My Eva Rebuild Story Theory (more concise)

[Stuart]

It's interesting when you talk of the chosen children somehow being related to the four Adams...

In the liner notes for the ADV VHS release of episodes 1 and 2, the question is asked "why were all the pilots born on the day of Second Impact?" Is this question ever adressed in the original series/EoE?

If not, maybe there will be some significance revealed in the next movie. It's weird when Misato says in 2.0 that she chooses the pilots and that Asuka will pilot unit 3.... whatever happened to the theory that the soul of the pilot's mother had to be in the Eva in order for them to be compatible?

[Mr. Tines]

"why were all the pilots born on the day of Second Impact?" Is this question ever adressed in the original series/EoE?

We know for a fact that Rei was not created until some years after 2I from material in the series.

Asuka and Shinji have birthdays to match their seiyuus'; although I don't think this is recorded in-narrative, amusingly it puts Shinji's conception at around the time of 2I.

[AuraTwilight]

Kaworu Nagisa is the only pilot born on Second Impact, so the question is entirely bullshit.

[KnightmareX13]

We know for a fact that Rei was not created until some years after 2I from material in the series.

Asuka and Shinji have birthdays to match their seiyuus'; although I don't think this is recorded in-narrative, amusingly it puts Shinji's conception at around the time of 2I.

They always hinted at some sort of connection between how well a pilot syncs with an EVA on two things: their relation to the units soul, and the pilots birth date in relation to second impact (Shinji was conceived on the eve of 2I so out of all the NATURAL pilots he has the highest sync ratio.)
I do not believe that this was directly stated though, but it explains why all the pilots are around 14 years old, or have birth dates on or near the time of 2I, Misato makes that observation in NGE.

[AuraTwilight]

There's no metaphysical reason why the children have to be born after Second Impact. Teenagers are ideal because adults have outgrown the whole maternal bond thing just about completely, and using young children is even more unethical. Teenagers not only tend to have a strong bond to parental figures, but also have the whole "cusp of identity formation" thing which defines adolescence.

[melichan]

While we're counting coffins, I find it surprising that everyone is trying really hard to match up the number of angels with the number of coffins, when the first thought to occur to me was that "Hey, there's four empty coffins for four pilots. Oh look, a fifth pilot in a fifth coffin." Just sayin'.

Of course, I am new to EvaGeeks and there are probably a load of theories this builds off of that I haven't read. But still! Food for thought.

[Legendary]

That would mean there are at least nine pilots, if they line up one to one. That would be very unfortunate story-wise. Especially since they wouldn't be able to be Toji, Kensuke, or Hikari.

[wonderluster]

That would mean there are at least nine pilots, if they line up one to one. That would be very unfortunate story-wise. Especially since they wouldn't be able to be Toji, Kensuke, or Hikari.

I'm pretty sure it's against the rules for Kensuke to have an Eva.

Also, I'm liking the way that Melichan's looking at this. I for one would like a redesigned Eva Series to return to the game with actual pilots this time around.

[Legendary]

My point is that no characters we have seen can be pilots this time around if the theory is correct. All the teens who don't already pilot were introduced before enough coffins were opened. This means at least FOUR new characters. This is fine if they have as much development as Rebuild!Kaji. But that is not good storywise, you see. We can't actually care.

[Jornophelanthas]

While we're counting coffins, I find it surprising that everyone is trying really hard to match up the number of angels with the number of coffins, when the first thought to occur to me was that "Hey, there's four empty coffins for four pilots. Oh look, a fifth pilot in a fifth coffin." Just sayin'.

Of course, I am new to EvaGeeks and there are probably a load of theories this builds off of that I haven't read. But still! Food for thought.

Interesting thought. It throws an entirely new light on Ritsuko telling Asuka that "there is a backup for everything, even the pilots", just as Unit-02 is placed in storage.

[Azathoth]

While we're counting coffins, I find it surprising that everyone is trying really hard to match up the number of angels with the number of coffins, when the first thought to occur to me was that "Hey, there's four empty coffins for four pilots. Oh look, a fifth pilot in a fifth coffin." Just sayin'.

We didn't yet know there were four pilots at the time we saw that there were four open coffins, hence the lack of association. (In fact it's entirely possible that Anno didn't know there were four pilots at the time - which is not to say that won't wind up being true).