The subsequent grief hits Shinji hard as ever, but this time, he gains control over it much faster than before. But just after he tells her that, Rei transforms back into LCL. Shinji ultimately decides to call her Ayanami as well. Rei asks him to give her a real name, as everyone around her calls her “lookalike.” She finds out that she needs to be constantly exposed to LCL to maintain her human form. After spending several days in complete shock, Shinji too starts to recover. Touji and Hikari are now married and even have a child together.Īmong these people and others like them, this version of Rei Ayanami begins to find her humanity. Touji serves as the settlement’s doctor, while Kensuke is the designated handyman. They meet their old friends Touji, Hikari, and Kensuke, all of whom have grown up. They eventually find a settlement established by keeping the core-conversion back. The opening credits show Shinji, Rei, and Asuka making their way through the desolate red Earth. It is revealed that they want to build a new Unit 02 and modify Unit 08 to be overlapping compliant. Storage facilities belonging to NERV come out of the ground, and the WILLE operatives confiscate a large number of EVA spare parts and ammunition. Maya and her crew activate the pillar, forcing the core-conversion to retreat and freeing a large part of the city from its effect. WILLE operatives, led by Maya Ibuki, gain access into a black sealing pillar, while Mari Illustrious Makinami, in Unit 08, fight off a hoard of EVAs with the help of the Wunder fleet. Here is everything you need to know about the ending of ‘Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.’ SPOILERS AHEAD.Įvangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time Plot Synopsis But then destiny comes calling, and he must face his father, Gendou Ikari, once more. Surrounded by friends and well-wishers, he gradually heals. Deeply traumatized due to almost causing the Fourth Impact and the death of Kaworu, Shinji has become catatonic. See Leviticus (ויקרא) xvii:xi and Deuteronomy (דברים) xii:xxiii.Īs this term is so closely tied to many other terms in the show the following articles are recommended reading.In ‘Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time,’ Shinji is taken to a settlement where he, Rei, and Asuka reunite with older Touji, Hikari, and Kensuke. In the Old Testament/Torah blood (and so possibly LCL) is equated with the lowest aspect of the soul in qabalah called nepesh (נפש). Souls appear as red orbs of light during End of Evangelion.
EVANGELION SHINJI IKARI INTO LCL WINDOWS
The entire salvage of Shinji during this episode is based on the salvage attempts of Yui Ikari after the Contact Experiment, giving us one of the few windows present during the course of the show into exactly what is involved between the soul and body. Libido, Destrudo, and the temperature of the LCL also seem to be factors during the salvage of Shinji. An electromagnetic torus is placed around the Entry Plug to re-anchored Shinji Ikari's soul within the LCL present within the plug (see image to right). The words soul, mind, self-image, psyche, heart and will seem oftentimes interchangeable in NGE.Įpisode 20 reveals the most about the soul's physical properties.
Souls then intersect with LCL, and by a process that Aoba calls "self-formation of LCL", they form a vessel that is shaped by the soul using the AT Field/ego border/edge of the mind/self-image. Souls originate from the Chamber of Guf, entering and leaving the world through the Doors of Guf. the Evangelions and Rei clones) or if the soul was subsequently removed or lost (the Seeds and various dead Angels). A lifeform comprised of particle-wave matter is able to exist independent of the soul, whether it was created without one in the first place (e.g. Field (and hence a soul) in order to maintain physical integrity. Organisms derived from the LCL of Lilith require an A.T. Episode 20.Ī soul (魂, tamashii) is, in Neon Genesis Evangelion, a necessary component of all lifeforms. Part of the plug-salvage equipment required to re-anchor a soul into a body.