Chapter 20

Watching Evangelion. 2006/04/27 11:52 Ahem. Thank you for all the e-mails and comments stating, “Welcome to the world of fujoshi, Pentabu!” How should I put this? I can’t keep up with the number of unread e-mails anymore. Is it some new kind of Internet harassment technique, that no matter how many times I turn down dating sites, their spam keeps multiplying? By the way, the number of unread messages (from dating sites) for the day is currently over two hundred. Do I seem like I need to meet other people that badly? I wouldn’t deny it, but I’m not interested in doing it that way. However, I also can’t deny that buried beneath the mountains of spam, the actual thoughts and advice I receive from real people are getting more and more fun to read. Now, then… My Shinji is an uke reaction from the last post seems to have made quite a splash. I ask that you all please settle down. True, this could very well be the first step down the path of the fujoshi. Worst-case scenario, it could already be the tenth step down that path. But. But, my friends. Do you really think I’m going to allow myself to take that path? I must be firm! I cannot give in to infection!! Plus, I’m not at all infected in the first place. I’m just a pure, innocent boy, the kind you can find anywhere. …… I’m sorry, that was a lie. I am partly infected already. No normal person would make judgments about uke. … Okay, time to fess up. I am slightly—no, just a tad, just a smidgen, being contaminated by the aura that Y-ko emits. … Please, don’t make any wisecracks about the accuracy of the terms “tad” or “smidgen.” Look. Sometimes there are truths that we just don’t want to face directly. ……… Yeah. I’m okay. I can still carry on with this battle. I’m not gonna let it take me down without a fight. I’m going to turn back into that pure boy I was months ago. I have to show Y-ko the resilience and strength of norms. On with today’s update! Continuing with the tale of the Eva watching. We’re watching Evangelion. It’s my first time seeing the show, of course. But the owner of the DVDs, Yumi (housewife and fujoshi), and my girlfriend Y-ko have seen it not once, not twice, but dozens of times. We’re on an episode with an enemy that looks like this Blew herself up?! What do you mean?! Third one?! I don’t… I don’t understand!! And we’re only at the beginning of the show! Don’t spoil everything for me!! … I screamed silently as I continued to stare at the screen. … Hey, Rei smiled. Very slick move, Shinji. Then they were on top of an aircraft carrier. Kiss? Bathroom? This character hasn’t been on-screen for more than a minute, and they’re already spoiling stuff about her! … Would you guys mind not spoiling everything? I wish I could I say this out loud. Long live the weak willed. Even after this… Hang on, you guys are still talking about stuff that hasn’t happened, right?! Excuse me?! First you start spouting all this gobbledygook, then you want to skip ahead?! They still haven’t stopped this weird-shaped robot yet!! In fact… they’re leaving me out of the group. However, being included in their little group… would mean trekking down the path of fujoshi. … I mustn’t run away. I mustn’t run away. I mustn’t run away… No, scratch that—I must run away. But it was interesting. I had no idea what the second half of the show was about, though.