EPISODE : 20

TITLE:	Weaving a Story 2: oral stage
JAP TITLE:	The essence of the heart, The essence of man. (Kokoro no katachi, hito no katachi)
PICTURE(S):	Original Pictures are still being drawn. Please come back again.
OVERVIEW:	Shinji was lost inside Eva-01 (disappeared) when he hit 400% synchronization and despite the salvage efforts of Nerv it took them almost 31 days before Shinji decided to return. During this time Shinji was battling whether to stay inside and be one with the Eva or go back. Misato cried when he saw Shinji materialized.
DETAILED SUMMARY:	After the aftermath of the attack of the 14th Angel, Seele called a special meeting minus Gendou and discussed the Eva-01 going berserk and eating the 14th Angel thereby making the Eva an S2 entity. They also started to question the loyalty of Gendou for not informing them about Eva-01 S2 engine. After the first day, reconstruction to rebuild a half-destroyed Nerv headquarters begun and also the overhaul of the fallen Eva-00 and beheaded Eva-02. Ritsuko and Maya discussed the moving of the Central Command to a smaller (Auxiliary) 2nd Central Command Center, While Misato and Makoto discussed the reason why Eva-01 keeps on going berserk in battle. Here, Eva-01 was all in bandage with the red core visible and a strange green right eye and the Eva is making terrible sewage like sounds in the background. Makoto said "The S2 engine shows no signs of energy" Misato replied "Yet this thing went berserk 3 times in battle". In the meantime Kaji confronts Gendou and asked how is he going to explain to Seele about the S2 engine of Eva-01 and the disappearance of its pilot inside it. Ritsuko tried to eject the entry plug of Eva-01 but the command was refused and finally visual of the entry plug was restored and we see an empty entry plug with the plug suit of Shinji floating in LCL and Misato said "So this is what 400% synchronization looks like". Then Misato demanded an explanation from Ritsuko about the true nature of Evangelion Robots but Ritsuko evaded the answer and Misato slapped Ritsuko "You made this bloody robot do something about it". The second day we see a Rei coming out of a coma and whispering to herself that she is still alive while Asuka is back in her room cursing that she wasnt able to defeat the Angel. The 3rd day, the salvage operation begun to get Shinji back from Eva-01 using a plan of Ritsuko to use the plug suit as a magnet to make the body re-materialize. The 4th day, we see how Shinji is taking the absorption of his body by the Eva, and flash back of his life was seen. His friends and his enemies, the Angels and then his anger moved from the Angels toward his father whom he blames for Touji's Injury , his mother's death and his sad neglected childhood. Then he remembered the day his mother disappeared like he did when he was 3 years old in a failed Eva-syncronization test. The 30th day, final preparations was made to get Shinji back and Maya was amazed about the plan of Ritsuko but Ritsuko answered that it wasnt her plan but a plan that was used by her mother Dr. Naoko Ritsuko but failed in a similar incident 10 years ago The 31th day, we see Shinji again searching for his identity and tackling issues like happiness, self-worth and purpose of life. Then his visions change to sexual fantasy on a naked Rei, Asuka and Misato asking him if he wants to be one with her, and all three explains how good and pleasurable it is to be one. On that instant Misato ordered the commencing of the salvage operation and then the visions of Shinji changed from sexual to nightmare. At first everything was going fine but the connection was being refused by the entry plug again and Ritsuko said "Shinji, dont you want to come back?". But slowly we see Shinji re-materializing and disappearing again from the entry plug. At this point Shinji doesnt know whether to go back or be one with Eva-01 when the entry plug suddenly opened pouring the LCL that contains the bio-molecules of Shinji spilling all over the floor of the hanger along with the plug suit and Misato shouted: "Shinji! No! " Misato raced toward the spilled LCL and embraced the plug-suit of Shinji and shouted to Ritsuko "What is the use of science if you cant even bring back one person? Bring him back !" and cried. Meanwhile Shinji hears the voice of his father and mother before he was born. Gendou said " The baby will be born after the 2nd Impact and in this world" Yui answered "Oh? as long as there is life there is hope to find happiness." Gendou replied "I guess you are right". Yui asked "Have you decided the name of our child" Gendou answered "If its a boy: Shinji and if its a girl: Rei" And then we heard a soft splash and Shinji re-materialized. The 33th day, Misato and Ritsuko was glad to have Shinji back and Ritsuko was asking Misato if they want to go out for a drink but Misato declined, after taking Ritsuko home, she went to a cheap hotel with Kaji and made love, then Kaji gave Misato a capsule containing a microchip and Kaji said "A present after 8 years, and it could be my last"
CHECKPOINT:	This is the first time we saw the symbol of Seele: The seven eyes of Lillith with an inverted triangle on the backgound Seele grounded the use of Eva-01 The scene of a 3 year old Shinji watching his mother board an Eva was a mere 1/8 of a second 3 frame shoot In episode one we saw the car of Misato, got damaged, here we see it undamaged, apparently she had it fixed already.
TRIVIA:	screen reads "EVA-01 ENTRY PLUG EJECT COMMAND: REFUSED" from BALTHASAR DIRECT CONNECTION NO. 102 to: EVA-01 ENTRY PLUG SYSTEM LINK 2" screen reads "OBJECT: EVA-01 ENTRY PLUG: INTERIOR LIVE DIRECT CONNECTION NO. 316 PILOT VANISHED" plan reads "NERV E-PROJECT: EP2 SALVAGE PLAN OUTLINE (INCLUDES LP3 COMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE") screen reads "OBJECT: EVA-01 ENTRY PLUG EXTERIOR LIVE DIRECT CONNECTION R2 PREPARING FOR RESTART" screen reads "PYSCHIC ESSENCE THRESHOLD SIGNAL: STATUS: ALL GREEN" screen reads "PYSCHIC ESSENCE THRESHOLD SIGNAL: INTERVENTION BLOCKED" screen reads "EVA-01 ENTRY PLUG: FULL NERVE CUT" screen reads "EVA-01 ENTRY PLUG: TANJENT GRAPH REVERSE"
BLOPPERS:	Shinji boarded Eva-01 in the last episode wearing his white school uniform but when Misato and the others finally got visual inside the entry plug, the plug-suit of Shinji was seen floating in LCL with no trace of his white uniform. Now without opening the entry plug, how the hell did the white plug suit got inside and where is his white uniform if only his body is the one that vanished ?

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