Reichu: Apparently, Shinji didn't take too well to hearing from his father again.
Shin-seiki: I actually laughed my ass off the first time Inoticed (only after watching this episode several times) that Shinji had ripped up the letter from his dad, then taped the pieces back together.
Keisuke-kun: Why is that stuff all scratched out in black?
Shin-seiki: My take is that Gendo's secretary or someone had prolly typed up a polite, over-elaborate form letter, and Gendo blacked out the text and just wrote with a marker, “COME!- Gendo Ikari.”
Reichu: So succinct. Typical Gendo. (BTW, koiis the imperative form of kuru, "come".)
OMF: I love how Shinji furiously scribbled over Gendou's handwriting, as well.
Shin-seiki: It was Misato's photo that seemed to have changed Shinji's mind about coming, hence the necessity of taping up Gendo's letter…