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Gendo also has a girl of Shinji's age working as one of his pilots, with whom he seems to share a special bond. She first showed up a year after his wife died under mysterious circumstances. Eventually the ambiguity is dispensed with and we realize that he's been cloning his wife (using somewhat unconventional "technology"). Not only that, but his whole goal in bringing about Instrumentality is to bring back his real wife; it turns out that love for Yui Ikari was his overriding motivation. We even come to see that he cared about his son all along, but was unable to express his feelings. | Gendo also has a girl of Shinji's age working as one of his pilots, with whom he seems to share a special bond. She first showed up a year after his wife died under mysterious circumstances. Eventually the ambiguity is dispensed with and we realize that he's been cloning his wife (using somewhat unconventional "technology"). Not only that, but his whole goal in bringing about Instrumentality is to bring back his real wife; it turns out that love for Yui Ikari was his overriding motivation. We even come to see that he cared about his son all along, but was unable to express his feelings. | ||
Eventually, Shinji has to confront his father and his father's opinion of him, in order to complete his [[ | Eventually, Shinji has to confront his father and his father's opinion of him, in order to complete his [[wp:Monomyth#Atonement_with_the_Father|hero's journey]]. He decides that he wants to please his father (and also to defend his friends), and so he does his father's bidding, and finally receives Gendo's approval by becoming a stronger person, accepting the world he lives in, and even learning to like himself. Nevertheless, for most of the story, Shinji's father is an overpowering figure that stands as a sort of psychological bogey, an obstacle to Shinji's egoistic development from a child to a young man. The elevator scene in the image on the right is a depiction of that aspect of Gendo Ikari (click the picture for a summary of the scene). | ||
===Gendo and Hasegawa=== | ===Gendo and Hasegawa=== | ||
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These similarities could seem like a coincidence, but both Brent Pease and Hardy LeBel stated that Evangelion was one of their favorite anime. In fact, Hardy considered it to be the best anime, and explicitly stated Evangelion was an influence [http://carnage.bungie.org/oniforum/oni.forum.pl?read=4618 here]. Beyond the plot similarities, we can't say how much Hasegawa is similar to Gendo because Hasegawa's character is not elaborated on in Oni. Is Hasegawa a cold man like Gendo, is he driven by grief, or is he warmer and more likeable? Oni gives us almost nothing to go on, but it's difficult not to picture him as at least somewhat similar to Gendo Ikari, considering the connection the characters have. | These similarities could seem like a coincidence, but both Brent Pease and Hardy LeBel stated that Evangelion was one of their favorite anime. In fact, Hardy considered it to be the best anime, and explicitly stated Evangelion was an influence [http://carnage.bungie.org/oniforum/oni.forum.pl?read=4618 here]. Beyond the plot similarities, we can't say how much Hasegawa is similar to Gendo because Hasegawa's character is not elaborated on in Oni. Is Hasegawa a cold man like Gendo, is he driven by grief, or is he warmer and more likeable? Oni gives us almost nothing to go on, but it's difficult not to picture him as at least somewhat similar to Gendo Ikari, considering the connection the characters have. | ||
[[Category:Oni 2 influences]] | [[Category:Oni 2 influences]][[Category:Added value]] | ||