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Rei Cinq (レイ·サンク?) ("Cinq" meaning "five" in French) is a fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA novel. She is the primary pilot of Evangelion Unit-0.0 [Cinq].

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Rei Cinq is taller than the other Reis and does possess shorter hair, even when they were produced at the same time. She spent more time growing in the artificial womb, and her body had matured a bit—further than Trois or Quatre. Standing with the student group, she appeared to be a year ahead of them.[1] She scolds Rei Six for embarrassing Shinji and Asuka tells the group that a first year asked Rei Cinq out in the hallway. She refused it gently saying she would feel bad if she didn't gave him a straight answer. [2] According to Asuka, Rei Cinq was putting more effort into being more sociable than the other Reis, but sometimes she was easy to talk and some she felt like she was going with the flow [3]

History[]

Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA[]

Volume 1[]

After the events of the SEELE attack on the NERV base, several other Ayanami clones were cultivated in artificial wombs. By observing how the the soulless clones in vitro would show a synchronicity in motion and brain activity with the one possessing a soul. They developed a method of mental mirroring that allows Rei Trois to control her clones.[4]

Although the Ayanami series clones produced at NERV were not made to develop self-awareness, being remotely controlled by the original Rei Trois via a mental link to operate the Sword of Damocles network, Cinq began to develop a personality of her own after Rei Quatre's mind contamination.

From then on Cinq showed exceptional growth beyond the two previous Reis, Rei No. Trois and Rei Quatre. Cinq was expected to be the perfect Rei as she could grow even beyond the second Rei, No. Deux, who was previously considered the ideal clone. Cinq fought alongside Asuka Langley Sohryu, saving her life multiple times and becoming a friend, as well as finding herself filling the role of big sister to Rei Six. By the time NERV Japan deployed to the Moon, Rei Cinq was determined to surpass the ability and growth of Rei No. Deux.

Unfortunately, while backing up Asuka (piloting her Evangelion Unit-02 Type II Allegorica) in her Unit-0.0 [Cinq], Cinq was forced into the battle against Armaros as they attempted to penetrate the Longinus Curtain. While Asuka used her progressive knife to cut their way through, a message from Hakone came, telling them that they were noticed and the Spear of Longinus moving their direction. The movement of the spear forced Asuka to pause in her attempt to breach the barrier, as she and Cinq moved along it with the spear. In order to alter their trajectory, Cinq boosted her S² engine to emergency output levels and used the force to push the tip of Asuka's Progressive knife even further into the barrier than before. But due to the External S² Engines being extracted from the Mass Production Evangelions, Unit-0.0 lost control of the output, which was increasing without stopping. Before a decision could be made, the head of a Mass Production Evangelion sprouted from the S² Engine spine with Cinq's entry plug in its mouth appeared from the unit. Cinq was left not being able to eject her own plug. The Mass Production Evangelion then grew arms and attempted to break the 0.0 unit's neck as Cinq cried out in pain. She then told Asuka that she thought that she was the part of Ayanami that she shows to the world. Like someone took the face she wears for other people and made that into a person, or that that part of her is emphasized in Cinq. Asuka answered that maybe that is how she started, but if she didn't like it, she could change it, and offered her help to figure it out together. Cinq thanked her and used her Evangelion's laser barrel to project a powerful A.T. Field, blasting a hole in the Curtain. She then forced Unit-02 Type II Allegorica into the hole. When Asuka looked back, she saw the two Evangelion units exploding in a massive cross of light.[5]

In Cinq's final moments, her mental mirror link with Trois was reconnected and Trois felt a terrible pain in her neck, losing her vision. Cinq felt like it all was worth it, but all her emotions were too much for Trois to feel in such a short moment. [6]

Volume 3[]

A version of her appears for Shinji in Volume 3 while Shinji is in the Apple's Core.

Trivia[]

  • She calls Asuka "Soryu-san". Asuka recalls that it took Rei Ayanami 2 years to start calling her Asuka, with Rei calling her "The Second Child" before that.

References[]

  1. Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA Volume 1, chapter 20
  2. Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA Volume 1, chapter 20
  3. Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA Volume 1, chapter 23
  4. Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA Volume 1, chapter 01
  5. Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA Volume 1, chapter 23
  6. Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA Volume 1, chapter 24
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