FGC:Episode 19 Scene 05

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Screenshots	Cut #	Description/Dialogue	Commentary
	135	BGM START: E-6 [ANGEL ATTACK] Emitted from an opening in the angel. SE <<パウッ>>
	136	An explosion spreads into the Geofront. SE <<(explosion)>>
	137	Unit Two with a rifle; it is prepared with other rifles and sonic rifles that surround it, sticking out of the forest.	UrsusArctos: The arsenal looks like it was brought there by Asuka herself. It's strange that Eva-02 didn't have time to reach the surface and engage Zeruel, but Asuka had time to stack up on (as we see, useless) weaponry.
	138	The picture is of Unit Two’s monitor. Fumes from the explosion spread out. ASUKA (OFF):“Here it comes.”
	139	Asuka inside the plug. She talks with courage. ASUKA:“Even though Shinji has gone, this will be a cinch for me.”
	140	Buildings from the ceiling in front of smoke, the angel’s face is inside, being revealed. SE <<ヴズズズ>>
	141	Unit Two is firing with a rifle to its side. There is flashing! SE <<(firing)>>
	142	Lights facing the angel which is descending down the middle. SE <<(blams, firing)>>
	143	Closeup of flashes from the rifle’s muzzle.
	144	Asuka inside the plug, yelling! SE <<(firing sound)>> ASUKA:“Damn you! (bleeds into next cut)”
	145	The angel, beyond Unit Two. With direct hits, there’s circles of light. Flashes are emitted from the muzzle. SE <<(shooting, impact)>>
	146	Beyond the trees, the angel descends. Closeup of its legs. (stops) Wind in the trees.
	147	Flashes from the muzzle as Unit Two fires. The shots stop. ASUKA (pre-emptive dialogue):“Shit!”
	148	Closeup of Asuka saying bad language. ASUKA:“Next!”	Translator’s Note: She doesn’t say anything offensive, but that’s what the storyboard says!
	149	Unit Two takes things from outside of the frame with both hands, and holding onto them, fires. SE <<(shooting)>>
	150	Unit Two in front of the angel. SE <<(shooting)>> The angel is quiet.
	151	Asuka, being still. ASUKA:“Aren’t I neutralizing it’s AT field?!” SE <<(firing sound)>>
	152	The picture pulls out. Unit Two is confronting the angel. We see Nerv Headquarters inside them. SE <<(shooting, impact)>>	UrsusArctos: Although the position doesn't seem very sensible from a real-world point of view, it symbolically sells the fact that the fate of Nerv HQ is in the balance as Eva-02 and Zeruel fight. Also note the warship in the foreground, that's a Russian Udaloy-1 class destroyer (7000 tons displacement), and it makes one wonder what a Russian ship that size is doing so deep underground. (Asuka throws an Udaloy in EoE, so deducibly that's her future victim in this scene)
	153	Asuka inside the plug. Regrettably she’s being reckless! ASUKA:“Why won’t it collapse!?”
	154	Unit Two swiftly grabs the next ones with its hands. SE <<(grab)>>
	155	The things Unit Two has grabbed are bazookas. It fires those its holding!! SE <<(grab, launching)>>
	156	Closeup of Asuka yelling. ASUKA:“I can’t lose another time!”
	157	Unit Two firing! SE <<(launching)>>
	158	The angel is engulfed in circular explosions; when these vanish, both of the angel’s arms drop down. SE <<(explosions, extending)>>	UrsusArctos: Zeruel behaves like it got bored of all the useless weaponry Asuka threw at it and decided to just get on with it. Pay attention to how the arms unfold like an accordion, and how the "fingers" and "thumb" split apart. The segmented arms were once called the "almighty toilet paper of doom" and you can see why they got that nickname.
	159	Asuka becomes surprised. ASUKA:“Huh?”
	160	The angel extends its arms! SE <<バッ>>
	161	Asuka front. ASUKA:“No way!”	UrsusArctos: Now would be a very good time for all the agility that you displayed in Episode 09 and for you to jump out of the way, Asuka!
	162	Closeup of the tip of Unit Two’s shoulder, which the angel’s arm goes through! SE <<(slicing)>>
	163	The picture pulls out (beyond the lake). Both arms gone through Unit Two’s shoulder are blue. --pause-- The arms wave up and down, which causes Unit Two’s arms to disappear. SE <<(slice)>> The right arm, holding a rifle, falls into the lake. Water splashes up. SE <<(splash)>>	Translator’s note: There is a mistake in the storyboard that says the color is red, but Unit Two clearly has blue blood in this scene. UrsusArctos: Zeruel disarms Eva-02 so effortlessly that it makes her look like a third-rate jobber. Notice how good the animated reflection in the lake and the splash effects are. They really did try to make this scene look as good as they could.
	164	Blue fluid spouts out of both of Unit Two’s shoulders! SE <<(spraying)>>	Translator’s note: As in the previous cut, the storyboard has an error, saying it is red.
	165	Asuka squats and holds both her shoulders in intense pain (we can’t see her face, her hair is in front of it). ASUKA:“Ugh!”
	166	The angel’s hand returns like an accordion. SE <<バシュン>>
	167	ASUKA:“You damn bastard!! (bleeds into next cut)”	Dr. Nick: Obligatory Monty Python reference goes here.
	168	Unit Two, having lost both its arms charges! In a suicidal manner!	Pluto: If only beast mode existed in 1995. UrsusArctos: I'm not sure Kyoko would approve of turning into that sort of monster!
	169	Misato tries to stop Asuka’s charge. She shouts at Ibuki!! MISATO:“(shouting in a hurry) Asuka!! Cut all of the nerve connections! Quickly! (bleeds into next cut)” BGM END: E-6 [ANGEL ATTACK]
	170	The angel’s left arm extends again! SE <<バツユッ>>	UrsusArctos: Once again, pay attention to the accordion-like nature of the arms, and the feeling of effortless domination that Zeruel conveys.
	171	Closeup of Asuka’s eye. ASUKA:“Ah!”
	172	From a black image to Unit Two’s neck revolving in midair. SE <<バツユッ>>	UrsusArctos: There's a truly enormous amount of detail in animating the different bits coming off as Eva-02's decapitated head is sent airborne. Although the severed neck is consistent with the stump on the decapitated body seen later, it seems strange that Eva-02 lacks a trachea and esopahgus after their appearance on the Evangelion Biological Listing. Proof that "combat-specialized" Eva-02 is an anatomical freak (EoE reveals she has intestines, plain as day, so she has a digestive tract), or just an attempt to cut out gratuitous gore?

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