Thank you very much for your reply Nerv bae, I was going to reference the same part of the text! The idea that Shinji is behind Kensuke's doll is almost widely accepted as fact rather than theory. It is present in almost all the Japanese analyses and, to be honest, I do believe there is enough evide...

I would like to give my point of view on different topics that have been discussed lately here. However, first of all, I want to congratulate nerv bae for his awesome post analysing sakura nagashi. I have always felt that all Evangelion songs at the end are related somehow to the events and tropes o...

I hadn't thought of it this way yet, but I like it quite a bit. Glad that you like it! More elements allow us to see that it is the AU. The presence of the DSS Choker, the use of CGI and even the specific train coach depicted. I am convinced now that diagram 1 in my first post is the correct way to...

Thank you for both replies In 3.0+1.0, it's implied that Rei and Kaworu will have the same fate, but it isn't clear what is this fate. We don't know if they could return to Earth. Or they will start a new life in a new World. This was what I was referring to when pairing Rei and Kaworu's fate. I com...

AU seems like it was created for Rei who wanted new beginning and Kaworu who now understood that if he wanted make Shinji happy then maybe it's best for them to not meet again. I have a feeling that we might get something explaining more about Marie character in the probably distant future. Thank y...

My god! Your analysis is truly well constructed and presented. You have my respect. While I think that the pigeons' shot and the lack of interaction already demonstrated that they were not there on the other platform, it is very nice to see such a detailed frame by frame analysis to see how they dis...

When Mari leaves with Shinji. Shinji is on the left. When is the general view of the station. Shinji is on the right. And they don't hold hands. It's like 0_0. Does this mean that they are not really them. Thank you very much for your reply. This is a detail I had not picked up when I watched the f...

Despite the possible translation as “I am back”, it is a sentence that is only said in Japanese when you are back to your home. This is the reason why, typically, the preferred translation is I am home. Regarding if home could be Kensuke’s house rather than the whole village, I believe it is the cor...

If I'm not místaken, in 3.0+1.0, Shinji says "Taidama" in this part: Shinji: Yeah. She also dropped by today. Why do you ask? "Tadaima" literally means “just now”, which is often used as “I’ve just come home now”. However, Shinji doesn't seem to use the word that way in this con...

Shinji saying tadaima is a core aspect of Shinji’s feelings of belonging. They are explored in NGE and if my memory does not fail me in the RoE as well. Shinji does not interact with anyone in the same sense as Rei because he is in Kensuke’s house, which is far from the village, whereas Rei is stayi...

I am sorry to disagree once more. Let me explain myself. I do not think that knowing if Shinji feels home or not at the third village is something up to interpretations or how you feel about the third village’s scenes or Shinji’s interactions at that moment. He says and implies it when using the phr...

Sorry about that, I did not mean to break any rule.

Thank you very much, mod.

Thank you very much for replying. However, I believe several points of your post are not accurate and your conclusion felt really weak after all the points you mentioned. Let me reply to some of them. mari is the new Misato, that is something that was solved in Shinji's life at that point he had mad...

I think the fact that Shinji knows so little about Mari is one of the reasons why we see he goes with her at the end. She seems to represent a new beginning in the train station scenen I do agree with you that the train scene is a new beginning. It is a new beginning for Shinji in the world without...

Meldon, your theory holds together whether a) Mari at the train station is the same Mari as in the photograph and in Gendo's college memories, or b) Mari at the train station is a clone with implanted memories from that earlier Mari, right? Or does it actually make a difference to the theory? Edit:...

I never said there was any time-skip, in fact, there is not one as you point out, which is important to know that Shinji is going to return. I must say that you have written a detailed theory about Mari, but it leaves too much assumptions that you have to believe with nothing pointing at it in the p...

If Mari is supposed to be interpreted as Shinji's new guardian, then doesn't that sort of undermine and defeat the whole purpose of the final scene at the train station? Because in that case, her holding Shinji's hand should also be interpreted in a motherly/guardian sort of way, like a mom holding...

Honestly, when I read Eva Extra Manga, I feel this reassured my interpretation that Asuka was still trapped in the past and she needs to "move on" from Shinji. So you think that the point of the manga is that Asuka needs to move on? I am afraid I completely disagree with that. The point o...

Thank you again for your reply. I hope you do not mind me pushing the topic further. I do not want to confront other people interpretations endlessly. I know people have different views. However, I am interested in the source of your interpretation. You say that the characters have become stagnant. ...

Thank you very much for your reply. I understand that without a scene where we can see Shinji arriving at the third village, this debate would probably keep on for ages. I have a few questions regarding your interpretation. Why do you think the characters have moved on? I mean, Shinji tries to give ...