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* NoSocialSkills:
** Shinji knew he was not good with people, but he thought Asuka was more sociable. However he slowly realizes he is very, very wrong: Asuka is popular but she has never dated anybody, has very few real friends and has a hard time to open up.
** Rei is lonely and asocial at the beginning. After opening up to Shinji she gets better and she even makes some friends (she eventually befriends Asuka).
** Shinji knew he was not good with people, but he thought Asuka was more sociable. However he slowly realizes he is very, very wrong: Asuka is popular but she has never dated anybody, has very few real friends and has a hard time to open up.
** Rei is lonely and asocial at the beginning. After opening up to Shinji she gets better and she even makes some friends (she eventually befriends Asuka).
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* HurtingHero: Shinji, Asuka and Rei's went through the traumatic experiences they endured in canon, but their traumas got worse because they became a LoveTriangle, and Shinji could not stand that Asuka and Rei got hurt. Still they fought to save the world and made their best.
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* InterruptedSuicide: After [[spoiler:running away, Asuka lay down on a tube and slit her wrists.]] However several Section-2 agents found her in time to save her life.
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* FanArt: Many fans drew fanart and even comic pages from the story when it was at the height of its popularity. Unfortunately, it disappeared when the server crashed.
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* ParentalNeglect: Misato cared dearly for her wards Shinji and Asuka, but after [[spoiler:Kaji's death,]] she was so wrapped into her grief, rage and thirst for revenge that she completely neglected them while they were going through a break-down. She never helped Asuka while she was going through a severe emotional turmoil or after she got mind-raped, and she was not there for Shinji when he was depressed because everyone [[spoiler:were dying or leaving him.]] Shinji even mentioned she was barely in home those days.
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* CurbStompBattle: Shinji against [[spoiler:the MP-Evas in the FinalBattle.]] Asuka [[spoiler:was butchering them when they suddenly gained the upper hand and tore her robot into pieces.]] Then Shinji arrived, saw what they had done, and went completely berserker. He utterly massacred them.
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* IMissMom: Shinji often misses his mother and wishes she was there with him. He also wonders what his father would be like if he would not have lost her.
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If you are interested in other classic Evangelion fanfics written in that era check the entries for ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'', ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'', ''Fanfic/HigherLearning'', ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'' or ''FanFic/NeonGenesisEvangelionR''.
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* TalkingInBed: Shinji has several talks with Asuka and Rei when he shares a bed with either of them. Asuka often opens up to him in those times.
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* GoodbyeCruelWorld: In chapter 10 [[spoiler:Asuka]] feels she no longer has a reason to live [[spoiler:after losing her ability to pilot Eva and after losing -or so she thinks- Shinji.]] So she wrote a goodbye note for Shinji and left, intending to kill herself.
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-->''I opened my eyes and then saw a scene that will probably haunt me the rest of my life. I saw nine white EVAs, circling around what was left of Headquarters. And in their hands, or even worse, their mouths, they held the remains of what had once been Unit-02.''\\
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-->''I opened my eyes and then saw a scene that will probably haunt me the rest of my life. I saw nine white EVAs, [=EVAs=], circling around what was left of Headquarters. And in their hands, or even worse, their mouths, they held the remains of what had once been Unit-02.''\\
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* BloodKnight: During several conversations Asuka tells Shinji she likes fighting why she is good at it and people notices when she fights. So she worked hard to become the best because she thought that nobody would care about her otherwise.
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* DramaticIrony: After [[spoiler:Asuka runs away,]] a depressed Shinji notes how ironic it is that he -a self-proclaimed coward and wimp- stood his ground as she -who had always been brave and indomitably stubborn- runs away.
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* SuggestiveCollision: Shinji colliding with other woman and falling on top of her happens so many times that it is a RunningGag. Shinji had fallen on top of Rei before the beginning of the story, he fell on top of Asuka when she was asleep and lying on her bed and he tripped and fell over Misato when he was helping her to go to her bedroom. All accidents are highly embarassing to him.
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* AttentionWhore: During several talks Asuka explains Shinji why she yearns for being looked and valued, and reveals she is frightened of being alone and disregarded as if she was a worthless thing.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Although Shinji, Asuka and Rei survived the War and their relationship made them slightly psychologically stronger they were still traumatized. Several years later Shinji still felt guilty for his friends' pain, Asuka was afraid of having children, and Rei regressed and became emotionless again for a while.
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* BadDreams:
** Asuka suffers frequent nightmares, specially after [[spoiler:getting raped by Arael.]] Usually they revolved around her mother's insanity and craziness. During a conversation with Rei, Shinji says they are getting so bad he is worried about Asuka.
** Shinji also had bad dreams after [[spoiler:Rei blew herself up and Asuka ran away.]] Often he sees [[spoiler:his Eva tearing his best friend apart, Rei exploding and Asuka killing herself while he does nothing to prevent it.]]
** Asuka suffers frequent nightmares, specially after [[spoiler:getting raped by Arael.]] Usually they revolved around her mother's insanity and craziness. During a conversation with Rei, Shinji says they are getting so bad he is worried about Asuka.
** Shinji also had bad dreams after [[spoiler:Rei blew herself up and Asuka ran away.]] Often he sees [[spoiler:his Eva tearing his best friend apart, Rei exploding and Asuka killing herself while he does nothing to prevent it.]]
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* LastGirlWins: [[spoiler:Rei was the first female character who shows up in the story. Asuka comes along later.]] Shinji fell for both but in the end he chose [[spoiler:Asuka.]]
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* ExpendableClone: Rei regarded herself as a mere clone and she thought her life was worthless. Shinji and later Asuka worked hard to convince her otherwise.
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* InSpiteOfANail: Although Shinji, Asuka and Rei and their relationship changed a lot throughout the story, most canon tragedies still happened. Their different and improved mindset only changed one thing: [[spoiler:the outcome of the war.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: Shinji tried to become more badass throughout the war to protect people he loved. As a result of it, in the FinalBattle [[spoiler:he broke synch records and utterly destroyed the MP-Evas.]]
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* TookALevelInCheerfulness: Rei, Asuka and Shinji had several setbacks and much angst as the former two fought over the latter, but on the whole their LoveTriangle made them happier and more emotionally stable.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Rei and Asuka start fighting over Shinji, forcing the latter girl to acknowledge and display her feelings openly. Since she has to stop pushing him away, Asuka starts being nicer and less harsh. In chapter 6 Shinji notes she is really kinder now.
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* SoProudOfYou: After the FinalBattle, [[spoiler:Fuyutsuki tells Shinji that his mother would be proud of him for what he had done.]]
-->''"Your mother would be proud of you."''
-->''"Your mother would be proud of you."''
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* DistantFinale: The epilogue happens four years after the FinalBattle and narrates [[spoiler:the Shinji and Asuka's wedding. During the ceremony, Shinji tells what has happened to the cast in the meantime.]]
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* ElevatorGoingDown: Subverted. In chapter 9 Maya is waiting for the elevator coming down. When the doors open she sees Asuka kneeled in front of a standing Shinji. She blushes, thinking they have just had sex. However nothing like that had happened.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: In chapter 9 Shinji and Asuka argue as riding an elevator. Asuka loses her temper for a second and slaps him. Shinji falls on his back and Asuka gets horrified and kneels down. Shinji stands and reaches a hand down to help her up when the elevator stops and Maya walks in on them. She blushes and Shinji does not want to know what she thought was happening.
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* BonusMaterial: The author includes several light-hearted, humorous omakes at the end of every chapter. They might be about anything, from Franchise/{{Godzilla}} attacking Tokyo-3 to Shinji accidentally discovering his best friend's girlfriend is not a girl.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The epilogue chapter happens several years after the FinalBattle: [[spoiler:Shinji and Asuka get married and their friends and co-workers attend their wedding. During the ceremony Shinji explains what everyone have been doing during the past years: he and Asuka still work for NERV, are living together and expecting a baby; Rei dealed with a depression for a while but got better and was experimenting with all kind of jobs; Touji and Hikari are still together; Misato started dating Makoto...]]
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* TrashOfTheTitans: Misato and Rei's apartments seem war zones because the amount of trash, garbage and dirt littering floor and furniture. Rei made an effort to become tidier, but when [[spoiler:Shinji got absorbed into Unit 01]] she reverted to her old ways. When Asuka visited her apartment in the "Friends and Rivals" side-story she was surprised when she saw the mess because she thought Rei was tidier than her.
-->''I entered her apartment. It looked like a mess. A rather strange sight, in fact. I always heard that Ayanami was a tidy girl, unlike me. But as I saw the state of her apartment... I realized that Shinji must have been doing all the chores in there...''
-->''I entered her apartment. It looked like a mess. A rather strange sight, in fact. I always heard that Ayanami was a tidy girl, unlike me. But as I saw the state of her apartment... I realized that Shinji must have been doing all the chores in there...''
