

This might be because it wasn't originally planned in the plot outlines: "In actuality, this episode was once omitted in terms of the series composition and it was planned that what is now Episode Five would come after Episode Three. This is the only episode that series creator Hideaki Anno did not write (or co-write).He is shown to run away from not only difficult situations, but also from developing relationships and his own emotions. Shinji's fragile psychological state is further expounded upon in this episode.Shinji says "I'm home", to which Misato replies "Welcome home". Seemingly too late, she looks away, but notices that Shinji hasn't boarded the train. Misato realized that Shinji accepted her offer to live with him because he wanted a family, and rushes to the train station. While being taken away, Shinji condemns himself for being cowardly and weak, and tells Toji and Kensuke he's the one who should be hit. Shinji was taken to the train station to leave Tokyo-3, where he met Toji and Kensuke, and Toji asks him to hit him hard to be even and not to hold back. Ritsuko informs Gendo that Shinji will leave Tokyo-3 the next day, which he replied Evangelion Unit-01 to be reconfigured for Rei.

Some agents of NERV Security Intelligence had come with orders to take Shinji to NERV Headquarters, with Kensuke frozen as Shinji is taken with them, and Toji blames Kensuke for not doing anything.Īt NERV headquarters, Misato asks Shinji if he doesn't want to pilot Unit-01, then he shouldn't if he is to continue with his attitude. Kensuke tells Shinji that he envies him for living with Misato and piloting the Evangelion. Kensuke tells Shinji that Toji was sorry for what he has done, and that his sister scolded him for that. Shinji leaves the theater in the morning, and hallucinates about the buildings rounding and closing on him, thus fleeing away to the countryside.īack at NERV Headquarters, Ritsuko is examining Rei, and Misato is with her talking about Shinji and what occurred before he left -after he was rebuked by Misato by disobeying her orders to retreat in the last episode, and thinks he shouldn't pilot it if doing that will only bring pain to him.ĭuring his walk in the forest, Shinji accidentally meets up with Kensuke who was playing survivalist alone. He spends the night in the theater's lobby. The few other people there seem to be either sleeping or making out.
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He tells himself, "I've got to go back", but instead attends a late-night showing of a movie about Second Impact. Shinji boards a local train and rides it all day, repeatedly listening to tracks 25 & 26 on his SDAT, leaving only when the train is taken out of service. They ask her about Shinji, and she lied and told them that he is at the training facility. Being worried about his sudden absence, Toji and Kensuke go to his place, but got surprised for seeing Misato for the first time.

She then goes to check on his room only to see it empty with Shinji's ID card and a letter to her. Misato wakes up on a rainy day, and wonders if Shinji is going to skip school again after five days of his battle against Shamshel. However, at the last minute, Shinji does not board his train to leave Tokyo-3 and decides to stay. Shinji is soon recaptured by NERV, but he quits being a pilot. Overstressed from being made an Evangelion pilot, from the events of the previous episode, and arguing with Misato, Shinji runs away from home.
