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> From: "Don Wang" <donwang@ucla.edu>
To: <ranma@usagi.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 3:56 AM
Subject: [ranma:96195] Re: Did Viz ever finish Ranma 1/2 manga, and some
random thoughts


> Ron:

> > Then you'd love Volume 4 (dunno what it is with 4's), Asuka's intro in
the
> > manga.
> > Let's just say that she comes in with guns ablazin ^_<.  But unless
> > something radical
> > happened in vol.9, then the ending that happened in End of Evangelion
> > and ep. 23 is going to be especially heartbreaking.
>
> So it ends in the same way?  Then I think I'll pass.  Besides, I got
> Rin Tohsaka from Fate to replace Asuka as my favorite red color-themed
girl.
> :)
It hasn't ended yet (I heard that vol.9 is around ep.22-23 or so of the
anime)
but what I was saying is (woops, spoiler space (BIG spoilers)

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Okay: it seem ed to me as of volume 5 that Sadamoto was steering Shinji
towards Rei.
To me, Volume 8 (which came out a month or so ago from Viz) confirmed this.
In the anime, Shinji was inside his Eva, and was seeing visions that
included his mother.
In the manga OTOH, Rei seemed to be having some issues (especially when
Gendo,
during another test that involved Rei naked O_o, started stroking her cheek
and Rei brushed
it away) that led her to where Shinji had once again rejected coming out of
the Eva.
She was instrumental in getting Shinji to change his mind (out of sight,
where no-one but
apparently Kaji saw her). Later on, they had a discussion at a place of
Rei's choosing
that ended with them holding hands.
Again, I dunno what happened in Vol.9 (Sasuga hasn't sent my order out yet),
but
if the scene in anime ep. 23 happens (Rei commits suicide rather than become
one with
the angel, then the next clone appears and doesn't recognise Shinji), it's
really gonna
hammer the boy. Curiously, I noticed in the "Director's Cut" ep. 22, it
almost seems to
allude to Shinji and Rei geting closer. I dunno how Sadamoto is gonna end
this (I can imagine
the core story will be intact, but there have been several incidents that
say it may not be
totally alike (most notably this development and Toji's death). Which is why
I like Sadamoto's
version better: seems much more character driven. But it isn't over yet, and
things could certainly change.

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