Neon Genesis Evangelion, Band 11: Die Erinnerung einer Hand

新世紀エヴァンゲリオン [Shin Seiki Evangelion] #11

by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Die mörderischen Engel hinterlassen nichts als Zerstörung. Nicht nur in den Städten der Menschen, sondern auch in deren Seelen. Allmählich erkennen die Überlebenden, dass auch die Engel Nachkommen Adams sind. Welch furchtbare Schuld haben die Menschen vor dem verheerenden Second Impact auf sich geladen?!

Genres: Manga, Comics, Science Fiction, Seinen, Graphic Novels, Comics Manga, Fantasy

189 pages, Paperback

First published June 19, 2007

About the author

Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (貞本義行) is a Japanese character designer, mangaka, and one of the founding members of the Gainax anime studio.

His notable works include Neon Genesis Evangelion character design and manga.
He is also the character designer for the .hack//Games and the Package designer for the .hack//GU games.
Also publishes with the doujinshi pen name 45yen.

Reviews

[Nərmin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kaworu Nagisa was more interesting here than in anime. And it is strange that I relate Shinji a lot, especially in my teen years... I must have been depressed then.

BTW, I found the songs Shinji plays in his music player and woah, his taste is quite good. Loved the songs!
Song names; You are the only one, Blue Legend. And guess who sings them? Voice actor of Misato ( who is also the voice actor of Sailor Moon, Usagi). She has cute and sooting voice.)

[Keiko, the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

My heart is officially squeezed out so hard, a force crashing it to fragments... maybe like Kaworu's body, in the hands of someone he adores. My eyes are dried out, I think I cried a ton already. This volume is torture. I feel for Shinji—that boy is so alone. And the cat dying in Kaworu's hand metaphor sent me flying, hitting the ground so hard I wished I just died instantly so it wouldn't feel hurt, and I won't crawl out grasping my bleeding organs, fighting for survival. This is mental torture and I don't want to even think about this too, I just realized how attached I was to Kaworu after that incident. It hurts like a mf. I need some sleep. And isn't it ironic how, in the end, after all these demonic angels rose and attacked, it's the humans they'll end up fighting with?

Ah yea, also I'm a raging, sobbing wreck of a train arriving at the final pages, thinking: WHY DO YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE ALL MY FAVE CHARACTERS EVERY DAMNED VOLUME?

Also me: I'm going to watch the anime next, to relive the torture. Idk I feel like it.

[Arnis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pēc oficiālās versijas pirms 15 gadiem, īsi pēc tūkstošgades mijas, Zemi ne tikai skar, bet tajā ietriecas ne pārāk liels meteorīts, bet ar gana lielu ātrumu, lai tā postošais spēks un pēcāk sekojošās kataklizmas laupītu dzīvību vairākiem miljardiem cilvēku. Bet draudi Zemei un tās iemītniekiem ar to vien nebeidzas, pēcāk uzrodas ironiskā kārtā par Enģeļiem sauktas dīvainas tehnoloģijas un bioloģijas kombinācijas būtnes. Vienīgais glābiņš šķiet rasts faktā, ka šie Eņģeļi, lai kādi būtu to mērķi, neizmanto situāciju, lai tos realizētu.

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[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 1/2 stars

[Razor · Rating 3 out of 5]

this volume marked the end of the original anime's narrative and heralded the inception of The End of Evangelion. the culmination of Kaworu's arc added a poignant layer to the story. the art and direction were amazing but if I had to add a critique, it would be the pacing. while the emotional interplay between Shinji and Kaworu was paced perfectly well, the climactic confrontation at the end seemed a bit rushed. there was potential for more of a focus on their dynamic but it was lost with the overshadowing of foreboding storylines. the abrupt transition from the Kaworu arc to the SEELE infiltration arc hampered the impact the anime had on me. while omitting key moments of symbolism, more specifically the motif of the strangled cat, the anime adaptation felt more balanced as it used dramatic silent sequences to heighten the emotional resonance, while still displaying their connection prior to the battle.

[Ari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Por fin sabemos la verdadera naturaleza de Kaworu me gusto mucho esa escena donde se encuetra con cierta cosa que esta oculta, pero sobre todo por la decisión que tomo me quede impactada.

Este volumen esta lleno de muchas emociones y que te tiene enganchado a la historia.

Definitivamente esta historia se convertira en una de mis favoritas.

[Pflanzis · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Deine nächste Tat ist Ausdruck deiner wahren Gefühle mir gegenüber." 😭💔 Diese Szene ist so heftig und reißt mich jedes Mal mit.

[Met · Rating 5 out of 5]

È l’inizio della fine, 5 stelle obbligatorie.

[Gandalf z Łodzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5☆

[Windrunner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un cliffhanger de los que ya no hacen.

[Camilaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5⭐️

Esta vez sí que me sorprendió, aunque no ocurrió nada muy destacable a. Aun así sigue siendo MUY bueno.

[Gustavo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kaworu finalmente revela su verdadera naturaleza, y el pobre de Shinji sigue teniendo que tomar decisiones muy difíciles con repercusiones muy graves. Empieza el tramo final con el ataque a Nerv, y Seele empezando la primera fase del Plan de Consumación de la Humanidad. Estos últimos tomos me están causando un poco de ansiedad.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

{2nd readthrough}

The Story: If we're going to keep with Biblical references, volume 11 may as well be compared to the Book of Revelations. The final volume in the Kaworu trilogy is flush with many (confusing or confusingly-worded) reveals that take place just before the sounding of the apocalyptic trumpets - a violent infiltration of Nerv by JSSDF's "horsemen", taking no POWs, including the execution of Eva's pilots. Its last two chapters move from what would be the anime series's timeline to End of Evangelion's, as do the remaining three books (the rest of Revelations, and, in turn, the Bible).

Some aforementioned revelations and speculations: (1) He wishes to open up pandora's box before we do and to lock it again before hope emerges - Seele's #02 of 13, pg. 31. Which means that Gendo plans on executing Instrumentality with (A) no hope of humans returning to their natural or even more evolved state (in other words, remaining as one/soup forever) OR (B) he plans on executing all life bringing about a void. / (2) Lilum = humanity; false successors born from the black moon. Paraphrasing Kiel: the only hope for our evil kind is to be reborn as true successors, children of god. I feel ridiculous for even having to ask, but is that Gandhi (white robe and all) among all the horrors on pg. 32, panel 3, being the odd one out, the only representation of the "inconsistency" of humans in that panel? That isolated inconsistency being good. Or is he some terrorist I haven't been able to identify? / (3A) All angels are born from Adam. People tried to return him to an egg before the other angels awoke. (So he initially made them dormant?) And that attempt triggered the Second Impact. Why is the spear shown during this exposition? Is it the tool used/needed to return Adam into an egg? (3B) Kaworu, the last Angel to be born, was the result of Misato's father's research which used human genes and is why he takes on human form. After his birth, Ritsuko says he was acquired by the committee. I assume this means the HIC? (pgs. 40-42) / (4) 132 - The components to perform instrumentality are scattered. More than Shinji or the Eva needing to make contact with Lilith (is that the catalyst, right?), the Spear of Longinus and Lilith's broken heart are needed. Is Rei the heart, sermised by Fuyutsuki's glance at her? What would an incomplete instrumentality mean for everyone? / (5) The purpose of the HIC is to induce artificial evolution of man, fused into a single perfect being to make ideal world. (pg. 147) Okay, well, at least that last one was just a revelation. Thanks Misato, for putting the pieces together and bringing everyone up to speed.

Quote appreciation!

1) I am not going to be friends with you. I don't need any more. I've had enough of losing them. If I have to feel that way again it's better not to have friends in the first place. I wish I had never met any of them. It would have been better if I had just stayed alone like before. - Shinji, having just heard Kensuke's farewell voicemail (and coming off nearly two volumes of no interaction with his old classmates) reacts by closing himself off to Kaworu's desperate attempt at experiencing human connection; pgs. 20-21

2) But we need to go on living even if we're not whole. And because we're made like this there's meaning in the way we seek eachother... and even in the way we hurt each other. That's what I believe. - Misato, pg. 122

3) The final enemy was human after all. - Fuyutsuki, pg. 163 (Wasn't it always?)

Art appreciation!

1) Gendo swallowing the embryonic Adam is about as nefarious as it is disgusting. That being said it's wicked cool nightmare fuel forever etched in my mind. (pg. 28)

2) I have brought it up already, but the art in pg. 32's third panel hit me upside the head when I first read it. I was not expecting that.

3) The "serene", two-page spread of Shinji, using Eva's trademarked strangulation technique. It's conceptual since Shinji is actually crushing Kaworu with Unit-01 near Terminal Dogma instead of using his own hands to wring his neck in an old church yard, and it poetically ties back to how they met. (pgs. 106-107)

Moment appreciation!

1) Title of Stage 75, Broken Heart, has double meaning. For it implies Shinji's recently broken (again) one, caused by the events involving the final Angel, and Rei, being the the last piece of Lilith missing. There have been a few translation woes, about diluting Shinji's attraction to Kaworu. Drawn and attracted are both words used to describe his feelings towards him, but they're used interchangeably, and therefore just seem to have the one meaning (in English anyways). (pg. 120)

2) A wild manga difference appeared! This scene changed from -ahem- one thing of Shinji's being choked to another. Okay, there's no masturbation. Again, not a prude, but any damage control we can do to mitigate the oversaturation of "fanservice" in the medium-spanning Evaverse is welcome. This change doesn't "tone down" the scene, however. It results in exceptional dynamic. Asuka, whom we haven't seen in nearly two volumes is literally shaken out of her comatose state. (Don't ever try this at home, kids.) Her psyche is still suffering trauma and Shinji just performed a major malpractice resulting in an episode, of which Asuka whips out the ol' EvaStrangulationTechniqueTM. I jest, but it is jarring as hell and incredibly sad to see them both so broken and suffering. Luckily for him, nurses rush in to sedate her, but not before Asuka can screech about hating all of humanity. Shinji is kicked out of the patient's room, just in time to see the new, third Rei, freshly void of individuality, back to accompanying fucking Gendo like a lap dog. Knife twist.

3) As with these latest volumes, this doesn't end wrapped up in a nice, little bow either. Instead there's an eerie, unsettling feeling that stains the whole last chapter as Nerv's lines of defense are starting to be infiltrated. US audiences, without monthlies, were suspended in this bitter, icky sensation for about two and a half years.

The Extras: I noticed this book no longer contains the subtitle Viz Media Edition, but maybe that goes back to vol. 10 or 9, too. First printing, Nov. '08. Another first: khara being credited (alongside Gainax). Also, I would have picked this up when me and Katie lived together. And I do remember having this then. Aw, memories.

More minor spoilers in the bios. Ugh. We "confirm" that Naoko and Ritsuko are Gendo's mistresses? Again, it's not been seen in the manga yet; perhaps only an unrequited crush has been alluded to. So, why divulge? Let the story tell itself.

Formatting: On pg. 70-5, there's a space between the P and A in "p article". Again, a good way to adopt vertical spaces is shown on pg. 121, and this is the first time I think we've seen it with words versus just screaming, repetitious letters. The glossary explains vowel sounds simply, neatly, as always having the same pronunciation. While I think the "sign" markers would have worked fine as previously, we have our first subject tagged as graffiti translated.

The postscript essay is mostly about Kaworu and the truths of the series. Some cherry-picked excerpts I found interesting: (1) On its third page it distinguishes of Christ, that, when he is said to have been both divine and human theologians mean like Adam was before he ate of the Tree of Knowledge. (2) Euangelion Loudas. The classical Greek word euangelion means “a reward for bringing of good news” or the “good news” itself. (from Brittanica's article on the etymology of "gospel"; https://www.britannica.com/topic/bibl...), and loudas is the Greek form of Judah. (3) On its page six, CarlGustavHorn draws interesting parallels between his writing practices and some political leaders of the time. The Eva singles containing the dossiers must have been published just at the cusp of changing presidents if it's the Clinton administration he is associating to his work.

Without diving too deep into Eva's gender politics or accusing it of queer-baiting, I do want to discuss the significance of Kaworu's presence, because it is a positive one, however bittersweet. Our (this volume illustrated as Lilith-cosplaying) Sadamoto (with gut-humor inducing metabolic syndrome) appears to have earnestly tried to connect him and Shinji. Both versions of Eva have their unique takes. Anno's, starting production on Eva when he was 35, was projecting his thoughts on a 14-year-old Shinji. Sadamoto, at the time of vol. 11's publication being over 40, isn't finished trying to be 14-year-old Shinji. No one methodology is wrong, and I think they both had a love for Kaworu, but, in my opinion, Sadamoto pushed the character further.

And now, the time has come, friends, for some sentimental reflection. Is it a perfectly beautiful and cruel twist of fate that I read and wrote about volume 10 (and 11) on the 10th, my 35th birthday, and then write (a sloppy, unpublished 'til the 16th, work) about volume 11 on the 20th anniversary of the lives lost in NY, the terrorist attack Carl writes about in his postscript... postscript? His article on it suggests that despite it's unlikelihood post-Second Impact, there were still wars during that time and, at the very least, it could have been one of many timelines a journey to instrumentality might conjure.

On topic growing older, (A) happy belated 21st birthday Kaworu (Sept. 13th, Virgo powahhh), and (B) in effort to treat myself kind based not on my past accomplishments or lack thereof (i.e. what might be considered failure) but with awareness of the growth I've made walking my own path, I find inspiration in Anno, who at my age now, was dealing with similar mental health issues that were funneled into a beautiful work of art: [...] for “Evangelion” creator Hideaki Anno was already 35 when he began discovering his own depression. He created the show after four years of barely leaving his home. Early in his work on the show, he described himself as a “broken man who could do nothing for four years . . . one who was simply not dead.” His growing awareness spilled into the writing. His mental illness became inseparable from his art. - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/outloo...) As verbalized through his own characters in Evangelion, being "simply not dead" means there's a chance for happiness. Keep taking chances, Ben.

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than hid treasures. Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; - Job 3:21, KJV (Thanks, Biblehub.com.) The first verse to be exactly lifted, in-tact, unpartitioned and one of the few not from Genesis. After a segment celebrating life, no less. It releates to the story though, having reached the apex of Shinji's despair, where he felt the pain of happiness taken away as worse than being numb before he experienced it. Hedgehog's dilemma.

[Jesus Flores · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eva 11

Ok finalmente nos revelan quien es el quinto niño y un poco sobre por qué lo envió Seele. Shinji debe tomar una decisión importante. Pero ahora agregan más caras al misterio, que es la complementación humana, y por qué el otro niño dijo que ese no era Adán

3.5 stars

[Yukino · Rating 5 out of 5]

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION n 11

Questo volume è una pugnalata al cuore. Succede di tutto. Datemi il prossimo!

[Angel Torres · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always and forever.

[Michael Sorbello · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a review of the entire series!

After the disastrous results of a cataclysmic event known as the Second Impact, an alien species known only as Angels terrorizes the last remnants of humanity. Young children are raised in military schools and trained to combat these godlike entities by piloting giant biomechanical mechas into battle. The story revolves around the personal struggles of the members of NERV, the shady organization responsible for the creation of these mechas; most notably the cold and calculated leader Gendo Ikari and his chronically depressed son Shinji.

The surface level story of Evangelion is deceptively simple. It appears to be a straightforward apocalypse story about the last survivors of humanity fighting back against an alien race that nearly drove them to extinction, but there’s a lot of depth in the background of the plot. There’s more to the Angels than meets the eye. NERV has a disturbing number of skeletons in its closet. And the few survivors in charge of fighting against the aliens have an abundance of mental scars in desperate need of being healed lest they destroy themselves before the Angels can get to them.

I love the subtle depth of the characters. Shinji appears to be a cold and distant boy with odd tendencies that are almost sociopathic in nature, but he turns out to be an extremely sensitive and anxiety-ridden teen who suffers from a lack of parental guidance and affection. He’s not always likable, but he’s uncomfortably relatable. Asuka appears to be a bratty and spunky girl with all the confidence in the world, but she suffers from a self-destructive inferiority complex caused by past tragedies that causes her to act out in front of adults to make herself appear more mature than she really is while struggling with emotional breakdowns in her private time.

Every character has a facade they put on in front of their peers, only for it to be revealed that they’re hiding a brutal amount of unhealed trauma and emotional baggage that usually causes more damage than the main threat of the story. In fact, the main story is just a part of the background. What makes Evangelion a masterpiece in my eyes is how horrifyingly human the characters are, how painful their struggles are and how disastrous their bad choices end up being.

A very bleak, depressing and terrifying series that tackles nihilistic philosophy and twisted religious allegories in abundance, but there are faint glimmers of hope and lessons to be learned from the catastrophic mistakes made by the mentally and emotionally broken cast.

I enjoyed reading this much more as an adult than I did as a teen!

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

The weakest part of this book, as a single volume, is that it is utterly dependent on what comes before and after. And while that's certainly forgivable in a series, it does feel a bit weaker than the volumes that contained an arc of their own while also moving the overall story forward.

For me, this is the part of the series that really drives home the corner Shinji has been driven into. Before, he was allowed to exert his will and independence to a degree - even if this mostly took the form of selfish outbursts - but ever since the incident with Unit 3, he's been coerced and manipulated by systems he can barely comprehend and certainly doesn't have the tools to handle. The impossible choice Kaworu forces him into, or the crushing moment where Misato nearly loses her cool enough to hit him, are just the final nails in the coffin.

And speaking of coffins, Gendo's long game of cat-and-mouse with SEELE finally moves into its endgame, and they lay all their cards on the table. In anime terms, we're out of the TV show and driving headlong into the understated brutality of the movies.

One interesting change, speaking of End of Evangelion: Asuka wakes up. Shinji's been moping at her bedside in the hopes of some sliver of human contact to keep himself from imploding, but this time instead of shamefully masturbating at her comatose form, he manages to wake her up! - only to see her lash out in blind fury before being sedated again. This is heavy stuff, and it's about to get even worse. But... if you've made it this far, how could you stop now without pushing through to the end?

[Ronan Barradas · Rating 5 out of 5]

O grande mote do volume 11 de Neon Genesis Evangelion é a revelação da função e do destino de Kaworu Nagisa. O que acaba sendo mais um elemento na crise existencial que o Shinji enfrenta enquanto tem a responsabilidade de ser o piloto do EVA há mais tempo em atividade no momento em que ocorrem as ações.

Após testemunhar a morte de companheiros, a estado grave de Asuka e a esperança na vitória se esvair, Shinji avalia sua aproximação a Nagisa não querendo nenhum laço afetivo com medo de mortes que vinham se tornando comuns. Mas Nagisa revela-se como o um anjo e que era um enviado da Nerv enviado para tocar o Adão e avançar o plano de instrumentalização da humanidade.

Mas devido aos sentimentos de amizade que criou com Shinji, Nagisa se recusa a executar o plano em cima da hora deixando o piloto veterano entre a cruz e a espada: Shinji deveria matá-lo pois se não o fizesse a Nerv o faria. Para quem tinha problemas com mortes diante de seus olhos, Shinji se via obrigado a assassinar a sangue frio mais um companheiro. O que o estimula a refletir sobre quem ele está protegendo e quem ele gostaria de proteger.

Asuka segue internada sem previsão de nada, com Shinji depressivo e Nagisa morto e Rei sem a menor perspectiva pois está em sua terceira forma e não dá pra saber o que esperar dela. Nesse contexto, a Seele ordena invasão e execução dos pilotos

Essa edição focou bastante no drama mas com o fim dos anjos se aproximando e o avanço da Seele, o fim da história está claramente próximo apesar de que é completamente imprevisível o que possa vir a acontecer.

[Dani Wladdimiro · Rating 5 out of 5]

La historia de Kaworu es extraordinario en varios sentidos, porque deja distintas preguntas sobre: ¿qué es finalmente los ángeles? ¿qué realmente querían? Ahí es donde se puede teorizar y analizar distintas comportamientos de estos, siendo que el personaje no está en un período tan largo, a diferencia de Rei, Shinji o Asuka. Cuando se conocen el segundo y quinto niño, ellos tienen una conversación sobre el destino de un animal, en particular de un gato, debido que Kaworu lo asesina a sangre fría, para la gran sopresa de Shinji. Este último le pregunta: ¿por qué lo ha hecho? Y bueno, recordando las palabras que ya expresé anteriormente, Kaworu ahora se sintió el gato, y quería que Shiji fuera él. El último ángel quería sentir, quería conocer la calidez humana, los sentimientos, el amor, pero claro, eso lo va descubriendo y entiende que después de dar fin a la humanidad, no tiene ningún sentido hacer o no el tercer impacto, para él no. De esta manera, Shinji hace realidad la última voluntad de él, matarlo a sangre fría para destruir el último ángel, y el entendimiento de la vida. Es un gran momento, porque justamente Kaworu le hace entender un poco que es lo que desean realizar las personas de SEELE, y bueno, sin entender mucho, se da dando paso a la comprensión de la instrumentalización humana. Pero sinceramente, siendo que es lo importante de este volumen, me quedo con Kaworu, porque su conclusión en este viaje, fue metafóricamente extraordinario.

[Leylamaría · Rating 5 out of 5]

“The only absolute liberty left to me, is that I can choose the form of my death by my own will. So, I want you to kill me. By your hand.”

—

Rating this one too bc have you considered
- parallels between their first meeting and their last meeting
- Kaworu characterization implications considering manga OG timeline
- Shinji canon tsundere. I wish I was joking. It’s just true
- “That’s right. Don’t use a weapon. Leave the feeling of squeezing me to death in that hand of yours. That way, you won’t be able to forget me, even if you try, right?” YOU PEOPLE ARE INSANE
- ASUKA SHINJI COMPLICATED BESTIES TAKES A TURN JNTO NO CHILDREN/BAD BAD THINGS/UP THE WOLVES TERRITORY NEAR THE END WHICH IS VEFY FUN FOR ME BC KT WASNT ANYTNING LIKE EOE SO FAR. HOPING REALLY HARD IT DOESNT TURN INTO THAT BC I THINK ASUKAS ALLOWED TO DO THAT AND SHINJI IKARI IS NOT
- #MISATO: Love is love I guess anywya get in the robot gayboy

[Damián Lima · Rating 5 out of 5]

Se revela la identidad de Kaworu, el fifth children, como el último ángel: Tabris. Se apodera del Eva 02 y comienza su descenso hacia el Central Dogma. Shinji es enviado a derrotarlo con el Eva 01: quizá la tensión de este momento es menor en el manga que en el animé, siendo que aquí la relación entre los dos pilotos es más fría, distante y complicada. De cualquier forma, y a pedido del propio Kaworu, Shinji cumple con su tarea. Y el lector debería quedarse mirando fijamente, sin cambiar de página, esa imagen clásica e inolvidable del Eva 01 aferrando en su mano a Tabris. Finalmente, los dos últimos capítulos (los stages 75 y 76) son prácticamente una copia dibujo a dibujo del comienzo de la película The End of Evangelion, excepto por la escena en la que Shinji visita a Asuka en el hospital, que acá termina con una reacción violenta de ella, diferente de la cochinada de Shinji en la película.

[Linda in Utopia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re-read nach vielen Jahren.
Zeichnungen, toll natürlich. Plot-mässig ein wenig unsolide.

Shinji fällt in seine ursprüngliche Lethargie zurück, nachdem er weiß, was Rei ist. Er scheint all seine Freunde verloren zu haben, nur das 5th Child möchte mit ihm befreundet sein.
Shinji lehnt das jedoch ab.
5th offenbart daraufhin sein wirkliche Identität und es kommt zu einem dramaturgischen Höhenpunkt.
Doch natürlich kommen die Dinge anderes als erwartet. Und da ist auch noch Gendo Ikari, der der ultimative Geheimniswahrer zu sein scheint.

Das was mit 5th passiert... Ich hätte vielleicht auch wieder ein oder zwei Kapitel mehr gebraucht, um das alles wirklich zu glauben. Es erscheint einfach... rushed, das ganze.
Mal sehen, ob das in den nächsten Bänden nochmal erwähnt wird, denn die habe ich tatsächlich noch nie gelesen!

[Rolando Marono · Rating 3 out of 5]

The good:
-This is entering to it's resolution.
-Many revelations, at last everything is coming out.
-The moral choice Shinji must take and it's outcome.
-Nagisa's character revelation was very interesting.

The bad:
-It's going round and round in the same topics.
-Shinj's character is very stressing.
-The story is getting really really complex, even though they were many revelations in this volume.
-The character of Gendo Ikari is unappealing.
-Ritsuko's character keeps doing the same things, asking her self why she still follows Gendo's orders? many and many times again since volume 7.

[Vittorio Rainone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rei si sacrifica per Shinji, solo che non è Rei, ma solo una delle Rei assemblate per supportare i piani del padre di Shinji. Kaworu, il nuovo children, è un angelo. La situazione precipita alla Nerv, e si avvia verso un tutti contro tutti finale. Numero teso che culmina con l'inizio dell'attacco della Seele alla NERV.

[Tomas Montero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kaworu como héroe trágico, recuperando el control sobre su vida al elegir la muerte para darle otra oportunidad a los humanos.
Excelente volumen. Es notoriamente más literal en la exposición de los problemas y de la trama de fondo que el anime. Eso tiene sus pros y sus contras, gana en claridad pero pierde misterio.

[Hila · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Las personas somos seres incompletos que no pueden vivir solos. Pero igual tenemos que seguir viviendo. Aunque seamos incompletos. Y porque nacemos de esa forma creo que tiene sentido que busquemos encontrarnos y que nos lastimemos... Eso es lo que creo.”

[Hal Incandenza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Si arriva al cuore dell’opera e in questo volume ci sono alcune frasi che mi hanno emozionato al punto da farmi venire i brividi e i lucciconi mentre leggevo.
Robottoni che se menano? Te piacerebbe! ❤️

[Alexander Pyles · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are only a few more left and I am just not ready yet. The changes Sadamoto have really made this adaptation his own, but have also opened up NGE for me in a new way. Thinking about it almost as much as I do the anime. Woof

[Kate Readings · Rating 4 out of 5]

La muerte de Kaworu es uno de los momentos más impactantes en el anime. En el manga no tiene la misma intensidad pues esta versión de Kaworu no posee el mismo carisma y simpatía. Se revelan muchas verdades en este volumen y algunas siguen a medias. Terriblemente me identifico con Shinji 🥲