History HoYay / NeonGenesisEvangelion

*** After Kaworu reveals to Shinji that he [[spoiler: is the final angle]] he expects Shinji to reject him... only for Shinji to say that he doesn't care. Kaworu turns his head away and bursts into tears of joy.

** In ''Rebuild 1.0'', Kaworu awakens shirtless on the moon to promptly say "I'm looking forward to knowing you, Shinji Ikari." As lampshaded with many lulz by the fansubbing group, the Japanese word used can mean "to know in the biblical sense." And right after that statement, he says he's gonna make Shinji "happy" this time...

** Shinji was Tsundere and didn't want to fall in love with him, but did. That's the entire point of their interaction. Sadamoto admitted he was the only of the children who had romantic interaction with Shinji. Asuka and Rei were meant to be platonic from Shinji's side.

*** ''Sakura Nagashi'' is a song about coping with grief, and mourning for a lover deceased. Guess who dies in that film...

* In one of the previews for 3.0 has Misato say that Shinji wakes up next to a mysterious boy [[spoiler:however this has been disproven as the plot for 3.0 rendered the preview irrelevant. The implication was that the boy was Kaworu, though.]]
** In 3.0 Kaworu and Shinji both play the piano under a heart shaped tree, with Shinji learning how to play the piano instantly with some help from Kaworu. Later on he blushes when Kaworu tells Shinji he can just call him by his first name.
** heck the whole bedroom talk feels like a love confession between the two, you probably think at some point they are going to kiss [[spoiler: they don't damm you Anno bloody troller and once again Shinji is just a cationic puppy dog after Kaworu's death ]] they really took the stuff between these two UpToEleven in 3.0 and there's still another film left so who knows

** In the original drafts of Kaworu's appearance, the HoYay was meant to be even more blatant. Originally, they were going to go skinny dipping in the ocean together, kiss, and Shinji was actually going to confess his feelings for Kaworu.

** In the original drafts of Kaworu's appearance, the HoYay was meant to be even more blatant.

* Far less blatant is the open admiration {{BridgeBunn|ies}}y Maya has towards her superior Ritsuko, though unfortunately for her [[spoiler:Ritsuko is far too busy getting banged by Gendo]].

** In the Campus Apocalypse manga, Kaworu says that he's only helping NERV for Shinji's sake and that otherwise he'd be out there enjoying life [[spoiler:until all reality fell apart without him as a CosmicKeystone.]] [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Because Shinji was nice to him]], true, but...
*** Campus Apocalypse Kaworu falls in love with Shinji because [[spoiler:they met as children and Shinji patted Kaworu on the head. Kaworu sacrifices himself for Shinji in the end.]]

** In Rebuild 1.0, Kaworu awakens shirtless on the moon to promptly say "I'm looking forward to knowing you, Shinji Ikari." As lampshaded with many lulz by the fansubbing group, the Japanese word used can mean "to know in the biblical sense." And right after that statement, he says he's gonna make Shinji "happy" this time...
** They have a lot of HoYay in NeonGenesisEvangelionGakuenDatenroku and IkariShinjiRaisingProject too.
** In the Angelic Days manga, Kaworu obviously has [[{{Yandere}} a crush of some sort]] on Shinji.

** Look where Shinji's staring when he blushes in the shower.

* And there's a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmHv2-fIwiM scene]] in Rebuild 2.0, Kaji asks Shinji if he wants to go on a date with him. Shinji reminds him that he's a boy and in response Kaji says "No problem. Gender shouldn't get in the way of love" places his hand on Shinji's, gets close to his face, and pretends (?) to try to kiss him and Shinji blushes, letting out an almighty squeal.

* There's also some LesYay played with in regards to Asuka and Rei in the official art, even though they're far from being on friendly terms in the actual series.
** FoeYay? (Seriously though, their interactions in "The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still" actually bordered on a bizarre case of BelligerentSexualTension, especially since they made temporary peace with each other in the end.)
*** They grow to be on better terms in ''RebuildOfEvangelion'', though.
**** In ''RebuildOfEvangelion'' Asuka later volunteers to pilot Unit 03 so that Rei can bring Shinji and his father closer together. She does this for ''Rei'', who in most incarnations she doesn't care for at all.

** In ''NeonGenesisEvangelionGakuenDatenroku'' there's a very LesYay scene between Asuka (playing the Virgin Mary) and Rei (playing Gabriel) during the Nativity Play. Quite frankly, it's impossible to miss. Either that or Asuka and Rei were sneakily insinuating that Jesus is Mary and Gabriel's lovechild.

*** And pretty amusingly, when Misato finds Asuka trying to cook, and naturally correctly assumes that she's trying to do something nice for Shinji, for a change, Asuka flusters and tries to insist that it's for a girl. Alas, neither of them seem to think of the implications through.

** In 3.0 Kaworu and Shinji both play the piano under a heart shaped tree, with Shinji learning how to play the piano instantly with some help from Kaworu. Later on he blushes when Kaworu tells Shinji he can just call him Kaworu.

** In the manga, meanwhile, the Ho Yay is much more sexualized but one sided, with Kaworu as the aggressor. Shinji outright tells [[FanNickname "Evil Manga Kaworu/Karl to 4Chan's /a/"]] he doesn't even ''like'' him, and rebuffs anything resembling an advance he makes. That still doesn't stop him from rather aggressively interrogating Shinji on the nature of love. Throughout their scenes together, Shinji is unnerved by Kaworu's "weird" behavior, but acts as a classic tsundere archetype. Only later after [[spoiler:Kaworu's choice to die by Shinji's hands]], Shinji admit he was 'attracted' to Kaworu in a conversation with Misato.
*** The manga has Kaworu giving Shinji mouth to mouth. Also, in another scene the two boys are in the same shower stall, inches away from each other, facing each other. It even has the kanji for "tension" between them.
**** That was a kiss, officially. Sadamoto explained Kaworu was so confused and ashamed about his feelings (who he kept referring as disgusting) he tried to cover up, poorly because he began to speak about love and kissing Shinji after that.

**** This Troper would also like to point out, in the mouth-to-mouth scene, both of the boys were on Shinji's bed. Shinji was lying on it since he felt feverish, and Kaworu took it upon himself to climb onto the bed and position himself over Shinji's body before administering the little "re-oxygenation."

** In the Angelic Days manga, Kaworu obviously has a crush of some sort on Shinji.
*** [[{{Yandere}} There is a word for it.]]

** In the manga, meanwhile, the Ho Yay is almost completely absent, or at the least one-sided. Shinji outright tells [[FanNickname "Evil Manga Kaworu"]] he doesn't even ''like'' him, and rebuffs anything resembling an advance he makes. That still doesn't stop him from rather aggressively interrogating Shinji on the nature of love. Only later in an InnerMonologue does Shinji admit he was 'attracted' to Kaworu.

*** It's not absent, Shinji was acting tsundere over his attraction. That was left even clear in his thoughts later.

** And finally, in EOE, Shinji meets Giant-Naked Rei and has a screaming fit of insanity (to be fair, [[NightmareFuel so did many fans]]) but a second later, she transforms into Giant Naked Kaworu and asks, "Is this better?" Shinji ''smiles'' for the first time since meeting Kaworu. Yep.

* In one of the previews for 3.0 has Misato say that Shinji wakes up next to a mysterious boy.

** And finally, in EOE, Shinji meets Giant-Naked Rei and has a screaming fit of insanity (to be fair, [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel so did many fans]]) but a second later, she transforms into Giant Naked Kaworu and asks, "Is this better?" Shinji ''smiles'' for the first time since meeting Kaworu. Yep.
* Far less blatant is the open admiration [[BridgeBunnies Bridge Bunny]] Maya has towards her superior Ritsuko, though unfortunately for her [[spoiler:Ritsuko is far too busy getting banged by Gendo]].
** In EndOfEvangelion, compared to Shinji's Kaworu, the figure who Maya sees is Ritsuko who types "I need you" on Maya’s laptop with her hands over Maya’s, and then tenderly embraces her, with her knee planted in Maya's groin. Before she's turned into LCL Maya joyfully returns Ritsuko's hug and cries "Sempai! Sempai! Sempai! Sempai!" with a look of ecstasy on her face as tears flow from her eyes.

** In NeonGenesisEvangelionGakuenDatenroku there's a very LesYay scene between Asuka (playing the Virgin Mary) and Rei (playing Gabriel) during the Nativity Play. Quite frankly, it's impossible to miss. Either that or Asuka and Rei were sneakily insinuating that Jesus is Mary and Gabriel's lovechild.

* The latest preview for 3.0 has Misato say that Shinji wakes up next to a mysterious boy.

** And during the bathing scene, Kaworu places his hand on Shinji's, and rather than hesitate or pull back (as he did in a previous episode, when Misato attempted to touch him), Shinji allows Kaworu's hand to linger on his own. And shortly afterwards Kaworu tells Shinji that he loves him. At the end of the bathing scene, Shinji tells Kaworu that they need to go to bed, to which Kaworu is confused and asks, "Together?" Shinji is quick to decline Kaworu's offer, but he does spend the night at Kaworu's apartment, sleeping on the floor beside Kaworu's bed. Shinji finds it quite easy to talk to Kaworu about his conflicted feelings and Kaworu is shown smiling at Shinji in a fond manner, causing Shinji to blush, and Kaworu tells him "I think I was born just to meet you, Shinji Ikari." Later, Shinji is devastated by his killing Kaworu, and remarks that Kaworu was the only person in his life to tell him that he was loved.

* Shinji and Kaworu. The blushing, the showering together, the hand-holding, the sleepover, and the declaration of love, all in one episode. At the very least, Kaworu wants it in the ass hard.
** ''Really''? If anything, Kaworu's a more natural (if caring) Seme, due to Shinji's constant psychosis, fits more into the defintion of Uke. But YMMV

** And finally, in EOE, Shinji meets Giant-Naked Rei and has a screaming fit of insanity (to be fair, [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel so did many fans]]) but a second later, she transforms into Giant Naked Kaworu and asks, "Is this better?" Shinji ''smiles'' for the first time sense meeting Kaworu. Yep.

** In Rebuild 1.0, Kaworu awakens shirtless on the moon to promptly say "I'm looking forward to knowing you, Shinji Ikari." As lampshaded with many lulz by the fansubbing group, the Japanese word used can mean "to know in the biblical sense."
*** ...and right after that he says [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean he's gonna make Shinji "happy" this time...]]
**** Kaworu's favorite song and Character Theme is "Ode to Joy". Gay used to mean Happy, before being a slang term for homosexuality. Therefore...ok, let's stop before it gets any more obvious that he would be the Angel of Homosexuality if he wasn't already something else.
***** [[FreudWasRight Wir betreten feuertrunken/Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!]]

* ''IkariShinjiRaisingProject'' does this with Asuka/Rei on illustrations and in Shinji's dreams and even in real-life as they become more friendly toward each other late in the series, Maya/Ritsuko, Rei/Misato because Rei obsesses about boobs and can't help touching them, and also Ritsuko/Yui and the terrifying Rei/Yui because Yui has the largest breasts of the whole cast. Also, there is much Shinji/Kaworu to be had and Asuka once jokes about Touji and Shinji having an [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean intimate relationship]]. And of the more NoYay variety, Gendo simply loves his son Shinji so dearly he wants to bear-hug him from behind or take a bath with him. Look hard and you can probably see some Mana/Asuka too.