>>3598836For the hundredth time, I'm not saying Rebuild is a stellar ending. It has a lot of problems and should've dedicated far more time to developing all of its non-Shinji characters including Kaworu. But as it stands it's still a far better ending than the Manga because at least it actually SAYS something. A meta message of moving on from Eva is still better than the Manga ending which has no message at all. An ending of Kaworu living with Kaji or Rei and making the decision to seek out his own happiness beyond Shinji is a better ending than Karl being dead and forgotten having achieved nothing. Kaworu and Shinji mutually finding closure with each other and parting ways is better than Shinji forgetting Karl.
As it stands imo:
TV End > EoE >>>>>>>>>> Rebuild >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shit > Manga
Don't defend literal garbage to try to stick it to an ending which is a bit less shitty.
>>3598837Yeah I agree, it's a copout to imply Misato and others can come back to life. There's no permanency to anything nor any real consequences to any of Shinji's decisions.