Manga of ze Week - 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン RE-TAKE

 

Image by Studio Kimigabuchi

Title: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン RE-TAKE, Neon Genesis Evangelion Re-TAKE

Author: Studio Kimigabuchi

Genre: Doujinshi, Action, Drama, Mecha, Supernatural, Romance

Serialized in: N/A

Total Volume Count: 6 (complete) + Re-TAKE After (sequel)

Kenn's Comment: Yes yes, I know. This is a doujinshi. HOWEVER, it is a doujin that transcends the boundaries of awesome, encroaches upon the levels of legendary, and all together is one helluva read. It is the unofficial end of the famous Neon Genesis Evangelion series. Hailed as the greatest Evangelion doujin of all time, Studio Kimigabuchi kept the overall style of art as similar as possible to the original work by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, giving it an almost official feel to it. It does take an Asuka route, whom I prefer over the relatively emotionless but still popular Rei, so if you hate Asuka to the core, I wouldn't exactly recommend this to you. It does have sex scenes, however they are pretty insignificant to the story, and also are very scarce throughout the five volumes. There's also an All Ages release of it, due to it's sheer popularity, so if you really want to avoid the sex, you could look into that one. It also has its own soundtrack, which was released some time ago. ;D

Summary from Manga Updates:
A Neon Genesis Evangelion doujinshi based in a world created by Shinji that relives the events of Evangelion. Only this time around, he is aware of what actually happened, but believes those events to be a dark dream of the future. He resolves to make sure that the dream is not realized. Meanwhile, the Asuka from Shinji's "dream" watches from afar, despising Shinji and the Asuka of his world that he has resolved to protect.

A (worthy) sequel to the Neon Genesis Evangelion series

Commercial (yes, it did well enough to have one)