[EVA] Eva story as a recollection of Shinji?

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>From: RJN <rjn at beeb.net>
>Sent: Aug 7, 2006 6:49 PM
>To: evangelion ML <evangelion at shinobu.onegeek.org>
>Subject: [EVA] Eva story as a recollection of Shinji?
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>In episode #22 (I think), when Misato is weeping over losing Kaji,
>Shinji feels unable to comfort her & *narrates* "I was aware that I
>was only a child".
>
>If Eva is all a recollection, which point/year in the future is it
>being recollected by Shinji from? Presumably an adult Shinji. And is
>it to himself, or someone else?
>
>Any answers or clues?


That's a very interesting observation; that kind of narration "in the everyday world"--as opposed, for example, to Shinji's visionary dialogues within the Angel Leliel (my favorite Angel) or during the Instrumentality--is unusual for Shinji.