[EVA] Did Shinji rape Asuka (in EoE)?

[Carl Horn]

>
> While the "Anno did EoE because he hates fandom!" meme is absurd,  
> that he wasn't trying to play with their expectations isn't. Shinji  
> already was the everyman of the series, the audience viewpoint  
> character, and that was taken to the extremes of otaku culture.  
> Shinji has poor social skills and can't interact with women. He  
> really is meant to stand for part of the audience.
>
> Peter S. Svensson
>

Again, I don't think Anno stood outside fandom or being an otaku in a  
circle called "professional" or "director"--rather, his circle  
overlapped with that of fandom and otaku, as he is an otaku himself.  
His critique is delivered from the inside.

--C.