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UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF EVANGELION
Now that EVANGELION has come to an end let us see how far has the makers
of Evangelion answered the perplexing questions and mysteries that they
themselves introduced to us in this animation. The fallbacks or inconsistency
of any story or plot can be divided into five groups:
BACKGROUND MYSTERIES: Mysteries introduced in any story should be
answered before the story ends. That is the bottom line in writing a story.
If a story ends without any explanation of the basic premise and background
used, not only would you upset the reader but you would have also condemned
your future career as a writer. The movie THE END OF EVANGELION tried to
answer a lot of the questions that has bugged this animation and I must
admit it has succeeded in most of the controversial parts like the Second
Impact and The Human Complement Program. However a lot of the mystery remains
about Lillith and how it got here on earth in the first place. The second
angel is still unknown. The fans has considered Eva-01 to be the second
angel but that was disproven when it was explained in the movie that Eva-01
was a clone of Lillith. There is also the question of Adam and how Seele
got hold of it. A lot of the answer to these questions are said to be written
in the dead sea scrolls but the story ended without even the hint of what
the scrolls says. A lot of questions were answered but new ones follow.
Its a whole can of worms.
CONTRADICTION IN THE PLOT: This happens when the editing flip flops
or an error in the script was not detected, be it in the premise or the
logic in the story. We normally call them bloopers if it is not that serious,
like the time when Shinji boarded Eva-01 in episode 19, got absorbed inside
and no trance of his uniform was seen inside the entry-plug when they tried
to salvage him. In its place was his plug-suit, now without opening his
entry plug (to prevent his bio-molecules from spilling over), how did his
plug suit get inside and where was his uniform ? If the error is so large
that it affects the very foundation of the premise than we have an inconsistency
in the plot. One major flaw of the story was why prevent the Third Impact
from happening (in the TV series) when in fact the Third Impact is what
Seele really wanted (in the Movie) ? Many people argue that the ultimate
objective of the story is to show the growth and change that has happened
in Shinji's life but things like this Third Impact scenerio can somewhat
puzzle the viewer. Another is the death of Kaji, who cares who killed him,
but wont you want to know anyway?
ITEMS USED IN THE STORY: Items used in any story be it an artifact
or an idea must be explained and connected to the overall plot. However
in this animation a lot of the items used were either just for art or to
make it look complicated. For example, The Tree of Life, you see it in
the opening of the TV series, you see it in the ceiling of Gendou's room,
you also see it just before they initiate the Third Impact. But no explanation
was given in the animation about why it is so important , why must it be
the Tree of Life and not a christian cross? Looking over a book that explains
what the Tree of Life is, will not help much either but will only complicate
matters.
NO EXPLANATIONS ON CERTAIN TERMS/ITEMS: All terms used in a story
must be made understandable to the reader. Any person who has watched the
last two episodes of the TV series would complain of not understanding
half of it because of the special words used in those episodes. The words
are not even listed in a typical dictionary because you can only find them
in the glossary of a psychological book or a scientific journal. Word has
filtered that these two episodes were hastly done in order to meet the
deadline. A professional writer will never sacrifice his work for a deadline.
The creators of Evangelion has realized this and thus produced the film.
However in the film, no explanation was made to the ultimate fate of Adam.
TRIVIAL QUESTIONS: Like it says it is trivial but it makes you wonder
why, for example, did Ritsuko change from her swimsuit in episode 1 to
her laboratory clothes when she was leading Misato and Shinji to the Eva-01
hangar, despite there was no time to spare, would it not be much of a trouble
had she wore the swimsuit all the way to the Eva-01 hangar and showed Shinji
for the first time, Eva-01? Also the sudden change of the beer of Misato
from Ebisu to Bao kind of makes you wonder?
In order to understand and shed light on the background of this animation,
you would need to read the following books that influenced the making of
Evangelion.
To Be Continued....