History Recap / NeonGenesisEvangelionEpisode19Introjection

Asuka, while still alive, is rendered useless after Zeruel’s attack. She sits inside the EVA, cursing her own weakness. As the Angel moves forward toward NERV Headquarters, Shinji watches the battle rage on. As he stands outside, he sees Kaji taking care of his watermelons. Kaji asks him what he is doing here and Shinji explains to him his decision to quit being an EVA pilot. When Shinji asks Kaji what ''he's'' doing here, Kaji replies that this place is where he’d like to be when he dies, since it is said that when an Angel makes contact with Adam (who Kaji believes to be under NERV Headquarters) the world will end. As they talk, Shinji sees Rei come up with an N2 mine cradled in Unit 00's arm. She runs toward the Angel, pierces its A.T. field, and detonates the mine. It has no effect and soon Rei is put down as well. Kaji reminds Shinji that all he can do is care for his watermelons at this point. Shinji, however, has something else. He has an ability that no one else has and with that, Kaji leaves the final decision to Shinji.

Preparing to leave Tokyo-3, Shinji is back in Misato's apartment. Having finished packing, he lies down on his bed one last time. The phone starts ringing, but he ignores it and the call goes to voice-mail. Turns out the caller is Kensuke, who has found out about Shinji's reassignment, and he demands to know if it is true. "Why are you running away again?", Kensuke asks, as he admits that he both admired and envied Shinji. "Damn it! Even Toji became an EVA pilot, while I-" he continues, obviously trying to keep his voice from breaking, before he is cut short. A formal voice takes over and tells Shinji that the line is monitored and the call has been terminated for security purposes, thanking him for his cooperation.

It grips one of the Angel’s arms and kicks the creature, ripping off its limb and sending it flying backwards. Unit-01 then integrates the torn limb into its own severed arm and regenerates it. The regenerated limb, however, is nothing like how it looked before and actually looks like a human arm. The Angel tries repelling Unit-01 with its A.T. Field, but with a swat of its hand, the EVA extends its own A.T. Field, which smashes through the Angel's barrier and slashes the creature, making its blood and chunks of its flesh spray all over the Geofront. Ibuki notes that Shinji’s sync ratio with Unit-01 has reached an astonishing 400%, with Ritsuko remarking on how the EVA unit is finally aware. As the Angel is down, Unit-01 crawls over on all fours, growling and snarling like an ape. It goes on to eat the Angel, with Ritsuko explaining that the EVA has begun assimilating an S2 engine into ''her''self. As the EVA continues to eat, it starts growing, causing the armor to break. This armor turns out to not only protect the EVA but also serve as restraints for the beast inside.

At the train station, Shinji has one last conversation with Misato. Being straight to the point, Shinji asks her the only question he has; why was Toji chosen? She relays him the information that all of his classmates are potential pilots, and she acknowledges that she and everyone else at NERV have been placing a lot of responsibility on Shinji’s shoulders since he is a pilot of an EVA Unit. She knows it has been a huge burden but remains steadfast in her belief that the end justifies the means. She tells him that she will be saving his pass-code to Headquarters and keeping his room unchanged. He tells her that won’t be necessary and firmly states that he won’t pilot an EVA again. Misato is surprised by his tone and wonders whether Shinji is truly speaking his mind for once. As Shinji waits for his train to arrive, the alarms begin to wail signaling the arrival of the fourteenth Angel, Zeruel, a huge and bulky, vaguely humanoid creature with a leering skull-like mask for a face.

Preparing to leave Tokyo-3, Shinji is back in Misato's apartment. Having finished packing, he lies down on his bed one last time. The phone starts ringing, but he ignores it and the call goes to voice-mail. Turns out the caller is Kensuke, who has found out about Shinji's reassignment, and he demands to know if it is true. "Why are you running away again?", Kensuke asks, as he admits that he both admired and envied Shinji. "Damn it! Even Toji became an Eva pilot, while I-" he continues, obviously trying to keep his voice from breaking, before he is cut short. A formal voice takes over and tells Shinji that the line is monitored and the call has been terminated for security purposes, thanking him for his cooperation.

At the train station, Shinji has one last conversation with Misato. Misato relays him the information that all of his classmates are potential pilots, and she acknowledges that she and everyone else at NERV have been placing a lot of responsibility on Shinji’s shoulders since he is a pilot of an EVA Unit. She knows it has been a huge burden but remains steadfast in her belief that the end justifies the means. She tells him that she will be saving his pass-code to Headquarters and keeping his room unchanged. He tells her that won’t be necessary and firmly states that he won’t pilot an EVA again. Misato is surprised by his tone and wonders whether Shinji is truly speaking his mind for once. As Shinji waits for his train to arrive, the alarms begin to wail signaling the arrival of the fourteenth Angel, Zeruel, a huge and bulky, vaguely humanoid creature with a leering skull-like mask for a face.

Preparing to leave Tokyo-3, Shinji is back in Misato's apartment. Having finished packing, he lies down on his bed one last time. The phone starts ringing, but he ignores it and the call goes to voice-mail. Turns out the caller is Kensuke, who has found out about Shinji's reassignment, and he demands to know if it is true. "Why are you running away again?", Kensuke asks, as he admits that he both admired and envied Shinji. "Damn it! Even Toji became an Eva pilot, while I—" he continues, obviously trying to keep his voice from breaking, before he is cut short. A formal voice takes over and tells Shinji that the line is monitored and the call has been terminated for security purposes, thanking him for his cooperation.

Preparing to leave Tokyo-3, Shinji is back in Misato's apartment. Having finished packing, he lies down on his bed one last time. The phone starts ringing, but he ignores it and the call goes to voice-mail. Turns about it is Kensuke, who has found out about Shinji's reassignment, and he wants to know if it is true. "Why are you running away again?", Kensuke asks, as he admits that he both admired and envied Shinji. "Damn it! Even Toji became an Eva pilot, while I—" he continues, obviously trying to keep his voice from breaking, before the call is cut short. A formal voice tells Shinji that the line is monitored and the call has been terminated for security purposes, thanking him for his cooperation.

After he regained consciousness, Shinji was detained in a cell to await a meeting with the Commander. Upon facing his father, he tells him that he doesn’t want to pilot an EVA anymore and resolves to go back to living with his old teacher. His father proceeds to delete all of Shinji’s data and designates Rei as Unit-01’s pilot with the dummy plug as backup.

As Shinji prepares to leave Tokyo-3, he has one last conversation with Misato. Misato relays him the information that all of his classmates are potential pilots, and she acknowledges that she and everyone else at NERV have been placing a lot of responsibility on Shinji’s shoulders since he is a pilot of an EVA Unit. She knows it has been a huge burden but remains steadfast in her belief that the end justifies the means. She tells him that she will be saving his pass-code to Headquarters and keeping his room unchanged. He tells her that won’t be necessary and firmly states that he won’t pilot an EVA again. Misato is surprised by his tone and wonders whether Shinji is truly speaking his mind for once. As Shinji waits for his train to arrive, the alarms begin to wail signaling the arrival of the fourteenth Angel, Zeruel, a huge and bulky, vaguely humanoid creature with a leering skull-like mask for a face.

Zeruel’s attack is relentless and more destructive than anything NERV has encountered so far. With one strike, it manages to pierce through 18 of the 22 layers of armor that protect the Geofont. Asuka is positioned for battle within the Geofront. Rei, however, is rejected by Unit 01 as she attempts to synchronize. And all attempts to activate the dummy plug is similarly instantly rejected. Gendo begins to tense, wondering whether the unit is defying him. He resolves to send Rei out in Unit 00 which still hasn’t fully healed its wounds from the last battle. Rei agrees amidst protests from Misato and says that if she dies, she can be replaced.

As Shinji prepares to leave Tokyo-3, he has one last conversation with Misato. Misato relays him the information that all of his classmates are potential pilots, and she acknowledges that she and everyone else at NERV have been placing a lot of responsibility on Shinji’s shoulders since he is a pilot of an EVA Unit. She knows it has been a huge burden but remains steadfast in her belief that the end justifies the means. She tells him that she will be saving his pass-code to Headquarters and keeping his room unchanged. He tells her that won’t be necessary and firmly states that he won’t pilot an EVA again. Misato is surprised by his tone and wonders whether Shinji is truly speaking his mind for once. As Shinji waits for his train to arrive, the alarms begin to wail signaling the arrival of the fourteenth Angel, Zeruel.

As Shinji prepares to leave Tokyo-3, he has one last conversation with Misato. Misato acknowledges that she and everyone else at NERV have been placing a lot of responsibility on Shinji’s shoulders since he is a pilot of an EVA Unit. She knows it has been a huge burden but remains steadfast in her belief that the end justifies the means. She tells him that she will be saving his pass-code to Headquarters and keeping his room unchanged. He tells her that won’t be necessary and firmly states that he won’t pilot an EVA again. Misato is surprised by his tone and wonders whether Shinji is truly speaking his mind for once. As Shinji waits for his train to arrive, the alarms begin to wail signaling the arrival of the fourteenth Angel, Zeruel.

After the events involving Bardiel and the dummy plug, Shinji holds Unit 01 under his control and refuses to exit the entry plug. He accuses Gendo of trying to kill Toji with "my own hands", and demands that his father explains himself. He threatens to destroy NERV Headquarters using the few minutes of power that he has left if his demand is not met, and refuses to be talked out of it. Cold and pragmatic as ever, Gendo does not speak to Shinji, and instead has the pressure of the LCL inside Unit 01's plug raised until Shinji loses consciousness, commenting "We have no time to waste on a petulant child." Shinji is subsequently extracted from the plug.

After he regained consciousness, Shinji was detained in a cell to await a meeting with the Commander. Upon facing his father, he tells him that he doesn’t want to pilot an EVA anymore and resolves to go back to living with his old teacher. His father proceeds to delete all of Shinji’s data and designates Rei as Unit 01’s pilot with the dummy plug as backup.

Soon enough, Zeruel blasts its way through to the inside of the Geofront with Asuka waiting to challenge it. She tries to bring it down with every weapon she has in her arsenal but it’s all completely ineffective and the Angel extends two razor-sharp limbs to cut off Unit 02’s arms. As she screams in pain, she charges toward the Angel in a blind rage. Misato orders the nerve connections to be cut just as Unit 02’s head is severed from its body.

Shinji, in the meantime, is sitting in a shelter reminiscing about Asuka telling him how pilots like them never have to go through evacuation drills. His thoughts are soon interrupted by Unit 02’s head crashing through the shelter’s roof.

Zeruel blasts an entrance into the central shaft and prepares to descend. Shinji runs back toward the EVA cages and demands that his father let him pilot Unit 01. Inside Central Dogma, Misato orders the command center evacuated, but the Angel breaks through the wall before they manage to escape, and its eyes lights up as it readies its attack, but in the nick of time Shinji arrives in Unit 01 to meet it head on and he wrestles it, and manages to force it into the EVA cage. In its struggle, Zeruel is able to shoot off the EVA's left arm, but Shinji is still capable of forcing the creature onto one of the launch catapults and he launches the EVA and the Angel to the surface of the Geofront. In a moment of genuine bloodlust, he tries to rip the Angel apart but before he can, his power runs out. The Angel soon gets the upper hand and tosses Unit 01 to the side and blasts its chest open, revealing a core inside that looks just like the one in an Angel. Zeruel begins to pound on the EVA's core with its arms, causing it to slowly crack. Inside, Shinji begs and pleads before screaming and demanding for Unit 01 to move.

At that moment, Unit 01 goes berserk.

It grips one of the Angel’s arms and kicks the creature, ripping off its limb and sending it flying backwards. Unit 01 then integrates the torn limb into its own severed arm and regenerates it. The regenerated limb, however, is nothing like how it looked before and actually looks like a human arm. The Angel tries repelling Unit 01 with its A.T. Field, but with a swat of its hand, the EVA extends its own A.T. Field, which smashes through the Angel's barrier and slashes the creature, making its blood and chunks of its flesh spray all over the Geofront. Ibuki notes that Shinji’s sync ratio with Unit 01 has reached an astonishing 400%, with Ritsuko remarking on how the EVA unit is finally aware. As the Angel is down, Unit 01 crawls over on all fours, growling and snarling like an ape. It goes on to eat the Angel, with Ritsuko explaining that the EVA has begun assimilating an S2 engine into ''her''self. As the EVA continues to eat, it starts growing, causing the armor to break. This armor turns out to not only protect the EVA but also serve as restraints for the beast inside.

As EVA Unit 01 stands roaring, Kaji watches it all from a distance. In a combination of horror and grim amusement, he wonders how Ikari is going to explain all of this to SEELE. Inside Gendo's office, Fuyutsuki asks Gendo if this was all part of his plan.

Soon enough, Zeruel blasts its way through to the inside of the GeoFront with Asuka waiting to challenge it. She tries to bring it down with every weapon she has in her arsenal but it’s all completely ineffective and the Angel extends two razor-sharp limbs to cut off Unit 02’s arms. As she screams in pain, she charges toward the Angel in a blind rage. Misato orders the nerve connections to be cut just as Unit 02’s head is severed from its body.

It grips one of the Angel’s arms and kicks the creature, ripping off its limb and sending it flying backwards. Unit 01 then integrates the torn limb into its own severed arm and regenerates it. The regenerated limb, however, is nothing like how it looked before and actually looks like a human arm. The Angel tries repelling Unit 01 with its A.T. Field, but with a swat of its hand, the EVA extends its own A.T. Field, which smashes through the Angel's barrier and slashes the creature, making its blood and chunks of its flesh spray all over the GeoFront. Ibuki notes that Shinji’s sync ratio with Unit 01 has reached an astonishing 400%, with Ritsuko remarking on how the EVA unit is finally aware. As the Angel is down, Unit 01 crawls over on all fours, growling and snarling like an ape. It goes on to eat the Angel, with Ritsuko explaining that the EVA has begun assimilating an S2 engine into ''her''self. As the EVA continues to eat, it starts growing, causing the armor to break. This armor turns out to not only protect the EVA but also serve as restraints for the beast inside.

It rips one of the Angel’s limbs off and kicks the Angel, sending it flying backward. Unit 01 then integrates the torn limb into its own severed arm and regenerates it. The regenerated limb, however, is nothing like how it looked before and actually looks like a human arm. The Angel tries repelling Unit 01 with its A.T. Field, but with a swat of its hand, the EVA extends its own A.T. Field, which smashes through the Angel's barrier and slashes the creature, making its blood and chunks of its flesh spray all over the GeoFront. Ibuki notes that Shinji’s sync ratio with Unit 01 has reached an astonishing 400%, with Ritsuko remarking on how the EVA unit is finally aware. As the Angel is down, Unit 01 crawls over on all fours, growling and snarling like an ape. It goes on to eat the Angel, with Ritsuko explaining that the EVA has begun assimilating an S2 engine into ''her''self. As the EVA continues to eat, it starts growing, causing the armor to break. This armor turns out to not only protect the EVA but also serve as restraints for the beast inside.

Asuka, while still alive, is rendered useless after Zeruel’s attack. She sits inside the EVA, cursing her own weakness. As the Angel moves forward toward NERV Headquarters, Shinji watches the battle rage on. As he stands outside, he sees Kaji taking care of his watermelons. Kaji asks him what he is doing here and Shinji explains to him his decision to quit being an EVA pilot. When Shinji asks Kaji what ''he's'' doing here, Kaji replies that this place is where he’d like to be when he dies, since it is said that when an Angel makes contact with Adam (who Kaji believes to be under NERV Headquarters) the world will end. As they talk, Shinji sees Rei come up with an N2 mine cradled in her arm. She runs toward the Angel, pierces its A.T. field, and detonates the mine. It has no effect and soon Rei is put down as well. Kaji reminds Shinji that all he can do is care for his watermelons at this point. Shinji, however, has something else. He has an ability that no one else has and with that, Kaji leaves the final decision to Shinji.

After the events involving Bardiel and the dummy plug, Shinji holds Unit 01 under his control and refuses to exit the entry plug. He accuses Gendo of trying to kill Toji with "my own hands", and demands that his father explains himself. He threatens destroy NERV Headquarters using the few minutes of power that he has left if his demand is not met, and refuses to be talked out of it. Cold and pragmatic as ever, Gendo does not speak to Shinji, and instead has the pressure of the LCL inside Unit 01's plug raised until Shinji loses consciousness, commenting "We have no time to waste on a petulant child." Shinji is subsequently extracted from the plug.

Zeruel blasts an entrance into the central shaft and prepares to descend. Shinji runs back toward the EVA cages and demands that his father let him pilot Unit 01. Inside Central Dogma, Misato orders the command center evacuated, but the Angel breaks through the wall before they manage to escape, and its eyes lights up as it readies its attack, but in the nick of time Shinji arrives in Unit 01 to meet it head on and he wrestles it, and manages to force it into the EVA cage. In its struggle, Zeruel is able to shoot off the EVA's left arm, but Shinji is still capable of force the creature onto a catapult and he launches the EVA and the Angel to the surface of the Geofront. In a moment of genuine bloodlust, he tries to rip the Angel apart but before he can, his power runs out. The Angel soon gets the upper hand and tosses Unit 01 to the side and blasts its chest open, revealing a core inside that looks just like the one in an Angel. Zeruel begins to pound on the EVA's core with its arms, causing it to slowly crack. Inside, Shinji begs and pleads before screaming and demanding for Unit 01 to move.

Zeruel blasts an entrance into the central shaft and prepares to descend. Shinji runs back toward the EVA cages and demands that his father let him pilot Unit 01. Inside Central Dogma, Misato orders the command center evacuated, but the Angel breaks through the wall before they manage to escape, and its eyes lights up as it readies its attack, but in the nick of time Shinji arrives in Unit 01 to meet it head on and he wrestles it, and manages to force it into the EVA cage. In its struggle, Zeruel is able to shoot off the EVA's left arm, but Shinji is still capable of force the creature onto a catapult and he launches the EVA and the Angel to the surface of the Geofront. In a moment of genuine bloodlust, he tries to rip the Angel apart but before he can, his power runs out. The Angel soon gets the upper hand and tosses Unit 01 to the side and blasts its chest open, revealing a core inside that looks just like the one in an Angel. Zeruel begins to pound the EVA's core with its arms, causing it to slowly crack. Inside, Shinji begs and pleads before screaming and demanding for Unit 01 to move.

Zeruel blasts an entrance into the central shaft and prepares to descend. Shinji runs back toward the EVA cages and demands that his father let him pilot Unit 01. Inside Central Dogma, Misato orders the command center evacuated, but the Angel breaks through the wall before they manage to escape, and its eyes lights up as it readies its attack, but in the nick of time Shinji arrives in Unit 01 to meet it head on and he wrestles it, and manages to force it into the EVA cage. In its struggle, Zeruel is able to shoot off the EVA's left arm, but Shinji is still able to force the creature onto a catapult and he launches the EVA and the Angel to the surface of the Geofront. In a moment of genuine bloodlust, he tries to rip the Angel apart but before he can, his power runs out. The Angel soon gets the upper hand and tosses Unit 01 to the side and blasts its chest open, revealing a core inside that looks just like the one in an Angel. Zeruel begins to pound the EVA's core with its arms, causing it to slowly crack. Inside, Shinji begs and pleads before screaming and demanding for Unit 01 to move.

Gendo affirms his suspicions and says that this is only the beginning.

After the events involving Bardiel and the dummy plug, Shinji holds Unit 01 under his control and refuses to exit the entry plug. He accuses Gendo of trying to kill Toji with "my own hands", and demands that his father explains himself. He threatens to otherwise destroy NERV Headquarters using the few minutes of power that he has left if his demand is not met, and refuses to be talked out of it. Cold and pragmatic as ever, Gendo does not speak to Shinji, and instead has the pressure of the LCL inside Unit 01's plug raised until Shinji loses consciousness, commenting "We have no time to waste on a petulant child." Shinji is subsequently extracted from the plug.

After the events involving Bardiel and the dummy plug, Shinji holds Unit 01 under his control and refuses to exit the entry plug. He accuses Gendo of trying to kill Toji with "my own hands", and demands that his father explains himself. He threatens to otherwise destroy NERV Headquarters using the few minutes of power that he has left if his demand is not met, if his demand is not met, and refuses to be talked out of it. Cold and pragmatic as ever, Gendo does not speak to Shinji, and instead has the pressure of the LCL inside Unit 01's plug raised until Shinji loses consciousness, commenting "We have no time to waste on a petulant child." Shinji is subsequently extracted from the plug.

After the events involving Bardiel and the dummy plug, Shinji holds Unit 01 under his control and refuses to exit the entry plug. He threatens to destroy NERV Headquarters using the few minutes of power that he has left and absolutely refuses to be talked out of it. Cold and pragmatic as ever, Gendo has the pressure of he LCL inside increased until Shinji loses consciousness, commenting "We have no time to waste on a petulant child." Shinji is subsequently extracted from the plug.

Zeruel’s attack is relentless and more destructive than anything NERV has encountered so far. With one strike, it manages to pierce through 18 of the 22 layers of armor that protect the Geofont. Asuka is positioned for battle within the Geofront. Rei, however, is rejected by Unit 01 as she attempts to synchronize. Gendo begins to tense, wondering whether the unit is defying him. He resolves to send Rei out in Unit 00 which still hasn’t fully healed its wounds from the last battle. Rei agrees amidst protests from Misato and says that if she dies, she can be replaced.

Zeruel blasts an entrance into the central shaft and prepares to descend. Shinji runs back toward the EVA cages and demands that his father let him pilot Unit 01. Inside Central Dogma, Misato orders the command center evacuated, but the Angel breaks through the wall before they manage to escape, and its eyes lights up as it readies its attack, but in the nick of time Shinji arrives in Unit 01 to meet it head on and he wrestles it, and manages forcing it to the EVA cage. In its struggle, Zeruel is able to shoot off the EVA's left arm, but Shinji is still able to force the creature onto a catapult and he launches the EVA and the Angel to the surface of the Geofront. In a moment of genuine bloodlust, he tries to rip the Angel apart but before he can, his power runs out. The Angel soon gets the upper hand and tosses Unit 01 to the side and blasts its chest open, revealing a core inside that looks just like the one in an Angel. Zeruel begins to pound the EVA's core with its arms, causing it to slowly crack. Inside, Shinji begs and pleads before screaming and demanding for Unit 01 to move.

It rips one of the Angel’s limbs off and kicks the Angel, sending it flying backward. Unit 01 then integrates the torn limb into its own severed arm and regenerates it. The regenerated limb, however, is nothing like how it looked before and actually looks like a human arm. The Angel tries repelling Unit 01 with its AT-Field, but with a swat of its hand, the EVA extends its own AT-Field, which smashes through the Angel's barrier and slashes the creature, making its blood and chuncks of its flesh spray all over the Geofront. Ibuki notes that Shinji’s sync ratio with Unit 01 has reached an astonishing 400%, with Ritsuko remarking on how the EVA unit is finally aware. As the Angel is down, Unit 01 crawls over on all fours, growling and snarling like an ape. It then proceeds to eat the Angel, as Ritsuko notes that the EVA has begun assimilating an S2 engine into ''her''self. As the EVA continues to eat, it starts growing, causing the armor to break. Ritsuko reveals that the plates that cover an EVA unit are not just armor but also restraints for the beast inside.

As EVA Unit 01 stands roaring, Kaji watches it all from a distance. In a combination of horror and grim amusement, he wonders how Ikari is going to explain all of this to SEELE. And inside Genddo's office, Fuyutsuki asks Gendo if this was all part of his plan.

Zeruel’s attack is relentless and more destructive than anything NERV has encountered so far. With one strike, it manages to pierce through 18 of the 22 layers of armor that protect the GeoFront. Asuka is positioned for battle within the GeoFront. Rei, however, is rejected by Unit 01 as she attempts to synchronize. Gendo begins to tense, wondering whether the unit is defying him. He resolves to send Rei out in Unit 00 which still hasn’t fully healed its wounds from the last battle. Rei agrees amidst protests from Misato and says that if she dies, she can be replaced.

After the events involving Bardiel and the dummy plug, Shinji holds Unit 01 under his control and refuses to exit the entry plug. He threatens to destroy NERV Headquarters using the few minutes of power that he has left and absolutely refuses to be talked out of it. Gendo has the pressure of the LCL inside increased until Shinji loses consciousness. He is subsequently extracted from the plug.

Zeruel blasts an entrance into the central shaft and prepares to descend. Shinji runs back toward the EVA cages and demands that his father let him pilot Unit 01. As the Angel blasts its way into the command center, Shinji arrives to meet it head on and pushes it back to the surface. He tries to take the Angel apart but before he can, his power runs out. The Angel soon gets the upper hand and tosses Unit 01 to the side and blasts its chest open, revealing a core inside that looks just like the one in an Angel. As Zeruel begins to smash the core, Shinji begs and pleads before screaming and demanding for Unit 01 to move.

It rips one of the Angel’s limbs off and kicks the Angel, sending it flying backward. Unit 01 then integrates the torn limb into its own severed arm and regenerates it. The regenerated limb, however, is nothing like how it looked before and actually looks like a human arm. Ibuki notes that Shinji’s sync ratio with Unit 01 has reached an astonishing 400%, with Ritsuko remarking on how the EVA unit is finally aware. As the Angel is down, Unit 01 crawls over on all fours, growling and snarling. It then proceeds to eat the Angel, as Ritsuko notes that the EVA has begun assimilating an S2 engine into ''her''self. As the EVA continues to eat, it starts growing, causing the armor to break. Ritsuko reveals that the plates that cover an EVA unit are not just armor but also restraints for the beast inside.

As EVA Unit 01 stands roaring, Fuyutsuki asks Gendo if this was all part of his plan.