OMF, I think the reason Kyoko began to shut herself off may have been due to Arael. I mean, think about it... How is Arael supposed to know that a little person is inside this Eva? Her first target would have been the Eva herself and, upon detecting another sentience inside, would have expanded her...

I wonder exactly "when" her slide began though. One could argue it began when Shinji usurped her highest synchro rate. That's when her defeats began. I think another important point to look at in that episode is her abject horror at the sight of the blood drenched Bousou Eva 01. Rememb...

Reichu wrote: Does the child-Rei Shinji sees in #20 LOOK eleven years old?

No! She look more or less the same as the child Rei from eps 21. If you look, you can see she's even wearing the same dress.

What about the presence of the child Rei in Shinji's dream? Is it possible he saw her at some stage in the past? Gendou keeps Rei close, and note her (probable) presence at the graveyard scene. Maybe she was present during the graveyard scene three years earlier when Shinji ran away. The...

I suppose you could put it down to accellerated growth, but then why would she be five after five years, and the 14 after 11 years? Also consider this one from episode 5: Ritsuko: Ayanami Rei, 14 years old. 'First Children,' the first testee found by Marduk Report. The exclusive pilot of Eva...

Rei's age is the stickler in this argument. If she was created after Yui's accident, then that would make her 11 as the final events of the drama unfold in Toyko-3. That's pushing it. Note also this comment from Touji, in eps 05 Toji: Now that you mention it, she hasn't made any frie...

I suppose what I mean to say is that Gendou, though he appears to be in control, is simply along for the ride with everyone else, more or less powerless to change his ultimate fate. He's probobly not. But it would be really ironic if he was. And it wasn't Akira sorry, in was Ghost in the She...

It's easy to be suspicious of Gendo, but, as you know, over the years my suspicions have transferred over to Yui as well. Simply put, I can't accept her actions just because she's the beautiful mother/symbol of maternal wisdom, etc. It seems quite possible to me that Yui simply projects...

Just on the Gendou sending Shinji away, It's likely that Fuyutsuki knew the reason(s) for it as well. He certainly knew they had a poor relationship. Eps 01, Fuyutsuki: They're meeting for the first time in three years. and he also may know the sentimental reasons why Gendou sent Shi...

If making sure Shinji grew up the way he did to create the cowardly/brave/lost kid we all know for the show then its the arch-bastard. If it was for protection for Seele alone, then its part of the plan he protected his son the best he could even from him self and the pain he fealt he cause Shinji,...

True but Gendo want unit one to be of use in his war, and he need a loyal pilot. Wouldn’t a trained on make a better agent then an untrained one? Unless you implying that gendo had Shinji raised in a uncaring environment to make him easy to manipulate? This Kills the theory that Gendo’s NOT evi...

"Kimi ni wa shitsubou shita." Kimi is "you" -- Ritsuko. Shitsubou shita is "to be disappointed". The ni means that Ritsuko is the one doing the disappointing. "You've disappointed (me)." Is it past tense or present? Is he saying "You've d...

I think his final line shows his realisation though. He realises she has broken, something he had not expected. I've seen some translations which have him say "I am dissappointed in you", which would fit this better. He also says something like this to Shinji in eps 19 Gendou: Are you ...

However, he under-estimated SEELE's cunning and ruthlessness, as they used this opportunity to play a very cruel and cynical "head-game" on Ritsuko to turn her against Gendo (i.e. letting her know that Gendo had basically "thrown her to the wolves" in favor of Rei), ...

Just on the Ritsuko point. Wasn't it Gendou who sent her before SEELE in the first place? Eps 23 Fuyutsuki: Yet, if they find out Rei is alive, Chairman Kihl and the others will blame us. Gendou: I will present something else to the old men of Seele. There is no problem. And in the very next sce...

Moving on from the grafted angel foreplay angle, what about the sending Shinji away thing?
I think it would fit a lot better if Gendou had at least a partially practical reason for sending his son away.

Any further thoughts on Gendou sending Shinji away? It would make more sense if he'd been sent away to allay any suspicions SELLE may have had. It would also fit a prearranged scenario between himself and Yui a little better. I had though Gendou sending Shinji away was an overlooked possibility ...

Just to throw something into an old discussion, remember Shinji that was such a happy little chap before his mother "went away". You can gather this from the photgraph in eps 16, and from kid Shinji's overall playful nature in eps 21.

That suggest gendo knew HOW GOOD Shinji had the potential to be. I don't think so, because that implys gendo knew what Yui could do fro inside the core. Concedring how may times we hear " THIS SHOULDN'T BE POSSABLE !" in the show I don't think he could have THAT kind of inside...

It seems more likely that they believed it to actually be an accident, and never even imagined Yui would intentionally place her soul into Unit 01. Yes your right. Maybe then, it was Gendou's plans for Shinji that they had been oblivious to? Or at least they had not expected Gendou to use him t...