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Kaworu Nagisa (渚 カヲル) is a character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion manga adaptation by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. He first appears briefly in Stage 48: Eradication of Volume 7, being awakened by Keel to be sent to NERV to recover it from Gendo's control.

Story
Kaworu's first appearance occurs after Evangelion Unit-01 is recaptured following its absorption of the 9th Angel's S² Engine, when he's awakened by Keel Lorenz to be used as SEELE's trump card.

Kaworu is next seen playing the piano inside some ruins when he's found by Shinji, who had skipped school and found a stray kitten in the vicinity. Kaworu asks Shinji if he knows the name of the song he's playing, as he heard it around town, to which Shinji replies it is the Ode to Joy. Kaworu then identifies Shinji as a student and asks him to take him to the school, as he seems to have gotten lost. Shinji accepts, and tries to leave the small kitten behind; however, it tries to follow them, which prompts Kaworu to snap its neck, claiming that killing it now is kinder than leaving it to starve in the wild without its mother. This act disturbs Shinji, who believes Kaworu is like Rei when he first met her. Shinji asks Kaworu who he is, to which Kaworu replies that he's the Fifth Children.

Shortly after, Kaworu and Shinji seems to have argument in front of the school, before Shinji ran off, Kaworu soon to follow, asking if Shinji hadn't planned on going to the school, to which Shinji replies it was none of his business. Hearing this, Kaworu asks Shinji to take him to NERV, claiming to be anxious to see his Evangelion Unit.

Once inside NERV HQ, Kaworu separates from Shinji and finds himself in the women's bathroom after hearing Asuka's talking. She sees him and accuses him of being a pervert, although Kaworu does not understand what she means. He proceeds to tell her that the Eva won't move unless she opened her heart to it, to which Asuka furiously replies that she can't open her heart to a puppet. Kaworu proceeds to explain that Evas are not puppets, and they too possess a heart, which enrages Asuka even more. Shinji arrives to calm her, with Misato entering the room shortly after as Asuka faints. Misato orders Kaworu to leave the premises before taking Asuka to the infirmary.

As the 10th Angel arrives in Tokyo-3, Kaworu questions why Shinji must stand by, before realizing it would be too dangerous to leave HQ now, and so follows Shinji to the main bridge, where they bear witness to Asuka being attacked by the Angel and suffering mental contamination, a situation Kaworu deems "interesting", much to Shinji's fury.

As Asuka is exposed to the Angel's mental attack, Shinji offers himself to go rescue her, but Kaworu is quick to point out that it would be useless, as he would only end up like her, before asking why is he so desperate. As Gendo commands Rei to retrieve the Spear of Longinus from Terminal Dogma, Kaworu wonders if the commander really intends to use it without SEELE's authorization. Following the 10th Angel's destruction by the Spear of Longinus, Misato assigns Kaworu to NERV HQ, as the pilot of the Evangelion Unit-02 to replace Asuka, who had suffered severe mental damage from the Angel.

Following the incident, Kaworu is interrogated by SEELE after the latter had a meeting with Gendo regarding the use of the Spear of Longinus. Kaworu claims that he had no opportunity to stop the use of the Spear without blowing up his cover, before being ordered to contact them if Gendo shows any kind of subversive behavior. Kaworu then proceeds to remark he finds humans to be curious creatures due to their behavior, as he thinks of Shinji before claiming he does not get tired of watching it, which prompts Keel to remark that once their project is complete, humans would be freed from all those problems.

Sometime later, Kaworu meets up with Rei in a hallway as she walks away from Asuka's hospital room. He asks her if she saw Shinji, before realizing she's the First Child, and comments that he imagined her to be a "tougher-looking" girl. Kaworu proceeds to declare that both of them are the same, but Rei quickly objects that though they may look similar, they are not the same, which seems to disappoint Kaworu.

Following a synchro test in which Kaworu shows his capability to synch with Unit-02 even after its core had been rewritten, Kaworu intercepts Shinji in the shower, entering his stall to borrow some soap as his own was very small to use. As Kaworu reaches for the soap, he turns around to Shinji who quickly pulls away from him, and asks why he dislikes him to be so close, yet enjoys being close to others—something Kaworu found very weird. Shinji replies that it's normal to react that way when someone they dislike is nearby, and he dislikes Kaworu. He proceeds to leave the stall in a hurry, apologizing that he doesn't think he'll ever like Kaworu.

Shortly after, the 11th Angel is located in the outskirts of Tokyo-3, with NERV deploying both Unit-00 piloted by Rei and Unit-02 piloted by Kaworu, to intercept it. As the Angel starts its attack against Rei, Kaworu pushes her out of the way and quickly realizes their rifles have no effect on it. Misato sends out a dual saw for him to pick up, which he does by gracefully evading an incoming attack, which surprises the NERV staff since his skills greatly outclass Asuka's own. He then reaches for the weapon, apologizing to the Angel as SEELE's scenario says it has to disappear, before it charges at the Unit-02, clashing with the saw.

As the Angel finally captures and merges with Unit-00, it continues to pressure on Unit-02 and the dual saw proves to have no effect, and the Angel eventually merges with it, prompting Kaworu to identify it as a penetrating type. The Angel then charges at Unit-02 with the dual saw, severing its left leg, inflicting severe pain on Kaworu, who realizes that, should the battle get more serious, it could be problematic, before the Angel penetrates into and merge with Unit-02. As Kaworu wonders what the Angel plans to do after the penetration of Unit-02, he regrets not being able to use his own A.T. Field to get rid of the Angel, as that would blow his cover.

As Shinji is deployed in Unit-01 to defeat the Angel, he's unable to cause any harm to it. Kaworu comments on something coming from the Angel and flowing inside of him as his eyes fill with tears due to the Angel sharing Rei's feelings with him. As Rei inverts Unit-00 A.T. Field to capture the Angel inside the core, Kaworu shows disbelief of her actions, before bearing witness to the Unit's self-destruction and the defeat of the Angel as a result.

Later, in the lockers at NERV HQ, Kaworu meets with Shinji, asking why he hadnt changed before commenting that if he was ignoring him because of Rei, he shouldnt feel bad about her, calling her stupid, much to Shinji's fury, who tried to attack Kaworu before hyperventilating. Kaworu then took Shinji to his own room, and called for a doctor, allowing Shinji to stay for as long as he wanted as the doctor said he needed rest.

While mourning Rei's death, Shinji spends time in Kaworu's room, prompting the latter to ask if he even planned to go back to Misato's apartment, before reaching to the conclusion he didn't. Shinji proceed to explain that he was afraid of facing Rei's death, and that's why he prefered to stay with Kaworu, as he was the only one not grieving over her. After hearing these claims, Kaworu laughed as he claimed not to understand how could Shinji hate him and be comfortable around him at the same time, before dismissing the subject, displeased, and telling Shinji to use half of the bed if he wanted to.

Later that night, as Shinji's phone ringed, it woke Kaworu in time to witness Shinji hyperventilating yet again. Kaworu initially thinks of getting a bag to help Shinji, but instead abandons the idea and decides instead to stop the hyperventilation by placing his lips over Shinji's and kissing him. As Shinji breathing settles, he pushes Kaworu away in disgust, and the latter proceeds to question Shinji in regards of the feeling called love. Kaworu describes it as a disgusting feeling, before approaching Shinji and asking him how would it feel if he came to love him. As Shinji pushes Kaworu away yet again, he says that males are not supposed to love other males, which prompts Kaworu to ask why does Shinji hates him so much, to which he responds its because Kaworu does what he deems as strange things, before jumping to pick a call from Misato, regarding Rei being alive, much to Kaworu's surprise.