keikoreadsmanga 's review for:

Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 2 by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

5.0

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Whenever something sad or painful happens... it's like there's another me who watches it... like it's happening to someone else... thinking, “that's not me.” It's okay. I can live like that. I'll lock my heart away deeper... If I do that... I won't have to feel pain outside or inside... or the fear... I won't have to feel anything at all.”

Shinji is the exact character archetype that I look for in any shounen and seinen manga—the depressed kind that still manages to appear that they still got their shit together, but in reality, a door away to insanity. Or the kind that stands in the grey area unable to decide whether to pursue enlightenment or succumb to darkness. With that, I'm delighted to get to know Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.

Also, the couple of riots, Kensuke and Toji, are so funny. I really like them.