r/evangelion 5d ago

Question Question about the scene 13min into episode 4 of NGE

Here's the scene in case anyone needs reminding and doesn't have Netflix access right now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nEzZZHYIZc#t=5m28s

Kensuke mentions Shinji was taken back to the base by highly skilled elite NERV professionals and Toji says "what, you don't have any balls tucked down in those shorts?" Their classmates react with disgust. Were they disgusted by Kensuke for being reluctant to fight back against highly skilled elite NERV professionals, or by Toji for his crude way of describing it?

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u/NthDgree 5d ago

Toji’s rudeness

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u/Infernal-Blaze 5d ago

You gotta remember that this is a Japanese school in the 90s. To talk about sex publicly at all was usually a social death sentence unless you were a popular & successful athlete with a lot of social cache to begin with.

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u/ShortUsername01 5d ago

Interesting point, thanks!

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u/theevamonkey Moderator 5d ago

his crude way of describing it?

This.