Introduction to the Story Summaries
Episode 1: ANGEL ATTACK
Episode 2: THE BEAST
Episode 3: A Transfer
Episode 4: Hedgehog's Dilemma
Episode 5: Rei I
Episode 6: Rei II
Episode 7: A HUMAN WORK
Episode 8: ASUKA STRIKES
Episode 9: Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!
Episode 10: MAGMADIVER
Episode 11: The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still
Episode 12: She said, "Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred."
Episode 13: LILLIPUTIAN HITCHER
Story Summary Part II
I personally wrote the story summaries in these two sections. I believe that they contain all of the important or interesting information from each episode. Due to this fact, they contain major spoilers for people who haven't seen the whole series yet. The summaries seem to jump around a lot, but this is because the Episodes jump around a lot as well, and to keep a nice chronological order of events I decided to leave them that way. Also, as you get farther into the series, the information in each episode becomes more and more relevant, so the summaries begin to get longer and longer towards the end. I hope you enjoy my summaries, and if you find any problems feel free to email me with them and I will try to fix them accordingly. (Isn't the picture of Asuka and Shinji a classic, I just had to put it in somewhere ^_^ )
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This episode starts immediately with an Angel attack. It becomes painfully clear that normal weapons, including the N2 mine, are useless against the Angels. The characters Shinji Ikari, Misato Katsuragi, Ritsuko Akagi, Gendo Ikari, and Kouzou Fuyuzuki are introduced, as well as Eva Unit01 and the Angels. Shinji Ikari's father, who had abandoned him years before, will now be his commander at Nerv, a top secret UN agency. Shinji is the 3rd Child in accordance with the Marduk report. Shinji is told he must pilot Unit01 in replacement of Rei Ayanami. While he is arguing that he can't pilot it, the Angel attacks Tokyo 3. Unit01 moves to protect Shinji from falling rubble, even though that should be impossible. Shinji realizes the condition that Rei is in and also realizes he can't run away. He decides to pilot it. Shinji enters Unit01 and they activate and launch it.
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The episode begins with the battle. Shinji is only able to take one step before he falls on his face. The 3rd Angel proceeds to break the Eva's arm and punch a hole through its head. Shinji then wakes up in a hospital. The Seele committee is introduced as Commander Ikari's superior, and the Human Instrumentality Project is also brought up. Misato decides to arrange it so that Shinji will live with her instead of letting him live by himself. Misato's place, however, is in terrible shape, mainly because she is a complete slob and an alcoholic. While lying in bed Shinji remembers the rest of the battle. Unit01 goes berserk after the Angel damages it. It mercilessly attacks the Angel and beats it to the point where it self-destructs.
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Shinji begins to receive formal training for piloting Unit01; he also begins going to school. Touji Suzuhara, Kensuke Aida, and Hikari Horaki are introduced as classmates. Touji is upset since his sister was injured in the battle. During class Shinji lets out the fact that he's the pilot of Unit01, so Touji beats him up after class. The 4th Angel attacks after the fight, and Shinji is launched again in Unit01. It doesn't take long for the Angel to gain the upper hand. Shinji gets knocked around a bit and almost falls on Touji and Kensuke, who snuck out of their shelter. They're let into the entry plug for protection. Shinji loses control and charges the Angel instead of retreating like he was supposed to. He stabs the Angel in its core and continues to push the knife in deeper and deeper. The Angel dies just before Unit01 runs out of power. Touji sees how painful it is to pilot the Eva and now feels sorry for Shinji. Now Touji wants to apologize to him.
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Due to the last Angel incident Shinji has been ditching school and has now run away. He spends 2 entire days wandering around aimlessly, remembering the lecture he got after the battle. He eventually runs into Kensuke, who is playing one of his war games. They camp out for the night and the next morning Nerv Intelligence shows up to pick up Shinji. After another lecture Shinji quits. While leaving he runs into Touji and Kensuke at the train station. Shinji gets to punch Touji back and then they talk for a little bit. After the discussion Shinji realizes that he is just being a coward and when it comes time to get on the train he just stays.
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The accident that occurred during the activation of Unit00 is shown. This accident is also how Rei was injured and Commander Ikari burned his hands. Rei Ayanami is formally introduced as the 1st Child and pilot of Eva Unit00. They examine the carcass of the 4th Angel but can't figure out very much, except that human and Angel genetic structures are almost identical. Shinji realizes he doesn't know very much about Rei, and also that she has a closer relationship with his father than he does. When delivering Rei's new ID card for Ritsuko he walks in on her taking a shower. However she leaves before Shinji can explain. Rei has another activation experiment at Nerv and it's successful this time. However, before it's finished the 5th Angel appears. Shinji is launched in Unit01, but as soon as he reaches the top a high power energy beam hits him.
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It starts immediately with Shinji being shot and brought back down. Shinji was almost killed and needed to be hospitalized. The Angel starts to drill through the ground to the geofront. It also completely destroys any targets that enter into its range. Misato decides to try and sniper the Angel from out of its target range with an energy rifle borrowed from the SSDF. To get enough power she plans to use all of Japan's power. In the operation Unit00 will protect Unit01 with a heat shield made from the space shuttle while Unit01 does the shooting. Rei informs Shinji of the operation when he wakes up. Although he is reluctant to pilot again, he decides he must. During the attempt to shoot the Angel, both Shinji and the Angel fire at the same time, causing each other to miss. The Angel fires the next shot, but Rei blocks it. Shinji successfully fires his next shot and destroys the Angel. Shinji then rushes down to save Rei from a severely melted Unit00. (Rei actually smiles!! ^_^)
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Misato visits Shinji at school, and Touji and Kensuke pick on him because Shinji doesn't like the way Misato acts at home. The cost of repairing Evas and disposing of Angels is starting to take its toll on Nerv's budget, so Commander Ikari must go acquire new funding. Ritsuko explains the second impact as an Angel explosion in the South Pole and not a meteor strike. The next day Misato and Ritsuko go to Old Tokyo to see the SSDF's new robot, Jet Alone. This robot is run on an internal nuclear reactor instead of an external power source; it is also remote controlled, so it doesn't need a pilot. During the activation test it malfunctions and they lose control of it. Its reactor begins to overheat to the point of meltdown. Misato decides to board it and personally shut it down. She uses Unit01 to put her on Jet Alone and then hold it still. When she gets in she realizes the computer system was sabotaged and has to push in the control rods manually. It is revealed later that Nerv was the one that sabotaged it. At the end Shinji finally understands the reason Misato acts the way she does at home: she treats him like he is her family.
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Misato, Shinji, Touji and Kensuke fly out to the Pacific fleet to accompany Unit02 and it's pilot Asuka Langley Sohryu. Misato soon finds out that her X-boyfriend Kaji is also aboard. Asuka gets jealous listening to Kaji talk about Shinji's piloting skills, and decides to show off her Eva to him. After she finishes bragging to Shinji about Unit02 an Angel begins to attack the fleet. Even though the commander won't give battle control to Misato, Asuka decides that she and Shinji should launch anyway. Kaji is transporting a very important item, so as not to potentially fail his mission, he leaves in a plane in the middle of the battle. Unit02 jumps across the boats to the carrier and plugs itself in. The Angel jumps onto the carrier to attack Unit02, but they both fall back into the water. Since Unit02 is configured with the B-type equipment it won't work under water. The Angel bites onto the helpless Eva. Since the power cable is still attached, Misato decides to use the Eva like bait and reel it into two waiting battleships. They fire into its mouth and self-destruct, destroying the Angel. Kaji was apparently transporting what is left of the first human being, Adam. Asuka now joins Shinji's class, much to their dismay.
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Everybody at school, with the exception of Shinji's little group, seem to be in love with Asuka. A new Angel is detected approaching Japan, but Tokyo 3's defenses are still down. It is decided to attack the Angel at the beach. Asuka charges ahead and cuts the Angel in half. However the Angel's 2 halves come back to life as 2 separate creatures. They attack and quickly defeat both Evas. The UN 2nd force takes over the operation and attacks the Angels with an N2 mine; this causes the Angels to withdraw to regenerate themselves. Kaji comes up with a synchronized attack that requires Asuka and Shinji to work together. After a week of extensive training and living together they finally pull it together. The night before the battle it becomes evident that Shinji likes Asuka, and even attempts to kiss her in her sleep. It is also evident that Misato still likes Kaji. It only takes 62 seconds for the attack plan to destroy the Angel.
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Asuka is upset that they can't go on their school trip because they have to be ready for Angel attacks. It's a good thing hat they stay behind, because Nerv finds an Angel larva in the depths of a volcano. They decide to run an A-17 capture operation. Asuka is chosen for the mission, but doesn't want to go when she finds out what she and her Unit02 must wear for the operation. She decides she'll do it instead of letting Rei pilot "her" Eva. The operation is so risky that the Japanese Airforce is ready to drop N2 mines on them if they fail. Asuka successfully captures the Angel. However, on the way back up the Angel hatches and breaks out of the electromagnetic barrier. The operation is immediately changed to the destruction of the Angel. Her progknife has no effect because of the extreme heat. She uses the coolant from her suit to weaken the Angel, and then kills it with the progknife. As the Angel dies it cuts Asuka's cables, so Shinji jumps in with Unit01 and saves the sinking Asuka. After the battle they go to a hot spring, where Asuka and Misato thoroughly embarrass Shinji.
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The Magi Supercomputers are explained as the true head of Tokyo 3, the majority decision of these 3 computers controls the decisions of the city heads. They still have problems with the activation of Unit00. The power goes out over all of Tokyo 3. All remaining power is transferred to maintain the Magi and Central Dogma. Ironically the next Angel appears while the power is out. The children decide that they need to go to Nerv, and so Asuka elects herself the leader of the group. While Hyuga is running errands for Misato, he hears a plane announcing the Angels approach. Hyuga rushes to Nerv to tell them. Sabotage is the apparent cause of the blackout. The children use the air vents to speed up their journey, but end up taking a wrong turn and end up back at the surface just in time to see the Angel. Gendo receives Hyuga's news and prepares the Evas for manually launch. The children eventually arrive. They launch the Evas with back up batteries instead of power cables. They begin to scale the launch tunnel, but the Angel pins them down with an Acid bath. Asuka comes up with a 3-point plan; Rei will retrieve the rifle; Shinji will shoot the Angel; and Asuka will shield the other 2 from the acid bath. The plan works perfectly and destroys the Angel.
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The episode starts with Misato being saved by her father during the 2nd Impact. Misato gets a promotion. Shinji's synchro ratio is rapidly catching up with Asuka's. However neither of them like the attention they are getting. Kensuke and Touji throw a party for Misato. Shinji brings up the question of why Misato joined Nerv in the first place. Both Ikari and Fuyuzuki are at the South Pole on business and Misato is in charge when the next Angel is spotted in orbit. The Angel drops parts of its body to earth from space, causing massive craters. Misato comes up with the idea of catching the falling Angel with the Eva's bare hands, while fully expanding their AT-Fields. Shinji asks Asuka why she pilots, she says it's because she wants to be praised by people. Before the operation, that the reason she joined Nerv was to get revenge on the Angels for killing her father. Shinji is the one that actually catches the Angel; the other 2 soon arrive to kill the Angel while Shinji holds it up. Commander Ikari calls to congratulate Shinji for his good work. Shinji decides the reason he pilots is to hear those words from his dad.
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After a Magi diagnostic the children take part in a simulation activation test. During the experiment, Ritsuko explains that it was her mother that created the Magi system, not her. Odd mold is discovered on one of the test room walls, but it seems insignificant and so they ignore it. During the test the mold begins to rapidly expand. When it attacks Rei's simulation body they eject the children and try to destroy the mold with lasers. However the mold develops an AT-Field for protection, so it is correctly classified as the 13th Angel. They also launch the Evas to keep them from being infected with the Angel. Attempts to kill the Angel with ozone fail. The Angel begins to hack into the Magi system. Melchior (one of the 3 computers) is completely taken over, as well as half of Belthazar before the Angel's progress is drastically slowed down. They decide the best way to kill it is to promote its evolution so it will accept death. This will be done with the remaining Magi computer, Caspar. Using her mother's notes, Ritsuko reprograms Caspar. Their plan works with only 1 second to spare before self-destruction is initiated. Ritsuko tells us that the Magi were programmed with the 3 different personalities of her mother: a woman, a scientist and a mother.
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