>>3138552They definitively weren't average, the anime was incredibly dark to the point they had to redo entire episodes because of how fucked up it was, this is why Eva's quality is so shit in some episodes; It was truly written by a man in state of mysery
Shinki while its just another beta fag today at the time he was a interesting character because of his weaknesses and cowardice
Rei was meant to be the dehumanization and idealization of a woman, thats why the weebs loved her so much
Asuka was what a real women is supposed to be, full of emotions. Also the scene of her mindrape and the coma were very impactful
You can see references in movies and shit, can't remember right now because fucking wasted but I recall a Regular show having a episode with a reference, the writer of Avatar the aang version also admited to get inspiration from Eva and when I used to play hots there was some skins based on Eva like pic related
And personally I don't really dig eva that much but I respect it for the cultural value
