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[[caption-width-right:350:Written and illustrated by Jimmy Wolk.]]
-->''Sometimes, destiny offers people another chance. Sometimes just to undo small mistakes. Sometimes even to avert the end of the world. But sometimes, the price for another chance is higher than anyone could guess...''

After Third Impact, Shinji and Asuka are the only humans left in the whole world, and they must carry on with only each other. And against all odds, they do, overcoming their own psychoses and insecurities and becoming better humans through it. Then one morning, they both wake up to find that mankind has returned, they are in their younger bodies and living in Misato's apartment again, and only they have any memories of what has happened, and what is happening again, the little world they built for themselves destroyed.

And now they have to go through their most trying ordeals once more in the Evas, and try to change history, while simultaneously deflecting suspicions of their changes, and coping with the loss of their old life.

The realm of ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva]]'' fics has numerous Post-Third Impact and PeggySue stories of varying quality. ''The Second Try'' (found [[http://jimmywolk.studenten-froendenberg.de/eng/nge.php?2nd here]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1413558/1/The-2nd-try here]]) has ''both'' plotlines, but ya know what? It ''works''. The story has Asuka and Shinji change vastly from how they were in the series, but in small ways, so that Shinji is still Shinji and not ChuckNorris or TheChessmaster, and Asuka is still Asuka and not [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Belldandy]] or [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Ty Lee]], and the reasons for these changes are organic and make sense in context for the characters.

The Author has since begun a sequel [[http://jimmywolk.studenten-froendenberg.de/eng/aki.php?browse.0.0 webmanga]] called ''[[Webcomic/AkiChansLife Aki-chan's Life]]''. It picks up right where the story leaves off. [[spoiler:(Or rather, a week or two before the story actually ends.)]] Another fic of his, ''Fanfic/TheIkaris'', now has his own page.

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!!Tropes:

* [[spoiler:[[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Absurdly Youthful Parents]]: It's not really clear how old Asuka and Shinji were when she gave birth to Aki. They had lost track of time since the Third Impact and only really started counting again after her birth. However, Shinji speculates that a year-and-a-half to two years passed before that, which would have put their age somewhere around 15 to 16.]]
** [[spoiler:Taken even further when they reunite with Aki in the last chapter : while Aki is still 4, Shinji and Asuka were returned into the bodies they had at 14, bringing the age gap between parents and daughter down to ten years.]]
* AdamAndEvePlot: Asuka and Shinji discuss this during one of the "flashback" chapters.
* AdultFear: Plays a large role in Asuka's and Shinji's CharacterDevelopment.
* AfterTheEnd: All named chapters before "Repeat" are set here.
* AnachronicOrder: The story alternates its chapters between the PeggySue and Post-Third Impact storylines.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The start of the last chapter "end" shows the events of the last day from Rei's viewpoint.
* AntiHero: '''AVERTED'''. Shinji and Asuka my be this in the "AfterTheEnd" chapters, but in the "repeat" chapters they're straight up heroes [[spoiler: They really don't have any reason to pilot the Eva's anymore. They lost everything the first time around, they had dealt with their issues and regrets a long time ago, and now they've lost their daughter. They don't have any attachments to the world, nor anything to gain from saving it. But they ''choose to fight anyways'', just to give the world another chance.]]
* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: Both Shinji and Asuka become much more confident and capable people after Second Impact.
* TheAtoner: Shinji and Asuka [[spoiler: avert this, surprisingly. It becomes more apparent as the story goes on that they've largely come to terms with their failings, and they're not motivated by regret and/or guilt.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: Misato is revealed to be preggers [[spoiler:with Kaji's baby]] in the epilogue.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: [[spoiler:Aki.]]
** [[spoiler:Note that this trope is shown in a much more realistic light. The pregnancy initially put a huge strain on Shinji's and Asuka's relationship (Asuka never wanted a child due to her fears of being replaced; Shinji was scared out of his wits due to his own issues with his father), and both had to do some serious soul searching to get to the point where they were emotionally prepared to be parents. Even after the birth, they had to work hard, make mistakes, and deal with situations they were not prepared for.]]
* BackToBackBadasses: Shinji and Asuka fighting together against the Mass-Production Evas.
* BadassBookworm: Both Asuka and Shinji have to become this in order to survive the post-Third Impact world, since they're the only humans left on the planet.
* BattleCouple: Shinji and Asuka, even more than in the original series now they are serious about fighting and want to support and help each other. It even is noted by [[spoiler:Kaworu.]]
** In [[spoiler:second-to-last]] episode:
-->'''Asuka (to Shinji):''' "I'll handle them. These guys aren't the real problem after all. Just take care of my cable, okay?"
-->'''Shinji (smiling weakly and nodding):''' "Of course."
** And later in the same episode:
-->[[spoiler:'''General:''']] "Concentrate all fire on that power cable!"
-->[[spoiler:'''Comm-Officer''':]] "It's no use, Sir! Purple's guarding it!"
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:Shinji and Asuka are brought back because they just happened to make an off-handed wish for Aki to have friends. Needless to say, Shinji doesn't take this excuse very well.]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: Played with. Living on their own had helped Shinji and Asuka grow past this point, but after getting thrown back in time, they try enacting this trope to avoid arousing suspicion. The key word there is '''Try'''.
* BerserkButton: Taunt Asuka with [[spoiler: her daughter's name]] or threaten to harm Shinji in front of her. Come on! I dare you!
** Likewise, Shinji doesn't take too kindly towards anyone who tries/threatens to harm Asuka. While he's pretty good at keeping his cool, some [[spoiler:MP Evas]] found out the hard way what happens if this button gets [[RageBreakingPoint pressed too hard]]. Stupid bastards never saw it coming.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Once again, Shinji. More so than in the original timeline, as he's no longer plagued by crippling insecurities. Exemplified in his rematch with the 13th angel. [[spoiler:He keeps calm during the fight, retains control of his EVA when Gendo tries to activate the Dummy Plug, and after Rei safely extracts the Entry plug from Unit 03, proceeds to use his prog knife to literally ''rip it apart'' before destroying it with repeated stabs the core.]]
* [[spoiler:BigGood: Kaoru of all people. What pushes him into this territory is that not only did he make so that Third Impact was adverted, he made it so that Aki could grow up normally with her parents. He's still a bit of a dick but saving all 3 billion people on earth allows you to be.]]
* BilingualBonus: Asuka and [[spoiler:Aki]] speak a lot of German, including several children's songs. Which makes sense, since both the characters ''and'' the author are German.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Kaworu. He finds humans thinking and emotions -such like fear- alien and disconcerting, and people also finds him weird and even unsettling. Asuka defines the mere fact of meeting and talking to him like "unsettling". Maya found her utter unguardedness disturbing and somewhat eerie. Toji wondered if he was homosexual, but Kaworu had no idea of what he meant when when Toji asked politely. He also told to Shinji life and death are as unimportant to him as are time and space.
* BrainBleach: In chapter three Misato teases the three Children by asking if they went for a threesome in the bushes. Asuka screamed she needs a shower to get those disgusting images out of her head. Given that she's not a lesbian or prone to sharing -at the least!- it probably wasn't an act.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Discussed but ultimately averted.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Shinji finally snaps at Gendo during ''The Final''.
** He partially snapped in ''Repeat'', too:
-->'''Shinji''': "You know," he began, the bitterness in his voice rising as he got back on his feet. "I thought I might be able to understand you better by now. But actually I understand you even less than before. How..." He turned around. "How can anyone really want to send his own child away?"
-->'''Gendo''': "I have no reason to explain myself if you are already aware that you cannot understand."
-->'''Shinji''': "No, maybe not. You'd just blame everything on the pain of losing her anyway. Do you really think you're the only one who ever felt like that? You're not the only one who lost a loved one! [...] But unlike most, you didn't hold dear what was left of her. Instead of using it to remember the love she gave, you just saw it as reminder of her loss. So you just threw it all away, because the very existence hurt you."
* CannotSpitItOut: A humorously subversion. Hikari goads Asuka into confessing her feelings for Shinji, believing she is unable to. The audience, however, knows that Asuka had gotten WAY past that step several years ago (or, depending on the point of view, several years later... [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble Time travel is migraine-inducing]]).
* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:When Gendo confronts Shinji about his conversation with Asuka during the attack by the 15th Angel, Shinji tells him ''exactly'' what's going on. Gendo promptly dismisses his son's warnings as the ravings of a mad child...[[SubvertedTrope which is]] ''[[SubvertedTrope then]]'' [[SubvertedTrope revealed to have been a ploy by Gendo.]] He believed what he heard, all right, and it sent him into deep despair over never seeing Yui again.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Some of the best development for Shinji and Asuka in all of fan fiction takes place during the Post-Third Impact chapters.
** The real brilliance of the fic comes from watching them switch back and forth from their old selves to their post TI-selves. It really makes it clear to the reader how much they've grown.
* TheChessmaster: Averted. Shinji and Asuka are ''not'' Gendo Ikari.
** Though they do have some small successes here and there, such as playing matchmaker for Toji and Hikari.
* ChekhovsGun: The "Anonymous" letter that Shinji slips into Misato's jacket during chapter 3. [[spoiler:Misato finds it during the aftermath of the battle with the 14th angel, and leads to her learning of Shinji and Asuka's secret.]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler:So innocent that they can convince Asuka to save the world and [[AssimilationPlot keep Rei from destroying it]].]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: Asuka was one in the original series (part of her animosity towards Rei was due to her misconception that Shinji liked Rei instead of her). Her jealousy had mellowed due to her feeling more confident about herself and their relationship; however, she makes no attempt to hide her hostility towards Kaworu and makes it clear that she wants him nowhere near her husband.
** There may have been a little jealousy there, but she was more worried that Shinji would get hurt again.
* ConvenientComa: [[spoiler:Gendo falls into one after his suicide attempt. It's mostly convenient for Shinji, as he uses the opportunity to explain what happened at the end of the story, but it ends with the possibility he may never recover.]]
* CoolDownHug: Just so many... Usually Shinji is the one who does the embracing. It's somewhat funny that the timid little introvert became the more emotionally stable of the two.
** The FIRST scene -that spawned the whole fic- consisted of Shinji embracing Asuka to cheer her up.
** Shinji hugging Asuka in "Love" after their FreakOut
** Shinji hugging Asuka several times in "Repeat" because she was feeling awful.
** Shinji sitting down with Asuka and embracing her after her MindRape (and Asuka stating who knows how much could have changed if he would have done that the first time)
* CurtainFic: It's debatable how much "finding food and shelter" and "maintaining the homestead's defenses" can be considered normal chores, but the post-Third Impact chapters do qualify, in a weird post-apocalyptic sort of way.
* CutenessOverload: ''[[EmotionlessGirl Rei]]'', of all people, is hit by this. [[spoiler:Meeting and being befriended by Aki is what finally convinces her to ditch Gendo's plan]]. Although, in the following webcomic, [[spoiler:Aki]] causes this in pretty much everyone.
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Rei resorts to this to critique a drawing of her. It works because the artist is only three.
* DeadGuyJunior: Discussed but ultimately averted. [[spoiler:Shinji and Asuka don't want their child to have to try to live under the shadow of someone they're named after.]]
* [[spoiler:DeathByChildbirth: The author leads the audience into thinking that Asuka died giving birth to Aki, even though it's a ForegoneConclusion that she survives.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Subverted twice. [[spoiler:Once during the rematch with [[MindRape Arael]], and the second when Shinji thinks Asuka's dead, almost starting [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Third Impact]] again]].
** Played straight with [[spoiler:Gendo, after he realizes Rei isn't going to help him. He promptly decided to commit suicide.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Chapter 11. Yep, Asuka just [[spoiler: punched Kaworu in the gut]].
** Better yet, in the same chapter she [[spoiler: gets the drop on him after he takes control of EVA-02 and uses it to tear apart NERV to get to Lilth. Unbeknownst to him, she hid herself inside Unit-02, and overrides his control right as Shinji makes his appearance in EVA-01. Kaworu is so surprised at this that he ''actually drops his usual smile [[OhCrap for a look of pure shock]]'']].
* DramaticIrony: As trying to play her old role in "Repeat", Asuka realizes that her claims of being a grownup, her attempts to seem it and her demands to be treated like such not only ''proved'' that she was still a child but also made her seeming even more childish. Sadly, she has to keep the masquerade instead of behaving like the adult she is now.
* DidntSeeThatComing: SEELE's reaction to [[spoiler:Toji appearing by piloting Jet Alone and the death of the first MP-EVA.]] Their [[VillainousBreakdown following argument gets so heated]] that they don't even notice that someone is missing.
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: When Gendo arrives in Terminal Dogma and finds that Rei isn't there he tries to kill himself in a last ditch attempt to be with Yui again. [[ConvenientComa It doesn't work]].]]
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: After the defeat of the Seventeeth Angel, Shinji visits a sleeping Asuka in the hospital, and unlike [[{{Squick}} what he did in the original timeline]], he kisses her. Asuka wakes up during the kiss and jokingly tells maybe he should have tried that the last time instead.
* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: [[spoiler:Kaworu spends his final moments explaining to a depressed Shinji in great detail how he really did SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, revealing that his daughter is still alive, and giving Shinji encouragement that he, his wife, and their friends ''would'' be able to save the world, while at the same time implying that he was behind the whole PeggySue part of the plot in the first place and did it just to help give Aki a normal life.]] Damn, way to be a hero, man.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Well, [[CaptainObvious yeah]].
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Humorously inverted this time around. The rest of this cast assume this is the case with Asuka and Shinji. However, no one has any idea that, not only are they a couple, but [[spoiler: they are also lovers, have been ''married'' for over 5 years, and ''raised a child together''.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: No. [[SubvertedTrope No they are not.]]
* FallingIntoTheCockpit: In chapter 2 Asuka wants to drive a car for the first time. Shinji thinks it is not a good idea, but she argues if she is able to drive a HumongousMecha, she is able to drive a car. Shortly after, she finds out that... nope. She is not.
* FieryRedhead: Asuka mellows out considerably in the post-TI chapters, but still retains this as part of her personality.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Shinji and Asuka are a couple; and they have traveled back in time.
* FirstKiss: In ''Repeat'', Shinji and Asuka redo his first kiss' scene, with their positions flipped (this time it is Shinji who does the goading and who pinches Asuka's nose). Right like many other moments of their relationship led to horrible misunderstandings and mutual heartache in the original timeline, they turn it into a heartwarming moment.
* ForegoneConclusion: A minor one at the end of chapter 6, the author makes it seem like Asuka has died [[spoiler:from the strain of childbirth]]...about 4 years before she and Shinji get thrown back in time. She, of course, turns out to be fine a paragraph later.
** Played straight in the otherwise heartwarming Chapter 8. [[spoiler:Despite the happy times that Shinji and Asuka spent with their daughter, the audience already knows that Aki was erased from existence when the time line was rewound.]] This chapter (and chapter 6) also hints at another one that combines with AdultFear. They're still the ''only'' people left on the planet, even after several years. [[spoiler: Little Aki will grow up without any friends; and, what will happen to her once her parents are gone?]] Their happiness will not last forever, nor does the future look bright.
*** [[spoiler: These are then averted (subverted?) when it turns out that Aki had been sent into the past as well, appearing a few days after Kaoru's death. Tears are shed as she's reunited with her parents, Aki has been given a chance to live a normal life, and they all finally earn their happy ending.]]
* FutureBadass: Both Shinji and Asuka retain their combat experience, and given how they've lost most of their mental issues, are infinitely better at piloting.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Asuka delivers this trope almost word for word in chapter 2, thankfully without the slapping.
** Note that, had this occurred before the Third Impact, she ''would'' have slapped him. She was probably afraid to (given what happened during instrumentality, and the fact he's the ''only'' other person left on earth).
* GilliganCut: From "I'm sure, as long as we ([[spoiler: Aki]] and Asuka) have each other, there's nothing that could hurt us." to "Ah! [[spoiler: Aki]], you're hurting [[spoiler: Mama]]!"
* [[spoiler:GoodParents: Against all odds, Shinji and Asuka become this, and they both lampshade it repeatedly.]]
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Shinji and Asuka Ikari, though they don't tell anyone about their status]].
* HeldGaze: Shinji and Asuka did it several times, such like in "Repeat" before kissing.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Shinji very much wants his redhead, gorgeous, {{Tsundere}} [[spoiler:wife.]]
* HiddenDepths: Rei is apparently quite the artist.
* [[spoiler: HollywoodGenetics: Lampshaded by the author in the notes for chapter 6. He says that it's "almost blasphemy that he didn't make Aki a chibi-Asuka".]]
* IMissMom: This was a key part of the personalities of Asuka and Shinji in the original timeline, and the irony was they did not know they were closer to them than ever when they rode their robots. Now they know it, but unfortunately they can not make the most of it since if their synch rates rocketed up it would draw suspicion. Of course, in the final chapter, [[spoiler:Aki misses both of her parents (especially her mother) until she meets them again.]]
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All odd-numbered chapters are numbered from 12th to 17th to represent the Angel fought, while even-numbered chapters are named with a single word on its major theme.
* InsultOfEndearment: Asuka still calls Shinji "baka" often enough that the term has almost become a pet name. To the point that [[spoiler:when Aki says her first words, it's the second thing she utters after "Mama" (to Shinji's dismay and Asuka's amusement). It's also the only thing she can come up with when asked for her father's name by a police officer.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: [[spoiler:Aki and Rei]].
* InMediasRes: A lot happens after that last scene of End of Evangelion, but that gets revealed later on. The story starts within a couple days of the battle of the Twelfth Angel.
* IronicEcho: "''Do not ask questions you don't really want to hear the answer to.''"
* JerkassFacade: In the original timeline Asuka donned one to prevent people from getting emotionally closer to her. After the Third Impact she gradually got over the need to do so, but back in the past she is forced to reapply it to avoid suspicion. However she finds very hard and distressing -even childish- to play her old role.
* [[JustToyingWithThem Just Toying with Her]]: When the MP-Evas show themselves to be tougher to bring down than expected, it dawns to Asuka that this is the reason why she seemed to slaughter them so easily the first time around. The realization only serves to further fuel her RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* KarmicDeath: Chairman Kihl of SEELE. Most evil man in the series. [[ManipulativeBastard Has been manipulating things behind the scenes probably since he was a young man.]] Cooked up Second Impact and the plan for his version of Third Impact to essentially escape Death, which he's afraid of. [[spoiler:Dies of a heart attack off-screen when the MP-Evas start [[KilledOffForReal dropping for real.]]]]
* [[spoiler:KidFromTheFuture: Aki gets sent back in time about a day before SEELE launches their attack on NERV. Her parents were already aware of her existence, having been sent back in time themselves.]]
* LateArrivalSpoiler: People that started to read the fic after its completion most likely have got spoiled that [[spoiler:Shinji and Asuka had a daughter in the future.]]
* [[spoiler:LawOfInverseFertility: Played both straight and averted. Asuka didn't want to have a baby, even to the point where she was ''starving herself'' in a misguided attempt to induce a miscarriage (which, Shinji later noted, put her in more danger than the baby). However, once she sees the first ultrasound that changes. The aversion comes with Aki being born alive and healthy.]]
** [[spoiler: MySecretPregnancy: Asuka had also tried to keep her pregnancy a secret from Shinji. He only found out by chance when he was picking up their trash after a rat had ripped open a bag and discovered the positive test. Needless to say, he was not happy.]]
** [[spoiler: ButWeUsedACondom: They're not really sure how it happened, as Asuka had been on The Pill when she got pregnant. Asuka claims that the drugs were expired while Shinji suspects that she forgot to be constant in taking it. Of course, it's also possible they fell into that small percentile where it doesn't work, something Shinji {{Lampshades}} with a weary "we've beaten worse odds before".]]
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: -Hilariously- inverted. After [[spoiler:being told the secret, Misato mutters]] Shinji and Asuka used to bicker LikeAnOldMarriedCouple before, but now that they ARE one, they act like new-found lovebirds. Shinji and Asuka explain that is -partially- because they are hormone-driven teenagers again... without BelligerentSexualTension separating them.
** The "Hey, look, the newlyweds are fighting!" line from Touji is revisited, and Shinji and Asuka both try hard to act like they did the first time, except Touji notices that the two of them are [[{{Corpsing}} having a hard time containing their laughter]].
* LittleNo: Asuka to Shinji in ''Love'': [[spoiler:"HATE ME! LEAVE ME! KILL ME!"]]. Shinji's answer? "No..."
** This actually mirrors their scene during instrumentality (you know, '''that''' scene), [[HourglassPlot with their positions swapped.]] However, this time it ends with a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments CMOH]].
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Shinji and Asuka are this for each other.
* LongingLook: Played tragically. They can't let anyone knows they are together, so in public they can't support at each other physically -not matter how depressed or glum one of them is-, and they have to resort to throw stealth, longing glances at each other.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Gendo is the obvious example, but... Shinji caused Third Impact because Asuka rejected him ("No one loves me, so everyone must die"). In the altered timeline, he [[spoiler:almost caused the Third Impact ''again'' because he believed Asuka was dead.]]`
-->'''[[spoiler:Yui]]''': "Is it okay now?"
-->'''Shinji''': "Yeah. She's fine. That's all that matters to me."
* [[spoiler:MamaBear: Asuka is ''fiercely'' protective of her post-Third-Impact family (both Aki and Shinji), to the point that, in ''The Final'', she made an attempt to ''strangle Gendo'' when he tried to interrogate her about them (and she came damn near close to succeeding; Gendo even seemed to be a bit unnerved).]]
** [[spoiler: She also threatened Kaoru to stay away from Shinji, knowing full well [[PhysicalGod what he was]].]]
* TheMatchmaker: Shinji and Asuka act as this for Hikari and Toji.
** Hikari thinks she's acting as this for Asuka and Shinji, which they (and the audience) find hilariously ironic.
--> '''Asuka''': ...with the way she's acting I'm not even sure if she really understands that it's not just some teenage crush.
--> '''Shinji''': Well, she still '''is''' a rather normal teenager after all.
* MeaningfulEcho: ''"Smile when you're happy, cry when you're sad..."''
-->[[spoiler:''[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "And do both when you're happier than you've ever been in your life."]]'']]
* MindRape: Asuka once again suffers this at the hands of the 15th angel, but this time [[AdultFear it's even worse]].
* MindScrew: In the author's own words, it wouldn't be ''Evangelion'' without it. This includes a bizarre and slightly disturbing rehash of the GainaxEnding of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' in chapter four, "Love."
** Another minor one occurs in "end" with Shinji wondering [[spoiler:how Aki made it back from the future. However as Asuka puts it: "Tell you what, Shinji," a wide grin sprawled over her face while they walked up the stairs. "I don't give a damn. She's back and that's all that matters to me."]]
* MistakenForGay: Kaworu by Toji (see NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat below). Kaworu is genuinely clueless about what Toji was implying but finds his reaction "very interesting" nonetheless.
* MoeCouplet: [[spoiler: Rei and Aki]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In ''Love'' Shinji blatantly admits it is his fault half of humanity is gone. Later, Asuka and he admit in one conversation they had been part of the trouble in the original timeline just so much like everything else.
* NoExportForYou: In an ''incredibly'' rare aversion for fanfiction, this story is [[http://jimmywolk.studenten-froendenberg.de/eng/nge.php?lang available to read]] in several other languages, which right now include German, Spanish, and Polish. A Chinese and a French translation are also in progress.
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. [[spoiler: Her lack of periods is how Asuka figgured out she was pregnant.]]
* NotSoDifferent: At the last scene, Shinji admits he finally understands his father a bit, since when [[spoiler:he thought Asuka was dead he almost started the Instrumentality right on the spot. And he would have done if Asuka would have not reached him in time.]]
** Kaworu taunts Asuka stating maybe she knows him better than she admits.
* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: Toji invokes the trope when he -very awkwardly- tries to ask Kaworu if he is gay:
-->'''Toji''': "Hey, you know... the way you're moving and talking... and that smiling... you're not... I mean not that I'd have anything against it... but still..."
-->'''Kaworu''': "I am afraid I do not know what you are referring to."
-->'''Toji''': "Yeah, sure, never mind."
* ObliviousToLove: Subverted. Everyone think Shinji and Asuka are oblivious to each other's feelings... but in reality they not only are well-aware but also they [[spoiler:got married before returning to the past.]] But since they don't want anybody finds out they are time-travellers, they pretend they are blind to each other's feelings.
* OhCrap: From the audience [[spoiler:when they learn that Gendo and Fuyutsuki learn something they shouldn't have after the Arael fight]].
* [[OlderAndWiser Older and]] [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Wiser]] [[OlderThanTheyLook Than They Look]]: Shinji and Asuka, after they return to the past, are mentally in their early 20's. However, they have the emotional maturity of a person at least 10 years older than that.
* OneSteveLimit: See DeadGuyJunior above.
* OtherMeAnnoysMe <=> FutureMeScaresMe <=> IHatePastMe: All ''three'' of them are discussed in ''Repeat''. Asuka thinks her younger self would hate her for forsaking all what she had lived for since she was four. Shinji disagrees, stating she is being too hard on herself, and off-handily mutters ''his'' younger self would surely be shocked at him.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: A rather important plot point revolves around Shinji and Asuka trying to act like their old selves so as to not arouse suspicion. However, they are not the most convincing actors and most of their friends note that they are acting odd (Asuka is bad at hiding her emotions, while Shinji sometimes forgets to stay in character). Rei pretty much spells it out in chapter 3 in a conversation with Toji.
--> '''Rei:''' "He (Shinji) is acting different lately. Soryu as well. Both have improved their social skills. Ikari is not as timid in the presence of other people. Soryu's aggressiveness has calmed down enough to accept the presence of people she had declared to hate, including myself. However, most of the time, they are trying to convince everyone that these changes are not existent. They also seem to possess a greater knowledge than before."
** The only reason they manage to keep the facade up is because no one would suspect that they were actually a couple, much less the other absurdities of their story (you know, with the whole End of the world and time travel bit)
* [[spoiler:PapaWolf: Shinji, like Asuka above, is very protective of his post-Third-Impact family, though he keeps his cool better than Asuka...most of the time.]]
* PeggySue: Arguably deconstructed when [[spoiler:it turns out that Shinji and Asuka had a child who was erased from existence]].
** [[spoiler:However Kaworu, [[BigGood who was behind the whole plot]], took her at the same time he pulled Shinji and Asuka. He just made it so she appeared after it was all over.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Asuka and Shinji were like this in the original series, but their relationship becomes a mellow version of this trope in the post-Third-Impact chapters.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Given the mind-numbing complexities of time-travel, we see Shinji and Asuka like a couple BEFORE we see the upgrade. It happens in chapter 4, "Love". After a heated argument related to Kaworu, Asuka finally musters the courage to confess her feelings to Shinji. Naturally he tells her that reciprocates.
* RetGone: One of the things Asuka and Shinji have to deal with is coping with the loss of their old life. [[spoiler:Which includes the loss of their daughter.]]
** [[spoiler: Until it turns out that she was sent back in time as well.]]
* TheReveal: See WhamLine.
* SayingTooMuch: An interesting version. [[spoiler:In Chapter 5, after the battle with the 14th angel, Misato finds (a little too late) an "Anonymous" note from Shinji, meant to warn her about EVA 03 being possessed by the 13th angel... That he had ''written out by hand''. She, of course, recognizes his handwriting, and a quick peek at his schoolwork confirms that he wrote it. She then remembers his and Asuka's odd behavior, and realizes that Asuka may know something about the letter. When she confronts Asuka, who is extremely distraught at the time (for ''very'' good reasons), Asuka breaks down and lets the facade drop.]]
* SleepCute: Quite a few times in Chapter Four.
* TheStationsOfTheCanon: It starts right before the attack of the Twelveth Messenger, and it follows the order of the Angel battles, changing events in-between. The major changes start after the battle against Zeruel.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In chapter one:
-->'''Misato''': "You're worried?"
-->'''Asuka''': "Worried? Ha! Why should I be? It was his own fault that he's trapped in there!"
-->'''Misato''': "I haven't even mentioned Shinji..."
** It is made funnier because Misato thought Asuka was in denial. Asuka was not, but she needed everyone to think she was.
* TalkingToTheDead: Shinji and Asuka do this in After-TI chapters. Although instead of a grave, they go to the LCL sea.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:EVA-02's self-destruction against the [=MP-EVAs=]. Subverted in that Asuka ejects in time (or more specifically, Kyoko ejects her daughter before blowing herself up).]]
* TechnicalVirgin: A literal example. In ''The Final'' Asuka points out that it is technically her first time due to MentalTimeTravel.
** In an earlier chapter she jokingly suggested Shinji he started thinking of ways to make up for their former ''first'' time.
* TemptingFate: Asuka hangs a lampshade on how it's bad luck to propose before the final battle. She even compares it to {{Retirony}}.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: Asuka is now definitely the wife [[spoiler:in more ways than one]]; Misato still has traits of seductress who tries being mother, and Rei is the child.
* TimeyWimeyBall: [[spoiler:Exploited by Kaoru to make sure that Aki is reunited with her parents.]]
* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: In the original timeline, Gendo tried to invoke this trope with the dummy plug system, and it worked (temporarily). In the fanfic, his try fails because his son knew how to go about [[IncrediblyLamePun pulling the plug on it.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:The fall of the first MP-EVA during the final battle marks the shift of SEELE from the OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness they were in-canon to a NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering over the ruin of their plans for Instrumentality and the potential ways to try to salvage them. The unnoticed fatal VillainousBSOD their chairman suffered while they were arguing doesn't help to clear the air.]]
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: [[spoiler:Violently Protective Wife,]] in fact. Although she has mellowed down since she was a teen, she channels and unleashes all of her remainder fury against whoever threatens with harming Shinji. [[spoiler:Zeruel, Kaworu and even ''Gendo'']] found out the hard way.
* {{WAFF}}: Ironically, a lot of AfterTheEnd chapters can get like this, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it's the opposite, it's a good thing. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming A very, VERY good thing.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Anything that involves a little girl named Aki [[spoiler:Ikari, the daughter of Shinji and Asuka.]]
* WhamLine: The end of chapter 5.
--> '''Shinji''':[[spoiler: "We had a child."]]
** Another smaller one occurs in the middle of chapter 3, marking the first divergence unplanned by Shinji and Asuka, when Hikari, out of concern for Toji, asks him about his absence at lunch, leading him to tell her about him being chosen as Fourth Children.
--> '''Toji''': I... I... I managed to get a better medical treatment for my sister!
--> '''Hikari''': But- That's great! What did you do for that?
--> '''Toji''': Nothing much. Just sold my soul...
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:After Lilith is destroyed and Gendo shoots himself in the head, it's never revealed what happened with ADAM being implanted in his hand.]]
** [[spoiler:Gendo, when he partially wakes up, notes that he can't feel his right arm. Hmmm...]]
* WillfullyWeak: As mentioned above, Shinji and Asuka suppress their sync ratios during tests in order to keep up appearances. Though this causes odd fluctuations in their ratios that do not go unnoticed.