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INTEREST: Eva Store's Character Popularity Poll Yields Surprising Results




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tintor2



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:49 pm Reply with quote
Wait a sec

"Kaworu (Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo): 1,871 votes
Rei (Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance): 252 votes"

Was there a mistake or gap is this big?
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:10 pm Reply with quote
The gap was...that big.
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Firefly251



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:14 pm Reply with quote
5000 overall votes (estimating given 3rd was only in 200's) is a tiny amount Neutral
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Terrible90sDub



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:52 pm Reply with quote
Poor Shinji. I know a lot of people hate him, so these results don't surprise me (well, except for the aforementioned number gap which seems to be from how informal the poll is), but I'll always like him for being such a realistic take on a teen with depression.

I like Asuka and Kaworu too, but Shinji gets a lot of hate in general despite how the majority of NGE is about him, lol.
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tintor2



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 5:28 pm Reply with quote
Terrible90sDub wrote:
Poor Shinji. I know a lot of people hate him, so these results don't surprise me (well, except for the aforementioned number gap which seems to be from how informal the poll is), but I'll always like him for being such a realistic take on a teen with depression.

I like Asuka and Kaworu too, but Shinji gets a lot of hate in general despite how the majority of NGE is about him, lol.


I thought Shinji was actually popular in Japan considering some other polls from the magazine Newtype.

From what I get it, Shinji tends to get more hate in the west for his depression and because he is not a macho guy like Domon or Heero who can do anything regardless of danger. I remember that the MC of Zone of the Enders got this hate during an official IGN review of the game.
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jdnation



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 5:30 pm Reply with quote
No Misato...?

I am disappoint...
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Ashen Phoenix



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 5:36 pm Reply with quote
Holy cow. At first glance, I was like, "There's nothing surprising about Asuka and Kaworu placing high," and then I saw the difference in votes between 2nd and 3rd. Laughing

Given how divisive 3.0 was and how long 4.0 is taking to come out, I'm curious how well the final installment in the Rebuild film franchise will do when all is said and done.
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H. Guderian



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 5:44 pm Reply with quote
That people vote Mari confuses me. Even if its that few.
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Kyo Hisagi



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 6:07 pm Reply with quote
Because, obviously, Kaworu is the best girl.
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Ashen Phoenix



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 6:38 pm Reply with quote
Kyo Hisagi wrote:
Because, obviously, Kaworu is the best girl.

Wise words, good sir or madam. I thank you.
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TheAncientOne



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:49 pm Reply with quote
jdnation wrote:
No Misato...?

I am disappoint...

Per the article:
"The options were limited to Evangelion Unit pilots only..."
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RegSuzaku



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:12 pm Reply with quote
And as for that other giant robot series with a "Fire girl vs. Ice girl vs. Boy" harem... I wish "Ice Girl" were this far behind in that one lol. The boy in that one has the deepest relationship with the main character, though...

Well, that one will be decided this weekend.

(In Evangelion, Ice Girl is his mom; in the other series, Ice Girl slept with his mom)
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Mr. Nescio



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:43 pm Reply with quote
Firefly251 wrote:
5000 overall votes (estimating given 3rd was only in 200's) is a tiny amount Neutral
In this case I wouldn't call 5000 a tiny amount. A poll or a study can have numerous other problems like sampling bias, but they are not the same thing as the amount. Researchers in many fields would kill to have sample sizes of 5000 in their studies.
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Lizuka



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:41 pm Reply with quote
No one is ready for Asuka.


... I had to.
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