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[herongale]

More Top Ten Anime Episodes of All Time!

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At this point I should reveal that Fullmetal Alchemist did not rate a top 10 anime episodes slot. Not at all. :( "All is One, One is All" almost made it, with the lovely little cicada scene, and the overall impactful storytelling, but Sai's final farewell makes me weepy and that is always a decisive

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[sink_or_swim]

+1, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry!

Also, this is by far and away my favorite episode of the series. It says so much while still demonstrating restraint, and the elevator scene is a beautiful example of this. It's a painful and beautiful character study, and a hard 22 minutes to witness particularly to an Asuka sympathizer like myself.

[mikkeneko]

In a weird way -- well, in a lot of weird ways -- I always felt as if I understood Eva perfectly. Even when I didn't understand what was going on, in a plot of mechanical sense, I always understood the feelings and undercurrents, and most especially, the people.

I've always been a Shinji defender -- I was unable to ever get into the fandom because I react badly and aggressively towards people who diss on Shinji, because I felt like from the first moment of the series until the end I could understand him. I always understood exactly what he was feeling, and it broke my heart.

Weirdly enough, to a certain extent I felt the same was about Asuka -- I always understood her -- but instead of causing me to love her, it caused me to loathe her. I can't really explain or apologize for that. I guess if there's a message to this episode at all, it's that pitying someone is not the same as loving them.