and move all discussion about chapter 95 to a new thread.



I've also removed all posts that were asking where to read this other chapter and posts that were giving links as this is not allowed (see the Manga Series Chapter Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines).



Not allowed?! Then how the hell am I supposed to find it? Because nowhere seems to have chapter 95... they all go 94, 94.2, 96.



Can I at least ask for someone who's read it to message me a link?



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+1  if someone know where i can find 95 pm me PLEASE



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Me too please.

I thought I was finished, but alas, I was not.

Very eager to read the /actual/ chapter 95.

Damn, so I didn't technically complete the manga... :/