1. Like a cruel angel
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2. Become a legend, young boy
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3. When a blue wind
Knocks on the door to your heart
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4. You just gaze back at me
And smile oh so gently
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5. So eager for something
You touch so softly
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6. Those innocent eyes
Know nothing of the fate that awaits
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7. But one day, you will realize
That upon your back
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8. You have wings
You can fly to the faraway future
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9. The cruel angel's thesis
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10. One day, you'll take off through a window
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11. If your overflowing pathos
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12. Leads you to betray your memories
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13. Then embrace the heavens and shine bright
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14. Become legend, young boy
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15. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
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16. 2000 A.D.
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17. Dad...?
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18. Thanks for letting us
wait out the rain here, Shinji.
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19. Where's Ms. Misato?
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20. She might still be asleep. She's been
working a lot of all-nighters lately.
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21. Well, she's got an important job.
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22. Let's try to keep it down
so we don't wake her up, okay?
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23. What the heck are you guys doing here?
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24. Waiting out the rain.
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25. Hah! You're after me, I bet!
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26. I'm getting changed,
so if you peek, you're dead men.
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27. Oh, shut up! Jackass!
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28. What sicko would want
to watch you get changed?
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29. She sure thinks highly of herself.
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30. - Sorr—
- Sorry to be a bother, ma'am!
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31. Hi, boys. It's good to see you.
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32. Welcome home.
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33. We're doing harmonics testing tonight,
so don't be late.
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34. Yes, ma'am.
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35. Asuka, did you get that?
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36. I heard!
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37. Allow me to congratulate you
on your promotion, ma'am!
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38. Uh, congratulations.
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39. - Thanks.
- The pleasure is all mine, ma'am!
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40. Well, I'm off.
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41. Have a nice day!
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42. What was that about?
Did something happen to Misato?
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43. The rank insignia on her collar!
It has two bars now!
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44. She's been promoted from captain to major.
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45. - Oh? I didn't notice.
- When did that happen?
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46. Are you two for real?
Man, you're pathetic.
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47. How can you be so blind
to the lives of others?
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48. It must be hard for someone so young
to take care of two junior high schoolers.
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49. It's just you and me. Nobody else here
considers other people's feelings.
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50. Plugs Zero and Two are just short of
the contamination zone. This is the limit.
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51. Plug One still has some room.
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52. Try lowering the graph depth another 0.3.
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53. He's almost at the contamination zone.
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54. And he's still putting out values
like these? That's impressive.
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55. His harmonics and synch rate values
are closing in on Asuka's.
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56. I wonder if this is a sort of talent.
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57. It's like he was born to pilot an Eva.
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58. Yeah, even if he doesn't want to.
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59. You can bet he doesn't enjoy this.
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60. Good work, all three of you.
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61. Shinji, you did very well.
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62. What did I do?
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63. Your harmonics levels are up
eight points from last time.
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64. - Those are impressive numbers.
- But he's still 50 below me!
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65. That's eight points in ten days.
That's a big deal.
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66. That's no big deal at all!
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67. Gee, it must be ever so nice
to be lavished with praise like that!
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68. I'm going back to the apartment! Jerk!
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69. And that was a postcard
from "Waa-kun" of Tokyo-2.
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70. Look, just because
you got dumped, don't...
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71. Uh, congratulations on your promotion.
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72. Thanks. But to be honest,
I'm not too happy about it.
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73. I know how you feel.
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74. When I'm praised like I was back there,
I don't feel very happy about it.
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75. And stuff like that only makes Asuka mad.
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76. Why did she get angry?
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77. I wonder what I did wrong.
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78. - Does that bother you?
- Yes, ma'am.
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79. She was angry at how you're always
so worried about what others think.
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80. Congratulations!
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81. Thanks.
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82. Thank you, Suzuhara.
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83. Nope. This guy is the mastermind
behind this shindig.
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84. Yes! I, Kensuke Aida,
handled all the planning!
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85. Thanks, Aida.
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86. No, I didn't do anything special.
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87. Anybody would have done the same.
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88. How come you're here, Class Rep?
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89. Because I invited her!
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90. Right?
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91. What about Rei?
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92. I invited her over, I really did.
But that girl is so unsociable.
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93. What's keeping Mr. Kaji?
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94. - So is this Kaji guy really that cool?
- You better believe it!
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95. He's like night and day
compared to this bunch of hicks!
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96. It's an insult to Mr. Kaji
to compare them to him!
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97. Them's fighting words!
Say that again, I dare you!
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98. Do you still have trouble
with stuff like this?
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99. No, it's just that I'm not
very good with crowds.
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100. Why do we have to go to the trouble
of making such a big ruckus?
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101. So, this promotion...
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102. It means that other people
have recognized your value, right?
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103. Yeah, something like that.
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104. So that's why everybody is happy for you.
But you aren't happy for yourself?
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105. Oh, I wouldn't say I'm unhappy.
I am, a little.
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106. But that's not what I came here to do.
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107. Why did you come here, then?
Why did you join Nerv?
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108. It's been so long, I don't remember.
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109. That must be Mr. Kaji!
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110. I came straight from headquarters.
Look who I ran into.
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111. This seems really fishy.
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112. - Is that jealousy I hear?
- Why would I be jealous?
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113. Anyway, my sincerest congratulations,
Major Katsuragi.
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114. I guess I can't talk to you
informally anymore.
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115. Give me a break, you idiot.
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116. Still, it's unprecedented for both
the Commander and Deputy Commander
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117. to be out of Japan at the same time.
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118. It means that they trust you enough
to put you in charge while they're gone.
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119. My father is out of town?
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120. Commander Ikari is off at the South Pole.
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121. Antarctica, a realm of the dead
where no life is permitted to exist.
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122. No, perhaps "Hell" is more appropriate.
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123. But here we humans stand.
As living things do, we survived.
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124. Because we're protected
by the power of science.
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125. Humanity makes up for
its limited strength with science.
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126. That arrogance is what caused the tragedy
15 years ago, the Second Impact.
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127. Look at what it got us.
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128. Our punishment was far too severe.
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129. This is a literal dead sea.
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130. And yet, it is a pristine world,
untainted by original sin.
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131. I prefer a world filled with humans,
sinful though it may be.
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132. I have a report, sir.
Dispatch from Nerv HQ:
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133. Angel detected in orbit
over the Indian Ocean.
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134. It appeared out of nowhere
two minutes ago.
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135. Re-tasking OBSAT no. 6 to target's orbit.
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136. Contact in two minutes.
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137. We have the target on visual.
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138. Now, that's impressive.
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139. Wow, that boggles the mind.
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140. Now making contact with target.
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141. Beginning scan.
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142. Now commencing data transmission.
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143. Receiving signal.
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144. An A.T. Field?
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145. That's a novel way to use it.
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146. It sure packs a punch.
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147. That's an A.T. Field for you.
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148. It's also using the energy from the drop.
The Angel itself is effectively a bomb.
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149. Anyway, its first shot landed
way off target in the Pacific.
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150. The second shot, two hours later,
impacted there.
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151. It's definitely been
correcting as it goes.
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152. Which means that it's learning.
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153. Aerial N2 mines have had no effect.
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154. The Angel dropped off
our scopes after that.
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155. It's headed our way, I bet.
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156. In its next attack, the whole thing
will come down on us.
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157. Do you think the crater
would create Lake Ashi No. 3?
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158. The Fuji Five Lakes area would turn
into a single lake linked to the Pacific.
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159. Taking HQ with it.
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160. Orders from Cdr. Ikari?
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161. Due to the powerful ECM the Angel
is emitting, we can't get through.
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162. What's the Magi saying?
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163. - They unanimously recommend evacuation.
- So, what do we do?
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164. You're the ranking officer right now.
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165. Contact the government and its agencies!
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166. On Nerv's authority, I am issuing
Special Declaration D-17!
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167. Citizens within a 50 km radius
are to evacuate immediately.
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168. Ask Matsushiro to begin
backing up the Magi.
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169. We're abandoning headquarters?
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170. No, but there's no reason
to put everyone in danger.
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171. Special Declaration D-17 has been
declared by the government.
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172. All citizens, evacuate to your
designated locations at once.
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173. Everyone must move quickly and follow
your ward mayors' instructions,
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174. with top priority given
to wards six and seven.
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175. Citywide evacuation complete.
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176. Evacuation of all noncombatants
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177. and Class-D workers has been
completed as per Departmental Alert C.
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178. - You're really going through with this?
- Yes, I am.
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179. Do you want to throw away all three
Evas on an unsanctioned operation?
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180. Its chances of success are 0.00001%.
Not even a million to one.
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181. But it's not zero.
I'm just betting on the Evas.
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182. Major Katsuragi!
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183. I'm the ranking officer here.
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184. I want to do everything I can.
Defeating the Angels is my job.
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185. Your job? That's a laugh.
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186. You're doing this for yourself.
You want revenge against the Angels.
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187. Catch it? With our bare hands?
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188. Yes. We station the Evas at
the estimated point of impact.
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189. Then you catch the Angel directly
with your A.T. Fields at maximum.
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190. What if the Angel
veers too far off course?
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191. Then it's game over.
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192. What if the Evas
can't withstand the impact?
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193. Then it's also game over.
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194. - What are our odds?
- Heaven only knows, you might say.
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195. If this works, it will be a miracle...
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196. Miracles are only worth a damn
when you make them happen yourself.
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197. So, basically,
find a way to make this work?
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198. I'm sorry, but we're out of options.
This operation is all that we have.
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199. You think this mess
qualifies as an operation?
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200. True, it really doesn't.
That's why you can refuse if you want.
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201. Are you all on board?
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202. Regulations say that you're supposed
to write out a will. Will you?
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203. No, thanks. I don't plan on dying today.
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204. Me, neither. There's no need to.
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205. I'll pass, too.
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206. Thanks, you guys. Once all this is over,
I'll treat you to a steak dinner!
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207. - Really?
- I promise.
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208. - Yay!
- We'll hold you to it!
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209. Look forward to it.
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210. She equates special treats
with steak dinners, huh?
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211. She should know better than to think
kids these days care about steaks.
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212. This is why the Second Impact Generation
has such a poor-person image.
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213. Come on, that's not their fault.
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214. What was with that "Yay!" bit, huh?
You were laying it on a bit thick.
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215. If that makes it easier for her to run
the operation, what's wrong with it?
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216. Well, if she says she's going
to take us someplace special...
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217. Let's see, what looks good?
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218. And you're coming with us this time!
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219. - I'm not coming.
- Why not?
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220. I don't like meat.
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221. Unable to track target due to
RF jamming from the Angel.
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222. We can't get a precise fix, but based
on our data prior to losing contact,
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223. the Magi have calculated
that it will impact
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224. somewhere in here.
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225. It's that big an area?
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226. From edge to edge,
that's a lot of ground to cover!
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227. With the target using its A.T. Field,
it can utterly destroy HQ
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228. no matter where it falls inside that area.
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229. That's why I will position the Evas
in these three locations.
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230. What is the positioning based on?
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231. - Intuition.
- Intuition?
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232. Sure. Women's intuition.
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233. Talk about a stab in the dark. Our miracle
is slipping further and further away.
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234. Ms. Misato plays the lottery,
but she's never won.
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235. Geez...
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236. - Hey.
- What now?
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237. Why do you pilot your Eva, Asuka?
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238. Why else? To show the whole world
how talented I am!
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239. To let them know you exist?
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240. Yeah, something like that.
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241. You're not going to ask her?
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242. I already asked Ayanami.
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243. Gosh, aren't you two all chummy?
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244. It's not like that.
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245. What about you, then?
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246. I don't know why.
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247. You don't know?
What are you, a total idiot?
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248. I really might be.
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249. You really are an idiot.
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250. T minus 120 minutes
to estimated time of impact.
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251. Go ahead and clear out, you guys.
I can run things here by myself.
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252. No, ma'am. This is our job.
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253. We can't run away and let
those kids face the danger alone.
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254. You don't need to worry about them.
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255. No matter how badly they're damaged,
the Evas' A.T. Fields will protect them.
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256. Sitting inside those Evas
is the safest place to be.
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257. Shinji? Remember what you
asked me yesterday?
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258. You wanted to know why I joined Nerv.
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259. My father was a man who was
absorbed in his research.
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260. A man who lived in his dreams.
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261. I couldn't stand him for that.
I hated him, even.
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262. Just like my father...
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263. He never paid any attention to his family.
His own wife and daughter.
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264. Everyone said he was a sensitive man.
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265. But he was really just a spineless man
who couldn't stomach reality.
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266. Who couldn't face the reality
that my mother and I represented.
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267. He was almost childlike in that way.
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268. When Mom decided to leave him,
I immediately backed her decision.
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269. He made her cry so much.
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270. The divorce seemed to blindside him,
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271. but I laughed because
he deserved a rude awakening.
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272. But in the end,
he gave his life to save me.
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273. That was during the Second Impact.
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274. After that, I didn't know anymore.
Did I hate my father or love him?
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276. I have to destroy the Angels,
the cause of the Second Impact.
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277. That's why I joined Nerv.
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278. Maybe it all boils down to me
wanting revenge against my father.
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279. To free myself from his hold over me.
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280. Don't run away...
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281. Right. Don't run away.
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282. Visual confirmation at max magnification!
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283. Distance, roughly 25,000.
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284. Our guest has arrived, huh?
All Evas to your start positions.
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285. Our trajectory calculations are entirely
dependent on optical observation.
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286. As such, the Magi will guide you
until it reaches a distance of 10,000.
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287. After that, act on your own judgment.
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288. We're entrusting everything to you.
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289. Angel closing in!
Distance, roughly 20,000!
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290. All right, commence operation!
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291. Let's do it.
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292. Mission start!
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293. Distance, 12,000!
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294. Field to maximum!
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295. Unit 02, set field to maximum!
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296. Already on it!
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297. Do it!
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298. Eat this!
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299. Radio systems back online.
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300. Incoming signal from
Cdr. Ikari at the South Pole.
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301. - Put him through.
- Yes, ma'am.
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302. I apologize. My unsanctioned operation
resulted in Unit 01 being damaged.
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303. I assume full responsibility
for my actions.
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304. That's all right. The Evas' mission
is to eliminate the Angels.
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305. We can count our blessings that
the damage was so limited.
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306. He's right. You did well, Major Katsuragi.
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307. Thank you very much, sir.
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308. Is the pilot of Unit 01 there?
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309. Yes, sir.
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310. I heard what happened. Good work, Shinji.
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311. Thank you.
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312. Very well, Major Katsuragi.
See to the post-mission cleanup.
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313. Yes, sir.
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314. ALL LANES INBOUND
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315. TOKYO-3 LOOP LINE NO. 7
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316. Next stop is New Miyanoshita.
New Miyanoshita.
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317. Doors will open to the left at...
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318. Okay, we're holding you to your promise!
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319. Sure, no problem.
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320. I pulled out plenty of cash, so I can
handle a full-course dinner if I have to.
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321. Payday can't come soon enough.
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322. RAMEN
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323. We know how empty your bank account is!
Don't sweat it, Misato.
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324. Besides, Miss Perfect said she'd come
if we went out for ramen.
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325. I'll have the garlic ramen, hold the pork.
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326. Shark fin with roast pork!
Make it a large!
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327. Here you go! One shark fin and pork!
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328. - Um... Ms. Misato?
- Yeah?
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329. When my father said
what he did back there,
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330. I finally understood why people say
that being praised makes them happy.
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331. And I finally figured it out.
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332. Maybe I pilot my Eva because I want
to hear my father say things like that.
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333. Wait... That's why you're an Eva pilot?
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334. You really are an idiot.
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335. TO BE CONTINUED
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336. An incident takes place
during a simulation plug test.
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337. The facility is compromised
level by level.
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338. In the end, Nerv is forced to
decide whether to self-destruct.
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339. Next episode! "Angel Infiltration"!
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340. Tune in next time
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341. Dan Kanemitsu
Subtitle Editor: David Fleming
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