How would you mentor Shinji Ikari?

[Lord Seth]

I'm seconding Kamina. I mean, seriously. I haven't seen any of NGE, but from what I hear, Shinji wouldn't be much more of a challenge than Simon was. My gosh...is it possible that Kamina could make Shinji into a badass?

The main issue is that the universe of Gurren Lagann seems to be designed to reward being awesome, whereas the universe of Evangelion apparently wants to make people suffer as much as possible.