Rei II
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{{Infobox television episode
| series = Neon Genesis Evangelion
| image = Rei II Moon.png
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| caption = Rei Ayanami with the Moon before the beginning of Yashima Operation.
| season =
| episode = 6
| production =
| writer = Hideaki Anno, Akio Satsukawa
| director = Hiroyuki Ishido
| airdate = {{Start date|1995|11|08}}
| guests =
| length = 22 minutes
| prev = Rei I
| next = A Human Work
| episode_list = List of Neon Genesis Evangelion episodes
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"Rei II", also known by the Japanese title {{nihongo foot|"Showdown in Tokyo-3",|決戦、第三新東京市|Kessen, Daisan Shin Tokyo-shi|group=lower-alpha|lead=yes}} is the sixth episode of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was created by Gainax. "Rei II" was written by Hideaki Anno and Akio Satsukawa and directed by Hiroyuki Ishido. The series is set fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm named Second Impact, and is mostly set in the futuristic, fortified fictional city of Tokyo-3. The episode's protagonist is teenage boy Shinji Ikari, who is recruited by his father Gendo to the organization Nerv to pilot a bio-machine mecha named Evangelion against beings called Angels. In the episode, Shinji must annihilate the fifth Angel Ramiel, who is able to destroy every enemy in its vicinity with an accelerated particles cannon. A plan called Operation Yashima is worked out, which involves Shinji shooting Ramiel from a distance with a Positron Rifle.
Production of the sixth episode took place simultaneously with the fifth, "Rei I", before the third, "A Transfer" and the fourth, "Hedgehog's Dilemma". The final scene, in which female pilot Rei Ayanami smiles at Shinji, has been described by staff and critics as the end of Evangelion
Plot
Shinji Ikari, the pilot of the giant mecha Evangelion, is attacked and damaged by Ramiel, the fifth of a series of enemies known as Angels. His Evangelion Unit-01 is recovered and Shinji is rescued and hospitalized. The Angel then settles over the headquarters of the special agency Nerv and began to drill the land to reach it, destroying every enemy that approaches with a particle cannon. While Shinji is recovering, Nerv's Major, Misato Katsuragi, comes up with a plan named Operation Yashima: to destroy Ramiel with a positron beam rifle, fired from outside Ramiel's attack zone. For the plan, the rifle must be able to withstand a high amount of electric energy, and is determined that it needs power from the whole of Japan.
While the countdown for the shooting is starting, Ramiel starts to charge to attack the Evangelion and shoots toward it, simultaneously with the Evangelion's rifle's shot, resulting in the collision of the two beams and the shots miss. Ramiel charges up for a second attack, which it can fire at Shinji before he can prepare his positron rifle for a second shot. Rei Ayanami in Evangelion Unit-00 steps in and shields Unit-01 from Ramiel's beam, but both the shield and Unit-00 sustain severe damage in the process. Shinji fires his second shot, which pierces the Angel and kills it, stopping the drill. Shinji force ejects Unit-00's cockpit and opens the hatch. Rei is unharmed and unfazed. Shinji cries and Rei says she doesn't know what to feel; Shinji advises her to smile, and Rei smiles.
Production
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In 1993 Gainax produced a presentation document of Neon Genesis Evangelion named {{nihongo|New Century Evangelion (tentative name) Proposal|新世紀エヴァンゲリオン (仮) 企画書|Shinseiki Evangelion (kari) kikakusho|}}.{{cite book |title=Evangelion Chronicle |volume=1 |page=26|publisher=Sony Magazines |language=ja}}{{harvp|Nebbia|2023|loc=Chap. 2: La Proposition}} The Proposal document was then published in 1994.{{harvp|Nebbia|2023|loc=Chap. 1: Lancement du Project Eva}}{{cite book |date=2021 |title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Blue Ray Ultimate Edition Encyclopedia |chapter=History 1993-1999}} In the first draft, the basic plot for the sixth episode was already planned and the Japanese title "Showdown in Tokyo-3" was decided.{{Cite book|author=Gainax|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Newtype 100% Collection|date=1998|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|language=ja|isbn=4-04-852700-2|page=88}} "The Eva's revenge" was also planned to take place in the installment.{{cite book|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Theatralical VHS Box Booklet|language=ja|publisher=King Amusement Creative|date=1997}}{{cite book |title=Evangelion Chronicle |volume=18 |page=25|publisher=Sony Magazines |language=ja}} Neon Genesis Evangelion{{'s}} director Hideaki Anno{{cite book |title=Evangelion Chronicle |volume=43 |page=1 |publisher=Sony Magazines |language=ja}}{{Cite book|author=Gainax|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Newtype 100% Collection|date=1998|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|language=ja|isbn=4-04-852700-2|page=178}} and Akio Satsukawa{{cite journal|title=薩川昭夫インタビュー|journal=QuickJapan|volume=17|date=December 1997|language=ja|publisher=Ohta Publishing|isbn=4872333632}}{{harvp|Nebbia|2023|loc=Chap. 1: Production et catastrophes}} wrote "Rei II", while Masayuki drew the storyboards.{{sfn|Porori|2009|p=70}} Hiroyuki Ishido served as director,{{cite book |date=2021|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Blue Ray Ultimate Edition Encyclopedia|chapter=Staff}} Nobuhiro Hosoi as chief animator,{{cite book |title=Data of Evangelion|publisher=Gainax|page=21|language=ja|year=2003|editor=Gainax}} and Rei Yumeno as assistant character designer.{{cite book |title=Platinum Booklet |volume=2 |publisher=ADV}}
Anno felt stuck after writing the script for the first episode, "Angel Attack", which took half a year to complete, so he wrote "Rei I" and "Rei II" before the third and the fourth episodes.{{cite book|chapter=庵野秀明 – Part II|title=Shinseiki Evangerion Zankoku na tenshi no yō ni|script-title=ja:新世紀エヴァンゲリオン残酷な天使のように|trans-title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Like a Cruel Angel|publisher=Magazine Magazine|language=ja|date=1997|isbn=4-906011-25-X}}{{cite journal|script-title=ja:あんた、バカぁと、言われてみたい。（庵野秀明、宮村優子）|language=ja|date=July 1996|journal=Animage|publisher=Tokuma Shoten}} For production reasons, the post-recording dubbing followed the same order.{{cite web |url=http://www.style.fm/as/05_column/animesama34.shtml |title=Dai sanjûyonkai Eva zakki "Dai ichi-banashi Shito, Shūrai"|script-title=ja:第34回 エヴァ雑記「第壱話 使徒、襲来」 |trans-title=34th Eva miscellaneous notes "First Episode Apostle, Invasion" |language=ja |access-date=July 23, 2020 |first=Yūichirō |last=Oguro |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225100132/http://www.style.fm/as/05_column/animesama34.shtml |url-status=live }} He encountered difficulties while writing for Rei, not feeling "particularly interested" or relating to her, but he thought of her as a representation of his unconscious mind and shaped the character with the phrase "You won't die, I will protect you". At the end of the episode he also inserted a scene where Rei smiles at Shinji, but he later regretted it, since Shinji and Rei manage to communicate with each other and establish emotional contact in the episode; according to Anno, the character of Rei thus reaches its conclusion smiling.{{cite book|title=Anno Hideaki Parano Evangerion|first=Kentaro|last= Takekuma|publisher=Ōta Shuppan|date= 1997|isbn=4-87233-316-0|language=ja|pages=93–96}}
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The episode was the first time two Evangelion units were portrayed at the same time, so they were intentionally represented with few movements, with the Eva-00 using only a shield and the Eva-01 motionless while shooting Ramiel, to save animation resources. Ramiel's design, made by Anno himself,{{harvp|Nebbia|2023|loc=Chap. 2: Les Anges}} was also conceived to save money. While Sachiel, the Angel from the first and second episodes, has a humanoid shape, Ramiel has a geometric abstract shape, because the staff did not have enough resources for an anthropomorphic enemy.{{cite web|access-date=18 May 2021|url=https://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/2003-rahxephoncomplete-anno-izubuchi#why-robot-anime|title=Special Talk: Yutaka Izubuchi × Hideaki Anno|date=28 February 2012|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108222021/https://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/2003-rahxephoncomplete-anno-izubuchi#why-robot-anime|url-status=live|last1=Anno|first1=Hideaki|last2=Izubuchi|first2=Yutaka}} Moreover, according to series assistant director Kazuya Tsurumaki, "everything after the storyboard was ordered by another company", and Gainax had no control over it.{{cite book|chapter=鶴巻 和哉 interview|trans-title=Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone Complete Records Collection|script-title=ja:ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版：序 全記録全集|title=Evangerion Shin Gekijoban: Jo Zen kirokuzenshū|language=ja}} Yashima Operation was in fact delegated to Vega Entertainment.{{harvp|Nebbia|2023|loc=Chap. 1: Reconstruire Evangelion}}
In "Rei II", captions were used to create a documentary feel, a technique Anno previously used in Gunbuster. The installment also depicts real existing places during the preparations for Operation Yashima, such as Mount Futago,{{cite book|title=Evangelion Chronicle|publisher=Sony Magazines|volume=29|page=30|language=ja}}{{cite web|date=5 June 2009|title=Hakone hokan mappu o tsukatte 'Evangerion' no machi dai san shintōkyōshi no butai tanbō ni chōsen zenpen|script-title=ja:箱根補完マップを使って「エヴァンゲリオン」の街・第3新東京市の舞台探訪に挑戦 前編|trans-title=We challenge you to explore the stage of the city of "Evangelion", the Third New Tokyo City, using the Hakone Complementary Map! Part 1 |url=https://gigazine.net/news/20090605_eva_legwork01/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220710063115/https://gigazine.net/news/20090605_eva_legwork01/|archive-date=10 July 2022|access-date=18 May 2021|website=Gigazine.net|publisher=Gigazine|language=ja}}{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=141}} Makurazaki,{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=39}} Betsukai,{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=150}} Ube{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=160}} and Mitaka Ward of Tokyo,{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=46}} the birthplace of Anno and the place of the headquarters of Gainax, respectively.{{sfn|Cannarsi|1998 |p=34}} A map of Japan is framed during the operation, drawn with differences from actuality. Since Second Impact raised the sea level in the Evangelion universe, the smaller islands are difficult to trace on the map, while the main islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu have different shapes.{{sfn|Cannarsi|1998 |pp=27–28}} Megumi Hayashibara, Rei's voice actress, performed the voice of an anonymous woman making time announcements during the process; Tetsuya Iwanaga and Tomokazu Seki voiced as Nerv operators, while Yuko Miyamura voiced a female announcer.{{cite book |title=Eva Tomo no Kai|script-title=ja:エヴァ友の会|trans-title=Eva Fan Club|volume=3 |publisher=Gainax |language=ja|date=1996}}{{cite book |title=Data of Evangelion|publisher=Gainax|page=62|language=ja|year=2003|editor=Gainax}} A version of Fly Me to the Moon named "Rei #6" sung by Hayashibara{{cite book |title=Evangelion Chronicle |volume=26 |page=26|publisher=Sony Magazines |language=ja}}{{cite book |title=Neon Genesis Evangelion: Platinum Edition Booklet |volume=4|chapter=Fly Me to the Moon |publisher=ADV}} was also used for the ending theme of the episode.{{sfn|Cannarsi|1998 |pp=27-28}}{{cite book|language=ja|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Laserdisc Encyclopedia|volume=3|date=1996}}
Cultural references
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According to Yūichirō Oguro, an editor of some Japanese home video editions of Evangelion, the Japanese title "Showdown in Tokyo-3" is a possible reference to the sixth episode of Return of Ultraman, "Showdown! Monsters vs. MAT". Like "Rei II", "Showdown! Monsters vs. MAT" contains a large-scale operation. Oguro noted that ticker tape is also used during the episode, similarly to Anno's previous works Gunbuster and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. He compared the use of ticker tape to the works by director Kihachi Okamoto.{{cite web|url=http://www.style.fm/as/05_column/animesama39.shtml|title=第39回 エヴァ雑記「第六話 決戦、第3新東京市」|language=ja|access-date=July 23, 2020|first=Yūichirō|last=Oguro|archive-date=October 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010181959/http://www.style.fm/as/05_column/animesama39.shtml|url-status=live}} Critics also speculated that Ramiel's design was influenced by Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).{{cite web|access-date=16 May 2021|publisher=Anime News Network|website=Animenewsnetwork.com|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-list/2019-06-15/.147742|title=Get to Know Seven of Evangelion's Angels|date=15 June 2019|first=Lynzee|last=Loveridge|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107231820/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-list/2019-06-15/.147742|url-status=live}}{{sfn|Morikawa|1997|p=35}}
The name of Operation Yashima originates from the Battle of Yashima,{{cite book |title=Evangelion Chronicle |volume=43|page=5 |publisher=Sony Magazines |language=ja}}{{cite book |date=2021|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Blue Ray Ultimate Edition Encyclopedia|chapter=Episode:6 Rei II}} fought in 1185, during the Genpei War.{{Cite book |first=Alessandra |last=Poggio |language=it |year=2008 |title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Encyclopedia |publisher=Dynit |page=21}}{{cite book|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Film Book|volume=2|language=ja|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|page=59}} According to a legend, the samurai warrior Nasu no Yoichi riding his horse shot an arrow through the water and hit the red fan of his enemy Tamamushi, resolving the battle in favor of the Minamoto clan.{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=160}} In Neon Genesis Evangelion Ramiel is similarly centered and beaten by a precise shot fired from a position located across the waters of Lake Ashi, Mount Futago. A different spelling of the term {{nihongo|yashima|八島|}} can be translated as "eight countries", an ancient epithet of Japan, a reference to the Positron Rifle's electrical energy, taken from the entire Japanese archipelago.{{sfn|Cannarsi|1998 |p=25}} The naming is the result of a specific request from the series' director, Hideaki Anno, who asked to include something related to the name Yashima during the production.{{cite book|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Film Book|volume=5|language=ja|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|page=24}}
In "Rei II" scientific concepts are used as well. During Operation Yashima, for example, Eva-00 uses a SSTO as a shield,{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=29}} while Eva-01 uses the Positron Sniper Rifle as a firearm,{{cite book |title=Evangelion Chronicle |volume=43|page=4|publisher=Sony Magazines |language=ja}}{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=149}} which draws its power from positron acceleration,{{cite book|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Film Book|volume=2|language=ja|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|page=61}} generating a bright beam of photons.{{sfn|Cannarsi|1998 |pp=10–11}} The expression "phase transition space" is mentioned. The book {{nihongo|Evangelion Glossary|エヴァンゲリオン用語事典 |Evangerion Yougo Jiten}} by Yahata Shoten linked the espression to the phase change and the cosmological phase transition.{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=92}} The Magi System, a biological supercomputer composed of three computers that rule Nerv and Tokyo-3, is also mentioned for the first time in the episode. The Magi System is a democratic and rational system similar to the concept of artificial intelligence.{{Cite book |first=Alessandra |last=Poggio |language=it |year=2008 |title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Encyclopedia |publisher=Dynit |page=48}} Its name originates from the Biblical Magi who came from the East mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew,{{sfn|Fujie|Foster|2004|pp=59-60}}{{cite book |title=Evangelion Chronicle |volume=27 |page=21|publisher=Sony Magazines |language=ja}} traditionally named Balthasar,{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=133}} Gaspar,{{sfn|Glossary|1998|pp=39-40}} and Melchior.{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=158}} According to the official Evangelion film books, like the three astrologers from whom it takes its name, the supercomputer is composed of three independent calculators that to solve any kind of problem consult each other and make a decision by majority.{{cite book|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Film Book|volume=4|language=ja|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|page=10}} Writers Víctor Sellés de Lucas and Manuel Hernández-Pérez similarly wrote that, as later Christian traditional identified Magi as astrologers and scholars, the Magi System "operates as a council of the wise and sometimes even as an oracle of sorts".{{sfn|Sellés de Lucas|Hernández-Pérez|2024|p=231}}
Themes
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"Rei II" depicts the inner world of Rei Ayanami, focus of the episode.{{cite book |title=Evangelion Chronicle |volume=43 |page=7|publisher=Sony Magazines |language=ja}} Neon Genesis Evangelion{{'s}} assistant director Kazuya Tsurumaki pointed out how "distant, awkward communication" can be initially observed between Shinji and Rei in the first episodes, describing Evangelion as a story about communication.{{cite book|language=ja|date=1997|editor=Gainax|chapter=Kazuya Tsurumaki Interview|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion Pamphlet}} In "Rei I" and "Rei II" Ayanami is initially cold towards Shinji, who tries to communicate with her but is rejected. At the end of the episode, Shinji saves her in a similar way to how his father Gendo did in the previous episode. Shinji bursts into tears, and Rei says she doesn't know what to do at times like that; Shinji advises her to smile. Rei overlays Shinji's and Gendo's faces and smiles,{{cite book |title=Evangelion Chronicle |volume=43 |page=11 |publisher=Sony Magazines |language=ja}} and it is not clear if she is able to understand Shinji's feelings in the scene.{{sfn|Cannarsi|1998 |pp=35–36}}{{cite book|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Film Book|volume=2|language=ja|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|page=66}} For critic Manabu Tsuribe, the show reaches its climax at the smile scene, and "as a story of 'growth and independence of a boy'—like a Bildungsroman—ended there once. Evangelion as a story has stopped there".{{cite web|url=http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/tsuribe/anime/critique/evae.html|title=Prison of Self-Consciousness: an Essay on Evangelion|last=Tsuribe|first=Manabu|publisher=www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp|date=February 1999|access-date=August 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721105429/http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/tsuribe/anime/critique/evae.html|archive-date=July 21, 2017|url-status=live}} Assistant director Masayuki gave a similar interpretation.
Evangelion Chronicle magazine noted how the tactical realism of Operation Yashima was a rarity for anime at the time. The magazine linked the realism of the strategy to the Gulf War, the images of which had a high resonance in the Japanese and world media; following the conflict from the 1990s onwards, there was an increased focus on the war realism of the fighting in TV shows.{{cite book |title=Evangelion Chronicle |volume=43 |page=12 |publisher=Sony Magazines |language=ja}} In the scene before the beginning of Yashima Operation, Shinji asks Rei the reason that pushes her to want to pilot Evangelion 00; Rei replies saying that she has nothing else{{cite book|title=Newtype Complete Shinseiki Evangerion|script-title=ja:Newtype Complete 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン|trans-title=Newtype Complete Neon Genesis Evangelion|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|year=2005|language=ja|page=34}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Newtype|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|date=February 1996|page=16|language=ja|title=謎の深淵}} and she finds her "bond" with other people in this.{{sfn|Glossary|1998|p=44}} For sociologist Satomi Ishikawa, this shows that she is committed to the struggle against the Angels "as if it were the only reason why she exists".{{cite book |last=Ishikawa |first=Satomi |title=Seeking the Self: Individualism and Popular Culture in Japan |year=2007 |publisher=Peter Lang |isbn=978-3-03910-874-9 |page=75}}
Writer Dennis Redmond noted that Rei is silhouetted against a close-up of the full Moon before Yashima Operation.{{sfn|Redmond|2004|p=136}} Writer Yumiko Yano noted that the Moon is a celestial body associated with passivity and femininity and observed an unattainable aura in Rei, comparing her to the Virgin Mary.{{sfn|Morikawa|1997|p=98}} Yano also associated her figure with the fragile and chaste women portrayed in fin de siècle art, particularly popular among the works of Symbolists painters.{{sfn|Morikawa|1997|pp=101–102}} For Redmond, "Rei II" illustrates the Japanese national power grid via a satellite shot of Japan from outer space; he also compared the social and natural landscapes of Evangelion to that of postwar Japan.{{sfn|Redmond|2004|p=133}} For reviewer Akio Nagatomi, Rei's attitude in the episode also reflects one of the traits of traditional Japanese society, the martyr complex, in which a person will do whatever it takes to accomplish a given task, regardless of personal consequences.
Reception
{{quote box |quote=Whenever Evangelion utilizes the idea of countdowns or final solutions, the drama amps up to another level. "Rei II" utilizes this idea to the fullest, making us believe that this is truly a do or die situation. This episode is heavy on action and drama making it one of the more exciting episodes in the series' run.|source=–Max Covill (Film School Rejects) |width=35%}}
"Rei II" was first broadcast on November 8, 1995, and scored a 7.7% rating of audience share on Japanese TV, the highest up to that point.{{cite magazine|magazine=Newtype|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|date=February 1996|page=66|language=ja|title=Anime Land}} According to Junichi Sato, after the episode's broadcast Evangelion and Rei Ayanami enjoyed high sales in the Japanese market of fan-made comics, known as doujinshi.{{cite book |last=Kentaro |first=Takekuma |title=Anno Hideaki Parano Evangerion|script-title=ja:庵野秀明 パラノ・エヴァンゲリオン|trans-title=Paranoid Evangelion Hideaki Anno|language=ja |year=1997 |publisher=Ōta Shuppan |isbn=4-87233-316-0 |pages=161–163|chapter=綾波レイの微笑み}} In 1996, the episode ranked fourth among Animage{{'s}} list of "Best Anime Episodes".{{cite web |url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1996.html |title=第18回アニメグランプリ［1996年5月号］ |publisher=Tokuma Shoten |archive-date=October 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019175259/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_1996.html}} In February 1996, Animedia magazine ranked Rei's smile scene among the most memorable anime moments of the month.{{cite magazine|title=Kongetsu no naba|script-title=ja:今月の名場|trans-title=Best of the month|magazine=Animedia|date=February 1996|language=ja}} TV Asahi later published a ranking of the most significant scenes in the history of animation; the scene where "Rei Ayanami smiles at Shinji for the first time" managed to reach 14th position.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best100/contents/100/0020/ranking/index.html|title=Namida to kandō no anime saikyō-mei bamen besuto hyaku|script-title=ja:涙と感動のアニメ最強名場面ベスト100|trans-title=The Best 100 Best Scenes in Anime with Tears and Emotions|publisher=TV Asahi|language=ja|access-date=20 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010131827/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best100/contents/100/0020/ranking/index.html|archive-date=10 October 2004}} Rei's smile also appeared in another ranking of the broadcaster, winning 45th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best/updating_dex/ranking/001.html|title=Shijō saikyō no TV-mei bamen besuto 100 ~ mōichido mitai!|script-title=ja:史上最強のTV名場面ベスト100 ～もう一度見たい！|trans-title=The Best 100 Greatest TV Scenes of All Time – We want to see them again!|publisher=TV Asahi|language=ja|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413024514/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/best/updating_dex/ranking/001.html|archive-date=13 April 2016}}
File:Rei II.jpg's smile at the end of the episode was described by director Hideaki Anno as the end of the character and by critics as the end of Evangelion as grand narrative. The scene attracted positive comments by anime reviewers.]]
"Rei II" received a positive reception from critics and reviewers.{{cite web|access-date=30 May 2021|url=http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=2959|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:2 (1995)|date=8 March 2002|publisher=Digitally Obsessed!|website=Digitallyobsessed.com|first=Joel|last=Cunningham|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213418/http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=2959|url-status=live}} Anime magazine Newtype praised "Rei II", describing the scene where Rei greets Shinji before the battle against the Angel Ramiel as "impressive".{{cite book|title=Newtype Complete Shinseiki Evangerion|script-title=ja:Newtype Complete 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン|trans-title=Newtype Complete Neon Genesis Evangelion|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|year=2005|language=ja|pages=24–25}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Newtype|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|date=December 1995|pages=6-7|language=ja|title=気になる、彼女}} The Artifice
Comic Book Resources' Devin Meenan praised Rei's smile scene as "one of the most touching moments" of Neon Genesis Evangelion.{{cite web|author=Devin Meenan|url=https://www.cbr.com/neon-genesis-evangelion-lightest-darkest-episodes/|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion: The 5 Darkest Episodes (& 5 Lightest)|date=8 January 2022 |publisher=Comic Book Resources|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113110201/https://www.cbr.com/neon-genesis-evangelion-lightest-darkest-episodes/|url-status=live}} Film School Rejects's Max Covill similarly described "Rei II" as "one of the more exciting episodes in the series' run",{{cite web|access-date=16 May 2021|publisher=Film School Rejects|website=Filmschoolrejects.com|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/neon-genesis-evangelion-ranked/4/|title=Every Episode of 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' Ranked|date=17 June 2019|first=Max|last=Covill|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108222022/https://filmschoolrejects.com/neon-genesis-evangelion-ranked/4/|url-status=live}} praising a shot depicting the dark silhouettes of Misato, Shinji, and Rei for the usage of negative space and hard lines.{{cite web|access-date=16 May 2021|publisher=Film School Rejects|website=Filmschoolrejects.com|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/neon-genesis-evangelion-perfect-shots/3/|title=The Perfect Shots of 'Neon Genesis Evangelion'|date=19 June 2019|first=Max|last=Covill|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516211821/https://filmschoolrejects.com/neon-genesis-evangelion-perfect-shots/3/|url-status=live}} The Animé Café's Akio Nagatomi praised the parallels between "Rei I" and "Rei II" as "interesting", the acting of voice actresses Megumi Ogata as Shinji Ikari and Mitsuishi Kotono as Misato Katsuragi and Rei's reaction towards Shinji: "Even though the outcome is entirely predictable, it's fairly well written".{{cite web|access-date=16 May 2021|publisher=The Animé Café|website=Abcb.com|url=https://www.abcb.com/eva/eva_t006.htm|title=Shinseiki Evangelion Review Pages – Episode 6|first=Akio|last=Nagatomi|archive-date=2 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802083533/http://www.abcb.com/eva/eva_t006.htm|url-status=live}} Comic Book Resources and Screen Rant listed the battle against Ramiel among the best Neon Genesis Evangelion fights.{{cite web|access-date=16 May 2021|publisher=Comic Book Resources|website=Cbr.com|url=https://www.cbr.com/evangelion-best-fights-ranked/|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion: 10 Best Fights In The Anime, Ranked|date=28 December 2020|first=Ajay|last=Aravind|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129203328/https://www.cbr.com/evangelion-best-fights-ranked/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|access-date=16 May 2021|publisher=Screen Rant|website=Screenrant.com|url=https://screenrant.com/neon-genesis-evangelion-battles-ranked/|title=Every Battle in Neon Genesis Evangelion Ranked|date=7 July 2019|first=Jack|last=Cameron|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117215451/https://screenrant.com/neon-genesis-evangelion-battles-ranked/|url-status=live}}
SyFy Wire's Daniel Dockery listed Operation Yashima as one of the "most awesome non-depressing" moments in the show.{{cite web|first=Daniel|last=Dockery|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-10-most-awesome-moments-in-neon-genesis-evangelion|title=The 10 most awesome (non-depressing) moments In Neon Genesis Evangelion|date=June 23, 2019|access-date=July 23, 2020|website=Syfy.com|archive-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108222111/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-10-most-awesome-moments-in-neon-genesis-evangelion|url-status=live}} Animator Yūichirō Oguro eulogized the sense of sci-fi romance as Japan's lights go out and the archipelago goes completely dark. Dennis Redmond similarly lauded the shots of the sequence of Tokyo-3 going dark as "magnificent" and the "brilliant sequence of frames" shown during Shinji and Rei's conversation,{{sfn|Redmond|2004|p=135}} while Multiversity Comics' Matthew Garcia positively commented on the use of traditional animation for the Operation Yashima.{{cite web|author=Matthew Garcia|publisher=Multiversity Comics|url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tv/evangelion-05-06/|title=Five Thoughts on Neon Genesis Evangelion's "Rei, Beyond the Heart" and "Showdown in Tokyo-3"|date=27 June 2021|access-date=16 January 2022|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627170109/http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tv/evangelion-05-06/|url-status=live}} For Kotaku's editor Peter Tieryas the episode "epitomized what makes the series so mesmerising"; he also praised the tactical element to the battle and its realism.{{cite web|access-date=16 May 2021|publisher=Kotaku|website=Kotaku Australia|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/06/neon-genesis-evangelion-is-about-the-cost-and-trauma-of-existence/|title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Is About The Cost And Trauma Of Existence|date=24 June 2019|first=Peter|last=Tieryas|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516205353/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/06/neon-genesis-evangelion-is-about-the-cost-and-trauma-of-existence/|url-status=dead}}
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The episode inspired official merchandise,{{cite book |title=The Essential Evangelion Chronicle: Side B|language=fr |page=125 |publisher=Glénat |date=2010|isbn=978-2-7234-7121-3}} including a line of official T-shirts.{{cite web|publisher=Evangelion Store|website=Evastore.jp|language=ja|url=https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/13845|title=Shinseiki Evangerion sabutaitorubiggu tīshatsu/ 'dai roku-wa kessen, dai san shintōkyōshi'|script-title=ja:新世紀エヴァンゲリオン サブタイトルビッグTシャツ/ 「第六話 決戦、第3新東京市」|trans-title=Neon Genesis Evangelion Subtitle Big T-Shirt/ "Episode 6 Showdown in Tokyo-3"|access-date=16 May 2021|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128152547/https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/13845|url-status=live}}{{cite web|language=ja|access-date=5 December 2024|url=https://www.evastore.jp/shop/g/gA7000702/|title=新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 全話Tシャツ 「第六話 決戦、第3新東京市」|publisher=Evangelion Store|website=Evastore.jp|archive-date=27 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227135026/https://www.evastore.jp/shop/g/gA7000702/|url-status=live}} In 1996, an Evangelion-inspired role-playing game entitled {{nihongo|Neon Genesis Evangelion RPG Decisive Battle in Tokyo-3|新世紀エヴァンゲリオンRPG 決戦!第3新東京市|Shin Seiki Evangerion RPG Kessen, Daisan shin Tokyo-shi}} was released.{{cite web|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|website=Kadokawa.co.jp|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/199998404314/|title=Shinseiki Evangerion RPG magiusu shirīzu kessen! Dai 3 shintōkyōshi|script-title=ja:新世紀エヴァンゲリオンRPG MAGIUSシリーズ 決戦！第3新東京市|trans-title=Neon Genessi Evangelion RPG MAGIUS Series Showdown in Tokyo-3|language=ja|access-date=16 May 2021|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516132914/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/199998404314/|url-status=live}}{{cite book|publisher=日外アソシエーツ(紀伊國屋書店)|language=ja|date=1997|isbn=9784816914157|title=日本著者名総目録 95/96: 団体著者名|page=444|quote=新世紀エヴァンゲリオン RPG 一決戦!第 3 新東京市泥士朗, 実験室著富士見書房 1996}} Operation Yashima was later used for the movie Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) and a pachinko named {{nihongo|CR Shinseiki Evangelion: Saigo no shisha|CR新世紀エヴァンゲリオン ～最後のシ者～|"CR Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Last Messenger"}}, released in Japan in April 2009.{{cite book |title=Evangelion Chronicle |volume=31 |pages=21–24 |publisher=Sony Magazines |language=ja}} It also inspired official merchandise,{{cite web|language=ja|access-date=16 May 2021|url=https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/14402|title=[Gentei-hin] EVA – FRAME: Evangerion shin gekijō-ban Yashima sakusen setto (Bandai) [o todoke yotei: 2021-Nen 2 tsuki]|trans-title=[Limited Edition] EVA-FRAME: Evangelion New Theatrical Version Yashima Operation Set (Bandai) [Delivery Schedule: February 2021] |script-title=ja:【限定品】EVA-FRAME:ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版ヤシマ作戦セット（バンダイ）[お届け予定：2021年2月]|publisher=Evangelion Store|website=Evastore.jp|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126074856/https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/14402|url-status=live}}{{cite web|language=ja|access-date=16 May 2021|url=https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/14865|title=Desukutoppuāmī Evangerion korabo/ Ayanami Rei& Evangerion reigōki (aratame) [o todoke yotei: 2021-Nen 6 tsuki gejun] |trans-title=Desktop Army Evangelion Collaboration / Rei Ayanami & Evangelion Unit 0 (Revised) [Delivery Schedule: Late June 2021] | script-title=ja:デスクトップアーミー エヴァンゲリオンコラボ/綾波レイ＆エヴァンゲリオン零号機(改)[お届け予定：2021年6月下旬]|publisher=Evangelion Store|website=Evastore.jp|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117072216/https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/14865|url-status=live}}{{cite book |title=E-Mono |publisher=Gainax |page=112 |language=ja |date=1997 |isbn=4-04-852868-8}} including model railways,{{cite web|language=ja|access-date=16 May 2021|url=https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/14162|title=1/ 220 Z gēji shiki 880 katachi ōmono-sha B 2 hari chō kōatsu tsūjō hen'atsuki yusō (rokuhan)|script-title=ja:1/220 Zゲージ シキ880形 大物車 B2梁 超高圧通常変圧器輸送（ロクハン）|trans-title=1/220 Z Gauge Siki 880 Type Large Car B2 Beam Ultra High Voltage Normal Transformer Transport (Rokuhan)|publisher=Evangelion Store|website=Evastore.jp|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125152304/https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/14162|url-status=live}}{{cite web|language=ja|access-date=16 May 2021|url=https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/14163|title=1/ 220 Z gēji nerufu sen'yō tetsudō shimofutagoyama shisen 'Yashima sakusen' DD 51& shiki 880 2 ryō setto (rokuhan)|script-title=ja:1/220 Zゲージ ネルフ専用鉄道下二子山支線「ヤシマ作戦」DD51＆シキ880 2両セット（ロクハン）|trans-title=1/220 Z-Gauge NERV Dedicated Railroad Shimo-Nikoyama Branch Line "Operation Yakushima" DD51 & Siki 880 2-Car Set (Rokuhan)|publisher=Evangelion Store|website=Evastore.jp|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128054408/https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/14163|url-status=live}} clothing,{{cite web|language=ja|access-date=16 May 2021|url=https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/13918|title="tk. feat EVANGELION" shin gekijō-ban: tsuide Yashima sakusen purintoshatsu|script-title=ja:【tk. feat EVANGELION】新劇場版：序 ヤシマ作戦プリントシャツ|trans-title=[Tk. 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Hakone ni gentei 'Evangerion ranchi' tōjō|trans-title=Operation Yakushima reappears in all its glory? Limited edition "Evangelion Lunch" appears in Hakone|script-title=ja:ヤシマ作戦も見事に再現？箱根に限定「エヴァンゲリヲンランチ」登場|date=16 July 2010|publisher=Hatena News|website=Hatenanews.com|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516154010/https://hatenanews.com/articles/201007/1456|url-status=live}} and watches.{{cite web|language=ja|access-date=16 May 2021|url=https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/12486|title=FES Watch U EVANGELION MODEL/GRAY（SONY）|publisher=Evangelion Store|website=Evastore.jp|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129105650/https://www.evastore.jp/products/detail/12486|url-status=live}}
After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Tokyo Electric Power Company invited Japanese people to conserve electricity, and an unofficial campaign begun under the name "Operation Yashima" (Yashima Sakusen) on Twitter.{{cite web|first=Egan|last=Loo|date=12 March 2011|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-12/evangelion-inspires-real-operation-yashima-after-quake|title=Evangelion Inspires Real Operation Yashima After Quake|access-date=16 May 2021|publisher=Anime News Network|website=Animenewsnetwork.com|archive-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521161207/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-12/evangelion-inspires-real-operation-yashima-after-quake|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Satoshi|last=Hamano|date=21 April 2011|url=http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104200183.html|title=Tweeting 'slacktivists' could create true social change|publisher=The Asahi Shimbun|website=Asahi.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425035835/http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104200183.html|archive-date=25 April 2011}} The Twitter hashtag #yashimasakusen110312 went viral,{{cite web|language=ja|access-date=16 May 2021|url=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1103/12/news017.html|title=Setsuden tettei e 'Yashima sakusen' sandō-sha ga tsuittā de hirogaru|trans-title=Supporters of "Operation Yakushima" ppread on Twitter to ensure power saving|script-title=ja:節電徹底へ「ヤシマ作戦」賛同者がTwitterで広がる|date=12 March 2011|publisher=ITmedia|website=Itmedia.co.jp|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516095233/https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1103/12/news017.html|url-status=live}} while #84MA (pronounced Yashima) reached about 50,000 tweets in two days.{{cite web|publisher=GetNews|website=Getnews.jp|date=14 March 2011|url=https://getnews.jp/archives/104193|title=Netto de wadai no" sakusen"-mei "Operation Tomodachi (tomodachi sakusen) " to "Yashima sakusen" to wa?|trans-title=What are the names of the much-talked-about "operations" on the Internet, "Operation Tomodachi" and "Operation Yakushima"?|script-title=ja:ネットで話題の"作戦"名『Operation Tomodachi（友達作戦）』と『ヤシマ作戦』とは？|access-date=16 May 2021|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516131102/https://getnews.jp/archives/104193|url-status=live|language=ja}} According to The Anime Encyclopedia, with the real Yashima Operation Evangelion became part of the mass media; its writers Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy noted that the franchise was probably at the high point of its 21st-century popularity at the time, having reached a wide audience in Japan.{{cite book|isbn=978-1-61172-018-1|first1=Jonathan|last1=Clements|first2=Helen|last2=McCarthy|date=2015|chapter=Neon Genesis Evangelion|title=The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition - A Century of Japanese Animation|publisher=Stone Bridge Press}} In 2019, the Yashima Operation also inspired a "Nerv" disaster app after Typhoon Faxai hit the Kantō region.{{cite web|publisher=Nippon|website=Nippon.com|date=10 October 2019|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/news/fnn20190912001/a-look-at-the-new-nerv-disaster-app.html|title=A Look at the New "Nerv" Disaster App|access-date=16 May 2021|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516131349/https://www.nippon.com/en/news/fnn20190912001/a-look-at-the-new-nerv-disaster-app.html|url-status=live}} In 2020, an event dedicated to Yashima Operation was announced in the city of Hakone, the area where the fictional city of Tokyo-3 is imaginatively located;{{Cite web |url=https://odawara-hakone.keizai.biz/headline/3270/ |title=Ashinoko ni hibiki watare Eva shudaika 'Zankoku na tenshi no tēze' takahashi yōko kojō raibu|trans-title=Eva theme song "Cruel Angel's Thesis" Yoko Takahashi Live on Lake Ashi |script-title=ja:芦ノ湖に響き渡れ エヴァ主題歌「残酷な天使のテーゼ」 高橋洋子湖上ライブ |date=15 January 2020 |language=ja |access-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223144352/https://odawara-hakone.keizai.biz/headline/3270/ |archive-date=23 February 2020 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://issuu.com/jyxyer/docs/vol._specialedition_eva1_en |title=Hakone sans-façon vol.Special Edition – Evangelion EN Il |date=10 January 2020 |access-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212231800/https://issuu.com/jyxyer/docs/vol._specialedition_eva1_en |archive-date=12 December 2020 |url-status=live}} new merchandise articles on the series were also announced.{{Cite web |url=https://eva-hakone.com/en/ |title=Evangerion × Hakone 2020 (kōshiki)|trans-title=Evangelion x Hakone 2020 (Official)|script-title=ja:エヴァンゲリオン×箱根 2020（公式） |access-date=16 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813233827/https://eva-hakone.com/en/ |archive-date=13 August 2020 |url-status=live|language=ja}} During the event, organized on two dates (March 28 and May 23), a live performance of "Cruel Angel's Thesis"
The creators of the video game Genshin Impact drew inspiration from Ramiel's design for the conception of some life forms called Hypostasis.{{cite web|access-date=30 April 2023|url=https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/news/detail/103673|title=Developer Insight - Period 1|website=Genshin.hoyoverse.com|date=14 February 2020|archive-date=1 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501163328/https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/news/detail/103673|url-status=live}} The website Final Fantasy Dream compared Sister Ray, a weapon that appeared in Final Fantasy VII, to the Positron Rifle used by Shinji during the Yashima Operation.{{cite web|language=fr|date=28 March 2020|url=https://www.ffdream.com/articles/31970-limpact-devangelion-sur-final-fantasy-vii|title=L'Impact d'Evangelion sur Final Fantasy VII|publisher=Final Fantasy VII|website=FFdream.com|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516000434/https://www.ffdream.com/articles/31970-limpact-devangelion-sur-final-fantasy-vii|url-status=live}} British band Fightstar published a song named "Shinji Ikari", which contains the line "I grow old after one shot", which Japanese website Anibu described as a possible reference to "Rei II".{{cite web|url=http://anibu.jp/eva-character-song-17986.html|title=Jitsuwa kekkō aru! ? 'Evua' kyara e muketa uta|trans-title=A song for "Eva" characters|script-title=ja:実はけっこうある!?「エヴァ」キャラへ向けた歌！|date=June 17, 2015|language=ja|access-date=April 18, 2020|website=Anibu.jp|archive-date=August 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802171543/http://anibu.jp/eva-character-song-17986.html|url-status=live}} The Nippon Professional Baseball team Hanshin Tigers used the OST "Decisive Battle" during the matches after Operation Yashima, a choice that attracted attention in the Japanese media.{{cite web|language=ja|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20210420-OHT1T50247.html|title=[Hanshin] kōchō chīmu o moriageru 'Eva' no sonzai-kan Yano kantoku no 'Yashima sakusen' seikō ga shōri no kagi?|date=21 April 2021|trans-title=The key to victory is the success of Manager Yano's "Yashima Operation"?|script-title=ja:【阪神】好調チームを盛り上げる「エヴァ」の存在感 矢野監督の「ヤシマ作戦」成功が勝利の鍵？|publisher=Hochi News|access-date=16 May 2021|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516152153/https://hochi.news/articles/20210420-OHT1T50247.html|url-status=live}} The same OST was used in the third episode of the Japanese TV series Rikokatsu.{{cite web|language=ja|access-date=16 May 2021|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/08aca610869bd328c1c1b34d15ea04d941035891|title=< Rikokatsu > kitagawa keiko no" haha" miishi kotono no chakushin-on ga wadai 'Eva wmō Misato-sanmaikai narashite'|trans-title=Keiko Kitagawa's "mother" Kotono Mitsuishi's ringtone is a hot topic: "Eva w" "Misato-san" "It rings every time"|script-title=ja:＜リコカツ＞北川景子の"母"三石琴乃の着信音が話題 「エヴァw」「もうミサトさん」「毎回鳴らして」|publisher=Yahoo!|website=News.yahoo.co.jp|date=1 May 2021|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516152712/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/08aca610869bd328c1c1b34d15ea04d941035891|url-status=live}} Rei's line "You won't die, because I'll protect you" is also parodied in a Nisemonogatari episode.{{cite web|access-date=20 October 2021|url=https://www.cbr.com/anime-neon-genesis-evangelion-references-homage-tribute/|title=10 Anime That Referenced Neon Genesis Evangelion|date=16 September 2021|first=Angelo|last= Delos Trinos|publisher=Comic Book Resources|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925040139/https://www.cbr.com/anime-neon-genesis-evangelion-references-homage-tribute/|url-status=live}}
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