[MANGA] [NGE] Strange manga difference...

[Phaze]

Yui disappeared during a contact experiment with unit-01, where she was absorbed into the Eva, correct?
In the manga vol.8, a flashback scene depicts the contact experiment that took place, but it was unit-00 that was being tested instead of unit-01. Was this just a typo, or is something else happening?

[The Eva Monkey]

Well, I broke out my manga, both volume 5 & 8 where that scene is depicted, and the Eva Unit that Yui is in is very characteristicly like Eva Unit 01. It looks just the way Eva Unit 1 ordinarily looks minus the armor.

Don't know what else to say. :?

[Phaze]

'Tis what I thought at first, but Fuyutsuki actually states in vol.8 "When we got unit-00 open, she had vanished without a trace."
I tempted to dismiss it as a typo, but there's always a chance...

[The Eva Monkey]

Ok, now I know what you're referring to, I didn't read over Fyutsuki's lines at first. He does say Unit-00 in the Viz edition. However, I would like to offer an alternate translation for you.

Fuyutsuki: Why is there a child here?
Akagi: It's Director Ikari's son.
Fuyutsuki: Ikari, this is not a daycare. Today is...
Yui: I'm sorry, Professor Fuyutsuki. I begged to bring him along.
Fuyutsuki: Yui, today is your important experiment.
Yui: That's why -- I want to show my child the bright future of humankind.
Fuyutsuki: Yui...
Who would have thought those would be the last words from
Ikari Yui. An irregular accident erased her from this world. And from that day forth,
Ikari also changed.

Fuyutsuki: Why is there a child here?
Akagi: He's Director Ikari's son.
Fuyutsuki: Ikari! This is not a daycare center. Today is...
Yui: I'm sorry, it was my idea.
I brought him professor.
Fuyutsuki: But, Yui...
...this is the critical experiment!
Yui: Exactly!
I want him to see...
...the bright future ahead for humanity.
Fuyutsuki: Yui...
Seconds later...
...all sensors went dead.
Those had been her last words.
When we got Unit-00 open, she had vanished without a trace.
And Ikari...
...was changed.

Part of the problem with translating anime and manga is that you have to translate, and then you have to adapt it a little to make it sound better, as sometimes it turns out very atypical of the way a normal english speaker would. I looked over the Japanese edition, and couldn't find either a unit number or "zerogoki" as unit zero is reffered to in Japanese. And given that in Bochan's literal translation, a unit isn't even named, I'm inclined to believe that the Viz manga is somewhat adapted from the literal translation. The reference to Unit-00 is most likely a typo. I find that more likely than Sadamoto making a very obvious flub

[Dave]

Now I know why Tolkien never finished his work. Continuity is a pain in the ass.

[Phaze]

I like peanut butter...