Who is the LEAD FEMALE of End of Evangelion?

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

now for my theory

Episode 25' "Air": Misato

Episode 25' "Love is Destructive": Asuka

Episode 26' "My Purest Heart": TEH Rei/Kaworu

Episode 26' "ONE MORE FINAL": Asuka

Asuka = WINNAH!

kthnxbai

[Xard]

now for my theory

There really isn't lead female in EoTV's Ep 25 though

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

this thread is about EoE, NOT EoTV

that's for some other thread

[Xard]

Episode 25' "Air": Misato

Episode 25' "Love is Destructive": Asuka

...since when EoE had two ep 25's?

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

remember, two parts, "Air/Love is Destructive" (notice the slash)

[Evangelion217]

I don't know, Eva-01/Yui just looms in the background and is completely passive during the keymoments of the film apart from the "scaring the crap out of JSSDF mmbers and saving Shinji" part.

I see you're point. But to me, there is no "Evangelion" without Yui. Since she's probably the reason that everything comes full circle in the end. Everything you see in "Neon Genesis/End Of Evangelion" happens, because of Yui. I feel that she planned on certain things to happen, that would trigger other events. She's like a musician, and the third impact is her 9th Symphony.

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You guys are nuts. The lead female is obviously Shinji.

[Wevangeliwon]

25 'Air': Misato
25 'Love is Destructive': Asuka
26 'My Purest Heart': Rei/Asuka (to a lesser extent, for pushing Shinji and that whole strangling scene)
26 'ONE MORE FINAL': Asuka

Asuka wins. Misato should have though. Just because I like her more than Asuka.

[TheAyanamiOtaku]

It's obviously Spiritual-Quantum Magic Fem-Touji

[Skywalker007]

Asuka, since she came back from death anyway.

[Xard]

remember, two parts, "Air/Love is Destructive" (notice the slash)

And how you separate the two I wonder?

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

easy, the first part involves SFAiB and Shinji being dragged to Unit-01 by Misato while fighting through the JSSDF seige of NERV

second part involves the most overused clip in AMVs, Asuka/Kyoko vs. JSSDF and all them harpies

[slothen]

its hard for me to say it, but for EoE, definitely Misato.

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It's obviously Spiritual-Quantum Magic Fem-Touji

Hmmmm, now that I think about it...

[Evangelion__x]

Asuka. No doubt.

But Rei comes in a close second, aswell as Misato...

[Rhyno]

This point of view has been expressed before, but there really isn't a lead female in EoE. There is one lead character, and that person is Shinji. EoE obviously revolves around him. Everyone else is just costars. You can pick different characters for different scenes, but it's all because of their interaction with the star, Shinji. Misato, Asuka, Rei (Rei/Lilith), and Yui are all valid choices thanks to their scenes with Shinji.

I hope no one thinks I'm taking the easy way out...

[asukafan11]

lilith. or Rei.

[Dartz]

Really.... I mean, your nick would've lead us to believe you have an entirely different opinion.

[MugwumpHasNoLiver]

I'm leaning towards no one easily defined 'lead'. Like it's been written, Misato is the only one the audience can root for in the first half of the film, she's the only one who isn't insane and depressed by that point. But let's face it, the Asuka/Shinji dynamic is probably the most important to Shinji (obviously excluding Yui, but she's too busy being fused to an Eva for that to really be as noticeable as it should be).

But then Rei and Lilith really steal the spotlight. Lilith was comatose much longer to Asuka and she got a lot more done after she got up.

Yeah, it's probably best that we jut concede that Misatio gets the beginning, Asuka gets the middle, Rei gets the end and Asuka gets the very end.

[NemZ]

I think it's intentional that there isn't a single female lead, as Shinji's inability to decide what or who he wants is central to the story. Asuka, Rei, and Misato are each shown at their absolute best and probably get roughly equal screen time, with the 'hiding behind smiles to keep things ambiguous' scene, featuring images of all three shifting in prominence, as the apex of this theme. While Asuka does get the lead at the end, it's worth noting that both Rei and Misato are still there if only in spirit (cross on grave marker, bookend and GIANT HEAD).