MISATO:“Oh, this? I got this in the Second Impact.”
UrsusArctos: Misato's facial design and nonchalant, bordering on cheerful demeanor make her look like Anthy Himemiya from Revolutionary Girl Utena in this scene, which seems fitting considering how much trauma she's hiding. We see Misato get the sole ringside seat to Second Impact at the start of Episode 12.
Zusuchan: Interesting, considering how most consider Himemiya to be inspired somewhat by Rei instead-though Misato's outgoing demeanor coupled with a hidden darkness arisen of trauma makes some sense as inspiration too. I know Ikuhara and Anno are supposedly friends-interesting considering Anno seems to be a right-leaning centrist while Ikuni is very definitely left- and I wonder how much Ikuhara likes Eva and was inspired by it. (Anno certainly likes his work-Eva was supposedly inspired by Sailor Moon and NTE has a few TV!Utena references. Hell, Anno even wanted Ikuhara as part of Eva's crew!)
