SPOILERS AHEAD. HAVE YOU WATCHED EVANGELION YET? IF NOT, GET YOUR ASS OUT OF THIS THREAD OR IF YOU'RE USING THE HOVER-PREVIEW THING, GET YOUR CURSOR OFF THIS LINK RIGHT NOW. Considering the fact that I haven't yet watched End of Evangelion, what exactly was supposed to be so confusing about the ending to Neon Genesis Evangelion? Besides the fact that it didn't really wrap up the Instrumentality part of the storyline, it was pretty easy to understand. Shinji finally figured out that everyone around him held him in very high regard despite his own lack of self-esteem. This caused him to realize that he had no reason to hate himself and, because of this, began to love himself. Then, because of Instrumentality mushing everyone's minds together, all of his friends and acquaintances congratulated him on finally coming to terms with himself. The only question of any consequence left unanswered is whether or not they escaped Instrumentality and even then it was implied that Shinji's newfound self-esteem was the key to breaking out of it. Still, I'm glad I finally watched this series even though I feel like I should have watched it before the two Rebuild movies that have been on Toonami. I look forward to watching 3.33.
