Curiousity's getting the better of me, but are you the one who has that website about being a "Asuka fan who's for the Rei/Shinji pairing" and there's this save Asuka project and various other pages? (such as the page I first found when stumbling across that site "the death and compeletion of Asuka Langely Soryu".) 'Just wondering because I'm usually kinda awed about being a forum member that has "famous" website owners on them, too. (Yes, I'm that much of a geek!) For instance, I think evaotaku is an excellent site, so is that mdwig's website. I also like that Ikari Gendou FAQ page (the "spinoff page" featuring Shinji is funny as hell! :P) is good, though there seem to be some errors. Major(?) Spoiler ahead!
Q: I keep reading all over that there were actually 18 Angels. Are these people loco or am I just seeing things?
A: You're not seeing things. What they are referring to is during the End of EVA movie, Misato says something to the effect of "We are the 18th Angel, born from the source of life, Lilith. Other angels are possibly a seperate race of beings who threw away their physical forms. They were doomed to a sad existence of betrayal and pain because they rejected each other. We, people are the same." A dry and bitter remark that Tabris wasn't the final Angel, mankind is. It's just a comment at how destructive people can be to their fellow man (especially when they break into your base of operations and shoot at anything that moves!). The Dead Sea Scrolls in the series clearly state that 17 Heavenly Messengers will visit the Earth (that's what the members of SEELE say on a number of occasions). Not 18. By saying that man is the final Angel Misato is showing her utter distaste for all humanity (just as she loathed the Angels themselves). People keep posting Misato's comment and taking it at face value which is wrong. If mankind truly was the final Angel (or an Angel at all for that matter) why did this whole song and dance thing have to occur? If man was the final Angel, a simple touch with Lilith would have begun the Third Impact. Or, when we came in contact with Adam we would have initiated the destructive Third Impact and the series would have been over before it began. Trust me, mina-san, Katsuragi was only being sarcastic.
In terms of mankind being the 18th Angel, who says that has to be taken literally? Couldn't it be symbolically?
