When Shinji strangles Asuka in The End of Evangelion: Sincerely Yours, is this a real memory or part of the Complementation project?
This is a part of the process of Complementation. There are several indications of this. First of all, the scene itself is very surreal and does not feel right as a memory. It does not logically fit in the Evangelion timeline (it would probably have occurred somewhere between episodes 23 and 24). Shinji is not nearly desperate enough during this time to strangle Asuka, and I seriously doubt Asuka would stand there idely and she suffocated. Further, the cut of the spilled coffee pot is inserted into the Director’s Cut of episode 24 (before the episode begins) but is used in a completely different context (Asuka’s realization to Kaji is not coming back). In the scene Asuka says, “You’re afraid of Misato and the First… ” which mirrors exactly what Shinji said in The End of Evangelion: Air, “I… I’m scared of both Misato and Ayanami…” before he masturbates to her comatose body. All signs point to this sequence being an expression of Shinji’s frustration with Asuka, and also his feelin
This is a part of the process of Complementation. There are several indications of this. First of all, the scene itself is very surreal and does not feel right as a memory. It does not logically fit in the Evangelion timeline (it would probably have occurred somewhere between episodes 23 and 24). Shinji is not nearly desperate enough during this time to strangle Asuka, and I seriously doubt Asuka would stand there idely and she suffocated. Further, the cut of the spilled coffee pot is inserted into the Director’s Cut of episode 24 (before the episode begins) but is used in a completely different context (Asuka’s realization to Kaji is not coming back). In the scene Asuka says, “You’re afraid of Misato and the First… ” which mirrors exactly what Shinji said in The End of Evangelion: Air, “I… I’m scared of both Misato and Ayanami…” before he masturbates to her comatose body. All signs point to this sequence being an expression of Shinji’s frustration with Asuka, and also his feelin
