Status Updates From Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ca...

Granted, I'm probably not the intended audience for an Evangelion spin off, but I'm not really enjoying this at all.

The school play bit was amusing, but otherwise this seems to be a "high school chosen one vs. evil monsters" that's taking itself way to seriously. This concept is so overdone at this point, that if you aren't trying to poke at least a little fun at yourself, it just gets to be too much, you know?

Ok, I know I'm not far in this, and it's been years since I watched (and couldn't understand) the original Evangelion, but...

Is it just me or is Shinji really out of character? Actually, I think just about everyone's out of character. Why isn't Shinji cripplingly depressed?

I had read about this in Otaku USA a long time ago. I remember thinking, "Wow, this sounds awful," and for a long time cracking jokes about another super-popular series having "Pokemon-style battles" with the enemies, referencing this series and its Otaku USA review.

I figure if I continue to use that joke, I really ought to give this a read to make sure that that review (or how I remember it) is accurate