Pursuant to my claim that moderns are so feminized that men are using female mating strategies, note that Asuka and Rei aren't particularly hot as anime chicks go. They are popular because they are popular. It has little to do with them and much to do with path-dependence.
Men are being affected by preselection. Finding chicks hot due to conformity; because other men attest that the chicks in question are hot. Preference falsification cascade.
Come to think this is a clearer example of how music works. Music is almost fully exosemantic and path-dependent. We all want music to say something about the listener. It doesn't, since it's dominated by herd effects. However, there's some sort of floor. You can't make pure noise popular. How the floor works is not clear.
With anime chicks, it's very clear. You can't make an old landwhale into a sexual object no matter how preselected she is. If the chick doesn't have some basic cuteness she's not eligible to run. This is also how music works - there's some line under which it doesn't count anymore. We merely have trouble describing the shape and nature of the line.
It is probable the root cause is soul death. The males in question don't really have sexual preferences. They have no ego. They have to falsify because there's no underlying opinion. At least, nothing more complicated than would/wouldn't. They talk about Asuka to feel included. Superego-mimicry awkwardly trying to copy genuine taste.
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Its more like proximity creates attraction. When a fan of Evangelion you will waifu Rei, Asuka or Misato. When a fan of Fairy Tale, Lucy etc. Same as the real world, your crush will be on girls you to to school with because of proximity.
So you believe Asuka and Rei will stop being popular when other anime come out and are closer in time or space than Evangelion.
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