I still haven't worked out what their relationship with "their boy" is anyway... They even modified Mark.06 so that it could accomplish its mission without him. Although Kaworu generally seems to behave as an independent actor, not really on anybody's "side" except Shinji's, I f...

If I can dabble in a further bit of de-translation, this is a good opportunity to examine Kaji's other line about the Key: 神と魂を紡ぐ 道標ですね "[the key is] The guidepost to unify souls unto God." (original translation) The word they translate as "unify" here is 紡ぐ tsumugu , which in no...

I wonder what the "was being kept as a spare" part means. If I recall off the top of my head, the language Kaji uses is "予備として保管されていたロストナンバー", which was translated as "The Lost Number which had been kept as a spare." The key phrase here is 予備として, which can indeed mean ...

My read on this is that Shinji is largely immune to the effects of the corified Earth, just like the other pilots. Clearly the plugsuits do provide some layer of resistance against corification -- you can extrapolate that that's (part of) why they're used in the entry plugs in general -- but it's in...

Haha, great work on all these observations, everyone! I was literally in the process of doing a writeup about these exact odds and ends re: Kaworu, the Key of Nebuchadnezzar, and the mysterious flying Gendo. You snooze, you lose, though; I think the fact that a bunch of people are coming to the same...

I think the Mark.06 simply got infiltrated/consumed by the 12th angel; there's nothing in the autonomous Evas that makes them more prone to associate with angels. The 12th didn't develop inside the Mark.06; Asuka was already aware of its existence from the events of Third Impact. When the 12th fina...

I've spent a lot of time thinking about this exact mystery lately. I don't really have an answer, but some observations: ⋅  Though Lilith is the one that sticks out most obviously as an "abnormal" Angel, she's probably not the only one. Like in NGE, the First Angel is probably al...

I like the autonomous theory. I should point out that just because the Vessels have pilots doesn't necessarily mean they're not autonomous! In 3.0, Mark.09 is perfectly capable of operating on its own, given it keeps doing its thing after Rei Q is locked out of the controls and even continues fighti...

Has anyone considered the idea that the Golgotha Object itself may be the Book of Life? I mean, it's the big mysterious object covered in godly writing that allows one to alter the course of reality. Kaworu placing his and Shinji's names together in the Book of Life is said to be why they keep meeti...

I haven't seen anyone mention this directly anywhere, so I'm just going to point it out: https://i.imgur.com/cF1syGX.png They're purple now???? When I got to this shot I nearly fell out of my seat. Like, what could this possibly mean? They're also core textured now, where they weren't before. I noti...

It's very possible that all Evas except 13 are man-made from scratch, based on "Adams technology" obtained by e.g. the Katsuragi expedition, and Eva-13 is the only "Adams survivor". This would explain why it and only it is so special/god-like/indestructible, but at the same time...

So they're a "separate" set of four lesser Adams, not a different stage of the same? I like where this line is going... We clearly see four anthropomorhpic Adams at second impact flashback/2.0 preview. Maybe some of these are Mark.06, Eva-01, etc. as has been long hypothesized... and ther...

Minor nit: the "one wing" seen in the angels very likely is two wings (i.e., one pair ) seen from the side (the same for all other entities), whereas Lilith is depicted from the front, so her 12 wings would only account for six angels? My reasoning here might just be nothing, but I'm like...

Long time lurker, first time poster! Brand new movie; you know the drill. I've been staring at these dead sea scrolls 'til my eyes fall out. I feel like there's a ton of meaningful imagery hidden in here, but sorting out what's factual information hidden behind symbolism and what's simple artistic l...