Of all the characters in Evangelion the strangest one is Rei Ayanami. Unlike Shinji and Auska we never really "look into her head." we do know that she likes Gendo alot, and in the end find out its because he created her to meet his ends. In epi 23 we find out that Rei isnt even human, shes angelic, a mix between an angel and Yui Ikari. She is always holding on to Gendo's glasses and it seems her only posesion. She lives in a run down dirty apartment on the out-skirts of tokyo 3 but spends most her time at NERV. Shinji stops by her house one time to drop some school work off, because she always absent and at NERV. He can't belive that somone would live there, there is nothing but a bed and a dresser. He has a embarassing encounter with Rei, but walks with her to NERV hq. Later in that epi Rei slaps Shinji for saying he hates his father for abandaning him. Shinji still hadn't learnd that His father had saved Rei's life when Unit00 went berzerk in a test run. He opened the scolding hot entry plug with his bare hands, and burns his hands very bad. we never see Gendo without his gloves on. Rei is also the seceret behind the dummy plug. Which is used to destroy Toji'seva in episode 18. After that the show stays focused on Auska for while. Then in epi 23 Rei sorties with the 16th angel. Shinji's eva is launched, but the angel destroys his gun before he even moves. To keep the Angel busy and sanve shinji Rei sustanes her A.T. field and goes to mode D. By doing so her eva blows up. Although the entery plug is okay, to sustain the Anti Terror feild she has to keep her heral conntecion so she her guts are spread out all over the evtry plug. The search team files the report as Rei being just injured. When Shinji thanks Rei for saving him from the angel she says "Did I save you?" "Yes, don't you remeber Rei?", "No, I don't know the facts, perhaps because I am the 3rd." Is Rei's answer. Also in the 23rd epi Ritsuko takes Shinji and Misato to show them where Rei was created, show them the eva gravyard, and show them how Rei is the dummy plug. Misato destroys all of the "Souless Rei's" because she "hates them". After epi 23, you know just about every thing about everything you need to about Ayanami, Rei. The only ohter things is in epi 24, when they say that a second A.T. Feild even stronger than the 17th human. But it doenst beling to the angel, its human. Then we say Rei standing on the balcony. It makes sence since she is half angel. Now that you know about Rei, read up on some of the other characters of Evangelion.