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>Getting thrown away
Who’s getting thrown away here? Are we talking about suitcases now? Is that really how you value human relationships? You’re either a kid, an unstable teenager, or an adult way past salvation. So let me explain it for you. Shinji and Asuka are two 14-year-old kids trying to connect, but they don’t have the emotional tools for it. Instead of bonding, they end up hurting each other. By the time they finally have the emotional stability to form a real connection, their feelings for each other belong to the past. And instead of desperately trying to revive the “glory” of their teenage selves, they actually talk things out and move on.
That’s the whole point, there’s no sense in reviving a past empire. Everything has to be rebuilt and reborn. That’s what the Rebuilds and Evangelion in general are about: stop living in nostalgia, stop clinging to old loves. Even if the future is scary, you have to take that step forward. Asuka and Shinji could have been something, but their timing was off. So let it go. New things are waiting for you.