History Manga / NeonGenesisEvangelionCampusApocalypse

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld

* Theatre/OedipusRex: "That wasn't Father!" [[spoiler:It really isn't; see Disappeared Dad above.]]
* [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary Middle School Student]]

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech / TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kaworu reminds Ritsuko that he is not one of her flunkies, he is an EldritchAbomination; he's only here for Shinji, he doesn't care about NERV or humanity in general; and points out that being too afraid of life's pains to enjoy what it has to offer is just cowardly and despicable, which is especially pointed since that was the motivation of both NERV and SEELE in the original series. It's a CallBack to the original series, where his motivation for letting himself be killed was that Shinji and humanity were the ones who deserved to have the world due to Shinji's ability to keep going after heartbreak and humanity's achievements (especially a certain piece of music).

* DisappearedDad: Gendo, of course. [[spoiler:Turns out that the original Gendo of this universe is dead, and the current Gendo is from an alternate universe, presumably based on an alternate version of canon Evangelion.]]

** Also later, after [[spoiler: Kaworu confesses to him that he's the 17th Angel Tabris, he expects Shinji to hate him. Yet, Shinji tells him that he doesn't care and that he will still like him. Kaworu almost cry in happiness at that.]]

* GainaxEnding: Naturally, being an Evangelion spin-off and all. [[spoiler:Kaworu does...something, Gendo says something vague, Shinji talks to a Naked Kaworu and then somehow Shinji ends up walking to school with Asuka and Rei like nothing weird ever happened.]] Typical ''Evangelion'' ending here, folks. For a clearer explanation, [[spoiler:Kaworu becomes the Heart of the Evangelion Universe. It's foreshadowed that some time passed after this and Shinji's waiting for his return, convinced he's watching over them and he'll come back one day]]. Unfortunately, it seems that Ming Ming [[Creator/SpikeSpencer ran out of ink (and pages)]], leading to a rushed conclusion.

* GainaxEnding: Naturally, being an Evangelion Spin-Off and All. [[spoiler:Kaworu does...something, Gendo says something vague, Shinji talks to a Naked Kaworu and then somehow Shinji ends up walking to school with Asuka and Rei like nothing weird ever happened. Typical Evangelion Ending here, folks.]]
** [[spoiler: Kaworu becomes the Heart of the Evangelion Universe. It's foreshadowed that some time passed after this and Shinji's waiting for his return, convinced he's watching over them and he'll come back one day]].

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* {{Artificial Human}}s: [[spoiler:Kaworu and Rei]]

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Kaworu.]]

* XMeetsY: Has been described as "''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}''."

* RedHeadedHero: Asuka

* MythologyGag: Kaworu's character in an MMO is [[spoiler:a Fallen Angel-character class named Tabris. No wait, maybe that was foreshadowing]]? Also, Misato being a teacher.
** The three nuns Ooi, Mogami, and Agano come from three Nerv technicians in ''IkariShinjiRaisingProject''.

* StrangeGirl: Rei is more this than [[EmotionlessGirl emotionless]].

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Kaworu.

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* ConspiracyTheorist: Instead of a military otaku, this continuity's Kensuke loves him some conspiracy theories.

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech / TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kaworu reminds Ritsuku that he is not one of her flunkies, he is an EldritchAbomination; he's only here for Shinji, he doesn't care about NERV or humanity in general; and points out that being too afraid of life's pains to enjoy what it has to offer is just cowardly and dispicable, which is especially pointed since that was the motivation of both NERV and SEELE in the original series. It's a CallBack to the original series, where his motivation for letting himself be killed was that Shinji and humanity were the ones who deserved to have the world due to Shinji's ability to keep going after heartbreak and humanity's achievements (especially a certain piece of music).

* OedipusRex: "That wasn't Father!" [[spoiler:It really isn't; see Disappeared Dad above.]]

* XMeetsY: Has been described as "''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''{{Persona}}''."

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''Campus Apocalypse'' (Japanese title: ''Gakuen Datenroku'', which translates to ''Academic Record of Heaven's Descent'') is a 2007 AlternateContinuity-''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' manga by Ming Ming wherein Shinji Ikari is [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent your average middle school student]] attending NERV Academy, a Catholic school, and living with his guardian, Kaji, whom the former's father sent to take care of him while he worked overseas. One night, while at the vending machines, Shinji sees his crush, Rei Ayanami, with a boy that he doesn't know and then stumbles upon a small orb. The next day, the very boy Shinji saw, Kaworu Nagisa, transfers to his class. Curious about the relationship the two may have, Shinji decides to investigate and finds himself in the middle of a battle between Rei and Kaworu, and a hideous Angel! Turns out that [[EmotionlessGirl Rei]] and [[{{Bishonen}} Kaworu]], along with Shinji's other classmate, [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka]], are working for a secret organization bent on preventing the Angels from taking Cores, small orbs (like the one Shinji found) that help the great tree Yggdrasil keep the universes from intermingling and falling into chaos. Now he too must join him, using his EVA, a device that molds into a weapon based on the user's will.

* AlternateContinuity: LighterAndSofter. Relatively speaking, of course.

* EmotionlessGirl: Rei, but not as much as her original universe counterpart.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Two schoolchildren/[[spoiler:Angels]] are Italian-speaking. Also, Hebrew words appear when the Evas are used (and at other times), although the grammar is incorrect.
* GottaCatchEmAll: The cores.

* IntrepidReporter: Kaji has shades of this [[spoiler:when he gets involved with the whole Angels thing.]]

* WordSaladTitle: As if the original title's direct translation wasn't bad enough (''Neon Genesis Evangelion Academy: Records of Heaven's Descent''), DarkHorseComics has released the translated manga as ''[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-03-15/dark-horse-lists-evangelion/campus-apocalypse-manga Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse]]''.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech / TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kaworu reminds Ritsuku that he is not one of her flunkies, he is an EldritchAbomination; he's only here for Shinji, he doesn't care about NERV or humanity in general; and points out that being too afraid of life's pains to enjoy what it has to offer is just cowardly and dispicable, which is especially pointed since that was the motivation of both NERV and SEELE in the original series. It's a CallBack to the original series, where his motivation for letting himself be killed was that Shinji and humanity were the ones who deserved to have the world due to Shinji's ability to keep going after heartbreak and humanity's achievements (especially a certain piece of music).

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler: As he explains to Shinji, this is Kaworu's entire motivation for betraying his kind, the Angels, and staying on the humans' side. Because both boys met when they were young and Shinji was kind to him out of pity and empathy, eaching Kaworu about human kindness.]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Asuka... [[WTHCasting as the Virgin Mary.]]
** Rei and the horse head. Everything about it.

* HoYay: Kaworu did it again. (The ''serious'' variant, unlike other alternate continuities such as ''IkariShinjiRaisingProject''.)
** 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.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:The fake Gendo Ikari shooting Rei after she also figures out his secret.]]

* ViewerGenderConfusion: In this continuity, Shinji is essentially a breastless Maya. Also, maybe Kaworu.

* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: Speaking of which, Shinji with a gun is...cool!?

* TheWoobie: Shinji, Kaworu, Asuka, and Rei. That's right, each of the main kids.

* [=~Chekhov's Gun~=]: The Core Shinji finds at the very beginning (also a defining moment in his relationship with Asuka, as she ''isn't'' pleased he took her "trophy").

* [=~Chekhov's Hobby~=]: Kensuke's love of conspiracies.

** Shinji, though, YourMileageMayVary

''Campus Apocalypse'' (Japanese title: ''Gakuen Datenroku'', which translates to ''Academic Record of Heaven's Descent'') is a 2007 AlternateContinuity-''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' manga by Ming Ming wherein Shinji Ikari is [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent your average middle school student]] attending NERV Academy, a Catholic school, and living with his guardian, Kaji, whom the former's father sent to take care of him while he worked overseas. One night, while at the vending machines, Shinji sees his crush, Rei Ayanami, with a boy that he doesn't know and then stumbles upon a small orb. The next day, the very boy Shinji saw, Kaworu Nagisa, transfers to his class. Curious about the relationship the two may have, Shinji decides to investigate and finds himself in the middle of a battle between Rei and Kaworu, and a hideous Angel! Turns out that [[EmotionlessGirl Rei]] and [[{{Bishonen}} Kaworu]], along with Shinji's other classmate, [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka]], are working for a secret organization bent on preventing the Angels from taking Cores, small orbs (like the one Shinji found) that help the great tree Yggdrasil keep the universes from intermingling and falling into chaos. Now he too must join him, using his EVA, a device that molds into a weapon based on the user's will.

* XMeetsY: Has been described as "''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''{{Persona}}''."