FGC:Episode 26 Scene 03

That's why I have to pilot the Eva

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Screenshots	Cut #	Description/Dialogue	Commentary
	075	SHINJI:“That's right, it's wrong to run away.”	UrsusArctos: The grayish dot disappearing against the orange-yellow background brings to mind Kaworu's head falling into the lake of LCL.
	076	TEXT:“Play Messages” MISATO (OFF):“That's because you feel that it's more painful to just run away.”
	077	ASUKA (OFF):“Because you learned how painful it is to run away.”
	078	REI (OFF):“That's why you don't want to run away, isn't it?”
	079	SHINJI (OFF):“Because if I run away, no one will respect me.”
	080	SHINJI (OFF):“Don't forsake me.”
	081	SHINJI (OFF):“Please, don't forsake me!”
	082	RITSUKO (OFF):“Quietly obeying what other people tell him to do, maybe that's his survival mechanism.”
	083	SHINJI (OFF):“That's right! Because if I don't, I'll be abandoned again.”	UrsusArctos: A surface light illuminated with a cross and what looks like a manhole cover next to it...I can't ever recall seeing this image before. Were there a few new images of this sort created for Episode 26, as opposed to reusing scenery from previous episodes?
	084	ASUKA (OFF):“You're afraid of being hurt, aren't you?”
	085	MISATO:“It's just what you've made yourself believe, isn't it?”
	086	KENSUKE (OFF):“Shinji, you're not the only one who's hurting.”
	087	TOJI (OFF):“You're not the only one goin' through tough times.”
	088	HIKARI (OFF):“You only believe that, because it's easier to think that.”
	089	SHINJI (OFF):“Shut up! That has nothing to do with this!”	UrsusArctos: These look to be seats inside the shelter of a bus stop. 89 and 90 are retouched photographs.
	090	SHINJI (OFF):“No one cares what happens to me!”
	091	MISATO (OFF):“You're always so quick to dismiss your self-worth.”
	092	REI (OFF):“Because I have nothing.”
	093	ASUKA (OFF):“There you go again, making yourself believe that you're worthless!”	UrsusArctos: Retouched photographs from real life follow in a procession all the way to Cut 103.
	094	MISATO (OFF):“Because if you believe that and do nothing, you won't be hurt.”	UrsusArctos: Learned worthlessness is a powerful but ultimately self-destructive defense mechanism, because it gives a kind of a toxic certainty to existence.
	095	ASUKA (OFF):“You sustain your identity with the praise you receive from people.”
	096	SHINJI (OFF):“No one will accept me.”
	097	MISATO (OFF):“You've made yourself believe that.”
	098	SHINJI (OFF):“That's why I have to pilot the Eva.”
	099	MISATO (OFF):“You've made yourself believe that you are worthless to start with.”
	100	SHINJI (OFF):“That's what I have to do!”
	101	KENSUKE (OFF):“That's not true.”
	102	TOJI (OFF):“You've probably just made yourself believe that.”
	103	SHINJI (OFF):“No, I am worthless.”
	104	SHINJI (OFF):“I have nothing to be proud of.”
	105	ASUKA (OFF):“That's why you pilot the Eva.”
	106	SHINJI (OFF):“By piloting the Eva, I can be me.”
	107	ASUKA (OFF):“By piloting the Eva, I can be me.”
	108	SHINJI (OFF):“I had nothing before I started piloting the Eva.”
	109	SHINJI (OFF):“I'm allowed to be here, because I pilot the Eva.”
	110	ASUKA (OFF):“I have nothing else.”
	111	REI (OFF):“Because I have nothing else.”	UrsusArctos: In this sequence, the things associated with Shinji reflect his existence, while we see the one thing that Rei cherishes and the one thing that Asuka hates the most. When it comes to defining characters through their relationship with objects, this sequence delivers plenty.
	112	SHINJI:“I have nothing, nothing at all.”
	113	TEXT:“"That makes my life worth something"”
	114	SHINJI:“Nothing.”
	115	TEXT:“"...so"”
	116A	SHINJI (OFF):“I hate myself.”
	116B
	117A	ASUKA (PHONE - OFF):“I hate you! I hate you! I hate you so much!” TOJI (PHONE - OFF):“Man, I just hate you!” KENSUKE (PHONE - OFF):“I hate who you are.” HIKARI (PHONE - OFF):“I'm sorry, I hate you.” RITSUKO (PHONE - OFF):“I hate you.” HYUGA (PHONE - OFF):“I do hate you.” AOBA (PHONE - OFF):“I hate you.” IBUKI (PHONE - OFF):“I hate who you are.” KAJI (PHONE - OFF):“I hate the person you are.” MISATO (PHONE - OFF):“I just hate you!”	UrsusArctos: Funny that Hikari of all people apologizes before saying "I hate you.". Also note the absence of Gendo among the haters.
	117B	SHINJI (PHONE - OFF):“See? Everyone thinks so.”
	118	TEXT:“Transfer Application Shinji Ikari” SHINJI (OFF):“I know that's what they think.”
	119	REI (OFF):“You're just making yourself believe that.”
	120	SHINJI (OFF):“No! Because I hate myself!”
	121	REI (OFF):“So, you've made yourself believe that everyone else thinks so too.”
	122	TEXT:“I hate you!” ASUKA (OFF):“I hate you! I hate you! I hate you so much!”
	123	SHINJI (OFF):“But they still praise me.”
	124	SHINJI (OFF):“They'll praise me if I pilot the Eva.”
	125	SHINJI (OFF):“People praised me.”
	126	TEXT:“"That's why I'm happy"”
	127	SHINJI (OFF):“People praised me.”
	128	TEXT:“But it doesn't make me happy”

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