Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.03

The Silent Phone

Shinji practices in a EVA simulator. Katsuragi gets Shinji a mobile phone but he doesn't use it and no one calls him. He goes to school the next day. A rumor spreads that he is the pilot of the new robot. The sister of Toji, one of Shinji's classmates, was injured during the Shinji's first battle with an angel. Toji takes his anger out on Shinji.

Another Angel attacks Tokyo-3. Shinji is sent out to deal with it. Toji and another student sneak outside to get a look at the battle. They almost get killed. Shinji saves them and just barely defeats the latest Angel. 

The episode ends with Toji trying to call Shinji because Shinji hasn't been to school since the fight with the second Angel and he's concerned about him and feels bad about what he did.

Thoughts

The Angel in this episode looked nothing like the one in the first two episodes.

There is considerably less of Katsuragi in this episode than there was in the previous two episodes.

Shinji seems very driven during the battle scene and even during the practice session. Katuragi orders him to return to base when things aren't going well during the battle but he continues to fight.

Where to next? I'm not sure but I'm going to keep watching for now.

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