FGC:Episode 01 Cut 072

FGC:Episode 01 Cut 072

Screenshots	Cut #	Description/Dialogue	Commentary
	072	Misato looks through the scope from her car. She lowers the scope in alarm. Misato:“Hold the phone… They're gonna use an N² Mine!?”	Reichu: Talk about ending up in compromising positions. MDWigs: Is Shinji looking at Misato's bust here? Reichu: Well, why look outside when all the scenery a young male could ask for is right in front of him? OMF: Though it's a little ambiguous (and what isn't in this series?), I think he's staring at Misato's cross. Sephizim: Given what we know about Shinji, it is as equally likely that he's staring at her chest as it is that he's absorbed in such a mundane detail as her cross. Could even be both, or that one stemmed from the other. Kendrix: Again, another of these cuts connected by fluid motions, and another hot action movie chick cliche: The cool gadgets! Also, this showcases how EVA often just "throws" its terminology like "N²-Mines" or "AT-Field" on us without explaining what they mean. You can more or less puzzle it together, but when you first watch this episode, they'll be just complicated words to you... a nice way of giving the audience a taste of Shinji's situation, since he doesn't have a clue either and probably hardly gets what Misato is talking about. I love how there isn't a big closeup shot of the protagonist noticing a small plot relevant detail like the necklace, he can be seen looking at it in a cut that also has other things happening in it, you have to pay attention... after all, you get rewarding by the funny observation that, judging by his expression, he obviously got uncomfortably smothered by her boobies. A first sign that our poor protagonist magically attracts embarrassing situations, particularly those involving mammaries. I swear, if some girl were to, say, descend with a parachute anywhere in Tokyo-3 vicinity, I guarantee you that her breasts would end up landing exactly on Shinji's face... oh, wait.