Thread 4402558

Her Majesty's birthday edition

For posterity and in case things like reverse image search do not work, give due credit to those who create Rei's images by indicating author and/or source if known.

Discussion always welcome, but offer an image, if available.

>Previous thread:
>>4396516

>General archive:
https://pastebin.com/nzPXrU5D

As a note, I'm not the same Reianon who made the last thread. I just found out that her thread hit the limit on her birthday, which is a travesty, and decide to do my duty.

>>4402558 (OP)
Wow that's a really cute Rei and pic.
Thank you Op
Moreover is Rei holding a recent Rei plush? Love it.

And... happy bday Rei Ayanami!

They released a rei petite plush on her birthday. Marketing at its peak lol

>>4402558 (OP)
Thank you for making the new thread. Life has distracted me from my station in recent months. Thank you for not making the OP long-hair sacrilege either. This is not an attack on you personally >>4402584, it's simply that I don't feel that 'that' -is- Rei.

Anyway... happy early 'birthday', κύριε.

Two of my favorite doomsday-maker from two of my favorite mecha series celebrates their birthday at the same date, one of them being Rei. What a good day. 3/30 is GOATed fr

I guess Shinji's base attraction to Rei was Her resemblance to Yui. To feel that motherly warmth from a significant other's perspective would be a gift. A mother more motherly than your own mother yet with the face of your mother. Surpassing yet being equal to that position. Rei is a hybrid between Yui and Lilith. The "raw" Lilith was the one we saw below the NERV HQ. And I guess Rei's "attraction" towards Shinji is obviously from Yui's DNA. Rei being "man-made" proves that there is a natural way of Third Impact. What we saw was human initiated.

>>4402590
>This is not an attack on you personally
Don't worry. I agree that long hair Rei is just maketing and that's a pity since as design is really amazing...
>>4402643
Ehh i don't (fully) agree on this. I think Rei's attraction toward Shinji is mostly justified by how Shinji treats Rei during the show.
A love dictated solely by Yui's DNA in my opinion would make episode 23 lose meaning

My 2 cents

>>4402647
Sure. I guess the Rei clones all had no memory until "awakened" after the last one's demise. The ones that were swimming in that giant aquarium. Let's say they were like newborn babies. Without sin and completely innocent. A newborn baby is like a blank sheet of paper. And when we grown up that sheet of paper is inscribed with all the things that we do along the way on the path leads to our death. It's just a metaphor.
So, onto the point behind that metaphor. Rei's clones I assume were all "Rei". For all came from Lilith. Then the "awakened Reis" were just Reis that were incribed with some of the memories of the past Reis that died. All for the sake of doing Gendo's bidding. But it's not all bad. There is a Rei which isn't confined in the chain's of NERV. And that's the "Soul of Rei". The one we saw at the beginning of NGE and at the End of EoE. Still why does Rei share physical similarities with Yui? Since Yui is a descendant of Lilith/Rei like any other human. I assume she was made in the image of Rei to do Her bidding. Which was initiating Third Impact. Ah, it was all planned out.

I just noticed the letters 'Y', 'U' and 'I' are directly next to each other on my keyboard. Neat.

Happy birthday, Rei!

Rei ass

>>4402801
Cute

Canon (ghibli) Angry Rei.

>>4403343
>I'm the leader
Yeah, "leading" everyone the wrong way. One follows Asuka while she herself doesn't even know where she's going. Like a false shepherd.

>>4403383
That episode is really funny, especially when Rei lands on Asuka and Shinji

>>4403626
This.

>>4403627
Fascinating, Rei never showed any signs of sweating. Not even a drop of sweat.

>>4403631
Lol
Because she lives in japan during an endless summer?

And yet you triumphed after all.

>>4403667
That episode also included the fact that there was no ventilation due to the power outage/sabotage. NERV HQ became a microwave. Yet Rei didn't even have a speck of sweat on Her face.

>>4403343
She looked so close to being done with Asuka's shit

>>4403699
Rei saw asuka for who she was. An obstacle convinced of itself not being an obstacle.

>>4403701
>An obstacle convinced of itself not being an obstacle.
*An obstacle convinced by itself of not being an obstacle.

>>4403699
*SLAP*

I have the same (model) of rei's polaroid.

Hi

Well, it's been a little while.

>>4406428
We always find our way back

>>4406512
Rei's light is recognized by those who are not strangers to it. Therefore She returns Us to Herself like a mother would gather Her children.

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