Eva isn’t really a ‘the curtains are blue for no reason’ type of series, though. Part of the fun of it is interpretation and analysis. Like utena, if you just look at the surface, you miss a lot. That might not be your thing, and it’s fine, but analysis doesn’t ruin a story like that for people who enjoy doing it.

The thing with interpretation in class is that you’re forced to do it for a grade. It makes it boring and annoying. I’ve read multiple longass analysis of utena that were highly entertaining because i chose to read them. like chipping away at a block of wood to carve a figure might be the height of tedium for one person, and an awesome saturday night for another.