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Genesis 0:1/Episode 01 - Angel Attack

The Angels have returned with their third messenger of death, Sachiel, who islaying waste to Tokyo-3, home to NERV HQ, and the feeble resistance put up bythe entire UN force present. All of which, however, proves to be of no avail,even the devastating power of the UN's latest addition to their arsenal, the N2non-nuclear mine, proves to be laughable when faced with the wraith of theAngels. As a result of the UN's ineffectiveness, command of the defence

operation is transferred to NERV.

NERV respond to the dire situation by preparing the launch of mankind's lasthope for survival; Evangelion, a bio-mechanical giant specialising in closecombat and capable of generating its own AT, Absolute Terror, field. EVA-01 isready, all that NERV require now is a pilot. Only children born in the aftermathof the second impact, exactly nine months after the massacre, have the abilityto synchronise with an Evangelion and thus pilot it. The first child was found andunderwent the process of synchronising with her Eva, however, the doomed testpilot, Rei Ayanami, lost control of her prototype Eva, EVA-00, in a mysteriousaccident which left her seriously injured.

All is not lost, however, as a potential new pilot is found, the third child ShinjiIkari, estranged son of Gendo Ikari; Commander and head scientist at NERV.Shinji is picked up by Captain Misato Katsuragi on the day of Sachiel's attack,

however, both are caught up in the cross fire between the Angel and the UNwhilst enroute to NERV HQ. Fortunately though both Shinji and Misato make itthrough with only a few scratches and Shinji is brought before his father for thefirst time in three years.

Despite his reluctance to pilot EVA-01, Shinji finds himself being railroaded intosynchronising with the Eva having been alerted to backup pilot Rei's criticalcondition. The synchronisation process between Shinji and EVA-01 goessurprisingly well, Unit 01 is activated and the battle for Tokyo-3 is set.

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Genesis 0:1/Episode 02 - The Beast

Shinji finally awakens, only to find himself staring at an unfamiliar ceiling from ahospital bed, but with no idea as to how he came to be there. He has norecollection of the recent past events, including that of his battle with the thirdAngel.

Whilst Shinji recovers from his ordeal, Misato and Ritsuko Akagi, one ofNERV's leading scientists, head up the salvage operation for the battle ofTokyo-3 in which Unit 01 sustained moderate damage. Meanwhile Gendodefends himself and the existence of NERV against extensive criticism from theUN committee who believe that Eva was used inefficiently, and that certain topsecret projects associated with NERV are falling behind schedule.

With emotions still running high between Shinji and his father due to past

events, Shinji chooses instead to accept the sisterly Misato's invitation to staywith her, despite Ritsuko's dim view of the whole idea. Misato takes Shinji to gethis first real glimpse of Tokyo-3, mankind's fortress against the Angels, the cityhe saved, after which she takes the third child to his new home. It soon turnsout, however, that Misato isn't quite the ideal roommate Shinji had in mind.

Later that evening, having drowned his sorrows in the bathtub, Shinji starts toreflect on his stressful first day at NERV. In doing so he abruptly starts to recallthe memories of his first sortie in Unit 01; the battle that took place in Tokyo-3,the heavy damage sustained to Unit 01's arm and head component and how iteventually went berserk killing Sachiel in an all out killing frenzy. Now his onlycomfort are those few words from Misato, telling him to hang in there, as sheturns in for the night.

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Genesis 0:2/Episode 03 - A Transfer - The Phone That Never Rings

In order to improve his combat skills, Ritsuko's having Shinji participate insimulated training exercises in Unit 01. It would seem though, that Shinji isn'treally interest in piloting Unit 01, he simply does as he is told, it seams to be hisway of dealing with what life has to offer. This kind of attitude towards life and

people in particular is starting to worry Misato.

Shinji turns up for his first day at his new school, however, it appears that mostof his classmates have either transferred schools or remained at home due tothe latest attack on the city. Toji Suzuhara isn't one of them though, despitehaving been away for several days caring for his little sister who was injuredduring the attack and hospitalised as a result. Toji is by far from beingimpressed with NERV's efforts to protect the city; he blames the pilot of Unit 01for his sister's current condition.

Word of Shinji piloting Unit 01 soon gets out, which puts Shinji in the spotlighthaving to deal with all kinds of awkward questions from his classmates,something that he's not accustomed to and finds hard to deal with. Meanwhilewar enthusiast Kensuke Aida takes note of Shinji's every word in an attempt tolearn more about NERV. Later that day Toji catches up with Shinji, now knowing

him to be the pilot of Unit 01, and expresses his anger towards Shinji, but notjust in a verbal way.

Last time humanity had fifteen years to prepare for the return of the Angels,now only three weeks since the third Angel's attack the fourth Angel, Shamshel,is headed towards Tokyo-3 resuming the Angels' attack on the city. Knowingthis, NERV once again launch Unit 01 to engage the enemy and evacuate thecity's inhabitants to the designated underground shelters. They are not,however, prepared for the intervention of Toji and Kensuke, who intend ongetting a little closer to the action, and that of the awesome new powerdisplayed by the latest Angel.


Genesis 0:2/Episode 04 - Rain, Escape & Afterwards - The Hedgehog'sDilemma

Misato lectures Shinji after ignoring and going against a direct order issued byher during his last encounter with an Angel. Rather than dealing with thesituation though, Shinji chooses instead to escape his problems by runningaway from them. Having taken the Tokyo-3 loop line, he wanders aimlesslyaround the city and then up into the foot hills surrounding Tokyo-3 where heunintentionally meets up with Kensuke who's out camping alone. Shinji acceptsKensuke's hospitality and the two talk for quite some time before turning in forthe night.

The following morning NERV intelligence agents arrive to pick up Shinji andescort him back to NERV HQ. There he finds himself again having to answer toMisato, however, this time it would seam that she's more or less given up onhim. Misato feels that she is unable to help a child who is unwilling to adapt tonew situations, if Shinji is unwilling to continue to pilot Unit 01 then forcing himto do so would be a waste of time.

Due to his reluctance to pilot Unit 01, Shinji chooses to leave NERV and isformally dismissed from the organisation. But before heading off to the trainstation intent on taking the next train out of Tokyo-3, Shinji is caught up by Tojiand Kensuke who wish to see him off. Toji regrets his earlier behaviour towardsShinji and apologises.

Now preparing to leave Tokyo-3, Shinji finds himself running away from realityyet again. Misato realises that letting Shinji leave is a mistake and so heads off


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to the station hoping to catch up with him, but arrives too late only to see thetrain pull away from the platform. To her delight, however, the train pulls awayleaving Shinji standing opposite her on the station's departing platform. Theystand opposite each other for quite some time before Shinji breaks the silencewith a couple of well chosen words, 'I'm home'. Misato welcomes Shinji backwith a smile and the two head back home.


Genesis 0:3/Episode 05 - Rei, Beyond Her Heart

It's been twenty two days now since the pilot of the Eva prototype, EVA-00,mysteriously lost control of her Eva during her first attempt to synchronise withthe Unit. Twenty two days since Rei was seriously injured, despite having beenrescued by commander Ikari who opened the super heated hatch on Rei's entryplug with his bare hands, a courageous action which left his hands permanentlyscared. Now Rei is preparing herself to re-undergo the synchronisation processwith Unit 00.

Ritsuko heads up the salvage operation for the fourth Angel which, due to themanner in which the Angel was disabled, NERV have been fortunate enough toobtain as it's a near perfect specimen for which to study. Analysis of the Angelreveals its structural composition, although being composed of different matter,

to be almost identical to that of humans. Whilst Ritsuko and Misato analyse thedata, Shinji notices the scaring on his father's hands whilst he examines theAngel's corpse. Misato arrived at NERV after the incident with the prototypeEva, however, Ritsuko knows all to well the events in question and agrees to fillShinji and Misato in on the details.

Later that evening, having agreed to join Misato and Shinji for dinner, Ritsukogives Shinji Rei's new security card to pass on. Apparently Ritsuko's forgottento pass on the card in person, at least that's the story, and so Shinji gets the job,along with an excuse to go over to Rei's place. The following day Shinji takesthe card over to Rei's, however, it doesn't quite go as planed when the thirdchild manages to elegantly end up on top of a naked Rei on her bedroom floor.Matter aside though, the two of them proceed together to NERV HQ whereShinji discovers that Rei appears to have the kind of relationship with his fatherthat he has always longed for.

The fifth Angel, Ramiel, arrives in Tokyo-3. As the successful synchronisationbetween Rei and Unit 00 has only just been completed, it's decided that Rei isstill unfit to fight and so Shinji in Unit 01 is launched. With little or no data on thenew Angel, however, this soon proves to be a huge mistake.


Genesis 0:3/Episode 06 - Showdown In Tokyo-3

The fi fth Angel fires upon Unit 01 immediately after having surfaced. The attackis made using an extremely high powered energy discharge which, due toMisato's quick thinking to retrieve the Eva, manages to only burn through Unit01's front defensive armour melting it down to the third layer. Given three moreseconds though, would have resulted in the Angel shooting right through theEva, fortunately, however, the rest of Unit 01 remains undamaged and Shinjilooks set for a quick recovery.

To learn more about the new Angel's offensive and defensive capabilities,Misato has UN forces move an inflatable to scale sized Unit 01 decoy into theAngel's estimated firing range. She also has the Angel attacked with a Germantype 12 self-propelled mortar, both of which are vaporised instantly. The resultsshow the Angel to be equipped with a large firing radius and an exceptional ATfield. It's also learned that the Angel is positioned directly above the geo front,home to NERV HQ, and is boring towards the instillation intent on attackingNERV directly.


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Due to the Angel's remarkable offensive and defensive capabilities, Misatocomes up with a plan to attack the Angel with a sniper. Commander Ikariapproves the plan and Misato is put in charge of the operation. As NERV'spositron rifle is unable to handle the massive output required to penetrate theAngel's AT field, Misato requisitions the SSDF's new prototype self-propelledpositron cannon, meanwhile Ritsuko comes up with a novel form of temporaryshielding against the Angel's fire.

Besides the poor estimated success rate for the mission, there is also anotherdrawback to Misato's plan. With so much electricity being required to power the

positron cannon, at half past eleven that night the whole of Japan is scheduledfor a large scale power blackout so that NERV can get enough power to thecannon.

With Shinji now ready as the sniper and Rei providing the defensive backup,the plan is set and put into operation, but in a war against the Angels, even apredicted eight point seven percent success rate isn't guaranteed.


Genesis 0:4/Episode 07 - The Human Creation

Spending so much time around the sisterly Misato is starting to have an

influence on Shinji's behaviour, he's now become accustomed to her ways, isstarting to express his feelings more freely and has even gained a little selfconfidence. Again Toji and Kensuke arrive that morning with the hope ofcatching a glimpse of Misato before they and Shinji, who can't understand theirlove towards Misato, head of to school.

Whilst sitting in the cockpit within Unit 01's entry plug during routine tests, Shinjibecomes distracted with his past experiences with Eva and finds himselfquestioning Eva's existence. Later Ritsuko reveals the truth behind the secondimpact, in that a mere meteorite striking Antarctica wasn't the cause. She statesthat man discovered the first Angel in Antarctica and that this discovery lead tothe second impact caused by the Angel. After the disaster NERV wasestablished to prevent a probable third impact and knowledge of the Angel'sexistence was covered up, Misato still, however, isn't convinced that NERV'sdefinition of the truth is to be trusted.

On behalf of NERV, Misato and Ritsuko attend the initial activation of the JetAlone project, an intended low budget replacement for project Eva. The creatorsof the potential Eva substitute boast its one hundred and fifty days of continuouspower supplied by an on board nuclear reactor, however, Ritsuko is far frombeing impressed with the idea of a walking nuclear bomb.

NERV's scepticism is soon proved well justified as the activation of the Jet Aloneunit goes horribly wrong. It fails to respond to the commands of its creators,which leads to the monster walking through the observation building intent onheading towards the centre of Tokyo. With nuclear melt down imminent, the unitout of control and failing to respond, Misato soon finds herself heading up anoperation to prevent the destruction of the city. As ordered by Misato, Shinjipiloting Unit 01 is flown in to carry out her plan, that is Shinji will place Misato onthe Jet Alone and attempt to restrain it whilst she dissables the machine

manually from within. Misato is soon in for a surprise, however, as Jet Alone'son board computer rejects its password meaning only one thing, sabotage!


Genesis 0:4/Episode 08 - Asuka Strikes!

Misato's put in charge of over seeing the safe arrival of EVA-02, along with itsnew pilot Asuka Langley Soryu, to NERV HQ in Tokyo-3. The new cargo isbeing transported aboard a UN destroyer, which in turn is being escorted by amassive UN fleet. Shinji has also been assigned to the escort as a backup pilot


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and Misato kindly agrees to let Toji and Kensuke tag along for the voyage.

Having exchanged reluctant pleasantries with the fleet's admiral, Misato has themisfortune of running into old flame Kaji Ryoji, who's also along for the ride onurgent business, but when he starts bringing up the past in his own charismaticway, Misato's day can only go from good to bad. This is true also for Asuka whohas her eyes set firmly on Kaji. To make matters even worse, the sixth Angel,Gaghiel, shows up, or rather under as it's an aquatic type, in search of Adam.

Despite the wishes of the fleet's admiral, Asuka, along with Shinji, engage the

new Angel in EVA-02, although all does not go quite according to Asuka's planwhen Unit 02 is knocked off of its transport's flight deck and sinks into theocean. Submerged and equipped only with B-type equipment, Unit 02 becomesunresponsive and is subsequently eaten by the Angel leaving the Eva's umbilicalcable trailing out of the Angel's mouth up to the flight deck.

This bizarre situation gives Misato a novel idea as to defeating the Angel. Sheplans to force open the Angel's mouth with Unit 02 whilst sinking the tworemaining battle ships in line with the Eva's umbilical cable and reeling in theAngel. Once inside the Angel's body the battle ships will then fire all barrelsbefore detonating. Unusual is an understatement, but the plan is put intooperation with the successful sinking of the two ships, now all Misato needs isfor Unit 02 to prise open the Angel's mouth.

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Genesis 0:5/Episode 09 - With One Accord In A Flash

It would seam that Asuka is proving to be quite popular amongst Shinji'sclassmates, however, he, Toji and Kensuke know better having had to put upwith her constant arrogance during their last Angel encounter, but it's not acomplete loss. Fortunately for them Asuka's photos don't reveal her personality,meaning a further source of income for the three. Whilst Asuka attends her firstday at a Japanese school, Kaji is shamelessly attending to his own personalinterests. Having given up the doomed battle to rekindle the flame betweenhimself and Misato, he's now taken a shine to Ritsuko much to Misato'sannoyance.

The seventh Angel, Israfel, is making its way towards Tokyo-3, however, due torecent damage incurred to the city's intercept system, NERV are forced toengage the Angel at the water's edge just before it reaches land. It is alsodecided to launch Units 01 and 02, much to Asuka's dislike, to limit furtherdamage to the city. Both pilots are soon in for a shock, however, when theydiscover the Angel's ability to duplicate its self. Consequently both pilots,unprepared, confused and unwilling to co-operate together, loose theconfrontation in an embarrassing manor and so NERV are forced to withdrawand rethink their plan of attack.

Fortunately the damage caused by Unit 02 and the N2 mine detonated on theAngel by the UN buys NERV some time whilst it regenerates. NERV have sixdays until the Angel fully regenerates and resumes its attack on Tokyo-3. Misatotherefore has Asuka stay with her and Shinji in order to get them to co-operatebefore NERV implement their second attack on the Angel, however, the process

of getting Asuka to work with Shinji turns out to be a tricky one, not to mentionembarrassing.

Day six finally arives and as predicted the Angel resumes its attack on the city,now Asuka and Shinji must put aside their differences and work together forNERV to stand any hope of defeating the Angel.


Genesis 0:5/Episode 10 - Magma Diver


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Asuka's hopes of attending a school trip are dashed when she learns thatherself, Shinji and Rei are on permanent standby as ordered by Misato, mattersare also made worse when she learns that Misato has got hold of hers andShinji's report cards. Due to their poor academic records, Misato has themboth use the free time to catch up on their studies, obviously Asuka objects.

NERV learn of the possible existence of the eighth Angel, Sandalphon, anunborn Angel deep within the crater of mount Asama, it is therefore decided todescend a probe into the crater to verify the chrysalis's existence. NERV'sspeculation is soon proved correct and so preparations are made for the

Angel's capture. This time NERV plan to take on the offensive as opposed totheir usual defensive role, however, the events leading up to the second impactare all to familiar for certain NERV personnel, should they fail a possible thirdimpact could be imminent. Commander Ikari's intentions to capture a livingspecimen for which to study also has the UN committee concerned; the lastthing they need is a replay of the second impact.

Despite the controversy surrounding the plan, Ikari is given the go ahead tocarry out the operation, though should any complications arise, NERV areunder strict orders from the UN committee to terminate the Angel immediately.Much to Shinji's surprise, Asuka is chosen to carry out the operation in Unit 02.With Kaji still lurking around NERV HQ, Asuka is more than happy to take onthe task, though her enthusiasm is soon lost when she gets her first glimpse ofher new embarrassingly heat resistant entry plug suit. Unit 02's D typeequipment is also laughable, designed to cope with extreme conditions rather

than the latest fashion, which leads to Asuka coming close to aborting themission, however, her pride forces her onwards.

Due to the extreme pressures encountered during the descent, Unit 02'sprogressive knife is lost, but this is the least of NERV's problems when, havingcaptured the chrysalis, the Angel hatches prematurely attacking Unit 02. Withno weaponry with which to take on the Angel and submerged within molten lava,Asuka soon finds herself in dire trouble.


Genesis 0:6/Episode 11 - In The Still Darkness

Having picked up their laundry, Ritsuko and Maya Ibuki, one NERV's scientists,unintentionally meet up with Commander Kouzou Fuyutsuki on their way homevia the Tokyo-3 loop line. Fuyutsuki's on important business due to representCommander Ikari in a city council meeting. Ritsuko makes small talk by casuallymentioning the city's up coming election, but soon learns from the Commanderthat the election is effectively irrelevant. Apparently the MAGI, the same threesuper computers that NERV use, are now responsible for most of the city'sdecision making.

Without any warning all power to the geo front and NERV HQ is suddenly cutand the three backup power supply systems fail to respond leaving NERVcrippled. For all three systems to fail is unheard of and a near impossibilityimplying one thing; they didn't go on their own accord. This leaves NERVdefenceless and vulnerable to an Angel attack, the situation is even worse forMisato who's trapped inside an elevator along with Kaji as her only source of

company. Asuka, Rei and Shinji, however, are stranded out side NERV HQstruggling to gain access to the complex, fortunately Asuka's leadership skills,based heavily on Rei's guidance, sees the party headed in the right direction.

The ninth Angel, Matariel, is headed towards Tokyo-3. With NERV unaware ofthe Angel's presence and all communications with them lost, the JASDF flydirectly over the city informing the inhabitants of the imminent Angel attack.NERV eventually learn of the situation and so Commander Ikari has Units 00,now having finished being upgraded, 01 and 02 prepared for manual launch,the pilots also finally arrive in their usual argumentative manor.

All three Units are launched and engage the Angel, which is positioned directlyabove them and NERV HQ. It's attacking using some kind of extremely corrosive


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acid, which is melting through the geo front's defensive armour and also that ofthe Evas. With the Angel's strange offensive capabilities, an all out frontalassault is out of the question, however, Asuka has a half descent plan of herown for a change, one which might actually work.


Genesis 0:6/Episode 12 - The Value Of A Miracle Is

Misato has a flashback to 2000 AD, 15 years ago, and the exact point in timewhen the second impact struck Earth. She recalls how her fatally injured fatherhurriedly secured her within an escape pod before contact with the impact'sshock wave, and then looking out from sea back on the horri fic devastationcaused by the first Angel.

The latest harmonics test reveals Shinji to be somewhat of a talented Eva pilot,his harmonics and synchronisation ratios are rapidly catching up with Asuka'smuch to her disgust, however, Misato knows that this isn't really what Shinjiwants. Later whilst being driven home after the test, Shinji congratulates Misatoon her promotion to the rank of Major, but it would seem that Misato isn't tothrilled about the idea. Nevertheless the celebrations go ahead, as ordered byKensuke, and even Kaji manages to turn up, although accompanied by Ritsuko.

Whilst Commanders Ikari and Fuyutsuki attend business in Antarctica, homenow to the true dead sea, Misato's left in charge of NERV for the very first time.Unfortunately though, her debut as head of NERV's operations isn't going to bean easy one as the tenth Angel, Sahaqiel, shows up, this time in space directlyabove the Indian ocean. The Angel's effectively a huge living bomb and istargeting NERV HQ by dropping small fragments of its self on to the Earth whilststeadily correcting its error ratio. Once the Angel has acquired its target, NERVsuspect that the Angel its self will descend on to NERV HQ effectively wiping itoff the map, therefore Misato is now faced with the near impossible task ofpreventing such an event from taking place.

By expanding their AT fields, Misato intends for all three Evas to catch the Angelbefore it strikes the ground. To describe the plan as futile would be anunderstatement, but with the only other option being to sit back and watch thethird branch of NERV being destroyed, Misato is willing to risk all three Evas.

Prior to the operation, Misato confides in Shinji revealing her true feelingstowards her father and her reasons for joining NERV, this in turn reveals herhatred towards the Angels and why she's willing to risk sacrificing the Evas.


Genesis 0:7/Episode 13 - Angel Invasion

With the advance of time comes the need for Eva technology to advance aswell, therefore Ritsuko is running a new harmonics test, however, this time thepilots must undergo the test naked to avoid their entry plug suits from interferingwith the results. Ritsuko needs the data to create an emergency auto pilotsystem for the Evas, but this still doesn't change the awkward situation that thepilots find themselves in.

The test starts successfully according to plan, but concern is soon raised whencorrosion is detected in the protein wall above the test room. Unwilling to abortthe test due to a minor technicality, Ritsuko allows the test to continue, however,this soon turns out to be a mistake when contamination within the test room issuddenly detected. Analysis of the corrosion reveals that it is in fact a livingorganism, blood type blue; the eleventh Angel, Ireul. Having infiltrated NERVHQ, the Angel starts rapidly expanding contaminating everything within its path,including the Eva simulation test bodies. To this end the pilots' entry plugs areejected and all three Evas launched to prevent them from being contaminatedand taken over by the Angel.


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NERV soon discover that the Angel has the ability to evolve at an astoundingrate, i ts defence mechanism is that of achieving total adaptability. To makematters even worse, the Angel's effectively an organic computer and hacks intoNERV's computer system with ease, it then goes on to hacking into the MAGIbut succeeds only in gaining control of Melchior and partly Balthasar beforeRitsuko devises a plan temporarily halting the Angel's progress.

Ritsuko buys NERV around two hours before the Angel continues its infiltrationof the MAGI, fortunately Casper, the third MAGI, remains uncontaminated whichgives Ritsuko her starting point in defeating the Angel. She plans to hack into

the Angel using Casper followed by uploading an auto self-destruct programleading the Angel to an evolutionary dead end. For the plan to succeed,however, NERV must first reprogram Casper in time to carry out the task andRitsuko must place all her faith in her late mother, creator of the MAGI, andCasper's ability to work faster than the Angel.


Genesis 0:7/Episode 14 - SEELE, Throne Of Souls

This episode commences with a brief recap on most of the Angels encounteredto date starting with the third Angel and the first battle of Tokyo-3. The recapalso includes excerpts from characters' personal diaries and the manner in

which each Angel was destroyed.

Commander Ikari is summoned to the UN committee which is alarmed at therumoured Angel invasion of NERV and central Dogma. As the incident was notin accordance with the committee's predictions, based on the dead sea scrollsdiscovered in Antarctica, they are understandably panicked by the rumour thatthey know to be true, despite Ikari's denial of such events claming that thecommittee was misinformed. With no real evidence to throw at Ikari, however,the committee drops the issue.

Whilst sitting within the cockpit of Unit 01, Rei experiences several surrealdreamlike ramblings mainly concerned with her existence and purpose in life.The reason for Rei's presence in Unit 01 is due to a series of new tests beingcarried out by Ritsuko who is experimenting with pilot/Eva compatibility. Rei'stest proceeds nicely, however, Shinji's goes horribly wrong for unknown

reasons leading to a repeat of Rei's failed first attempt to synchronise with Unit00. Fortunately this time, however, the pilot isn't harmed physically by amalfunctioning auto ejection system, though Shinji does mentally relive some ofRei's past memories.

Again Shinji awakens in hospital, this time to find himself staring at a nowfamiliar ceiling. With no mental contamination he'll be fine, but he doesn'tremember the events which took place during the test. The last time this kind ofincident occured it was suspected that the cause was due to mental instabilitywithin the pilot, however, this latest incident reveals that the instability cameinfact from the Eva!


Genesis 0:8/Episode 15 - Lies And Silence

Kaji, whilst investigating yet another company supposedly aff iliated with theMarduk institute, an advisory body established under the control of the humaninstrumentality commitee for the purpose of selecting Eva pilots, meets up withone of his informants. His informant reveals that all the companies investigatedto date have so far turned out to be dummies, and that Kaji's latest assignmentis likely to be no different. Kaji's actually a spy secretly investigating NERV onbehalf of the Japanese government, however, he also works for NERV specialinspections as part of his cover.

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his father, however, he's not sure as to how to handle the situation or what tosay. It's been a while since Shinji last spoke to his father properly, and the twohaven't exactly been on speaking terms since the day Shinji ran away. Onseveral occasions now Gendo's been seen talking happily with Rei, they havethe kind of relationship that Shinji has always sought after, but why thisrelationship exists between them is unknown to Shinji, with this in mind he seeksadvice from Rei.

Kaji, Misato and Ritsuko go out for the night to relax and relive old memories. InMisato's temporary absence, Kaji learns from Ritsuko that there is still hope for

him and Misato yet, he's also given a friendly piece of advice cautioning him tokeep his nose out of NERV's more delicate matters. Ritsuko claims to haveimportant work to complete and so leaves the others to finish off the night,however, Misato ends up finishing off a little too much drink instead. Kaji escortsa drunken Misato home, actually he carries her. On the way she confides in herexlover revealing her true feelings towards her father and generally drowningher sorrows, but when she starts putting herself down Kaji intervenes with akiss. It would seem that Misato still cares a great deal about him and thatRitsuko might just be right after all.

The following morning Misato catches Kaji breaking into the very heart of NERV,terminal Dogma. With a gun pointed to his head, Kaji has few options, thoughMisato's soon left stunned when he reveals one of the many truths kept hiddenfrom her, the fi rst Angel; Adam.


Genesis 0:8/Episode 16 - Sickness Unto Death, And...

The latest set of results from NERV's now routine harmonics tests reveal thatShinji's synchronisation ratio has now surpassed that of Asuka's, obviously thispisses her off to no end. Knowing this gives Shinji a lot more confidence inhimself, so much so that when the twelfth Angel, Leliel, shows up, Shinji gladlyaccepts the option to take up the point position for the mission.

Unfortunately Shinji's new found self confidence leads to him taking on theAngel alone, however, this is a huge mistake with an outcome which no onecould have predicted. Shinji's volley of fire at the Angel suspended above the

city has no effect, the Angel merely vanishes, after which a large shadow formsunder Unit 01 which pulls Unit 01 in completely engulfing it whilst Shinji can onlyscream in terror. Currently unable to defeat such an adversary and with the lossof Unit 01, Misato, with extreme reluctance, orders Units 00 and 02 to fall back.

Based on what little data NERV are able to establish from the Angel, Ritsukoconcludes that the object seen above the city is in fact the Angel's shadow, andthat the expanding void on the city floor is the actual Angel. The Angel's onlythree nano meters in depth, but contained within the ultra thin space in aninverted AT field containing the Angel's body. Ritsuko takes control of theoperation with a plan to drop all nine hundred and ninety two existing N2 minesinto the Angel's body with the hope of completely destroying it, but this is hardlya rescue plan. So much explosive power would also be likely to destroy Unit 01along with Shinji, but Ritsuko would rather see the Eva destroyed as opposed toloosing it to the Angel. Misato's disgusted with the fact that the Evas take

priority over the pilots, however, she has no say in the matter. Again Misato isleft in the dark, what's so special about the Evas?

With Shinji capable of surviving for only sixteen hours, in minimal life supportmode, without external power and his time nearing the end, Ritsuko decides toadvance the operation with the slim chance of rescuing him in mind. But as theorder is issued to drop all N2 mines something extraordinary, and yet alsohorrifying, occurs inside the Angel's body.



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Genesis 0:9/Episode 17 - The 4th Child

Misato is summoned before the UN committee where she is questioned directlyon the events that took place during the last mission and whether she believesthe pilot of Unit 01 to be fit to resume active duty. Meanwhile, whilst this is allhappening within NERV HQ, Toji makes his daily visit to the hospital to check onthe progress of his little sister who was injured during the first battle of Tokyo-3.

All hell breaks out at NERV as they learn that the second branch of NERV in theNevada desert, America, has just vanished from the face of the Earth along with

EVA-04, its newly installed experimental S2 engine and thousands of people.Ritsuko believes the disappearances to be related to the manor in which Unit 01was engulfed by the twelfth Angel, but without any clues as to what caused thedisaster, Ritsuko can only speculate at best what happened. Therefore the USgovernment, unwilling to risk NERV's first branch, force EVA-03 onto the thirdbranch of NERV in Tokyo-3, of course the decision to unload all their problemson to branch three is proving very unpopular with Misato.

With the arrival of Unit 03, NERV find themselves with the prospect of having toactivate the Eva for the first time. Ritsuko believes the use of the prototypedummy plug autopilot system would be ill advised, and so a fourth Eva pilot isfound, but the speed at which the fourth child is found causes Misato to becomeextremely suspicious. Unable to get any answers from Ritsuko, Misato decidesto seek help from Kaji who later reveals to her that the Marduk institute doesn'teven exist, and that NERV its self is responsible for Eva pilot selection.

Knowing the fourth child to be another of Shinji's classmates, Toji Suzuhara,makes Misato's task of informing Shinji of the new pilot very difficult indeed.Shinji's been through some tough stages recently, even depression, thereforeMisato is understandably weary of exposing him to any more stress, but withShinji bound to find out sooner as opposed to later, Misato figures she'll have nochoice but to tell him regardless. Asuka's also not looking forward to the arrivalof the new pilot, the last thing she needs is more competition.


Genesis 0:9/Episode 18 - The Judgement Of Life

Misato, who reveals the rumours to be true, finally confirms Shinji's suspicionsconcerning the second branch of NERV and EVA-04 along with its experimentalS2 engine. Apparently Unit 03's scheduled for arrival at the Matsushiro testfacility today and so Misato's off to over see the initial activation of the Eva,however, she assures Shinji that all will be ok, and that she'll be back in theafternoon. Again she can't bring herself to reveal the identity of the fourth childwho will pilot the Eva during its first activation test.

Toji reluctantly accepts the responsibility of becoming the pilot for Unit 03,however, he only does so on the condition that his little sister be transferred toone of NERV's private hospitals where she'll receive specialist care andtreatment. Although Toji attends school as usual, he spends most of the day outof class contemplating what he's let himself in for, his new behaviour alsoarouses suspicion in both Shinji and Kensuke who's desperate to be chosen asa future Eva pilot.

Unit 03 finally arrives at Matsushiro and the test gets immediately under waydespite Misato's lack of enthusiasm, but what would normally be a routine testby now, turns into a nightmarish disaster when the thirteenth Angel, Bardiel, isdetected within the Eva's body! With Unit 03 out of control and running amokCommander Ikari classifies the Eva as the thirteenth Angel and orders itsdestruction. Asuka takes a severe beating failing to stop the Eva, Rei alsoaborts the mission when the Angel merges with Unit 00's arm forcing NERV tocut it off, however, Shinji just can't bring himself to attack the Eva, he doesn'twant to risk harming the pilot whoever he or she may be.

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carried out no prior testing of the dummy plug system and vigorous objectionsfrom Maya, the order to initiate the system is carried out. With the dummy plugactive Shinji can only scream and look on in horror as he is unable to preventUnit 01 from literally ripping Unit 03 apart.


Genesis 0:10/Episode 19 - A Man's Fight

Seeing the wounded pilot being pulled from the Unit 03 wreckage to be Toji istoo much for Shinji to cope with, as a result Shinji's mind finally lets go andalmost snaps. He refuses to leave the cockpit of Unit 01, starts threatening tolevel NERV with the remaining battery power he has available to him and almostgoes so far as to telling his father face to face that he hates him. In the endShinji is forcedly removed from the cockpit as ordered by an impatientCommander Ikari who Shinji later finds himself answering to. Though instead ofconfronting his father and letting go of his anger, Shinji chooses again to runaway and resigns as the pilot of Unit 01.

Fortunately Toji recovers and is visited by Hikari Horaki, supposedly theconcerned class representative of class 2-A, but there's more to her visit thanmere concern. Hikari has recently become extremely fond of Toji, however, shestill can't seem to find the right time to express her feelings towards him.

The fourteenth Angel, Zeruel, arrives along with all its destructive power intenton reaching Adam in terminal Dogma. With one shot it's able to penetrateeighteen layers of the defensive armour plating surrounding the geo front. Dueto the Angels awesome power, Misato has Asuka intercept the Angel directly infront of NERV HQ, however, despite Asuka's valiant effort in trying to stop theAngel, Unit 02 is completely ripped apart and its head sent crashing into thenearest shelter. Unable to synchronise with Unit 01, Rei goes out in Unit 00minus one arm. She takes with her an N2 mine and attempts to penetrate theAngel's AT field blowing it to hell and back. Unfortunately Rei fails.

Having not yet left, Shinji witnesses the whole horrific battle. Unable to sit backand watch as his friends are mercilessly butchered, coupled with a few wordsfrom Kaji, who for some reason is out watering melons whilst everyone else isbusy evacuating, Shinji races back to NERV demanding to pilot Unit 01. As the

dummy plug fails to respond, NERV send out Shinji in Unit 01, but they couldn'thave predicted the events to come as Shinji achieves a synchronisation ratio offour hundred percent finally awakening the savage Eva beast.


Genesis 0:10/Episode 20 - Form Of The Mind, Form Of The Man

With the savage Eva beast of Unit 01 now fully aware, it starts to mercilesslydevour its fallen opponent; the fourteenth Angel, and in doing so takes theAngel's S2 engine into itself. It then starts tearing off its armour, which wasinstalled by NERV purely to contain the Eva binding it to their will thus allowingthem to control it. With these restraints now partially removed, NERV findthemselves facing the possibility of their own creation, or rather their adaptedcopy, running wild in side the geo front.

Fortunately NERV are able to freeze the Eva allowing them to work on repairingit whilst in stasis. Also both Units 00 and 02 sustained serious damage duringthe Angel's onslaught and as for the pilots, whilst Asuka and Rei survived theincident, Shinji still remains trapped inside Unit 01. With NERV HQ partiallydestroyed and part of central Dogma exposed, NERV decide to temporarilymove location to their secondary control centre where they can continue tooperate. Of course none of this was in accordance with SEELE's, otherwiseknown as the UN committee, predictions and the committee becomes somewhatdisturbed by the recent events.


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Unable to get Shinji out of Unit 01's entry plug, Ritsuko's staff engage the plug'sinternal monitors allowing then to check on Shinji's status. But when themonitors reveal the plug to be empty, Ritsuko finds herself admitting to the truthbehind the four hundred percent synchronisation ratio, and the fact that it's notthe first time that an accident like this has occurred. She reveals that the firsttime this exact incident occurred was during her mother's era, and that the pilotunderwent some form of change due to the LCL, Link Connection Liquid, in theplug.

Although the late Naoko Akagi, Ritsuko's mother, came up with a way to

recompose the pilot with the MAGI's support, their rescue attempt wasunsuccessful and the pilot's soul lost within the Eva, however, Misato isn't justabout to give up on Shinji and so the operation goes ahead. But when all's saidand done, Shinji can only return to his material existence if he wants to. Thoughconsidering what he's been through recently, this may well not be the case.


Genesis 0:11/Episode 21 - The Birth Of NERV

It would appear that Gendo has almost pushed NERV's fragile relationship withSEELE to the limit. The committee becomes outraged with NERV's latestunauthorised creation, a God, that is Unit 01 equipped with an S2 engine. In

response to this the committee kidnap Kouzou in an attempt to learn of Gendo'strue intentions. Meanwhile NERV's second intelligence section begins athorough investigation into the vice commander's disappearance. With Kajikicked off the combat roster after his true occupation became somewhat publicknowledge and his present where a bouts unknown, Misato finds herself theprime target of NERV's investigation.

With the relationship between SEELE and their implementation organisation,NERV, now breaking down, the committee forcefully insist that Kouzou drag upthe past thus allowing them to attempt to build a profile of the man theymistakenly put in charge of NERV, and the human instrumentality project.

Kaji manages to track down Kouzou and sets the vice commander free fromSEELE's hold. This kind of action is not without its drastic consequences, but allthat Kaji is interested in is uncovering the mysteries behind the second impact,

Adam and the arrival of the Angels. He realises that distinguishing between thelies and the truths surrounding NERV is far too overwhelming for one man, andan almost impossibility in the little time remaining in SEELE's scenario. Hetherefore risks seeking information from Kouzou first hand. NERV intelligencefinally catch up with Kaji, though not before he is able to pass on his knowledge.Kaji is killed.

With her artificial family falling apart around her and her lover dead, Misatobreaks down in tears. Shinji is unable to comfort her, he still finds it hard toopen up to others and to confront his emotions, all he can do is bury hisfeelings and run away from them, again.


Genesis 0:11/Episode 22 - At Least, Be Humane

Asuka's self confidence takes yet another beating as she comes underpressure from Ritsuko following her latest set of poor synchronisation results.What with yet another defeat under her belt, the latest being from the fifteenthAngel, and being saved again by Shinji, Asuka's mind sinks into a state ofdepression dragging up her troubled past, in particular her mother's, KyokoZeppelin Souryu, suicide.

Misato learns that the go ahead for the construction of Units 05 to 13 has justbeen approved by the committee, and that the immediate construction of theEvas is taking place at seven different locations around the world. Considering


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the committee's past reluctance in increasing the existing budget for theconstruction of Evas, Misato suspects SEELE's up to something withoutconsulting NERV first.

Asuka's synchronisation ratio hits rock bottom and at the worst possible momentas the fifteenth Angel, Arael, shows up, that is in orbit. Despite Misato's ordersAsuka takes up the point position in Unit 02, with Unit 00 as backup, determinednot to fail yet again. Unit 01, however, is held back as ordered by Gendo withoutgiven reason. NERV's plan it to snipe the Angel with a positron rifle as soon as itenters Unit 02's range, but this is quickly amended as the Angel psychically

attacks Asuka's mind crippling Unit 02. Direct hits from Unit 00 on the Angel'sAT field have no effect from such long distance, therefore Gendo orders the useof the Lance of Longinus held within NERV's LCL manufacturing plant.

Despite objections from both Kouzou and Misato, and without prior approvalfrom the committee, Gendo's order stands and so Rei heads down to terminalDogma in Unit 00 where she pulls the lance from the chest of, the so called,Adam. NERV claim the third impact to be the result of an Angel coming intocontact with Adam, but then why risk the outcome of what NERV apparentlywere setup to avoid in obtaining the lance, and why risk setting Adam free alongwith the probable loss of the lance? These unanswered questions arouseMisato's suspicions further, but with Unit 00 now in possession of the mostpowerful projectile known to man, time is finally up for the sixteenth Angel.



Genesis 0:12/Episode 23 - Tear

With the latest Angel confrontation adding further to the extent of damage toTokyo-3, all of Shinji's classmates leave, along with most of the city'sinhabitants, for the fear of losing their lives. To add to Shinji's loneliness, Asukagoes missing, and Misato continues to shut her self off from the outside world.The only person that Shinji can still talk to is Rei, but this soon changes as thesixteenth Angel, Armisael, arrives.

NERV send in both Units 00 and 02, now having tracked down Asuka, againUnit 01 is held back as ordered by Gendo. The latest Angel has the ability tochange its form at will, and as a result of this is able to outmanoeuvre and come

into direct contact with Unit 00, where upon it starts to merge with the Eva. TheAngel's invasion of Unit 00 proceeds at a frightening rate, and when NERVlearn of Asuka's inability to synchronise with her Eva due to her current mentalstate, Gendo is left with no other choice but to sortie Unit 01, however, thisaction doesn't help at all as the Angel is just too agile for any Eva to combat.Unwilling to allow the Angel to merge with Unit 01, Rei initialises Unit 00's selfdestruct sequence whilst remaining in the Eva maintaining its AT field, that is itsgrasp on the Angel. The Angel is destroyed, the mission completed though at aprice, Unit 00 is lost and Rei is killed.

It is later revealed that Rei was in fact not killed, however, she now seems like acompletely different person. What with the loss of Unit 00 as well as the lance ofLonginus and Gendo's newly found God, Unit 01, SEELE mark the beginning ofthe end of their fragile relationship with NERV by demanding the pilot of Unit 00delivered to them, presumably to replace the loss of their last catspaw, Kouzou.

Instead though, Gendo sends Ritsuko to be indecently interrogated by SEELE.

Like mother like daughter, Ritsuko learns of Gendo's betrayal of love towardsher in that her secret lover saw fit to recreate Rei ultimately proving his ongoinglove for Yui. Out of vengeance Ritsuko reveals the truth about Rei to Misato andShinji, that Rei is in fact the core of the dummy plug system, that Gendo hascreated multiple copies of her body and how all of which are no more thanempty husks. Revenge driven, Ritsuko destroys the entire dummy plug system.



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Genesis 0:12/Episode 24 - The Final Messenger

Due to Asuka's inability to pilot Unit 02, NERV plan for the arrival of a new pilot,the fifth child, Kaoru Nagisa. Whilst at the same time Ritsuko finds her selfsubjected to interrogation whilst being detained for her actions by NERV.

The fifth child arrives and immediately takes a liking to Shinji, however, NERV,in particular Misato, are more than a little suspicious concerning the boy'sarrival. Like Rei, all of his past records have been erased, except for onedetailing his date of birth, and furthermore NERV determine the fact that he is

capable of achieving any synchronisation ratio with Unit 02, even before theyreconfigured the Eva for the child.

With Asuka now being treated for depression in NERV's hospital, and the thirdcopy of Rei busy contemplating the reason for her existence, Shinji is nowutterly alone. He can't even talk to Misato who has now immersed herself ininvestigating NERV aided by information from her late lover, and Ritsuko hasdisappeared too. Though his loneliness isn't to last as he becomes very closewith Kaoru; Shinji inexplicably finds him self talking to Kaoru about his past andwhat he's been through. In fact Shinji takes an extreme risk, for him that is, inthat he places his trust in Kaoru, however, his trust soon turns out to have beenwell and truely misplaced.

Unit 02 mysteriously activates and starts descending towards terminal Dogma.Asuka is still in hospital though, and the Eva unmanned! NERV soon identify the

person in remote control of Unit 02 to be Kaoru, the seventeenth Angel! SEELEhave sent the final messenger directly to NERV! Unit 01 is immediately rolledout to prevent the Angel from reaching terminal Dogma, but it's too late asKaoru breaches the final security seal, thus opening heavens door.

Finally, an Angel reaches Adam, or so it would have been the case were thegiant in terminal Dogma actually Adam, not in fact Lilith, that is humanity'smother. Realising this distracts Kaoru, giving Shinji enough time to defeat Unit02 and restrain Kaoru. Now Shinji must carry out the last wish of his newestfriend, an end to life eternal, else let humanity suffer the consequences.


Genesis 0:13/Episode 25 - The End Of The World

With the third Angel through to the sixteenth destroyed, SEELE took it uponthemselves to instigate the third impact using the seventeenth Angel, Kaoru,created in humanity's image by the secret organisation its self, thus allowing itto realise and manipulate the outcome of the instrumentality of man. With thedeath of Kaoru, crushed to death at the hands of Unit 01 piloted by Shinji,however, came the death of SEELE's attempt to bring about their goal.

Now that the seventeenth Angel has been eliminated, there's no longer anythingto prevent Gendo form achieving his own secret agenda. When Yui died whilstattempting to synchronise with Unit 01, Gendo made use of NERV's resourcesto contain his wife's soul within a body created in part from an Angel. That bodyand soul became what is known as Rei. Rei was not created solely for thepurpose of acting as a dummy plug for the Eva series, or indeed to fill theemptiness in Gendo's life after his wife's death, Rei was in fact created primarilyfor the sole purpose of instigating the third impact.

With both the key elements required to initiate the artificial instrumentality ofman, that is both Lilith and Rei, and with all seventeen Angels destroyed, Gendogets set to bring about his own vision of the third impact, that is the creation of asingle perfect entity formed from the unity of all human souls. In this way Gendointends to be reunited with his wife, Yui, once more, a selfish act, yet an actblinded by love.

And thus the instrumentality of man begins...



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Genesis 0:13/Episode 26 - The Beast That Shouted "I" At The Heart OfThe World

To successfully summarise what goes on in this particular episode, and to alarge extent the previous one as well, without writting an essay is almostimpossible. Both episodes 25 and 26 comprise of a selection of brief animatedsequences, static images and text which are mostly pulled from the other

previous episodes.

GAINAX has managed to successfully take a firm grasp of its audience'sattention from the very beginning of the series, subjecting them to theexperiences of each of the series's characters in great detail, in particular thoseof Shinji, and ultimately promises an ending to end all endings. But is this whatyou get? Well...sort of.

Writer/director Hideaki Anno twists and turns the plot around completely in theseries's final hour delivering a finale with a chronic difference to anything youor I have likely to have seen before. To quote part of an interpretation of theseries' finale from an article written by Jonathan Clements in Manga Max(formally known as Manga Mania to us Brits) issue 3 on page 30, because I'mstuck for words on this one,

'And the evil, invading Angels? Oh, they've gone. This was never about them, itwas about Shinji, the pilot sent to fight them. These episodes take place insidehis head, as he thinks through his place in the universe.'

and there you go. I can't really sum up the goings on in this final installment ofsuch a fantastic series, you'll just have to take a risk and go out and buy/rent itand make up your own mind as to whether or not it was worth waiting/payingfor. What I can say though, is that if you are expecting all the loose endings tobe delt with and neatly tied up, along with a fight sequence to end all Animegiant robot genre fight sequences, a little romance, as well as the vital odd bit ofdeath and destruction, then...you ain't gonna get it. That's what 'The End OfEvangelion' is intended for.


Death and Rebirth

Author: Hector Molloy

Introduction

Simply put, these pieces are an unusual mixture between the director's cut ofAir and My Purest Heart For You, brand new realization artwork, and abeginner's guide to Evangelion. It was designed for the cinema so thatJapanese filmgoers could see the film, yet have little or no prior knowledge ofthe series. In fact, it has been split into three parts, so for the benefit ofnewcomers I will cover all three. I must point out that this is a very Japanesestyle of film and as such the time shifts and other elements may confuse somepeople so I have attempted to simply these as best I can.

WARNING: This is an in depth account of Death and Rebirth with blow-by-blownarration, much like a synopsis. While I have chosen not to interpret anythingfor the reader, reading this will seriously harm your enjoyment of the film, and Ihave created this piece for those who have no wish to spend money on a hardto locate DVD. However, for beginners and hardcore fans alike, I seriouslyrecommend you watch the film, although more dedicated fans may feel that aprior viewing of Air and My Purest Heart For You removes them from needing toview the piece.

Death


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Death is the first section of the film and it is an hour-long summary of what hasgone before in Neon Genesis Evangelion (NGE). It contains not only clips fromthe shows but personal character narration and previously unmade parts of thestory to complete the picture for NGE novices. In a clever move, the summaryworks along the same timeline as the series but begins well before we first metShinji in Episode 1.

We begin as scientists discuss their plans for their new discovery, called'Adam', while two unseen voices ridicule the misguided nature of science.However, the scientific discussion is cut short as a gigantic being of light

thunders through the facility, and from horrified voices we learn this is Adamitself. Amidst the destruction, a man brings his daughter to a capsule and sealsher inside before a gigantic shockwave engulfs them. Far out at sea, the girlopen the pod to view a scene of total destruction, but amongst the swirling fireand smoke, two gigantic and glowing wings arise from the centre.

I5 years later the same girl, Misato (Mee-sah-toe), now a woman, lies nakedwith a man in a well-lit room, as they discuss the art of deception ratherplatonically from their state. The scene then moves to a moonlit cruiser wherethe same man is conversing romantically with a nasally voiced young girl, whodeclares her love for the man, Kajii (kah-gee). The same girl, at a younger age,is then shown running down a corridor, declaring herself an 'elite pilot' but shebursts into a room to find her mother hanging from the ceiling. Once again thisredheaded girl appears, now named as Asuka (ass-ka), involved in a 'synchratio test'. When one of the scientists mentions Unit 0, the shot jumps to a cute

young blue haired girl.

This girl arrives in the care of an older man, who reveals her as Rei (ray)Ayanami. The commander mentions his son, Shinji (Shin-gee), and a picture ofa young brown haired boy, followed with the name Shinji Ikari is shown. Wethen see this boy muttering complaints while at a payphone. He spots Rei, butwhen he looks again she vanishes. Puzzled, he tries the phone again whensuddenly the ground shakes as some gunships float by from behind a hill,followed by a gigantic monster!

The monster unleashes a devastating blast forming a cross, which penetratesthe surface into some underground cavern. Inside some kind of facility, a giantpurple robotic head is visible above a pool, and along an adjacent walkway areRei and Shinji. Rei is now in a white suit and covered in bandages and blood,lying on a stretcher. Another quake rocks the ground and Rei falls, crying out in

pain. Shinji runs to hold her up, but he withdraws his hand and find sit smearedwith blood. Closing his eyes, Shinji whispers his catchphrase, "I mustn't runaway, I mustn't run away!" Time skips forward, and Shinji pilots the purple robot,which is holding a young man in its hand. The young man, Kaowru, rants aboutdestiny and the freedom of death.

This scene is followed by Shinji arriving in a darkened hall, playing his cello.This is a recurring theme, and highlights which of the pilots is being focused on.Thus begins Death proper, to the sound of Bach.

We cut back to the purple robot, shown as EVA 01, and it launches to thesurface to combat the monster. As with all the other EVA (short for Evangelion)action sequences, descriptive and emotive words flash up on the screen, butonly messages of any real importance will be described. We are told that EVAUnit 1 is the Test Type. As it moves into combat, Unit 1 becomes limp and the

monster picks it up. Control room shout indicate that something is very wrongand the monster uses a type of laser piston in its arm to break a hole rightthrough Unit 1's head.

Despite being told that systems are failing, Unit 1 reactivates; a horrific mouthopens and roars at the monster. Misato can barely cry out "My God,berserker!!" before Unit 1 somehow unleashes a horrific assault on the monster.The monster creates and an Absolute Terror Field (AT Field) to shield itself butUnit 1 uses it's own to break through and engage the monster. Despite rendingand tearing the creature, in a desperate counter, the monster envelopes Unit 1'shead and self-destructs, but Unit 1 survives the blast. Someone in the controlroom comments that the berserker must be Unit 1's "true form". We are told theEVA is the "decisive human battle weapon".


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Misato takes Shinji to live with her, a concept Shinji finds difficult to grasp. Wesee that Misato became mute after the incident where her father was killed byAdam's destruction. However, she meets one of the scientists from earlier,Ritsuko (Writs-oo-co) who finds that Misato is making up for lost time! Now thatShinji lives with Misato, we see her being less than perfect as a host, gettingblind drunk. Over this however, we hear her child voice vowing to be a "goodgirl" for her mother. However, two pilots offer their opinions, while Asukadislike's Misato's extrovert lifestyle, Shinji finds that she is a good person, but isoverwhelmed at the contrast between the 'good' boredom of his teacher's house,and Misato's jolly attitude.

Shinji now pilots Unit 1 dressed in a white and blue bodysuit, and endlesslyrepeats virtual reality firing drills. Ritsuko comments that Shinji pilots Unit 1because he is told to, as his way of dealing with life. Cleverly, the scene cutsfrom the drills to reality as a new opponent faces Unit 1, A squid like creaturewith laser tentacles slices it's way through the city, and gives Unit 1 a soundkicking, severing i t from its umbilical cord which provides the power to themachine. With 5 minutes of power left Shinji goes berserk and charges thecreature. Despite being run through by the tentacles, he manages to pierce the'heart' of the creature, a ruby orb, with his knife, and in the last few seconds ofhis power the creature dies.

Misato tells us that the creature was the fourth Angel, and describes the state oftests on it. During her narration, she discovers that Shinji has run away, andwhen he is finally caught, Misato confronts him at the base. The base belongs

to NERV (nerve) and it is they who run the EVA program. Their motto "God' s inhis Heaven, and all's right with the world" seems rather ironic given the war likesituation. Told that his departure would result in Rei piloting Unit 1. Dejectedly,Shinji agrees, but points out that it is stupid to place all responsibility on her.Furious, Misato kicks Shinji out of NERV.

A young man is heard as Shinji plays cello, and he recounts how Shinji suffersby piloting the EVA, and how he could not be expected do something so painfulto him. Shinji is shown responding by calling himself "cowardly" and claiming hedeserves to be punished. In contrasting scenes, Shinji is unconcerned aboutliving alone, being so used to solitude socially, but is deeply moved when hesees the city as it rises out of the underground cavern. We then see Misatoattempting to connect by reminding Shinji that his actions are very noble,despite his motivation. At a train station, Misato arrives in time to see Shinji'sride leave, but when she looks back he is still on the platform. He smiles and

announces, "I'm home". Misato manages to get some rest leave for Shinji andhis time spent with friends clearly cheers him.

Once again we see the concert hall, and Asuka arrives with her violin, and thegreeting of "Morning, Ikari". She goes on to insult cellists before beginning herown piece. The scene changes to Misato's flat, and Shinji lies awake listening tomusic. A light turns on but he ignores it. When the light goes off, he settles tosleep, but is disturbed by an attractive and well-endowed young woman lying infront of him, fast asleep. He is mesmerized and leans to kiss her sleeping form,but her murmurs of "Momma" surprise him and he moves to sleep on the floor,sniding, "You're only a kid yourself".

The scene changes to a cruiser where Asuka, or as we soon discover AsukaLangley Soryu (saw-you), holds a pointless conversation with Misato, fromwhich we glean that she is the "Second Child" and pilots Unit 2. In a montage of

black and white images of Asuka, Shinji's two friends discuss the myriadhorrors of Asuka, worst being "arrogant", "schizophrenic" and "just plainannoying". The scene cuts to a ruined building with Asuka lying naked in abathtub, while Kaowru narrates a tale of human loneliness.

Once again we find Kajii and Asuka on a cruiser, but this time we find she isnone too impressed with the "Third Child", but Kajii points out he had a naturallyhigh synch ratio with his EVA. We find that Asuka is obsessed by sync ratios,and claims she can't be Second Child because her sync ratio is zero. We arethen introduced to a new red Evangelion, Unit 2, the Production type, of whichAsuka is extremely proud. However, it is not long before she has to use her newEVA, and despite being clad in a ludicrous yellow dress, she launches andengages an underwater angel which is attacking the UN fleet transporting herEVA.


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Before she engages, however, she pursues the angel by leaping from ship toship and in a classic Asuka moment gets a sheet draped accidentally over Unit2, resembling a caped superhero. However, the behemoth puts a stop to herleaping as it launches itself onto Unit 2 and pulls it underwater. Losing its knife,Unit 2 hangs on grimly but is eventually swallowed. However, she uses this toher advantage, and from the inside opens the beast's mouth so that two sinkingbattleships can unleash a devastating volley down the Angel's throat. A montagefollows of Unit 2 in action, wielding a range of large and undeniable coolweapons.

But at school, we find that Shinji's friends were accurate in their description,and Asuka chides Shinji before making a terrible attempt to befriend Rei, whichfails miserably. We also discover Asuka penchant for using German off hand,which she does more so later. During this we find that Rei is the First Child, anddesignated to pilot Unit 0, the prototype model. However, we find that there ismore to Rei than simply her quiet, contained nature. In a co-operative gameShinji and Asuka are playing, Asuka will not work with Shinji and she screamscomplaints. However, Misato allows Rei to replace Asuka and together Rei andShinji synchronize perfectly. Asuka is astounded, and again we cut back to thebathtub, where she claims that her ability to pilot was her only reason to live, soin losing it she can no longer exist.

We see the pilots in another sync ratio test but Asuka cannot even pass thestart mark. Dismayed, Misato attempts to defend Asuka but Ritsuko will not listenand blames Asuka's condition on her total defeat by an Angel. Misato also

points out that Shinji's success only worsened her loss. In a lift, Rei attempts toaid Asuka's understanding but the redhead cannot stand Rei's advice andadmits to how belittling it is to be rescued by Shinji. Claiming Rei would commitsuicide on orders, simply to please her commander, Rei can only answer in thepositive.

Rei arrives at the music hall, to the sniggers of Asuka, and begins to play herown viola piece. Shinji's intent looks at Rei are noticed by his friends Kensuke(Ken-sue-key) and Toji (Toe-gee), and they claim Shinji is ogling Rei. In truth,Shinji is wondering why the blue haired girl is always so alone. The two friendsbelieve Shinji should know her but as we can see in a scene in the EVA hangar,Shinji has no idea how close Rei is to his father, and he witnesses both hisfather and Rei conversing freely.

A horrendously embarrassing scene follows, where Shinji arrives at Rei's flat to

find a soulless room containing very little except bloody bandages and a bed.On a chest of drawers he finds a pair of glasses that he puts on. Rei suddenlyappears behind him in nothing but a towel. Seeing the glasses she stormstowards him. Shinji tries to explain but cannot speak as Rei reaches for theglasses, but as she does so Shinji backs into the drawers. Startled he fallsforward, removing Rei's towel and landing on top of her. Terrified to lookelsewhere, Shinji holds Rei's gaze for what seems an eternity, before Rei calmlytells him to "Get off", by which she is referring to Shinji's hand on her breast!

Shinji chokingly explains himself as she changes behind him, but he has clearlyupset her. Inside the NERV facility, Shinji reveals his distrust for his father,which Rei replies to with an almighty slap to Shinji's face. We then see Shinji ina hospital bed while Rei briefs him on a plan of attack. Reluctant to pilot, Reiinforms him that his refusal will result in her piloting Unit 1. They use theirsurnames to address each other, which is perhaps Rei's attempt to bracket

Shinji with his father. In a brutal scene we see the often referred to experimentwhich harmed Rei so badly. The orange Unit 0 attacks the observation roomand appears to be insane, clasping its head as if in pain. The scientists areforced to envelope Unit 0 in Bakelite to stop its attack.

The scene changes to Unit 0 in combat. Rei departs on mission with her typical"Goodbye" and Unit 0 engages a diamond shaped Angel. The heat of its attackmelts the shield of Unit 0 and it's carapace before Unit 1 can bring the Angeldown. Shinji rescues her entry plug and opens the still boiling hot hatch with hisbare hands. Inside, Rei comes to but Shinji has to confront his feelings for her.In a tearful speech, Shinji tells Rei that she has something to live for, and thather "goodbyes" are too sad to bear, at which point he begins to weep. Rei hasno idea what to do, but Shinji states, "why don't you just try smiling" and thesimilarity between Shinji and his father becomes apparent to Rei.


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After this, Rei becomes more determined. We see her engage an Angel minusone arm with a new blue paint job, but wielding one of the devastating N2 mines.She manages, after a struggle, to force the mine through the AT field, much tothe dismay of Ritsuko, Shinji and Commander Ikari. In another scene, Reiremoves the Lance of Longinus from an Angel nailed to a cross wearing amany eyed mask, and launches the projectile at an Angel in the Earth'satmosphere. It penetrates the AT field and utterly destroys the angel. In the thirdand final battle scene, Rei attempts to combat a glowing thread Angel, but itremains impervious to her attacks. It invades her EVA and her body, and Asukais unable to help her. Shinji arrives but Rei realizes that she cannot allow Shinji

to be invaded, so she self destructs the EVA and remains inside to maintain herown AT field, to hold the Angel in place. Her last sight is the face of Gendo Ikari,and then Unit 0 explodes.

12 years before, Shinji's mother Yui and Kouzou Fuyutsuki discuss the part theEVAs will play in humanity's future. Yui Ikari claims her desire to test pilot Unit 1is for Shinji's sake. Her tombstone is the next thing we see, accompanied by aconversation between Gendo and Shinji. Shinji cannot understand how hisfather maintains no items or pictures of his mother, but Gendo insists that hismemories of her suffice.

We are then shown Ritsuko explaining how her mother programmed the threeMAGI computers, Caspar, Balthazar and Melchior, with knowledge of humanexperience. Her mother then meets a young Rei in the MAGI rooms, but Reireveals Gendo's true feeling for his adulterous lover. Disgusted, Ritsuko's

mother strangles Rei to death.

The scene returns to Shinji in combat. Once again Unit 1 has reactivated andfights back against a seemingly unstoppable Angel. It severs the beast arm anduses the flesh to repair its own dismemberment. One of the lieutenants noticesShinji's sync is up to 400%, but the onlookers are too busy watching thecombat. Behaving like some feral, ape-like beast Unit 1 decimates the Angeland, to the disgust of the NERV personnel, begins to cannibalise its assailant,taking the Angel's S2 engine into itself. Unit 1 has become aware and Ritsukoreveals that the EVAs are simply monsters which NERV have controller throughthe use of the augmentative armour Unit 1 is stripping from itself.

Kajii is among the onlookers and is obviously pleased that NERV will upsetSEELE by allowing this action. We now find that Rei 'survived' Unit 0 explodingand Shinji rushes to see her in the hospital. She cannot recollect saving Shinji's

life and bizarrely exclaims, "I think I'm probably the third one". In a laboratoryShinji and Misato have Ritsuko cornered. At gunpoint, she explains that Rei hasmultiple copies and these lifeless clones are at the heart of the 'dummy plug'system, which allows remote control of the EVAs. In her anger, Ritsuko destroysall the copies, finishing the dummy plug experiment.

In the music hall a belated newcomer arrives, and the group begin Pachabel'sKanon D-dur. On a sunny day at school, we find Toji reclining outside againstthe wall. But the peace is broken as he is shown hitting Shinji, but appearsremorseful for his act. We are shown EVA Unit 3, a black model this time, but itgoes rogue and downs Unit 0. Gendo has Unit 3 classified as an Angel, andsends Shinji to attack it. However, despite being throttled, Shinji refuses to harmthe pilot of Unit 3. Infuriated, Gendo has the dummy plug activated. Shinji canonly watch as Unit 1 retaliates and begins to maul Unit 3. Shinji screams inprotest as Unit 3 is literally beaten apart until horrifically, Unit 1 crushes Unit 3's

entry plug before Shinji's eyes.

As rescues services reach the scene and remove the injured pilot from thewreckage, Shinji snaps. The pilot of Unit 3, the Fourth Child, was none otherthan Shinji's best friend Toji. We are shown a black and whit scene of Gendorescuing Rei from a red-hot entry plug with his bare hands, in a scene similar toShinji's rescue. The scenes show Gendo having an affair and leaving hospital,while Kajii explains the difficulty of understanding others. The images change toshow he and Misato kissing, and his delivery of Adam's embryo to Gendo, withthe narration changing to include his last message to Misato. His last words tohis unknown killer are "You're a little late, aren't you?" before he is shot dead.Shinji attempts to tell Asuka, but she seizes up and whispers "liar".

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there he meets Kaowru Nagisa, the Fifth Child, and replacement pilot for Unit 2.We cut to a scene where Kaowru externally activates Unit 2 and floats down ina descent to Terminal Dogma. Kouzou utters the immortal line "Dear God inHeaven, SEELE has delivered an Angel to us!" and Gendo orders Shinji toprevent Kaowru's arrival at Terminal Dogma. The SEELE council announce thatMan must be forced into evolution and their tool of choice is Unit 1.

Inside Unit 1, Shinji is unwilling to accept Kaowru is an Angel. However, Misatoorders him to engage the Angel in combat. As Shinji approaches he cursesKaowru's betrayal of trust, comparing the Angel to his father. While Kaowru

muses on the irony of man's use of the EVA series, which Ritsuko claimed wereAngels themselves, Units 1 and 2 engage in an epic knife fight. Kaowru claimsthat he and the EVA series were born from Adam, and that AT fields belong toevery living thing, a wall that encloses the mind. Meanwhile, Unit 2 drives itsprog knife into Unit 1's chest while Unit 1 retaliates by a thrust to the neck. Incontrol, Misato plots to destroy the facility should Unit 1 fail, rather than standby and await Third Impact. As Kaowru moves to enter Terminal Dogma, adamaged Unit 2 prevents Unit 1 from pursuing.

Inside Terminal Dogma, another AT field appears, apparently from Reiobserving in a higher tier, but it disappears, much to the Lieutenants'amazement. Despite finally having reached his goal, Kaowru questions whetherthe merger between Angel and Adam need occur, at the cost of Humanity.However, he realizes that the Angel nailed to the cross is in fact Lilith, theSecond Angel, not Adam the First. Obviously Third Impact is achievable for

humans through Lilith and Angels by Adam, because humans are actually theoffspring of Lilith, as is Unit 1, which arrives on cue by crashing through thewall with the ruined Unit 2.

Shinji reaches out and grabs Kaowru, and the previous scene of Kaowru in Unit1's grasp is repeated. However, now Kaowru can be understood. He states thatonly one being, the champion of their races, may survive Third Impact. He isthe Angel, Shinji the Human. Kaowru also states that it matters little if he dies,Third Impact will occur, and he may find that death is the only true release.Forced to respect Kaowru's wishes, Shinji crushes him. Thus ends Death, andRebirth begins.


Rebirth

After an interval, a very Japanese feature in film, the feature begins. Onceagain Shinji stands upon the beach amongst the ruins of the city, his facecovered by his hair. He visits Asuka in hospital, as Misato's depression andRei's isolation worry him. Shinji attempts to shake Asuka awake but she iscomatose. He begins to weep, crying "help me" at her. He begins to shake heragain but is so forceful her clothing tears open and exposes her breasts. In hisaltered mental state, Shinji masturbates over Asuka, but is disgusted withhimself.

In control, the Lieutenants cannot understand why they are not allowed to gohome, seeing as all the angels have been defeated. They are suspicious of theUN's motives and worry about their and NERV's future. Outside in her car,

Misato contemplates humanity. She knows that to achieve the next stage ofevolution the flawed individual humans must be forced, by Instrumentality, tobecome one whole being. In the SEELE meeting, attempts to dissuade thecommittee but they are intent on evolution, using the EVAs as their instrumentsbecause the loss of the Lance of Longinus, now in orbit around the moon,prevents them from using Lilith.

In a series of changes we see Rei break the glasses of Gendo, once her mostprized possession, and Shinji's tape player f inally run out of battery power.Meanwhile, Misato hacks into NERV mainframe, but just as she finds the truthbehind the Second Impact, a lockdown occurs. However, the reason is notbecause of her intrusion. SEELE is using 5 other MAGIs to hack NERV's 1remaining MAGI to take the facility peacefully. Gendo has nowhere left to turn


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but Ritsuko, who grudgingly decides to help. Misato learns from a Lieutenantthat the government have revoked NERV's legal protection.

Despite Ritsuko's success, Misato doubts that SEELE will allow NERV to get offthat easily. Kouzou and Gendo's conversation reveals that their possession ofAdam, Lilith and both EVAs makes SEELE incredibly nervous and will cause anall out offensive. SEELE feel they have given their warning, and launch theSpecial Forces. As the tanks and soldiers line up, it's obvious NERV is in deeptrouble.

The first casualties are NERV's sensors and scant surface defenses. Designedto resist Angel attacks, the facility cannot hold back the might of a ground army.First to learn this is the front gate guard who gets knifed in the back. While notas graphic as Air, there is no love lost between the army and NERV personnel.People are shot, executed, flamethrowered and blown up as the army stormsthe base. Worried for the pilot's safety, Misato runs a check but cannot locateRei, and Shinji is on the other side of NERV.

To save the comatose Asuka, Misato plans to hide her in Unit 2 at the bottom ofthe lake. While Unit 2 launches, Rei relaxes in some kind of hot air pool.Deciding defeat is inevitable; Gendo leaves Kouzou in charge and goes to findRei. Explosion rip through the building as the army continues its assault,murdering NERV personnel along the way. In a desperate counter, Misato hasseveral levels flooded with Bakelite to slow the army down. As the lieutenantsprepare to engage the enemy, they comment how the invasion of NERV was

probably planned from the beginning. However, when the army arrives they areforced to trade shots around the MAGI systems.

Gendo f inally catches up with Rei and leads her away. Meanwhile someassassins catch up with Shinji and point a gun to his head. However, a punctualMisato arrives, gunning down the first and second, pinning the third up to a wall.With a quick one liner, she kills him with a shot through the head. Misato findsthat Special Forces have reached Unit 1 and are attempting to prevent contactbetween pilot and EVA. Shinji is in complete shutdown, and Misato is forced todrag him to Unit 1.

In control the gun battle rages, but the lieutenants count themselves lucky noexplosives have been used. As if on cue, the army drops an N2 mine, layingwaste to the Geofront and opening a hole into the cavern below. In her car,Misato tries to explain SEELE's intentions to Shinji. She tells him that second

impact occurred when Man reduced Adam to his embryonic form to stop theAngel causing more harm. She also reveals that humanity is sprung from Lilith,and that Humanity itself is the 18th Angel. She also finalizes many theories bystating that Angels are simply version of humanity that did not take human form,and so Angels and humans could not co-exist, despite being fundamentally thesame. She tells Shinji he must destroy all of the EVAs so that Third Impactcannot occur, as EVAs 5-14 are in development around the world.

The Japanese prime minister gets word of the Instrumentality project and ordersthat the project be abandoned and NERV headquarters destroyed. With thearmy nearing victory, Asuka is discovered at the bottom of the lake, and a depthcharge assault is begun. This only serves to awaken the pilot and she begins toassert her will to live. Suddenly she hears a loving voice emanating from withinthe EVA and realizes that her mother's spirit is the core of Unit 2 and has beenwatching over her. With newfound confidence, she surfaces and begins to fight

back.

The army launch a missile counter but Asuka uses a battle cruiser as a shield,which she then throws at the tanks on the highway, with a German curseaccompanying the large projectile. As she leaps from the lake, Asuka realizesthat the EVA AT Fields are actually the protection of the cores to the pilots.Despite taking two cruise missile hits, Unit 2 keeps on coming and moves toengage other forces.

The army manage to destroy the umbilical cable, but Asuka is undeterred, asher EVA is more than a match for the gunships facing her, which

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