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| − | "'''Rain, and After Running Away'''" is the fourth episode of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. |
+ | "'''Rain, and After Running Away'''" is the fourth episode of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. |
==Overview== |
==Overview== |
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| + | Overstressed from being made an Evangelion pilot, from the events of the previous episode, and arguing with [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]], [[Shinji Ikari|Shinji]] runs away from home. Shinji is soon recaptured by [[NERV]], but he quits being a pilot. However, at the last minute, Shinji does not board his train to leave [[Tokyo-3]] and decides to stay. |
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| − | [[Misato]] is upset with [[Shinji]] for ignoring her orders in the last Angel battle, and he is so overcome by the stress of being an Eva pilot that he runs away. After wandering around [[Tokyo-3]] for several days, Shinji is faced with the choice of quitting or staying in his new home. |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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| + | Misato wakes up on a rainy day, and wonders if Shinji is going to skip school again after five days of his battle against [[Shamshel]]. She then goes to check on his room only to see it empty with Shinji's ID card and a letter to her. Being worried about his sudden absence, [[Toji Suzuhara|Toji]] and [[Kensuke Aida|Kensuke]] go to his place, but got surprised for seeing Misato for the first time. They ask her about Shinji, and she lied and told them that he is at the training facility. |
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| − | It's been five days since the battle with [[Shamshel]], and [[Shinji]] still hasn't returned to school. [[Misato]] knocks on his bedroom door and tries to persuade him, only to find that he has run away<ref>The envelope Shinji leaves for Misato in his room when he runs away is literally addressed "Katsuragi Misato-sama" in the original Japanese. The honorific suffix "-sama" is the more formal version of "-san" (Mr. or Ms.) and is used to politely address those of higher social rank. This formality in is contrast to Misato's request in Episode 01 that her just call her Misato.</ref>. Concerned about his absence, [[Toji]] and [[Kensuke]] come to visit. Misato lies and tells them he is training at headquarters. |
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| − | Shinji boards a local train and rides it all day, repeatedly listening to tracks 25 & 26 on his SDAT<ref>The two songs we hear Shinji listening to on his SDAT while riding on the train are "You are the only one" and "Blue Legend" from "Lilia", an image album for the "Ys" RPG series (previously heard in Episode 02). However, none of the vocal sections are heard in this episode.</ref>, leaving only when the train is taken out of service for the night. He tells himself, "I've got to go back", but instead attends a late-night showing of a movie about [[Second Impact]]<ref>In an example of economy in casting, several of the regular Seiyu appear in this sequence as train announcers, public announcers, movie cast members, etc. Including: |
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| − | * [[Yuko Miyamura]] (Asuka) as Movie Theater Woman, Public Announcer Right, Girl A, and Station Announcer Left. |
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| − | * [[Megumi Hayashibara]] (Rei, Yui, Pen Pen) as Train Announcer, Public Announcer Left, Station Announcer, and (in the movie) Woman. |
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| − | * [[Kotono Mitsuishi]] (Misato) as Girl B. |
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| − | * [[Yuriko Yamaguchi]] (Ritsuko) as Girl C. |
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| − | * [[Fumihiko Tachiki]] (Gendo) as Station Announcer and (in the movie) Doctor. |
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| − | * [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Kensuke) as Assistant A (movie). |
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| − | * [[Tomokazu Seki]] (Toji) as Assistant B (movie).</ref>. The few other people there seem to be either sleeping or making out. He spends the night in the theater's lobby. The next morning he leaves the theater, but hallucinates that the buildings are closing in on him. Thus he flees to the countryside<ref>The beautiful mountain that Shinji visits before meeting Kensuke is a famous suicide spot named [[w:Ōwakudani|Ōwakudani]]</ref>. |
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[[File:Crossroads (NGE).png|thumb|left|Shinji walks along a country-path]] |
[[File:Crossroads (NGE).png|thumb|left|Shinji walks along a country-path]] |
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| + | Shinji boards a local train and rides it all day, repeatedly listening to tracks 25 & 26 on his SDAT, leaving only when the train is taken out of service. He tells himself, "I've got to go back", but instead attends a late-night showing of a movie about [[Second Impact]]. The few other people there seem to be either sleeping or making out. He spends the night in the theater's lobby. Shinji leaves the theater in the morning, and hallucinates about the buildings rounding and closing on him, thus fleeing away to the countryside. |
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| − | Back at [[Nerv Headquarters]], [[Ritsuko]] is examining [[Rei]]. Misato is there and we learn that Shinji left after she upbraided him for disobeying her retreat order in episode 3. |
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| + | [[File:Rei bandaged (NGE).png|thumb|Rei under physical examination]] |
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| − | Meanwhile, in a violation of the law of incredible coincidence, Shinji meets Kensuke, who is in the wilderness playing survivalist<ref>Kensuke has a whole "training schedule" written out on a chalkboard in his tent for his military role playing, which translated from Japanese reads:<br/> |
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| + | Back at [[NERV Headquarters]], [[Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko]] is examining [[Rei Ayanami|Rei]], and Misato is with her talking about Shinji and what occurred before he left -after he was rebuked by Misato by disobeying her orders to retreat in the [[Episode:03|last episode]], and thinks he shouldn't pilot it if doing that will only bring pain to him. |
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| − | Outline of Summer Training Practice Operations<br/> |
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| − | Japan's Mobilization Schedule<br/> |
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| − | 15:00 Deploy for combat<br/> |
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| − | 16:00 Prepare for attack, commence firing<br/> |
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| − | 19:00 (left blank)</ref>. Kensuke reveals that he is jealous, both because Shinji is living with a beautiful woman, and because he is an Eva pilot. When Kensuke expresses a desire to be a pilot as well, Shinji admonishes him that his mother would be worried<ref>As it happens, if Kensuke were to become an Eva pilot, his Eva's core would be imbued with his mother's soul. Thus, despite her apparent death, Shinji's statement that she would be worried is likely correct.</ref> Kensuke reveals that like Shinji, he has none<ref>In the previous episode, Toji also seemed to imply that his mother was dead.</ref>. Shinji camps out with Kensuke that night. The next morning, several men in black from Nerv arrive and take Shinji into custody. Back at school, Toji upbraids Kensuke for not doing anything about it (as if he could have). |
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| + | During his walk in the forest, Shinji accidentally meets up with Kensuke who was playing survivalist alone.<ref>Inside Kensuke's tent, there is a time table which says '''"Summer Training Drill Operation Outline"<br/>Today's schedule operation<br/>15:00 Deploy for Combat<br/>16:00 Prepare for Attack, commencing fire<br/> 19:00 was left empty"'''</ref> Kensuke tells Shinji that Toji was sorry for what he has done, and that his sister scolded him for that. Kensuke tells Shinji that he envies him for living with Misato and piloting the Evangelion<ref>Kensuke said that his mother was dead, and Toji didn't mention his when he talked about his sister being with no one near her, indicating that all of Class 2-A students' mothers are dead, another of the Children's specifications</ref>. Some agents of NERV Security Intelligence had come with orders to take Shinji to NERV Headquarters, with Kensuke frozen as Shinji is taken with them, and Toji blames Kensuke for not doing anything. |
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| − | Back at Nerv headquarters Misato confronts Shinji, telling him they don't need a pilot with his attitude. Shinji elects to resign. [[Gendo]] orders [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]] reconfigured for Rei. Two men in black take Shinji to the train station, where Toji and Kensuke see him off, as they have so many of their other classmates. Toji insists that Shinji hit him to make up for the beating he gave Shinji in Ep. 3. Shinji hits him surprisingly hard for Shinji. As he is being lead away, Shinji shouts that he (Shinji) is the one who should be hit, for being so weak and cowardly. |
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| + | At NERV headquarters, Misato asks Shinji if he doesn't want to pilot [[Evangelion Unit-01|Unit-01]], then he shouldn't if he is to continue with his attitude. Ritsuko informs [[Gendo Ikari|Gendo]] that Shinji will leave Tokyo-3 the next day, which he replied Evangelion Unit-01 to be reconfigured for Rei.<ref>First mention of the title "Fourth Child"</ref> Shinji was taken to the train station to leave Tokyo-3, where he met Toji and Kensuke, and Toji asks him to hit him hard to be even and not to hold back. While being taken away, Shinji condemns himself for being cowardly and weak, and tells Toji and Kensuke he's the one who should be hit. |
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| − | Misato finally realizes that the reason that Shinji agreed to live with her was because he was looking for a family, and rushes to the station<ref>A mistake that occurs near the end of the episode is that when Misato drives her car up to the train station, she gets out of her car on the left hand side, even though cars drive on the right hand side in Japan. Further, we've actually seen Misato while driving in her car during an extended scene in the first episode, during which she was sitting in the driver's seat which was indeed located on the right hand side of her car.</ref>, seemingly too late. But Shinji hasn't boarded the train. They greet each other with "I'm home", "welcome home". |
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| + | Misato realized that Shinji accepted her offer to live with him because he wanted a family, and rushes to the train station. Seemingly too late, she looks away, but notices that Shinji hasn't boarded the train. Shinji says "I'm home", to which Misato replies "Welcome home". |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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| − | * This is the only episode that series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] did not write (or co-write). At one point during production, this episode was removed and what is now [[Episode:05|Episode 05]] would have immediately followed [[Episode:03|Episode 03]]. However, it was later decided that time needed to be devoted to establishing Shinji's character and relationships, so the episode was added back in. The result was that this episode was written after what is now Episode 5 was already finished, and Anno did not take a direct role in developing either the plot or script. |
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| − | * The Evangelion ORIGINAL draft script for Episode 04 mentions dates that were cut from the broadcast; apparently Episode 03 ended 14 July 2015 and Episode 04 spanned 15-18 July 2015<ref>http://eva.onegeek.org/pipermail/oldeva/1999-December/033295.html</ref> (this seems to contradict the chronology in [[Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Raising Project|Ayanami Raising Project]]<ref>http://forum.evageeks.org/viewtopic.php?p=367501#367501</ref>, which would put Episode 04 in early June 2015). |
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* Shinji's fragile psychological state is further expounded upon in this episode. He is shown to run away from not only difficult situations, but also from developing relationships and his own emotions. |
* Shinji's fragile psychological state is further expounded upon in this episode. He is shown to run away from not only difficult situations, but also from developing relationships and his own emotions. |
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| + | * This is the only episode that series creator [[Hideaki Anno]] did not write (or co-write). |
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| − | * In this episode, all characters (excluding Rei) display indecisive/noncommittal attitudes: |
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| − | ** Shinji is still unsure about piloting 01, and although he runs away, he doesn't leave the city, either. He just wanders aimlessly about the area doing nothing in particular until NERV agents round him up. He also seemed to know that the agents would come for him, but didn't do anything to further avoid "capture". He decision to stay comes right at the last possible moment, as well. |
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| − | ** Misato is angry that Shinji left, but she honestly can't blame him for doing it. This conflict of feelings leaves her without the resolve to decide on any definite course of action when she finds him. When she races to train station intent on stopping him and thinks she missed him, she resigns herself to not go after him even though she wants him to stay. |
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| − | ** Both Toji and Kensuke want Shinji to stay and continue piloting the Eva, but after seeing firsthand the danger Shinji faces, neither feels he has the right to tell him to. Suzuhara is especially conflicted because of his guilt for hitting him. |
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| − | ** Ritsuko admits it's unfair to force a child to pilot an Eva, but since there's no other choice, she must resign herself to make-do with what-can. |
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| − | ** Although Gendo doesn't care that Shinji is leaving (actually, he almost seems glad to be rid of him), he isn't thrilled about losing a pilot and admits the pilot shortage is troublesome. |
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| − | * Shinji watching the couple make out in the theatre is a recurring motif. The series itself is, in its own way, a piece on both the psychological and physical aspects of interpersonal relationships. The attention to the physical detail, such as the moaning and gasping, occurs often throughout the show's entirety. |
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| + | * '''Kensuke''': ''"This is an unexpected development"''<br />'''Toji''': ''"She was a real babe, wasn't she?"'' |
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| − | *Kensuke points out to Shinji the noise the cicadas are making outdoors. Kensuke says that it used to be quiet outside when he was a kid (in the early 2000's) but that now cicadas can be heard constantly. Shinji responds that Misato told him that the ecosystem is returning to its former state. See [[Second Impact]] for more information on the environmental consequences of the disaster fifteen years earlier. |
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| + | * '''Toji''': ''"And if anyone tries to blame you, I'm gonna give them a head butt"'' |
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| − | *After exiting the bus, Shinji rests by a statue of Jizo-san, the patron deity of travelers and children. The shot is apparently a tribute to a shot from [[w:Hayao Miyazaki|Miyazaki]]'s '''My Neighbor Totoro'''. |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 14:05, 6 December 2019
"Rain, and After Running Away" is the fourth episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Overview
Overstressed from being made an Evangelion pilot, from the events of the previous episode, and arguing with Misato, Shinji runs away from home. Shinji is soon recaptured by NERV, but he quits being a pilot. However, at the last minute, Shinji does not board his train to leave Tokyo-3 and decides to stay.
Synopsis
Misato wakes up on a rainy day, and wonders if Shinji is going to skip school again after five days of his battle against Shamshel. She then goes to check on his room only to see it empty with Shinji's ID card and a letter to her. Being worried about his sudden absence, Toji and Kensuke go to his place, but got surprised for seeing Misato for the first time. They ask her about Shinji, and she lied and told them that he is at the training facility.
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Shinji walks along a country-path
Shinji boards a local train and rides it all day, repeatedly listening to tracks 25 & 26 on his SDAT, leaving only when the train is taken out of service. He tells himself, "I've got to go back", but instead attends a late-night showing of a movie about Second Impact. The few other people there seem to be either sleeping or making out. He spends the night in the theater's lobby. Shinji leaves the theater in the morning, and hallucinates about the buildings rounding and closing on him, thus fleeing away to the countryside.
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Rei under physical examination
Back at NERV Headquarters, Ritsuko is examining Rei, and Misato is with her talking about Shinji and what occurred before he left -after he was rebuked by Misato by disobeying her orders to retreat in the last episode, and thinks he shouldn't pilot it if doing that will only bring pain to him.
During his walk in the forest, Shinji accidentally meets up with Kensuke who was playing survivalist alone.[2] Kensuke tells Shinji that Toji was sorry for what he has done, and that his sister scolded him for that. Kensuke tells Shinji that he envies him for living with Misato and piloting the Evangelion[3]. Some agents of NERV Security Intelligence had come with orders to take Shinji to NERV Headquarters, with Kensuke frozen as Shinji is taken with them, and Toji blames Kensuke for not doing anything.
At NERV headquarters, Misato asks Shinji if he doesn't want to pilot Unit-01, then he shouldn't if he is to continue with his attitude. Ritsuko informs Gendo that Shinji will leave Tokyo-3 the next day, which he replied Evangelion Unit-01 to be reconfigured for Rei.[4] Shinji was taken to the train station to leave Tokyo-3, where he met Toji and Kensuke, and Toji asks him to hit him hard to be even and not to hold back. While being taken away, Shinji condemns himself for being cowardly and weak, and tells Toji and Kensuke he's the one who should be hit.
Misato realized that Shinji accepted her offer to live with him because he wanted a family, and rushes to the train station. Seemingly too late, she looks away, but notices that Shinji hasn't boarded the train. Shinji says "I'm home", to which Misato replies "Welcome home".
Notes
- Shinji's fragile psychological state is further expounded upon in this episode. He is shown to run away from not only difficult situations, but also from developing relationships and his own emotions.
- This is the only episode that series creator Hideaki Anno did not write (or co-write).
- Rei is referred to as the "First Child" for the first time in this episode. Shinji had already been referred to as the Third Child in Episode 01, hinting that there is another pilot who had been chosen before Shinji and is about to be introduced.
Quotes
- Kensuke: "This is an unexpected development"
Toji: "She was a real babe, wasn't she?" - Toji: "And if anyone tries to blame you, I'm gonna give them a head butt"
References
- ↑ This title refers to an analogy about human interaction by Arthur Schopenhauer. See here for details.
- ↑ Inside Kensuke's tent, there is a time table which says "Summer Training Drill Operation Outline"
Today's schedule operation
15:00 Deploy for Combat
16:00 Prepare for Attack, commencing fire
19:00 was left empty" - ↑ Kensuke said that his mother was dead, and Toji didn't mention his when he talked about his sister being with no one near her, indicating that all of Class 2-A students' mothers are dead, another of the Children's specifications
- ↑ First mention of the title "Fourth Child"