A Man's Battle
Shinji decides that he's had enough of Nerv and being a pilot. His father allows him to leave the program. He has left Nerv HQ and is waiting for a train when an Angel attacks.
Shinji watches the fight between Asuka in Unit 02 and the Angel. Asuka is no match for the Angel. Nerv attempts to send Rei in Unit 01 but it rejects her. Nerv attempts to send Unit 01 with the dummy plug inserted but it rejects the dummy plug.
Shinji watches Asuka get badly beaten and decides that he must return and pilot Unit 01. He returns, has another confrontation with his father and takes off in Unit 01. Shinji is filled with rage and expresses it in how he pilots Unit 01.
Unit 01 runs out of power in the middle of the fight. Shinji begs and pleads until miraculously Unit 01 comes back online. It does more than beat the Angel, it eats part of the Angel.
Asuka and Unit 02 got very badly beaten. How is she doing? Rei tried to destroy the Angel with a bomb that Unit 00 carried right up to the Angel. The bomb exploded but the status of Rei and Unit 00 is uncertain. Is Rei still alive? Aren't their clones of her that can be broken out to replace her?
This was a much more interesting episode than the previous few. Shinji finally seems to have matured to some degree. It isn't clear what comes next. He was still in Unit 01 when the episode ended. Something different happened but I don't think it is enough to salvage this show.
No comments:
Post a Comment