1. Like a cruel angel
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3. When a blue wind
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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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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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14. Become legend, young boy
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interrogation of the pilot of Unit 01,
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in this incident.
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is very unstable.
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Major Katsuragi, as his proxy.
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that the Angels were attempting
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with mankind in this incident?
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from the subject's report.
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this was a freak accident.
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of the incident are reliable.
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external memory tampering.
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You cannot be certain of that.
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in the human psyche? The heart?
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the concept of hearts and minds?
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human thought? We simply don't know.
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That Angel tried to assimilate the Eva.
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attacks from a 13th Angel and beyond.
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do not act in a coordinated manner.
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independently from one another.
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- Yes, sir.
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- Yes, sir.
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Which means our time—
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Is that what you're saying?
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of complications, I hear.
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51. No kidding.
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55. Yes, sir. I'm going to go see
Doctor Akagi tomorrow.
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56. I'll return to school the day after that.
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57. How is school?
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58. There are no issues.
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59. I see. That's fine, then.
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60. All rise! Bow!
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61. Be seated!
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62. Today's absentees are Ayanami,
yet again, and also Aida?
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63. Where's Kensuke?
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64. New Yokosuka. He went to go
check out another battleship.
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65. Something about a ship called
the Myoko being in port.
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66. Suzuhara!
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67. Sir! Yes, sir!
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68. Make sure you take the study guides
to Ayanami's after school.
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69. Yes, sir!
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is normal, then?
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confirm data accuracy with a flyover!
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Did I hear that right?
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75. It vanished.
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were both freaking out topside.
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- Still unknown.
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from a satellite in stationary orbit.
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82. Ten seconds.
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83. Eight. Seven. Six. Five.
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85. Contact.
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86. This is horrible...
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87. Evangelion Unit 04 has vanished,
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88. taking with it all research labs
and facilities within 89 kilometers.
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we surmise there was
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the S2 Drive that was fixed in Germany.
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from material strength deficiencies
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in the design process.
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It was complete annihilation.
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a Dirac sea. Just like Unit 01 was.
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that we finally got fixed?
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99. Poof. So much for our dreams of using it.
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100. They shouldn't have played
with things they don't understand.
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101. The same thing can be said of the Evas.
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102. What's going to be done
with Unit 03, then?
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103. We'll be taking it in here.
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104. The US government doesn't seem keen on
the idea of also losing the First Branch.
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for 03 and 04 and just plowed ahead!
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things get hot? Talk about self-serving.
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107. Who wouldn't get cold feet
after a catastrophe like that?
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108. So, what about the activation test?
Will the Dummy be used?
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109. They're about to decide that.
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110. This is the prototype Dummy Plug.
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111. Rei's personality has been
transplanted into it.
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112. But you can't digitize
the human heart. The soul.
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114. It's merely a machine that imitates
a pilot's cognitive patterns.
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115. It sends a signal pattern to the Eva.
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116. What matters is that the Eva believes
a pilot is there and synchronizes with it.
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into Units 01 and 02.
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118. There are still issues to be resolved.
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119. - Irrelevant. Just get the Eva to activate.
- Yes, sir.
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120. The UN has been entrusted
with the transportation of the Eva.
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will be conducted at Matsushiro.
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126. The Dummy Plug is still too dangerous.
We'll review the candidates list—
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128. Yes, sir. There's one child with which
a core could be prepared for right away.
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129. - See to it.
- Yes, sir.
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130. Rei, you can come out.
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131. - Yes, sir.
- Let's get something to eat.
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132. Yes, sir.
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133. All rise! Bow!
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134. Sweet, it's chow time!
The best part of being at school!
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135. You didn't bring a lunchbox for me?
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136. I was too busy with homework
yesterday to make anything!
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go without lunch today?
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139. - Get real!
- Get real!
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as our test pilot.
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found the Fourth Children?
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144. Yesterday.
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the Marduk Institute.
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paperwork tomorrow.
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147. Are you keeping secrets
from me again, Doctor Akagi?
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148. Not really.
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149. Okay, I'll drop it.
So, which kid got picked?
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150. Of all the kids they could have picked,
they went with him?
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151. There was always a chance. The candidates
are kept together for their protection.
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152. It's going to be hard
to break this to him.
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153. Asuka, I can understand.
Her pride drives her to be an Eva pilot.
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154. Rei is also an exception.
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155. But for anyone else, nothing good comes
of associating with us and the Evas.
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156. Shinji understands that
better than anybody.
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157. I don't want to make things harder
for him than they already are.
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158. But we need children like them.
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159. Our collective survival depends on them.
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160. "Stop being such an idealist"? Is that it?
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161. Later!
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162. Suzuhara! You're on duty for the rest
of the week, so stay on top of things.
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163. On top of what?
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164. These study guides! The teacher
told you to drop them off, remember?
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165. Come on, Class Rep.
Let the girl duty officer do that.
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166. Ms. Ayanami is absent today!
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167. Oh, Ayanami and I are on duty?
Well, ain't that a kicker!
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168. Still, I can't pay a girl
a visit by myself.
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169. - Then I can go with—
- Hey, Shinji!
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170. Walk home with me!
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171. AYANAMI
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172. Ayanami? We're coming in.
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173. It's not cool to go into
a girl's place without permission.
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174. We don't have a choice. She'll never
see them if you put them in there.
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175. Excuse us.
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176. What the hell? A girl lives here?
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177. Talk about spartan.
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178. BULLETIN
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179. Hey! She'll get mad
if you mess with her stuff!
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180. I'm just straightening up.
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181. Don't expect me to help!
I'm a man, not a maid!
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182. Okay, but Ms. Misato hates guys
who say stuff like that.
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183. So be it! It's the principle of the thing!
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185. - In what?
- You.
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186. To be honest, when I first met you,
I thought you were a real SOB.
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187. I didn't peg you for a guy who would
go out of his way to help others.
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188. Well, I guess you were stressing out
about everything back then.
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189. We let ourselves in.
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190. - Why?
- Those study guides have been piling up.
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191. Sorry.
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192. I tidied up a bit. I didn't touch
anything but the trash.
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you Eva pilots are all weirdos.
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195. "Thank you."
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197. Words I had never spoken before,
not even to him...
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198. The city. A paradise built
by the hands of man.
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199. Man was cast out of the Garden of Eden
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200. and forced to flee into a world where
death could come at any moment.
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to gain as the weakest of all lifeforms.
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204. to insulate our kind from the terror
of death and satisfy our carnal desires?
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205. This city is a stellar example of that.
An armed city, built for our protection.
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206. It's a city of cowards. Shelter for those
fleeing an outside world full of enemies.
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207. Cowards tend to live the longest.
There is no shame in that.
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209. Nerv's camouflaged
Angel interception fortress city.
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210. The endlessly-delayed seventh
construction phase is finally ending.
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211. The city is finally complete.
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with Unit 04 to the Council?
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The cause is unknown.
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are unimportant.
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and the samples were lost,
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is all that matters.
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to revise their action plan.
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222. Things happen. Things not foretold
in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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223. The old men needed to learn that lesson.
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and directed-energy weapons tests will...
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225. This place's interception systems
are finally nearly done,
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to celebrate the occasion?
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227. Nerv sure is a prudish outfit.
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228. Because Commander Ikari is.
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230. Careful, Mr. Kaji.
I'll tell Major Katsuragi and Dr. Akagi.
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231. Not if I cover your lips with mine first.
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your private life...
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our girls during an emergency?
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237. She's not under your command.
Does that mean you're fair game?
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239. You know the secrets behind Adam
and the Marduk Institute, don't you?
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240. - Whatever do you mean?
- Don't play dumb.
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to someone for help.
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242. I can't let my pride get in the way.
I don't have that luxury anymore.
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exactly when we needed him?
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Nerv itself is pulling all the strings.
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247. Dig into Code 7-0-7.
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250. Yeah?
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251. Ms. Ritsuko wanted to talk to you
about a trip tomorrow.
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253. - We'll talk later.
- Sure thing.
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256. You're not the respectable person
I thought you were, Mr. Kaji.
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you don't pull any punches, Shinji Ikari.
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259. No, I'm the one who should apologize.
I didn't mean it as a dig against you.
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260. Oh, hey! Let me show you
something special.
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262. Yeah. Cute, huh? They're my hobby.
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To grow something.
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- And things that hurt.
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268. - I don't care for it.
- Did you find something you enjoy?
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are kinder to others because of it.
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they're about to start your synch test.
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- Just as I thought.
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during that last incident.
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to tell him about Unit 03's pilot...
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will be formally notified tomorrow.
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282. All rise! Attention! Bow!
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283. - Tohji Suzuhara of 8th grade, class A.
- Yes, chow time!
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284. Tohji Suzuhara,
report to the principal's office.
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285. - What the hell?
- Did you do something?
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286. Uh... Not that I know of.
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288. Tohji Suzuhara, sir!
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290. So, how did it go at
New Yokosuka yesterday?
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291. Excellent!
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a troubling piece of Intel.
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294. Yeah, the one they were building
in the USA. It's finished, right?
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295. I don't know.
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things secret, but I have to know!
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297. Honest, I haven't heard anything!
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298. You haven't heard about an activation test
at Test Site No. 2 in Matsushiro?
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299. That's news to me.
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300. They haven't decided
on a pilot yet, right?
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301. I wouldn't know about that stuff.
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would let me be the pilot...
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I want to pilot an Eva!
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that Unit 04 was de-listed?
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- You really don't know about that, either?
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the whole Second Branch.
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308. There was a big commotion
at my Dad's department.
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- Sounds like it.
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311. Well, that's stuff that you frontline
pilots don't need to worry about.
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312. If she didn't tell you, it's got to be
because you didn't need to know, Shinji.
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with all these questions.
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316. to rise from the ashes after the living
hell that was the Second Impact.
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317. The birth rate has been falling
with each passing year.
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319. I was filled in. Take your seat.
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320. You of the next generation,
on whose shoulders the future rests...
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321. Come on, let's go home.
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322. - What about Tohji?
- He's staying late.
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323. He's class duty officer this week.
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324. The school building will be locked soon.
Those students who are still...
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327. Make sure the desks are lined up neatly
and write up the daily report.
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328. I haven't eaten lunch yet.
I'll do it afterwards.
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329. You always eat packaged food
from the school store, don't you?
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330. Well, nobody can make me a lunch at home.
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Their names are Kodama and Nozomi.
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335. You'd never guess it,
but I'm actually a good cook.
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336. Oh?
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337. So, anyway, I usually have ingredients
left over from making them.
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339. If you have leftovers,
I can help get rid of them if you want.
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340. Would you mind?
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341. Mr. Kaji!
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347. Four pilots?
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350. No way! This doesn't make any sense!
What the hell is this?
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351. AMERICA, NERV FIRST BRANCH
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352. TO BE CONTINUED
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353. NEXT EPISODE
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354. America's Eva-03 arrives at
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355. Unaware of the tragedy
the next day would bring,
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356. everyone enjoys living
one last normal day.
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357. Next episode! "Life and Death Decisions"!
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358. Dan Kanemitsu
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