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Non-Japanese audience probably can’t fully empathize with the emotions in this line of Shinji in the #EndOfEvangelion

「ずっと一緒にいたいんだ」
I want to be with you forever

It is a marriage proposal — Well, some Japanese may say “will you marry me”…

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…like we do. But more often than not Japanese men say subtle things such as “can you cook for me forever,” “I hope to be waken up by you everyday,” or “I want to be with you forever” when they propose

With that in mind, we can probably better understand…

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…why Shinji felt so desperate when Asuka rejected him.

In the previous scene, Shinji mumbled that

「曖昧なままにしておきたいだけなんだ」
I just want to keep it vague

he intentionally dodged facing what he truly wanted, or who he truly wanted…

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