FGC:Episode 26 Scene 02

Who are you living for?

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Screenshots	Cut #	Description/Dialogue	Commentary
	045
	046	REI:“What are you alive for?”
	047	TEXT:“"I don't know"”
	048	ASUKA:“Maybe I'm living because I want to figure that out.”
	049	REI:“Who are you living for?”
	050	ASUKA:“For myself, of course.”
	051	SHINJI:“For myself, I think.”	UrsusArctos: Asuka and Shinji remain entirely in character, even in Instrumentality. Shinji is open about his doubts, while Asuka pushes aside any doubt with an "of course!" in both instances.
	052
	053	TEXT:“"Really?"”
	054	REI:“Are you happy to be alive?”
	055	SHINJI:“I don't know.”
	056	REI:“Are you happy to be alive?”
	057	ASUKA (OFF):“Of course, I'm happy!”
	058	REI:“Are you happy to be alive?”
	059	MISATO (OFF):“I only want to do what I enjoy doing.”	UrsusArctos: Looks like the 8-bit version of the infamous Misato-Kaji scene from Episode 20. Was this a form of hastily added censorship after the uproar it reportedly caused?
	060	KAJI (PHONE - OFF):“Do you hate feeling lonely?”
	061	SHINJI (OFF):“I don't like it.”	Mr. Tines: We almost get Shinji sitting by the ocean and then fading away between this cut, and some of the later introspection. Then 25 years on...
	062	KAJI (PHONE - OFF):“Do you hate suffering?”
	063	MISATO (OFF):“I don't like it.”
	064	KAJI (PHONE - OFF):“Is that why you run away?”
	065	MISATO (OFF):“That's right. What's wrong with running away from the things you don't like?!”	UrsusArctos: I wonder why they chose to show the image of Naoko's blood splattered over Balthazar here? Was it because Naoko's suicide was symbolic of her running away from something she didn't like, having committed murder? Dr. Nick: The visuals are absolutely used to link non-existence through Instrumentality with suicide; see cuts 013 and 077.
	066	TEXT:“Exit” SHINJI (OFF):“I shouldn't run away!”
	067	REI:“Why mustn't you run away?”
	068	SHINJI (OFF):“Because running away is painful.”
	069	REI:“Even though you're running away from something painful?”
	070	SHINJI (OFF):“It was painful.”
	071	ASUKA:“If you know it's going to be painful, then what does it matter?”
	072	MISATO:“Yes, you can run away if it's painful.”
	073	REI:“If you really hate it, you can run away.”
	074	SHINJI:“But I don't want to! I don't want to run away anymore!”

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