NGE/EOE: Weak-willed, scared of everything, including his enemies, the Angels, until it took him a while not to be scared, relies way too much on plot armor to win, always has plot armor on 24/7, needs his robot to do the saving for him constantly, causes the internet to debate whether he's badass or not, with the majority going for the latter, doesn't even try, deemed the most boring protagonist in anime history, tendency to be annoying and is the whiniest of all characters, way too many flaws that outweigh his good qualities, needs motivation to do things, decontructs the hero archetype, wimpy, unsympathetic because of his whinning and being annoying, never mans up at all, only gets character development at the very end of the series (the original episode 26), j*rks *ff to scantily-clad comatose girls, didn't feel like doing anything, ends all of humanity except for himself and the girl he m*st*rb*ted too, who somehow came back to life all because no one respects him, unlikable, especially in Death and Rebirth/End.
Rebuild: Started off like how he was in the original series at first, but gets better and becomes different, cool, awesome, amazing, becomes badass, not as weak-willed, has more good qualities that outweigh his flaws, actually a nice guy for the most part, mans up for a girl, never j*rks *ff to half-naked comatose girls, less plot armor, becomes an even more better pilot, likable, sympathetic, less annoying, less whinny, less wimpy, never runs away from his problems eventually, recontructs the hero archetype, does try and keeps on trying, both good and bad, becomes even more of a determinator, broke the internet by going "Super Saiyan" against the most powerful Angel and nearly ending humanity just to save the girl, mans up more often to become better, stands up to his own father Gendo to stop him from killing all of humanity, fought his own father Gendo to a draw, wins against him just by talking, remaking the world into a better place and brining back everyone that died once both his parents sacrifice themselves so he can do it.