FGC:Episode 22 Scene 10

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	340	MOTHER (OFF):“Then, please, Asuka.”
	341	ASUKA (OFF):“Okay, I'll die with you, Mom. So, please don't quit being my mom! Okay, Mom?!” MOTHER (OFF):“Die with me.” DOLL (in mother's voice):“Mom? I don't know what you mean.”	Dr. Nick: Interestingly, the Classified Information files actually detail how Kyoko's soul splitting went down: only "the maternal component that loves her daughter above all else remained within Eva Unit-02." Based solely on what is shown in this episode, one could also arrive in an opposite interpretation, ie. everything besides some sliver of her maternal side was sucked inside the Eva, and absent of any other, rational aspects of her being, husk-Kyoko's love for her child was corrupted into this death-seeking thing. Shockingly, the show went with a less dark option! The next obvious question is, was Kyoko's soul put back together after her human body perished? As evidenced by some small audio cues (the incongruous "Die with me's") in EoE, this is indeed the case. But is Kyoko eligible to return from the sea of LCL, considering her Evangelion body presumably died right before Instrumentality and her soul should therefore be floating free? This we have absolutely no way of knowing. UrsusArctos: That makes far more sense than the CI interpretation of it. Seems to me like both elements of Kyoko's split soul cohabited within Eva-02 without actually recombining, sort of like Harry Potter cohabiting with the sliver of Voldemort's soul that latched onto him when he got his famous scar.
	342	DOLL (in mother's voice):“Who are you?”	Dr. Nick: Speaking of soul-splitting along personality component lines, the 2020 science fiction film Minor Premise features a fascinating take on the same basic concept. The main character, neuroscientist Ethan, doesn't accidentally remove anything from himself, but he does fracture his consciousness into ten different aspects, each of which has control over his body for six minutes at a time. The rest of the film then turns into this big race of putting Humpty Dumpty back together again before it's too late to revert the damage.
	343	ASUKA:“I'm Asuka Langley Sohryu. Nice to meet you.”
	344	ASUKA:“What are you, stupid?”
	345	ASUKA:“This is my chance!”
	346	ASUKA:“So look at me!”
	347
	348	ASUKA:“No! This isn't me!”
	349	ASUKA:“I'm Asuka Langley Sohryu. Nice to meet you.”
	350	ASUKA:“What are you, stupid?”
	351	ASUKA:“This is my chance.”
	352	ASUKA:“So look at me.”
	353	ASUKA:“No! This isn't me!”
	354	ASUKA:“I'm Asuka Langley Sohryu. Nice to meet you.”
	355	ASUKA:“What are you, stupid?”
	356	ASUKA:“This is my chance.”
	357	ASUKA:“So look at me!”
	358
	359	ASUKA:“No! This isn't me!”
	360
	361	ASUKA:“I'm Asuka Langley Sohryu. Nice to meet you.”
	362	ASUKA:“What are you, stupid?”
	363	ASUKA:“This is my chance.”
	364	ASUKA:“So look at me!”
	365
	366	ASUKA:“No! This isn't me!”
	367	ASUKA:“I'm Asuka Langley Sohryu. Nice to meet you.”
	368	ASUKA:“What are you, stupid?!”
	369	ASUKA:“This is my chance.”
	370	ASUKA:“So look at me!”
	371
	372	ASUKA:“No! This isn't me!”
	373

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