The next day, Shinji and Gendo visit Yui's grave to lay a wreath of flowers. Angry Birds Evolution Epic Eva The Birthday Mom Film Animation - Bird Transparent PNG is a 2443x2741 PNG image with a transparent background. Shinji lists his faults, and replies still hates himself; but Shinji also states that he may be able to learn to love himself. Shinji continues to live with Misato and pilot Eva-01, becoming more comfortable with his life in Tokyo-3, though is still ignorant of many of its mysteries. The anniversary of Yui's death is coming up, and Shinji is due to visit her gravesite with his father. Shinji's own hands are somehow marked with stigmata from the spears. During lunch with his friends at a marine preservation institute, Shinji mentions that he learned to cook meals because Misato didn't know how to. Shinji is shown to be tormented by Kaworu's death, and his own role in it. Shinji is also confronted by Asuka about his motivations for piloting. Shinji says that this is fine, and thanks her. Shinji is told that he can run away, but he states that he no longer wants to. Asuka and Mari appear in their Evas and fight with him. He conceived Shinji with a "clean image that a woman tends to project" in his mind, portraying him as a "cold, unambitious" character, "the type who would commit suicide, but can't bring himself to do it". Eva and her husband José’s worlds completely changed for … He is congratulated by Misato, but Asuka is secretly enraged. Shinji returns to duty, but the use of Eva-01 is frozen by Gendo, to satisfy Seele. He also meets Kaji for the first time. After this, Ritsuko destroys the Reis in the tank, and asks Misato to kill her. When Kensuke notices that Misato has been promoted to the rank of major, the children throw a party for her at the apartment, though Shinji is a little unused to being around so many people. Kaworu touches Shinji's hand and declares that he admires Shinji's sensitive nature, and that he likes Shinji. In time, Shinji slowly displaces Gendo in Rei's affections. He was thus represented as "a melancholic oral-dependent type" caught "in [an] oral stage", like Anno considered himself. The rescue fails when Armisael attempts to take over Eva-01 as well, and to prevent this, Rei initiates Eva-00's self-destruct, which destroys the Angel, Eva-00, and apparently herself. Though he can no longer remember her face, Shinji slowly begins to suspect who is really inside Eva-01. Shinji witnesses Rei make a desperate sortie in a damaged Eva-00, detonating an N2 mine, but to no effect, with Eva-00 being subsequently struck down. Shinji goes to Rei's dilapidated apartment complex, and enters her even more disheveled room. Misato later refuses to allow Shinji to be interrogated by The Committee about his time inside the Angel. Shinji here also is something of a pervert, which goes along with Shinji's personality in the possible world sequence of Episode 26 as well as Girlfriend of Steel 2 video game Shinji. There he meets Toji and Kensuke, who have heard he is to leave. The next day, after Seele's failed attempt to hack into Nerv's Magi system, the JSSDF attacks Tokyo-3 and Nerv HQ. Shinji hesitates for a long time, but eventually crushes Kaworu Based on a plan of Kaji's, Misato decides to have Asuka live with herself and Shinji so that the two can learn to work with the perfect unison required in order to defeat the Angel. As an act of contrition, Toji begs Shinji to strike him, as payback for Shinji's earlier beating, and the trio briefly bond. When Third Impact arrived and Rei III rejected Gendo, control of Third Impact was given to Shinji and, ultimately, Yui. When Rei returns, surprised that Shinji cleaned her room, she awkwardly thanks him, later reflecting that she had never done so with Gendo. Shinji's relationships with the other characters in Evangelion 1.0 are similar to those in the series. He also gets to see the devastation caused by Near-Third Impact, which Kaworu says he was the "catalyst" of. to a secret garden patch in the Geofront where Kaji has been growing melons. From this episode it becomes clear just how little Rei values her own pers… We have a variety of gorgeous arrangements. At the elevators, Shinji sees that Misato has been shot, though she passes it off as nothing. https://wiki.evageeks.org/index.php?title=Yui_Ikari&oldid=103257, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Ang tamis ng inyong pagmamahal ay ang aming mundo at kaligayahan. As the attack progresses, Shinji is subsequently discovered by a group of JSSDF soldiers. During Operation Yashima, Shinji uses the JSSDF's re-purposed Automated Positron Rifle and all the electrical power in Japan to defeat the Angel. Nerv surmised that Shinji is alive, but has dissolved in the LCL inside the Entry Plug. He is asked by doll-like children to help build a pyramid in a sandpit, but when these children depart with their mother, the young Shinji is left alone. As Shinji continues to refuse to pilot, Misato gives an impassioned, desperate, speech in an effort to convince Shinji not to give up or give in to regret. Upon returning Eva-01 to Nerv HQ, a furious Shinji seals himself inside Eva-01, threatening to destroy Headquarters and accuses Gendo of trying to kill Toji using his hands, demanding that he explain himself. He experiences a flashback to his early infancy, remembering his mother. This led Sadamoto to change Shinji's characterization and psychology. This page was last edited on 27 November 2019, at 03:16. Shinji was first drawn with slightly different features, which were changed by the main staff. In Shinji's case, the most likely translation could be "teacher," and this is the one used by ADV Films, Shinji seems to be downplaying his talent. Gendo assumes tactical control of Nerv, and orders Shinji, Asuka, and Rei to sortie in their Evangelions and to intercept Bardiel, which is advancing on Tokyo-3. The train arrives at the station, but upon recalling Misato's words of support, Shinji does not board. Although he decides to stay in Tokyo-3 instead of leaving like in Episode 04 of the series, Shinji can't help but feel that he's only needed for piloting Eva and that nobody truly cares for him. Later, Shinji is stunned when he observes Gendo and Rei talking cordially together. When Shinji tells Rei this isn't right, Rei tells him that if he wishes, everyone will be separated once again. Kaworu Nagisa's DSS Choker activates and kills him, leaving a distraught Shinji stuck in his Eva with the impact proceeding around him. Asuka and Eva-02 are almost lost, but Shinji leaps into the magma in Eva-01 to save them both. Control is switched, and Shinji is left powerless to stop Eva-01's actions as the dummy system proceeds to destroy Eva-03 and Bardiel in a particularly brutal fashion. He wanted to reflect contemporary teenagers in the character and was influenced by the Gulf War, wondering how a 14-year-old would have behaved on a helicopter. Shinji tells her that it is the only piece he knows how to play and that he isn't very good[2], and that he first started after his teacher instructed him to do so, continuing only because no one ever told him to stop. The Angel severs Eva-01's arm, but Shinji manages to get Misato to use the Evangelion launch pad to move the fight out into the Geofront. At this, Shinji stops, and begins weeping, letting go of Asuka. Shinji's form morphs in fantastic ways, but Shinji realizes that he will eventually lose all image of himself, because he is alone in this world, and always will be. A livelier, more animated Rei is also present as a transfer student into the class, and immediately enters an appropriately animated argument with Asuka over the topic of Shinji. This time, in addition to taking control over the Evangelion and quickly defeating the Angel, she also ingested its S² Engine Engine in the process. Eventually, Shinji asks what he himself is, and the dreamscape shifts to a further abstract form, where Shinji examines the nature of his own existence. Eva-02's severed head crashes into Shinji's evacuation shelter, forcing the civilians out into the Geofront. After Gendo returned, they had a child together, Shinji — who, if a girl, would have been named Rei. He is also something of a smart-alec and slightly more forward and cynical when it comes to dealing with others, mentally thinking of Asuka as a "bitch" and initially being annoyed at her, unlike in the anime. He has a chance to be happy anytime because he's alive. He asks Misato why she joined Nerv; she claims to have forgotten, but later reveals that she joined Nerv to both avenge her father and to break free of his spell. He also notices the effects of Rei's AT Field. Shinji just replies that it might her philosophy, but he can personally not live like that. While having dinner with Misato and Ritsuko in Misato's apartment, Shinji is asked by Ritsuko to deliver a security card to Rei. Ritsuko then leads the three on =a tour of Nerv's secrets in Terminal Dogma. Shinji momentarily wakes, and sees a multitude of swimming Rei's floating around a giant core, and sees a vision of the Tank of Reis, whose faces then change into his own. Shinji witnesses the entire event. There, he discovers his father's glasses, and, as he tries them on, a naked Rei silently emerges from her bathroom. Zeruel penetrates Nerv HQ and Central Dogma and almost destroys the Command Center before being stopped just in time by Shinji in Eva-01. All rights reserved. Kaji decides to show Shinji something special, and takes him His name was chosen by Gendo. At that moment, Eva-01 moves of its own accord, shattering the Bakelite and reaching its hand out to grasp the platform where Shinji sits, startling Shinji. However, Shinji is still alive, now fully absorbed into Eva-01. Ang inyong kasiyahan ay pagpapalakas ng aming ispiritu Leliel makes contact with Shinji, speaking as another version of himself, and forces Shinji to confront his relationships with others and in particular with his father. On the night before the battle, Asuka sleepwalks onto Shinji's futon; he attempts to kiss her, but stops after she calls in her sleep for her mother, after which Shinji realizes that Asuka is merely a child. Shinji continues through the dreamscape, seeing flashes of Asuka, Misato, and Rei. He speaks to Keel Lorenz (via his monolith), agreeing that "the child" is … He confesses his love to her in a way, claiming, "The Asuka I want to protect isn't this empty shell!". Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Evangelion 3.0 begins with an operation to bring Eva-01 back to earth after it has been sent to space in a huge tesseract, with Asuka in Eva-02 and Mari in Eva-08 taking part. Kaworu takes the DSS Choker off Shinji and places it around his own neck. See the Hot Mom’s Best Post-Baby Looks to Date Star turns 41 today. "Shinji was summoned by his father to ride a robot, Anno was summoned by Gainax to direct an animation", he said. Seeing Shinji as a reflection of Anno, assistant director Kazuya Tsurumaki avoided depicting him as a brave character, since "Anno isn't that much of a hero". Shinji and Asuka are both questioned by Rei about their reasons for living, for piloting their Evas, and for running away. When the three reach the Dummy Plug Plant, Ritsuko reveals a tank filled with Rei clones, and gives a monologue on Nerv, the Evangelions, and the nature of Rei. This belief is passed on to Shinji, first in his return to the physical world in Episode 20, and later in his choice to be "alive" (existing as human in physical form with an AT Field) rather than accept Instrumentality. Candice Clarke is part of a Millennial Generation (also known as Generation Y). Having learned of Kaji's death, Misato breaks down crying after hearing Kaji' last message on her answering machine. Yui disappeared into Eva-01 when Shinji was still very young. You can see and learn so many things from the process." He agrees to pilot Eva-01 once more, and, together with Rei in Eva-00, defeats Ramiel during the Operation Yashima battle. On finding her safe, Shinji is tearfully overwhelmed; Rei is confused, but on Shinji's suggestion she – reminded of Gendo – breaks into a deep smile. "Making something... Nurturing something is really great. When Jet Alone is sabotaged and endangers a nearby populated area, Shinji pilots Eva-01 to assist Misato in her attempts to board and disable J.A. Life Path Number 7 represent 'The Intuitive'. Shinji returns to the empty auditorium. The operation fails, though the Angel is later destroyed. Later, while out eating Ramen, Shinji reveals to Misato that he pilots Eva to hear such words from his father. Meanwhile, Shinji experiences another dreamscape in which he examines his reasoning for piloting Eva-01 and his relationships with Gendo and Yui. Shinji suffers temporary amnesia, waking up later in hospital, where he has silent encounters with both Rei and his father. Shinji learns from Kensuke that Eva-03 is coming to Japan, and will be tested in Matsushiro, and that Eva-04 and Nerv second branch have been destroyed, none of which Misato has told Shinji anything of. Eva Meloche was born in 2000s. When sh… Later, Kaworu seizes Eva-02, taking it down toward Terminal Dogma. Shinji then climbs over Asuka and begins to strangle her. Shinji is shown floating in an abstract emptiness, which can alter at will, and where he can even change his own form to whatever he imagines. The manga version of Shinji Ikari is significantly different from his anime depiction. She brought the 4-year-old Shinji to the site of the experiment so that she could "show [him] the bright future". When Misato shows Shinji Lilith, Shinji lets Misato hold his hand. While sitting on a bench in the Geofront, Shinji expresses some disappointment in Kaji's lack of seriousness. Shinji spends a whole day riding around the Tokyo-3 loop line train, listening to his SDAT. Stage 91 (Volume 13) mentions Shinji lived with Yui's older sister. However, there are moments when he is more angry about his situation (although he isn't outwardly angry like his manga counterpart with Sadamoto's take on the series). The next day, their unison perfected, Shinji and Asuka sortie in Eva-01 and Eva-02, and successfully defeat Israfel with a simultaneous attack on both of its cores. Anno set the protagonist at "age fourteen", when "independence of mind starts manifesting". Misato and Shinji reach an emergency elevator route leading to Eva-01, but are ambushed by a JSSDF unit who open fire. There he observes the burns on Gendo's hands, and learns of Gendo's rescue of Rei during the Eva-00 activation experiment. Misato refuses, and Ritsuko proceeds to break into sobbing. [6] Yui's beliefs may also be exemplified in her romantic relationship with Gendo, however Gendo's desire to be associated with Seele raised questions concerning whether he was truly in love with Yui or whether he was using her to get closer to SEELE. The iPhone was released. In the baths, Kaworu tells Shinji that while his avoidance of contact with others means he will not be betrayed or hurt, it also means he will always be lonely. The two travel to Rei's apartment, finding no-one home upon entering. Although not enthused, he begins training for this role under Ritsuko and Misato. Kaworu also appears in the seascape, which begins to shift between different landscapes. Shinji is the only child of his father Gendo Ikari and mother Yui. Throughout the majority of the manga, Shinji appears to be attracted to Rei, and their relationship is far more developed than in the anime. But, before he can deal the finishing blow, Eva-01 runs out of power. During the Eighties, conservative politics and Reaganomics held sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture. At the cage, he encounters Gendo, standing over the Eva-01 as in their first encounter. Misato refuses to accept this, telling him that he can die later. After Eva-01 is enveloped, Lilith morphs back into Rei, and Shinji hears Yui telling him that Rei embodies his hopes and dreams, and asking him what he wishes for. Family Life. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Though Shinji hears her crying, he is unable to do or say anything, and retreats to his room, realizing he is still a child. However, when Israfel splits into two parts, Shinji and Asuka are humiliatingly defeated, and the Angel is temporarily halted by the [[Special:MyLanguage/UN] with an N² bomb. Her apartment is part of a large block of apartment buildings on the western edge of Tokyo-3 that is in the process of being demolished. All three Evangelions sortie under emergency power, and work together to defeat the Angel. She first moved all by herself in Episode 01, protecting Shinji from falling lights and in the following battle in Episode 02, where she took control and defeated Sachiel when Eva-01 shut down after sustaining severe damage from the Angel. Afterward, Shinji reflects on the connection he has felt between Rei and his mother Yui. Eva-01's synchronization rate jumps to over 400%, and later examination reveals that Shinji had dissolved in the Entry Plug, having been absorbed by Eva-01. Please provide input in the discussion, or help build this page. "Making something... Nurturing something is really great. See: Theory and Analysis:Kaworu in Eva 3.0 Kaworu Nagisa is the First and Thirteenth Angel in the Rebuild continuity. Shinji spends 30 days trapped inside Eva-01 while Nerv prepares a salvage operation to rescue him. When Misato is about to depart for the test, Shinji puts these questions to her, and tries to ask her about the selected pilot, but is interrupted by Kensuke, who has arrived at the apartment to (unsuccessfully) beg to be selected as the pilot. He does, however, get closer to Asuka over time, and after the death of Kaworu, Shinji visits Asuka in the hospital, similar to in End of Evangelion. Shinji later takes part in an interchangeability test, and he tries to pilot Eva-00 for the first time. This decade also had the deadliest terrorist attack in human history - September 11 attacks. While Misato offers to maintain his Nerv security pass and card, Shinji asks her not to, saying he will never pilot Eva-01 again. Shinji begins screaming in terror. During Nerv's operation to attempt to capture the 8th Angel, Sandalphon, Shinji serves as backup while Asuka descends into a magma pit. Following synchronization tests, Kaworu meets Shinji, who is loitering outside Central Dogma due to his reluctance to return to Misato's apartment. In episode 21, Yui describes Gendo as "...quite a sweet person. Kaji arrives home with a drunken Misato, Asuka becomes downcast after smelling Misato's perfume on Kaji, but tells Shinji she is so because she kissed him. The Banger Sisters star Eva Amurri is clearly living her best life as a single mom to newborn son Mateo Antoni Martino, but fans still have many … At the age of 3, he witnessed his mother's "death" in her Contact Experiment with Eva-01.A year or so later, while still very young, he was abandoned by his father and sent away to live with his teacher. Fashion Birthdays Eva Mendes Moms. Following the battle, Shinji is upbraided by Misato for ignoring her orders. During the blackout, Shinji, Asuka and Rei have to manually infiltrate Nerv HQ, discovering along the way that the 9th Angel, Matarael, is attacking the base. the LCL purification system fails, and Shinji, overwhelmed by the smell of blood, panics, banging on the Entry Plug and calling out for help from Misato, Asuka, Rei, Ritsuko, and even Gendo. Her mother escaped from Nazi-occupied Budapest in the 1940s, also settling in the U.S. Upon meeting (and attempting to impress) her former handler and the first children, she isn't impressed by Shinji (in fact, she seems very annoyed when Kaji praises Shinji's first battle in the lunchro… When Asuka again refuses, Shinji proceeds to strangle her. The two spend the night inside Kensuke's tent, but in the morning Nerv security agents arrive to take Shinji into custody. Facebook, Twitter, Ebay, and YouTube were founded. As night falls, Shinji continues his wanderings and bumps into Kensuke, who is out camping by himself. Because Shinji is afraid of reaching out to anyone else, Shinji later stays in Kaworu's room for the night, sleeping on the floor. Please discuss this issue, or begin editing the page. One of Shinji's friends from Class 2A. Later, Shinji discovers that the pilot was indeed Toji, when he sees him being removed – alive, but severely injured – from the smashed Entry Plug. The Entry Plug opens, spilling out the LCL containing Shinji's former matter and plugsuit. Just before the blackout at Nerv, Shinji calls Gendo to inform him of an upcoming Parent-Teacher meeting in school. Shinji awakens later in hospital, apparently remembering nothing of the incident. At the age of 3, he witnessed his mother's "death" in her Contact Experiment with Eva-01. Shinji hopes to get along with his father and is happy when Gendo praises him after the Eighth Angel attack. As images pass in the dreamscape, as Rei questions him, Shinji tells her that it is better if he, and everyone else, simply die. At his final scream, Eva-01 Shinji confidence improves so much, that later when the 12th Angel, Leliel, attacks, Shinji decides not to wait for back up from Eva-00 and Eva-02, and attacks Leliel without support in Eva-01. He sees the disintegrating head of the colossal Rei in the distance, and wonders what his mother -- still inside a now petrified Eva-01 -- will do now. in Eva-01's hand. Yui became romantically involved with a mysterious man, several years older than herself, named Gendo Rokubungi, who was constantly the source of shady rumors — among them that Gendo had approached Yui for nothing but her talent and her affiliation with Seele. And as Shinji states that he is himself, and stands up to proclaim that it is all right for him to be here, the misty auditorium is blown away to be replaced by a bright blue landscape. By Nicole Adlman Mar 05, 2015 7:13 PM Tags. While at school, Toji is asked by Ritsuko to become the Fourth Children and pilot of Eva-03, though the others remain unaware Misato again has to almost drag a limp Shinji onward. During the evening, while Misato is out late with Kaji, Asuka asks Shinji if he wants to kiss her, claiming that she is bored, and eventually manages to persuade Shinji to agree. Shinji pilots Eva-01 to save Rei from the Angel's core. However, when Misato threatens to replace Asuka with Rei, Asuka resolves to work harder at her unison with Shinji, and their performance improves. She then brings him down into the GeoFront and Nerv Headquarters, and then to Eva-01's cage to meet his father. He also still acts shy and introverted around others, although he's generally friendly. Shinji is also seen playing the aforementioned piece in Evangelion. After hearing a sound to his side, Shinji turns his head to see a ghostly image of Rei floating over the water, who then disappears. Shinji's entry plug is opened by a tearful Misato, relieved to find him still alive. Shinji wonders why he is doing so; Kaworu states he may have been born to meet Shinji. Still trapped in Leliel, Shinji finds himself in a dreamscape, faced by a younger version of himself in a dusk-lit train carriage. Together, Shinji and Kaworu breach the barrier placed around Lilith's chamber and attempt to remove the spears placed in Lilith to undo the damage he had wrought. before it explodes. Shinji briefly meets Mari Illustrious Makinami twice during the film, but he knows nothing of her, save for a few verbal exchanges. However, the two were close and she regarded him as a friend and confidant. Shinji is a damaged but compassionate individual. Shinji standing up for himself. On the night before the JSSDF attack, Shinji lies awake with his SDAT, but it is shown to have run out of batteries. Gendo orders him to pilot the new Eva-13 together with Kaworu. Shinji and the other pilots are evacuated, as Nerv deals with the Angel without using the Evangelions. When the Angel's spherical form turns out to be an illusion, Eva-01 is sucked into the Angel's "shadow" as Shinji screams for help. He initially lives with Misato Katsuragi; although they are later joined by Asuka Langley Soryu. On the way, Misato reveals several secrets of Nerv to Shinji, including that humans are the 18th Angel, born from the Seed of Life, Lilith. Shinji is imprisoned, and is subsequently brought before Gendo in handcuffs to explain his insubordination. The 2000s is the decade of growth of the Internet and the beginning of social media. In Evangelion 3.0 Fuyutsuki presents a surviving photograph of Yui to Shinji, and reveals that her maiden name was Yui Ayanami and that she was a student of his. Main article: Episode 5 During episode 5 we learn that Rei lives alone in her apartment, numbered 402. Asuka runs off to the bathroom, and, washing out her mouth, declares that kissing is not a great way to pass time. and asks Shinji to kill him, so that humanity will not be destroyed. Gendo and Shinji have one of the most complicated but central relationships in all of Evangelion. After Shinji's inability to fight the 9th Angel-possessed Eva-03 which carried Asuka, Gendo activates the Dummy System and prompts Shinji to leave Nerv. He only returns after encountering Mari and seeing the 10th Angel devour Eva-00. Shinji initially refuses, but, after an injured Rei is brought in as a substitute, and after Eva-01 rescues him from falling debris, Shinji resolves not to run away and agrees to pilot the Evangelion. He is again confronted by visions of the people he knows, who urge him to change his negative perceptions of reality, of others' opinions of him, and of himself. The pair break their own synchronization records in the process. Toji, whose sister was injured during the Sachiel fight, gives Shinji a beating in school, blaming the Eva pilot for his sister's condition. The fact that his every action for the next decade was made in pursuit of reuniting with Yui suggests he was not just using her; conversely, since she kept some of her agenda secret from Gendo, she may in a sense have been using him. Given Shinji's traumatized condition by the end of the movie and his absence from the Evangelion: Final trailer, it is unknown what fate is planned for him. He was born in 2001, in the year after Second Impact. Yui reveals to Gendo that she believes anyone can find Heaven; they must have the will to survive and they will attain happiness. Much of the story of Evangelion centers around Shinji's personal struggles, both with piloting Eva and with his relationships with others. As a student at Kyoto University, she met her "sensei", Kozo Fuyutsuki. Gendo then orders that Eva-01's control be switched over to the Dummy System. Gendo merely orders the LCL pressure in the plug to be maximized, and Shinji is knocked unconscious. After 30 days, Nerv attempts to salvage Shinji, but the attempt fails due to Shinji's own reluctance to return. They would speak badly of Gendo, claiming he caused Yui to die. Shinji is surrounded by applauding friends and family, who one by one proceed to congratulate him. Before he can pull the trigger, Misato arrives in the nick of time, dispatching the soldiers -- along with a venomous remark to the same soldier that it was nothing personal -- and rescuing Shinji. Shinji is brought to the dreamscape train, where he reveals his fears and frustrations about the ambiguity of his relationships with Misato, Rei, and Asuka. In the Girlfriend of Steel 2 manga, however, Shinji acts like his anime self, to the point where he doesn't have the perverted side of his personality that the Girlfriend of Steel 2 video game Shinji has. Despite Gendo's attempts to get him to fight, Shinji refuses, preferring to die himself before killing another person. The Committee asks if Leliel attempted to communicate, but Misato claims that nothing in Shinji's report suggests this. Shinji later receives a call from Ritsuko, informing him that his movements are no longer restricted. Main articles: Episode 8, Episode 9 Asuka and Eva 02 are transported from Germany to Japan by the Pacific Fleet. Shinji and Rei are linked by mutual bonds to Gendo, Yui, and the Evangelions, which he is only dimly aware of. During this time, Shinji overhears a conversation between his mother and father. He only recalls the battle later in a flashback. Kaworu enters Shinji's life for the briefest of periods. The next day, during its activation test at Matsushiro, Eva-03 is taken over by the 13th Angel, Bardiel, and Misato and Ritsuko are caught up in the explosion. Misato takes Shinji to a train station to depart, and tells him that if he keeps cutting people out of his life like this, living is going to be hard for him. Eva Apio was born in 2000s. Finally, she manifested in Episode 19 against the fourteenth Angel, Zeruel. Main Article: Episode 21 Shinji is the only child of his father Gendo Ikari and mother Yui.He was born in 2001, in the year after Second Impact.His name was chosen by Gendo. Kaworu gives him an offer: he tells him they can alter the world again, by pulling the Spears of Longinus and Cassius.