[EVA] Rei in Eva 00 alone = ineffective

[Carl Horn]

Of course, in Stage 1 of the manga, Rei is shown as fighting (and  
being severely injured) in Unit-01 against Sachiel. Since Stage 1 was  
drawn in late 1994, during the early production of the TV series, I  
wonder if there was a plan at one point to include this scene in  
episode 1 of the anime. Perhaps Anno thought it was more dramatic to  
save the first sight of Unit-01 (excepting the opening credits, of  
course) for when Shinji meets his dad. Since this doesn't happen  
until Stage 2 of the manga, perhaps likewise Sadamoto felt it would  
be odd to have the first chapter of a new manga called "Neon Genesis  
Evangelion," and not actually show the Evangelion in it ^_^

--C.




On Dec 14, 2008, at 3:22 PM, R_J_N wrote:

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> I assumed that at the start of the show, Rei suffers from injuries  
> suffered in the synch test we later were shown, when Gendou ran in  
> to open the plug and check on Rei.
>
> My assumption at the time of viewing was that either Rei's injuries  
> seen in the flashback weren't as obvious at the point when Gendou  
> opened the plug (severe internal injuries, broken bones held in  
> place by the plug-suit, maybe a later degradation of her  
> condition), or it was just a genuine failure of continuity - or  
> revisionism - on the part of the writers.
>
> Either way, I expect the melodrama of the scenes is the important  
> thing, rather than the minutia of the details.
>
> - AcroRay
>
> I agree about the melodrama, but Eva is about detail as well.
> At the start of 1.01, we see that, different from TV ep.1, the bay  
> is red from LCL.  On top of that is the "body was here" white  
> outline of a giant figure, also new animation.
>
> I maintain the figure outline & LCL is from Eva 00, after it was  
> beaten by the angel.  That would more than account for Rei's  
> injuries.  It took Eva 01 going beserk & instinctive cunning, i.e.  
> becoming as savage as the angel, to beat it in a "wetworks" brawl.
>
> NERV was still learning about angels at the start.  The gentle, but  
> obedient Rei was sent out in a prototype Eva, that had rejected her  
> before, to try stop a killing machine. She was beaten, the army  
> stepped in & failed, & then Shinji arrived & Gendou was ready for  
> his next attack with 01.
>
> Its possible he calculated Rei would fail, as would the army  
> afterwards & set up the scene for needing Shinji to win.
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