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We need a proper translation, but basically Anno and Tsurumaki mentioned earlier today on an event for the new Gundam show an earlier idea for the final scene where Mari was on the other side of the train station.
DeepL wrote: Director Kazuya Tsurumaki has said that recently Director Anno has been liberated from Eva and is in full otaku mode, just like he was with Top and Nadia, and is really into it #ジークアクス #GQuuuuuuX
DeepL wrote:Tsurumaki: “When this was mentioned to me, I remembered that in the case of Eva, Anno had proposed that Shinji and Mari meet on the opposite side of the train platform, but I was not convinced, and the encounter ended up with Shinji bumping into Mari as she came down by parachute.
DeepL wrote:Tsurumaki: “When this was mentioned to me, I remembered that in the case of Eva, Anno had proposed that Shinji and Mari meet on the opposite side of the train platform, but I was not convinced, and the encounter ended up with Shinji bumping into Mari as she came down by parachute.
I'm not sure they mean that Mari would just be another bystander (no mention of Rei, Kaworu or Asuka), if Mari and Shinji would meet by chance, if Mari crossed to the othr side of the station (or if Shinji would do so). Mari showing up out of "nowhere" of course is indeed a callback to her parachuting in. Presumably this will be talked about more in the upcoming CRC interviews. It might also be referring to Mari's introduction in 2.0? An interesting note nonetheless.