Chapter 19

I’m influenced. 2006/04/20 22:59 People are easily influenced. Evangelion was pretty good. I’m hooked. How much better it would be
if I could write a post that began
like this. That’s not the point! I mean, sure, I enjoyed it!! That’s not the point!! I’m saying that I was influenced in an even more basic and fundamental way! Oddly enough, Y-ko and Yumi decided to start watching Eva while I was still busy preparing their tea in the kitchen… I thought that the point of this get-together was so that you could show me this program! I guess I’ll just have to scold you two ladies and force you to rewind!! Y-k— … Let’s see. Plates and forks for the cake. ……… Sigh. Pathetic. I am so weak. And yet I went ahead, bringing out the plates and forks, the cake, and the tea. Y-ko patted the floor, making a “sit here” gesture. … It’s not my fault that the show started. You’re the one who pressed the play button. I handed out the cake and tea and sat between Y-ko and Yumi. There we go. A little sigh. My eyes move to the TV. On the screen, I saw a timid, weak-looking boy with black hair. … Ah, this must be Shinji. No, before I could even make that judgment, before I could even decide whether or not this must be the protagonist of the show, there was a single thought that popped into my head. It was… this guy is an uke. ……… …… … It took all of 0.2 seconds. An instantaneous thought concurrent with my visual contact with the screen. An absolutely reflexive reaction. My first judgment of the first character I saw was he’s an uke. That’s right. The swiftness of my response was stunning. If I had to make an example, it was like the instantaneous, natural production of saliva at the sight of a pickle. … Huh? No, wait… What the—? What am I thinking?! In fact, I wish that I could ask it. What’s wrong, me? I don’t want these reflexes.