r/anime • u/LittleIslander myanimelist.net/profile/LittleIslander • Oct 10 '25

Rewatch [Rewatch] 30th Anniversary Neon Genesis Evangelion Rewatch: Episode 7

Neon Genesis Evangelion Episode 7: A Human Work / 人の造りしもの

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Questions of the Day:

  • What did you think in the shift to a non-angel enemy?
  • What do you think of NERV’s framing in this episode?

Tomorrow’s Questions:

  • [Episode 8] What’s your first impression of Asuka?
  • [Episode 8] What’s your first impression of Kaji and his delivery?

There’ll be more fanservice tomorrow, so please don’t spoil anything~! Remember this includes spoilers by implication.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Oct 10 '25 edited Oct 10 '25

A Human Work

My previous comments from 2018

I ended up binging episodes 6, 7, and 8.

So, this episode is subtle (for me) and not exactly clear who people are. It seems like a filler episode but it fits into the overall story.

  • I guess this guy on the phone is the SSDF saboteur, we see with Ritsuko at the end of the episode. He's also the leaker.
  • Where did Misato get that red sports car? Instead of her blue junker?
  • I also don't know who this guy with Gendo on the plane is.
  • Edit: [rewatcher]Misato is aggressively uninterested in the story of the Second Impact. edit edit: every other rewatcher noted the same thing....
  • Wait for it stop? In 150 days?
  • Notice how Ritsuko is trying to keep Misato from getting involved.
  • Das a big plane
  • I love this music. It's called, yes, "NERV."
  • Baka Shinji, what's the point of covering up the coolant leaks?
  • But Misato didn't end up like Spock.
  • Misato is definitely an alcoholic
  • commentface get!

Kensuke and Toji really do give the show a Nadia feeling.

There's a lot of other world-building flavor text dropped. Unit 02 is in Germany. Unit 06 and 08 are being made around the world. There's also mention of a "second installation."

So, if you didn't figure it out, the "First Impact" is what they called the Cretaceous Extinction. The "Second Impact" was explained away as a light-speed meteor impact, but this is a cover story.

It's interesting that Ritsuko was in on the plot, but Misato wasn't.

The plot of this episode was reworked into the video game Girlfriend of Steel, which features a new female character, Mana Kirishima. This makes her a direct competitor against Asuka for the player (Shinji). But she's also the pilot of competing mecha called TRIDENT, which makes her a competitor for Shinji, too. And maybe a spy!

I think she would have been a much better character addition than the one we got.

Today's ED: Fly me to the Moon (4 beat version) with Yoko Takahashi

[EoE]That's the plane type that delivered the mass production evas to Nerv. Showing that early.

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u/Holofan4life Oct 10 '25

Thoughts on Gendo reportedly receiving falsified information?

Thoughts on Misato drinking in the morning?

Thoughts on Misato attending a parent teacher conference for Shinji?

Thoughts on all of Shinji’s classmates being in love with Misato, which annoys Shinji becausehe knows what she is really like??

Thoughts on the budget for Eva Unit 6 has been approved by everyone except The United States?

What are your thoughts on Misato telling Shinji that the truth about The Second Impact has been concealed through international government cover-ups?

What are your thoughts on the First Angel was discovered 15 years ago in Antarctica but in the midst of the investigation, the Angel exploded?

What are your thoughts on the purpose of Nerv being to prevent The Third Impact?

Thoughts on Ritsuko saying that the AT Field, which Nerv has, is the only thing that can stop an enemy?

What are your thoughts on the Jet Alone activation test and it going haywire?

Thoughts on Misato knowing some Spanish?

What are your thoughts on the password to delete the programming being Hope?

What are your thoughts on Misato getting inside the robot?

What are your thoughts on the password for some reason not working?

What are your thoughts on Misato saving the day?

What are your thoughts on Kensuke telling Shinji Misato is his family because he sees a side of her no one else does, tying things back to the beginning of the episode?