049 - Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 7

We find characters whose traumatic past prevents them from loving each other a la Sophie's choice, and Shinji also has to carry that weight. Also Tabris (Kawaoryu) is introduced, way earlier than in the anime. Skip plot summary @ 4:29

Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 7

Chapters 41 to 48, "Fist and Eradication".

By Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Translation by Lillian Olsen

Topics:

• James criticises the repeating of the running away beat in volume 2 to be soap operatic.
• Sophie's Choice (Kaji rats out his brother and friends similar to the factual horror story)
• Survivor guilt as coping mechanism and how guilt or self-loathing can be a barrier to good relationships.
• Introduction of Tabris.

Synopsis:

After the death of Toji Shinji vows never to pilot Eva unit 1 and decides to leave NERV, unfortunately this leaves NERV HQ vulnerable to another angel attack. Unit 1 rejects all substitute pilots, including the dummy plug system. Out of desperation both Asuka and Rei are left to defend the Geofront. Asuka's unit 2 is decapitated and Rei's kamikaze methods fail.

Kaji talks to Shinji about survivor guilt and sacrificing personal happiness in order to get Shinji back into piloting Eva and to compensate for Toji's death. Shinji returns to NERV goes to fight the angel. He is overpowered, Unit 1's armour beaks but the armour itself is merely a restraint. It results in the Eva having a will all its own, it goes berserk and kills the angel. NERV manages to capture the rampant Eva but the cockpit is stuck, Shinii is lost inside, having been reduced to LCL, what was suppose to be an amniotic liquid made to connect Shinji with the Eva has now turned him into primordial soup.

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