Flashback: Shinji around 4 or 5 years old, crying on a train station platform.
Shinji (OFF):“Father.”
Reichu: This image first turned up in the OP (OP C-066), but its full significance won't be apparent until the second half of the series.
Additional Commentary
Kendrix: Ah, that one cut. We'll see it quite a lot. The first thing we're supposed to gather from this, is, of course, that Shinji was abandoned, he's bawling his eyes out, there's lots of empty space around him, and there's a bag, presumably filled with his things. there is no need to even say he was abandoned, the picture speaks clearly.
