[EVA] [OL] Today (8 Dec) is Mitsuishi (Misato) Kotono's birthday

[RJN]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jessica Hanmeier" <jessica at esperanto.se>
To: <evangelion at eva.onegeek.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [EVA] [OL] Today (8 Dec) is Mitsuishi (Misato) Kotono's
birthday


: tisdagen den 10 december 2002 kl 21.14 skrev RJN:
:
: > But Misato's genuine concern, compassion & sorrow over Shinji
: > (especially) and Rei are also part of her character. She makes
: > Evangelion more than just a kids-in-'bots mecha.
:
: Oh yeah, Misato is quite a unique person. Mitsuishi portrays her dual
: nature very well.
:
: > But do you think, had she the choice, Misato would choose to return
to
: > her human form?
:
: If I'm to judge from Garden of Eva, then no. :)
:
: ---SPOILER CONTENT - THE USUAL WARNINGS APPLY----
:
: I think she would, she had stuff that she left unfinished. This
: inadvertently raises a question - if Misato could be part of the
: ascension to heaven, notwithstanding that she was shot before the
: Lilith-Rei union began, then wouldn't that mean that Kaji and other
: unfortunate people could come back as well? Or is salvation only
: granted to those not yet buried? (If heaven's gonna be that crowded,
: I'm not all that sure I want to go there - at least hell is
: self-cleansing. :)
:
Misato & all those who had a Rei visitation at point of death or after
are saved IMO.
If the last 2 TV episodes are to be taken as part of the ending (not my
choice), then Kaji, Misato, Ritsuko & Yui are all there.

Yui did say (in EoE) that each individual could choose whether to return
to human form or not.
R