Jan 14, 2015 11:46 PM
ZettaiBlog 105: Genuinely Lovely Children
Anime Relations:
Shinseiki Evangelion, Evangelion Movie 1: Jo, Evangelion Movie 2: Ha, Evangelion Movie 3: Q, Petit Eva: Evangelion@School
WARNING: BECAUSE OF REASONS I MUST TELL EVERYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 TO GET OUT OF MY BLOG! OBEY OR I’LL BE DEFENESTRATED! ALSO BE WARY OF WILD ROAMING SPOILERS! YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!
Welcome back. Last week we capped the second blog year by defeating two boring girls and having an assy angel destroy a meteor by being empowered by the hopes of people all over the world by getting them riled with a mystical song from a mecha pilot. Damn, the 7-year old just got hardcore.
Chiaki: How long will you keep pushing that joke, idiot?
Just this once.
Ruri: Something feels off...
Yeah, once again MAL is working awesomely and pics are gone. Again.
Katja: No wonder I felt wordier.
Thankfully you didn’t turn into a Golden Sun character, mistress. But there is a far bigger problem from this.
Chiaki: What is it?
Well, this week I’m doing...
...and we already have an emotionless Rei around. And we can’t even let her hang with Sasami and Lacus because we’re in the beach for a break and the whole cast is around.
Rei: Are you talking about me?
Rei: No, they’re talking about me.
Rei: I believe they’re talking about both of us.
Rei: Yes, they must be.
Chiaki: WHO SAID WHAT?
Dunno, my head hurts...
Ruri: You could put a tag on one of them, you know.
Good idea! Wait, no, no one would be able to see it.
Ruri: Then try referring to one of them by her last name. The Eva Rei is known for her last name anyway, so just call her Ayanami and the world will understand.
...I didn’t think of that.
Katja: ...Likewise.
Chiaki: ...Ruri, you’re a genius.
Ruri: Nothing but idiots...
Ayanami: So I’m going by my last name... Understood.
Rei: Now I can’t cause confusion I’m pointless here. *leaves*
What a weird girl.
Chiaki: Wearing a scarf in a beach didn’t clue you in, idiot?
Girls in scarves are cute!
Chiaki: That doesn’t follow!
Not everything has to follow logically!
Yuno: Zettai~! Could you please rub oil on my butt? *moves her pink thong bottom aside*
Tomo: Ooh, please rub mine too! *pulls aside her blue sling swimsuit wedged deep into her giant ass*
Kodama: I suppose I can let you oil my butt, idiot. *lowers her wedged sukumizu bottom*
Tharja: My butt too, I need a lot of protection... *moves her black thong, but a curtain cover her butt* Not this again... *burns the curtain*
Sakura: Mine needs lots of care, it’s my hidden weapon! *moves aside her red sling swimsuit*
Takane: And my butt is my “face” in the popularity sense, so oil me too. *somehow blows away her black bikini bottom, leaving her ass bare*
Satsuki: Hey, pig, don’t forget me! *also pulls aside her white sling swimsuit*
Klan: Sorry, but I have top priority! *takes off her white bikini bottom in her giant Zentradi form, mooning everyone*
Like this... So many girls to rub, so little time! *starts oiling them up*
Katja: Have fun, slave. After this we’re all going home...
Sasami: Not yet. *eats ice cream in a sukumizu under a parasol*
Katja: Why not, fellow school swimsuit wearer?
Sasami: We still have to deal with the true ruler of the colonies.
Chiaki: WHAT?
Mana: Ah, yes, she gave me the dust that created the Devil’s Clouds!
Sasami: Correct, and her right-hand minion gave Nadeko the amulet.
Nadeko: Nadeko doesn’t remember that very well!
Chiaki: Are you still around, snake girl?
Nadeko: Yes, Nadeko and the other imoutos only had to rest for a few days! Sadly because of plot Nadeko and friends didn’t get many chances to do anything...
Akiko: But now we can relax on this beach! No girl wears a pareo however...
Ruri: Of course, Zettai banned them.
Akiko: That explains all the butt-focused swimsuits. Like mine! *proudly shows off her black bikini with a thong bottom*
Hinagiku: To those of us in a white one-piece, can we go back to the true ruler of the colonies thing? First time I heard of it.
Sasami: Sure, but after a break. Zettai, can you do Rei Ayanami’s blog?
One second! *slides his oil-covered body all over Klan’s giant bare ass* GIANTESSES ARE LOVE!
Chiaki: ...That makes even ME a bit aroused.
Katja: Well, Zettai has chiquitolina pills we use when we engage on giantess play. Maybe I could lend you one and-
Chiaki: Huh, I’m not THAT interested. And Chespirito must be rolling in his grave for that reference.
Nah, I’m sure he’d be cool with that. *bounces off Klan’s ass and lands next to the girls* So what was that about a blog?
Sasami: I want to explain plot, but after all of this silly talk plot would be overkill. So please make a Rei Ayanami blog in middle.
Sure thing!
Ayanami: Please work hard.
Head
Hair
Rei has light blue hair, though how light seems to depend on the image. Her hair color is actually one of the few things where Rei doesn’t look like Yui Ikari, who has dark brown hair. A shame as Rei would look better like that. On top of that Rei’s hair is fairly short, not boy-short but certainly not long either. I blame her for KDEGs like Yuki Nagato or Tabitha having short hair as well. At least her hair doesn’t look bad otherwise, framing her hair nicely with that “big bang” in middle. I also like the two white hair decs or whatever that she wears while in her plugsuit. So I don’t dislike her hair. But yeah, Rei isn’t winning Miss Beautiful Hair either.
Grade: B-
Eyes
Rei’s eyes are red, as we all know by now. That was meant to make her look scary and unsettling, but for many of us it failed. Red eyes can be beautiful too, you know. The shape is tsurime-ish, not quite right but for the time period is one of the best. Rei has eyelashes, but at least they aren’t very long or noticeable. In Rei’s first appearance her right eye is covered by an eyepatch and bandages, which became associated to her in a memetic way. Oh, and as a bonus in one official image Rei WEARS GLASSES! Light blue thin frame ones, but it still is a nice touch.
Grade: A+
Ayanami: Glasses?
Of course, girls in glasses are wonderful! The world should love more meganekkos and stop making them ditch their glasses, or have them die horribly early on!
Katja: Slave, you don’t need to suck up to Topaz.
But these are my honest feelings. And besides, I feel bad for being so negative with his yearly meganekko choices.
Ayanami: Friendships can be strange...
Body
Build
Rei’s measurements are difficult, for no one seems to agree on her height. Searching Japanese sources gave me 158 cm, 159 cm and even 160 cm, with a weird 158.6 cm result thrown in for further confusion. Adding to the discord a trustable SRW Wiki claims she’s merely 141 cm tall, and MAL puts her at the equivalent of 150 cm for some reason. All in all her height is a mystery. The 158 cm height is by far the most common one however, so I’m sticking to that one. That would put her over my ideal, but only a little bit so she still is good. She’s also shorter than male lead Shinji, but by like 2 cms. Asuka is barely taller than him as well, so it gives the two girls another thing they contrast in. Sadly those are all the measurements we are getting, not a surprise here as Evangelion isn’t all sunshine and lollipops. Sure, I prefer middle school girls to look a bit more like Cures and Aikatsu girls, but Rei reflects the style of her era and when compared to the Sailor Moon, Utena, or Wedding Peach girls she looks fine. Her chest isn’t THAT huge either, it just sticks out in the plugsuit. In some official images it looks bigger for some reason, but that happens. She also has a nice slender body but sadly her legs follow suit. They look nicer in some artwork, so at least there is that. She also has cute pale skin, another trait that was meant to look scary but for me it just looks nice. Wait, I almost forgot about the giantess Rei! Blame me not watching End of Eva as apparently I’m a lousy anime fan. Well, it has a giant Rei, but she is way too giant unfortunately. Still, if it leads to good sexy giantess art of Rei I approve anyway. Conclusion: Rei is pretty good for her era.
Grade: B+
Ayanami: But “my era” is 2015.
That means the show is from the mid-nineties, when loli-love wasn’t as common.
Ayanami: Understood. That’s why there are now “lolis” everywhere.
Of course, lolis are the best!
Katja: You better keep believing that forever, my eternal slave!
Butt
Both the TV series and Rebuild show Rei’s bare ass. She’s pretty casual about it and other nude moments, which is nice. Her butt is pretty decent for an older show, so her score isn’t bad. She needs more scenes I guess, but she has a good base. There is also a nice official pic with her shoving her butt at the camera. Also, while not really a factor there is an artist known for drawing a lot of Rei and give her a huge ass; one of the good things about popular girls is they’re more likely to get awesome fanart!
Grade: C+
Clothes
Most of the time Rei is seen in one of two costumes. First would be her school uniform, a sailor-esque green dress with a vest-looking top over a white shirt and a white scarf with a red ribbon. It’s nothing great, but it became a memetic costume associated with the series. Speaking of, her bandages and eyepatch from her first appearance became memetic too. The second is her piloting plugsuit, being white and form-fitting is quite awesome. Well, maybe calling it “white” is not quite accurate as it has several dark blue lines and patches, as well as some green or orange bits, but mostly white anyway. In the silly world Shinji dreams of she wears a marginally different uniform with a sleeveless sweater, but nothing special. In Rebuild 3.0 her plugsuit is different, using dark blue and other blue and brown tones mainly with some red bits. Overall not amazing but not bad. Official art is where Rei shines as usual, having a classic AND a modern sukumizu, two different gothloli costumes, a white one-piece swimsuit, a white one-piece dress, purple kimono, moe shirt, various casual clothes, and others I’m not sure because this show is two decades old at this point and official art and fanart just gets muddled. Still good!
Grade: B+
Ayanami: You seem interested in my plugsuit.
I am, tight clothes are cool! I also have a specific question...
Ayanami: Ask away.
Chiaki: Don’t do that...
Ayanami, when you fart in the plugsuit does the smell get trapped in?
Chiaki: Knew it!
Ayanami: Yes, and it ferments and smells terrible when I take off my plugsuit.
Oh... That’s... Very interesting... *tries to hide his “reaction” to that*
Chiaki: Zettai, you idiot...
Mind
Personality
Rei is actually a lab baby made with Yui Ikari, Shinji’s mom’s data. There are also several clones of her so her soul can be transferred to them if she dies. The reason for her existence is originally piloting the EVA-00 and fight the Angels, but the truth is more complicated. Of course, everything in Evangelion is. When she first appears in the series she’s injured but still plans to fight, which finally gets Shinji to fight himself in the EVA-01. Rei also fights but in a support way, blocking attack with a large shield while Shinji and sometimes Asuka do the shooting and kicking. Over time she also starts opening to others, so much for the scary creepy girl. Then a lot of strange weird nonsense happens and Rei combined with the second Angel turns humanity into Tang. Yeah. They can get better later, at least. Rebuild might make this different but sadly it’ll be done this year, so dunno yet. Other spin-offs do things differently, sometimes a lot.
Even if Rei isn’t the original KDEG she still is the reason the archetype became popular and rightfully so. She has to be, all the early KDEGs I know of come from mecha or at least mecha-ish shows! That said Rei isn’t quite emotionless, just very reserved when it comes to showing her feelings. She’s quite open with Gendou from the beginning and in fact that’s what gets Shinji to try to get her to open up with him too! It works, but is a slow process. The scene where she finally smiles is a popular one; in SRW L she has a special portrait JUST for that one instance. Interestingly near the end Shinji has a dream where the world is “normal” and Rei is there is a more emotive but shy girl, and there is a manga based on that world. Reminds me of another KDEG with alien origins. Ahem. She’s more open in some spin-offs too, but that’s not cool. Rebuild makes her more like modern KDEGs, especially in the second movie, and she is at her cutest there. Sadly as a pilot she doesn’t get many epic moments since she’s more support, but her shield was useful in many instances. Overall Rei is a pretty good KDEG which I really enjoy, she was created to creep people out but she ended charming the hearts of many and making popular my favorite kind of girls, which is why I covered her for the blog anniversary!
Grade: A
Ayanami: So a kuudere...
Ruri: Sounds like an interesting concept.
Tabitha: Worth researching it.
Man, if only Yuki Nagato was here.
Chiaki: She has plenty with her incoming Spring anime.
Libido
While not perverted, Rei is fairly casual when it comes to being seen nude as is normal for KDEGs. Ones that aren’t terrible, boo Koneko! She’s also the main girl from Eva and Rebuild makes this more apparent, her romance with Shinji is fairly nice. Sadly because of reasons it didn’t end well, I mean, duh. Maybe Rebuild will end better!
Grade: B-
Age
Theoretically Rei’s age is 14, but her body isn’t that old sorta as whenever she dies she gets reincarnated in a clone that looks like she did when she died. I dunno, man, this is Evangelion. This is good enough, but Rebuild 3.0 makes it even better by making Eva pilots not age, meaning Rei at age 29 remains the same at age 14. Or she would if that was her body, 3.0 is complicated. We also see her at age 14 and one of the many manga spin-offs has her at age 7, but neither matters.
Grade: A+
Voice
Megumi Hayashibara is a great classic VA and does a nice quiet voice for Rei. She also sings the ED for a few episodes, which wouldn’t be so noteworthy if said ending wasn’t FLY ME TO THE MOON, the Frank Sinatra song. Which she sings in English. And is GOOD English, not Engrish. It’s really awesome.
Grade: B+
Total: 82 (B+)
Ayanami: Think this is a good score. Should I smile?
Only if you truly feel happy.
Ayanami: Okay. *does a fingersmile*
Works for me.
Kotori: So how about that “true ruler of the colonies” thing?
Sasami: Sure, let me tell you about it.
Shana: Oooh, story time! I hope this has plot, unlike the second season from my show!
Sasami: The colonies were created long ago for mankind to have more room to live, since Earth was getting cramped. However, not everyone knows this is because an alternate world opened a gate to ours!
Akeno: Right, the demon world!
Sasami: Close but no cigar, micow.
Hey, Akeno, you should go look for Topaz as he’ll gladly oil you.
Akeno: Oh my, that sounds great! Tell me the summary later! *looks for Topaz*
Sasami: At any rate, it was a world very different to ours, based on magic. After a long war that went mostly undercover we had a peace treaty and they started to mingle with us in secret. That’s why there is so much magic and other weird stuff around. That also meant Earth started hosting a lot more people, as that world was far bigger than ours.
Lan: So how did we manage to match them?
Sasami: Bullet beats wizard. Anyway, the reason the colonies were created was to tone down the troubles caused by the increased population. However, some people from the other world got annoyed at their fellow cohabitants leaving their world and wanted to get rid of them AND us. So they manipulated the colonies to wage war against surface dwellers.
Mizore: So the “true ruler of the colonies” is just a euphemism for a separatist leader. *hides under a parasol*
Sasami: Correct. I tried to have Zettai get rid of the leader by blogging about her, in what is now known as Blog Zero. Sadly he lost and got the Mecha Curse on him.
And that’s why I started blogging, because of the curse. Though seeing all these sexy assy girls around, the curse became a blessing...
Chiaki: Idiot.
Sasami: The only people who knew about this “leader” were their close followers, like the woman who gave Nadeko the charm, and Momo and Mana. Momo showed skill at getting underground Empress Proist to challenge Zettai, but at the end she was a moron and lost. Mana even got the Devil’s Clouds to help against Zettai, but she got the rest of the colonies against her and also lost like a moron.
Mana: Hey!
Rouge: So how do you know all of this?
Sasami: Silly Rouge, I have cameras everywhere! And other divine ways to find out stuff.
Zessica: That checks.
So, what is the plan now?
Sasami: We must strike down the true ruler of the colonies now before they start a new plan! Since we’re all together now, there is no better time than this.
Katja: And they are...
Sasami: In the other world. Don’t worry; I know how to open a gate.
Can we go next week? This is getting long already.
Sasami: I don’t see why not...
Welcome back. Last week we capped the second blog year by defeating two boring girls and having an assy angel destroy a meteor by being empowered by the hopes of people all over the world by getting them riled with a mystical song from a mecha pilot. Damn, the 7-year old just got hardcore.
Chiaki: How long will you keep pushing that joke, idiot?
Just this once.
Ruri: Something feels off...
Yeah, once again MAL is working awesomely and pics are gone. Again.
Katja: No wonder I felt wordier.
Thankfully you didn’t turn into a Golden Sun character, mistress. But there is a far bigger problem from this.
Chiaki: What is it?
Well, this week I’m doing...
...and we already have an emotionless Rei around. And we can’t even let her hang with Sasami and Lacus because we’re in the beach for a break and the whole cast is around.
Rei: Are you talking about me?
Rei: No, they’re talking about me.
Rei: I believe they’re talking about both of us.
Rei: Yes, they must be.
Chiaki: WHO SAID WHAT?
Dunno, my head hurts...
Ruri: You could put a tag on one of them, you know.
Good idea! Wait, no, no one would be able to see it.
Ruri: Then try referring to one of them by her last name. The Eva Rei is known for her last name anyway, so just call her Ayanami and the world will understand.
...I didn’t think of that.
Katja: ...Likewise.
Chiaki: ...Ruri, you’re a genius.
Ruri: Nothing but idiots...
Ayanami: So I’m going by my last name... Understood.
Rei: Now I can’t cause confusion I’m pointless here. *leaves*
What a weird girl.
Chiaki: Wearing a scarf in a beach didn’t clue you in, idiot?
Girls in scarves are cute!
Chiaki: That doesn’t follow!
Not everything has to follow logically!
Yuno: Zettai~! Could you please rub oil on my butt? *moves her pink thong bottom aside*
Tomo: Ooh, please rub mine too! *pulls aside her blue sling swimsuit wedged deep into her giant ass*
Kodama: I suppose I can let you oil my butt, idiot. *lowers her wedged sukumizu bottom*
Tharja: My butt too, I need a lot of protection... *moves her black thong, but a curtain cover her butt* Not this again... *burns the curtain*
Sakura: Mine needs lots of care, it’s my hidden weapon! *moves aside her red sling swimsuit*
Takane: And my butt is my “face” in the popularity sense, so oil me too. *somehow blows away her black bikini bottom, leaving her ass bare*
Satsuki: Hey, pig, don’t forget me! *also pulls aside her white sling swimsuit*
Klan: Sorry, but I have top priority! *takes off her white bikini bottom in her giant Zentradi form, mooning everyone*
Like this... So many girls to rub, so little time! *starts oiling them up*
Katja: Have fun, slave. After this we’re all going home...
Sasami: Not yet. *eats ice cream in a sukumizu under a parasol*
Katja: Why not, fellow school swimsuit wearer?
Sasami: We still have to deal with the true ruler of the colonies.
Chiaki: WHAT?
Mana: Ah, yes, she gave me the dust that created the Devil’s Clouds!
Sasami: Correct, and her right-hand minion gave Nadeko the amulet.
Nadeko: Nadeko doesn’t remember that very well!
Chiaki: Are you still around, snake girl?
Nadeko: Yes, Nadeko and the other imoutos only had to rest for a few days! Sadly because of plot Nadeko and friends didn’t get many chances to do anything...
Akiko: But now we can relax on this beach! No girl wears a pareo however...
Ruri: Of course, Zettai banned them.
Akiko: That explains all the butt-focused swimsuits. Like mine! *proudly shows off her black bikini with a thong bottom*
Hinagiku: To those of us in a white one-piece, can we go back to the true ruler of the colonies thing? First time I heard of it.
Sasami: Sure, but after a break. Zettai, can you do Rei Ayanami’s blog?
One second! *slides his oil-covered body all over Klan’s giant bare ass* GIANTESSES ARE LOVE!
Chiaki: ...That makes even ME a bit aroused.
Katja: Well, Zettai has chiquitolina pills we use when we engage on giantess play. Maybe I could lend you one and-
Chiaki: Huh, I’m not THAT interested. And Chespirito must be rolling in his grave for that reference.
Nah, I’m sure he’d be cool with that. *bounces off Klan’s ass and lands next to the girls* So what was that about a blog?
Sasami: I want to explain plot, but after all of this silly talk plot would be overkill. So please make a Rei Ayanami blog in middle.
Sure thing!
Ayanami: Please work hard.
Head
Hair
Rei has light blue hair, though how light seems to depend on the image. Her hair color is actually one of the few things where Rei doesn’t look like Yui Ikari, who has dark brown hair. A shame as Rei would look better like that. On top of that Rei’s hair is fairly short, not boy-short but certainly not long either. I blame her for KDEGs like Yuki Nagato or Tabitha having short hair as well. At least her hair doesn’t look bad otherwise, framing her hair nicely with that “big bang” in middle. I also like the two white hair decs or whatever that she wears while in her plugsuit. So I don’t dislike her hair. But yeah, Rei isn’t winning Miss Beautiful Hair either.
Grade: B-
Eyes
Rei’s eyes are red, as we all know by now. That was meant to make her look scary and unsettling, but for many of us it failed. Red eyes can be beautiful too, you know. The shape is tsurime-ish, not quite right but for the time period is one of the best. Rei has eyelashes, but at least they aren’t very long or noticeable. In Rei’s first appearance her right eye is covered by an eyepatch and bandages, which became associated to her in a memetic way. Oh, and as a bonus in one official image Rei WEARS GLASSES! Light blue thin frame ones, but it still is a nice touch.
Grade: A+
Ayanami: Glasses?
Of course, girls in glasses are wonderful! The world should love more meganekkos and stop making them ditch their glasses, or have them die horribly early on!
Katja: Slave, you don’t need to suck up to Topaz.
But these are my honest feelings. And besides, I feel bad for being so negative with his yearly meganekko choices.
Ayanami: Friendships can be strange...
Body
Build
Rei’s measurements are difficult, for no one seems to agree on her height. Searching Japanese sources gave me 158 cm, 159 cm and even 160 cm, with a weird 158.6 cm result thrown in for further confusion. Adding to the discord a trustable SRW Wiki claims she’s merely 141 cm tall, and MAL puts her at the equivalent of 150 cm for some reason. All in all her height is a mystery. The 158 cm height is by far the most common one however, so I’m sticking to that one. That would put her over my ideal, but only a little bit so she still is good. She’s also shorter than male lead Shinji, but by like 2 cms. Asuka is barely taller than him as well, so it gives the two girls another thing they contrast in. Sadly those are all the measurements we are getting, not a surprise here as Evangelion isn’t all sunshine and lollipops. Sure, I prefer middle school girls to look a bit more like Cures and Aikatsu girls, but Rei reflects the style of her era and when compared to the Sailor Moon, Utena, or Wedding Peach girls she looks fine. Her chest isn’t THAT huge either, it just sticks out in the plugsuit. In some official images it looks bigger for some reason, but that happens. She also has a nice slender body but sadly her legs follow suit. They look nicer in some artwork, so at least there is that. She also has cute pale skin, another trait that was meant to look scary but for me it just looks nice. Wait, I almost forgot about the giantess Rei! Blame me not watching End of Eva as apparently I’m a lousy anime fan. Well, it has a giant Rei, but she is way too giant unfortunately. Still, if it leads to good sexy giantess art of Rei I approve anyway. Conclusion: Rei is pretty good for her era.
Grade: B+
Ayanami: But “my era” is 2015.
That means the show is from the mid-nineties, when loli-love wasn’t as common.
Ayanami: Understood. That’s why there are now “lolis” everywhere.
Of course, lolis are the best!
Katja: You better keep believing that forever, my eternal slave!
Butt
Both the TV series and Rebuild show Rei’s bare ass. She’s pretty casual about it and other nude moments, which is nice. Her butt is pretty decent for an older show, so her score isn’t bad. She needs more scenes I guess, but she has a good base. There is also a nice official pic with her shoving her butt at the camera. Also, while not really a factor there is an artist known for drawing a lot of Rei and give her a huge ass; one of the good things about popular girls is they’re more likely to get awesome fanart!
Grade: C+
Clothes
Most of the time Rei is seen in one of two costumes. First would be her school uniform, a sailor-esque green dress with a vest-looking top over a white shirt and a white scarf with a red ribbon. It’s nothing great, but it became a memetic costume associated with the series. Speaking of, her bandages and eyepatch from her first appearance became memetic too. The second is her piloting plugsuit, being white and form-fitting is quite awesome. Well, maybe calling it “white” is not quite accurate as it has several dark blue lines and patches, as well as some green or orange bits, but mostly white anyway. In the silly world Shinji dreams of she wears a marginally different uniform with a sleeveless sweater, but nothing special. In Rebuild 3.0 her plugsuit is different, using dark blue and other blue and brown tones mainly with some red bits. Overall not amazing but not bad. Official art is where Rei shines as usual, having a classic AND a modern sukumizu, two different gothloli costumes, a white one-piece swimsuit, a white one-piece dress, purple kimono, moe shirt, various casual clothes, and others I’m not sure because this show is two decades old at this point and official art and fanart just gets muddled. Still good!
Grade: B+
Ayanami: You seem interested in my plugsuit.
I am, tight clothes are cool! I also have a specific question...
Ayanami: Ask away.
Chiaki: Don’t do that...
Ayanami, when you fart in the plugsuit does the smell get trapped in?
Chiaki: Knew it!
Ayanami: Yes, and it ferments and smells terrible when I take off my plugsuit.
Oh... That’s... Very interesting... *tries to hide his “reaction” to that*
Chiaki: Zettai, you idiot...
Mind
Personality
Rei is actually a lab baby made with Yui Ikari, Shinji’s mom’s data. There are also several clones of her so her soul can be transferred to them if she dies. The reason for her existence is originally piloting the EVA-00 and fight the Angels, but the truth is more complicated. Of course, everything in Evangelion is. When she first appears in the series she’s injured but still plans to fight, which finally gets Shinji to fight himself in the EVA-01. Rei also fights but in a support way, blocking attack with a large shield while Shinji and sometimes Asuka do the shooting and kicking. Over time she also starts opening to others, so much for the scary creepy girl. Then a lot of strange weird nonsense happens and Rei combined with the second Angel turns humanity into Tang. Yeah. They can get better later, at least. Rebuild might make this different but sadly it’ll be done this year, so dunno yet. Other spin-offs do things differently, sometimes a lot.
Even if Rei isn’t the original KDEG she still is the reason the archetype became popular and rightfully so. She has to be, all the early KDEGs I know of come from mecha or at least mecha-ish shows! That said Rei isn’t quite emotionless, just very reserved when it comes to showing her feelings. She’s quite open with Gendou from the beginning and in fact that’s what gets Shinji to try to get her to open up with him too! It works, but is a slow process. The scene where she finally smiles is a popular one; in SRW L she has a special portrait JUST for that one instance. Interestingly near the end Shinji has a dream where the world is “normal” and Rei is there is a more emotive but shy girl, and there is a manga based on that world. Reminds me of another KDEG with alien origins. Ahem. She’s more open in some spin-offs too, but that’s not cool. Rebuild makes her more like modern KDEGs, especially in the second movie, and she is at her cutest there. Sadly as a pilot she doesn’t get many epic moments since she’s more support, but her shield was useful in many instances. Overall Rei is a pretty good KDEG which I really enjoy, she was created to creep people out but she ended charming the hearts of many and making popular my favorite kind of girls, which is why I covered her for the blog anniversary!
Grade: A
Ayanami: So a kuudere...
Ruri: Sounds like an interesting concept.
Tabitha: Worth researching it.
Man, if only Yuki Nagato was here.
Chiaki: She has plenty with her incoming Spring anime.
Libido
While not perverted, Rei is fairly casual when it comes to being seen nude as is normal for KDEGs. Ones that aren’t terrible, boo Koneko! She’s also the main girl from Eva and Rebuild makes this more apparent, her romance with Shinji is fairly nice. Sadly because of reasons it didn’t end well, I mean, duh. Maybe Rebuild will end better!
Grade: B-
Age
Theoretically Rei’s age is 14, but her body isn’t that old sorta as whenever she dies she gets reincarnated in a clone that looks like she did when she died. I dunno, man, this is Evangelion. This is good enough, but Rebuild 3.0 makes it even better by making Eva pilots not age, meaning Rei at age 29 remains the same at age 14. Or she would if that was her body, 3.0 is complicated. We also see her at age 14 and one of the many manga spin-offs has her at age 7, but neither matters.
Grade: A+
Voice
Megumi Hayashibara is a great classic VA and does a nice quiet voice for Rei. She also sings the ED for a few episodes, which wouldn’t be so noteworthy if said ending wasn’t FLY ME TO THE MOON, the Frank Sinatra song. Which she sings in English. And is GOOD English, not Engrish. It’s really awesome.
Grade: B+
Total: 82 (B+)
Ayanami: Think this is a good score. Should I smile?
Only if you truly feel happy.
Ayanami: Okay. *does a fingersmile*
Works for me.
Kotori: So how about that “true ruler of the colonies” thing?
Sasami: Sure, let me tell you about it.
Shana: Oooh, story time! I hope this has plot, unlike the second season from my show!
Sasami: The colonies were created long ago for mankind to have more room to live, since Earth was getting cramped. However, not everyone knows this is because an alternate world opened a gate to ours!
Akeno: Right, the demon world!
Sasami: Close but no cigar, micow.
Hey, Akeno, you should go look for Topaz as he’ll gladly oil you.
Akeno: Oh my, that sounds great! Tell me the summary later! *looks for Topaz*
Sasami: At any rate, it was a world very different to ours, based on magic. After a long war that went mostly undercover we had a peace treaty and they started to mingle with us in secret. That’s why there is so much magic and other weird stuff around. That also meant Earth started hosting a lot more people, as that world was far bigger than ours.
Lan: So how did we manage to match them?
Sasami: Bullet beats wizard. Anyway, the reason the colonies were created was to tone down the troubles caused by the increased population. However, some people from the other world got annoyed at their fellow cohabitants leaving their world and wanted to get rid of them AND us. So they manipulated the colonies to wage war against surface dwellers.
Mizore: So the “true ruler of the colonies” is just a euphemism for a separatist leader. *hides under a parasol*
Sasami: Correct. I tried to have Zettai get rid of the leader by blogging about her, in what is now known as Blog Zero. Sadly he lost and got the Mecha Curse on him.
And that’s why I started blogging, because of the curse. Though seeing all these sexy assy girls around, the curse became a blessing...
Chiaki: Idiot.
Sasami: The only people who knew about this “leader” were their close followers, like the woman who gave Nadeko the charm, and Momo and Mana. Momo showed skill at getting underground Empress Proist to challenge Zettai, but at the end she was a moron and lost. Mana even got the Devil’s Clouds to help against Zettai, but she got the rest of the colonies against her and also lost like a moron.
Mana: Hey!
Rouge: So how do you know all of this?
Sasami: Silly Rouge, I have cameras everywhere! And other divine ways to find out stuff.
Zessica: That checks.
So, what is the plan now?
Sasami: We must strike down the true ruler of the colonies now before they start a new plan! Since we’re all together now, there is no better time than this.
Katja: And they are...
Sasami: In the other world. Don’t worry; I know how to open a gate.
Can we go next week? This is getting long already.
Sasami: I don’t see why not...
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