On the contrary, Shinji Ikari (to take his example in defense of the perceived "trope") is surrounded by friends and family. The resolution of Evangelion isn't that Shinji needs to make friends but rather that he will not be happy until he is able to accept that he is loved.
When im watching Doomsday but Tobey actually geniuenly does die and the theater turns into a warzone, but family tries to save me but i stop them because i've accepted my fate and i get slimed out