"Shinji." "How are you?" "I'm getting used to it." "I think it's not bad." "That's good. and recovery zones?" "I think so." "I'll review it one more time." "Normally the Eva runs off electricity provided by an umbilical cable. and no more than five minutes in the minimal activity gain mode." "This is the limitations of our current technology." "Do you understand?" "Yes." "Now let's continue from where we left off yesterday." "We'll initiate Induction Mode. then switch "on"." "Calm down." "Position the target in the center." "Switch..." "Next!" "But I'm surprised that Shinji agreed to pilot it." "He simply does what he's told to do." "Maybe that's his way of getting through life." "pull the switch." "pull the switch." "pull the switch." "pull the switch." "Target in the center... 382)}The Silent Phone Episode Three" "from Tokyo we go to Miss Natsuko Shinohara in Matsuzaki." "this is Shinohara." "Guess what?" "Today I'm in Matsuzaki in West Izu for a little scuba diving!" "with an estimated high of 32 degrees C." "it's morning already." "but we used to have four seasons:" "I just got back from night duty." "Fall and Winter." "let me sleep." "I see." "I'll go." "aquatic life has been coming back little by little." "is today Thursday?" "As you dive into the sea you can clearly see an abundance of fish." "please." "Ma'am." "It makes me think of catching some for tonight's dinner." "are you adjusting to school?" "Yeah." "okay." "See you later." "this is a hot diving spot." "I'll see you later." "Yes?" "Hello?" "Ritsuko." "How's it going?" "Are you getting along with your boyfriend?" "Boyfriend?" "you mean Shinji." "he transferred into school two weeks ago and he hasn't changed." "No one ever calls him." "Calls him?" "I gave him a cell phone a while back." "or received any calls." "but I don't think he has any friends." "I would guess that Shinji's not the sort who makes friends easily." "Do you know the fable of the "Hedgehog's Dilemma"?" "Hedgehog?" "You mean those animals with the spiny hair? the more they injure each other with their spines." "It's the same with some humans." "Shinji is probably afraid of pain and has become a coward somewhere in his heart." "he'll eventually learn that growing up finding a distance where you can avoid hurting each other too much." "class rep?" "262)}Class Daybook" "Did you give him the printout I gave you yesterday?" "What?" "Well... there wasn't anybody home at Toji's place." "right?" "He's been absent for two weeks." "Aren't you worried?" "Do you suppose he's been seriously injured?" "What?" "In that robot incident?" "!" "The television report said that nobody was injured!" "didn't you? they brought in troops from Misawa and Kyushu. and even some killed." "Toji!" "Suzuhara!" "has the class population dropped or what?" "They've all evacuated and transferred to other schools." "no one wants to stay after that fierce battle inside the city." "you're probably the only one who's actually enjoying' the chance to see a real war." "I suppose so." "Toji?" "You were gone for so long." "Did you get caught in the crossfire or something?" "My kid sister did." "She was crushed under a pile of debris." "but she's been in the hospital ever since. and there's no way they can leave their posts right now." "she's all alone at the hospital." "that robot's pilot was plain awful!" "I'm downright pissed off!" "What the hell's the point of our own guy wrecking' the city?" "have you heard the rumor about the new transfer student?" "Transfer student?" "over there." "He transferred here while you were absent." "He came right after the incident." "Don't you think that's odd?" "All rise!" "humankind was about to face its greatest trial. the massive meteor from space slammed into the continent of Antarctica." "The continent's ice cap was melted almost instantaneously. and abnormal weather patterns threatened the lives of all living things." "Several thousand species and half of the world's population were lost for eternity." "That was the so-called "Second Impact"." "The survivors still had to live through the hell and civil wars." "Is it true that you're the pilot of that robot?" "Y/N it has been fifteen years since then." "we have restored ourselves. isn't it?" "sweat and tears your fathers and mothers have dedicated to this cause." "What?" "!" "wow!" "Cool!" "which is underwater now... the new student was?" "you guys!" "you know!" "Sit down now!" "you're always so bossy!" "it's okay!" "it's okay!" "It's not okay!" "Well... how were you chosen?" "Were there any tests?" "Weren't you scared?" "What's the cockpit look like?" "that's all secret." "what's the name of the robot?" "but everyone calls it Eva or Unit 01." "Eva?" "And what's its ultimate attack?" "Some kind of knife." "It vibrates..." "An ultra-sonic wave..." "That's amazing!" "You're the pride of the school!" "right!" "Cool!" "And thus..." "Oh..." "That's all for today." "where do you live?" "All rise!" "Bow!" "why don't you at least show some manners at the end?" "but I've gotta beat you up!" "I won't feel right until I've smacked you." "his little sister was injured in the incident the other day." "there you have it." "I'm not piloting it by choice either." "An emergency call." "I'll go on ahead." "A special state of emergency has been declared for the Kanto and Chubu regions surrounding the Tokai district." "All residents must evacuate to their designated shelters immediately." "Repeating..." "The target has been sighted by our cameras." "It's already penetrated into our territorial waters." "Level One." "prepare for anti-aircraft interception." "New Tokyo-3 transforming to battle formation." "Initiate accommodation of the central block." "Accommodation of central block and the first through seventh districts has been completed." "completed." "Target is still advancing." "Present operational rate of anti-aircraft interception: 48%." "What's the status of noncombatants and civilians?" "We've already received reports that the evacuation has been completed." "Tokyo-3 445)}Total Floor Space" "445)}Maximum Capacity elementary school and junior high school students." "Please form groups with your individual classes." "a special emergency declaration was issued for the Kanto and Central regions centering on the Tokai area." "Details will be reported as they come in." "Not again!" "Just text messages again?" "It's news censorship." "They won't show any of it to us civilians." "Even though it's an incredible event." "The fourth Angel would show up while Commander Ikari is away." "It's a lot sooner than we expected." "The last time they gave us a fifteen year break." "This time it's been only three weeks." "do they?" "They're the type we women hate the most." "It's a waste of the taxpayers' money." "The committee is demanding that we dispatch an Evangelion again." "Those pesky bastards." "I'd have dispatched it anyway." "Entry procedure initiated." "LCL oxygenated." "Releasing airlock." "even though my father's not here?" "Even though I got beat up?" "you know?" "What for?" "okay?" "okay." "Class rep!" "What?" "We both hafta go to the john!" "You were supposed to use the bathroom before you came here." "what's this about?" "at least once in my life." "You mean the battle up there?" "Nobody knows when the enemy will come the next time." "are you serious?" "we may lose it forever!" "help me unlock the gate." "But you'll get killed if you go out there." "even if we stay here." "I'd rather see it first." "Idiot." "What do you think Nerv's for?" "And what is Nerv's most important weapon?" "It's the robot the new kid pilots. but you hit him pretty hard." "Twice!" "we're all going to die." "Don't you have a duty to watch him fight?" "whatever." "ain't you?" "are you ready to head out?" "Yes." "then fire a volley from the pallet gun." "Do it just like we practiced." "Can you handle that?" "Yes." "Launch!" "Cool!" "All my efforts really paid off!" "Oh!" "This is what I've been waiting for!" "There it is!" "pull the switch." "pull the switch." "Right." "You idiot!" "You hid the enemy with your own smoke!" "What the hell?" "!" "He's already losing!" "It's all right." "I'm sending you a spare rifle." "Take it!" "Shinji?" "Shinji?" "man!" "Being beaten up must have really messed him up." "Shut up!" "The umbilical cable's been severed!" "Eva has switched to its internal battery power source." "53 seconds of activation remaining." "It's comin' this way!" "are you all right?" "Shinji!" "Damage report?" "No problems detected." "He can make it." "Shinji's classmates?" "What are they doing there?" "Why won't he fight?" "Because we're here?" "He can't move because of us!" "3 minutes 28 seconds." "let them into the cockpit!" "make a temporary retreat." "We'll regroup!" "You think you can allow unauthorized civilians into the entry plug?" "!" "I'm authorizing it." "Captain Katsuragi!" "3 minutes." "Hold Eva on your current commands and eject the entry plug." "Hurry up!" "You two!" "Get in!" "Hurry!" "What the..." "It's water?" "My camera!" "My camera!" "Abnormal conditions occurring in the nervous system!" "Of course." "It's because you've allowed two foreign bodies into the plug." "They're introducing noise in the nerve impulse systems!" "Now!" "Retreat!" "retreat to the east side of the mountain." "Retreat!" "I mustn't run away." "I mustn't run away." "New kid!" "I mustn't run away!" "Progressive Knife engaged!" "Shinji!" "You've got to retreat!" "Shinji!" "That idiot... 30 seconds!" "28... 27... 26... 25..." "14... 13... 12... 11... 10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... activation ceased." "The target is completely silent." "It's been three days." "since we were chewed out?" "since he stopped comin' to school." "Who's "he"?" "the new kid." "I wonder what he's been doin' since then?" "Are you worried about him?" "not exactly worried." "you're pretty stubborn. you wouldn't have had to agonize over it for three days." "this is the new kid's phone number." "why don't you call him?" "To Be Continued" "Preview" "Shinji even runs away from Misato." "But the organization brings him back without hesitation." "There were no kind words waiting for him." "After Running Away" "I'll give you lots of fan service next time too!" "After Running Away"