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'''Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu''' is the mother of [[Asuka Langley Soryu]] | '''Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu''' is the mother of [[Asuka Langley Soryu]]. She appears in Episodes [[Episode 22|22]], [[Episode 25|25]], and [[Episode 25'|25']]. | ||
She was a brilliant scientist involved with [[Project E]] at [[Gehirn]]'s [[Germany|German]] branch. However, she served as the test subject for a [[Contact Experiment]] with [[Evangelion Unit-02|Eva-02]], which trapped the maternal component of her [[soul]] inside the [[Evangelions|Evangelion]]'s [[core]]. Kyoko developed a severe psychological illness as a result and needed to be institutionalized. | |||
Kyoko became unable to recognize Asuka as her daughter, while rag dolls (which she alternated between treating tenderly and violently) became surrogate "Asuka-chan"s. One doll was decapitated; Asuka acquired the head and carried it with her as she watched her mother through the hospital glass. Kyoko throttled another, and, ultimately, used it to commit a "double suicide", hanging both herself and the doll-Asuka -- a spectacle the real Asuka had the misfortune of seeing. | |||
While Kyoko was confined at the hospital, her husband ([[Minor Characters#Langley|Langley]]) began to carry out an affair with [[Minor Characters#Stepmother|her doctor]]. Little discretion was taken from the start, as the two engaged in sexual acts in the room adjacent to Kyoko's; and, by the time of the funeral, they were already married. Individuals attending Kyoko's funeral provided insinuations that Langley's infidelity was the ultimate driving force behind the suicide itself. | |||
Also, something about [[Arael]] and subsequently shutting away her soul. | Although Kyoko physically died, the maternal component of her soul, at the very least (see note below), continues to survive within Eva-02. Asuka only learns that "[Mama] was always watching over" her and "protecting" her shortly before the two of them, ironically, ''do'' at last die together: Kyoko, as Eva-02, is ravaged and killed by the [[Mass Production Evangelions]], taking Asuka with her. | ||
''Also, something about [[Arael]] mind-hacking and subsequently shutting away her soul.'' | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*In a flashback in [[Episode 25]], we hear the insane Kyoko begging Asuka, "Please die with me!". In the [[Episode 25']] scene where Asuka finds her mother within Eva-02, Kyoko repeats, "You mustn't die! You must live! You're alive!", several times. However, the familiar "Please die with me!" is mixed in twice among her | *In a flashback in [[Episode 25]], we hear the insane Kyoko begging Asuka, "Please die with me!". In the [[Episode 25']] scene where Asuka finds her mother within Eva-02, Kyoko repeats, "You mustn't die! You must live! You're alive!", several times. However, the familiar "Please die with me!" is mixed in twice among her inspirational words. This implies that the remainder of Kyoko's soul was [[Salvage|salvaged]] into Eva-02 following her physical death. | ||
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Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu | |
惣流・キョウコ・ツェッペリン | |
Age | 31 |
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Birthday | 1974 (exact date unknown) |
Seiyū | Maria Kawamura |
Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu is the mother of Asuka Langley Soryu. She appears in Episodes 22, 25, and 25'.
She was a brilliant scientist involved with Project E at Gehirn's German branch. However, she served as the test subject for a Contact Experiment with Eva-02, which trapped the maternal component of her soul inside the Evangelion's core. Kyoko developed a severe psychological illness as a result and needed to be institutionalized.
Kyoko became unable to recognize Asuka as her daughter, while rag dolls (which she alternated between treating tenderly and violently) became surrogate "Asuka-chan"s. One doll was decapitated; Asuka acquired the head and carried it with her as she watched her mother through the hospital glass. Kyoko throttled another, and, ultimately, used it to commit a "double suicide", hanging both herself and the doll-Asuka -- a spectacle the real Asuka had the misfortune of seeing.
While Kyoko was confined at the hospital, her husband (Langley) began to carry out an affair with her doctor. Little discretion was taken from the start, as the two engaged in sexual acts in the room adjacent to Kyoko's; and, by the time of the funeral, they were already married. Individuals attending Kyoko's funeral provided insinuations that Langley's infidelity was the ultimate driving force behind the suicide itself.
Although Kyoko physically died, the maternal component of her soul, at the very least (see note below), continues to survive within Eva-02. Asuka only learns that "[Mama] was always watching over" her and "protecting" her shortly before the two of them, ironically, do at last die together: Kyoko, as Eva-02, is ravaged and killed by the Mass Production Evangelions, taking Asuka with her.
Also, something about Arael mind-hacking and subsequently shutting away her soul.
Notes
- In a flashback in Episode 25, we hear the insane Kyoko begging Asuka, "Please die with me!". In the Episode 25' scene where Asuka finds her mother within Eva-02, Kyoko repeats, "You mustn't die! You must live! You're alive!", several times. However, the familiar "Please die with me!" is mixed in twice among her inspirational words. This implies that the remainder of Kyoko's soul was salvaged into Eva-02 following her physical death.
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