Talk:Lenka Utsugi/@comment-26089124-20150909051423/@comment-1419424-20150910004145

I have never, ever seen as uninformed, ignorant, and just plain wrong an anime fan as you, anon 112.

It is obvious that you're just trying to troll, but since I'm such a good sport, and partly out of pity for your godawful tastes, I'll oblige you an answer. Eren is shit, okay, I'll give you that. But Shinji is a 14-year-old CHILD reacting how ANY 14-year-old realistically would when thrust into that situation, being forced to pilot a giant robot (supposedly) against alien (supposedly) foes, when his entire life up until that point had been fraught with countless issues. His mom died (again, supposedly) when he was four, his dad kicked him out, and said dad now suddenly needs him again? Can you honestly say that, were you in his shoes, you would be completely level-headed and a complete badass about the situation? If you think Shinji is shit, then I don't know what anime you were watching, but it sure as hell wasn't Evangelion.

And Shirou? If you define "NOT shit" as "being an obnoxious shounen anime protagonist," then yeah, he's "shit." But while he does get SOME depth in UBW, it's incredibly one-dimensional and only serves to paint him as someone who is completely trapped by his own—and his dad's—ideals. And in spite of all that character growth, how does UBW Shirou end up post-UBW? STILL EXACTLY LIKE ARCHER! Some "development!" But since your definition of "shit" in this case apparently involves Shirou actually growing as a human being, then yeah, I guess non-UBW Shirou is shit. And it doesn't help that Shirou's UBW chant ends with "this is the only path."

Oh, and UBW Shirou is dating Rin, which is a fate I would wish not even upon Adolf Hitler himself.

Sorry for wasting your time, and have a lovely day.

Edit: And even though Lenka does have more characterization than, say, Yuu or Hiro or that other guy... they're all silent protagonists. Lenka was created to fit a story based on a game series where the protags are all silent protags. GE's complete lack of genuine depth aside... actually, no, I can't just shove that aside. God Eater as a franchise has ZERO depth of ANY sort. Which is honestly a shame, as it speaks only to the fact that maybe, in a world where GE's writers weren't utterly incompetent, something could actually have been done with the universe.