Neon Genesis Evangelion 1x23

Directed by Hideaki Anno • Shoichi Masuo

Junko Iwao as Hikari Horaki (voice) • Takehito Koyasu as Shigeru Aoba (voice) • Hiro Yuuki as Makoto Hyuuga (voice)

Asuka sinks into deep depression after Arael's mental probing, and is unable to pilot when the new Angel Armisael arrives. Armisael begins physically fusing with EVA-00 and threatens to do the same to EVA-01, prompting Rei to sacrifice herself to save Shinji, only to appear alive soon afterwards.

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1. Like a cruel angel

2. Become a legend, young boy

3. When a blue wind Knocks on the door to your heart

4. You just gaze back at me And smile oh so gently

5. So eager for something You touch so softly

6. Those innocent eyes Know nothing of the fate that awaits

7. But one day, you will realize That upon your back

8. You have wings You can fly to the faraway future

9. The cruel angel's thesis

10. One day, you'll take off through a window

11. If your overflowing pathos

12. Leads you to betray your memories

13. Then embrace the heavens and shine bright

14. Become legend, young boy

15. Hi, Katsuragi. It's me.

16. By the time you get this message, I've probably made life difficult for you.

17. Sorry about that. And apologize to Ritchan for me, okay?

18. I shouldn't be asking favors, but I've been growing some flowers.

19. If you could water them for me, I'd appreciate it.

20. Shinji knows where they are.

21. Katsuragi, the truth is with you. Keep going and don't look back.

22. If I see you again,

23. I'll say the words that I couldn't say to you eight years ago.

24. Bye.

25. The silent phone...

26. WORKING SORRY, DO NOT DISTURB

27. Ms. Misato's locked herself in there all day again.

28. NO UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY YOU COME IN, YOU DIE!

29. I wonder if Asuka is planning to stay away again.

30. She won't go to school, she won't go home...

31. She just sits there playing video games.

32. - Hikari? - Yeah?

33. Let's go to bed.

34. Sure.

35. I'm sorry. I'm not being a bother, am I?

36. No, of course not.

37. I wasn't able to win, fighting in my Eva.

38. I'm not worth anything anymore. Not to anyone.

39. I hate it. I hate it all. I hate everybody.

40. But what I hate most of all is me.

41. It's like I just don't care anymore.

42. Asuka, I think you should do what you want. I won't tell you what to do.

43. I mean, I think you did a great job.

44. Oh, the poor thing died?

45. Yes, probably. Cats don't live forever.

46. Don't cry, Grandma.

47. Sure. I'll come home for a visit when I find the time.

48. Besides, it's been three years since I last visited Mom's grave.

49. I'll call you to let you know.

50. Okay, I have to go.

51. Oh. That cat died.

52. It's impossible for us to retrieve the Spear of Longinus.

53. Why did you employ it?

54. The Eva series has not been completed as per our plans yet.

55. I gave priority to the destruction of the Angel. It was unavoidable.

56. "Unavoidable?" Your excuses need to be a little more convincing.

57. Some of your recent actions have crossed the line.

58. Fuyutsuki, we're in session.

59. Understood.

60. An Angel is currently approaching. We will continue this later.

61. Assuming you are still in command afterwards.

62. Ikari, do you intend to betray Seele?

63. I'll be there in 15. Send Unit 00 to the surface using No.32.

64. Send out Unit 02 to provide support.

65. Yes, Commander Ikari will have final say over Unit 01.

66. I don't have the authority to lift its lockdown on my own. Later.

67. I have visual confirmation of the Angel, at least...

68. Unit 00 away! Routing to intercept position!

69. Have Unit 02 stand by at current position!

70. - No. Launch it. - Commander?

71. Do it. At the very least, it can serve as a decoy.

72. Yes, sir.

73. Eva-02, stand by for launch!

74. At the controls again, acting like I deserve to be here.

75. I don't know when to give up, do I?

76. Routing Unit 02 to Gate No.8. When egress point is determined, launch.

77. Hah. Won't I just get in the way if I go out there?

78. Target closing. Has crossed Goura Absolute Defense Line.

79. I just don't care anymore.

80. Target is holding above Owakudani. It's hovering in position and rotating.

81. Target's A.T. Field is still active.

82. - Where have you been? - I won't make excuses. Status?

83. Standoff situation is ongoing.

84. Pattern cycling between Blue and Orange! It's changing at regular intervals!

85. - What does that mean? - The Magi show "Analysis Failure."

86. So there's not enough data to formulate an answer, huh?

87. That shape isn't a fixed form, we can be sure of that.

88. So we can't make the first move.

89. Rei, we'll sit tight and see what it does.

90. No. It's coming.

91. Rei! Return fire!

92. Too late! There's not enough time!

93. Target in physical contact with Unit 00!

94. What about Unit 00's A.T. Field?

95. Deployed, but it's being corroded by the Angel!

96. The Angel is trying to force a first contact? With Unit 00?

97. She's in trouble! Unit 00's biological components are being corrupted!

98. Eva-02, launch! Order her to rescue Rei and provide cover!

99. Corruption by target is progressing!

100. This is dangerous. Over 5% of Unit 00 is now biologically melded.

101. Asuka, move up another 300, then raise your A.T. Field to maximum

102. and fire your pallet gun into the target's rear.

103. Got that? Eva-02, lift off!

104. Get out there! What's wrong, Asuka?

105. - Unit 02's status? - No-go!

106. - Her synch rate is in the single digits! - Asuka!

107. It won't move... It won't move!

108. She's a sitting duck up there! Pull her back in, hurry!

109. Who's there? Me.

110. The me inside the Eva.

111. No. I sense someone else who isn't me.

112. Who are you?

113. An Angel? One of the people we call Angels?

114. Won't you become one with me?

115. No. I'm me. I'm not you.

116. I see. But you can't stop it. It's too late.

117. I'll share my heart with you.

118. I'll share my feelings with you.

119. You're in pain, aren't you? There. Your heart is aching.

120. Aching? No, that's not it.

121. It's lonely.

122. Yes, that's it. It's lonely.

123. Lonely? I don't understand.

124. You don't want to be alone.

125. There are many of us. But you're alone and you hate it.

126. That is what we call "loneliness."

127. That's your heart you're feeling. It's yours that is full of sadness.

128. Your own heart.

129. These are tears!

130. The one that's crying... is me?

131. Rei!

132. The lockdown on Unit 01 is hereby lifted.

133. - Launch it immediately. - Sir?

134. - Launch it. - Yes, sir!

135. What the hell? They didn't send him out when I was the one who needed help!

136. Deploy your A.T. Field! Rescue Rei! Hurry!

137. Yes, ma'am!

138. Shinji!

139. This is what my heart wants? I want to be one with Shinji?

140. No!

141. Her A.T. Field is inverting! Corruption spreading rapidly!

142. She's trying to contain the Angel?

143. Rei! Abandon the Eva! Get out of there!

144. I can't. Without me, the A.T. Field will vanish.

145. So I can't go.

146. Rei, are you going to...

147. The core is collapsing! It's gone critical!

148. Target eliminated.

149. This operation is hereby concluded.

150. - Stand down to condition one alert. - Roger.

151. Stand down to condition yellow immediately.

152. What's Unit 00's status?

153. No confirmation of entry plug ejection.

154. Begin search-and-rescue. Hurry.

155. Assuming there's anything to rescue.

156. Level C contamination zone is spreading southwest.

157. Dr. Akagi.

158. I'm designating this as top secret.

159. Retrieve the plug. Dispose of all associated parts.

160. Yes, ma'am.

161. Let's get to work, people!

162. With this, we have defeated all of the Angels up through the 16th.

163. Only one of the Angels recorded in Seele's Dead Sea Scrolls now remains.

164. The promised time is nearly upon us.

165. The road has been long, and the sacrifices great.

166. Indeed. First we lost the Spear of Longinus, and now Eva-00.

167. That is more than enough reason to dismiss Ikari.

168. When we returned Fuyutsuki unharmed, surely he understood our message.

169. This calls for another sacrificial lamb. One that Ikari cannot dismiss.

170. We also require someone to know the whole truth.

171. Shinji? I'm coming in.

172. Ms. Misato, the tears aren't coming.

173. I'm sad, but the tears just won't come.

174. Shinji, all I can do for you right now is this.

175. Knock it off!

176. Don't, Ms. Misato.

177. I'm sorry.

178. He has to be feeling lonely... Maybe he's scared of women.

179. No, what he's scared of is intimacy with others.

180. Pen Pen, come here.

181. Oh, now I get it. Anybody will do.

182. I'm the one who was feeling lonely.

183. Hello? What did you say?

184. Shinji!

185. Paging Dr. Ugai. Dr. Ugai of Internal Medicine Dept.

186. Please contact Conference Room 2 immediately.

187. Ayanami!

188. RADIODIAGNOSTICS, X-RAY CHECK-IN

189. Thank goodness you're alive, Ayanami.

190. Um... Father isn't here, huh?

191. Thanks for saving me.

192. From what?

193. What do you mean? You sacrificed Unit 00 to save me.

194. Oh. I saved you.

195. Yeah. Don't you remember?

196. No. I don't know about it.

197. Because I think I'm probably the third one.

198. AYANAMI

199. These are tears?

200. This should be the first time I've seen them, but I feel like it isn't.

201. Am I... Am I crying?

202. Why am I crying?

203. That's right. Maintain status quo on the First Children.

204. No new restrictions are necessary.

205. Same for the Second and Third. Just keep them under surveillance.

206. Chairman Keel and the others will raise hell when they learn Rei is alive.

207. I've sent the old men of Seele something else to keep them occupied.

208. Not to worry.

209. We would prefer to proceed in an amicable manner.

210. Subjecting you to further discomfort or indignities is not our aim.

211. I beg your pardon, but I'm not the least bit ashamed.

212. You're a strong-willed woman.

213. I can see why Ikari wants you at his side.

214. But the person who offered you up to us was none other than...

215. Ikari himself.

216. He refused to allow an interrogation of Unit 00's pilot,

217. and presented you as her proxy, Dr. Akagi.

218. So now I'm Rei's replacement?

219. WORKING SORRY, BUT DO NOT DISTURB

220. This is part of the truth that you've been looking for.

221. I've sent it using 36 other methods, but those will probably never reach you.

222. This capsule is the only way I know will work.

223. This is everything that I have. Use it as you see fit.

224. The passcode is our first memory together.

225. Bye. Take care of yourself.

226. I'm through getting worked up over a phone that won't ring.

227. Because I have your heart inside me now.

228. Did we make the right choice regarding Dr. Akagi's treatment?

229. She is different from Fuyutsuki. The prudent course is to return her.

230. The Eva series would not exist without her. Let us use her a little more.

231. Indeed, for the future of humanity.

232. Evangelions... we will soon have eight of them at our disposal.

233. Four more to go...

234. The obliteration of Tokyo-3 will do much to advance the project.

235. Put a rush on the rest.

236. Their completion will mark the arrival of the promised day.

237. Hello?

238. Don't talk, just listen.

239. You're not under guard right now. It's safe to leave.

240. Ms. Ritsuko?

241. That won't work. Not without my passcard.

242. I see. Courtesy of Ryoji?

243. You're going to let me see this place's secrets with my own eyes.

244. That's fine. But he'll be coming with us.

245. All right.

246. This looks just like Ayanami's apartment.

247. It is Rei Ayanami's apartment. This is where she was born and raised.

248. - It is? - Yes. She was born here.

249. The imagery of this place must be deeply ingrained

250. in the water and light that make up Rei's deep psyche.

251. Dr. Akagi, this isn't what I came to see.

252. I know that, Misato.

253. An Eva?

254. The very first one. It was a failure.

255. Disposed of ten years ago.

256. An Eva graveyard...

257. It's just a dumping ground.

258. It's also the place where your mother disappeared.

259. You may not remember, but I'm sure you were watching when it happened.

260. The moment when your mother vanished.

261. Ritsuko!

262. Are you telling me that is where the Dummy Plugs come from?

263. Let me show you the truth.

264. Rei... Ayanami!

265. Hang on, the Evas' Dummy Plugs are—

266. Yes. These form the core of the Dummy System.

267. This is their production plant.

268. They're...

269. These are just empty dummies. And simple spare parts for Rei.

270. Mankind stumbled across God. Overjoyed, we tried to possess it.

271. And so, we were punished. That happened 15 years ago.

272. The God we were so excited about vanished.

273. Undeterred, we then tried to resurrect God.

274. That was Adam.

275. We made humans from Adam in God's image.

276. Those are the Evas.

277. They're people? They're human beings?

278. Yes. They're human.

279. The Evas are intrinsically soulless, so we imbue them with one.

280. They're cobbled together with salvaged material.

281. The only vessel that contained a soul was Rei. Only her.

282. Only she was born with a soul.

283. The Chamber of Guf was completely empty.

284. None of these Rei-shaped things has a soul.

285. They're just empty shells.

286. So I'm going to smash them. Because I hate them.

287. Do you have any idea what you've done?

288. Yes, I know. I've destroyed property.

289. These things aren't human. They're human-shaped objects.

290. And I lost out even to those! I wasn't good enough!

291. Simply thinking about him let me endure any humiliation! Any outrage!

292. I don't care what happens to my body!

293. And yet, that man... He never...

294. Deep down, I knew.

295. I was a fool! All along!

296. Mother and daughter alike, a matching pair of fools!

297. If you want to kill me, go ahead.

298. You would be doing me a favor.

299. It's that kind of thinking that makes you a fool.

300. The tragedy of those obsessed with the Evas...

301. Am I any different?

302. TO BE CONTINUED

303. The city has vanished. His friends have left.

304. A boy smiles to a heartbroken Shinji.

305. Shinji melts before his smile, which is like a gentle breeze.

306. However, a cruel fate has been arranged for them.

307. Next episode! "The Last Cometh"!

308. Dan Kanemitsu Subtitle Editor: David Fleming