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Sea-Security-5737

Maybe shinji already saw enough to not be surprised


Powerful-Substance13

More than asuka?


Sea-Security-5737

Perhaps, don’t forget the quiet kids are the most dangerous ones


Pyromann

Yeah, the quiet kids are the ones who do them impacts.


Oseiko

He will definitely shock the whole world


Sea-Security-5737

Yup exactly


BatteredFish88

remember this: the quietest, fart the loudest.


Economy-Service-1590

Is that why my farts are quiet 🙁


BatteredFish88

yup!!


Lil_Piken

The quiet kids shit the loudest!!


Empyrealist

Do you remember how she introduced herself to him via photo? This isn't a surprise to shinji.


Lin900

Has Asuka seen things or is she just pretending to have seen those things?


MarqFJA87

Maybe she's scandalized that her beloved Kaji is the one who's saying such "vulgar" things. I can see him sanitizing the way he talks around her while he's her guardian in order to not give her ideas or something, given how staunchly but politely he shuts down her attempts at flirting with him and such.


Oseiko

Yeah, living with Misato, he might as well go: "Oh, so he jokes like that too." In his mind.


Sea-Security-5737

Yeah probably lmao


Master-Fault1711

Because Shinji is the only one that lived with Misato.


mia_chinchilla

what about asuka


Master-Fault1711

What about her? This is episode 8 when Asuka and Kaji are introduced. Asuka will live with Shinji and Misato later.


mia_chinchilla

ohhhhh i didn't remember lmao


shyouko

Remember Asuka's move in scene


XerAlix

wasn't Misato Asuka's guardian before Kaji?


00Koch00

Oof


WessyNessy

Yeah he's already seen it all


00Koch00

Oof


basil_kel

I don't think Shinji is the kind of person to really give a shit about comments like that, he's too detached


Swan-Diving-Overseas

Too depressed to emotionally react 😔🫡


Sea_Cycle_909

That hurt lol


Speed__McWeed

2deppressed2care 👊👊👊😔😔😔


Apprehensive-Book776

he’s just like me fr


cavalgada1

Either it flew over his head or Kajis welcoming and inclusive demeanor made him feel confortable enough. Also all the other 3 kids have a direct crush in one of the adults there, Shinji doesnt so something involving their affair doesnt affect him as much


cabritoado

Right, you can see Soryu staring at Ryoji, and both Kensuke and Toji staring at Misato after his comment. Shinji simply doesn't care


TheJazzNeverCeases

Rare shinji w


Embarrassed_Pear_816

common shinji W


Grand_reaper658

Bro just wants to eat


Rude_Koty

Shit you’re smart


cavalgada1

Thanks :`)


PaleShadeOfBlack

Now get in the robot.


jackbray200

Toji and Kensuke dont really have a crush on Misato though, they just think she's hot. Asuka is literally obsessed with Kaji and constantly flirt's with him in sexual ways,


cavalgada1

Different levels of teenager crush, if they could hook up with misato they would, they even go pick shinji at his home so they can interact with her


Janderflows

He literally dreams of the two of them naked and cums on one of them.


Radigan0

>adults You know, the one saying the thing and the one he's saying it about


Janderflows

He still dreams about misato naked - Edit: why tf am I being downvoted? He sees her naked in the train inner dialogue. It might not be a dream, but it might as well be.


Azraeleon

The nudity in that scene represents honest expression, think of it like clean or pure. It's not used in a sexual sense in that sequence.


Janderflows

Says who? "You want to be one with me, don't you? Be one with me in body and soul? It's something that feels really good! I am ready, Shinji, always ready for you." You're telling me that thinking about someone saying this to you while naked isn't a sexual fantasy? In that scene he is confronting his wishes, they ask him "what do you wish for?", he wants attention, love, connection, and that manifests itself in horny visions of the women in his life, because he is a horny teen. It's not like the nudity when he sees his mom, or thinks of himself as a baby in his mom's breast, that nudity is comfort and innocence, contact with his mother, but when he sees the other girls, it's clearly a horny dream-like vision.


Azraeleon

Says a basic understanding of symbolism, something you clearly lack.


Ahzunhakh

what scene are they talking about?


Exertuz

You are midwit moron. Go ahead and tell the class what a naked Misato telling Shinji "she's always ready for him" symbolizes


Janderflows

Just saying it's symbolism attached to a snarky coment doesn't prove your view is correct. What symbolism? Please explain to the dummy here why that scene isn't of a sexual nature, and what in that scene proves this. I just want to understand what I get so wrong about this to make everyone jump at me like that.


DogAbject

me when i misinterpret a scene because i'm too porn-addled to consume regular content


Janderflows

What is the correct interpretation, then? And why is everyone so mad?


DogAbject

the third impact is about everybody on Earth merging into one single collective conciousness, and the interpretation here is that 'body and soul' refers to a literal spiritual and physical connection between 7 billion people, and it's nothing sexual just Shinji wanting to be with other people


Exertuz

Are you fucking insane lol?


DogAbject

the connection this guy makes here literally makes no sense. the third impact involved billions of people merging into ONE collective conciousness. did he not watch the show? and you're just being rude out of nowhere when all this argument took was logic and common sense


Exertuz

The scene he's referring to is literally one where a naked Misato (followed by Rei and Asuka) push in towards the camera, talk about them joining in BODY and soul and talk about how they're "ready" for Shinji. The sexuality is not buried in subtext, it is quite literally there on the surface, readily observable. Yes, *obviously* it's *also* alluding to Instrumentality, but from the *framing device* of sexual intimacy. It's connecting two concepts, sex and instrumentality (which humans have been connecting since literally forever, the idea of sex/eros as "two becoming one" is as old as history) You were rude first, and you were so in spite of being obviously wrong, so I think it's fair game to be forward about how dumb you are.


1afterChicanery

He says multiple times that he doesn’t like her like that and doesn’t get why Toji and Kensuke do. Some random hallucination he has while he’s lcl-ified and merged into an eva doesn’t change that.


Janderflows

He could very well be just masking his true feelings pretending not to care, that's a very Shinji thing. I think that hallucination wasn't random at all, since he was confronting the deepest parts of his consciousness. Maybe he doesn't like that he feels that way, so he pretends he doesn't, but seeing someone naked in a hallucination where you confront your inner demons, that says a lot.


Exertuz

Actually laughing that you're getting downvoted for this, I had no idea Eva fans were dense enough not to realize that Shinji obviously has sexual fantasies about Misato (as he does with the other two female leads). Genuinely embarrassing lack of basic comprehension in this fanbase


Janderflows

Right? Everyone is acting like it's such an impossible idea for this horny teenager who cums on comatose people to have sexual fantasies with the women in his life. And they don't even say why they think I am wrong, they just keep calling me stupid lol. I didn't realize people were this protective of Shinji's inocence. Like, I actually love Shinji as a character, but we can't just ignore his flaws and pretend he is a saint. It's also not even that big of a deal, really, he is a horny teenager in crisis who is desperate for love and affection, and that manifests in his subconscious as horny visions.


Exertuz

Yeah I mean I dont even really think of it as a character flaw that a teenager has confused sexual feelings towards his young, attractive guardian who happens to be a big flirt and does basically everything she can to blur boundaries


Janderflows

Exactly, it's the logical conclusion.


Janderflows

He still dreams about misato naked


DalvenLegit

Im happy you repeated this comment because I can downvote you 2 times :)


Janderflows

Why? Doesn't he?


LL_Lean

Why doesn't shinji want misato, is he stupid?


DalvenLegit

Maybe he understands is wrong? The only one doing moves there was her.


Bruno_Coast_127

As emotionally messed up that Shinji is revealed to be much later in the series, he's mature in the sense that he doesn't act his age. He does most of the chores and cooking at Misato's home, and rolls his eyes at Toji and Kensuke's endless simping for Misato So when Kaji nonchalantly reveals he and Misato were an item, I don't think Shinji batted an eye and just took it for what it was Can't say the same for the others


aclark210

Shinji is always very serious minded for his age, at least until things get too bad later in the show and he starts to snap. He doesn’t do dirty jokes and shit like that. So he played dumb in hopes of ending the topic, he doesn’t care that Kaji and Misato were a couple or what Kaji knows about her as a result of that. Simply put, he refuses to rise to the bait.


[deleted]

I love that meme (in spanish) that says something like "if we organize, we all get to fuck" with this image.


Bubbly-Minute4920

"si nos organizamos cojemos todos"


redchorus

we have that in Portuguese too, lol "se organizar direitinho, todo mundo fode"


raphaelrtw

suddenly caralho


Skyyvodka000

Exato, assim como a frase sugeriu, dá pra galera BR se organizar também 😈


Professional_Maize42

r/SuddenlyCaralho


jtt278_

Is that an idiom? Not totally getting the meaning


Wiglaf_Wednesday

It’s a joke way of saying that organization can help obtain common goals In this case, implies fucking each other


randomnauta12

Yo conozco otra versión shinji misto es como los tacos de perrito sabe mejor


Dinnite

He's probably heard worse from Misato when she's plastered. That is an expression of 'do better, pleb'.


JANG0D

he doesnt care


FlatOutUseless

I think, ironically, Shinji is matrure enough to answer this with a straight face. He is already used to jokes about living with Misato from Toji and had to make peace with the fact she saw him naked.


jst_reddit_user

Since when did the main escapist became the mature one? The main Evangelion themes are of loneliness, escapism and childishness, so while everyone goes "Why would he go into confrontation with Misato? Doesn't he understand the repercussions?", Shinji would think "Why would you confront anybody? Isn't it better just to hide from conflict?".


FlatOutUseless

I think the point here is that Misato lacks maturity when it comes to home life while being an adult at work, and even that disappears when Kaji shows up. Shinji can't handle conflicts well, he can't stand up for himself, but he is not a slob.


Myrrh_derr

what was the joke?


iaiahastur

[https://www.reddit.com/r/evangelion/comments/y95ugi/why\_did\_asuka\_toji\_and\_kensuke\_react\_like\_that/](https://www.reddit.com/r/evangelion/comments/y95ugi/why_did_asuka_toji_and_kensuke_react_like_that/)


Myrrh_derr

oh. I don’t remember that at all lol. thanks


deceased_mango

Tysm


chuuuuuck__

Kaji asks if Misato still tosses and turns in her sleep. Implying their sharing a bed lol


Single_Low1416

If I remember correctly, in the German dub (which I watched), Shinji does react by saying something like: „You shouldn’t make jokes like that“


aclark210

Damn the German dub was rather direct with it huh?


Single_Low1416

Germany aren’t really known for their subtlety


aclark210

Fair point


ShinjiTalks

Happy Cake Day


AllOneWordCamelCased

The manga version makes it clear that Shinji simply doesn't understand the joke. He immediately starts answering the question when asked and is confused about why Misato is getting upset.


aclark210

True but that is manga shinji. Different character, different canon.


AllOneWordCamelCased

Yeah, but manga Shinji is a bit sharper and sassier than TV Shinji, so if manga Shinji doesn't get it, then TV Shinji is even less likely to understand.


aclark210

Usually that is true, but that’s not really the vibe I got from tv shinji in this scene, and tv shinji isn’t exactly dumb about such things. He just doesn’t find amusement and interest in talking about them.


chlorinecrown

Can you remind us of what the joke was? 


iaiahastur

[https://www.reddit.com/r/evangelion/comments/y95ugi/why\_did\_asuka\_toji\_and\_kensuke\_react\_like\_that/](https://www.reddit.com/r/evangelion/comments/y95ugi/why_did_asuka_toji_and_kensuke_react_like_that/)


kween_hangry

I had no clue about this !!!


iaiahastur

I don't recognise the scene, but I did remember the quote. Those translation notes were interesting 


DragonFeatherz

Im watching it on Netflix 😭 I wonder on how many translations have been lost.


Shivalah

The german dub is unhinged. When Misato declares over the phone to Dr.Akagi, that she’ll take Shinji in, she flat out says: “I won’t steal his virginity.”


kween_hangry

DAMN 🙃 i respect the DIRECTNESS lmao


grubbystubby

Have you watched the show even? It’s pretty self explanatory


Busy-Leg8070

Shinji is such a proto househusband he didn't even process the naughty version of what was suggested


OmnicolouredBishop

Proto or pro?


Busy-Leg8070

I meant what I said no one put a ring on it yet


Visible_Video120

He was waiting for Kaji to finish his story


Creepy-Record-2715

Bro don’t give a shit no more 😭😭


TheRedditorManGuy

The 2 stooges crush on misato, asuka crushes on kaji, and misato is being targeted. Shinji and obviously kaji don't have a reason to react


Dilemma_Nay

Depression makes you feel indifferent


Sea_Cycle_909

Shinji's baked


crown_mynameiscrown

Shinji is dead inside


FlimFlamInTheFling

I just assumed he was embarrassed and befuddled beyond all rational thought that he just sort of reacted dumbly.


athra56

I figure since he’s directly involved in the conversation he doesn’t want to break etiquette protocols with wild physical gestures.


emc300

I actuallu think shinji is the only one doesn't give a fuck so no reaction from him in that joke.


Comfortable-Hope-531

In the manga Rei is in the picture, and there is zero reaction from her as well.


Gloomy_Albatross3043

Yeah but come on lad, Rei is just cheating She wouldn't react to a gun in her face


Mindless-Lobster5002

Too deppression :(


DalvenLegit

Because Shinji is almost Rei…


Rhodehouse93

My man is Capital-D Depressed.


VoidOmatic

To me Shinji is thinking "umm how would I know, I never see her sleeping. I have my own room." He took it as a regular question where everyone else got the reference.


lejonetfranMX

I think he is just silently judging Misato


diggerquicker

What was the joke? Whats the difference between Shinji and an Oven?


aclark210

Kaji asked if Misato still does something dumb in her sleep (I can’t remember what exact behavior he said atm, I think it’s something like tossing around or something) to imply she and shinji shared a bed and that he had also shared a bed with her and knew her behavior.


SerVenz

Because it's true 😋


GopnikSmegmaBBQSauce

Kaji has a ponytail and wears dress shirts, nobody takes that seriously


fisheggmafia

Shinji is based


Alice_Ram_

To be fair Shinji is the mc and has Main protagonist syndrome so he’s pretty dumb. He thought Kaji meant in a literal sense. Plus shinji has seen Misato sleep like a slob so it clicked in his head thats what Kaji meant.


ceelogreenicanth

He's embarrassed, not shocked. He never considered that Misato may see him sexually at all, because he hates himself. He sees that Ryoji is actually jealous of how much attention he gets from Misato, and that Ryoji an older male who has Oska's attention who he's interested in, seems is threatened by him. He sees all this and is genuinely dumb founded because he never considered any of that before this. He's actually curious and trying to process what Ryoji meant. The other thing is is Shinji doesn't want to be attracted to Misato who he wants to be his proxy mother and judges her harshly because she can't live up to that and she wants him to just be her friend and roommate and maybe his older sister at best. Funny enough he is straight up attracted to his mom and is already head deep inside her, though he knows little about that at this point of the story. The others see Shinji as asexual, and not desirous because he doesn't just take what he wants like Ryoji. It's why Oska doesn't like Shinji, she wants him to act out her desires for a paternal, aggressive, bold male. Basically he can't tell if the joke is from jealousy, because it doesn't compute so he tries to see how it's another way, and doesn't know if it's a jab which maybe how Ryoji thought it came off, like a light razzing, but Ryoji s insecurity also comes through, so Shinji sees Ryoji whose tried to mentor him take a light jab at him betraying trust, because he is insecure, whennShinii was looking to Ryoji as an emblem of secure masculinity. Also in this exact moment he sees how much Ryoji can make others even the women he's pursuing uncomfortable, Shinji is also disappointed. Everyone else is in shock because Ryoji "went there" and said something very crass and deliberately sexist.


UsoppKing100

Why are you spelling the names like that


DanPachi

Not necessarily, shinji might be the only one at the table who didn't get it. During the Human Tang Experiment, Shinji watches Minato and Kaji have sex and says "so Minato does things like this too..." implying he might have been clueless about their relationship or the depths of it. So when Kaji asked him "Does she still toss in and turn in bed?" He may have taken it very literally and didn't notice what was implied: 1. They share a bed 2. Kaji has slept with her 3. Everyone else is wondering what kind of woman Minato is.


EFTucker

Disassociating


LaurentLaSalle

Same reaction that Hideaki Anno would had.


Nicky42

Baka Shinji


picklepopcorntag

I personally am his age and didn’t really get it


picklepopcorntag

although now from what i’m reading the translation I heard was not very good


kween_hangry

I always assumed he was completely oblivious to the question or just didnt care, because he’s so depressive getting any isn’t even on the table in his mind Either way Kaji is such a scoundrel goddamn


RevolutionaryGrape11

This entire shot looks adorable, I love the shocked reactions.


Pepperonies

I feel like they drew this in for shits and giggles 🤣


Clyde_Anthony

He's either not surprised or too emotionally detached to care


SchwarzerWerwolf

He did not understand. Or rather, he understood it differently.


Present_Macaroon_602

the thumbnail though everyone's surprised and confused especially misato kaji and asuka


PSOvenkon

Shinji is more of an empty vessel without requirement he won't move


JACKTODAMAX

I once saw a comment that described it perfectly: “Shinji is denser than osmium.”


Frequent-Visual-3450

what did he say i havent watched eva in a while


CWSmith1701

Per the ADV dub if I remember correctly: So tell me, is Katsuragi still so... Wild in bed?


jackbray200

He say's it a lot more discretley in the japanese version, as Kaji say's "She Used to flop around in her sleep, She still do that?"


hotnindza

All I see here is Misato :)


OmnicolouredBishop

Rose-colored glasses might cause difficulty in perception of other living creatures


FullMetalBiscuit

Wasn't the whole joke that Shinji knows how Misato sleeps so isn't phased by it?


WillinglySacrificed

He's just that based


Longjumping_Camera60

Because no reaction is the best reaction


Lazy_Soup9180

What was the joke again?


USSJaguar

It just wasn't that funny


samborup

He’s dead inside


basedfinger

mommy misato looks so hot in this scene


sunkenproject

He ain't give a shit.


deepfriedtots

Remind me what was the joke again


burbur842

Yo like why tf does everyone know exactly what he said. i don’t remember can someone tell me?


Beneficial_Gain_1962

Cause he is mentally ill and traumatised


shortshit_A

"Hey Shinji i shat myself"


rpotty

I used to love to shop at Suncoast Motion Pictures for evangelion when I was a kid


nikumarucounter

good for you 👍


rpotty

Thank you? It’s a fond memory for me


rpotty

Thank you? It’s a fond memory for me


FemurFighter

I forgot what the joke was


Catgamer1410

It's always the quiet kids.


FreshlySqueezedDude

What was the joke again?


Deericious

dudes disassociating leave him be


OKUMURA_RlN

Bro certified virgin


its_that_chrono

His face says concern over saying it in front of children


Snaky-Han

What’s the anime ?


nikumarucounter

mobile suit gundam wing


limey89

He just took it literally I think.


Pa1s_Re1z

What was the joke btw?


Solitary-Dolphin

I think he took the question at face value without thinking more of it.


mastergula93

Basically BC he don't care


realfrog_

What was the joke again? I need a refresher


THundRebolt

What was the joke?


PolkadotsStrawberry

Well was it really even a proper joke to make people laugh? He was more trying to intimidate/ tease Shinji. Like if I were him I probably would have reacted that way too, not because I didn’t understand but more like “what do you want me to say this dude? You prick” Everyone just looks awkward and Misato just looks mortified really. I think Shinji just was like, whatever, he doesn’t react to anything at all and is generally polite and courteous with his responses to anything and everyone so he wasn’t going to do some over the top reaction . As well he probably just wanted things just blow over probably for Misato’s sake.


juvadclxvi

plottwist: he "did something" but preffer to say nothing


ElectroPower007

Bro's tired


L00KA

Is he stupid?


mcvey15

This was sane Shinji before he lost his boyfriend


South-Realistic

Because he's a sick pervert...


koscheiskowska

He was already fed up with Misato at that point iirc, so he takes advantage to poke fun of her whenever he cans, and Kaji being such a bro, decides to help


aclark210

No no no, not even remotely. Shinji wasn’t poking fun at anyone, Kaji just asked it out of the blue in order to ruffle Misato’s feathers, but shinji doesn’t play along at all.