Chapter Summaries

Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami settled into family life in a world without EVAs or Angels, reflecting on how their memories and realities had merged. The chapter ended with Shinji reuniting with Yui and Gendo, who came to visit him and his family.

• Shinji returned home to Rei and their daughters, and Rei said she felt she was finally living as her own person.
• Shinji and Rei discussed their memories of the old and new worlds, then spent the night together and began the next day as a family.
• As snow fell, Shinji and Rei recalled their farewells and explained how the broken cycle had created their present reality.
• Shinji reflected on lessons from Rei, Huang Zhetian, and Misato Katsuragi while he and Rei waited for Yui and Gendo to visit.
• Gendo knocked at Shinji's gate, and Shinji froze before embracing Yui and welcoming his parents inside.

Huang Zhetian reflected on his painful past and prepared to leave the world he had shared with Asuka, promising they would find each other again. He returned to his original world, where he reunited with Asuka and confirmed their memories were real.

• Huang Zhetian told Asuka he felt compelled to return to his original world, and she comforted him and promised they would meet again.
• At Riverside Island, Huang Zhetian told Asuka he had to leave, and they agreed to search for each other in a place they remembered.
• Asuka gave Huang Zhetian their pocket watch as a token, and he used his wish to return to his original world with her.
• Huang Zhetian awakened alone on a high-speed train in his original world and found a photograph of himself and Asuka inside the pocket watch.
• Huang Zhetian heard Asuka's voice outside an anime merchandise store and reunited with her, introducing himself as she gave her name.