User Reviews

It's the first episode that we see the red girl: Asuka Langley Soryu. We also meet Ryoji Kaji, see Evangelion unit 2 in action for the first time, and we get a first look at the first Angel: Adam. This episode is full of fun and action.

Honestly, I really enjoy just watching these characters exist. It feels really rewarding to see Shinji not have a major depressing conflict for the first time of the whole show. It's nice to see these characters just be happy, even if nothing particularly eventful is happening.

Asuka's character looks like a really fun addition. It's really nice to see Shinji have someone (who isn't extremely odd) who is a pilot of an evanglion as his friend. A really risky and loose-cannon Asuka paired perfectly with a more strategical, calm minded Shinji. Really hope the writers do something and create a bond between the two, because their bit in the underwater angle was really fun to watch.

Overall, this episode really bonds all the characters together, and makes me happy to watch. All the depressing episodes, specifically episode 4, "Rain, After Running Away," really make the happy and more peaceful episodes like this feel very special. Really enjoying the show so far!

In this episode they meet up with the Pacific Fleet who aren't too impressed by them. This episode is annoyingly...well, cartoony. There's the fiery redhead (pilot of Eva 02, Asuka Langley Soryuu) stereotype and the much higher than usual number of over the top anime reaction faces. Misato is more annoyingly brash than usual as well and with a lot of irritating facial expressions. Gendo now has a fossil or something of Adam (as in the first human in the Book of Genesis) which has been brought to him by Kaji, Misato's ex boyfriend and seemingly a spy of some kind while Asuka has joined Shinji's school. Looks like things are about to get a fair bit more intense now.

Fortunately, Asuka has very different characteristic with Rei. So, I'm looking forward to see both of them cooperate each other. And this episode's action scene was also interesting, nice music and drawing.