A few days ago I got bored and went looking through the old posts in this forum and came accross a "near" flame war started by some personage who, thankfully, does not post here anymore. After reading that (well, not all of it, but enough of it), I felt like putting in my own two cents in a polite manner.

Due to the fact that I recently upgraded my OS from Win98SE > Win2K Pro I've been able to see some anime I've had on my comp that I've bee itching to watch. Among these was the ENTIRE run of NGE, including Death and Rebirth and End of Evangelion.

Now, after reading NXE and seeing NGE, here's how I feel.

Both have their points, but I feel that NXE is a much better story because it is lacking that "Okay, lets forget about the story and fuck with their minds" attitude. Also, NXE has more characters that are more colorful. Plus, NXE also brings out characters that are merely in the background in NGE, thus making it seem like a more involving storyline.

Also, for you people who've not seen NGE yet, a few veiwing tips. I'll do my best not to spoil the storyline for anyone.

1)The storyline is just fine and dandy up until the last two episodes of the series. Then it becomes a screaming psycho-anylisis(sp) of the major characters, Shinji in particular. Recomended only if you want to know the characters in and out.

2)See End of Evangelion and not Death and Rebirth. End of Evangelion is a more of a true conclusion of the series and Death and Rebirth is simply a rehashing of the last two episodes.

Polite commentary and retorts welcome.

One other thing... Incase no one here's heard of it (or the author) Ken Arromdee has a nice Evangelion/Tenchi crossover fic that I think is worth looking at. I feel it's about as good as NXE. You guys can find it at http://www.rahul.net/arromdee/fanfic.html

-NeoRaven