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title: 'Making Sense of REBUILD Evangelion'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=4F4rlafkbyA'
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date: 2026-06-14
duration_sec: 2672
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# Making Sense of REBUILD Evangelion

> Source: [Making Sense of REBUILD Evangelion](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4F4rlafkbyA)

## Summary

This video analyzes the four-film Rebuild of Evangelion series, arguing it is not a simple remake but a direct sequel to the original Neon Genesis Evangelion and End of Evangelion. The creator explains how character changes, a time-loop twist, and new elements like Mari lead to a happier ending for Shinji, framing the series as a meta-narrative about growth and breaking cycles.

### Key Points

- **Rebuild is a Sequel, Not a Remake** [00:00] — The Rebuild series is a direct continuation of the original Evangelion, with characters in a time loop. Kaworu is aware of past timelines and tries to give Shinji a happy ending.
- **Character Changes in 1.0** [01:00] — Shinji is more proactive, piloting to save Rei without coercion. Misato is a better parental figure, communicating more effectively. These changes lead to different outcomes.
- **The Time Loop Twist** [02:19] — Kaworu has memories of past lives and is bound to Shinji. The original series was the first loop; Rebuild is a later attempt to break the cycle of suffering.
- **Mari's Role** [04:24] — Mari is a new pilot added to shake up character dynamics and push them toward positive endings. She is likely a clone of a former colleague of Gendo's.
- **Asuka is a Clone** [04:49] — This Asuka is a clone of the Shikinami series, lacking the trauma of the original. She is more direct and emotionally open, leading to a healthier relationship with Shinji.
- **Near Third Impact** [07:56] — Shinji's attempt to save Rei triggers a pseudo god-like being and the Third Impact. Kaworu stops it with the Spear of Cassius, but the world is devastated.
- **14-Year Time Skip** [11:10] — Shinji awakens 14 years later to find the world in ruins and everyone blaming him. Misato leads WILLE, an anti-NERV organization, and Shinji is imprisoned with a bomb collar.
- **Fourth Impact** [15:29] — Shinji, manipulated by Gendo, retrieves the spears and triggers the Fourth Impact. Kaworu sacrifices himself to stop it, revealing he is the 13th Angel.
- **Shinji's Depression and Recovery** [21:02] — After the Fourth Impact, Shinji falls into a catatonic state. He is taken to a village where he slowly recovers with the help of Rei, Asuka, and friends.
- **Final Battle and Instrumentality** [26:53] — Shinji confronts Gendo in minus space. Gendo's plan for Instrumentality is to reunite with Yui, but Shinji helps him realize his mistake. Gendo and Yui sacrifice themselves to erase Evangelion.
- **Kaworu's Happy Ending** [37:58] — Shinji offers Kaworu a new existence, freeing him from the cycle. Kaworu joins Kaji and Misato to rebuild the world.
- **Rei's Happy Ending** [38:48] — Shinji tells Rei to find her own happiness, possibly in a world without Evangelion. She thanks him and departs.
- **Shinji and Mari's New Beginning** [39:29] — Shinji erases Evangelion from existence. He and Mari start a new life together in a world like our own, free from the cycle of suffering.
- **Why Mari Ends Up with Shinji** [40:35] — Mari represents a fresh start. She is the least mentally distressed pilot and helps Shinji reconcile with Asuka. Their relationship is a symbol of moving on.
- **Rebuild as a Meta-Commentary** [43:01] — The Rebuild series is a goodbye to Evangelion, showing that people can overcome their cycles of suffering. It offers a hopeful conclusion that the original lacked.

### Conclusion

The Rebuild of Evangelion is a direct sequel that uses a time-loop premise to give the characters a second chance at happiness. It serves as a meta-narrative about growth, acceptance, and the ability to break free from destructive cycles.

## Transcript

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