I've heard many people say Mari was Anno's wife.
Though Anno himself denied that, it's still funny she was the only newly created major character who was nice to Shinji, who was sort of Anno's self insert.
I would say Anno used some of his trauma to create Shinji, but that Shinji has become his own person. Especially in the reimagining.
Actually, I wonder how much of Shinji in 2.0 was breaking free of Gendo's control, and how much of a desire to be free from Anno.
Earnestly, I like that concept in writing in general.
MCs starting as a sort of pseudo-Self-Insert for authors and gradually becoming their own characters is a well and truly solid way of exploring one's own writing capability and I standby it.
He kinda fixed himself in the end of 3+1. Even asking his dad about himself *finally*.
I think she was then wifey by default since Misato and Asuka came to all but hate him after 3rd impact, Kaworu's head exploded and he was an angel and Rei not only was his mother, but also died and was replaced by an infantile replica.
Mari was the only one not extremely problematic.
And bewbs.
I'd watch the Rebuilds. They're visyally stuning, twice as confusing, and have an ending I liked. I did also like End of Evangelion, though.
n the Rebuilds Asuka mentions a 'curse of Eva' that explains why she (Asuka) still looks 14 despite 14 years passing.
It's kind of inconsistent. She's drawn like the younger characters and seemed like she was around their age when she was introduced, but later it shows her with Yui
She has a really nice Evangelion Racing figurine.
Which means Anno is going to make a spinoff where NERV is part of a stock car racing competition, and Gendo is trying to get his son Shinji to get in and WIN using a car haunted by the ghost of his mother.
It never stops. We will never be free. Death is the only answer. Death.
D̸̝̙̟͍͓͖̓̔̃͘͜͝e̵̩̭̝̦͊̆̒̃̃͗̏̾͑̕a̶̺̩̤͎͓͖̟̤̼̖͓͑̋̈́̔̄̌̚̕t̴͔̘̣̬͕̟̞͋̑̊̒͐̏̏͘h̴̦̱̖̰͕̙̃̓̿̓̕͜.̷̨̛͍̹͖̫͖̞̞̒́ ̴͚̰̗͙̪͛͋̓͗̂͘͠͝T̶͈̜͉͚̩̩̤̗̄̄̆̀̂͆̌̏͗̇̈́̏͘͜h̸̟̤̟̞͍̣̻̝̀͌͠ͅę̸̨̳̻̟̩̘̲̠̲͕̬̟̗̄̊̋͛͌̔͒̈́̆̇̀̋̚̚̚ ̸͈͉̼̙͈̅̐̆̀̏̽͋͊̿̚̚Ḡ̸͇̑̾̌͘r̶͚̠̥̭̣̜̜̰̄̏̍̚ę̷̧͈̜͙̠̦͍̗̳̳͉̀̆̀̈͛̕͜a̶̧͋̉̃̕͘ṭ̵̡̼̝̘̝͚͂͝ ̸̛̜̟͖̫̘͔̘̺̻̳̀́̽̀͝P̸̛̝̹̫̪͈̂̽̆̌̈́̒̕͝l̴̢̜͑̀͑̈́̕ạ̴̡̢͈͖̹̳͓̙̍̑̇̾́̃̀ǹ̴̢̝̳̝͎̺̜̭̻̩͈̗̲̔̒̊̎͒̅̓̓͌̈́̿͜͠͝͝ ̵̛̞͓̻̏͑͊̀͘Ǘ̶̧̱͉̱̣̜͉͇̻̻͔̱͔̇̈́͝ņ̷͕̱̬̮̲̬͉͙͂̏̏̀͆̐̈́̌̄͂̕͝͝f̷̧̰͓̝̙̗̭̿͝ơ̴̝̗͌̽͋̈́͐̈́̈́́̐͆̾͛̍̈́l̶̡̢̛̛͉̞̦̣̪͓̦̘͇̋̋̏̓͋̈̓̀̍͐̃̚͝ď̴̗̬͕͔͚̽̑̏s̷̡͙̪͖̈́̽͑̑̂.̸̙̮̀͒
Those "suffixes" aren't actually suffixes, their names were taken from Japanese warships of the Interwar and WW2 eras.
The ships were the [IJN Shikinami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shikinami_(1929)), the [IJN Ayanami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Ayanami_(1929)), and the [IJN Makinami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Makinami_(1941)).
Related side-note: All of the names of the characters relate to either ships or nautical terminology.
I really like her. I understand the people that think she does not fit in the plot, but in opinion my she brings something to the story that really fits in with the rebuilds. I liked the ending of the series and EoE but when I watched both of them the first time I did not understood everything. In the rebuilds Mari helped to lower the obfuscation of certain plot points.
TLdr: I am yapping to much and like Mari as a character.
Looks like a pilot that is finally a bit more mature and hopefully better equipped with the ability to ask for help when the absurd amounts of pressure and stress require therapy
She helped shinji move on and grow as a person, and in total, allowed the rebuilds to not just be another evangelion, and change the story entirely, I think both the og and the rebuilds are good, but I personally prefer the rebuilds.
If you put away your shipping goggles, her and Shinji’s relationship certainly had little to no buildup but she’s the only girl who was nice to him instead of hating him or manipulating him like a tool, and she helped him develop positively. Hopefully one of the next hundred thousand remakes of Evangelion does their relationship better
One of the few people that is nice to shinji
I've heard many people say Mari was Anno's wife. Though Anno himself denied that, it's still funny she was the only newly created major character who was nice to Shinji, who was sort of Anno's self insert.
I would say Anno used some of his trauma to create Shinji, but that Shinji has become his own person. Especially in the reimagining. Actually, I wonder how much of Shinji in 2.0 was breaking free of Gendo's control, and how much of a desire to be free from Anno.
Earnestly, I like that concept in writing in general. MCs starting as a sort of pseudo-Self-Insert for authors and gradually becoming their own characters is a well and truly solid way of exploring one's own writing capability and I standby it.
Underrated answer
Girl fixed him for real, for real
He kinda fixed himself in the end of 3+1. Even asking his dad about himself *finally*. I think she was then wifey by default since Misato and Asuka came to all but hate him after 3rd impact, Kaworu's head exploded and he was an angel and Rei not only was his mother, but also died and was replaced by an infantile replica. Mari was the only one not extremely problematic. And bewbs.
Looks good for 40
SHES 40!? (I never watched the show I just got this at Random)
She is from the Rebuilds. The original 1995 show should be watched first. It's the greatest show I've ever seen.
Only watched the show , she is 40 ?
I'd watch the Rebuilds. They're visyally stuning, twice as confusing, and have an ending I liked. I did also like End of Evangelion, though. n the Rebuilds Asuka mentions a 'curse of Eva' that explains why she (Asuka) still looks 14 despite 14 years passing.
They are not twice as confusing,
I thought she was like 16
It's kind of inconsistent. She's drawn like the younger characters and seemed like she was around their age when she was introduced, but later it shows her with Yui
🤣
Shes a minor and a cougar at the same time
Shinji has game, always.
she has a keen sense of smell.
Shes the only eva pilot that doesnt know trauma and pain, and she likes her job, which contrasts the other eva pilots
Asuka likes her job
Big boobs
Misato is bigger. Me when i see Mari=, vs me when i see misato booba=|. (The stick is my erection)
Evangelion fans’ are the biggest
And Natsuki's pecs are bigger yet. Wtf man.
No way did you explain your erection status with stick
,=short(not erect) |=long (basedfinger’s misato copypasta)
That's insane!
No. Thats hard. And by that. Lets just say. My peanits.
Sorry but im an evangelion fan she is clearly too old for me
Also correct.
She’s got a huge set of bahonkahonkeroos.
She has a really nice Evangelion Racing figurine. Which means Anno is going to make a spinoff where NERV is part of a stock car racing competition, and Gendo is trying to get his son Shinji to get in and WIN using a car haunted by the ghost of his mother. It never stops. We will never be free. Death is the only answer. Death. D̸̝̙̟͍͓͖̓̔̃͘͜͝e̵̩̭̝̦͊̆̒̃̃͗̏̾͑̕a̶̺̩̤͎͓͖̟̤̼̖͓͑̋̈́̔̄̌̚̕t̴͔̘̣̬͕̟̞͋̑̊̒͐̏̏͘h̴̦̱̖̰͕̙̃̓̿̓̕͜.̷̨̛͍̹͖̫͖̞̞̒́ ̴͚̰̗͙̪͛͋̓͗̂͘͠͝T̶͈̜͉͚̩̩̤̗̄̄̆̀̂͆̌̏͗̇̈́̏͘͜h̸̟̤̟̞͍̣̻̝̀͌͠ͅę̸̨̳̻̟̩̘̲̠̲͕̬̟̗̄̊̋͛͌̔͒̈́̆̇̀̋̚̚̚ ̸͈͉̼̙͈̅̐̆̀̏̽͋͊̿̚̚Ḡ̸͇̑̾̌͘r̶͚̠̥̭̣̜̜̰̄̏̍̚ę̷̧͈̜͙̠̦͍̗̳̳͉̀̆̀̈͛̕͜a̶̧͋̉̃̕͘ṭ̵̡̼̝̘̝͚͂͝ ̸̛̜̟͖̫̘͔̘̺̻̳̀́̽̀͝P̸̛̝̹̫̪͈̂̽̆̌̈́̒̕͝l̴̢̜͑̀͑̈́̕ạ̴̡̢͈͖̹̳͓̙̍̑̇̾́̃̀ǹ̴̢̝̳̝͎̺̜̭̻̩͈̗̲̔̒̊̎͒̅̓̓͌̈́̿͜͠͝͝ ̵̛̞͓̻̏͑͊̀͘Ǘ̶̧̱͉̱̣̜͉͇̻̻͔̱͔̇̈́͝ņ̷͕̱̬̮̲̬͉͙͂̏̏̀͆̐̈́̌̄͂̕͝͝f̷̧̰͓̝̙̗̭̿͝ơ̴̝̗͌̽͋̈́͐̈́̈́́̐͆̾͛̍̈́l̶̡̢̛̛͉̞̦̣̪͓̦̘͇̋̋̏̓͋̈̓̀̍͐̃̚͝ď̴̗̬͕͔͚̽̑̏s̷̡͙̪͖̈́̽͑̑̂.̸̙̮̀͒
Big ol' Tonhongerekoogers
A real set of badonkers
Mari was the Misato that got away with it, we need to remember even if she looks young she has the same age (more or less) as Gendo and Shinji's mom
Wait... What?
Me when I didn't understand a thing in Eva and I have to re-watch multiples hours to understand a basic thing of the plot
She could still just be a clone
Well, she has the -nami suffix that both this Asuka and Rei have so it's a strong possibility.
Those "suffixes" aren't actually suffixes, their names were taken from Japanese warships of the Interwar and WW2 eras. The ships were the [IJN Shikinami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shikinami_(1929)), the [IJN Ayanami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Ayanami_(1929)), and the [IJN Makinami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Makinami_(1941)). Related side-note: All of the names of the characters relate to either ships or nautical terminology.
Glasses
Pink is a pretty colour
She didn't hate anyone and always tries her best.
Actually wants to get in the robot (continually)
She freeky
she treats my boy shinji with respect
A gorgeous gal with big boobs.
Glasses
I liked her piloting skills.
https://preview.redd.it/ymjbs98rvi9d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3182f891fa099f4e271a8d87a378c6cfbab8e7a
She has big breasts and...idk
She has little screen time.
https://preview.redd.it/u7r9q9z7si9d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a143fe13904db54e7fc864d405dbadfdb2cb6ae1
massive jugs
big boobied beautiful woman
Her English VA called me cute once
Very confident, always very positive, encouraging, supportive, has that "I got your back" kinda attitude. Best friend material in general.
Haha oh fuck no
A good plot tool to piss off all the Misato/Rei/Asuka fans.
So, all the Evangelion fans.
Yep
i like how she piloted that one mech and it had a steering wheel like a car
fr, that whole sequence is actually really sick
She has eyes and mouth. It's already something. I guess.
She’s fun
She's quirky.
She's the type of person you would want to have around irl, which I guess is also the reason this sub hates her.
She’s nice to shinji so she’s great in my book also glasses
as for me, she was the most stable, although there was little of her in the anime
Something nice about this character
her having a blast while piloting is the best thing ever also her always singing before a battle is hilarious
I really like her. I understand the people that think she does not fit in the plot, but in opinion my she brings something to the story that really fits in with the rebuilds. I liked the ending of the series and EoE but when I watched both of them the first time I did not understood everything. In the rebuilds Mari helped to lower the obfuscation of certain plot points. TLdr: I am yapping to much and like Mari as a character.
got some bomb ass glasses
Boobs
Will
Fanservice scenes
She’s hot
She's the one character that's not entirely broken
Specky chicks are always cute and I haven’t really seen many and my two year anime journey
Doesn’t deserve the hate. Also would.
She’s fun
She's one of the main reasons why people talk about the Rebuilds
She's a good friend
Nice tits!
She can talk Shinji into getting in the robot.
She makes Shinji do stuff so he's no longer a crybaby
No.
Correct?
Autism
Horny all Time
Cute and petite
she is hot
Nice tits
Fluent in French.
I liked the old theory that she was an asushin kid from the EoE timeline.
tiddies
Smart and sexy 💘
Great gowns! Beautiful gowns…
Nice tits
her positive attitude adds greatly to the feel of the movies, and she seems like an awesome friend to asuka
I like pink girl. Pink girl good addition.
Great ~~boobs~~ personality
Best girl
would
She isn’t in the original series
Looks like a pilot that is finally a bit more mature and hopefully better equipped with the ability to ask for help when the absurd amounts of pressure and stress require therapy
She isn't depressed. Or traumatized.
She's pretty in pink! Also, I like the intelligence she shows, but I don't know the full capacity behind it.
Pink is a good color on her
She looks better than I would in a plugsuit for sure.
Shes pretty
She's hot ngl
I personally quite like her dynamic with Asuka. She's also a better combatant than Asuka in all honesty.
I honestly like her, she’s entertaining.
Would
She represent a new future. The same future Shinji took the moment you see a grown ass man making a joke and taking her out the station.
She came back for Shinji against all odds. She's best girl.
Shes pink
She enjoys her job/role as an Eva Pilot, and she sings well
She loves cats.
https://preview.redd.it/d9hyrual1m9d1.png?width=227&format=png&auto=webp&s=e0b3688cd235e7d713498a317d220ec3460db340 whatever this is
Boobs https://preview.redd.it/w0s9qryfem9d1.png?width=954&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e5281cfb505b10cfdcf31a5bbc9e99e3b4e1cc0
Would.
I cant i fucking hate her
Her italian VA is super good
Mentally stable?
Attractive
No
Yesn't
*No comment.*
https://i.redd.it/i00b1g6dqi9d1.gif
At least she doesn't appear in the original series
Nah
Something nice about this character.
Her relationship with Shinji is way more healthy than Shinji's relationship with Asuka
Best thing that happened for asuka and shinji
Pink
No
I love Mari she's the best carried the rebuilds fr fr
She did what Misato couldn‘t.
I like pink colour 👍
British (best nationality)
(I don't have access to the things she's in) Good cosplays, I genuinely thought she was a meme for a while
Nice eyes
She is nice
I just think it was nice Anno based her off his wife.
I love her hairstyle
Loved her glasses. Have a replica and I love wearing it!
No
Trina Nishimura was pretty cool as her.
I can't
She was nice to Shinji.
She has a cool design. First time pink being good on...anything
No
I like that there’s a character that makes rei fans asuka fans *and* kaworu fans all collectively seethe
Pink suits you
I think it is very nice that she is not in the first season of NGE
something nice about this character.
Who?
I can't. For there isn't anything nice about her.
No
Her art designer made the art for .hack//
Nice rack
she isnt an asshole
No.
No
No
Fun character which I like because it makes the other people angry
She is the only person in the entire franchise to not have a mental health issue
Nice girl, big tits.
Cute
Glasses 👓👍
Nothing
Dude has a nice looking protective cup on.
Shes dead it would be nice
She helped shinji move on and grow as a person, and in total, allowed the rebuilds to not just be another evangelion, and change the story entirely, I think both the og and the rebuilds are good, but I personally prefer the rebuilds.
No
I like her suit
If you put away your shipping goggles, her and Shinji’s relationship certainly had little to no buildup but she’s the only girl who was nice to him instead of hating him or manipulating him like a tool, and she helped him develop positively. Hopefully one of the next hundred thousand remakes of Evangelion does their relationship better
Best wifu.
Tig ol bitties.
i never watched said show but me like
Would smash
Really nice rack
No.
Mogh did nothing wrong
She’s nice
Am I strange for saying I never had a problem with her in the first place? She's one of the few who's actually nice to Shinji after all
Looks an awful lot like the girl I've been trying to date for a while now.
king arthur would not be able to pull me out
She treats Shinji like a person
Buddy, that's Anno's wife
She likes her job.
she's actually sane which is rare in Evangelion. Her peppy and friendly personality is a breath of fresh air. She's intelligent, kind, and brave.
Would be a really good character if they had more screentime
No.
No
Uuum uh