The aforementioned 3.0 prequel manga is out.
- WILLE genuinely didn't expect Shinji was recoverable from Unit 01 and told Asuka as such. She had already given up on him, hence why she couldn't emotionally handle suddenly having him back in the movie and why she reacted with surprise when Unit 01 actually did respond to her calling his name out.
- Unit 08 was originally supposed to take point in the mission while Unit 02 provided covering fire. The events depicted in the movie's intro (Unit 02 goes solo because Unit 08 reentered the atmosphere too early) were not according to plan.
- At one point, Mari puts on her old school uniform and when Asuka called her out on it, Mari replied that since Shinji only ever saw her in that, he might not recognize her if she looks different. This is why Asuka shoddily patches up her old plugsuit with a roll of duct tape immediately before the battle and dons it instead of the new suit seen later in the movie: tsundere sentimentality.
- Mari is also wearing a DSS Choker, it's not just Shinji and Asuka.
Also, the illustration book that came out with 3.0+1.01 seems to hint at Kaworu/Rei being a thing now
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May I point out how weird is it that their kid just happens to look like Shinji? I used to joke that Kaworu was probably made using Gendo's DNA in the Advice and Thrust thread but I didn't think that would truly be the case.
Instead of focusing on relatives that divide us, we should find the absolutes that tie us.Twitter is having a field day with this. And seeing it in multiple languages including Japanese is partly amusing and partly me nodding my head in agreement.
And not just cause of who the both are typically paired with. Asuka/Kaworu is the most popular non-Shinji ship too.
Edited by OmegaRadiance on Jun 12th 2021 at 9:41:28 AM
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.It’s a disaster, because Mari/Shinji and Kaworu/Rei don’t make sense as ships in Rebuild.
It’s the one things even happy reviews about the movie said about how Shinji with Mari doesn’t work because Mari doesn’t really have a character to her.
Edited by OmegaRadiance on Jun 12th 2021 at 10:05:19 AM
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.Oh okay there’s apparently even weirder context in that image too.
That’s supposed to be what Shinji wants in Instrumentality. Aka he wants Kaworu and Rei to be his daddy and mummy and that baby is supposed to be him
Freud Was Right has always been rampant in the series, but SHEESH.
It was really well received, when people did criticize it, of which there were a few, they were pretty critical, but overall positive reviews all around.
Edited by OmegaRadiance on Jun 12th 2021 at 10:12:40 AM
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.This and other art from the official boom are really good
. NSFW as the kids are in their underwear and just jackets.
In the thread there’s also a really good one of Ritsuko and Maya on a farm and the animals wear Eva masks.
Edited by OmegaRadiance on Jun 12th 2021 at 10:28:47 AM
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.The illustrations that I have seen all looked nice so far. Not really uncommon for people to over analyze what the illustrations mean.I have seen alot of back and forth on the one with Rei, Kaworu, and the baby.
About the pairings in the end though, no one really knows who ends up with who for the most part except for Touji and Hikari. For the rest, nothing really confirmed, just implied. The ending is vague enough for people to make guesses, even when shipping is taken into account.
Holy fucking Hell, a 960/5% box office boost.
Jesus Christ almighty.
I've added an entry for Kotone Suzunami
in Rebuild of Evangelion, since Evangelion Battlefields is set in the Rebuild continuity. Please help flesh it out if you can.

Yeah that bit was related to it.
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.