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* TheILoveYouStigma: When Asuka asked him bluntly what she was to him, Shinji avoided to tell he loved her because he was afraid of scaring her away. So he settled for telling she meant a lot to him.
* TheILoveYouStigma: When Asuka asked him bluntly what she was to him, Shinji avoided to tell he loved her because he was afraid of scaring her away. So he settled for telling she meant a lot to him.
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* OlderThanTheyLook / WiseBeyondTheirYears: After traveling to the past, Shinji looks (naturally) like a teenager. However he mentally and emotionally is rather older. A secondary character actually notes this.
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* OlderThanTheyLook / WiseBeyondTheirYears: OlderThanTheyLook: After traveling to the past, Shinji looks (naturally) like a teenager. However he mentally and emotionally is rather older. A secondary character actually notes this.
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* TheRival: Asuka regards Shinji as his rival because he's the higher synch rate and has performed brilliantly in all his engagements.
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* AccidentalPervert: In episode 9, Misato, Kaji, Shinji, Asuka, Touji and Kensuke were all cramped together in an narrow elevator. This led to Kaji and Touji's accidentally putting their hands where they didn't belong.
-->"I should have anticipated this" Misato growled, closing her eyes for a second, then snapping them wide open again.\\
"HEY! DON'T TOUCH ME!" Misato shouted as Asuka also let loose a shout of protest and horror.\\
"I CAN'T HELP IT!" Kaji and Toji protested right back.
-->"I should have anticipated this" Misato growled, closing her eyes for a second, then snapping them wide open again.\\
"HEY! DON'T TOUCH ME!" Misato shouted as Asuka also let loose a shout of protest and horror.\\
"I CAN'T HELP IT!" Kaji and Toji protested right back.
-->Not that Shinji could begrudge Asuka her grand entrance. Perhaps she hadn't exactly covered herself in glory today…but by the same token; he couldn't have done it without her. Not for the first time, he smiled slightly at that thought, working side by side with her again; Asuka the burning sword, Asuka the raging, unquenchable firestorm-
* EnemyMine: Neither Gendo nor SEELE can stand each other but they're working together until all Angels are defeated.
-->Their investigations ''had'' uncovered that there was some kind of friction between SEELE and their point man at Central. As far as Kaji had understood and explained it, the goals of SEELE and Gendo meshed well until some undetermined point in the future, at which point… things would probably happen.\\
Both sides ''pretended'' it wasn't the case, but both sides ''knew'' the truth and were constantly maneuvering for position even as they worked together closely on what they needed to cooperate on.
-->Their investigations ''had'' uncovered that there was some kind of friction between SEELE and their point man at Central. As far as Kaji had understood and explained it, the goals of SEELE and Gendo meshed well until some undetermined point in the future, at which point… things would probably happen.\\
Both sides ''pretended'' it wasn't the case, but both sides ''knew'' the truth and were constantly maneuvering for position even as they worked together closely on what they needed to cooperate on.
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Gendo and SEELE's final goals come into conflict with one another. Both sides know that, Gendo knows SEELE knows his real goals, and SEELE knows Gendo knows they know he's liable to betray them in the future.
-->Their investigations ''had'' uncovered that there was some kind of friction between SEELE and their point man at Central. As far as Kaji had understood and explained it, the goals of SEELE and Gendo meshed well until some undetermined point in the future, at which point… things would probably happen.\\
Both sides ''pretended'' it wasn't the case, but both sides ''knew'' the truth and were constantly maneuvering for position even as they worked together closely on what they needed to cooperate on.
-->Their investigations ''had'' uncovered that there was some kind of friction between SEELE and their point man at Central. As far as Kaji had understood and explained it, the goals of SEELE and Gendo meshed well until some undetermined point in the future, at which point… things would probably happen.\\
Both sides ''pretended'' it wasn't the case, but both sides ''knew'' the truth and were constantly maneuvering for position even as they worked together closely on what they needed to cooperate on.
* PantyShot: In chapter 9, a gust of wind billows Asuka's dress and gives Shinji and his two friends a view of her undergarments. Needless to say, she was ''not'' amused.
-->Because right now, despite knowing what was about to happen, despite being aware of the consequences… he found himself unable to look away as a gust of wind pushed across the flight deck, billowing Asuka's dress at her waist and giving the trio of young men in front of her a splendid view of her utterly gorgeous legs and white, lacey –probably cotton- undergarments-
-->Because right now, despite knowing what was about to happen, despite being aware of the consequences… he found himself unable to look away as a gust of wind pushed across the flight deck, billowing Asuka's dress at her waist and giving the trio of young men in front of her a splendid view of her utterly gorgeous legs and white, lacey –probably cotton- undergarments-
* PervertRevengeMode: In chapter 9, Asuka went into this when Shinji, Touji and Kensuke saw her panties and in retaliation she slapped them. It must be noted that Shinji ''knew'' that a gust of wind was about to billow her dress and giving them a view of her underwear but he was unable to look away.
* ShesGotLegs: In chapter 9, when a gust of wind billows Asuka's dress, Shinji notes that her legs are utterly gorgeous.
-->Because right now, despite knowing what was about to happen, despite being aware of the consequences… he found himself unable to look away as a gust of wind pushed across the flight deck, billowing Asuka's dress at her waist and giving the trio of young men in front of her a splendid view of her utterly gorgeous legs and white, lacey –probably cotton- undergarments-
-->Because right now, despite knowing what was about to happen, despite being aware of the consequences… he found himself unable to look away as a gust of wind pushed across the flight deck, billowing Asuka's dress at her waist and giving the trio of young men in front of her a splendid view of her utterly gorgeous legs and white, lacey –probably cotton- undergarments-
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Gendo and SEELE work together to destroy the Angels, although they mistrust and hate each other.
-->Their investigations ''had'' uncovered that there was some kind of friction between SEELE and their point man at Central. As far as Kaji had understood and explained it, the goals of SEELE and Gendo meshed well until some undetermined point in the future, at which point… things would probably happen.\\
Both sides ''pretended'' it wasn't the case, but both sides ''knew'' the truth and were constantly maneuvering for position even as they worked together closely on what they needed to cooperate on.
-->Their investigations ''had'' uncovered that there was some kind of friction between SEELE and their point man at Central. As far as Kaji had understood and explained it, the goals of SEELE and Gendo meshed well until some undetermined point in the future, at which point… things would probably happen.\\
Both sides ''pretended'' it wasn't the case, but both sides ''knew'' the truth and were constantly maneuvering for position even as they worked together closely on what they needed to cooperate on.
* TimeTravel: Lilith sent Shinji back in time to the beginning of the War.
* TimeyWimeyBall: Shinji remembers how everything happened in the original timeline, even though a lot of events are significantly different.
* TimeyWimeyBall: Shinji remembers how everything happened in the original timeline, even though a lot of events are significantly different.
* {{Tykebomb}}: When Shinji met both girls again, Rei was Gendo’s emotionless, mindless pawn and Asuka thought piloting Eva was everything she had. NERV had raised them to be an Apocalypse trigger and cannon fodder respectively.
-->Given that her pride in her piloting abilities was, when you got down to it, all that Asuka Langley Sohryu thought she ''had'', Shinji kept his peace. He had seen the nightmare that had happened when her pride was shattered and he had utterly no wish to see ''that'' door open ''ever again''…
-->Given that her pride in her piloting abilities was, when you got down to it, all that Asuka Langley Sohryu thought she ''had'', Shinji kept his peace. He had seen the nightmare that had happened when her pride was shattered and he had utterly no wish to see ''that'' door open ''ever again''…
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* UnwittingPawn: Subverted. NERV’s staff is Gendo’s unwitting pawns, and the UN is SEELE’s one. However, Shinji pretends to be also clueless, but he knows what they’re exactly planning, and he warned the Japanese Government via Kaji.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Subverted. Shinji used to crave for his father's attention and praise. Now he thinks that he was an idiot for desiring his father's approval.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: After finding out the truth about the real goals of NERV and SEELE, Kaji has no choice but treating his old friend Ritsuko like an enemy.
-->After all, if Shinji was right, Ritsuko, good ole Rits herself was fully aware of the ultimate goals of the Evangelion project.\\
Hell, she was up to her ever so pretty neck in it.\\
Meaning he had no choice but to treat her as an enemy. Someone he had known for close to a decade and he thought he knew well…and thought of as a friend.\\
It was no easy shift to make in ones thinking, even for him.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: After finding out the truth about the real goals of NERV and SEELE, Kaji has no choice but treating his old friend Ritsuko like an enemy.
-->After all, if Shinji was right, Ritsuko, good ole Rits herself was fully aware of the ultimate goals of the Evangelion project.\\
Hell, she was up to her ever so pretty neck in it.\\
Meaning he had no choice but to treat her as an enemy. Someone he had known for close to a decade and he thought he knew well…and thought of as a friend.\\
It was no easy shift to make in ones thinking, even for him.
* WhenSheSmiles: In chapter 9, Touji notes that Misato’s smiles are dazzling:
-->"Uh huh" Misato agreed suddenly, turning one of her dazzling smiles on him. "And its time to real them in" she declared, turning back to the battle before Toji's legs got too shaky from the effects of that awesome smile.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Per Word of God, if the story reaches that point, Shinji and Asuka will get together after going past the “bickering and caring phase”.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: After traveling to the past, Shinji looks (naturally) like a teenager. However he mentally and emotionally is rather older. Kaji notes that Shinji often seems an adult rather a kid.
-->"Uh huh" Misato agreed suddenly, turning one of her dazzling smiles on him. "And its time to real them in" she declared, turning back to the battle before Toji's legs got too shaky from the effects of that awesome smile.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Per Word of God, if the story reaches that point, Shinji and Asuka will get together after going past the “bickering and caring phase”.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: After traveling to the past, Shinji looks (naturally) like a teenager. However he mentally and emotionally is rather older. Kaji notes that Shinji often seems an adult rather a kid.
* WorthLivingFor: As Rei leaps into a volcano to save Asuka, she realizes she has now something worth living and dying for thanks Shinji: her friends.
-->All of her life, Commander Ikari had given her a purpose to live for.\\
And now, as she plunged towards the Lava to save her friend ... for the first time in her life since she had discovered mortality, Rei Ayanami had found to her surprise that she had something worth dying for.
-->All of her life, Commander Ikari had given her a purpose to live for.\\
And now, as she plunged towards the Lava to save her friend ... for the first time in her life since she had discovered mortality, Rei Ayanami had found to her surprise that she had something worth dying for.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: In chapter 17 Asuka confesses that she feels bad because she thinks she has done nothing but look like a bumbling idiot next to Shinji in the eyes of the Committee." Misato told her ignore them:
-->'''Misato:''' So don't give a damn about those armchair Generals second guessing you either Asuka. You're a hell of a pilot - today was the toughest battle we've ever been in and you handled yourself incredibly well. Regardless of our motives going into this, you rose to the challenge today. I'm proud of you - and Rei of course.
* YoureNotMyFather: After meeting his grandfather for first time, Shinji tells these words when he finally and intellectually accepts that his so-called blood relatives were never there for him.
-->'''Takuya Ikari:''' Shinji... I can understand your anger... but I hope you realize, that if you ever need me, as your Grandfather I will be here for you.\\
'''Shinji:''' I may be your Grandson Mister Ikari ... but you are ''not'' my Grandfather. Goodbye.
* YouKilledMyFather: In chapter 17, Misato explains Asuka that she wants to exterminate the Angels because her father died during the Second Impact.
-->'''Misato:''' So don't give a damn about those armchair Generals second guessing you either Asuka. You're a hell of a pilot - today was the toughest battle we've ever been in and you handled yourself incredibly well. Regardless of our motives going into this, you rose to the challenge today. I'm proud of you - and Rei of course.
* YoureNotMyFather: After meeting his grandfather for first time, Shinji tells these words when he finally and intellectually accepts that his so-called blood relatives were never there for him.
-->'''Takuya Ikari:''' Shinji... I can understand your anger... but I hope you realize, that if you ever need me, as your Grandfather I will be here for you.\\
'''Shinji:''' I may be your Grandson Mister Ikari ... but you are ''not'' my Grandfather. Goodbye.
* YouKilledMyFather: In chapter 17, Misato explains Asuka that she wants to exterminate the Angels because her father died during the Second Impact.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Koga Hayashi, the JSSDF's top Interrogator; known as "The Warlock" behind his back. However, he's arguably one of the good guys.
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* ManipulativeBastard: JerkassFacade: After Third Impact, Shinji knows that Asuka’s annoying, snappy, arrogant behavior is a façade to protect herself.
-->Then the Second Child had arrived, bringing with her conflict, friction and more then a few painful contusions to his head as she continually let him know ''exactly'' what she thought of him as an Eva Pilot, a man and a human.\\
All of it a giant lie to shield the four year old girl desperately hiding deep behind the moats, minefields and electrified fences she had placed around her heart.
* JerkassWoobie: In chapter 16, Misato reminds herself that "it was all too easy to dismiss Asuka as a little more then a bitchy teenager with a chip on her shoulder the size of Mount Fuji", but she should know better. Asuka had been forced to be a child soldier after losing her mother and being ditched by her surviving father. Agreed, she was rude and obnoxious, but who could blame her?
-->It was all too easy to dismiss Asuka as a little more then a bitchy teenager with a chip on her shoulder the size of Mount Fuji, but she should know better.\\
In fact she ''did'' know better.\\
After all, when Asuka had reached the age kids would be starting school, she had already been in full military training to defend the human species from total destruction. When their parents were spoiling most kids rotten, she had been learning how to rely on no-one but herself because she really ''had'' no-one else. And at the age children dreamed of being pop stars or princesses, Asuka had known for years that ''she'' had no say in her purpose in life… and what the stakes were if she failed.
* JustBeforeTheEnd:
** Shinji is aware that the world will end within half year unless he does something.
** SEELE and Gendo are not concerned with some Government agency finding out something in the long term or paying NERV’s debt because if they fulfilled their plans, they’d never have to answer for anything since humanity would have no future.
* KidHero: Shinji, Asuka and Rei are teen mecha pilots. As Shinji very accurately put:
-->Us 'kids' have to pilot these things because there isn't anyone else who can. While our classmates at school are worrying about who they'll invite to the dance, we are wondering if tomorrow we'll die as we're ripped to pieces by something nuclear weapons barely slow down, knowing if we fail, out entire race is going to die.
* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl: Shinji is the only one capable of synching with Unit-01. And now he knows the reason –his mother is stuck inside- he uses that knowledge to improve his performance.
* ManipulativeBastard:
** Koga Hayashi, the JSSDF's top Interrogator; known as "The Warlock" behind his back. However, he's arguably one of the goodguys.guys.
** Shinji's grandfather.
-->Then the Second Child had arrived, bringing with her conflict, friction and more then a few painful contusions to his head as she continually let him know ''exactly'' what she thought of him as an Eva Pilot, a man and a human.\\
All of it a giant lie to shield the four year old girl desperately hiding deep behind the moats, minefields and electrified fences she had placed around her heart.
* JerkassWoobie: In chapter 16, Misato reminds herself that "it was all too easy to dismiss Asuka as a little more then a bitchy teenager with a chip on her shoulder the size of Mount Fuji", but she should know better. Asuka had been forced to be a child soldier after losing her mother and being ditched by her surviving father. Agreed, she was rude and obnoxious, but who could blame her?
-->It was all too easy to dismiss Asuka as a little more then a bitchy teenager with a chip on her shoulder the size of Mount Fuji, but she should know better.\\
In fact she ''did'' know better.\\
After all, when Asuka had reached the age kids would be starting school, she had already been in full military training to defend the human species from total destruction. When their parents were spoiling most kids rotten, she had been learning how to rely on no-one but herself because she really ''had'' no-one else. And at the age children dreamed of being pop stars or princesses, Asuka had known for years that ''she'' had no say in her purpose in life… and what the stakes were if she failed.
* JustBeforeTheEnd:
** Shinji is aware that the world will end within half year unless he does something.
** SEELE and Gendo are not concerned with some Government agency finding out something in the long term or paying NERV’s debt because if they fulfilled their plans, they’d never have to answer for anything since humanity would have no future.
* KidHero: Shinji, Asuka and Rei are teen mecha pilots. As Shinji very accurately put:
-->Us 'kids' have to pilot these things because there isn't anyone else who can. While our classmates at school are worrying about who they'll invite to the dance, we are wondering if tomorrow we'll die as we're ripped to pieces by something nuclear weapons barely slow down, knowing if we fail, out entire race is going to die.
* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl: Shinji is the only one capable of synching with Unit-01. And now he knows the reason –his mother is stuck inside- he uses that knowledge to improve his performance.
* ManipulativeBastard:
** Koga Hayashi, the JSSDF's top Interrogator; known as "The Warlock" behind his back. However, he's arguably one of the good
** Shinji's grandfather.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Although Shinji is less wimpy and Asuka less aggressive, he’s still quiet and calm and likes cooking; and she’s still fierce and boisterous and loves fighting.
* TheMatchmaker:
** Shinji -helped by Toji's little sister- played matchmaker for Touji and Hikari, and tried to set Rei up with Kensuke.
--->Hikari's campaign against Toji had continued; the two slowly but steadily becoming increasingly at ease in each others company though surprisingly, it had been Toji's younger sister Kana who was doing most of the work.\\
Clearly ''she'' was able to see where things were going, approved of it and had decided to step in and carefully nudge the two along with a skill and ease that stunned Shinji. Well either that or she was sick to death of nearly starving every day at lunch time.\\
And she was ''good''. He had seen Kana manipulate Hikari into walking 'her' home, before stealthfully moving off ahead and leaving Hikari to walk Toji home together instead. She had once had both of them mysteriously take her to the shops to buy things she never actually brought under the justification of taking Hikari for fashion advice and her brother to 'escort' her, then again just vanished to leave them both standing around together with only each other for company, the two slowly opening up…
** Kaji gave Shinji tips to interact with Asuka and win her over. Thanks to his help, Shinji managed to take her to the school dance.
* TheMatchmaker:
** Shinji -helped by Toji's little sister- played matchmaker for Touji and Hikari, and tried to set Rei up with Kensuke.
--->Hikari's campaign against Toji had continued; the two slowly but steadily becoming increasingly at ease in each others company though surprisingly, it had been Toji's younger sister Kana who was doing most of the work.\\
Clearly ''she'' was able to see where things were going, approved of it and had decided to step in and carefully nudge the two along with a skill and ease that stunned Shinji. Well either that or she was sick to death of nearly starving every day at lunch time.\\
And she was ''good''. He had seen Kana manipulate Hikari into walking 'her' home, before stealthfully moving off ahead and leaving Hikari to walk Toji home together instead. She had once had both of them mysteriously take her to the shops to buy things she never actually brought under the justification of taking Hikari for fashion advice and her brother to 'escort' her, then again just vanished to leave them both standing around together with only each other for company, the two slowly opening up…
** Kaji gave Shinji tips to interact with Asuka and win her over. Thanks to his help, Shinji managed to take her to the school dance.
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* MissingMom: Shinji and Asuka’s mothers died when they were barely four. Shinji now knows where her mother is, though, but Asuka is still unaware.
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* MotherlyScientist: Subverted. To Misato’s face, Ritsuko pretends to care about Rei. In reality, she loathes her. In turn, Shinji despises her for treating him and his fellow pilots with indifference and scorn.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After going back to the beginning of the War, Shinji has this reaction when he realizes Asuka, Rei, Misato and his friends suffered and died because he abandoned them and betrayed their trust when they needed him, and all humans died because he chose so.
-->The heart of the person… of the woman he could finally admit to himself he might well have fallen in love with.\\
And then abandoned to die at the hands of SEELE.
* MyParentsAreDead: In episode 9, Shinji and Asuka talk about their first meeting when they were little kids and Asuka asks if he’ll hide behind his mom again. Shinji replies that his mother is dead, and Asuka feels horrible about herself because she’s an orphan, too.
-->'''Asuka:''' So, Baka; are you going to run and hide behind mummy again with me here?\\
'''Shinji:''' My Mother is dead Asuka. She died when I was Four in an… incident, with Unit One.\\
'''Asuka:''' I'm… I'm sorry.
* NiceGuy: Asuka, Misato, Hikari… wonder because Shinji is so nice, selfless and obsessed with making everyone happy.
* NightmareSequence: Shinji suffered nightmares where he revived the battle against Sandalphon, except that he missed when he tried to rescue Asuka, and she sank, begging to save her.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After going back to the beginning of the War, Shinji has this reaction when he realizes Asuka, Rei, Misato and his friends suffered and died because he abandoned them and betrayed their trust when they needed him, and all humans died because he chose so.
-->The heart of the person… of the woman he could finally admit to himself he might well have fallen in love with.\\
And then abandoned to die at the hands of SEELE.
* MyParentsAreDead: In episode 9, Shinji and Asuka talk about their first meeting when they were little kids and Asuka asks if he’ll hide behind his mom again. Shinji replies that his mother is dead, and Asuka feels horrible about herself because she’s an orphan, too.
-->'''Asuka:''' So, Baka; are you going to run and hide behind mummy again with me here?\\
'''Shinji:''' My Mother is dead Asuka. She died when I was Four in an… incident, with Unit One.\\
'''Asuka:''' I'm… I'm sorry.
* NiceGuy: Asuka, Misato, Hikari… wonder because Shinji is so nice, selfless and obsessed with making everyone happy.
* NightmareSequence: Shinji suffered nightmares where he revived the battle against Sandalphon, except that he missed when he tried to rescue Asuka, and she sank, begging to save her.
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* NonActionBigBad: Gendo and SEELE are good working in the shadows, plotting, scheming and moving their minions like chess pieces, but neither of them is a physical menace.
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* OldFlame: Misato and Kaji. Shinji revealed Kaji that they got back together in the original timeline, but his death broke Misato, so Kaji decided on holding back until the war was won.
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* OrphansOrdeal:
** Shinji makes repeatedly clear that it was very hard growing up without a mother.
** After Kyoko’s death, Asuka was ditched by her family. She was raised by guardians who didn’t care about her –save two exceptions-, and grew up thinking that she could trust nobody and depend on nobody.
** Shinji makes repeatedly clear that it was very hard growing up without a mother.
** After Kyoko’s death, Asuka was ditched by her family. She was raised by guardians who didn’t care about her –save two exceptions-, and grew up thinking that she could trust nobody and depend on nobody.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Shinji and Asuka were abandoned by their fathers. Shinji hates his for it, and Asuka doesn’t want anything to do with hers. After a while, Shinji decides that Misato, Asuka, Rei… are his real family and cuts ties with his blood relatives.
-->'''Shinji:''' Three thousand, five hundred and forty nine. It's the number of days since my Father sent me off to live with my uncle. It also happens to be the number of days since anyone from the rest of my extended family bothered to so much as acknowledge that I even existed.
* ParentalNeglect: Defied when SEELE suggests Shinji that he should move with his grandfather because Misato is too busy to take care of Asuka and him properly, and Shinji replies that at the very least she ''tried'', unlike his so-called blood relatives.
* ParentalObliviousness:
** Even though Shinji acts strangely and knows things he shouldn’t know, Misato doesn’t suspect that he’s a time-traveller.
** Gendo knows his son isn’t at all what he was expecting, and Ritsuko constantly brings to his attention that Shinji keeps doing things that make no sense, but Gendo keeps thinking it doesn’t merit his attention.
-->'''Shinji:''' Three thousand, five hundred and forty nine. It's the number of days since my Father sent me off to live with my uncle. It also happens to be the number of days since anyone from the rest of my extended family bothered to so much as acknowledge that I even existed.
* ParentalNeglect: Defied when SEELE suggests Shinji that he should move with his grandfather because Misato is too busy to take care of Asuka and him properly, and Shinji replies that at the very least she ''tried'', unlike his so-called blood relatives.
* ParentalObliviousness:
** Even though Shinji acts strangely and knows things he shouldn’t know, Misato doesn’t suspect that he’s a time-traveller.
** Gendo knows his son isn’t at all what he was expecting, and Ritsuko constantly brings to his attention that Shinji keeps doing things that make no sense, but Gendo keeps thinking it doesn’t merit his attention.
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: Misato nicknamed Shinji “Godzilla” after he destroyed half city in a simulated battle.
* PitbullDatesPuppy: Since Asuka is abrasive, loud and temperamental and Shinji is quiet, calm and non-confrontational, most of their acquaintances consider that they have this kind of relationship. Touji and Kensuke think their “poor” friend Shinji needs to be saved from the “Demon Red”, and Misato doesn’t get how Shinji appears to be utterly, impossibly immune to ''everything'' Asuka throws at him in her standard attempts to push him away.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: In the middle of a nightmare, Shinji hears Asuka begging him not to leave him as she sinks into a volcano.
-->Please, I don't want to die Shinji! Please don't leave me Shinji! I don't want to die! Help me Shinji! Please, HELP ME! Please…please don't let me die…Shinji…Sh-
* PitbullDatesPuppy: Since Asuka is abrasive, loud and temperamental and Shinji is quiet, calm and non-confrontational, most of their acquaintances consider that they have this kind of relationship. Touji and Kensuke think their “poor” friend Shinji needs to be saved from the “Demon Red”, and Misato doesn’t get how Shinji appears to be utterly, impossibly immune to ''everything'' Asuka throws at him in her standard attempts to push him away.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: In the middle of a nightmare, Shinji hears Asuka begging him not to leave him as she sinks into a volcano.
-->Please, I don't want to die Shinji! Please don't leave me Shinji! I don't want to die! Help me Shinji! Please, HELP ME! Please…please don't let me die…Shinji…Sh-
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* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Shinji, Asuka and Rei are fourteen. Shinji and Asuka have bad attitude to spare.
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* RedHeadedHero: Asuka, red-haired mecha pilot.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: Per WoG, Shinji and Asuka will get together.
* RetailTherapy: After arriving at Tokyo-3, Asuka often takes Rei and Hikari to shopping to cheer herself and her friends up.
* RetailTherapy: After arriving at Tokyo-3, Asuka often takes Rei and Hikari to shopping to cheer herself and her friends up.
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: Shinji retains his full memories of the original timeline, and due to Instrumentality he also gets other people’s memories of the original events.
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* SayingTooMuch: When Shinji was interrogated by SEELE, he accidentally slipped how much Misato means to him, and he realized belatedly that he gave SEELE a leverage to manipulate him. Worse still, his body language gave away that he knew who Khiel was, and Khiel noticed.
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* ShowerOfAngst: Asuka takes a shower every day to try to forget her nightly, worsening nightmares.
-->All in all, this entire process had become less of a morning shower to her then a morning ritual. Not in the least because she had increasingly needed the hot, soothing water to wash away the dark shades that haunted her sleep… even if she would never admit it to anyone. Least of all herself.
* SinisterGeometry: Ramiel resembles a massive octahedron.
* SleepCute: Shinji and Asuka share a bed in chapter 10 and 16. Both of them note that they sleep better when they are together.
* SoProudOfYou:
** Subverted. Shinji was overjoyed when his father praised him after stopping Sahaquiel... but after a while he decided that he had clung to his father's praise in a pathetic way.
--->Once in his life, he would have leapt at the offer from his Grandfather, in the same pathetic way he had clung to his Father's praise after he had stopped the 10th Angel, letting those three worlds play over and over in his head.\\
-("Good work, Shinji...")-
** Played straight when Misato praised Asuka after the latter fought Sandalphon.
--->So don't give a damn about those armchair Generals second guessing you either Asuka. You're a hell of a pilot - today was the toughest battle we've ever been in and you handled yourself incredibly well. Regardless of our motives going into this, you rose to the challenge today. I'm proud of you - and Rei of course.
-->All in all, this entire process had become less of a morning shower to her then a morning ritual. Not in the least because she had increasingly needed the hot, soothing water to wash away the dark shades that haunted her sleep… even if she would never admit it to anyone. Least of all herself.
* SinisterGeometry: Ramiel resembles a massive octahedron.
* SleepCute: Shinji and Asuka share a bed in chapter 10 and 16. Both of them note that they sleep better when they are together.
* SoProudOfYou:
** Subverted. Shinji was overjoyed when his father praised him after stopping Sahaquiel... but after a while he decided that he had clung to his father's praise in a pathetic way.
--->Once in his life, he would have leapt at the offer from his Grandfather, in the same pathetic way he had clung to his Father's praise after he had stopped the 10th Angel, letting those three worlds play over and over in his head.\\
-("Good work, Shinji...")-
** Played straight when Misato praised Asuka after the latter fought Sandalphon.
--->So don't give a damn about those armchair Generals second guessing you either Asuka. You're a hell of a pilot - today was the toughest battle we've ever been in and you handled yourself incredibly well. Regardless of our motives going into this, you rose to the challenge today. I'm proud of you - and Rei of course.
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* SpitTake: Misato spat her coffee, nearly ruining the equipment around her, when Shinji did a double entendre.
-->You're three for three Shinji; you really have some nice moves, you know" Akagi spoke up from behind her glasses, looking down her clipboard as she studied raw columns of numbers that were utter gibberish to anyone but her and her staff...\\
"Yeah that's what she said last night" Shinji smiled back with a jerk of his head towards Misato.\\
The poor Captain damn near sent the coffee she had been sipping back out over the very expensive equipment around her; an expression of shock and utter stunned amazement crashing onto her face as Shinji's casually offered comment echoed across the room.
-->You're three for three Shinji; you really have some nice moves, you know" Akagi spoke up from behind her glasses, looking down her clipboard as she studied raw columns of numbers that were utter gibberish to anyone but her and her staff...\\
"Yeah that's what she said last night" Shinji smiled back with a jerk of his head towards Misato.\\
The poor Captain damn near sent the coffee she had been sipping back out over the very expensive equipment around her; an expression of shock and utter stunned amazement crashing onto her face as Shinji's casually offered comment echoed across the room.
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* SurvivorGuilt: Shinji is his ''timeline''’s only survivor. He blames himself for being incapable of saving everyone, especially his family. Asuka’s death is his biggest regret, since he did nothing when she was being butchered and eaten alive.
* TakeMyHand:
** Shinji has several nightmares where Asuka is sinking into a volcano and he jumps into the lava and reach out to grab her hand... but he misses.
** Later on, Rei manages to grab Asuka's hand when she's falling, and pulls her out of the volcano.
* TakeMyHand:
** Shinji has several nightmares where Asuka is sinking into a volcano and he jumps into the lava and reach out to grab her hand... but he misses.
** Later on, Rei manages to grab Asuka's hand when she's falling, and pulls her out of the volcano.
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* TalkingToTheDead: In chapter 4, Shinji visits his mother's grave and talks to her for a long while, telling that he 's scared because he doesn't think he's strong enough to go through everything a second time.
* TalkingToThemself:
-->"I'm not really here" she said quickly with a slight smile as the observation passed through his mind. "And no, you are not loosing your grip on reality" she assured him.\\
"After everything that's happened, I am not so sure" he replied somewhat sarcastically.\\
"Understandable" she nodded. "If it helps, think of me…as an echo of the events, a shadow without form, nothing more then a memory in your mind".\\
"Well uh… you're a rather… talkative memory" he replied, then stopped. Oh God, am I talking to myself now he asked in despair…
* TalkingToThemself:
-->"I'm not really here" she said quickly with a slight smile as the observation passed through his mind. "And no, you are not loosing your grip on reality" she assured him.\\
"After everything that's happened, I am not so sure" he replied somewhat sarcastically.\\
"Understandable" she nodded. "If it helps, think of me…as an echo of the events, a shadow without form, nothing more then a memory in your mind".\\
"Well uh… you're a rather… talkative memory" he replied, then stopped. Oh God, am I talking to myself now he asked in despair…
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->''This is a fic I had been working on since...hell, around half to a decade ago now after having my mind destroyed by 'The End of Evangelion'.''\\
''The idea being basically that Shinji decides in Third Impact to 'go back', but Lilith takes a different idea of what 'go back' means, inserts a steel rod into his back to make up for his complete lack of a spine in the OT, then sends him ''back'' into the past. Angst mostly intact, but with full knowledge of the future and the ability to actually stand up for himself (shock horror!).''
''Once More With Feeling'' is a ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' PeggySue FanFic.
''The idea being basically that Shinji decides in Third Impact to 'go back', but Lilith takes a different idea of what 'go back' means, inserts a steel rod into his back to make up for his complete lack of a spine in the OT, then sends him ''back'' into the past. Angst mostly intact, but with full knowledge of the future and the ability to actually stand up for himself (shock horror!).''
''Once More With Feeling'' is a ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' PeggySue FanFic.
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''The idea being basically
He had gone back.\\
He didn’t know if he had wanted to
This life he would live might not be pleasant.\\
But it was not a lie.\\
And it was now his
Not to exist.\\
To ''live''.
''Once More With Feeling'' is a ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' PeggySue
* AbusiveParents: Gendo treats Shinji and Rei like crap and doesn’t care about them at all (unlike his canon self who wanted to be a good father but didn’t know how to be one)
-->'''Shinji:''' You know, on some level I should be surprised that you would threaten to have a fourteen year old Girl sent to her death if I didn't do exactly what you said… but I'm not.\\
'''Fuyutsuki:''' Now Shinji, that's not what he-\\
'''Shinji:''' Oh of ''course'' it is. You don't have any need to defend this man in front of me. Yesterday he paraded Rei out as the consequence of me defying him, putting her through hell just to blackmail me into Unit One. Every one of us knows she wouldn't have lasted five seconds in combat, but ''he'' didn't give a damn.
-->'''Shinji:''' You know, on some level I should be surprised that you would threaten to have a fourteen year old Girl sent to her death if I didn't do exactly what you said… but I'm not.\\
'''Fuyutsuki:''' Now Shinji, that's not what he-\\
'''Shinji:''' Oh of ''course'' it is. You don't have any need to defend this man in front of me. Yesterday he paraded Rei out as the consequence of me defying him, putting her through hell just to blackmail me into Unit One. Every one of us knows she wouldn't have lasted five seconds in combat, but ''he'' didn't give a damn.
* AndMissionControlRejoiced: In chapter 17, when Asuka kills Sandalphon and Rei manages to pull her out of the volcano, the whole command centre celebrated the pilots' victory and survival.
-->"Shinji" a voice called out from above, and he turned, glancing at the highest tier in the command centre as the raucous celebrations continued unabated at the certain loss of two Evangelion's and their pilots turned around in less than a minute to the recovery of both alive
-->"Shinji" a voice called out from above, and he turned, glancing at the highest tier in the command centre as the raucous celebrations continued unabated at the certain loss of two Evangelion's and their pilots turned around in less than a minute to the recovery of both alive
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Shinji and Asuka trade barbs the whole time, but Shinji is fully committed to Asuka, and the red-haired girl shows that she cares for him, too. When they danced together she dropped her mask for a while, and when he was having a nightmare she tried to reassure him and comfort him.
* BadBoss: Gendo regards his employees as chess pieces, and he isn’t above of coercing them, threatening them, blackmailing them, manipulating them or risking their lives.
* BadBoss: Gendo regards his employees as chess pieces, and he isn’t above of coercing them, threatening them, blackmailing them, manipulating them or risking their lives.
* BeneathTheMask: In episode 5, Shinji thinks about Asuka’s abrasive and obnoxious behavior and how it was all a lie to hide her real self.
-->Then the Second Child had arrived, bringing with her conflict, friction and more then a few painful contusions to his head as she continually let him know exactly what she thought of him as an Eva Pilot, a man and a human.\\
All of it a giant lie to shield the four year old girl desperately hiding deep behind the moats, minefields and electrified fences she had placed around her heart.
* BenevolentBoss: Unlike Gendo, Sub-commander Fuyutsuki tries to be fair and is pretty reasonable. Shinji and Asuka go to him when they need something because they know that he’ll hear them out at least. For that matter, he didn’t want to handle the task of reprimanding the pilots after their quad bike race, but he did anyway because he knew that Gendo would be harsher.
-->Then the Second Child had arrived, bringing with her conflict, friction and more then a few painful contusions to his head as she continually let him know exactly what she thought of him as an Eva Pilot, a man and a human.\\
All of it a giant lie to shield the four year old girl desperately hiding deep behind the moats, minefields and electrified fences she had placed around her heart.
* BenevolentBoss: Unlike Gendo, Sub-commander Fuyutsuki tries to be fair and is pretty reasonable. Shinji and Asuka go to him when they need something because they know that he’ll hear them out at least. For that matter, he didn’t want to handle the task of reprimanding the pilots after their quad bike race, but he did anyway because he knew that Gendo would be harsher.
* BetaCouple:
** Hikari and Touji.
** Rei and Kensuke.
** Hikari and Touji.
** Rei and Kensuke.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: During Third Impact, Shinji saw Asuka’s mind and memories, and understood what she had built an arrogant, boastful, loud persona to hide her real, frightened and traumatized self, and her feelings for him.
* BondingOverMissingParents: After defeating Gaghiel, Asuka asks Shinji about his mother. He answers that she’s dead, and Asuka feels guilty and asks how she died. When Shinji tells her the story, she realizes that she empathizes with him.
-->Asuka took a long, deep breath as he leapt up, dashing away the flood of emotions that Shinji's effortless penetration of the barriers she had erected had brought up. His story of how he had lost his mother was so similar, the skeptical, College educated part of her mind immediacy denied the possibility of a pure coincidence, but she simply didn't know what to think… except that perhaps Shinji Ikari might not be the stuck up, show off jerk she had thought he was…
-->Asuka took a long, deep breath as he leapt up, dashing away the flood of emotions that Shinji's effortless penetration of the barriers she had erected had brought up. His story of how he had lost his mother was so similar, the skeptical, College educated part of her mind immediacy denied the possibility of a pure coincidence, but she simply didn't know what to think… except that perhaps Shinji Ikari might not be the stuck up, show off jerk she had thought he was…
* BrokenHero: Shinji has suffered terribly, lost his mother, his family, seen ''literally'' everyone dying… but he tries to be optimistic and upbeat because being sad and depressed the whole time got him precisely nowhere the last time around.
* CharacterDevelopment: The main characters undergo large or subtle changes: Shinji forced herself to mature and grew a spine to try avert the end of the world; Rei learns to express her emotions openly and tries to have friends; Asuka gradually opens up to other people; even Misato is cutting down on beer due to Shinji’s subtle influence.
-->Glancing across at Shinji as she reflected on what he had just so genuinely and freely offered to Asuka, Misato had an uncanny feeling that if this had been the Asuka who had arrived in Japan a few months ago, she would have gleefully jumped at his offer with both hands and barely a second thought. Yet now, when given the –apparent- choice of going, but going without Shinji or Rei…
* ChefOfIron: According Asuka, Shinji ''knows'' how to cook well, and his piloting skills almost match hers.
-->Glancing across at Shinji as she reflected on what he had just so genuinely and freely offered to Asuka, Misato had an uncanny feeling that if this had been the Asuka who had arrived in Japan a few months ago, she would have gleefully jumped at his offer with both hands and barely a second thought. Yet now, when given the –apparent- choice of going, but going without Shinji or Rei…
* ChefOfIron: According Asuka, Shinji ''knows'' how to cook well, and his piloting skills almost match hers.
--->The UN, formerly a simple world forum with delusions of power was, in half a decade turned into a powerful body with delusions that it was a world forum as SEELE moved the pieces on its chess board patiently, taking control behind the scenes to divert the resources they needed to GEHIRN and then NERV and the Human Instrumentality Project.
* ChildSoldiers: Several characters like Kaji highlight that NERV is using kids to fight giant alien monsters, and the Eva pilots have an awful deal, but unfortunately the survival of mankind demands sacrifices. Even so, Shinji is understandably bitter about it.
-->'''Shinji:''' You are asking a fourteen year old child to put his life on the line, going into combat against things that tear through divisions of crack troops.
-->'''Shinji:''' You are asking a fourteen year old child to put his life on the line, going into combat against things that tear through divisions of crack troops.
* CordonBleughChef: When Misato declares that she’ll cook him a huge welcome home meal, Shinji is not thrilled at the prospect of trying her “meals” again given her penchant for mixing foodstuff which was not meant to be mixed.
-->"Oh… great" Shinji managed to get out before swallowing. Oh God in heaven, not again, I can't go through that… food… again…
-->"Oh… great" Shinji managed to get out before swallowing. Oh God in heaven, not again, I can't go through that… food… again…
* DefusingTheTykeBomb: One of the main goals of Shinji is undoing the damaged inflicted upon Rei and Asuka’s psyches by NERV. So he spends a long while showing Rei that she’s an individual unique and proving Asuka that piloting Eva isn’t everything that she has.
* DestructiveSaviour: After Shinji destroys half of the city in his first simulated exercise, Misato nicknamed him "Godzilla".
* {{Determinator}}: Shinji is sick of running away. Now he’s got a second chance, he’s determined to never giving up or quit.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Often Shinji wonders if he has some chance to outthink people who have spent a long time plotting the extinction of mankind. He’s determined to try to stop them, not matter what.
* DevotedToYou: Shinji is desired by all his female classmates… and he doesn’t care for their adoration, affection or obsession at all. He only has eyes for Asuka.
-->Even if he wasn't irreparably in love with Asuka, the thought of being a prized possession to be shown off like a piece of jewelry wasn't exactly appealing.
* DisappearedDad: When Shinji met Gendo he called him out on abandoning him ten years ago, and declared that he wasn’t interested in talking to him again.
-->'''Gendo:''' It's been a while.\\
'''Shinji:''' It would have been far longer, if not for the fact that your brother convinced me to give you one last chance. So far, you are failing miserably if you intended this to be any kind of happy family reunion.
* DestructiveSaviour: After Shinji destroys half of the city in his first simulated exercise, Misato nicknamed him "Godzilla".
* {{Determinator}}: Shinji is sick of running away. Now he’s got a second chance, he’s determined to never giving up or quit.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Often Shinji wonders if he has some chance to outthink people who have spent a long time plotting the extinction of mankind. He’s determined to try to stop them, not matter what.
* DevotedToYou: Shinji is desired by all his female classmates… and he doesn’t care for their adoration, affection or obsession at all. He only has eyes for Asuka.
-->Even if he wasn't irreparably in love with Asuka, the thought of being a prized possession to be shown off like a piece of jewelry wasn't exactly appealing.
* DisappearedDad: When Shinji met Gendo he called him out on abandoning him ten years ago, and declared that he wasn’t interested in talking to him again.
-->'''Gendo:''' It's been a while.\\
'''Shinji:''' It would have been far longer, if not for the fact that your brother convinced me to give you one last chance. So far, you are failing miserably if you intended this to be any kind of happy family reunion.
* DoubleEntendre: In chapter 5 Shinji has some fun at the expense of his beleaguered guardian.
-->'''Ritsuko:'''You're three for three Shinji; you really have some nice moves, you know"\\
'''Shinji:''' (jerking his head towards Misato) Yeah that's what she said last night.\\
'''Misato:''' (after spitting her coffee) What the hell is THAT supposed to mean?\\
'''Shinji:''' (nonchalantly) You know, when we were playing that video game last night?"
-->'''Ritsuko:'''You're three for three Shinji; you really have some nice moves, you know"\\
'''Shinji:''' (jerking his head towards Misato) Yeah that's what she said last night.\\
'''Misato:''' (after spitting her coffee) What the hell is THAT supposed to mean?\\
'''Shinji:''' (nonchalantly) You know, when we were playing that video game last night?"
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Trying to find a way to bring Shinji under SEELE's control, his grandfather tried to talk him into living with him. Shinji turned down his grandfather's offer because he also abandoned him... and the elder Ikari didn't understand why Shinji had a trouble with that.
-->"Three thousand, five hundred and forty nine"\\
At least Keel and his Grandfather had the decency to glance at each other in confusion for a second, before turning back to face him.\\
"I'm sorry Shinji? I don't understand-"\\
"Three thousand, five hundred and forty nine" he repeated, biting off each word with a knife like edge as he stared across the table at the uncomprehending men. "It's the number of days since my Father sent me off to live with my uncle. It also happens to be the number of days since anyone from the rest of my extended family bothered to so much as acknowledge that I even existed."\\
The look on his Grandfather's face more than anything else dragged Shinji back from the edge. He appeared utterly confused at his response, befuddled even, and it suddenly hit Shinji that they simply ''didn't understand''.
-->"Three thousand, five hundred and forty nine"\\
At least Keel and his Grandfather had the decency to glance at each other in confusion for a second, before turning back to face him.\\
"I'm sorry Shinji? I don't understand-"\\
"Three thousand, five hundred and forty nine" he repeated, biting off each word with a knife like edge as he stared across the table at the uncomprehending men. "It's the number of days since my Father sent me off to live with my uncle. It also happens to be the number of days since anyone from the rest of my extended family bothered to so much as acknowledge that I even existed."\\
The look on his Grandfather's face more than anything else dragged Shinji back from the edge. He appeared utterly confused at his response, befuddled even, and it suddenly hit Shinji that they simply ''didn't understand''.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Asuka stopped wearing her neural hair clips, opting for tying her hair off into a ponytail, because Shinji said that she looked stunning, and she realized that she didn't need to wear her neural connectors to be Asuka Langley Sohryu.
* FemaleGaze: Several scenes focus on Asuka ogling to Shinji.
-->Oh come on Asuka… we both know how you kept glancing at him yesterday during training, with him in that tight fitting dance getup as he built up a sweat-
-->Oh come on Asuka… we both know how you kept glancing at him yesterday during training, with him in that tight fitting dance getup as he built up a sweat-
* FixFic: The whole history consists in Shinji trying to fix the monumental mess that the original timeline was.
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* FreudianSlip: Asuka slips in chapter 17:
-->"This whole thing... this whole mess... Keel and his merry men were pushing me about Shinji. Wanted to know how I felt about him, what I thought about him. They were asking me more about him than about me - really pushing it. I mean Misato, I don't even know what I feel about Shinji - if anything" she hastened to add.
-->"This whole thing... this whole mess... Keel and his merry men were pushing me about Shinji. Wanted to know how I felt about him, what I thought about him. They were asking me more about him than about me - really pushing it. I mean Misato, I don't even know what I feel about Shinji - if anything" she hastened to add.
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* GratuitousJapanese: Asuka calls Shinji baka very often.
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* GreenAndMean: Sachiel, the third Angel, is green-skinned.
-->Its 'skin' was a verdant green, covering its dangling arms and long legs, punctuated by white, bony looking structures over its shoulders and along its flanks, offset by a huge red sphere embedded in its chest.
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* GreenEyedMonster:
** When several girls were swooning at the thought of asking Shinji out, Rei –[[TheStoic Rei]]!- was feeling quite annoyed. Then she greeted him and he greeted back, beaming at her. Her classmates fumed but she felt very pleased with herself.
** Shinji’s female classmates were not happy when Asuka came along and Shinji showed that he was interested in her. Asuka’s male classmates were not happy when Asuka showed that Shinji was the only boy she deemed to be deserving of her attention.
** During the school dance, a girl suggested that she’d try anything with Shinji. Asuka warned her away rather… pointedly.
** When several girls were swooning at the thought of asking Shinji out, Rei –[[TheStoic Rei]]!- was feeling quite annoyed. Then she greeted him and he greeted back, beaming at her. Her classmates fumed but she felt very pleased with herself.
** Shinji’s female classmates were not happy when Asuka came along and Shinji showed that he was interested in her. Asuka’s male classmates were not happy when Asuka showed that Shinji was the only boy she deemed to be deserving of her attention.
** During the school dance, a girl suggested that she’d try anything with Shinji. Asuka warned her away rather… pointedly.
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* HeartbrokenBadass: Shinji doesn’t show it outwardly, but he’s traumatized because he let his life’s love die.
* HelloNurse: Asuka had a pack of male students following her around in the school grounds.
-->Asuka followed his gaze, smiled, then happily skipped off towards Rei, causing Shinji to shake his head slightly in amusement as 'the hoard' followed her off, more then a few shooting him envious looks.
** Touji and Kensuke had to admit that it was easy to understand why she drew so many lovestruck or merely lustful stares:
--->Both young men freely admitted she was hot, that simply wasn't in question. In a school of generally polite, reserved young Japanese girls, she was a living, breathing firestorm, an impression helped along by her red hair that whirled around her like a burning halo as she moved about the school at speed. Add to that her stunning looks and the fact that she publicly had announced –and Shinji had confirmed- that she was an Evangelion pilot…
* TheHero: Shinji is determined to save the world this time.
* HelloNurse: Asuka had a pack of male students following her around in the school grounds.
-->Asuka followed his gaze, smiled, then happily skipped off towards Rei, causing Shinji to shake his head slightly in amusement as 'the hoard' followed her off, more then a few shooting him envious looks.
** Touji and Kensuke had to admit that it was easy to understand why she drew so many lovestruck or merely lustful stares:
--->Both young men freely admitted she was hot, that simply wasn't in question. In a school of generally polite, reserved young Japanese girls, she was a living, breathing firestorm, an impression helped along by her red hair that whirled around her like a burning halo as she moved about the school at speed. Add to that her stunning looks and the fact that she publicly had announced –and Shinji had confirmed- that she was an Evangelion pilot…
* TheHero: Shinji is determined to save the world this time.
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* HouseHusband: Shinji makes all domestic chores since Misato is a slob and Asuka doesn't care as long as she doesn't have to ''do'' them.
-->"Well I have to say, having a house broken male around is a more useful thing then I gave Misato credit for"
* HumanoidAbomination: Lilith’s ghost naturally looked like Rei.
-->"Well I have to say, having a house broken male around is a more useful thing then I gave Misato credit for"
* HumanoidAbomination: Lilith’s ghost naturally looked like Rei.
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* IcyBlueEyes: Asuka’s deep, blue eyes and she may be pretty cold or hostile to other people.
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Asuka does this to Shinji the whole time.
** When they met for first time –again-, Shinji was trying not to think about stroking her hair while he talked to her.
** When Asuka was arguing with Misato, Shinji was trying to pay attention to the conversation rather her very nice, tight shorts.
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Asuka does this to Shinji the whole time.
** When they met for first time –again-, Shinji was trying not to think about stroking her hair while he talked to her.
** When Asuka was arguing with Misato, Shinji was trying to pay attention to the conversation rather her very nice, tight shorts.
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* InnerMonologue: In chapter 11, Asuka tries to convince herself that she ''doesn't'' find Shinji Ikari attractive.
-->Asuka didn't know what had infuriated her more at that point. Misato's not so subtle hint that Shinji made a far more reliable roommate then ''she'' had… or the implication that ''she'' would be making advances on ''him''!\\
''Oh come on Asuka… we both know how you kept glancing at him yesterday during training, with him in that tight fitting dance getup as he built up a sweat-''\\
Asuka silenced the traitorous voice with the mental equivalent of a roundhouse kick before stepping into her room and swiftly getting changed into her 'going out to be seen in a socially acceptable venue' clothes.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Shinji has blue eyes and he used to be innocent and gulible.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Deconstructed. Shinji thinks he isn’t good enough for Asuka after he missed all of her hints, never helped her and let her die. However, Kaji warned him that attitude would hurt Asuka rather helping her.
-->Asuka didn't know what had infuriated her more at that point. Misato's not so subtle hint that Shinji made a far more reliable roommate then ''she'' had… or the implication that ''she'' would be making advances on ''him''!\\
''Oh come on Asuka… we both know how you kept glancing at him yesterday during training, with him in that tight fitting dance getup as he built up a sweat-''\\
Asuka silenced the traitorous voice with the mental equivalent of a roundhouse kick before stepping into her room and swiftly getting changed into her 'going out to be seen in a socially acceptable venue' clothes.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Shinji has blue eyes and he used to be innocent and gulible.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Deconstructed. Shinji thinks he isn’t good enough for Asuka after he missed all of her hints, never helped her and let her die. However, Kaji warned him that attitude would hurt Asuka rather helping her.
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* {{Irony}}: In chapter 10, Shinji finds ironic that Touji and Kensuke cannot stand Asuka and mock her fanclub… when they’ll spend more time with her than any of her fans.
-->''The irony that those two will end up spending more time with Asuka then any of her rapidly growing fan club… now that’s the textbook definition of irony''
* ItsPersonal: In chapter 17, Misato risked Asuka’s life during a mission. Later on, she apologized and explained Asuka that she’s obsessed with destroying the Angels because her father died during Second Impact, and she wants to avenge him.
-->''The irony that those two will end up spending more time with Asuka then any of her rapidly growing fan club… now that’s the textbook definition of irony''
* ItsPersonal: In chapter 17, Misato risked Asuka’s life during a mission. Later on, she apologized and explained Asuka that she’s obsessed with destroying the Angels because her father died during Second Impact, and she wants to avenge him.
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* GamerChick: Kana, to the point where she plays the games upside down to challenge herself.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: One reason Asuka is so frustrated with Shinji is because his synch rate is higher even though he's been training for much less time than she has. Of course, Shinji has a couple advantages (being a time traveler and knowing some things he shouldn't) over her.
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* ApologisesALot: Asuka can’t stand when someone does this. In chapter 10 she gets angry because Rei has been ordered to live in a hellhole. Rei apologises for it, and Asuka gets angrier since Rei is sorry for something is not her fault.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Ritsuko notes that Misato is angry at her charges after the quad bike race because she was terrified of them getting hurt.
* ApologisesALot: Asuka can’t it stand when someone does this. In chapter 10 she gets angry because Rei has been ordered to live in a hellhole. Rei apologises for it, and Asuka gets angrier since Rei is sorry for somethingis that's not her fault.
* ApologisesALot: Asuka can’t it stand when someone does this. In chapter 10 she gets angry because Rei has been ordered to live in a hellhole. Rei apologises for it, and Asuka gets angrier since Rei is sorry for something
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* VillainousFriendship: Keel Lorenz and [[spoiler:Shinji's grandfather Takuya Ikari]] seem to have this dynamic. [[spoiler:Takuya]] was the closest thing Keel had to a mentor, and he seems to respect him more than the other high-ranking SEELE members, valuing his input and willing to be completely honest with him. For his part, [[spoiler:Takuya]] is the only person in SEELE who can be casual, even sardonic, with the chairman.
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8969391/1/Once-More-with-Feeling A Code Geass fanfic on the same name]], with a similar Peggy Sue nature to it, also exists. This is not that fic.
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* ComebackTomorrow: At one point, Shinji muses that an underrated benefit of time travel is being able to use the quips you thought of too late.
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* WorthyOpponent: Asuka finds both Shinji and Toji to be these when it comes to verbal sparring; Shinji in terms of wit, and Toji in terms of tenacity.
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* AlphaBitch: Chihiro Tanaka acts like this, being the most beautiful girl in the school, having plenty followers and slandering Shinji after being turned down by him.
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* AlphaBitch: Chihiro Tanaka acts like this, being the most beautiful girl in the school, having plenty of followers and slandering Shinji after being turned down by him.
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* SecretKeeper: Kaji is the only major character who knows that Shinji's already been through all this.
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* StepfordSmiler: Shinji may come off as cheerful and easygoing, but in reality he's struggling with massive amounts of guilt, rage, fear, and grief.
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* HumongousMecha: The Evas.
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* HumongousMecha: The Evas.Evangelions. Neither politicians nor army men relish the idea of relying on giant robots to fight, but Shinji quickly proves that they are the best weapon to battle the giant aliens.
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* HopeIsScary: Shinji is managing to prove to Asuka for first time in ten years she has met someone she can trust and rely on. She thinks maybe Shinji is someone she does not need to push away, and she can lower her walls around him... and the thought scares her more than any Angel.
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* HopeIsScary: Shinji is managing Thanks to prove to Shinji, Asuka is considering that, for first time in ten years one decade, maybe she has met someone she can trust trust, open up to, and rely on. She thinks maybe Shinji is someone she does not need to push Shinji away, and she can lower her walls around him... and the thought scares her more than any Angel.
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* HeroicBSOD: Shinji has a near mental breakdown in chapter 13 [[spoiler: when he's recounting his story to Kaji and a JDF intelligence officer; they have to slip him a mild sedative to calm him down.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: Shinji nearly has a near mental breakdown in chapter 13 [[spoiler: when he's recounting his story to Kaji and a JDF intelligence officer; they have to slip him a mild sedative to calm him down.]]
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* GratuitousGerman: Preparing for Asuka's arrival, Shinji learnt some few German words. In chapter 10 both teenagers exchange some sentences in German:
-->'''Asuka:''': “Hullo Shinji! Guten Morgen!”\\
'''Shinji:''' “Guten Morgen Asuka. Wie Geht Es Ihnen?”\\
'''Asuka:''' “Wundervoll! Ich wußte nicht, daß Sie Deutsches sprachen Shinji?”\\
'''Shinji''': “Uh, actually, I don’t speak German. I just learned a few words here and there after I heard you were coming over”.
-->'''Asuka:''': “Hullo Shinji! Guten Morgen!”\\
'''Shinji:''' “Guten Morgen Asuka. Wie Geht Es Ihnen?”\\
'''Asuka:''' “Wundervoll! Ich wußte nicht, daß Sie Deutsches sprachen Shinji?”\\
'''Shinji''': “Uh, actually, I don’t speak German. I just learned a few words here and there after I heard you were coming over”.
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* LoveInterest:
** Shinji and Asuka are each other's.
** Touji and Hikari.
** Rei and Kensuke.
** Shinji and Asuka are each other's.
** Touji and Hikari.
** Rei and Kensuke.
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* OfficialCouple: Shinji and Asuka.
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* GuileHero: Played straight with [[spoiler:Kaji]], subverted with [[spoiler:Shinji]]. After a meeting with [[spoiler:Seele]] goes awry, the former warns the latter he must not try to play the trope because he is not trained for it.
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* GuileHero: GuileHero:
** Played straight with[[spoiler:Kaji]], subverted Kaji, who is spying on and for three different organizations ''at once''.
** Subverted with[[spoiler:Shinji]]. Shinji. After a meeting with [[spoiler:Seele]] SEELE goes awry, the former Kaji warns the latter Shinji that he must not try to play outthink and outplan the trope Committee because he is not trained for it.
** Played straight with
** Subverted with
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* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: In the original timeline, Shinji secluded himself in his room and put his headphones on to isolate whenever he got depressed. Back in the past, he realizes that behaviour was a self-destructive and dumb waste of time, so he is trying to quit the habit (and he is listening to a different kind of music, too).
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* GenderFlipped: Shinji, Touji and Kensuke call -very privately and very quietly- Asuka, Rei and Hikari "The Three Stoogettes".
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* GenderFlipped: GenderFlip: In canon, Asuka called Shinji, Touji and Kensuke call "The Three Stooges". In this story, Asuka, Hikari and Rei are called -very privately and very, very quietly- Asuka, Rei and Hikari quietly by the abovementioned trio- "The Three Stoogettes".
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* BringMyRedJacket: Shinji often reminds what Asuka -who always wore red- got worse wounds than Rei or himself during the battles, and she got killed in the most gruesome, bloodiest way.
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* TheMenInBlack: The NERV's special agents. Shinji mentions them when he goes to talk Fuyutsuki in chapter 9. They are seen in chapters 11, 12 and 13 when several Section-2 bodyguards have to follow Asuka, Rei, Hikari and Misato around and carrying their purchases while they go shopping.
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* RedIsHeroic: Asuka is a giant robot pilot and and wears red most of time. When Shinji saw her red mecha he said the color suited her.
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* ForgottenFirstMeeting: In chapter 9 a technichian told him Shinji that Asuka and he had ''already'' met when they were toddlers (something both of them had utterly forgotten about). Asuka's mother was visiting the Japanese Branch and left both in a play pen, and they... well, [[BelligerentSexualTension they fought]]. Shinji got a good laugh of it (thinking that some things never change), and so Asuka did when he retold her the episode to her.
* FreudianExcuse: It's explained that Chihiro's aggression is the result of growing up without a mother.
* FreudianExcuse: It's explained that Chihiro's aggression is the result of growing up without a mother.
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* ForgottenFirstMeeting: In chapter 9 a technichian told him Shinji that Asuka and he had ''already'' met when they were toddlers (something both of them had utterly forgotten about). Asuka's mother Kyoko was visiting the Japanese Branch Branch, and she and Yui left both their kids in a play pen, and they... well, [[BelligerentSexualTension they fought]]. Shinji got a good laugh of it (thinking that some things never change), and so Asuka did when he retold her the episode to told her.
* FreudianExcuse:It's Chihiro Tanaka's aggressiveness, vindictiveness and rude behaviour is later explained that Chihiro's aggression is as the result of growing up without a mother.
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* {{Forgiveness}}: Shinji seeks everybody's forgiveness by not screwing up things this time, even if no one remembers what he did.
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* {{Forgiveness}}: Even if no one else knows what he did in the original timeline, Shinji seeks wants to earn everybody's forgiveness by not screwing up things for his actions, so he is fighting hard to save the world this time, even if no one remembers what he did.time.
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* FieryRedhead: Asuka is quite the spitfire, although Shinji's influence is subtly helping her to control and channel her temper better.
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* FieryRedhead: Asuka is quite the impetuous and strong-willed spitfire, although Shinji's influence is subtly helping her to control and channel her temper better.temper.
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* FallingIntoTheCockpit: Subverted. Gendo and everyone else believe Shinji is piloting EVA for first time. He is not, but he successfully deceives them.
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* FallingIntoTheCockpit: Subverted. When Shinji gets into his giant robot, Gendo and everyone else believe Shinji he is piloting EVA for first time. time, with no previous knowledge or training. He is not, due to time-travel, but it is in his best interest making everyone believing that he has never met an Evangelion, and he successfully deceives them.
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* TranquilFury: Asuka slips into this when she sees Rei's ''atrocious'' living conditions, and finds out the whole thing was arranged by Gendo.
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* EmotionlessGirl: Rei begins like this but she slowly starts opening up. However she decides to hide her changes from Gendo and SEELE out of a growing sense of self-preservation.
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* EmotionlessGirl: Rei begins like this is unemotional and passive at the beginning, but she slowly starts opening up.up after meeting Shinji. However she decides to hide her changes from Gendo and SEELE out of a growing sense of self-preservation.
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* DudeShesLikeInAComa: When Shinji thinks about what he did the only time he saw Asuka naked, he disgustedly wonders what he was thinking.
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* DudeShesLikeInAComa: When Often Shinji thinks about remembers what he did the only time when he saw Asuka naked, naked in the hospital [[spoiler:(masturbating),]] and he disgustedly wonders what he was thinking.
