Neon Genesis Evangelion 2-in-1 Edition, Vol. 5: Includes vols. 13 & 14 (Neon Genesis Evangelion 3-in-1 Edition) Kindle & comiXology

I finished rewatching Evangelion not that long ago and I wanted to see how the story was different and how things played out in the manga so I decided to buy the whole series. I know I could have just read it online for free but you see, I’m a physical copy kind of guy AND I’m bad at spending money. That’s why I’m here but back to the subject matter. The mangas came in on time. No damage on them and I read them within a span of a week or two (cause a guy can get busy) overall 10 out of 10 must buy if you love the series.

Neon Genesis Evangelion volume 5 is the conclusion of the Evangelion manga and adapting the End of Evangelion movie more specifically the Human Instrumentality Project. Where as before the manga was similar but ultimately the same. We have reached a new endgame as the manga spilts from the original series ending. We have an all new ending and a bonus chapter dealing with some rebuild material.The new ending is the star of the manga in the original movie it’s a bleak ending when the orange Fanta apocalypse occurs Shinji rejects humanity and proceeds to strangle Asuka as the waters turn red in this new world. The manga gives us the good ending or the very least a more optimistic ending. Where Shinji defeats the angels and stops STEELE human instrumentality giving humanity a chance to forge there own future. The ending was a surprise given how it’s a meme on how dark and edgy The End of Evangelion is. It perfectly captures the fact that the manga became its own thing separate from the anime.However, the characters arcs where given more focused and even surpassed the anime. That’s the heart of the adaptation the character development from Rei to Asuka and even Kaworu get more time and additional scenes to flesh out the characters all while the action takes a secondary role which it’s still there and beautiful drawn but it plays second fiddle to the slower dialogue focused scenes. This could have backfired if the writing sucked but the writing was top notch from start to finish. By far my favorite character to be enhanced from the additional writing is Shinji Ikari. In the anime Shinji is whiny and has daddy issues. In the manga he’s the same, however it goes in depth of why Shinji is the way he is it shows him living with his aunt and his father wanting nothing to do with him as soon as his mom passed away. He also acts differently in certain situations like when interacting with Tojj. Shipping Wars this manga is a W for Rei x Shinji I know saying that will cause a war but it is what it is.In conclusion, the Evangelion manga was fantastic from start to finish. The art never dropped in quality and the story changes worked for it and not against it. The extra features were nice the lore guides and explanations were a nice bonus in most of the volumes although volume 5 is the shortest and doesn’t have these bonuses. Neon Genesis Evangelion manga is a masterful adaptation of the original anime. It’s a perfect entry point to the franchise, it’s a great read for those who watched the anime and it’s one of the best adaptation I’ve ever read. Neon Genesis Evangelion is a magnum opus.

I enjoyed the final two parts very much, but this review isn't about the series, it's about the product.The package had a gaping tear in the front, God knows what would've happened if it were raining. The book, on the other hand, was in good condition on the front, but it was slightly ripped and bent on the back cover, not enough to ruin the pages, but enough to dissatisfy a customer expecting it to be in near mint condition.

I first began collecting these "3-in-1 Edition" omnibuses before the final two volumes were collected in the same way (which is what this product is), so I bought the final two volumes individually and hoped that some day they would be re-released in this form, with larger and generally better paper stock. I preordered this thing the minute I saw it in my "Recommended" feed, that's how happy I am that this exists.From what I can tell, the ending of this interpretation of Neon Genesis Evangelion is controversial. For the most part, it is a quite faithful adaptation of The End of Evangelion (the feature film released in 1997 after the ending of the original TV series had to be cobbled together on a shoestring budget). However, in the denouement, there's a little twist. Before I go into real spoiler territory, I'll just tell you how the ending feels: it's meant to be a happy ending. Everybody leaves the story with a smile on their face, the mood is very sweet and tender, that sort of thing.Now, I will get into details. You should only read the text inside the tildes if you're a fan of Evangelion wondering if this interpretation lives up to the ending of the original.~~~ SPOILERS ~~~If you've seen The End of Evangelion, you remember the final scene, with Shinji and Asuka on the beach. It's a very, very somber end to that interpretation of the story. It's a complicated ending, because really, Shinji and Asuka both accomplished the "goal" of the movie (to reject Instrumentality and live in the real world), but when they come back to the real world, the only people they see are each other. Does this mean nobody else rejected Instrumentality? Is that a statement about humanity, and our desperation to be free of struggle and pain, even if it means changing the very nature of reality? Did Shinji and Asuka even make the right decision, and why the hell did Shinji start choking her?! The end of The End of Evangelion is very bleak, open to interpretation, dark, subtle, and effective. It's hard to accept at first, because you want so desperately for these characters to be happy. The beach scene is painful, but uncompromising in how it delivers the message of Evangelion: your life is worth living here, no matter how depressing it is.That scene is gone in this version of the story. In this book, post-Instrumentality is not Shinji and Asuka on that blood-red beach; instead, it's basically just the world being put "back to normal". The weather is snowy, whereas the setting up to this point was a perpetual summer, symbolizing that everything is okay. Shinji and Asuka bump into each other in a crowd at a train station, treating each other like perfect strangers. Many people say that this ending is saccharine, unrealistic, and betrays the unrelenting darkness of the story up to this point. Personally, I don't know. It put tears in my eyes, seeing Shinji and Asuka with smiles on their faces. The more I think about it, though, the smiling Shinji and Asuka you see at the end of this book, with their memories of the whole series apparently whited out, might not exactly be the same Shinji and Asuka that you'll grow to love over the course of all the suffering they endure in the story up to the end. In a way, the ending of this book is just as subtle and open to interpretation as End of Eva's beach scene. The difference is that the beach scene (which, again, has been replaced in this book) is sobering and painful, whereas this book tries to end on a happy, sweet note. I appreciate the interpretation, although I still can't say which one I like more.~~~ SPOILERS ~~~Back to making no spoilers, what I'll say about the ending of this book is this: If you've seen The End of Evangelion and you believe that final scene on the beach was the perfect end to the story, you might be disappointed in this ending. I still don't know which one I like more myself.That's what I have to say about the plot, but one more thing I'd like to address is the extra materials contained in this package: there are none. I find this quite disappointing. Up to this point, Viz has been very good about including little bonus materials like interviews and essays with the cast and crew. These bonus materials were provided by people ranging from Megumi Ogata to Tiffany Grant, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto to Carl Gustav Horn. These little extras were very precious, insightful, and fun to read. It's something that Viz didn't have to do, but they did it anyway, and I appreciate it a lot. Seeing as this final book is a "2-in-1" instead of a 3-in-1, I got my hopes up thinking that maybe there would be a whole volume's worth of interviews, essays, retrospectives, like a great big send-off to this story which has influenced my life in a real way. That is sadly not the case, this book is just smaller than the rest. The paper stock is very high-quality, the larger size of the paper does just as great of a job as it always has in making Sadamoto's art shine, I just miss the bonus materials is all.This combination of a somewhat unnecessary change to the ending and an absence of bonus materials is what has caused me to lower the rating to four starts instead of five. Only one of those points applies to this exact product, and the paper stock of this product makes it a better option than the smaller, older individual volumes. Despite these set-backs, Neon Genesis Evangelion is a story that has affected me on a very deep and personal level, and I highly encourage you experience it, including this interpretation. Who knows, you might even be one of those people who likes this ending more than the movie.

The conclusion of probably the loooongest manga in history in production time. A decidedly different version of the story of evangelion. However, it was ultimately worth the wait. I won't go into detail as you should read it the entire manga yourself, but it would be worth your time and understanding to have watched all of the other various evangelion related animes to get the full experience from this manga version. Since it took so long to finish Sadamoto was influenced by multiple versions of the anime as well as the fans reactions to them as well, but that just makes it all the more interesting. Anyway stop reading reviews and start reading this manga.

Finally got the conclusion of the manga.. one I never got in the danish print of the manga (stopped at vol. 10)It is a really nice print. The book and pages are bigger than a traditional manga book, making it easier to read.The colored art is just amazing!

different story with the anime, but still mindblowing though

Really satisfying end to the manga series, once again love the extra material like art and interviews present in the Viz-Big edition.The delay for it's release was frustrating but it's a really good addition to my collection.

Great finish to the manga adaptation

Great quality.