FGC:Episode 06 Cut 138

Screenshots	Cut #	Description/Dialogue	Commentary
	138	Shinji grabs everything including the plug suit and hugs them to his chest in a hurry Rei’s expression does not change BGM START: B-1 [Hedghog's Dilemma]] SHINJI:“Sorry...”	Kendrix: How about covering your backside? Note the "can't act perverted/embarassing towards/close to a proper love intrest"-behaviour here. It implies a sort of respect that is later absent from the S/A relationship. I'll deal with that when we get there. esselfortium: What about the time he accidentally fell on her and squeezed her tits? That one was pretty embarrassing. Kendrix: He had not much control over that one XD What is more relevant is that he, as I pointed out in the Commentary for ep 5, can't quite seem to keep himself from sneaking glances at Rei when she puts on her clothes (so much for no sexual attraction...) but whenever he catches himself doing so, he immediately looks away. Now, whenever Asuka showes her boobs into his face, he NEVER looks away. Feel free to evaluate this however you want, but it's a fact that Shinji shares somewhat different relationships with these girls which certainly differ in the amount of respect involved. Additional Commentary   esselfortium: I'm pretty sure this (never looking away) is inaccurate. In any case, this theory doesn't exactly reflect well on Mr. Shinji. I don't know about you, but I sure wouldn't want to support getting Rei or whichever girl of choice together with someone you claim to be so selectively disrespectful to his female peers. Kendrix: It's not that simple, it has to do with the way the S/A dynamic established itself. Shinji is generally insecure and overly polite. It's just that Asuka showers him with insults from the beginning - untill halfway into episode 9, their relationship is mostly antagonistic and then, stuff happens, but some, if certainly not all of his restraints are at least.. loosened... by this point because she was once , uh, less than a friend. The kissing attempt is half based on, uh, look, attractive girl directly before my face, and the other half of it is an revenge act. It's more the combination of the two that produces the problem, or the way they are combinated. I'll explain it in all detail when we come to episode 9. It's quite fascinating in an artistic way... I think. That's just my interpretation anyway. Maybe yours is right. But I think that it's certainly not harmful if different approaches/possible interpretations are present here. Lets not start a shipping war - both girls are part of the story, you have to look at both to get answers... and even the triangle is only a smal part of the greater whole. thewayneiac: Re: Never looking away from Asuka's hooters: In Magma Diver he stares directly at them from the end of Cut 051 to the end of Cut 059, looking away only when she flaunts them even more blatantly by deliberately cupping them and asking her thermal expansion question. I think Kendrix is on the right track here. If it were Rei (not that she would behave that way) he would likely have realized he was staring and looked away much sooner.