[0:00] the four film Evangelion franchise more
[0:02] commonly known as the rebuild series at
[0:04] first glance may just seem like a remake
[0:06] of the original but that couldn't be
[0:08] farther from the truth this four-part
[0:09] movie Saga W into existence by ano
[0:12] himself was very much his closing
[0:13] remarks to his treasured franchise and a
[0:15] Curt and call to fans of the series a
[0:18] series that expanded past the
[0:19] expectations of an anime becoming
[0:21] somewhat of a cultural Keystone of anime
[0:23] fandom picking up where I left off and
[0:25] making sense of Evangelion I'll pick
[0:26] apart and analyze Evangelion 1.0 2.0 3
[0:30] 3.0 and 3.0 + 1.0 making clear how all
[0:33] of these followup Neon Genesis and end
[0:35] of Eva on a rather linear timeline I've
[0:37] sectioned this video by each movie where
[0:39] I'll guide you through and make sense of
[0:40] what exactly is the Catalyst for these
[0:42] drastic shifts in narrative and how the
[0:44] movie Saga transform the story of this
[0:47] young depressed kid shinji's story has
[0:49] always been his to write from the very
[0:50] beginning and this time he may have
[0:52] finally got it
[0:54] right even gallan you were not alone is
[0:57] the first and most similar entry to the
[0:59] original Neon Genesis story which means
[1:01] this will be the shortest section of the
[1:02] video with that said there are some very
[1:04] important differences that play into the
[1:06] entire reason that the story drastically
[1:08] shifts the most vital change is found in
[1:10] choices made which for a show with heavy
[1:13] Central focus on character relationships
[1:15] he's make for a heavy impact Shinji is
[1:17] noticeably more driven to help those
[1:19] around him and way less sulky and
[1:21] self-centered here he decides to Pilot
[1:23] 01 for the first time just for the sake
[1:25] of saving Rey and needs no more
[1:27] convincing from the mech itself saving
[1:29] his life like in the original and then
[1:30] there's misato who is more Hands-On when
[1:33] it comes to the pair's relationship a
[1:34] course separation in NG between Shinji
[1:36] and her was the lack of communication
[1:38] where Shinji needed a parental figure to
[1:40] help guide him misato lacked the ability
[1:42] to sufficiently fill that role but here
[1:44] she does a much better job at it chewing
[1:46] him out for disobeying her orders during
[1:48] the fight with Sham shell showing worry
[1:49] and frustration when he up and leaves
[1:51] without telling her and all around
[1:52] helping him grasp the cause of effect he
[1:54] has on others these two of a much more
[1:56] put together relationship because as
[1:59] individuals they are in a much better
[2:01] head space while they both still fight
[2:02] with the same issues they fa during Neon
[2:04] Genesis they're much more fit to deal
[2:06] with their trauma and struggle resulting
[2:08] in a different outcome a large piece of
[2:09] the puzzle that is the new story why
[2:11] these two have a changed personality
[2:13] even if only slightly is an interesting
[2:15] question to pose one which can be
[2:17] answered by the wild twist sitting at
[2:19] the core of the movies while a massive
[2:21] spoiler I think to fully understand the
[2:23] events as we move forward I should fill
[2:25] you in now the characters of Evangelion
[2:27] are in somewhat of a loop with kodu at
[2:29] the center of this anomaly it's assumed
[2:31] that the original Evangelion series was
[2:33] the first outcome of a string of
[2:35] rebirths after leaving Shinji and death
[2:37] koru wrote their names in The Book of
[2:39] Life meaning the two are bound by Fate
[2:41] to meet each other for eternity kodo's
[2:44] love has driven him on a multi-life
[2:45] journey as he attempts to give Shinji
[2:47] the happy ending he deserves being born
[2:49] with the memories of his past lives and
[2:51] hopes of one day being able to break the
[2:53] cycle of demise his friend has found
[2:55] himself trapped into the final scene of
[2:57] 1.0 teases that this time thing are
[3:00] different near the seal moon base that
[3:01] is manufacturing Eva Mark 6 a new
[3:04] Evangelion that is supposedly created of
[3:06] a vessel of one of the atoms a plot
[3:08] point that lives largely in mystery it
[3:10] seems during the second impact this time
[3:12] around there were five atoms this Mark
[3:15] six being the first atom sealed even
[3:17] gallion which uses one of the bodies
[3:19] while the souls get a very different use
[3:21] which we'll get into more later but for
[3:23] now just know that there's something
[3:25] else at work here something we aren't
[3:26] directly told kodu sits up from a line
[3:29] of
[3:30] once more he awakens to a new world once
[3:33] more he attempts to guide Shinji to the
[3:35] life he
[3:38] deserves an angel Dean III has escaped
[3:42] captivity from underneath a Euro Russian
[3:44] base in the Arctic Mari a new even gelan
[3:47] pilot launches the Eva provisional unit
[3:49] 05 to successfully defeat the angel
[3:51] self-destructing her unit to finish it
[3:55] off Kaji comments on her ability as a
[3:58] pilot before she's presumably taken to
[4:00] infiltrate the Japan ner Wing now the
[4:02] confusion around MTI and why it was
[4:03] decided to add a major Eva pilot to the
[4:06] series can be explained in several ways
[4:08] for one ano just wanted to add a new
[4:10] character and that's that's pretty much
[4:12] it another more narrative driven reason
[4:15] is that mari's inclusion heavily shakes
[4:17] Up character relationships pushing them
[4:19] into positive directions which is
[4:21] exactly what a lot of them need to reach
[4:23] a happy
[4:24] ending gendo and Shinji visit ui's grave
[4:28] which is just an empty plot of land UI
[4:30] soul is once again inside unit 01 with
[4:33] the approach of the seventh Asuka makes
[4:35] her arrival she single-handedly defeats
[4:37] and kills the angel before meeting
[4:39] Shinji for the first time oddly though
[4:41] there seems to be something that feels
[4:43] different while she may still be the
[4:45] sundrea we all remember her personality
[4:47] is slightly altered and more obvious her
[4:49] last name has completely changed as it
[4:51] turns out this Asuka is the sole
[4:53] surviving clone of the shikinami line
[4:55] created to Pilot 02 in a similar manner
[4:58] to raise creation this Uka never had
[5:00] parents never had the trauma that came
[5:02] with her mom's crazy state or her dad's
[5:04] neglect this time she faces loneliness
[5:07] in a much more different Manner and
[5:08] because of this change she becomes a
[5:10] whole new character this Asuka is a bit
[5:12] more direct and more open to Shinji
[5:15] lying in the futon with him of her own
[5:16] valtion and not by sheer accident she is
[5:19] more expressive of her emotions and this
[5:21] personality change along with Shinji
[5:23] helps move the relationship in a
[5:25] direction away from the iconic End of
[5:27] Evangelion scene that was built upon
[5:29] their poor communication and immaturity
[5:31] these two along with most of the
[5:33] characters in the series act more grown
[5:35] up and a little less self- focused a
[5:38] point we shouldn't
[5:40] Overlook instead of delivering the
[5:42] embryo of Adam Kaji gifts gendo with the
[5:44] key of naukar and items name that I most
[5:46] likely completely butchered but will
[5:48] allow gendo to attain a type of godhood
[5:51] when the time comes for instrumentality
[5:53] as for now the object remains an item
[5:55] shrewd in ambiguity the group joins Kaji
[5:58] aboard in aqua reservation center that
[6:00] hopes to bring back life to the sea that
[6:02] is Tainted in red much like the oceans
[6:04] of end of Eva while exploring this
[6:06] vessel sahak quel the eth attempts to
[6:09] attack Tokyo 3 the pilots are forced to
[6:11] band together and launch a team effort
[6:13] attack to defeat the angel the group
[6:15] surpassing their individual limits to
[6:17] prevent destruction from being brought
[6:19] upon their
[6:21] city in the aftermath Eva 01 and 0 are
[6:25] heavily damaged seal makes note that 0
[6:27] has served its original purpose and that
[6:30] only 01 should be repaired what 0's
[6:32] purpose was is not explored any deeper
[6:35] and my assumption was to assist in
[6:37] defeating Angels prior to the arrival of
[6:43] 02 M arrives in Tokyo meeting Shinji for
[6:46] the first time in a rushed confusing
[6:48] entry into the main story that ends with
[6:50] her running off not to be seen again
[6:52] until the climax 2.0 during this futy
[6:55] and gendo gaze at the Marvel of Eva Mark
[6:57] 6 as production is near complete of the
[6:59] moon Gundam kodu sits upon its finger
[7:02] pondering what's to come Ray has taken
[7:04] it upon herself to try to mend the
[7:06] relationship between gendo and Shinji
[7:07] she cares for them both and unlike her
[7:09] NG counterpart she gets more emotionally
[7:11] involved with others and desires to
[7:13] bring upon change in their life she gets
[7:15] gendo to agree to a dinner party with
[7:16] her and the rest of the pilots but a
[7:18] wrench is thrown into the system as Eva
[7:20] for is delivered to Japan that very same
[7:22] day and the activation does not his
[7:25] plan in rebuild toi never becomes a
[7:28] pilot takes it upon herself to activate
[7:31] the Eva on behalf of Rey so that she can
[7:33] prepare for the dinner party a very
[7:35] selfless act we would normally not
[7:36] expect from the German suere but it
[7:38] seems that karma is not on her side Riel
[7:42] engulfs Asuka drawing her near its core
[7:44] somewhat consuming her she's confronted
[7:46] by Giggles of a child soon to be that of
[7:48] the DNA donor of her clone series The
[7:51] Rush of images presented to her
[7:52] eventually halts and the ninth Angel is
[7:54] born from the body of
[7:56] 04 with 01 being the only operable Eva
[8:00] Shinji is solely dispatched to confront
[8:02] 04 he refuses to fight in fear of
[8:04] hurting Asuka who resides inside but by
[8:06] choosing an action he provides nothing
[8:08] of service to her not death nor a saving
[8:11] hand gendo once more has not the
[8:13] patience for his child's morals and
[8:14] activates the dummy plug once more
[8:16] Shinji watches on in horror as Ziva rips
[8:19] the angel limb from limb once more
[8:21] crushing his friend
[8:28] along
[8:32] after shinji's attempt to assault nerve
[8:34] HQ goes arai he leaves bowing never to
[8:36] Pilot
[8:38] again in his absence the 10th Angel
[8:40] makes its assault on nerve with 01
[8:43] refusing to accept the dummy plug
[8:44] nerve's Only Hope for survival is the
[8:46] hijack 02 piloted by motti she attempts
[8:49] to defeat the angel using a power much
[8:51] like the berserk mode of NG this time
[8:53] deemed beast mode which similarly
[8:55] activates when Evas surpassed their
[8:57] limiters but this power proves not to be
[8:59] enough to bring this Angel down Ray
[9:01] launches in a suicide charge and her
[9:03] defective Eva an N2 m in hand with the
[9:05] intent to the angel but her bravery is
[9:08] in vain as the bean emerges unscathed
[9:10] consuming Eva 0000 along with Reed see
[9:13] in this chaos Shinji breaks his vow and
[9:15] once more pilot
[9:17] 01 he forces the angel out of nurb HQ
[9:20] and loses power during the confrontation
[9:22] on the surface his Eva enters a berserk
[9:24] State fusing with Shinji but this time
[9:26] he surpasses what we would initially
[9:28] expect as the story he makes a mental
[9:30] connection with the angel as he tries to
[9:32] rescue Ray from inside as he does this
[9:34] though the body of Adam along with the
[9:36] soul of Lilith and a lan all combined
[9:38] with the Angel's core creating a pseudo
[9:40] Godlike being the final form of Evas 01
[9:43] flails into the sky as the world around
[9:45] it shifts into horrific shades of red
[9:48] and purple the third impact begins it
[9:50] seems this is what genda wanted all
[9:52] along a stepping stone in a plan that we
[9:54] have lost all knowledge of the story has
[9:56] drifted too drastically from its
[9:58] original tracks and what comes next is
[10:01] not something we could predict from past
[10:02] events we have reached an end as
[10:05] something new
[10:12] begins 01 is struck down by kodu
[10:15] piloting the now finished Eva Mark 6
[10:17] Wheeling the Spear of casassus he makes
[10:19] a comment that this time he will show
[10:21] Shinji real happiness to stop the near
[10:23] third impact a human must be sacrificed
[10:26] Kaji decides to be the one to burden
[10:28] this task much to mis's grievance she
[10:30] attempts to join him but he tells her
[10:32] she can she has an obligation to their
[10:34] unborn child to see him to this new
[10:36] world and she knows this too his heroism
[10:38] prevents the total Destruction of Earth
[10:40] but the landscape has completely changed
[10:42] the event has given the name near third
[10:49] impact Asuka and Marti launched an
[10:51] operation to retrieve Eva Z1 from orbit
[10:54] since the near impact has been dormant
[10:56] in a test RCT like coffin Shinji trapped
[10:58] with it along with Ray after
[11:00] successfully retrieving and warding off
[11:02] the ambushing Nemesis Eva drones Shinji
[11:04] is salvaged from the core of 01 being
[11:06] returned to a human form Ray on the
[11:08] other hand is not found within when
[11:10] waking from this dormant State he's
[11:12] extremely confused not only has 14 years
[11:15] pass but everybody hates him his actions
[11:17] have created an apocalyptic landscape
[11:20] and he's become the scapegoat blame for
[11:22] the state of things even misato the head
[11:24] of Willie an anti-al organization that
[11:26] has imprisoned Shinji and I don't say
[11:28] that lightly on his neck is an explosive
[11:30] device that will activate if he triggers
[11:32] another even gelion Awakening like
[11:33] during the near third impact on top of
[11:35] that misato has the kill switch to use
[11:38] at her own bition if it be so needed the
[11:40] Salvage 01 has been repurposed to power
[11:42] the ship that Willie uses as Shinji will
[11:45] never be allowed to Pilot again the
[11:46] carrier is given the name wonder and has
[11:48] strength equal to Evas given the device
[11:51] that powers it Shinji is confronted by
[11:53] Asuka while being interrogated she meets
[11:55] him with a cold anger demeanor that more
[11:57] closely resembles the Asa of Neon
[11:59] Genesis yet more put together and less
[12:02] volatile at the same time miraculously
[12:04] she survived being crushed 14 years
[12:06] prior and since then has not aged stuck
[12:08] in the body of her 14-year-old self a
[12:10] curse that she and Mari suffer from
[12:12] supposedly caused by prolonged exposure
[12:15] to LCL and since the pilots all sit in
[12:17] this stuff for extended periods of time
[12:19] they've all developed this curse further
[12:21] explaining why shinji's body didn't age
[12:23] while he was in a pseudo coma as Asuka
[12:25] antagonizes Shinji he becomes even more
[12:28] confused and distressed not only is he
[12:30] constantly blamed but he's refused
[12:32] answers to his questions he's unsure if
[12:34] these people around him are really his
[12:35] friends from long ago sharing nothing
[12:37] but physical features to his memories he
[12:39] ends up dissociating refusing to accept
[12:41] that this is what the world has become
[12:43] his sole desire being to find
[12:47] Rey almost as if answering his calls Ry
[12:50] infiltrates the ship piloting Eva mark9
[12:52] given his situation aboard the Wonder
[12:54] Shinji finds it difficult to think of
[12:56] any reason to stay and decides to leave
[12:57] with Ray he is unable to bring herself
[13:00] to flip the trigger on shinji's bomb
[13:01] collar as he escapes into the
[13:08] clouds when arriving at nerve HQ Shinji
[13:11] finds it in Ruins despite this it's
[13:14] fully operational his father welcoming
[13:16] him explained that he and a boy named
[13:17] kodu are to Pilot Eva 13 together and
[13:20] retrieve the spears of casassus and
[13:21] Linus he doesn't put much thought into
[13:23] the motives behind this action and
[13:25] simply agrees to do it not even curious
[13:27] about what Eva 13 is is after being
[13:29] dismissed he finds that Rey has no
[13:31] memories of their past and acts simply
[13:33] on the orders of gendo he desperately
[13:35] attempts to find some of the old Ray in
[13:37] her but is left disappointed and further
[13:39] depressed his final hope for a piece of
[13:41] the reality he knew prior to his coma
[13:43] has proved futile this is not his
[13:47] Ray as he fiddles with his broken
[13:49] Walkman kodu approaches him asking if
[13:51] he'll play a piano duet over the course
[13:53] of time the two form a deep bond and
[13:55] during this time Shinji also attempts to
[13:57] bring back some of the way he knows
[13:59] unable to give up the hope he holds on
[14:01] to delivering her favorite books to the
[14:02] shank she stays eventually after the two
[14:04] had built a closer connection kodu shows
[14:06] Shinji the true scope of his actions 14
[14:09] years ago the truth behind the hate
[14:11] Humanity has for him the crystallized
[14:13] destruction before them coats much of
[14:15] Earth leaving a Barren red desert near
[14:17] incapable of cultivating life the near
[14:18] third impact seem to have started a
[14:20] confusing and ambiguous process that
[14:23] attempted to bring out evos from the
[14:24] earth a core-like Crystal covering the
[14:26] entirety of Earth and crude likee
[14:27] variations of Eva roaming about doing
[14:30] everything in their power to prevent
[14:31] this destruction from being reverted
[14:33] Shinji is left in awe and becomes deeply
[14:35] disturbed by the consequences of what
[14:37] was just a selfless action saving a
[14:39] friend seeing shinji's attempts to
[14:42] connect with this new Ray fski feels the
[14:44] need to explain the true nature of Ray
[14:45] to him that being she's a clone of his
[14:47] mother one of many and that his mother
[14:49] lives on within Eva 01 this information
[14:51] causes Shinji a spiral resulting in a
[14:54] panic attack he feels himself collapsing
[14:56] as everything he thought he knew becomes
[14:58] doubted afraid of the truce hiding
[14:59] behind Each corner of his
[15:02] existence kodu intervenes calming his
[15:05] friend and taking the collar around his
[15:07] throat and Dawning it on himself a
[15:09] symbol of him removing the burden of Sin
[15:11] from Shinji onto himself since they must
[15:13] P the Eva together to retrieve the
[15:15] spears as long as one of them has the
[15:17] bomb CER on in the worst case an impact
[15:19] can still be avoided codu explains the
[15:21] spears will allow them to revert the
[15:23] damage he's done allowing for a return
[15:24] to the world that Shinji desperately
[15:26] clutches on to calming his panic
[15:29] the two enter the double plug Eva and
[15:31] descend into terminal Dogma where lth
[15:33] lies in a large and crude form that
[15:36] remains unexplained we received minimal
[15:37] information of the horrors that must
[15:39] have taken place over the past 14 years
[15:41] and all we can assume is that the state
[15:43] of things is just one of many failed
[15:45] attempts by gendo to achieve his goal
[15:47] mistakenly KOLO believes that gendo will
[15:50] allow them to return the world to its
[15:51] original state blinded by his desire to
[15:53] see the best in others Ray follows as
[15:55] backup in the mark 9 as gendo knows
[15:57] Willie will make a move on them during
[15:59] the operation and just as predicted
[16:01] Asuka and Mar launch an ambush they're
[16:03] surprised to see Shinji behind the
[16:04] controls again Asuka angrily asking if
[16:07] he plans to start another impact which
[16:09] he asserts he can save the world that he
[16:10] can write his wrongs she claims he's a
[16:12] fool to think that he can fix anything
[16:14] but he's blinded by his hope for a
[16:15] solution a way to bring an end to the
[16:17] resentment cast upon him hka and Marty
[16:19] are unable to stop the manic Shinji As
[16:21] Eva 13 approaches the decaying Lilith as
[16:24] they move closer it appears that Eva
[16:25] Mark 6 has connected with Lilith and the
[16:28] Spears present are both of linous the
[16:30] cassia spear has somehow been replaced
[16:32] kodu realizes he's been tricked by gendo
[16:35] and he insists that they stop but this
[16:37] enrages Shinji believing that he too
[16:39] like Asuka and misato is betraying them
[16:41] these heightened emotions semia awaken
[16:43] Eva 13 as it sprouts two additional arm
[16:46] and K's controls are deactivated as
[16:48] Shinji removes the set of Spears from
[16:50] the skull of lth shinji's begs not to go
[16:52] through with this but in his Mania he
[16:54] can't hear them too focused on his
[16:56] inmate desire to change everything back
[16:58] with the spears removed the Evangelion
[17:00] Mark 6 is removed from imprisonment Ray
[17:02] cuts off its head releasing the 12th
[17:04] Angel an entity with very little
[17:06] background except that killing it would
[17:08] only bring death and destruction a
[17:09] reason that it may have been sealed in
[17:11] terminal Dogma the Eva 13 absorbs the
[17:13] angel fully Awakening Dawning two Halos
[17:16] suspending in the sky the doors of Guff
[17:18] open allowing unborn souls to pass into
[17:20] this realm as the truth or impact begins
[17:23] gendo shuts down the steel monoliths
[17:25] thanking them for their service to human
[17:27] civilization over the years it seems
[17:29] that seal were not necessarily humans
[17:32] like an NG they were life forms that
[17:33] altered their existence to live on
[17:35] indefinitely to help guide humans to the
[17:37] events transpiring today and now that
[17:39] their service is complete it's time they
[17:41] join what lies at the end of life and
[17:43] beginning of
[17:45] death hodu explains to Shinji that he
[17:48] was the first Angel Adam since he is not
[17:50] his original pure form he is the acting
[17:52] 13th Angel one that comes after the
[17:55] assumed last he tells Shinji that he
[17:56] will do what he can to prevent the
[17:58] impact from happening the choker
[17:59] activating around his neck since the Eva
[18:01] 13 needs an angel and human pilot there
[18:03] is a way to prevent the events Shinji
[18:05] realizes what this means but his cries
[18:08] cannot stop the
[18:09] [Music]
[18:13] bomb Ray loses control of Mark 9 as
[18:16] Asuka attempts to destroy it before it
[18:18] can get to the core of the Wonder ship
[18:20] where 01 lies not much is known of the
[18:22] mark series besides that they house
[18:24] Adam's vessels these strange Souls seem
[18:26] to desire a future that is somewhat in
[18:29] line with the goals of nerve assisting
[18:30] gendo and his Endeavors and then there's
[18:32] the mysterious Unit 13 and Eva created
[18:35] of the body of these vessels but that
[18:36] which is very unique compared to the
[18:38] other four and is equal to that of 01
[18:41] Unit 13 can be seen in the Dead Sea
[18:43] strolls bringing upon something like the
[18:45] apocalypse surrounded by the mark series
[18:47] that act as the horsemen of the
[18:49] apocalypse and then there's Mark 6 a
[18:51] unit also created from a body of these
[18:53] vessels that at some point became
[18:55] occupied by the strange 12th Angel it's
[18:57] worth noting that that these atoms
[18:59] described are very different to kodo
[19:01] they are not the atom if that makes any
[19:03] sense at all to you if it didn't that's
[19:05] completely okay this is the most
[19:07] unexplained cryptic plot point of the
[19:09] entire rebuild series and no matter how
[19:11] much I try to make sense of it it's
[19:13] still just confusing and so we just push
[19:16] on moving the limiters of 02 Asuka
[19:18] enters beast mode allowing her to fight
[19:20] the a Walmark 9 into submission Ray is
[19:22] forced to make a decision for herself on
[19:24] what it is she should do she decides to
[19:26] eject her plug allowing Asa opening to
[19:28] self-destruct 02 with Mark 9 along with
[19:31] it before ejecting and suit inside Eva
[19:33] 13 Shinji has become mentally withdrawn
[19:36] reaching a degree of inaction similar to
[19:37] his Neon Genesis cell mty grabs a hold
[19:40] of the Eva and force launches his entry
[19:42] plug before nerve can fully draw his
[19:43] energy the unit 13 dropping to the
[19:45] ground a lifeless husk the third impact
[19:48] has once again been somewhat
[19:53] avoided despite being saved Shinji
[19:56] remains unresponsive to the world around
[19:58] him aimlessly going through the motions
[20:00] Asuka forces him into while initially
[20:02] thinking of leaving him she can't bring
[20:03] herself to go through with it and so she
[20:05] acts as a shoulder to lean on Ray
[20:07] joining them as they wander through the
[20:08] barren landscape in search of
[20:11] [Music]
[20:15] rescue with the absence of Asuka m is
[20:18] taken to Paris by ritzo and a squad to
[20:20] perform an activation protocol that
[20:22] wipes large chunks of land clean of the
[20:24] crystal core likee substance and shields
[20:26] them from the angel Evangelion likee
[20:28] creatures that have been roaming the
[20:29] Earth since the near third impact these
[20:31] creatures have little background
[20:33] information but are most likely
[20:34] amalgamations of Angel Souls that slip
[20:37] through the doors of Guff during the
[20:38] two3 impacts molding with even gelion
[20:40] pieces over time creating subpar vessels
[20:43] these creatures act against the luan's
[20:45] attempts to purify the world which is
[20:47] precisely why MTI was brought along to
[20:49] fend off their offensive until the
[20:51] activation sequence is complete this
[20:53] machine creates a safe area where life
[20:55] can prosper once more not much different
[20:57] from the The Village the pilot Trio Now
[20:59] find themselves
[21:02] in after days of wandering Shinji
[21:05] collapses having refused food and drink
[21:07] for days unable to move his body any
[21:09] further Asuka has grown tired of his
[21:11] self-loathing and lucky for them kensuke
[21:13] shinji's friend from Tokyo 3 finds them
[21:16] and takes them back to the main
[21:17] settlement that holds most of the
[21:18] survivors of the Tokyo area Shinji
[21:20] awakens not much later in the home of
[21:22] toi now a doctor with a child he shares
[21:24] with his wife Megami the class leader
[21:26] from their school days he Al with
[21:28] kensuke try to get Shinji to open up and
[21:30] interact with the world once more while
[21:32] this is an endearing effort Shinji is
[21:34] haunted by his actions that led to the
[21:36] death of the only person that truly
[21:37] understood him it seems that as of right
[21:39] now nothing will awaken him from the
[21:41] abyss of mental torment that he has sunk
[21:43] into kensuke takes Shinji with him and
[21:45] Asuka to his stay while Ray who is
[21:47] showing great interest into the village
[21:49] life stays with toi's family here she
[21:51] finds an existence that is of her own
[21:54] not one to fulfill gendo's selfish goals
[21:56] or shinji's image of her day in in and
[21:58] day out she works making friends with
[22:00] the Villagers learning new parts of life
[22:02] from them and especially meami at
[22:04] kensuke Shinji continues the same
[22:06] pattern of behavior he slumps in the
[22:08] corner refusing to interact with his
[22:10] environment when confronted by Asuka
[22:11] when he first arrives he sees she's been
[22:13] equipped with a bomb choker as well the
[22:15] sight of it brings back The Haunting
[22:17] last minutes he had with kodu causing
[22:19] him to P it seems that both she and Mari
[22:22] have been deemed dangerous persons and
[22:24] just as Shinji was earlier equipped with
[22:26] his collar along with no longer aging
[22:28] ASA suffers another ailment as well when
[22:31] absorbed in the bardel she lost form
[22:33] contorting with the angel into something
[22:35] like a mixing pot When It Was Defeated
[22:37] she was originally presumed dead but
[22:39] through sheer will she absorbed the
[22:40] angel and returned to shape but it came
[22:42] at a cost she was no longer human she
[22:45] had no need for food water or sleep also
[22:48] gaining unique angel-like abilities this
[22:51] semi-human semi- Angel existence along
[22:53] with the Hostile treatment she's met
[22:55] with because of it has made her turn
[22:57] cold and withdrawn on towards Humanity
[22:59] something she projects onto Shinji
[23:00] kensuke tells her she should cut him
[23:02] some slack as he's probably been through
[23:04] a very traumatic experience which makes
[23:06] her pull back the relationship between
[23:08] these two is somewhat of a guardian in
[23:10] their Ward I personally see kensuke as
[23:12] filling a role that bounces asuka's
[23:14] dismissive Behavior towards others
[23:16] prompting her to see a different
[23:17] perspective this relationship however
[23:19] never really crosses on romantic it only
[23:21] takes a few days for Asuka to explode
[23:23] towards Shinji angered at his disregard
[23:25] for the things he still has forcing food
[23:28] down his throat upset that he takes for
[23:29] granted the ability to still eat this
[23:31] aggressive maneuver causes Shinji to
[23:33] storm off he finds an abandoned Tower
[23:35] which he now uses as a place for
[23:37] Solitude Ray eventually wanders to
[23:39] kensuke's home asking Uka where she can
[23:41] find Shinji she tells her but not before
[23:43] advising her as a clone they were both
[23:45] created with limiters so they could
[23:47] never surpass their creators resulting
[23:49] in them lacking in areas of emotion
[23:51] Ray's series was always created to like
[23:53] Shinji that's just how they made her
[23:55] however Ry has no issue with this and
[23:57] continues to show him affection because
[23:58] that's what she wants to do she begins
[24:00] visiting him every day at the tower
[24:02] bringing him food to eat which for the
[24:04] most part he ignores every once in a
[24:06] while caving to his hunger and devouring
[24:08] the rations sobbing afterwards at his
[24:11] inability to stay committed to his wish
[24:13] to starve and
[24:14] [Music]
[24:15] die Ray is eventually able to get Shinji
[24:18] to communicate his emotions in an
[24:20] outburst of pent up feelings he declares
[24:22] that there's nothing he cares about
[24:24] anymore he's destroyed everything that
[24:25] he's better off being alone where he
[24:27] can't hurt anyone and no one can hurt
[24:29] him a state similar to the self he was
[24:31] in the end of Eva he questions her on
[24:33] why is she so nice to him her response
[24:36] being that we as an all Rays love you
[24:39] these words nud Shinji to once more take
[24:44] action he begins to assist kensuke on
[24:46] his various jobs and fishes for The
[24:49] Village at the abandoned Tower when he
[24:50] is off duty one day kensuke takes Shinji
[24:53] to meet Kaji but it's not the one that
[24:54] we are familiar with his son named after
[24:57] him and in honor of his sacrifice he
[24:59] knows nothing of his parents a wish that
[25:01] misato had as she felt she could offer
[25:03] nothing for him as a mother so she
[25:05] stayed out of his life the realization
[25:07] of what misu has been through puts her
[25:09] actions into perspective for Shinji he
[25:11] begins to understand what she is
[25:12] fighting for both in the present and in
[25:14] Legacy Kaji died so that his child could
[25:16] live and misato chose a life for him
[25:18] that she personally thought was better
[25:20] than what she could offer as a mother as
[25:22] Willie's Commander she Shields him from
[25:24] the harshness of the world protecting
[25:26] him in some ways she's more of a parent
[25:28] through this sacrifice than if she
[25:30] stayed and raised him kensuke believes
[25:32] that misato regrets the fact that Shinji
[25:34] became the scapegoat for everything that
[25:36] came after the third impact a concept
[25:38] supported by her inability to blow his
[25:40] bomb choker when he left the Wonder
[25:42] despite the danger she'd be let and walk
[25:44] free meaning he holds equal weight to
[25:46] the person she has chosen to protect
[25:48] just like her son she loves Shinji more
[25:50] than
[25:53] anything as Shinji is fishing one
[25:55] morning Ray visits him she hands in the
[25:57] walk he let her borrow and asks him if
[25:59] she thought of a name for her as she
[26:00] isn't the ray aami he talks about he
[26:03] tells her that to him she's still Ray
[26:06] despite the differences the two clones
[26:07] may have the fact he gave consideration
[26:09] to it was enough to make her happy Ray
[26:12] tells Shinji she can't stay here
[26:13] something that we were all eerily
[26:14] thinking after she collapsed earlier she
[26:17] tells him she liked the village the
[26:18] people there the life they had together
[26:20] she wanted to stay with the boy she
[26:22] liked forever but that isn't possible
[26:24] for her there's a reason we see Ray
[26:25] constantly bathing in LCL pools she
[26:27] needs to in order to survive and this
[26:29] Ray has reached this limit we won't
[26:31] never know if this was gendo's cruel
[26:33] programming so that Shinji would
[26:35] experience the same loss his father
[26:36] suffered or just some twist of fate a
[26:38] question fudi poses to himself aboard
[26:40] the nerve ships regardless the ray we
[26:43] became attached to is gone once
[26:47] more the wond ship returns to the Tokyo
[26:50] settlement to deliver supplies and
[26:51] retrieve Asuka for the final assault but
[26:53] it seems Shinji has decided he needs to
[26:55] go with despite kensuke and toi and
[26:57] imploring him to settle here that he
[26:59] doesn't need to protect them anymore he
[27:00] can't leave things how they are his
[27:02] father is out there and he's the one who
[27:04] should stop them you can see in his
[27:05] flush cheeks that Ray's death has left
[27:07] him grief stricken but it seems that he
[27:09] has matured grown out of his pattern of
[27:10] inaction knowing that doing nothing will
[27:12] not bring upon change there's something
[27:14] only he can do and he has to see to
[27:17] it gendo has retrieved Evangelion 13
[27:20] with ambitions to reactivated at the
[27:22] epicenter of the second impact in
[27:24] Antarctica using the black moon which
[27:26] has been turned into something of a
[27:27] space spacecraft misato has gotten heat
[27:29] of this and Willie launches a final
[27:31] operation to neutralize Eva 13 and bring
[27:34] a final end to nerve as the ship makes
[27:36] its way to the southernmost continent
[27:38] the characters reflect misato who has
[27:40] played the stoic leader for far too long
[27:42] is hazed by reito for doing so she
[27:44] points out that holding these feelings
[27:46] in will only cause trouble knowing full
[27:48] well she's happy that Shinji has
[27:50] returned but has decid to not see him
[27:52] again the same way she distances herself
[27:54] from her son thinking that it's best for
[27:56] them if she has no role in their lives
[27:58] Asuka on the other hand confronts Shinji
[28:00] communicating what's been brewing
[28:01] between them all this time Shinji makes
[28:03] the realization that Asuka was angry at
[28:05] their first meeting because of his
[28:06] inaction when she was trapped in Bell 14
[28:09] years ago he didn't help her or kill her
[28:12] afraid of taking responsibility in any
[28:14] given situation Satisfied by his ability
[28:16] to recognize his greatest weakness she
[28:18] finally expresses to shinshi that she
[28:20] had a crush on him all those years ago
[28:22] but now she's gone and grown up before
[28:24] him those same feelings being but a
[28:26] memory having expressed the feeling
[28:27] she's kept to herself all this time
[28:29] Asuka leaves content with how she's left
[28:34] things Shinji has a vision of kodu who
[28:37] affirms that they will meet again giving
[28:39] Shinji comfort and closure as he moves
[28:41] forward nerve launches an assault on
[28:43] wonder coordinated by fui as the ships
[28:46] enter Naval Warfare the two even gelion
[28:48] piloted by Marty and Asuka ward off the
[28:50] Swarms of Eva Mark sens equivalent to
[28:52] the mass-produced series in the end of
[28:54] Eva as they near Eva 13 Marty covers
[28:57] osar as she presses forward to
[28:58] neutralize the unit she's stopped when
[29:00] her Eva instinctively activates an at
[29:02] field and a fear response to what lies
[29:04] inside 13 she chooses to ignore this and
[29:07] unseals the power of the ninth angel
[29:09] that lies within her shattering her own
[29:11] Eva's at field with the one resonating
[29:13] from within her allowing her to attack
[29:14] unit 13 but stripping her of her
[29:16] humanity and playing right into gender's
[29:18] plan he attacks and removes asuka's plug
[29:20] from the even gallion inserting it into
[29:22] his own unit which needs a little and an
[29:24] angel pilot to operate at full potential
[29:26] inside her plug ASA is confronted by her
[29:29] original the DNA and Doner of the
[29:30] shikinami series who prevents her bomb
[29:32] choker from killing her allowing Unit 13
[29:35] to fully reawaken a remodeled Eva Mark 9
[29:38] seizes control of the Wonder and along
[29:40] with the three nerve ships project wings
[29:42] of light caused by the mark series now
[29:44] present aboard each ship after Mark 9
[29:46] ret took Wonder from Wily's control this
[29:48] ritual uses the black moon to create two
[29:50] new spears to be used to activate
[29:52] instrumentality yendo moves into the
[29:54] Wonder core where he plans to seize
[29:56] evaero one which is the last necessary
[29:59] element to the instrumentality
[30:00] activation he's confronted by misato and
[30:02] ritzo who shoots a bullet straight
[30:04] through his skull before giving him a
[30:06] chance to talk surprisingly this has no
[30:08] effect as it's revealed that gendo used
[30:10] the nabuk gazar key on himself
[30:12] abandoning his humanity and gaining a
[30:13] form outside the logos of our realm the
[30:16] logic that our world abides by he
[30:18] reveals that the second impact was done
[30:19] to purify the oceans a third to purify
[30:22] the land and this fourth will purify the
[30:24] souls of humanity he rationalizes his
[30:26] efforts by reasoning that the only paths
[30:29] forward for Humanity were to be
[30:30] exterminated by the Angels or Rob the
[30:32] angels of their seats before God raising
[30:34] Humanity to a new existence with this he
[30:36] takes the Eva entering a realm where
[30:38] time and space lose all meaning with
[30:40] Humanity on the brink of Extinction yet
[30:42] again Shinji approaches misant and
[30:44] ritsko asking if they'll allow him to
[30:46] Pilot 01 and prevent his father from
[30:48] rewriting the world miso agrees but the
[30:51] rest of the Willie crew is less than on
[30:53] board toi's sister who was the first to
[30:54] show compassion to Shinji after he awoke
[30:57] has taken a turn pulling a gun on him
[30:59] and attempts to stop him from piloting
[31:01] afraid of the damage he could cause
[31:02] still scarred by the events 14 years ago
[31:05] where the old Shinji would have caved at
[31:07] the distrust and hate pointed towards
[31:08] him he now Stands Tall able to take the
[31:10] burden of his past sins and the
[31:12] responsibility to pursue a new future
[31:14] for himself and those around him knowing
[31:16] that this is what must be done he can't
[31:18] back down isato takes the bullet for
[31:21] Shinji her full faith that he will see
[31:23] this through MTI arrives to Fair Shinji
[31:25] through the portal his father created
[31:26] her even capable of navigating the realm
[31:29] after consuming the mark 9 that held a
[31:31] vessel of Adam this realm they will
[31:32] enter named minus space is a place
[31:35] lacking physical laws the barrier
[31:37] between individual Consciousness being
[31:39] very slim the human psyche is only able
[31:41] to proceed this realm through surreal
[31:42] spaces within the Mind somewhat
[31:44] resembling dreams Shinji bids farewell
[31:46] to misant and enters the portal Mari
[31:49] drops him off at unit 0 1's plug and
[31:51] asserts to him that she will find him at
[31:53] any cost no matter what may separate
[31:55] them before she leaves Shinji is met
[31:57] with Ray in the Pilot's seat who is
[31:59] saddened that she was unable to prevent
[32:01] him from having to Pilot again he thanks
[32:02] her for what she's done thus far and
[32:04] takes her place which a SN rate
[32:06] surpassing Infinity he regrows the evil
[32:08] limbs ripping a spear away from his
[32:10] father his spear taking the form of
[32:12] casassus Spear of Hope the opposer of
[32:14] his father's Spear of Lous the Spear of
[32:17] Despair the two duel through minus space
[32:19] taking them through surreal environments
[32:21] seems recognizable to any fan of the
[32:23] original series gendo's desperation to
[32:25] be reunited with his wife and shinji's
[32:28] determination to save his friends leave
[32:30] them evenly matched and the momentum
[32:32] doesn't shift either way the two agree
[32:33] that there is no solution they will
[32:35] reach through might and so a battle of
[32:37] wills assumes gendo's goal is to use the
[32:39] spears to slay the gods taking their
[32:41] place so that he can reunite with his
[32:43] wife by rebuilding the world in a new
[32:45] image one without barriers between
[32:47] individuals and one where no one can die
[32:49] this process which will exhaust the
[32:51] spears knowing this misu attempts a last
[32:53] miracle hoping to deliver a new spear
[32:55] created by the Wonder and it sibling
[32:57] ships to Shinji inside minus space so
[33:00] that he may alter the course of his
[33:02] father's rebuild but she'll need the
[33:03] help of Mari to do so gendo reveals to
[33:06] Shinji the imaginary Evangelion an
[33:08] Evangelion that exists only as Theory
[33:10] here in minus space only able to be
[33:12] perceived by humans who have the ability
[33:14] to believe in both fantasy and reality
[33:16] equally he givs the spears to the being
[33:18] allowing him to activate the additional
[33:20] impact which will allow him to rewrite
[33:22] the human cognition as well as reality
[33:24] itself he justifies his methods with the
[33:26] Classic this is the only way the only
[33:28] path to seeing yui once again
[33:30] unaccepting of the reality of his
[33:31] situation of death or possible
[33:34] alternatives to sacrificing the entire
[33:36] universe because of his denial all must
[33:38] suffer for his desired future a surreal
[33:40] Ray emerges from minus space as the
[33:43] world etches closer to the end motty
[33:46] finds futy on the Bay of one of the
[33:47] three nerve ships she comments on the
[33:49] density of the LCL on the captain's deck
[33:51] being dangerously high for a human he
[33:53] admits he's been Reckless but did so out
[33:55] of delusional hope that g could reach
[33:57] their shared desire of reuniting with UI
[33:59] he tells Mari that everything she needs
[34:01] is on board knowing her goal is to
[34:03] absorb the remaining Evas that hold
[34:04] vessels of Adam allowing her to
[34:06] accurately Traverse Mina's space with
[34:07] misato to hand off the final spear she
[34:10] tells her she can do as she pleases
[34:12] before dissolving into LCL fluid he dies
[34:14] the same way he lived impartial Guided
[34:16] by a sense of hope for reunion but
[34:18] welcoming to conflicting ideals and
[34:20] methods she merges with the remaining
[34:21] Eva Mark series and along with misato
[34:24] depart on their final mission aboard the
[34:26] Wonder the last hope of
[34:27] humanity Shinji questions what it is his
[34:30] father plans to do what it is he wishes
[34:33] for he talks of a world Shinji once
[34:35] refused A World void of at Fields where
[34:38] all are one a place without pain loss or
[34:41] suffering one that we know all too well
[34:43] he assumed Shinji would understand his
[34:45] suffering after witnessing Ray die
[34:47] before him confirmation that gendo
[34:49] intentionally made her life very short
[34:51] but it seems in some twist of fate that
[34:53] gendo's desired reality is Tainted he
[34:56] quickly real realizes that this isn't
[34:57] what he first expected everywhere he
[34:59] looks yui cannot be found it seems he's
[35:02] been looking in the wrong place this
[35:03] entire time shenji appears before his
[35:05] father who's taken back by his presence
[35:07] here they're within the epicenter of
[35:09] instrumentality yet his son has followed
[35:11] him here when he poses this Shinji
[35:13] states that he followed in desired to
[35:15] learn more about his father why he
[35:17] became such a cold man before he
[35:19] consciously stayed away from him to
[35:20] avoid finding out if his father held
[35:22] hatred for him but now he moves towards
[35:24] his father brave enough to find the
[35:26] truth which activ Ates gendo's at field
[35:28] despite having thought he tossed aside
[35:29] his Humanity his fear of Shinji
[35:31] activated the field well he may have
[35:33] thought that he had overcome being human
[35:35] The Roots still run deep it's in this
[35:36] moment for the first time in years he
[35:38] refers to Shinji by name instead of
[35:40] third pilot upon handing his father his
[35:42] Walkman the tool that the two of them
[35:44] have both used to Shield themselves from
[35:46] the outside world Shinji enters his
[35:48] father's memories learning the tendency
[35:50] they both shared to isolate themselves
[35:52] from others and fear of the sadness that
[35:54] comes from attachment he sees how his
[35:55] mother opened up his father Father's
[35:57] World only for her losss to leave him a
[35:58] broken shell hellbent on reunion
[36:00] sacrificing every ounce of his Humanity
[36:02] but here now at the Pinnacle of his plan
[36:05] he's denied once more the reunion he so
[36:07] desperately Desires in anguish at this
[36:09] realization he wonders if it's that he's
[36:11] too weak to reunite with yui but Shinji
[36:13] points out that it is his failure to
[36:15] accept that weakness that has held him
[36:17] back all this
[36:19] time we Santo and mi's Miracle is a
[36:22] success and Shinji has delivered a spear
[36:24] inside minus space at the cost of their
[36:26] lives as he clutches the spear a symbol
[36:29] of their sacrifice gendo comments on
[36:31] shinji's maturity his ability to heed
[36:33] the word of others and accept their
[36:34] death this causes gendo to reflect on
[36:36] his choices as a father his neglect and
[36:38] abandonment of Shinji that he brought
[36:40] upon as a punishment for himself a
[36:41] sacrifice for what he had become he
[36:43] thought that would be best for his child
[36:45] but he realizes now his mistake instead
[36:47] of abandoning his child at the station
[36:49] he turns embracing him and In This
[36:51] Moment he realizes that all along the
[36:53] one he was searching for was within
[36:55] Shinji yui had never left to her son's
[36:57] side this realization causes gendo to
[36:59] abandon his efforts leaving the train
[37:01] that acts as The Surreal interpretation
[37:03] of the core of
[37:05] instrumentality with the weight of the
[37:07] world's future still at the brink hodu
[37:09] fills the Gap gendo leaves he once more
[37:11] asks Shinji what it is he wishes for
[37:14] with a new perspective on life and
[37:15] existence as a whole shinji's answer is
[37:17] different this time with certainty he
[37:19] states he can handle the pain and
[37:20] heartbreak that comes with living he'll
[37:22] be fine his worry though is that of
[37:24] saving USA and the others so he calls
[37:26] out to her on the beach where it all
[37:29] ended the two are reunited once again
[37:31] but this time they've both matured
[37:33] Shinji thanks Asuka for saying she liked
[37:35] him and tells her that he felt the same
[37:37] way he reminds her that there are people
[37:39] out there that care for her like kensuke
[37:41] despite her childhood trauma that's
[37:42] convinced her she is and always will be
[37:44] alone what she always craved was in
[37:46] front of her this entire time she was
[37:48] just too blinded to see it and so after
[37:50] being wiped the curse of Evangelion and
[37:52] returned to human form she's sent to her
[37:54] happy
[37:55] ending
[37:58] kodu wonders if Shinji sad seeing her go
[38:00] he assures that he'll be okay she's off
[38:03] to a better life now is the Angel's turn
[38:05] for a happy
[38:06] ending here in this Gap known as minus
[38:09] space Shinji remembers the lives he's
[38:11] lived that time and time again their
[38:13] paths have crossed destined to meet in
[38:15] what kodu thought was a quest to make
[38:17] Shinji happy but as it turned out it was
[38:19] just a warped perception of his own
[38:21] happiness all kodu wanted was shinji's
[38:23] happiness to make him happy he assumed
[38:25] that the extent of his role was an
[38:27] endless cynical existence only ending at
[38:29] the vacuum decay of the universe
[38:31] basically the death of everything but in
[38:33] a symbolic gesture Shinji offers him a
[38:35] hand out a new existence free of this
[38:37] torment kodu enters a world where he
[38:40] along with Kaji and misato can build
[38:42] back the earth a new at place he finds
[38:44] new purpose and the three receive their
[38:46] happy
[38:48] ending with kodo's departure Shinji
[38:51] remains along with Ray the final one
[38:53] he's determined to Grant a fairy tale
[38:54] ending she is at first reluctant to
[38:56] leave him satisfied with where she is he
[38:58] mentions to her how one of her found a
[39:00] place she could call home in Tokyo 4
[39:03] thinking maybe she could find a similar
[39:04] happiness he mentions that his plan
[39:06] isn't to rewind or revert the world but
[39:08] erase Evangelion from it something Ry
[39:10] deems a Neon Genesis which means the
[39:12] creation of something new while Ray
[39:14] shows concern for Shinji being alone he
[39:17] assures her he will be okay telling her
[39:18] to enjoy her chosen happy ending besides
[39:21] he won't really be alone M assuring that
[39:23] satisfied after hearing this she thanks
[39:25] him for all he's done for her her and so
[39:27] Reay receives her happy
[39:29] ending Shinji attempts to use the spear
[39:32] to impale himself and complete the
[39:34] ritual that will wipe even gelion from
[39:36] existence but is stopped by his own
[39:37] mother she along with gendo in Unit 13
[39:40] impale themselves fulfilling shinji's
[39:42] wish of a world devoid of Evangelion he
[39:45] too receives his happy
[39:48] ending as he sits alone on a beach
[39:51] contemplating the state of things Mari
[39:53] enters a portal in the sky assuring that
[39:55] she would never break her promise
[39:56] promise she used her Adam vessel
[39:58] consuming Eva to navigate to shinji's
[40:00] chosen life says goodbye to the final
[40:02] Evangelion as the two start their new
[40:04] life together free from their pilot
[40:08] roles time has passed M and Shinji have
[40:12] grown up living in a world free of
[40:14] Evangelion a world that is similar to
[40:16] our own M removes shinji's choker a
[40:19] symbol to us that shinji's vicious cycle
[40:21] of suffering has ended this is his new
[40:24] beginning the two run off into a new
[40:26] life in a city very similar to
[40:30] [Music]
[40:35] anos despite me trying my absolute best
[40:38] to explain and really lay out the story
[40:40] of this franchise there are just some
[40:42] things that go unanswered are too
[40:43] open-ended or just don't add up the easy
[40:46] way to explain all this reality is
[40:48] subjective and what may seem like an
[40:49] unexplained plot hole or ambiguous
[40:51] thread is just inflated to be more
[40:54] prominent because your perception
[40:55] gravitates to the elements that didn't
[40:57] meet your personal desires the long
[40:59] answer this show has a lot of
[41:01] possibilities with little substantial
[41:02] evidence I gave my best go at keeping it
[41:04] as fact-based as possible but there may
[41:06] have been some points where you
[41:08] disagreed with my interpretation of
[41:09] events that's okay one burning question
[41:11] I do want to answer that never is really
[41:13] addressed is who is Mari why does she
[41:16] exist and why does she end up with
[41:18] Shinji at surface level Mari is just a
[41:20] character that didn't exist before the
[41:21] rebuilds and her original purpose was
[41:23] just because Anna was asked to have
[41:24] another pilot and so did the role she
[41:27] plays in the story has a few more
[41:29] complex elements than her creation MTI
[41:31] is either a clone of one of gendo's
[41:33] Partners at seal or is just an extremely
[41:35] close lookalike to this girl that has
[41:36] shown in one of gendo's flashbacks and
[41:38] if you know anything about even gelan
[41:40] you would deduce that this is no
[41:41] coincidence and she is in fact a clone
[41:43] although they never really go into
[41:45] detail about this and just drop subtle
[41:47] hints that are a little too ambiguous to
[41:49] know for sure but fi's casual Behavior
[41:51] with her on the dock cannot be ignored
[41:53] so I will to the day I die argue that
[41:55] she is in act a clone of their partner
[41:57] now the reason she ends up with Shinji
[41:59] is another beast in itself for one of
[42:01] all the pilots she is the best fit for
[42:03] Shinji if you went with Ry he'd just be
[42:05] running back into comfortability into
[42:07] his mother's arms he went with Asuka the
[42:09] two have such a Negative history
[42:11] throughout their past lives that it's
[42:13] best of the two part ways what they have
[42:15] is more of a passionate affection
[42:17] towards each other and not true love so
[42:19] the most loving thing they could do for
[42:20] each other is parting ways Mari on the
[42:22] other hand represents a fresh start for
[42:24] Shinji a chance at true happiness and
[42:26] for Mari Shinji is an echo of her past a
[42:29] lost pup who just needed some guidance
[42:30] through his mental hardships who she
[42:32] eventually grew infatuated with of all
[42:34] the pilots Mari is the least mentally
[42:36] distressed she currently faces No
[42:38] prominent mental health issues and
[42:40] really pushes Asuka and Shinji towards
[42:42] reconciliation and assist them in facing
[42:44] their struggles so really we have Mari
[42:46] to thank for that fairy tale happy
[42:48] ending if she wasn't there Shinji and
[42:50] Asuka would have never reconciled now
[42:52] besides Marty there are an infinite
[42:54] amount of elements to pick apart and
[42:55] analyze and this video is already well
[42:57] over 30 minutes there is one last major
[42:59] point I want to touch though which is
[43:01] why even gelling is one continuous
[43:03] timeline and these two separate tellings
[43:05] are forever interconnected into a linear
[43:07] story rebuild is a goodbye to even
[43:09] gelion an acceptance of that at some
[43:11] point all things must come to an end it
[43:13] tells a story that builds off of the
[43:15] original giving the characters a true
[43:17] farewell ano made this a proper sendoff
[43:20] when creating end of Eva it may have
[43:22] been that he felt we will always be
[43:24] plagued by our own faults stuck in a
[43:26] vicious cycle unable to let go to rise
[43:28] above Shinji when choking Asuka was a
[43:31] symbol of his inability to shake his
[43:33] demons unable to overcome but through
[43:35] rebuild he was able to confront them and
[43:37] help others as well he realized that
[43:39] even the most despicable people are a
[43:41] prisoner of themselves to their faults
[43:43] and sometimes all they may need is to be
[43:46] shown another way to enact change ano
[43:48] felt that we are able to start again to
[43:50] choose a fresh beginning despite our
[43:52] past we carry the burden of our sins but
[43:55] we can choose the way weight of the load
[43:56] we can rise above reflecting on our
[43:58] mistakes and correcting our futures we
[44:01] all deserve a chance at a good life at a
[44:03] good existence and Shinji chose to rise
[44:05] above his cycle of suffering this movie
[44:07] series completes the story of Shinji and
[44:09] the rest of the cast bringing them to
[44:11] The Brighter Futures they deserved in
[44:13] offering others atonement for their
[44:14] actions while it may have not been
[44:16] perfect and not without flaws this is
[44:18] the true End of Evangelion the end of a
[44:20] cultural icon and a teacher one that
[44:22] will forever be remembered bye-bye
[44:25] eveling
[44:29] [Music]