>>211954831>She basically began the archetype of emotionless doll girls that would become a staple of anime.Are milennialfags serious, I can name dozens of older anime/manga with characters like this, especially romance stuff. What made Rei so special were the thematic extremes her archetype was taken to on top of the sci-fi and military elements making her so sui generis and timeless; much like the other EVA characters.
>Rey is a legacy character, similar to Miles Morales, Sam Wilson and Jaime ReyesAlso this, she'll be remembered as nothing more than the most infamous example of this tendency.