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Eventually, Shinji has to confront his father and his father's opinion of him, in order to complete his [[wp:Hero%27s_journey#Atonement_with_the_Father/Abyss|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). | Eventually, Shinji has to confront his father and his father's opinion of him, in order to complete his [[wp:Hero%27s_journey#Atonement_with_the_Father/Abyss|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 Professor Hasegawa both represent humanity's last line of defense against a worldwide peril. They are brilliant, they know that there's a threat to Earth's future, and they know how to avoid it. Also, they both lose their wives fairly early on and are driven by that loss to work harder on their research/experiments, perhaps to the exclusion of commonly-accepted morals (a difference being that Gendo apparently alters his previous goal for Instrumentality so he can bring back Yui, whereas Hasegawa is only made aware of the threat to Earth when he loses Jamie). | Gendo and Professor Hasegawa both represent humanity's last line of defense against a worldwide peril. They are brilliant, they know that there's a threat to Earth's future, and they know how to avoid it. Also, they both lose their wives fairly early on and are driven by that loss to work harder on their research/experiments, perhaps to the exclusion of commonly-accepted morals (a difference being that Gendo apparently alters his previous goal for Instrumentality so he can bring back Yui, whereas Hasegawa is only made aware of the threat to Earth when he loses Jamie). | ||
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 | These similarities could seem like a coincidence, but both Brent Pease[http://oni.bungie.org/special/part1/brent.html] and Hardy LeBel[http://oni.bungie.org/special/part3/hardy.html] stated that Evangelion was one of their favorite anime. In fact, Hardy considered it to be the best anime ever made, and explicitly stated that Evangelion was an influence [http://carnage.bungie.org/oniforum/oni.forum.pl?read=4618][https://web.archive.org/web/20041209033107/http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2001/02/oni/]. 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. | ||
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