What gets me is that he then turned around and wrote the Rebuilds which are basically shit to put it mildly. I understand the man has gotta eat and make a living, but uh, Shinji ending up in some kind of romantic relationship with a middle aged colleague of his parents is way too much to unpack here.

That and the ten fold increase in sexualization of minors, this time without it even attempting to be a deconstruction of anything.

I'm glad I never really peeked into that particular bag of dead dove.