Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Value of Miracles   First Watch 
July 8, 2019 8:22 PM - Season 1, Episode 12 - Subscribe

Misato is promoted to the rank of Major, but she reveals her long-buried sentiments concerning her work at NERV. A massive Angel appears in Earth's stratosphere, and all three Evangelions are deployed to stop it.

Second title for this episode: She said, 'Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred.'

Fly Me To The Moon - Episode 12 version
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit (7 comments total)
 
My first reaction to seeing Misato's flashback: "What the shit?!?"

Then it gets even weirder, after a party for Misato's promotion, Gendo and Fuyutsuki (who I thought was going to go the entire series with just the name "Deputy Commander") revisit Antarctica and boy howdy, is it FUBAR.

Being a cartographer at NERV is steady work. Always gotta draw new craters!
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:28 PM on July 8, 2019 [3 favorites]


Flashback is super bleak. As it should be, but I’m surprised the show went that hard. The tone is all over the place.

Not sure what Misato’s promotion means effectively since she was already in charge of the fighting and seems to have very broad discretion in how to carry it out.

I think I agree with Asuka about something.
posted by rodlymight at 6:07 PM on July 9, 2019


Hello. Finally all caught up. This is my first time watching NGE after having known about it for years and years.

Nothing like a good explosion, blast wave, and resulting crater.

That flashback was pretty bleak. It's amazing how far society has rebounded since Second Impact. (What was First Impact, do we eventually find out? If we do, don't tell me.)
posted by Fukiyama at 7:46 PM on July 9, 2019


This is a first watch for me as well, but my guess would be the First Impact was the explosion that wiped out the dinosaurs. Fits with the terminology and the cover story that the Second Impact was a meteor.
posted by rodlymight at 8:17 PM on July 9, 2019 [1 favorite]


Were the dinosaurs wiped out by a meteor impact, or were they wiped out by dinosaur angels?

Anyway, Shinji finally received validation from his dad! I'm sure everything is going to be just fine from here on out!
posted by tobascodagama at 4:42 AM on July 10, 2019 [5 favorites]


The music for this operation isn't the standard "Decisive Battle" track, it's got a lot of horns and reminds me of bullfighting. Wrangling Sahaquiel is almost like that, maybe.

That overlook over Tokyo-3 in the dusk is one of my favorite scenes, glad it made a comeback.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:18 PM on July 10, 2019


MillennialsThe Second Impact Generation killed fancy restaurants.
posted by tobascodagama at 6:26 PM on July 13, 2019 [3 favorites]


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