Masturbating on top of a comatose body

[Chuckman]

"A study in psychic transrelational gender modes".

I don't know. "That scene" would be sufficient, I would think. Or Shinji's Masturbatory Motivations if you want to go for alliteration. "Shinji and Asuka and the hospital scene" would be peachy.

[Kharis1212]

It's really amazing how people notice things like this. It fits really well thematically. Shinji's at the heart of the locking mechanism, and the MPE "screws" are keeping him from escaping his role. There's also the obvious "Spear of Longinus = Key" thing going on.

I think you guys are reading way too much into it. The far more relevant bit of that shot is the fact that he specifically locked the door before doing his thing. That means it wasn't a spontaneous act, or something he did while out of his mind -- he knew exactly what he was doing and set the stage to ensure he wouldn't be interrupted. The screws are a neat bit of synergy but ultimately secondary in terms of the shot's significance.

As to why it's sexual assault: I'm tempted to just say "look it up", but to elaborate a bit: it's assault because Asuka didn't give her consent to be used in that fashion. It would be different if Shinji was just thinking dirty thoughts, but he wasn't. He was using her, specifically, and doing this thing in her presence. That's the difference. It doesn't matter if she's drunk or medicated or sleeping or anything else, violating someone's space like that when they're vulnerable is not okay. Advocating such acts is not a good idea and will get you into a heap of trouble both socially and with the law.

Bagheera that is a very very narrow view of the scene in psychological perspective.And i think psychology is very important in this scene because it tells us what Shinji's intentions are and how much can we actually *morally blame* him.
And secondly you can fuck the symbolism of locked door(either way someone explaned that very well previously I don't remember the name) when ,The psychological elements are intentionally given to judge Shinji and his act.

Though I am not using you as scapegoat.I was already planning to post(and I smelled a smell of biased view from your post.You literally wrote one the best psychological fanfic which I love to read,but you are not using it here.how nice.)this to replace the classical interpretation and give a modern one which can actually get to psychology of the scene rather than depending upon such symbolism which can misguide.

Also please read the whole post readers.Readers I have tried my best.and please if you read you can give me your views.And I have to use lots of chat bot.and websites.
Either way I will try to edit it every day to polish it as it is not perfect and has much of repetitions and lost of that "it is highly possible "and "plausible" which will give an illusion of less researched though as I said I am exhausted while writing.so yup please forgive me for that.
And also the primary reason due to which this post i framed was to defend Shinji from the very biased view like "he knew what he was doing" "it was an choice" when the situation is very very complex.
But reasons and points area still highly researched and very valid in psychological perspective.

So let me start from the start.(Please I am not english person so yup i am already sorry for my bad english).

PRE-ACT(I)

Shinji is desperate and comes to Asuka and asks for help *irrationally*.
(Now actually starts).

First of all you can easily conclude that Shinji is acting very irrationally.Asking a comatoes girl to help is something I don't expect from even a Shinji from episode 24'.And the main point is i can't even see a single pang of logic in his mind.Like come on compare it with his breakdown in front of his father in episode 1.He verbally attacks his father but then we are shown a pause(and his expression shows that he remembers something or logic)which is clearly a pang of common sense.In this scene rather than watching a pang of common sense we see frustration building up.Again irrational response.
This building frustration proves he is not thinking clearly or simply he cannot think clearly.Though he can have some idea(not having a clear picture)what is he doing while shaking her and long term concept of future like 'What is implication of shaking her','what will happen to Asuka in future' is something I see is compromised and in incoming will be completely compromised and also his concept of future is highly compromised till Pre-intrumentality.
(This gets seperated↓).
Now starts the actual problem.
Shinji Accidentally rips her hospital gown.Now We see Shinji's eye totally wide his body strains and... He freezes ... .We just saw Shinji having a *Complete Shock* .And what humans do in That situation? The flight or fight response is triggered.
But Shinji remains in the same position , literally same position with same expressions till the next frame is shown which is 7 seconds.But I suspect him for being frozen in that moment from 25(edit minimum is 15 seconds as due to his limbic system being highly aware he will easily get an arousal and can break the freeze even in irrational state) secs on minimum to 45(edit:nope even less)second or even a minute.
So what happens and what implication of this freeze is:-

1).“Now when we’re dysregulated – whether that be in hyper or hypoarousal – our prefrontal cortex – which allows us to think critically – goes offline, while our limbic system – which drives survival behavior by responding to threat with vehement emotion – takes over.”(forgot the source)
In this case Shinji's logical part is completely compromised.Which means during The freeze Shinji's moral compass is gone and not for a moment but prolonged time as he is plausibly in the same position for a long duration of time.
Some more psychology.
“* Rational Mind Goes Offline: The prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for logic, rational decision-making, and empathy, essentially shuts down. This means that during the freeze, Shinji is incapable of moral reasoning or considering the consequences of his actions.
* The Limbic System Takes Over: The limbic system, which controls emotions and survival instincts, becomes dominant. The body is in a state of hypervigilance, where the senses are on high alert, but the physical body is immobilized.
* Parasympathetic Overload: Unlike the fight-or-flight response which is driven by the sympathetic nervous system (increasing heart rate), the freeze response is a state of parasympathetic dominance. This can lead to a drop in heart rate, muscle rigidity, and a sense of "playing dead."”
(This again gets seperated).
“* The Prolonged Freeze: The long duration of his freeze indicates a complete systemic shutdown. His brain, overwhelmed by the traumatic cocktail of his own actions, his desperate need, and the rejection he feels, has no rational path forward. This prolonged paralysis is the moment of complete psychological surrender.”

2).Dissociation.Shinji's mental state is (very severe and) not right at all.Shinji already has suffered an emotional collapse and is very close to a complete emotional collapse(the state which Asuka is in,hopeless).The coping mechanism is gone which is a very severe condition.He is suffering from severe anxiety and severe depression and dissociation is high.Dissciation is so high one can say Shinji is watching himself from a distance.

And also due to freeze in which pre- frontal cortex usually stops working his moral compass is also gone.

Though it doesn't means he has totally shut down.He has umm.. some idea of what his he doing but compromised by his mental state hence we can't watch any pang of logic.
Or he has awareness but the problem is it is highly plausible that the awareness in itself are like strands of thread which are not connected or fragmented.
One moment he understands and second he don't.

(This also gets seperated as an important point↓)
3).Add this with his past and his age.The age is very important factor.The pre frontal cortex which is the reason for moral compass and rational reasoning is not completely developed until age of mid 20s which means he is still underdeveloped and upon that such mental state and past is a tragedy.
And being at such ageline with such a abusive past where his brain has already developed to defend him from emotional hurt.

*It is highly plausible that his brain or primal instinct can easily over rude his mind to either protect him or under high stress ,what happened in the freeze is overload and lympic system is supposed to take control*

4).(New point) Sexual repression.We know that Shinji has held his sexual and emotional feelings for Asuka from a long time.In psychology "When there is no way to a connection ,the brain may choose fantasy as a 'safe' outlet".So what happened here is after total or high cognitive failure.Shinji might have pushed himself either way because as said in the post that the awareness is mostly without rationality.Which means if he is doing that he is not understand that he can damage Asuka or he can damage himself through that act.And being in such state and fragmented reasoning,which will be again pushed down by the his own depressed feelings and the state of despair and primal urge to extinguish it

Now,

Is He Conscious of His Act?
“This is the most crucial part, and the answer is a heartbreaking yes, but not in a rational way.
* Awareness Without Rationality: Shinji is not unconscious. He is in a state of dissociation, where he is fully aware of his surroundings, but he is detached from his own actions. He is likely watching the event as if it is happening to someone else, disconnected from his own body and will.
(This point again gets seperated ↓)
* The Illusion of a Choice: Because his rational mind is offline, he is not making a conscious, deliberate choice. His actions are an autonomic, primal, and unthinking reaction from a mind that has completely shattered. The horrific part is that he is a conscious observer of a body that has gone on autopilot.
To conclude, the freeze response is the show's way of demonstrating that Shinji has been stripped of his agency. He is not a person making a choice; he is a body acting out a horrifying, mostly unthinking trauma response, and the awareness he retains is the ultimate source of his profound guilt and self-loathing.”

TO EXPLAIN LOCKING OF DOOR, It's mind boggling.

In such state of mind when when you can not think properly thing which are primal or simply memory and muscle memory is still prevalent.
But locking of door something that still makes confuse.As most of the elements tell us that Shinji has very high compromised awareness about his actions till post-act.Though since it's even ambiguous for me i am letting it upon you but the point are still valid.

So one possibility is that:-
1). Habitual / muscle memory

Shinji likely had a repeated behavior pattern of locking doors when engaging in private acts (e.g., masturbation).
This is controlled by procedural memory, which is stored in brain areas like the basal ganglia — and these can still function even when the prefrontal cortex (rational thinking) is offline.
It’s similar to how someone can tie their shoes, type a password, or brush their teeth without thinking about each step.

2). Primal fear of being seen

Even under extreme distress, humans often retain deeply ingrained protective behaviors — in this case, avoiding being caught doing something sexual.
This isn’t the same as planning a sexual act; it’s a reflex linked to shame, fear, and learned privacy.

3). No full moral or rational context
For it to be “planning,” Shinji’s prefrontal cortex would need to be active enough for him to think ahead: “I will now lock the door so I can do X without being seen.”
In a dissociated freeze state, it’s far more likely that the act of locking the door was triggered automatically the moment sexual arousal and the sight of Asuka’s body hit him — a conditioned chain reaction rather than a consciously laid-out plan.
(Extra point)
(And since the act itself is most probably triggered by the important freeze.It means He is still in dissociative state
Which means the locking of door can't disapprove that act is not an conscious act.
And secondly according to the sand box scene Shinji knows he might be constantly under surveillance.And we know since he has been in the hospital several times he might know he is under surveillance even in his hospital room.
And here he either forgets or during such situations it is plausible that brain can flush out details with less importance).

4).Even if you want to say he has some awareness and he has some awareness as door itself shows and I can also be with notion having atleast *Some* awareness.
But We know his brain at that moment is between conscious and subconscious.

Or more simply.
Under trauma, the brain can amplify ingrained coping behaviors to avoid emotional collapse.
For Shinji, sexual fantasy about Asuka was already a known escape from pain and not only a an *escape* but rather his *longing for her* .
With his rational mind offline and emotional state in freefall, the survival brain may have pushed him toward the one thing it “knew” could numb him — even if it was morally wrong.And it is logical.

Or simply his primal instinct can push him towards the act.Its same as having urge to masturbate on the thoughts of your cousin sister,but since it's your sister you don't you usually don't do it,but when let's say you had a bad day so you did it any way since your moral compass was somewhat mitigated by the anger.
It's same it's just that anger is replaced by very severe mental condition,age,His previous sexual Frustration for Asuka and also very plausibly primal instinct to save him.

Sighhhhh it's getting long.

So that was just Pre-act.

MID ACT (II):-

SIGHHH nothing much we are not shown his mind act.
But again i don't have much to say about it.
Though I will say at this point he has complete impairement of moral compass.He has no idea what he is doing.Then he is in a state of dissociation.

or why else would Shinji want to hurt other as anno wrote "I am afraid of hurting other's more than myself ".
And this is plausible by post- act reaction.


POST-ACT:-

First of all we don't have a single idea how much time Shinji takes to watch his wet hand after the climax or for how long is Shinji watching his hands.As immediately after the climax breath happens ("*Hagh-u-hah*").We are immediately shown his wet hands.
Which according to biology is not possible.How can you watch your hands immediately after climax which happens in literal milliseconds.
And I am very very very sure that the ("*Hagh-u-hah*") is climax rather than realisation.
Which closely imply that there is a time skip between the scene audio of climax and the show of his hands.

So we don't have an idea how long Shinji is watching his hand.

Because most of thesis depends upon how long is Shinji watching his hands or after how much time of the act he is watching is hand.

If it is very immediate.
I am sorry my thesis is wrong.

If it is not that immediat but let's say he takes 25 secs.Then my thesis still persists fully.

And if it takes a minute.Then then still my thesis persists . heh.

But imo he took 25(edit since he is in a highly dissociative state the lower limit and upper limit can be higher noting his age and past).seconds on atleast to understand or 1 minute in maximum to understand what happened.As due to soothing effect of jacking off he is actually coming back from that total irrational state.And coming back to his moral senses.

And either way.what proves that the shame is not immediate is that he is first watching his hand.And after 2 seconds of showing his hand.Its only after those two seconds when his vision is gone blur and his wet hands... .
Which means the reaction might not be immediate either way.

Now what is his reaction.
His vision goes completely blur with only hand in semen visible.Which closely imply that it is an very large wave of guilt or large wave of panic.

It is from this delayed reaction which makes it highly possible he had no idea what he was doing in the act.and I am very much with the notion due to several reasons.
Because think about it yourself.Why would Shinji masturbate over her if he felt the same guilt during the act?Why would he react so much if he was that aware of his actions.In such states of mind.
Even after much times has passed,when he tells Misato what he did.It makes it possible that it was less intentional and done in a emotional curry state.As he must be constantly thinking about that act from a a long time in such state of thought curry.

Or to put it simply.

“Your initial reaction is who you grew up to be, and your secondary is who you really are - who you want to be.”

“In trauma psychology, there’s a saying: “Your initial reaction is who you were trained to be; your secondary reaction is who you truly are.” In the hospital scene, Shinji’s initial response — the freeze, dissociation, and eventual act — emerges from years of learned coping mechanisms rooted in fear, neglect, and unmet emotional needs. At that point, his rational brain is offline, leaving his limbic system to chase a primal, maladaptive form of comfort. But after the act, when his vision blurs and his attention narrows to the sight of his own hand, we witness the shift into his secondary reaction: a flood of guilt, panic, and self-awareness. It’s the moment his moral self finally breaks through the fog of dissociation, forcing him to face not only what he’s done, but also the person he doesn’t want to be.”

So in very short.He was already being irrational as his desperation, severe anxiety and depression,his loss of coping mechanism and emotional collapse and on a verge of total one and even more , has already impaired his reason and awareness Moderately or severely even before that important freeze happened.
The freeze have the ground for action by shutting down his prefrontal cortex and giving the way to his primal instinct or limbic system to take actions and make him aroused automatically .He locks door which this case show fragmented awareness.As even after you move to break the freeze,your prefrontal cortex can still take time to become aware again and this time was again delayed by the primal instinct and urge as the action already started.He has already dissociated.And his long term future concerns like "What will happen to Asuka","I am doing it but what is it's proper implications?" "How will people react after the act"," They are watching me through surveillance camera" ,"Asuka will never talk to me","Misato will watch me as an raper" these long term concerns are easily replaced by short term concerns like "What if someone watch me during act" which is again mostly out habitual action rather than an deliberate planning.
Shinji during the act completely dissociated meaning having no idea for his actions.Like come on if he had idea why the fuck would he do that?desperation is something that can force but still he can't cum until he perceives no danger to others(he couldn't even get a boner due to guilt)as "I am afraid of hurting other's more than hurting myself" and it's written by Anno hidyeaki himself.But it doesn't means he has been totally dissociated.Door even if being an habitual action still means fragmented reasoning and awareness which means he has atleast some idea enough to lock it under habitual though that said lock creates ambiguity as I don't know 'why he did it' and I am confused.And at last I don't know how much time he took understand his actions.But i guarantee that 20 or 25 seconds are on minimum.And his reaction is genuine.

What does this post establishes? This:-.

1).Choice is an illusion.At such state of mind the a choice will be mixture of conscious and subconscious selves.Which means even if has some idea he genuinely can't controle himself.
2).That Shinji used her technically.Offcours uses her.But that use is *technically using her* ok *technically* .If we come to actuall charcter intentions.His intentions are already very semi-automated and it is dubious to understand how much though I made as much as effort I could to tell.
3).he doesn't knows clearly what he is doing and probably has an blur idea.He locks door.But even that's more of an impulse or habitual action. His reasoning is totally(or highly)impaired at that moment likely due to the freeze he siffered.The concept of future after the prolonged freeze is taken away.He can't understand "What will my actions will have prolonged affect on Asuka?""How will Asuka react""how much damage will Asuka get from this" the long term implications.But is rather focusing on short term implications.
(Offcourse this get seperated).
4). The locking of door doesn't means the actions after that are his logical reasoning.A simple shit symbolism can't contradict my this big analysis.
Locking of door is an primal and habitual urge.Since the action is related to masturbation offcourse locking of door is something that will come in even subconscious mind immediately.

Though if it's intentional or not still remains ambiguous as most elements is against that it is intentional and much are with habitual action with primal instinct and to save himself.
Though i think the act is somewhat or very less intentional but it remember Shinji is not in a normal self.
His future reasoning about his actions and it's implications to Asuka are still highly impaired.
It's is hard to say it is that deliberate to call it even deliberate as action is semi-automated in which we don't know clearly how much.
4).revenge,wtf? @Kendrix? Though the last post is 2014 but revenge fantasy?In the middle of psycho break down? where did that come from?
It can also question

some Narrative based biases which writers use to increase the impact of the dialogues and narrative to make them confi there bads.

For example Asuka is using the same scene to say that he didn't tried to understand her.Which in actual doesn't makes sense.You are literally using an mostly automated action to actually blame him of not understand her on an human level.
When in the scene he is mentally unable to do that.Just having threads of logic which are mostly overridden to sooth.


Final verdict.
You can blame Shinji.The act is done by Shinji.
But the blame is *Very Highly Mitigated*.
As he might have consciousness about his actions.But even that consciousness might be just 5 steps ahead the quarter of his consciousness.

Or

to simply his actual conscious action can be from 20-25% or even 35% on max and after that is automated by his past age ,situation and mental state.

And also the let's say the 35% is offcourse biased towards sooth Shinji or that 35% of Shinji might be biased towards sooth himself.And the freeze+dissociation+Mental state+action of limbic system+age provided a proper ground for the act.
Another thing that might tell that Shinji's actions was mostly reflex is that he didn't touched Asuka.He just touched himself.Off ourse the line seems poignant.But when dug deeper you will understand why I am writing it.
Though if you say that fear of waking he up is primal.I think he is just doing it there.

Hey I just wanted to talk on some extra think to related to hospital scene.Abd read this if you are brave enough to.As the thing I write there,I am also poignant about it but I have write it.Though i know probably not one will ever bothered to post or atleast humiliate about writting it though thing is not that poignant.

Though according to making of the One More Final:I need you(go search about why or how did anno added the dialogue “disgusting” of Asuka) You have to concentrate on words “He could have done more but he decided to masturbate on you while watching ” words of Concentrate on word like (“* he could have done more*”)
.The word “He could have done” doesn't means he deliberately didn't do it to her as I said since the actions are from mostly lymbic system there was a chance he could have..... . But again since masturbation is more connected to his sexual procedure.The reflex to masturbate is more dominant than...... . Though that's psychologically as anno have us many psychological clues.
Though what does this thought process of anno or Asuka offcourse tells us narrative wise The phrase doesn't means “He could have kissed or connect to me”.Nope watch the context of the interview and the statement and think what does that tells.It means he could have even darker or even very very very very bad voilent or sexual assault thing.
And as i said you can properly use it as an reasoning for Asuka.And i don't think she said that because Shinji just masturbated.
Though it is not necessarily to be very voilent.
Simply she said that because he showed cowardice.As he didn't touched her.Or atleast didn't engaged with her on a level which connects to her.
But what I think is:
It could have been she was saying that to (mostly) purely to the action and situation.As I said Shinji's mental state is very bad.In that situation Ok *situation*.Shinji could have done something worser.But *luckily* chose to what he did.And that word *Luckily* is the most worst part in that sentence.
And again the situation is connected to Shinji.The thought is disgusting in itself.As we know the literal translation of Kimochi warui is “Feel disgusting” rather than “ how disgusting”.Which means Asuka might be saying “i feel disgusting”.
So she is feeling disgusting due to Shinji, Shinji's state,His actions but most importantly the situation itself.As it's the bad situation that pushed him to the act.

So don't take this seriously just take its as my view.

You can blame 15% to 30%. Out 100 % though blame is usually not give in numerics but I am trying to make it simpler.

Sighh since this post is not perfect I will edit in between as it am mentally exhausted.bye.

And lastly the post can't defend his action but rather the person.And also "it is not Shinji" is not my intention.But "it is Shinji in a very bad state of mind" is my intention.

[Kharis1212]

Sighh so since I didn't told about the plausibility of the most important action that is his mental state during the lock. Iam making seperate post as I don't want to touch that post as it is already a pain in ass.

So as I told in my previous post about importance of freeze which can completely shut down the function of pre-frontal cortex.And as I said Shinji might not break the freeze till 20(or 15)to 45 seconds(though even less since his limbic system is highly aware he will get a arousal very quickly) where 25 or 15 seconds can be the most accurate timing noting his past ,his age, his amount of shock and previous sessions.And as Shinji's mental state was already very bad and the pre-rontal cortex is not developed due to his age as it develope fully in mid 20's hence it is easier to off it in high stress, emotional or survival overload case.And it can also persist as Shinji is in the same position for 7 seconds on minimum by the scene itself.

Now first of Shinji's lympic system itself knows that Asuka is not deadly threat since it is highly aware.And also lympic system can also regard the overwhelming loneliness, rejection, or despair as if they were survival-level threats.
And since Shinji's coping mechanism is gone and he is also verge on total emotional collapse.His brain is indeed primal and will naturally make his mental safety before others and hence you are watching him shaking Asuka inhumanly (irrationally) when we have multiple moments of Shinji showing genuine concerns for her safety and wanted to understand her as an person and help her.

Since lympic system is highly(visually) aware and sexual arousal is something that lympic system can function indipendent of pre-frontal cortex.Which means In that state of very high visual and survival alert.When Shinji's eyes are on her breasts and body itself.It is very very very or simply it is entirely plausible Shinji will get an arousal at the worst time possible.

And what is the connection with door.
If Asuka's say is actually right that Shinji has a habit of fantasiezing her as to escalate his suffering and to sooth his longing for her connection at nights most probably.Then it is very easy to say that closing the door is an residuary action.

Or simply Since or if fantasiezing Asuka and masturbating on her thoughts is something frequently Shinji does as an escape.It means it must be stored in those parts of brain which are not off.

Let's get to the accurate psychology given by chat gpt(don't worry it's a accurate).

“If Shinji’s prefrontal cortex (the logical, moral part) is offline from the freeze response, the limbic system (emotion, survival, and instinct) can temporarily dominate decision-making. In non-life-threatening but emotionally extreme situations, the limbic system can:

Trigger sexual arousal if a strong visual or tactile stimulus matches stored associations or fantasies (this can happen independently of moral reasoning).

Initiate habitual or learned behaviors — in Shinji’s case, locking the door could be a deeply ingrained privacy reflex from past masturbation experiences.
(And if not locking door atleast making sure nobody is watching him or even hearing him).

Override slower moral processing in the moment, because there’s no “ethical filter” online to stop the impulse.


The door-locking here could plausibly be limbic-driven rather than a rational plan — a mix of muscle memory + instinctive privacy fear.
Once that’s in motion, the same system could push toward the act, especially if the brain is seeking emotional relief from overwhelming stress.

I’d put plausibility at about 70–80% that the locking and immediate escalation were instinct/habit-based rather than deliberate moral calculation.”


And for if freeze how much time can pre frontal cortex can take to come back .(Again it is well researched by chat gpt so again accuracy is high).

“Freeze can persist long past the initial threat, functioning as a nervous system shutdown to prevent collapse.

Regaining higher reasoning doesn’t happen instantly; it comes once the freeze begins to resolve—usually through physiological shift or external intervention.

Surface awareness without agency—meaning you might see what’s happening but not control it—is a hallmark of dissociation/freezing states. ”
And for storage of that info
“Procedural memory & habits → stored in the basal ganglia and cerebellum, which operate largely outside conscious control. These can keep running even if the prefrontal cortex (logic/moral reasoning) is shut down.

Emotional associations → stored in the amygdala and hippocampus, which are very active during stress and dissociation. That means even in a freeze, emotionally-charged memories (like sexualized thoughts about Asuka) can surface automatically.”

Now the thing that actually is confusing me is locking door.
As most of the psychology is against locking the door.

But one thing I will say.
And it is very important.

If Shinji will used to make sure that nobody is watching and not even hearing him during the act.Then it would be
Entirely plausible that giving himself a personal space by locking the door is(using fragmented consciousness) habitual and almost automatic.

And probability is high.Since noting Shinji's past and how anno told That Shinji is very afraid of what others think.For example how a banal comments by Asuka in episode 16's starting becomes something Shinji feels guilty for.Then it is shown Shinji is afraid of what others think in eoe though that thinking or fear of ambiguity is exaggerated by Kowuru's betrayal.

Either way we know how highly sexually repressed is Shinji.it is until eoe itself that people got to know he might fantasies her.
And also psycho.
“His personality is avoidant, self-conscious, and highly sensitive to others’ opinions, which means secrecy is a default behavior for anything sexual.

People with this kind of personality often build “muscle memory” for privacy — making sure doors are closed, curtains are drawn, checking surroundings before engaging in anything sexual.

This habit can be so automatic that even in a dissociative or irrational state, the body follows the pattern without deliberate planning.”
And it matches as Shinji's behaviour to make sure that nobody knows that especially Misato and Asuka that he does that whenever boner structs Or he is suffering through in his nights through self loathing and Mall adaptive daydreaming and also self loathing often triggers over thinking or he wants to feel Asuka.

So if he used to make sure nobody knows which off ourse has high chance since umm Asuka calls him pervy.

If that's the case then closing of door or getting privacy might be an habitual and his primal instinct.
As he also might have connected his sexual urges to be more private.Espacially living with two womens.
Either way Shinji just needs to start act.Momemt he does he wil Dissociate again.mot knowing properly what he is doing.

Again it depends upon many things.because locking door even if habitual needs atleast some fragmented reasoning.But not much as even that reasoning might be biased towards violating her due to his mental state or simply he already wanted to have that with her(sexual engagement but since he only masturbated, masturbation has more chance to surface rather than umm sexual act which could have been worse).



Either way as I said if he takes 20-60 seconds to understand what happened or what he did to Asuka and we know the reaction.
It will means Shinji has less idea of what he was doing.
Let's say 35% for easier knowing.


But the statement is only highly plausible if Making sure privacy is ingrained in Shinji and the timings I have given are true.So it depends upon you. To choose if he ensures privacy or not and also timings as timing are very very important.

And also the numerics are still rough(I mean I still have to think logically) and actually probability.

[IpPo2911]

Well, I think Anno's intention with the scene was exactly what you described, but it didn't affect me that way because the first time I saw EOE I didn't know about this context of war between Anno and the Fans , for me this scene just continues to be Shinji just climbing the list of people who did things that I wouldn't consider cool.

[Kharis1212]

Agreeeeed Sir!
Edit:- It's just u just get frustrated like how people are wrong about scene.Psychology matters because it is unit of blame here.But that said people usually ignore it and just try to use narrative and theme here which right for thematic purpose but offcourse messes up chqracter intention which is gone in itself due to semi-automated nature of the act.

Either way thanks for responding.Because you kind a start feeling stupid when nobody replies.But either I guess what I wanted to say.People catched it and I am happy.