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Evangelion 3.0 begins with an operation to bring Eva-01 back to earth after it has been sent to space in a huge tesseract, with Asuka in Eva-02 and Mari in Eva-08 taking part. After Asuka is attacked by an Angel that reflects sunlight as a weapon, she calls out Shinji's name - which has the effect of Eva-01 briefly awakening and destroying the attacking Angel with eye beams. Shinji is extracted from Eva-01 along with the SDAT player after it is brought aboard the AAA Wunder. He is dismayed to wake up being placed under armed guard - and he is put under the care of Sakura Suzuhara, Toji's little sister (Toji is later implied to be dead). He discovers that 14 years have passed, and that all the crew of the Wunder, including Misato and Ritsuko, blame him for the catastrophe. He has a DSS Choker placed around his neck to prevent him from ever piloting an Eva again. A new Rei Ayanami("Rei Q") appears in the Mark.09 and rescues him, bringing him to his father, Gendo. He meets Kaworu Nagisa in the wrecked remains of the old Nerv headquarters and learns to play the piano with him. He also gets to see the devastation caused by Near-Third Impact, which Kaworu says he was the "catalyst" of. Shinji denies this, saying he only wanted to save Rei.