Kaoru may be the most difficult character to talk about authoritatively in Evangelion. Part of the problem is he has so much baggage around him. Shinji, by all appearances, is attracted to him on an emotional level, and, maybe, on a physical level. Instead of making things more clear, this homoeroticism makes understanding Kaoru harder. […]
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