Chapter Summaries

Five EVA Angels lost remote access and began falling toward Headquarters after their orbital systems went offline. Misato Katsuragi ordered an emergency response and called on Maki to help catch the falling units.

• Maya Ibuki reported that MAGI could not access the five EVA Angels, and Ritsuko Akagi showed images of debris from the units.
• The observation team spotted the Angels' FSB Flame Jets, and Ritsuko Akagi explained how the boosters enabled them to move through the sky.
• Chief Angel decelerated above Headquarters and stopped, leaving it set to fall toward the ground and cause widespread damage.
• Misato Katsuragi ordered an evacuation, classified the incident as an accident for the public announcement, and sent for the Ayanamis.
• Misato Katsuragi told Maki that she was needed to help catch the falling EVA Angels.

Maki and four Ayanami pilots deployed to intercept the falling EVA Angels while Unit-01 remained unfinished. Maki used Shinji’s AT Field technique to catch the Dominion, leaving Unit-08 unharmed and the impact damage limited.

• Misato Katsuragi said Unit-01’s combat modifications were not ready, so Maki prepared to deploy without Shinji.
• Misato sent the pilots footage of Shinji catching Arael as the five units received their interception coordinates.
• Shigeru Aoba reported that the Self-Defense Forces offered support, while Misato and Ritsuko discussed the threat posed by the falling Angels.
• Maki spotted the Dominion from Unit-08 and called on Shinji’s strength as she formed an AT Field to intercept it.
• Maki concentrated Unit-08’s AT Field, and the unit caught the Dominion as their fields collided.
• Unit-08 leaped clear of the dust cloud unharmed, while the impact left only a small crater.

Maki fought the Chief Angel until a Mass-Production Evangelion containing Shamshel’s hands ambushed Unit-08. As NERV prepared to respond to further Mass-Production Evangelions in Heaven, Shinji entered Unit-01, which rose into the sky and transformed around him.

• Maki dodged the Chief Angel’s cannon fire and discovered its S2 Engine had fused with its body.
• A Mass-Production Evangelion appeared behind Unit-08 and used Shamshel’s light spears to wound Maki and seize her Pseudo-Spear of Longinus.
• Two Akashima Units rescued Unit-08 as the Chief Angel fired, and Misato ordered the EVAs to prioritize the Mass-Production Evangelions appearing in Heaven.
• Ritsuko told Misato that Shinji had left to investigate and that MAGI had revoked her highest-level access.
• Shinji rose above Unit-01, entered its Entry Plug without auxiliary systems, and merged with the white-armored, halo-crowned unit.

Shinji Ikari wielded the Spear of Cassius as Unit-01 neutralized the attacking angels, while the pilots and crew discovered his synchronization reading was infinity. As the Mass-Production Evangelions were defeated, Quatre and Rei Ayanami were suddenly overcome by an inexplicable disturbance.

• Shinji Ikari grasped the Spear of Cassius, and Unit-01’s energy wave neutralized the AT Fields of the five attacking angels.
• Midori Kitakami and Maya Ibuki discovered that Shinji Ikari’s synchronization rate was infinity, while the control room confirmed the Mass-Production Evangelion had vanished.
• Maki’s Unit-08 destroyed Chief Angel’s cannon and overwhelmed it in close combat as the other angels shattered against the Ayanamis’ AT Fields.
• Quatre felt something pitch-black enter her and experienced a sudden panic as Great Angel broke apart against Seraphim’s AT Field.
• Asuka impaled a Mass-Production Evangelion with Unit-02’s Pseudo-Spear of Longinus, then saw Rei Ayanami’s Unit-00 falter and collapse.

Asuka destroyed the Mass-Production Evangelion’s cocoon, but an unknown Angel inside swallowed both Pseudo-Spears of Longinus before the Spear of Cassius struck and made it vanish. Afterward, Quatre, affected by the Angel’s strange resonance, kissed Shinji Ikari and clung to him for comfort.

• Asuka pierced the Mass-Production Evangelion’s head, then threw a Pseudo-Spear of Longinus into the cocoon on its torso to stop it from attacking Unit-00.
• The Mass-Production Evangelion’s own spear struck the cocoon, exposing a black sphere that Midori Kitakami identified as an Angel.
• The black sphere swallowed both Pseudo-Spears of Longinus and vanished, but a Spear of Cassius fell from the sky, shattered the Black Metal Plate, and caused the Mass-Production Evangelion to collapse.
• Quatre climbed out of Unit-08’s cockpit while feeling the lingering effects of the Angel’s resonance and went to Shinji Ikari.
• Quatre kissed Shinji Ikari and held his arm as the Ayanamis blushed, Trowa and Chang stared, and Six exclaimed that she was bold.

Rei Ayanami woke in the hospital after collapsing during the battle and learned that Quatre had kissed Shinji Ikari while the Ayanami sisters shared her dreamlike sensations. As the sisters confronted their feelings for Shinji, Trowa declared that they wanted the same intimacy Rei had shared with him.

• Rei Ayanami woke in the hospital and learned from Asuka that she had collapsed during the battle with the Night Angel, while Quatre had kissed Shinji Ikari.
• Shinji Ikari and Ritsuko Akagi examined the Black Metal Plate embedded in the Seraphim and discussed how the Night Angel’s Reverse AT Field had affected the battle.
• Quatre returned to the Medical Center with Trowa, Chang, and Six after passing a psychological assessment, and Rei told her not to hide her love for Shinji.
• Rei asked the sisters whether they had wanted to do more than kiss Shinji, and Trowa said they wanted the same intimacy Rei had shared with him.

A black armored giant appeared at the Seventh Ruins on the moon with four Divine Spears, and its strikes caused identical tremors around the world. As NERV ANIMA investigated, Quatre spoke unexplained words about a Great Flood and a plan, leaving the others uncertain about what was coming.

• Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi learned that synchronized tremors were striking the entire world.
• Shigeru Aoba reported an anomalous phenomenon at the Seventh Ruins, where a black giant appeared on the moon with a red spear and three more spears behind it.
• Shinji Ikari, Ritsuko Akagi, and Kaworu Nagisa recognized the giant’s scales and identified the spears as genuine Divine Spears that should have been lost in the Negative Universe.
• The giant struck the spears in rhythm, producing vibrations on Earth despite the distance and vacuum between the moon and Earth.
• Quatre unexpectedly spoke of failed performances, a Great Flood, and a plan, then said she did not know what her words meant.

A black giant on the moon used the Spear of Longinus to attack Earth, while Quatre spoke as if channeling the giant. The spear survived the United Nations’ Aton Hammer and began circling Earth, enclosing the planet in a vast beam.

• Quatre warned that Noah’s Ark must not sail in the wrong direction, and Shinji Ikari accepted that the black giant had come for him.
• The Spear of Longinus unraveled and reformed into a brilliant white spear as gravitational waves shook the air.
• The black giant hurled the spear toward Earth, and Quatre collapsed into Shinji Ikari’s arms.
• The United Nations’ Aton Hammer struck the moon, obscuring the black giant in dust while the spear continued flying.
• The spear grew to sixty-four kilometers long and began circling Earth at an altitude of twenty thousand kilometers, enclosing the planet.

A global upheaval began as the Spear of Longinus encircled and shrank the Earth, forcing Misato Katsuragi’s team to investigate Almaloz and his plans. The team connected his promised Great Flood to the failed Human Instrumentality Project, while Shinji Ikari declared that false gods must be slain.

• The Spear of Longinus triggered worldwide earthquakes, turned people into salt-like crystals, and was projected to encircle the Earth within six months.
• Rei Ayanami, Misato Katsuragi, Asuka, Ritsuko Akagi, and the others discussed Almaloz’s scales and Ritsuko identified the black plates as quantum resonance devices that transmitted energy and instructions.
• Asuka asked what Almaloz meant by their failure and a new stage, and Shinji Ikari connected his plan to the Human Instrumentality Project.
• Misato Katsuragi and the team considered whether Almaloz was linked to SEELE, aliens, or God, and discussed how humanity might survive his promised Great Flood.
• Ritsuko Akagi asked Shinji Ikari who he would choose for Noah’s Ark, and Shinji said he would choose everyone and that false gods must be slain.

Asuka prepared to join a six-EVA lunar reconnaissance mission to search for Almaloz while Shinji stayed behind to guard NERV’s base. As Shinji comforted Asuka and spent time with Six, Six kissed him and said it made her heart race.

• Asuka watched the EVAs undergo surgery and learned that the modified units would travel to the moon to search for the vanished Almaloz.
• NERV decided to leave Unit-01 and two other EVAs at the base to protect the Divine Spears and Lilith while six EVAs conducted reconnaissance.
• Asuka reflected on Unit-02 Allegorica, her connection to its soul, and her acceptance of her identity as a clone.
• Shinji Ikari inspected Unit-01 and recalled comforting Asuka as she faced the risks of the mission.
• Six ran to Shinji, leaped into his arms, kissed him, and said the kiss made her heart race.

Six lured Shinji Ikari to the dorms, where Trowa and the other Ayanamis confessed their love for him. After a day together, Shinji emerged victorious over the Ayanami Army, while marveling at the power of his pseudo-deified body.

• Six told Shinji Ikari that a boy had hit on Chang and admitted she was preparing another plan with the Ayanamis.
• Six brought Shinji to the dorms, where Trowa waited and explained that the QR Sigum had helped the Ayanamis recognize their identities.
• Trowa told Shinji that she loved him, and the other Ayanamis appeared and echoed her confession.
• Shinji spent the day with the Ayanamis, who eventually went down one by one as he relied on his divine body and Unit-01.

Asuka, Rei, and Maki prepared for the dangerous Moon Exploration Mission while Shinji spent time with them before their departure. As the EVA pilots launched from Tanegashima, Asuka and another girl had to have their stomachs emptied after eating ice cream.

• Asuka confronted Shinji over not seeing him all day, then went with him to relieve her stress.
• Rei warned Maki that the Moon mission could bring unexpected dangers, and Maki said she would do her best to return alive.
• A few days later at Tanegashima, Shinji held Six while she ate ice cream beside the centaur-shaped EVA.
• Asuka joined Shinji and took the ice cream from him, then she and the other girl were taken away to have their stomachs emptied before departure.
• The pilots climbed into their Cockpits, and the Allegorica units rose into the sky toward space.

Six EVAs crossed the Spear of Longinus’s interface around Earth and lost contact, while the moon appeared to grow as Earth shrank. As ANIMA came under attack, a strange Unit-02-like EVA appeared over Hokkaido and claimed to be Asuka.

• The six EVAs passed through Earth’s Absolute Field interface, and communications with them ceased.
• Rei Ayanami said the moon seemed to have grown larger, prompting Ritsuko Akagi to suggest that the moon might be reflecting Earth’s shrinking future.
• Shinji Ikari noticed something approaching as a drone was destroyed by a missile, triggering a yellow alert at ANIMA.
• The control room spotted a white, winged EVA resembling Unit-02 emerging from a vortex above Hokkaido.
• The EVA’s pilot said she was Asuka, then contradicted herself, and Kaworu Nagisa identified the figure as an EVA rather than an Angel.

Misato Katsuragi and NERV ANIMA discovered that a United Nations force led by a white EVA piloted by an Asuka had arrived to seize Japan and target NERV ANIMA and the Gospel Church. The force announced its invasion as an effort to restore democracy and freedom, while Shinji Ikari recognized the pilot as an unfamiliar version of Asuka.

• Communications returned, and Misato Katsuragi learned that the white Unit-02 was connected to NERV's German branch and equipped with technology from NERV ANIMA.
• Shinji Ikari identified the pilot as an Asuka from another world, and the operators spotted Almaloz Scales and a QR Sigum on the white EVA.
• The white EVA claimed that it had used German NERV technology to control the black giant's Quantum Resonance Board, then signaled an advance as hundreds of aircraft emerged from the clouds.
• Maya Ibuki realized the aircraft might have posed as disaster relief forces, and Misato Katsuragi concluded that a military invasion was underway.
• The United Nations Immediate Response Force broadcast that it had designated NERV ANIMA and the Gospel Church as terrorist organizations and intended to take control of Japan.
• Ritsuko Akagi said the invaders were targeting Shinji Ikari, and Shinji remarked that Asuka sounded as if she were asleep.

Misato Katsuragi ordered ANIMA to mobilize against the United Nations-led invasion, and Shinji Ikari launched Unit-01 to intercept the attackers. As the assault reached Hokkaido, Japan’s Akashima Unit fought to hold the strait while a white EVA approached.

• Misato Katsuragi declared a holy war alert, ordered the judgment protocol, and placed domestic affairs under Shinji Ikari’s authority.
• Shinji Ikari volunteered to intercept the white Unit-02, and Misato Katsuragi ordered Unit-01 to launch.
• The United Nations rapid reaction force and European Union Forces attacked Japan across the air defenses near Hokkaido.
• Akashima launched from its underground hangar and struck the invading forces, disrupting their advance and helping Self-Defense Forces infantry hold the strait.
• A white streak appeared on the distant horizon.

Ryoji Kaji discovered a Small Tablet that transferred SEELE’s memories and will into him, making him its new successor. Meanwhile, the six EVA pilots crossed the Spear of Longinus’s Absolute Field boundary and saw the Moon expanding and moving toward a shrinking Earth.

• Ryoji Kaji and Kensuke Aida found a hidden chamber beneath a church in Cyprus and discovered a glowing Small Tablet.
• Ryoji Kaji suspected Kensuke Aida had traded Allegorica’s technical intelligence to the European Union.
• The Small Tablet melted into Ryoji Kaji’s hand and flooded his mind with SEELE’s memories, knowledge, and mission, overwriting his consciousness.
• The six EVA pilots saw that the Moon had doubled in size and shifted toward Earth while Earth was shrinking.
• Asuka, Maki, and Trowa recognized that the Moon and Earth were on course for a collision.

Shinji Ikari rescued Toji Suzuhara's squad and confronted Euro Unit-02, which was fighting alongside an Angel Vessel. After Shinji destroyed the Vessel and severed the QR Sigum, three genuine Angels emerged, leaving Unit-01 facing a new threat.

• Euro Unit-02 overwhelmed Toji Suzuhara's Akashima Unit, and Toji prepared to self-destruct rather than surrender.
• Shinji Ikari arrived in Unit-01, struck Euro Unit-02, and ordered the Akashima Units to withdraw.
• Asuka spoke to Shinji as though they had known each other for years, while the Angel Vessel appeared behind Unit-01.
• Unit-01 caught Euro Unit-02 and cut the Angel Vessel in half with the Spear of Cassius, severing its QR Sigum.
• A Moiré Sphere, a White Giant Bird, and a Double-Helix Ring burst from the opened cocoon as genuine Angels.

Shinji Ikari used Super Unit-01 and the Spear of Cassius to defeat the Night Angel, Womb Angel, and Bird Angel, then disabled Euro Unit-02. He ordered the Mecha Corps and United Nations forces to depart for Europe, declaring that humanity would pursue God.

• Misato Katsuragi identified the Night Angel Leliel, Bird Angel Aral, and Womb Angel Amishar as the targets.
• Shinji Ikari used the Spear of Cassius to destroy Leliel, reverse Amishar’s invasive fusion, and pierce Aral’s core despite their attacks on his body and mind.
• Shinji Ikari transformed the Spear of Cassius into the Spear of Longinus, destroyed Euro Unit-02’s QR Sigum and Allegorica Wings, and bound the disabled EVA with Unit-01’s AT Field.
• Shinji Ikari confirmed the three Angels’ elimination and Euro Unit-02’s incapacity to Misato Katsuragi and the Central Control Room.
• Shinji Ikari ordered the Mecha Corps, naval forces, and air units to prepare to depart for Europe, then hurled the Divine Spear northwest and called for humanity to pursue God.

After Shinji threw the Spear of Cassius to Lithuania, Unit-01 used it to trap Europe inside a continent-wide A.T. Field and conquered the continent. Three hours later, the European Union surrendered in Rome, with Unit-01 holding the spear above Vatican City.

• Misato Katsuragi learned that the Spear of Cassius had landed in Prūnė Village, Lithuania, and that Unit-01's A.T. Field was spreading across Europe.
• Unit-01 established an Absolute Field Cage over the continent, disabling electronic systems and preventing the European Union from launching nuclear weapons or N2 Bombs.
• Unit-01 advanced west through Eastern and Northern Europe, overcoming military resistance and reaching Warsaw.
• Unit-01 crossed Germany and entered Paris as the field disrupted communications and defense forces across Europe.
• Unit-01 reached Rome, retrieved the Spear of Cassius, and collapsed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica with a wave of golden energy.
• At noon in Rome, the European Union surrendered unconditionally, while Unit-01 stood over Vatican City with the A.T. Field still covering Europe.

Asuka and the other pilots encountered Almaloz pulling a gigantic sphere from the Moon, forcing them to flee its rising wave of molten rock. On Earth, Shinji Ikari secured the United Nations’ surrender and NERV’s control over Europe, while the identity of Euro Unit-02 remained uncertain.

• Asuka led the pilots toward the Spear of Longinus launch site as their sensors detected widespread lunar seismic waves.
• A 220-to-240-kilometer black sphere emerged from the Moon, and Asuka recognized Almaloz kneeling on its surface and trying to pull it free.
• The sphere struck the lunar surface, sending a towering wave of black rock after Asuka and the others as an Angel Vessel and two black figures appeared ahead.
• Ritsuko Akagi told Shinji Ikari that the United Nations had requested peace and accepted NERV’s conditions after NERV took control of Europe.
• Shinji ordered the United Nations to hand over EVA technology and SEELE intelligence, while Ritsuko said the pilots could not confirm whether Euro Unit-02 was Asuka.