“ | So much has happened since I came here. Before this, I lived with my teacher. It was calm and boring in those days. I wasn’t really doing anything, but I was fine with that. There was really nothing I had to do. | „ |
“ | I mustn't run away! | „ |
~ Shinji |
“ | No I can’t! I’ve never even seen anything like this before! There’s no way I can do this! | „ |
~ Shinji upon being asked to pilot the EVA |
“ | You betrayed me! You betrayed the trust I placed in you! You betrayed me just like my father did | „ |
“ | I can handle it! I'll show you how it's done, Asuka! You're the one who said it, Ms. Misato. I'm number one. After all, fighting is a man's job! | „ |
~ Shinji's confidence rising before his battle against Leliel |
“ |
I know, I know I've let you down I wish that I could turn back time It all returns to nothing, it all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down I wish that I could turn back time It all returns to nothing, it just keeps tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down |
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~ English lyrics to Komm, süsser Tod |
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Shinji: Then why don't you try being nice to me. |
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“ | This... is an empty space. A world that's empty. Devoid of everything except me. I'm starting to become indistinct. I feel myself disappearing... The being that is me is fading away. I'm alone... | „ |
“ | What's this sensation? I think I've felt it before. Like the lines of my body are melting away. It feels nice... It's like I'm getting bigger, spreading out. Forever... and ever... | „ |
“ | You yourself are also capable of changing. Because what gives you shape is your own heart and the world around you. After all, this is your world. This is the shape of reality as perceived by you. That is reality. | „ |
“ | I get it, this is another possible world. A possibility that's inside me. The me that I am now isn't the entirety of what I am. Different versions of me might exist. Oh, right! There could even be a me that isn't an Eva pilot! ...The real world might not be so bad. But I do hate myself. ...But... doesn't everybody hate me? But I really do hate myself. I'm a sneak. And a coward. And dishonest. And a weakling. I hate who I am. But maybe I can learn to like myself one day! Maybe it's okay for me to be here! Right... The only person I can be is me. I'm me. I want to be myself! I want to be here! It's okay for me to be here! | „ |
~ Shinji rejecting Instrumentality, as he learns to love himself and enjoy being with the people he is surrounded by |
“ | Congratulations! | „ |
“ | Thank you all! | „ |
~ Shinji thanking everyone |
“ | TO FATHER, THANK YOU. TO MOTHER, GOODBYE. AND TO ALL THE CHILDREN, CONGRTULATIONS | „ |
“ | Oh- Oh this is- this is nice, this is the end, okay. Where exactly am I? Um, oh great, here's the song, oh good. Um, there's some things that are still unresolved here guys! H-How do I get home? What do I eat? Was Rei m-my mom, or uh a clone? Or... Hell, was this all in my mind? Wha-What's an Eva? Is that sort of a Freudian thing or... um am I real? Oh hell- Does the bus run through here? I mean, I'd like to go home now but um, oh god... Where's home? Okay, Okay, Okay. I mustn't run away, I mustn't run aw- Okay I got that, good, okay. Now, if I were to run away, let's analyze that. WHERE THE FUCK WOULD I GO!? I'm on a big, blue ball! Uhhhhhhhhhhh, is this how you end this series? I mean is this where we go from here? Okay- The movie better sure as hell make up for this, I'm tellin' ya right now, cuz' I'm stuck in nowhere land. You ran outta ink too, didn't ya you bastards! | „ |
~ Shinji's English VA rant about the ending |
“ | The Angels' Fruit of Life and man's Fruit of Knowledge... Having obtained both, Eva Unit 01 has become a being equivalent to God. And it is now reverting to the Tree of Life, the proto-embryo. Will it become the ark that saves man from the oblivion of the Third Impact, or the devil that will destroy it? We've placed our future in the hands of Ikari's son. | „ |
~ Kozo Fuyutsuki upon seeing the spear of Longinus fusing with Eva 01 |
“ | Rei... Ayanami? | „ |
~ Shinji upon witnessing Litlith's awakening |