>>3122434>>3122733>While his feelings of love (??) for Shinji are strangely strong, his romantic affections (??) towards members of the opposite sex such as Ritsuko and Maya are weak. Could this be because he's an Angel? Under these circumstances forming a ‘rabu rabu’ relationship with Shinji is preferable. As the relationship is satisfactory, concern over forming other relationships is unnecessary.>>3122733>oh dog it even debunks shinji/asukaAnd the person who scanned it said it didn't specify 'the kind of love'.
>do you have English versions perhaps?I believe they weren't translated into English though I'm not sure. Many of this stuff never left Japan and for a long time western fandom took advantage of that. The Kaworu part from D&R's booklet was 'casually' left untranslated for years until Q threads if my memory serves me right. Guess why.
>>3122735Also this. He says he has never fallen in love before and tries to confess (it has the exact same wording of a confession in Japanese, that detail got lost in the English translations) before Kaworu shuts him down.
I've never seen something stating romantic feelings from Shinji towards Asuka. You actually don't see them talking about it in general terms. If Asuka/Shinji is the epitome of the hedgehog's dilemma/the most important relationship as the western fandom loves to push so much, then why has Gainax never actually said this? Why did Gainax put in Evangelion Platinum that the relationship that summarized the hedgehog's dilemma was actually Shinji/Misato? Why when asked about it Anno said the co-protagonist was Misato and not Asuka? Why the Red Cross Book made so much emphasis in how troubled and indefinable Shinji/Misato's relationship is? Why is that relationship the one Tsurumaki preferred to comment in his post-EoE interview when asked about 'communication' being a theme?
The reason should be obvious for anyone with a brain who watched the show, a textual remark shouldn't be need.
