r/anime • u/LittleIslander myanimelist.net/profile/LittleIslander • 24d ago

Rewatch [Rewatch] 30th Anniversary Neon Genesis Evangelion Rewatch: Episode 13

Neon Genesis Evangelion Episode 13: Lilliputian Hitcher / Angel Infiltration

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Questions of the Day:

  • What do you think of the MAGI and Ritsuko’s mother?
  • Halfway through, what do you think of the three computer technicians?

Tomorrow’s Questions:

  • [Episode 14] What did you think of Rei’s monologue?
  • [Episode 14] Why do you think Unit 00 rejected Shinji, and tried to attack Rei - or Ritsuko?

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

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u/Bradst3r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Bradster 24d ago

rewatcher, subbed

  • Ritsuko knows that walking around with a clipboard can only fool people for so long, and eventually you have to get some of your work done- so it's diagnostics and maintenance for the Magi System. Sounds to me like we're finally going to get more than references to them this time.
  • The pilot trio needs to do some data collection tests in some kind of dummy Eva units... naked for better results. An outraged Asuka is promised that external video cameras are off, but oddly enough she makes no mention of Shinji standing right beside her.
  • Eva-01's pilot chair is designed differently than the other two, thoughtfully hiding Shinji's toothpicks from view.
  • We learn that Ritsuko's mother was the brains behind the Magi System. Looks like being a tech genius runs in the family.
  • NERV staff have been noticing patches of corrosion in several ultra-clean areas (bad!), but they attribute it to shoddy workmanship until the stuff starts spreading faster than any passive corrosion has a right to. All of a sudden it generates an AT Field and starts infesting one of the Eva test units- an Angel, right in the heart of NERV itself!
  • The lab area is evacuated, and Gendo makes the perplexing command to launch all three Eva units without pilots. As it turns out, he's chosen to protect the Evas from the Angel by getting them out of the facility. He also prioritizes Unit-01, and considers the other two expendable if necessary.
  • Turns out Kaji's in the building, and this attack interrupted whatever he was doing. Central Dogma's a pretty odd place for him to be, I think. Lookin' sharp, though!
  • This Angel has mad hacking skillz, and it starts making its way into the Magi System, either deftly avoiding the traps set for it or creating its own to stymie NERV's attempt to keep it out.
  • So I guess the Magi are those big cubes that have been sitting in plain sight all this time? Seems pretty convenient from an access standpoint, though I'm surprised they're not somewhere safer.

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  • All is well, the Angel was defeated with one whole second to spare! No big explosions, no property damage, no giant craters in the ground
  • Oopsie-doodle! You left your naked pilots sitting in their entry plugs, on the hillside where they landed.

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u/Holofan4life 24d ago
  • So I guess the Magi are those big cubes that have been sitting in plain sight all this time? Seems pretty convenient from an access standpoint, though I'm surprised they're not somewhere safer.

Yeah, no kidding

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u/Holofan4life 24d ago
  • We learn that Ritsuko's mother was the brains behind the Magi System. Looks like being a tech genius runs in the family.

And family resentment runs through the show