Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25266931-20161112032800/@comment-14138255-20161116031615

Yeah, while Shinji is very much fucked up, it's more from an accumulation from the events of the series. What several people forget constantly is that Shinji is just a kid, but has had so much shit happen to him before being drafted for a 1-3 man war against Cthuhlu spawn, while everyone remains unsympathetic to him throughout.

And yeah, the masturbation incident was inexcusable....and he knew it. The second he did it, he realized he was fucked up and was just content to die already.