Cruel Dilemme (I-IV)

Hedgehog's Dilemma: Rebuild versions.

[floresdehierro]

''A number of porcupines huddled together for warmth on a cold day in winter, but, as they began to prick one another with their quills, they were obliged to disperse. However, the cold drove them together again, when just the same thing happened. At last, after many turns of huddling and dispersing, they discovered that they would be best off by remaining at a little distance from one another. In the same way, the need of society drives the human porcupines together, only to be mutually repelled by the many prickly and disagreeable qualities of their nature. The moderate distance which they at last discover to be the only tolerable condition of intercourse is the code of politeness and fine manners, and those who transgress it are roughly told—in the English phrase—to keep their distance. By this arrangement, the mutual need of warmth is only very moderately satisfied, but then people do not get pricked. A man who has some heat in himself prefers to remain outside, where he will neither prick other people nor get pricked himself.'' - Arthur Schopenhauer, the hedgehog's dilemma.

[bernaberoman]

Shirō Sagisu is definitely a goat at making a good ost

[TheJohnyFreeman]

0:00 - first version
2:47 - second version
6:01 - third version
8:29 - fourth version

[SuperMrBentley]

1 version = Original Shinji
2 version = british 007 shinji
3 version = spanish shinji
4 version = mexican shinji

[raygungobrrr]

there's something beautiful about part IV that not a lot of people comment about. It's...well lonely. The lone guitar plays a solemn lament by itself with each chord striking into the soul and calling for a moment of introspection in the dark, it is later joined by another guitar but it doesn't seem to synchronize with it, just in the background...out of reach. close, but never together. it then goes back to the lonely guitar playing again, by itself. This song is the ultimate shinji theme imo because it just encompasses his character in one song. I may just be overlooking it tho.

[BANDIT-gpix]

Damn bro listening to this during a crisis and its the most cathartic and soothing sound I have ever heard

[Taelhyr]

The second version (with the strings) is sooo good.

[leticiamayumisato]

Misato: "Shinji, be tourself, please stop obeying!" also Misato ins the end: "Shinji, let's go to 001."

[laylover]

I just can't prefer any other over the og first version. So genuinely sad, and relaxing.

[hearthatbird]

"Babe I'm coming over, you better not be romanticizing your melancholic solitude"
Me asf:

[Eterrath]

I don't find myself listening to this piece frequently, but when I do, it's always when I'm looking at the wall clock, watching the seconds tick away, as I sit in one place, disappointed at myself, frustrated at myself, hopeless of myself, asking myself what I'm doing with my life, why I can't find the motivation to get up and do something productive, why do I feel so alone even with so many people around me, why I struggle so much to communicate my feelings. The sound of the main instrument here feels like what the clock is trying to say to me as time keeps moving in front of my eyes

[martinc]

9:24 this part just breaks my heart and puts it back together again in a more stable way everytime, it's so good, catharsis innit

[the_real_Ptt]

The anime itself can carry a large amount of different emotions and feelings, the afterwards thinking too, but i swear, this theme give me the chills every single damn time, and it's been years ...

[gammygoogur]

my dad asked us if we had any pictures we had from the last year we would like to add to our family christmas card. listening to this while revisiting so many hundreds of little precious moments of the year that i had forgotten about, and suddenly, i felt a swell of emotion, mild joy, and a deep contentedness wash over me

[Atlas_Alter]

Everyone here seems to really like the 2nd version but to me my favorite really is the guitar one.

[homie]

I can't, every time I listen to this I cry and it hurts to remember the things that happened.

[hanweizero]

This is wonderful! Thank you for uploading all different versions of this song! I really appreciate it!

[ggez]

Each of these parts have their own characters and they are all great in their own ways, truly a masterpiece

[maxoliver]

I love this bit of music its something very special and it fits so well with the scenes used in the series. I feel i can connect with it on a more spiritual level but i also feel a very strong emotion of loneliness especially when i watched this during a part of my life where i felt empty but i doubt i will ever hear another piece of music like this again

[mlggodzilla]

Clearly this is the best ost of the entire anime