RahXephon RahXephon vs. NG Evangelion

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  1. Nat's Revenge

    Nat's Revenge New Member

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    Okay, I have seen several debates about RahXephon vs Neon Genesis Evangelion. Some people say that Raxephon is a rip off of NGE. Others say that there aren't any differences.

    What do you think?
     
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    Nat's Revenge, May 23, 2005
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    Raxephon is NGE without the psychoticness.
     
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  3. Ryuichilover

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    The only real difference is that NGE has 3/4 piolots... also NGE has Penpen (^_^)... other than that they're almost identicle...

    Sometimes I even get the character plots confused...
     
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    Ryuichilover, May 25, 2005
  4. Nat's Revenge

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    Really

    Do you really believe so.? :confused: I see there are a lot of differences. One major difference to me is the main character. Shinji in NGE is a whiny guy who lacks self confidence & when the going gets tough he screams and cries and it takes a lot of coaxing to get him to protect the others. However, he does want to please people. He definitely have this father issue where he has to win his father's approval. Not going to happen. Now the main character in RXN is whole lot braver. All he wants is to protect those he loves and he doesn't really want to fight, but he will. He doesn't need to be coaxed. He wants honesty. He's a bit more direct.

    What do you think?
     
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    Nat's Revenge, Jun 24, 2005
  5. Izzy

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    Shinji's motivations are for acceptance. Ayato's is for the truth, plus he wanted to know what happened to Haruka. However, the main underlying story of re-establishing the world for one's selfish desires is the same.

    Bahbem and the Foundation's people all had things that they wanted to change about their world, with Bahbem even going as far as wanting to "tune the world" in order to go back to Mu. Gendo thought the same thing about 3rd Impact. He wanted to recreate the world for himself, with Seele making their own aims.
     
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  6. Nat's Revenge

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    Now that we discussed the similarities, lets analyze the robots.

    Which robots do you think has greater strength? If the robot from Rahxephon and Eva 01 from NGE had to battle, what do you think the turn out will be?
     
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    Nat's Revenge, Aug 1, 2005
  7. Izzy

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    Easily, I'd say the Dolems and either RahXephon have greater advantages than that of any of the Evangelions. Just the fact that the Xephon and Dolems have flight and projectiles make a great advantage. Also, unlike other "mecha", the Dolems and Xephons do not have power sources to drain. They seem as if they can go on forever, as long as the Instrumentalist attached to it is alive.

    Unit-01 is a POWERFUL creature, probably because of "who" it is. It also has an unlimited power source, so it's equal to the Xephon in that respect. However, it's not as mobile (it lumbers unless it's in a beserker rage and cannot fly), and its projectiles are hampered by the fact that they're limited. There is the matter of the AT field, but the Xephons and the final Dolem seem to be able to create shields similar to an AT field. 01's heritage is null because in the Xephon's universe, the Xephon is the body in which the Observer (that who watches all of humanity) creates Resonance, similar to 01 and Third Impact.

    All in all, I'd give more leeway to the Xephon. Mobile, seemingly unlimited armaments, shield, "that which can tune the World", etc. They are still in different worlds, no matter the "strongest" though, since the Eva is the ultimate weapon in the Eva canon, while Rah is the strongest in the Rah canon.

    It's not like Tenchi GXP/Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure in which you see the *same* mecha in both series...and in which case Seina's mecha would win because it converges with the Space Tree Mikagami *and* a cabbit...making a mecha that could wield all 10 of the Light Hawk Wings *and* has a cabbit's unmatched firepower. =] This particular argument makes sense because you hear them saying that it's from "another time and dimension", therefore the same mecha as in Dual! It even looks exactly the same. =]
     
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    Izzy, Aug 18, 2005
  8. Sp1k3

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    Not really.

    The plot is very different and it might have a simliarity here and there but they aren't a big one. Shinji is a pussy, he whines, whines, whines and than cries. I can see why people think he was brave becasue he can show his emotions but that is about it of him. Shinji would rather let other people put there lives in front of them instead of himself.

    Kamina keeps his cool and shows his emotions in a correct way and normal manner. Kamina risks his life for everyone even if it means death, he has to tune the world.

    Also read the Rahxehpon manga too, it waaay better than the EVA one, they explain even more things.
     
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    Sp1k3, Sep 24, 2005
  9. Nat's Revenge

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    I agree with you.

    All manga tells you the whole story whereas the anime custs and slices some scenes to fit a time format. You get what's going on, but you won't get the back story as in the manga.

    Personally, I didn't read the manga for NGE for reason that I had enough of Shinji's whining & crying in the anime, no need to relive all that in the manga.
    :)
     
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    Nat's Revenge, Oct 5, 2005
  10. Refon

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    to be honest I never really noticed how similar they were till now, RahXephon seems extremely complicated and confusing.
     
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    Refon, Oct 20, 2005
  11. EVA-001

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    It does have it's minor differences but in the end it's all the same. Still enjoyed it though.
     
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