YMMV entries for The One I Love Is...:
- Alternate Character Interpretation:
- Yui gets depicted in a more innocent way than in canon or later fanon. In this story she did not intend to get absorbed into Unit 01, and Naoko set in motion the failed experiment.
- Fanon:
- Asuka did not kiss Shinji in canon because she was bored. It was a bad excuse and she knew it. She was at least partially aware that she liked Shinji and she was (very clumsily) trying to seduce him.
- Rei is NOT a partial clone of Yui Ikari or half-angel. Canonically she is a clone of Yui. Period.
- Back then fans debated about Kaji's assassin's identity. A pretty large group believed that person being Misato. Alain was unsure so what he left the matter ambiguous.
- Yui actually wanted to get absorbed into Unit 01.
- It Was His Sled: When this fic was ongoing, readers had to wait till the last scene of the second-to-last chapter to find out Shinji's choice. Nowadays it is not a secret since this story was popular back then and it is considered a classic of its age, especially among a sector of shippers.
- The Woobie: Honestly, after reading the chapters six and nine or the “Darkness of a Broken Heart” side-story is hard not feeling sorry for Asuka. Shinji has his moments, too.
