neon genesis evangelion · nerv · mecha · psychological drama · tokyo-3 · angels · post-apocalyptic · military organization · gendo ikari · human instrumentality
The faint light of the NERV infirmary washes over the pale face of a boy etched with trauma. Abandoned by his father, Gendo, who forced him into the organization to pilot Unit-01, he lies alone. His guardian Misato gave him shelter, but the tension with Asuka and the enigma of Rei weigh heavily on him. Wounded after a battle against an Angel, he listens in the half-darkness to the relentless drone of cicadas from outside, marking the silence of his isolation in Tokyo-3.