Re-Take
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ReTake
Evangelion Retake is a dojinshi written by studio kimigabuchi, trying to present a plausible ending to End Of Evangelion. The story is considered well written and although it does contain some hentai (pornographic material), it is relevant to the story, expressing emotions and feelings of the characters as well as the plain obvious.
ReTake vol 1
Opening Scenes
Retake Volume 01 begins where End of Evangelion left off with Shinji strangling Asuka on the beach after Third Impact. Asuka is seen muttering her final words which are "Kimochi warui", (translated into English in the as "I feel sick", and as "How disgusting" in the EOE dub). From there Shinji wakes up in the hospital just after the 12th Angel attacks with Rei sitting by the bed and Asuka behind the door (just as in the anime). From this point on Shinji has seen all the events of the future take place and wishes to change these events. The first thought of this, however, comes in a synchro test where Shinji's synchro rate increases dramatically but when he is made aware of this, he suppresses his true power so he doesn't make Asuka feel like she is losing to him.
Angel Bardiel
The next events are the same as the anime/manga from the same time window, Toji is selected as the next Eva pilot and Kensuke has his little whine about not getting picked. Although all of this is happening, Shinji acts differently towards Asuka, being a more positive and welcome friend to her , trying to do the correct thing and not being the wimp he was before, which he does quite well. As all of this is happening, Rei is being pushed aside and starts to get depressed, and shows affection towards Shinji. But he has seen everything and knows exactly what she is, and this scares him.
The battle of the 13th Angel is different from the original story. Asuka still wanting to show off ends up charging in and attacking Eva-03/Bardiel, The roles are reversed from the original story as now Asuka is getting choked instead of Shinji. As her vital signs fade, Eva-01 charges in to save her and Shinji succeeds not only in saving Asuka but retrieving Toji with only a dislocated shoulder, at the cost of showing his true strength in the process. This makes Asuka extremely enraged and she ends up having a fight with him in Misato's apartment. After the fight Asuka storms off leaving Shinji by himself where he says, "I didn't want for that to happen... Is it okay to let her be like that?" Then he has a flashback of the 14th Angel, Zeruel.
Angel Zeruel
The battle with Zeruel begins the same with the Angel breaching the 18 layers of armor protecting the Geofront. Shinji already rushes into fight, Asuka launches herself in Eva-02 in a fit of rage as she still doesn't want to lose to Shinji. Stunned, she watches Eva-01 fight the Angel, asking herself how Shinji is able to control his Eva so well; "There's no way Shinji can move that way..." Not wanting to lose to Shinji she opens fire with her rifle on the Angel and once again their roles are reversed.
Zeruel attacks with a blow that decapitates Eva-02's head in the anime/manga but Shinji jumps in front of her and Eva-01's head is removed (This scene is different from the anime/manga where Asuka would have run at Zeruel and had the nerve connections disconnected before the blow hit. In Retake she didn't run and the blow would have been fatal) but somehow Eva-01's nerve connections are disconnected just prior to the blow hit. With Eva-01 now headless and Asuka in a hysterical state, Shinji manages to reactivate Eva-01 and defeat Zeruel. Throughout this scene Rei is pushed to the side as Asuka is shattered, believing that Shinji has died.
Change of the Story
From here the story changes for the original. Just like the second scene in retake, Shinji again wakes up in the hospital but this time Asuka is standing over him. Once again a reversal of events happens, with Rei standing at the door listening to the conversation. Asuka starts off being her typical self but almost snaps when she says, "I'm here to tell you something... Th... Th...Think you're so good hah?! Stop getting in my way!" She then proceeds to say to she could have taken down the Angel by herself and she didn't need his help. When she gets sarcastic, Shinji yells at her to shut up and finally tells Asuka why he was always acting the way he was in front of everybody, not to show off but to protect her. Rei still stands at the door and listens.
Rei part 1
In the next Synchro test Shinji and Asuka both excel but Rei's scores begin to fall. Misato and Ritsuko begin to discuss the matter when the topic of Rei acting strangely starts. Ritsuko explains that she wanted to borrow some blue contact lenses which shocks Misato. Ritsuko merely says, "Isn't it amusing? Rei's thought pathways... Are infantile in relation to love".
Kaji
Shinji now in a mess as what to do is sitting by himself when Kaji happens to walk in. Shinji expresses his views on the situation to Kaji who in a very grown up way explains females to Shinji. This is very similar to the talk in the anime Shinji and Kaji have but this time Shinji has it explained to him that he is the one running the show. This is where one of the most important lines in retake are said. Kaji explains to Shinji all the choices are his to make now "I'm acting like a know-it-all, but in reality... the one who makes the final decision is... yourself". With these words of wisdom Shinji leaves.
Rei part 2
Shinji rushing through the corridors of Nerv running late is confronted by Rei. With a very blank look on her face (she actually looks distressed) grabs Shinji and proceeds to drag him away whilst he questions her "Why are you doing this? Tell me what's wrong". Whilst this is happening Asuka happens to walk around the corner and notice Rei dragging Shinji down the hallway, where she proceeds to follow (keeping out of sight).
Shinji:"Hey! Where are you going?"
Rei:"My... ...Room... "
Shinji pulls away explaining to her he needs to get going which starts Rei (another reverse of roles) off down hill. She questions him on where it is he needs to go asking about Asuka and if it's her he is going to see; which he replys simply "Yes". Now very upset and almost about to cry, Shinji notices her blue eyes. Rei then proceeds with the following as she brakes down into a mental state of stupidity (like Asuka).
"Blue eyes are... like the Second's... The eye color that Ikari-kun likes... But... It's still not enough".
Behind Shinji a new Nerv logo is being painted on the wall with a bucket of red paint on the ground next to the wall. He picks up the paint and tips it all over her head. "Red... hair The hair color Ikari-kun likes... Just like the Second. Anta Baka". She continues to ramble on until Shinji screams her name at the top of his lungs
"AYANAMI REI!!!"
Asuka is still watching and becoming distressed herself. Shinji then proceeds to tell Rei he likes Asuka and there is nothing that can replace her. A few more exchanging of words results in Asuka bursting out crying and leaving Rei in a state of shock Shinji proceeds to hug her, "I cant... come to your room" She then says Anta Baka once more.
During that whole conversation Misato and Ritsuko had been watching on the cameras, which leads to events further on.
Asuka Accepts Shinji
Shinji comes home from work surprised the apartment is empty. He walks in calling Asuka when she dives on him naked, hugging him. Shocked, Shinji proceeds to question her (funny note an image in this scene is what looks like a 2x4 holding the door to pen2 fridge shut whilst he belts on it trying to get out) she ignores the questions and starts her own. "You... like me... right...? I heard you in the halls earlier".
Shinji, quite shocked by the outcome of what's going on. Asuka then wants the acceptance she never got. (what she did want in Evangelion in the mind rape scene someone to hold her and love her),
"You... You'll never love anyone else in the whole world for the rest of your life. Only me. Do you promise?"
Shinji then refuses to her crying and accepts her promise and makes the same back to her. (The next part is why retake gets so many turn aways but don't worry because you can skip the pages 74 to 82). Asuka and Shinji then proceed to have a very adult relationship with no contraception (this is vital to the story).
Later that night Shinji is laying next to Asuka as she sleeps very happily "Sleeping like a baby" as quoted by Shinji. Now the story adds a new character, she has many names Phantom Asuka & 3I Asuka are the most common names. This Second Asuka from EOE appears at the end of the bed scaring the S**T out of Shinji as he sees double. He then asks her if he is still dreaming that dream which she replies
"Yes to you I am just something from your dreams".
Still bandaged from her reincarnation she proceeds to remove the plug suit in front of him reviling her scarred body. Shinji is very shocked by the state of her body and begins to move back from her as she amps up. "I cant forgive you. You. You tried to kill me before". She begins to get under his skin when he wakes up thinking it must have been just a dream. At that moment the phone rings. Misato explains to Shinji there are some documents that she wants taken over to Rei. Then she tells him it's a order although there only school documents. (this is explained a bit better in All Ages).
Rei's Suicide
Rei feeling extremely depressed from the events of the day finally goes into the mental state where she wants to die. Pushed out of Shinji's life and ignored and finally being told the truth about Asuka and his feeling for her Rei finally gives in. Looking very very upset she has the kettle on just like in the manga. Shinji arrives at the door to her apartment where after proceeding in, finds Rei's lifeless body hanging in front of him. Her last words are quoted from the NGE manga when Rei burns her hands on the kettle.
"The first time I touched them I felt nothing. The second it was a bit unpleasant? The third time they were warm. The fourth time... I was happy. May I... Touch them again? ... Ikari-kun's... ...hands".
The scene then cuts back to Asuka searching for Shinji in the apartment wondering where he has gone she lays back on the bed and contemplates being nice to Rei
" The first... Maybe from now on... I should start treating her better. Starting tomorrow, I'll start to call her by her name at least. Ayanami Rei".
Upon Asuka saying Rei the scene cuts back to Shinji who in on his knees screaming.
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