![]() ![]() ![]() Ryoji Kaji’s voice asks: Do you hate feeling lonely? Do you hate suffering? Shinji does. But Shinji is unsure of all these things. The questions, posed by Rei Ayanami: What are you alive for? Who are you living for? Are you happy being alive? Asuka Langley Soryu thinks it is for herself, and she is happy. Humans cannot live but in Instrumentality. Humans cannot live alone, but yet they are separate entities: thus conflict and pain is created. ![]() It’s why Instrumentality is taking place. In fact, she and other characters say, it’s true for all humanity, this weakness. He replies that Misato does the same thing, and she agrees. Failure to be loved, and of seeing how weak he is. ![]() Misato Katsuragi tells Shinji that what he truly fears is failure. But Shinji Ikari thinks that he might not need to exist, because he is unwanted, useless. He is met by all of the other characters from the series, who applaud and congratulate him, and, in response, he thanks them all. Shinji, now understanding that his existence is not fixed, destroys the constrictive shell which he had formed around himself. Shinji continues to struggle with the impact of his personal existence, and eventually views a world (resembling a light-hearted, comedic high school setting) in which he is not an Evangelion pilot. The Human Instrumentality Project continues as humankind attempts to complete its existence. ![]()
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