this is a general problem with anime, and it all stems from one unavoidable facet of japanese art:
the characters are so often serving as total metaphors for the abstract. the characters are literally direct narrative vehicles for concepts
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RT @ryuzaki_shiro
I have come to the conclusion that most people who like Evangelion don't like it for the art and deep religious schizo interpretations that I take from it. Apparently most pe…
https://twitter.com/ryuzaki_shiro/status/1469207483562536962
you can see this in everything from the most mainstream stuff like evangelion to the most obscure stuff like lain and fruits basket.
hell, even trash shounen stuff does it too – it’s just that the subject of the metaphor is always the same: boy coming-of-age.
this lack of appreciation is what makes netflix adaptations predictably horrifying
they have none of the core subtext that makes the original media worth a damn, and they ALSO leave out any fanservice because they’re drooling prudish marvel-rotted consoomers