Neon Genesis Evangelion 20 Reaction

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1. Actually, Calvin was right at around 9:04 of the discussion – during the cross-compatibility test between Unit 00 and 01 in Ep.14, Rei was able to synch normally with Unit 01 (while ruminating over a poem). Unit 00 was the one that went berserk when Shinji was inside trying to synch with it, and it behaved in a similar way as the first time Unit 00 was shown going berserk in Epi. 5 – punching the glass windows where Rei (and Gendoh in Epi. 5) was standing behind. Both times Ritsuko thinks Unit 00 was in fact after her if I remember correctly. This neither proves nor disproves the mommy-inside-the-eva theory, but you guys will learn more in the upcoming episodes which will only get better and better 😉
   Anyway, thoroughly enjoyed your reaction and discussion. Can’t wait for the last leg of the series and then the movies (hopefully!!)

2. “I assure you, dear viewer, this 30 second straight shot of Misato getting railed is integral to the plot”

   But for real, I love these more meta episodes, and I do personally think that the exact objects in that shot make a loooooot more sense after the end of evangelion. I also find it pretty interesting that Kaji mentions “running away to your carnal desires is perfectly natural”, and we kind of see Shinji do that in his ego-death state, running to images of the women in his life ‘becoming one’ with him in order to feel something or gain some sense of identity again.

3. Terrific reaction and discussion!

4. shinji soup!! shinji soup!!