KENSUKE (OFF):“Oh, man...
Everybody and their brother!
Asuka! Asuka!”
Mr. Tines: Asuka's place at the centre of attention naturally attracts absolute jealousy from the other girls
UrsusArctos: Interesting, it never occurred to me that they'd be jealous of Asuka. When I look at it, the very visible disgust on the faces of the girls when Asuka's hair blows up to reveal their faces (now in focus!) seemed like they were thinking "How can those stupid boys make fantasies about such a rotten personality?" And indeed, the sheer disgust visible in this shot does make mincemeat of those ridiculous romantic fantasies about her character.
dzzthink: Despite her popularity, Asuka really only talks to Hikari and Shinji during school.
UrsusArctos: Which goes to show that she's only popular among those who don't know her in the first place. Hikari's been shown to have female friends or at least companions in class, so there seems to be more than meets the eye for her getting along with Asuka - more than something simple like "let the two girls whom everyone wants to stay away from find company in each other"
