Israfel

Israfel
イスラフェル
Number	7th
Symbol	Music
Appearance(s)	Episode 09
Defeated by	Evangelion Unit-01 and Evangelion Unit-02

Israfel is the Seventh Angel, capable of splitting itself into two identical copies for simultaneous attacks.

Biology

Israfel is a vaguely humanoid creature, armed with sharp claws and a moderately powerful energy beam. Israfel had three claws on the end of each of its arms; the central claw of each "hand" appears to be a continuation of a single curve in Israfel which forms its arm, goes arounds its "shoulders" and continues into the other arm, with the remaining two claws branching off of the central one. The Angel's face is shaped like a Yin-Yang symbol. Its core is located on its chest. However, Israfel's most striking feature is the ability to separate itself into two identical copies (each smaller than the original).

Battle

Israfel at first did not seem particularly imposing, as Eva-02 cleaved it in half with a swing from a spear, while Eva-01 provided covering fire. However, it soon revealed it's primary feature: it is capable of splitting itself into two slightly smaller twin versions of itself, for synchronized attacks. Eva-01 and Eva-02 were defeated and NERV retreated. Israfel's AT Field is not particularly powerful, however, and an N2 bomb dropped by the JSSDF was able to seriously damage it, forcing the Angel to pause for several days to regenerate itself. It was determined that the only viable plan for destroying it would be to destroy the Cores of both copies simultaneously.

In the intervening time period, Asuka and Shinji trained heavily to carry out a synchronized attack using their Evas, set to a classical music track. When Israfel finally recovered and reached Tokyo-3, Eva-01 and Eva-02 engaged it in a synchronized, almost dance-like attack which forced Israfel to recombine, and then destroyed the Angel's Core, resulting in a large explosion on the outskirts of the city.

During Israfel's second attack, it showed the Angelic ability previously displayed by Sachiel to upgrade and evolve its abilities in response to external threats, as it had by then developed an energy blast attack fired from the faces of its two copies.

Notes

• The two twins of Israfel are referred to as "Kou" and "Otsu" in the original Japanese, and as "Alpha" and "Beta" in the English dub.
• Israfel's appears to be a single-cored Angel in the shot of Eva-02 approaching it, albeit with a "bar" across the core. However, the Angel's chest is obscured during the "splitting" scene, and in all later shots as a single Angel, it has two cores side-by-side on its chest.
  • In the Manga version, the seeming inconsistency above is removed. Israfel has two cores, but it remains split into Kou and Otsu and does not merge again. In the Anime, Israfel splits and becomes whole again more than once.
• Israfel first appeared off the Kii peninsula of Japan, which is fairly far away from Tokyo-3, being located a bit south of Osaka. However, after Israfel's first battle in which it defeats Eva 01 and Eva 02, Eva 01 is described as being sunk two kilometers from Suruga Bay, which is thus where the battle must have taken place. Suruga Bay is south of Tokyo-3, thus instead of approaching Tokyo-3 from the east like Sachiel, Shamshel, and Ramiel did, Israfel advanced from the coast to the south. However, on its final approach to the city, Israfel is said to pass through the Gora defense line.

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Angels

Angels (general)

First and Second Angels (Seeds of Life): Adam | Lilith

Third to Seventeenth Angels (Adam's Children):

Sachiel | Shamshel | Ramiel | Gaghiel | Israfel | Sandalphon | Matarael | Sahaquiel

Ireul | Leliel | Bardiel | Zeruel | Arael | Armisael | Tabris

Eighteenth Angel: Lilin

Rebuild of Evangelion: ?Adams? | Lilith | 3rd Angel | 4th Angel | 5th Angel | 6th Angel | 7th Angel | 8th Angel | 9th Angel | 10th Angel | 11th Angel | 12th Angel | 1st/13th Angel

Other: Extracanonical Angels