[EVA] Noticed this? [Small non-anime spoiler]

[Kuan Yu]

> At 01:42 PM 4/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Speaking of the strange one time things I have one. Though you all know
> >about it I would still like to get some opinions on it:
> >
> >It in the first ep when the angel is attacking and shinji is to use the
> >phone then he looks over and see's Rei then looks away and when he turns
> >around she isn't there again. 
> >
> >Why would be see her? What do you think this represents, it's tearing my
> >brain apart.
> 
> I believe one could fit this scene into the "spectral foreboding"
category.
>  It is a well used scene in many series and movies of similar eerie
nature
> to Evangelion, more often when the supernatural is involved than anything
> else (and since the borders between what is real and what is supernatural
> appear hazy in Evangelion, we can't prove or disprove its involvement).
> 
> Its significance in terms of the series storyline itself is not great,
but
> it does lead in to the introduction of Rei, and reflects her ethereal and
> mysterious nature.  It doesn't have to play a role in the story as a
whole,
> or even have a logical resolution.  That is not the intent with the
scene.
> 
> Ayanami^Rei

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	I thought it was interesting that in the comic version of the manga
released by Dark Horse that Rei sustains her injuries while piloting EVA 01
(I'm pretty sure it was 01, but my memory is a bit fuzzy =Þ) against the
3rd Angel while Shinji is on his way towards NERV HQ, rather than during
experiments with EVA 00.  Perhaps Rei's image being projected towards
Shinji was a product of the physical trauma caused by the Angel attack and
experienced by her and EVA 01 (Yui).
	By the way, the Evangelion comic is actually worth a look as it is not
simply a rehash of the anime.  Yoshiyuki Sadamoto does do quite a few
things different with the art and the plot.
	Also, I have only seen the first 20 episodes and am pretty new to this
mailing list, so I'm really really grateful to you people who stick those
spoiler tags on your email.  I delete any email that looks like it has even
the slightest possibility of containing spoilers  ^_^.

Kuan Yu
kuanyu at writeme.com
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