Finale: Seikai no chuushin de "Ai" o sakenda kemono (The beast that shouted love at the heart of the world) |
| BGM Title | Time | Scene of appearance |
| Introjection | 0'12" | The Human Instrumentality Project (Ningen Houkan Keikaku) is explained in terms of Shinji's case. Note that in Japanese, the literal meaning of "Houkan" is to "make complete". |
| Hedgehog's Dilemma | 1'26" | More discussions on Shinji's perception of "self". |
| Separation Anxiety | 4'10" | Shinji pilots Eva-01 to gain recognition, but in doing so, Eva-01 has become his entire identity. If he loses Eva-01, he will be like when happened to Asuka. |
| Do you love me? | 6'50" | Shinji figures out his "value". |
| Splitting of the Breast | 9'51" | Shinji goes into a world of absolute freedom - a world of "nothingness". |
| Misato | 12'53" | An alternate reality showing Shinji, Asuka and Rei in what could have been a normal school life. The storyline goes like episode 1 of a teen romantic comedy set in a school. Shinji and Asuka stays in the same house, and they are your bickering couple who started out as childhood friends. Gendou and Yui are depicted as the typical parents. |
| Asuka Strikes! | 14'53" | Continuation of alternate reality: Rei is the new transfer student. She bumps into Shinji on the way to school, and Shinji gets a peek of her panties when she fell down (yeah, your typical school comedy). |
| A moment when tension breaks | 15'23" | Continuation of alternate reality: Shinji discusses the morning encounter with Touji and friends. Hikari drags Touji off to perform classroom duty. Misato arrives in school (as "Misato-sensei"). She is the form teacher of Shinji's class, and she introduces Rei as the new transfer student. A quarrel over Shinji between Rei and Asuka ensues. |
| The Heady Feeling of Freedom | 17'35" | Shinji realises the world (or so-called reality) is only what he perceives it to be. |
| Good, or Don't Be | 19'18" | Shinji finally learns to like himself and finds his place in the world. He is congratulated by everyone. The story ends with the words "Thank you, Father. Goodbye, Mother. And congratulations to all children." |
Info about this episode:
The Japanese title is from an American SF novel of the same title "The
beast that shouted love at the heart of the world". Does anybody know the
name of the author?
Neon
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