048 - Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 6

048 - Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 6

Author: We Appreciate Manga™ May 17, 2020 Duration: 41:11

In this volume characters start to come across points of no return, with plenty talk on quantum theory and Bento boxes! Skip plot summary @ 3:46

 

048: Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 6

Chapters 34 to 40 ('the fourth child' to 'staining the twilight black')

By Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Adapted to English by Fred burke, Carl Gustav Horn, William Flanagan and David Ury

 

Topics:

  • Talk of s2 engine etc.

Super solenoid (electromagnetic coil)

  • Kaji to Toji Segue
  • Injured/nursing shinji segue (a lot of Segues!!!)
  • Asuka's confession and expressing love (Basically more Tsundere stuff)

 

Other references and Product Placement 

 

  • The Magi -

Within Zorastrianism or Mazdayasna they are mages.

Gospel of Matthew calls them kings and wise men.

Never named in the new testament but are known as the saints, Malchior, Casper and Balthazar.

 

  • Dirac sea -

Named after Paul Dirac who created the concept so to unify theories of relativity and quantum theory. It remains as a mathematically sound theory of infinity that exists in our universe. In Eva it's used as an explanation for why the American base vanished or imploded. " a hole in the sea of fermions".

 

  • "Armoured Gear"
  • Asuka's watermelon lollipop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfAfQiXqJGo

  • Bento boxes

 

 

Plot Summary

 

Shinji learns that his classmate Hikari has feelings towards his friend, Toji Suzuhara. Asuka intervenes and tries to help to help Hikari in getting Toji's attention. Later on, Asuka takes her own advice and confesses her love to Kaji, Kaji is quick to condescend but respectfully denies her. Asuka is angry but is more so angry when she discovers who the next eva pilot will be.

 

Toji is focused on other things, specifically his sister who is hospitalized after an angel attack on Tokyo-3 and the fact that he is chosen to be the new pilot for Eva 3.  On his first test run Toji becomes attacked by a new parasitic,

almost viral form of an angel which takes full control and assimilation of his eva unit.

The remaining Eva pilots gather to fight it until Shinji is left standing. Toji is uncommunicative whilst trapped inside his Eva and Shinji refuses to fight back so not to harm his friend. By his father's command, Shinji loses control of his

Eva as a dummy system takes over. A distraught Shinji can do nothing but be witness to the murderous assault on Toji. Hikari spends the night alone, cooking for Toji and being proud of how much he would love the recipe she made for him.

 

 

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