>>212638092the story of the anime happens, shinji achieve instrumentality he remakes the world, ofc he does it wrong because he couldn't let go of the present, eoe begins with seele attacking nerv using mass produced eva units, the n2 engine allows 01 initiate thirdo impacto allowing shinji to choose the fate of the world again
he does it right this time, kind of, this is rebuilt, it is SEQUENTIAL okay? you cannot pick and choose which timeline to follow, nagisa clearly knows shinji he clearly knows he has all this crap to do, he is not sure but he knows if he lived all the other empty caskets beside him (containing his past selves) failed
rebuilt is slightly different because shinji became a little open to people, shinji learned a little from eoe, asuka isn't the psychological wreck she was rei has slight change to her too, she isn't as clingy to gendou, it's all pretty clear these characters at the start of rebuilt are tamer,
then it's mari, mari is from shinji's mom days, she has very close relationship to fuyutsuki as if they know each other but that's not possible mari just arrived from america, ofc mari isn't 14, she is unable to age just like shinji, too much time in lcl, mari talkes like she will save shinji not nagisa
blah blah blah story beats happen shinji's down time is even more harrowing, he doesn't eat he doesn't say anything everyone is fed up with him, they just leave him be, we get to the last episode gendou goes into null-zone and shinji follows behind, sent there by mari herself, they have a heart to heart and gendou accepts he is a terrible father etc
cut the ending, everyone gets surprise endings because they have to break the cycle you cannot focus on the past, open yourself to pain and suffering, and don't wallow in self-pity, good story 10/10