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What are you, stupid?!
— Neon Genesis Evangelion · 1995
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A put-down that doubles as a character sheet: proud, competitive and terrified of being ordinary. It lands as a joke and hurts as a symptom, since the person it is aimed at keeps being kinder than she can stand. It is the line most often used as shorthand for the tsundere type, which Asuka helped popularise, and "anta baka" survives untranslated in fan chatter.
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In context
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Asuka's catchphrase, aimed almost always at Shinji. Asuka Langley Sohryu is the hotshot Evangelion pilot who arrives in Japan in episode 8, "Asuka Strikes!", and she wears her A10 nerve clips in her hair at all times so everyone knows she is a pilot. The Japanese "Anta baka?!" uses "anta", a contraction of "anata" (you), and "baka" (fool or idiot). The official English voice recording renders it as "What are you, stupid?!"
Sources (2)
- Evangelion Wiki: Asuka Langley SohryuPersonality sectionReference checked
- Evangelion Wiki: Episode 8InfoboxReference checked
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