[EVA] Eva Manga Stage 72

[M]

Sadamoto has slightly altered the dialog to give more information,  
but the part in question is basically the same as the anime dialog.   
And I stand by my interpretation, because the one you are suggesting  
(and that was used by ADV) does not work logically.  The lack of a  
subject in the Japanese sentence means that one must be inferred from  
context, and that context is clearly provided by the following  
sentence due to the use of the relational word "because (kara)".

Please see my other post for the logical reasoning, and you will see  
that it also applies to the anime dialog.  Not having a soul is  
different from having a soul that has shut itself away, and the term  
"absent" cannot be used to try and link the two completely different  
states.

We know that Eva-02 has a soul, so impersonal grammar or not, Kaworu  
cannot be talking about Eva-02.

"M"


> ***
> Kaworu: Eva and I are made of the same body - For both Eva and I were
> born from the same Adam. If I did not have a soul, we could join.
> Because the soul of Eva-02 has shut itself away.
> ***
>
> Hi, M.
>
> If this is just like the anime dialogue
>
> "Eva ha boku to onaji karada dekiteiru. Boku mo Adam no yori  
> umarekita kara
> na. Tamashi nakereba douka dekiru sa. Kono nigouki no tamashi ga, ima
> tojikomotte iru kara."
>
> Well, in this case I suggest the one which is supposed to be  
> 'without soul'
> it's not Kaworu himself, but the Eva unit. The sentence "Tamashi  
> nakereba
> douka dekiru sa." it's 100% impersonal, right? And the following  
> one just
> explain why the soul in Unit-2, while still present (it's Asuka's  
> mother
> soul, we know) is supposed to be considered just like absent,  
> because it's
> shutting itself away.
>
> Else, the line is altered in the manga, which I would think  
> horrible, for
> Kaworu HAS a soul (Adam's, actually) ad that would result in  
> something to be
> considered as nothing but a big misunderstung of the anime line/ 
> script by
> Sadamoto.