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PART 6 - GLOSSARY 4
[Souryu.Asuka.Langley]
Second Children. Dedicated pilot of EVA-02. Nationality is USA, despite being one fourth
Japanese and one fourth German. Having a high degree of intelligence, she graduated from
university at 14. At the early stage of real battles, she boasted a higher Synch-rate than
Third Children etc. The suicide of her mother led her to grow into a character of extreme
agressiveness. She could only keep her mental balance by making outward noises about her
own excellence. Birthday: December 4. Bloodtype: O. Age: 14
[Souryu.Kyouko.Zeppelin]
The real mother of Soryu.Asuka.Langley. She fell into mental breakdown in an accident
during an experiment. Afterwards, she became a person who lived in her own world, so much
so that she committed suicide. Her soul was used as the core of EVA-02.
[Dummy Plug]
A virtual Entry Plug which was developed for starting and using EVA without the pilot.
Even though it has a copy of the personal pattern of the Children, the digitization of the
soul is impossible. Thus the Dummy Plug can only serve to simulate the thought pattern.
The Dummy Plug prepared by NERV had the copy of the personal pattern of First Children
(Ayanami Rei). On the other hand, the Dummy Plug prepared by SEELE used the personal
pattern of the Fifth Children (Nagisa Kaworu).
[Neo-Tokyo-2]
The new capital city of Japan. Built in the old Nagano prefecture to replace the old
Tokyo. Construction started in 2001 and it acquired all the functionalities suited for a
capital in 2003. In 2005 the second capital relocation plan was agreed, and it was planned
that the capital would be moved to Neo-Tokyo-3, still under construction then. By the way,
old Tokyo was annihilated by the new bomb dropped one week after the Second Impact. Again,
the construction of Neo-Tokyo-2 was decided by the Provisional Government of Japan. In
ep.25 "Air", when Hyouga mentioned "the second Tokyo", he meant this
Neo-Tokyo-2 as well as the government of Japan which was located there.
[Neo-Tokyo-3]
Although in public it was circulated as the new capital city that would replace
Neo-Tokyo-2, it is in fact a fortress city for ambushing the Angels, which was built with
the expectation of Angels coming to attack it. But then the ambush combat force is the
EVA. The city mainly serves the function of supply and support. Armed buildings --
supporting facilities which are made to look like ordinary buildings -- stood inside the
city like forests. Inside the buildings are the discharge outlets of EVA, electricity
supply, replenishment of weapon and ammunition and supporting guns. There are also many
ambush weapons installed around the city. Spreaded below the city is the wide and big
Geo-Front. Located at its centre is the headquarter of the Secret Agency NERV. In ep.25,
the city was first attacked by the Strategic Self-Defence Force, and then EVA-series were
thrown into the attack. This annihilated all the combat strength of the city except for
EVA-01.
[Single-Form] (Tantai)
The objective of the Human Complementation Plan is the induced artificial evolution of
human into "an organism which lives as a total single-form". This
"single-form" means a life form which ends as a single individual. And this term
is used to distinguish with "community form", which is life form formed by a
multiple of individuals.
[Fruit of Wisdom] (CHIE no MI)
The "thing" that is held by human. The product of this wisdom seems to be
"Science", which is praised by Gendou as "the power of human" but
ridiculed by Fuyutsuki as what "caused the Second Impact". Both EVA and the
Human Complementation Plan are all the products of this wisdom. From Genesis of the Old
Testament of Bible, it was said that at the centre of the Garden of Eden beside the Tree
of Life, there was a Tree of Wisdom -- a Tree that knows good and evil. Human disobeyed
the order of God and ate its fruit. As a result God banished human from the Garden of Eden
and imposed many constraints of freedom on human. If that is the case, does it mean that
human got wisdom in exchange for banishment from the Garden?
[Children]
The persons picked by Marduk, the consultative body directly under the Human
Complementation Committee, (in fact NERV is Marduk) who can pilot EVA. According to the
order of being chosen, the persons are called First, Second, Third etc. What is common to
all of them is that they are all young boys and girls who do not have mothers. By the way,
the candidates of Children are grouped in Class 2-A of the First Municipal Junior High of
Neo-Tokyo-3.
[Rite of Passage] (TSUUKAGIREI)
A ritual ceremony performed when a person changes his identity in the society and acquires
new responsibilites. It is a declaration to outside about the personal change in a social
sense. It is also a prayer for safe and peace to come with the change. In ep.25
"Air", members of SEELE comment that the Human Complementation Plan is "the
Rite of Passage aimed to bring new vigour to human which has become blocked-out"
[Destrado]
In ep.26, when Hyouga checks on the status of EVA-01, he confirms that the Destrado of the
pilot -- Ikari Shinji -- is getting physical (PY: or un-metaphysical, material). Destrado
is, according to the theory advocated by E.Weiss, the energy of the self-destructive
impulse. It is the antonym of Libido. Its meaning is different from the energy of
"Instinct of Death", advocated by P.Federn, the master of Moltedor-Weiss.
[Secret Agency NERV] (TOKUMUKIKAN NERV)
An extra-legel organisation which aims at pushing the Human Complementation Plan. It was
organised by moving the whole GEHIRN, the investigation body for the same plan, into this
new body. The headquarter is located at Neo-Tokyo-3. It is also an international body with
branches in Germany and USA etc. Although to outsiders it is an organisation directly
under UN, in fact UN has absolutely no influence over it. It is under the command of
SEELE. Holding several Evangelion, the General-Purpose Humanoid Decisive-Battle Weapon, it
possesses the only combat force capable to counter the Angels. However, its vulnerability
to anti-personnel combat was fully exposed when it received attacks from the Strategic
Self-Defence Force in ep.25 "Air".
[Nagisa Kaworu]
Fifth Children, who was sent by SEELE to NERV. However, his real identity was the 17th
Angel. Perhaps he was an Angel which was captured by SEELE at his embryo stage. Different
from other Angels, he has a mind quite close to human's. On documents his birth-date is
AD2000 September 13th. In human form he made contact with Third Children (Ikari Shinji).
Although he had good feelings towards Shinji, he was strangled and killed by EVA-01
piloted by Shinji. It was he who said "Life and Death are equivalent" and
"Only one life-form could be chosen to be given the future".
[EVA-02] (NIGOKI)
EVA-02 PRODUCTION MODEL. The first EVA in the world to be built for real battles. Design
and manufacture of components were done by Japan. The final assembly and start-up
experiment were done in Germany. It went through a real battle when it battled with the
6th Angel which suddenly appeared during its delivery to Japan. Afterwards, it joined in
the defence of Neo-Tokyo-3 and assumed the responsibility of ambushing the Angels.
Colouring is red. Dedicated pilot is Second Children -- Souryu.Asuka.Langley. Inside
EVA-02 lived the soul of Asuka's mother -- Souryu.Kyouko.Langley.