thewayneiac: Hey! Wait a minute! We still don't get to see what happens?! How can they do this twice in the same fight?
Reichu: Because they know how to manipulate their audience. ;;>
thewayneiac: I suppose it means something that he's still alive.
Shin-seiki: (001~004) Here we see Shinji do the "wake with a start, shirt soaked with sweat" deal typically used to depict the notion of waking from a bad dream. Cut 001 is recycled a few times over the course of the series, including (sort of) this moment from #26': "Woah! I just had a bad dream that I initiated Third Impact! Oh, wait; don't tell me…"
Keisuke-kun: I find it kinda of interesting that the light quality in the hospital is always the same.
Reichu: Indeed, all of these hospital scenes employ similar lighting… Very washed-out blues and purples, at times nearly grey. The same pallette is used for the main characters' "uncomfortable flashbacks", as well… What's the connection?
HeWhoPostsStuff: Perhaps gray or blue symbolizes "discomfort" or something like that in Japanese culture…I know that in Kabuki theater (and possibly Noh or other types as well, I don't know for sure) certain colors are supposed to represent certain characteristics or emotions in many cases. In any event, most people would likely find a hospital or trauma unit a rather uncomfortable place to be under most any circumstances, not unlike being trapped in a bad dream or unpleasant memory…
