[EVA] Eva Manga Stage 72

[M]

>> Stage 72: Saigo no Shisha
>>           (The Final Messenger/The Last to Die)
>
> Another double meaning?

The same one that has been there all along.  "Shisha" is written  
using the katakana phonetic character "shi" so it can have multiple  
meanings and the kanji "sha" (person/thing).  However, when you  
combine the two into a single character you get the new kanji  
"nagisa" which is not only Kaworu's last name but also means "beach/ 
shore", as in "(sea)shore" which might also be a play on the "shi- 
sha" pronunciation.


> we now know a few things here, namely details about Kaworu's birth  
> and some clues as to why it happened, and also that Sadamoto  
> decided to go the DC way with the story.

Yes, the "human genes" part ties in with the DC scene (Antarctic Base  
-> Second Impact) where they say that "The genes implanted into Adam  
have already achieved physical merging!"

IMO Sadamoto is not just expanding details, but also explaining more  
of the hidden settings, since he was deeply involved with that part  
of the planning.  In fact, according to a 2002 interview, Sadamoto is  
the one who came up with the "dead mothers inside robots that are  
operated by psychological bonding (synchronization) with their  
children (pilots)" setting after learning about the existence of the  
A^10 nerve from an NHK documentary program (Mind and Heart).

Sadamoto is also the one who lobbied for the "Evangelion" name even  
though it had been rejected once.  He argued that the then top  
candidate "Alcion" (proposed by Anno) was not strong enough for a  
robot series, and liked "Evangelion" because it included voiced  
consonants.


> Indeed, that should be 13[th Angel], shouldn't it?

On second thought, NERV hid the existence of the bacteria-like Angel  
that appeared during the power failure, so if Tabris is the 13th then  
the NERV data and monitors might indicate that it was the 12th in  
order to maintain the lie.

Then again, later in this stage there is a monitor image that shows  
Eva-02 and the *17th* Angel breaking through the partitions.  :P

Reference other post:  And YES, Sadamoto does place Lilith as the 2nd.


>> 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.
>
> If *I* did not have a soul?! Now *that* is one interesting bit of  
> clarification or variation from the tv series.

I have always said that this is the correct interpretation.  There is  
no subject in the Japanese sentence which means that taken alone it  
might be considered vague, but in combination with the following  
sentence ("Because the soul of Eva-02 has shut itself away.") this is  
the only interpretation that makes sense.  The problem is that the  
Literal Translation Project got it wrong, and then this mistake was  
carried over to ADV's translation.

Think about it:
"If I did not have a soul, we could join, because the soul of this  
unit has shut itself away."

Doesn't make sense, does it?

"M"