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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji Ikari Raising Project Volume 1 (Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project) Kindle & comiXology

by Osamu Takahashi (Author, Illustrator), Michael Gombos (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 124
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Stunning, hotheaded Asuka Langley Soryu has been friends with Shinji Ikari since they were little. And she always sort of assumed they'd stay together-until the day the beautiful, brilliant Rei Ayanami showed up in class! When Shinji starts to get curious about Rei, Asuka needs to figure out if she wants to be just friends with Shinji, or something more. But why are so many people keeping an eye on these relationships-people like homeroom teacher Misato, school nurse Ritsuko, and Shinji's mother-NERV's chief scientist, Yui Ikari...?
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00NJ3B7C0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Manga (September 24, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 24, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Serval
5.0 out of 5 stars fashionable rei
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2009
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The art is first class: it is hard to believe it was not drawn by Sadamoto himself. There is seamless continuity with the original drawings,
So far, the action is centered on people rather than mecha. Some may regret it, I will not. Despite the different story,many details of the original one are deftly woven in. as a wink to old Eva fans.
Characters are presented in a different light but retain their identity. Shinji is now a happy fellow, a little lazy, a tad pervy - who is not, at that age - and beyond?
Asuka is still a raging storm, but totally devoted to Shinji, despite her denegations,
As for Rei, she comes as a fetching ingenue, very elegantly dressed . (Is there a hint that the "punk" wave in Japan might possibly be ebbing a little? My fingers are firmly crossed.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very cute and funny
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2021
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Pretty comical and cute. It's really nice to finally see most of the characters smile and live a normal life.
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Paul,CA
5.0 out of 5 stars Generic School Comedy version of Evangelion.
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2015
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These books are a light-hearted read to satisfy your post-Evangelion cravings without making you depressed. Asuka is a typical tsundere and Rei is the stereotypical beautiful, nice transfer student. Shinji is also more well-adjusted and not angsty at all. There is even a bit of a slowly developed and mysterious story revolving around EVA's on top of the comedy slice-of-life. I personally loved it but don't expect deep psychological commentary this time around.
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Chaotic
4.0 out of 5 stars NGE
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2014
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I am a die hard Evangelion fan and I always pick up anything associated to it, and this was no exception. I will admit it's definitely different as it is set in an alternate timeline where everyone is for the most part ordinary people, but I can handle that considering the original was so dark. The art is great, almost on par with the original artist. It's really weird seeing Rei laugh and smile though lol Basically This starts with Shinji and Asuka being childhood friends and the exploits of school and such, Rei comes along and Asuka gets jealous. Definitely a fanservice, but again, I can handle it seeing as though the original was so different. I would pick this up if you want to see a lighter side to Evangelion and its characters, but I probably wouldn't suggest this to those who didn't like Evangelion in the first place (shame on you!!) .
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Traci Cooper
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2018
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This book was not what I was expecting, but it was still good. This book was more of a romance book than an action book. But the Eva's and the action are coming in later volumes.
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Gustavo
5.0 out of 5 stars awsome
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2015
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Pretty good so far love the story and it looks pretty good must buy if u an Eva fan
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James S. Taylor
3.0 out of 5 stars Rehashing the Rehash
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2009
How do take an amazing, ground-breaking series, like Evangelion, with its dark psychology, twisted mysteries, tense action, and make it boring? You take all of those things and toss them out the window. What's left? An alternate reality glimpsed for a few minutes in one of the last TV episodes ballooned into a manga series. Okay, but why is that boring? We still have Rei, Asuka, and Shinji. The artwork is very good. We're getting new stories.

Wait a minute, no we're not, and that is the problem. What we have here is simply the Evangelion characters recast in a typical high school comedy romance.

And by typical I mean that moldy old formula used too many times in too many other series. If you've been around the anime community a while you've seen it all before: the one guy torn between different girls, the beach episode, the eat my cooking episode, the oh no you saw my panties episode, the town fair episode, the visit the school nurse's office episode, the let's spy on their shopping trip episode, the school trip episode, and on and on. For a great deal of this you could cut out the Evangelion characters and replace them with those of any equivalent genre manga and there would be next to no difference.

If this sounds like a good idea to you, or you are too new to the anime community to have been around this particular hamster wheel one too many times, then knock yourself out on this series. You'll probably enjoy it quite a bit, because it will be new to you. If you haven't been exposed to this template too many times, this manga will be funny and charming. However, if the idea of Evangelion reduced to this sort of cookie-cutter, formulaic, rehash brings back too many memories of series that felt like a few good starting episodes, a few good ending episodes, and miles of filler in between, then stay away.

Frankly, the first two volumes of this manga seem like a collection of everything that Evangelion was deliberately trying not to be, and, because Evangelion wasn't this, it had a major impact on the anime world and became a classic. Sadly, that will not be the case for this manga, which is more of an old dog desperately in need of some new tricks.
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jess
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2015
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I love this series and the book came to me in perfect condition. Well packaged and everything.
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Steins-brother
5.0 out of 5 stars Should be made into an Anime!!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2012
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I'd put this for the entire series so far. It is a good one that's for sure.
The series picks off the alternate universe from the anime series. The Eva's don't exsist but NERV does but it's based for the advancement of mankind.

Gendo is in charge with Yui at his side, plently of comic relief there. Shinji, Asuka and Rei are slightly different but still basically the the same characters.
Plenty of humour in this, along with twisting romance plots. Along with a mystry book that Shinji has written for his homeroom teacher, Misato, this is brought up several times through the first ten books.

Nothing wrong with this series, it's a good read all the way through. Artwork is to a high standard as well.

Stay away from it though if you don't like fanservice as this has it a plenty
4.5/5
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Wraith1
5.0 out of 5 stars Review 3
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2013
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Well! I just finished reading book 1 of the Shinji Ikari Raising Project 5 minutes ago and I loved every page of it!! I don't think I have laughed so much in years though I still can't get use to reading the book backwards Ha Ha. One thing I definitely can say is that these books are nothing like the original series or films mech action wise but are brilliant anyway. Just imagine Shinji and Co in school without the threat of an angel attack but still having to contend with high school and all the teenage mishaps that can occur. You get the picture! A must read for Evangelion fans!!
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David Ali
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable alternate reality to the original story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2013
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It was nice to experience the story of the three Eva pilots in a happier atmosphere. Will definitely get the others. The product arrived nice and quick too, many thanks Amazon!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2018
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An Amazing read and i'm already hooked
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Dyfrig Grifiths
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2017
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Fantastic, just what I wanted! :)
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