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The Second Impact is the catastrophe when the Antarctic Polar Ice Caps
melted during AD 2000. Although the United Nations covered the whole
event as a gigantic meteorite impact, it was actually caused by an Angel
that exploded.
The concrete figures to the extent of the devastation due to the Second Impact is not yet known, however, this was one of the reasons that the United Nations created NERV. This special strategic defense force was instituted to prevent a possible Third Impact. The Second Impact also affected the lives of several of the key characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion. Among others, Misato Katsuragi's father was killed while trying to save her life from the destructive force of the Angel. Misato is the only living person to see "hell". Ritsuko reveals the cause of the Second Impact: Man did something and found God. When man tried to pick-up God, God punished him through this catastrophe. |
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