Volume 4 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Volume 4
新世紀エヴァンゲリオン Shin Seiki Evangelion
Author:	Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
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Volume 4 is the fourth edition of Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's manga adaptation of Neon Genesis Evangelion. It is comprised of 6 stages.

Overview

Volume 4 of Sadamoto's version of the Evangelion series retells the new arrival of Asuka Langley Soryu and a new Angel which can split into two, forcing Nerv to destroy the Angel by synchronizing two Evangelions with music battle patterns.

Summary

Although the manga does not retell the battle scene of Gaghiel and Eva-02, it does give a brief outline of the battle. Following the anime series, the Angel Gaghiel was destroyed by using two Iowa-class battleships Illinois (BB-65) and Kentucky (BB-66) and firing their 16 in 50 cal. Mark 7 guns into the Angel's mouth, thus destroying the Angel (due to the Angel's core being located inside the mouth). Meanwhile, the new arrival at both Nerv and Tokyo-3 is Asuka Langley Soryu. A bad tempered, cheery person introduces herself at Shinji's school and presumably flirts/teases Shinji. Shortly afterwards, a new Angel appears on the Kii peninsula, and both Asuka and Shinji are ordered to eliminate the target. Asuka, desperately wanting to show off her new skills, charges forward and slices the Angel in half, with Shinji both shocked and surprised. Until, that is, the Angel revives itself by forming 2 separate, Angels. With Asuka annoyed, she continues to amputate or try to damage the Angel, but to no avail. The Angel simply "heals" itself by utilizing their 2 cores for instant regeneration. With both pilots stunned, the Angels quickly disabled the Evas by throwing them with their razor-sharp claws, ultimately humiliating Nerv and transferring control to the UN Military, temporarily stunning the Angels with an N2 Mine. Misato is threatened to be fired from Nerv if such a humiliating event took place again. She is warned that if it wasn't for Fuyutsuki's calm manner, Misato would've been fired on the spot. Meanwhile, Kaji gives Misato a tape, with some classical music on it. She soon realises that it was the perfect song for the attack on Israfel.

By syncing the two pilots, Nerv would be able to destroy the Angels by combining both attacks on the two Angels. Getting Asuka and Shinji to sync with each other, however, was another story. Asuka and Shinji are both stunned, and instantly refuse to go with Shinji. Eventually, and reluctantly, both Children agree to sync with each other. This would include sleeping, breathing , eating etc with each other. They have only less than 2 weeks to prepare and finalise their attacks, however, on the last day of training, both Asuka and Shinji train furiously, and end up sleeping in the night. However, Israfel regenerated quicker than the Magi predicted, and so Misato had to force the two pilots into their Entry Plugs. However, once in, they seemingly had full confidence, and were awake instantly. This change of mood stunned Misato for awhile, and both pilots suddenly started the mission too quick. With the music on, both Asuka and Shinji performed flawlessly, ending with the Angel's destruction of a huge explosion, creating an enormous crater, in which both Evas were in the middle of the explosion. With this, both Evas lay tangled between each other, and were arguing mercilessly again, thus humiliating Nerv once again.

Notes

• The battle scene in the anime series between Gaghiel and Eva-02/Asuka Langley Soryu was not featured in the manga series of Evangelion.