Yeah exactly, Rei and Kaworu even show up at one point to tell Shinji the good things about humanity. The ending is a little challenging if you didn't understand the relationship between Shinji and Asuka, or you get caught up in wondering if they have to repopulate the earth, drink LCL to live etc, but the actual meaning is powerful once you see it.

Much of the reason people profess to be confused by Eva is the cottage industry of grifters and pretentious fans that enjoy confusing people with minutia to look more intelligent.

All that being said, Anno went way overboard with the sex imagery in the Third Impact. The dummy plug units penetrating themselves is particularly hard to sit through. For someone that complained about otaku reading porn on the train, he really undermined himself.

Yeah exactly, Rei and Kaworu even show up at one point to tell Shinji the good things about humanity. The ending is a little challenging if you didn't understand the relationship between Shinji and Asuka, or you get caught up in wondering if they have to repopulate the earth, drink LCL to live etc, but the actual meaning is powerful once you see it.

Much of the reason people profess to be confused by Eva is the cottage industry of grifters and pretentious fans that enjoy confusing people with minutia to look more intelligent.

All that being said, Anno went way overboard with the sex imagery in the Third Impact. The dummy plug units penetrating themselves is particularly hard to sit through.