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NEON GENESIS EVANGELION Episode 1 ANGEL ATTACK Translated Speech Script with some comments Written by WADA Mitsuhiro (Wada-kun) Comments by WADA Mitsuhiro (Wada-kun) Revisions by Craig Green (gree6300@mach1.wlu.ca) Revision Level 1.3 Have fun! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OPENING THEME SONG ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is in A.D. 2015. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *A strange, gigantic creature cruises underwater in a submerged city *A group of tanks with their cannon aimed at the city --------------- Radio: Today at 12:30, a state of special emergency has been declared within Kanto and Chubu districts, around Tokai district. Please take refuge in the designated shelters. Repeat... Today-- #Tokai is the district between Tokyo and Nagoya. Kanto and Chubu #contains Tokai and the large area north of it. *All destination panels at the station show 'All lines are out of service'. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *In a car, with someone driving Misato: Why, of all times, have I missed him now?! What am I going to do? #The Japanese below the photo of Shinji is his name 'Ikari #Shinji', written in katakana. He wears a uniform, which #most junior high school students must wear in Japan. His #clothing in this episode seems a kind of them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *A boy is calling from a telephone booth Phone: All normal lines are out of order due to the state of special emergency. Shinji: Out of order... I shouldn't have come... #The Traffic panel shows "Tokyo-3: 13km, Gotenba: 35km." Gotenba #is located at the foot of Mt. Fuji. #You can see some handwriting on the photo. It says: "Dear #Shinji-kun. I'm coming to meet you, so please wait for me." #Attention to here! (her breasts) Shinji: I may not be able to meet her. Can't be helped--I'll head to the shelter. *A sudden strong wind Shinji: Uh... Shinji: Ahh... *A gigantic creature walking Shinji: Ahhh! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *Operational Display #I wonder if the place where I think UN Force Headquarters in #Tokyo-3 is the same place which I regard Nerv Headquarters. #I'll check it, but unfortunately I don't yet have enough information #to confirm it. Female Voice: The identified moving object is still approaching our position. Male Voice: We have a visual image of the target. Transferring it to the main screen. *Two men (Gendo and Fuyutsuki) Fuyutsuki: It's been 15 years... Gendo: Yes, certainly. Fuyutsuki: Angels. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EPISODE: 1 ANGEL ATTACK ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * UN forces attack the Angel Aircraft: All missiles hit the target! Aircraft: Ahh! * A UN aircraft crashed Shinji: Ahh! *Misato stops the car and opens the door Misato: Sorry to have kept you waiting... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Male Voice: Target is still intact. It's continuing toward Tokyo-3. Female Voice: It cannot be stopped by Air Force firepower. *Missile attacks *3 commanders of the UN force Sub Commander A: Total war! Commit all divisions at Atsugi and Iruma Bases to the battle! #Atsugi is the US base in Japan. Iruma is the Japanese Air Defense #Force's base. Sub Commander B: Hold nothing back! Destroy the target at any cost! *Another missile attack, but no effect. Sub Commander A: Why?! That must have been a direct hit! Sub Commander B: The tank battalion has been wiped out. Guided missiles and cannon shells have no effect on it... Sub Commander A: It's useless! With such limited firepower, we can do nothing! *Gendo & Fuyutsuki Fuyutsuki: So it's protected by an AT-Field, as we thought? Gendo: Yes. Normal weapons have no effect on Angels. *A phone call One of Cmdr: Understood, sir. I'll deploy it as previously arranged. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *The Angel is in the distance *Misato looks through field glasses Misato: Wait, it can't be... They're gonna use an N2 bomb?! Get down! *A big explosion ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub Cmdr A: All right! Sub Cmdr B: Sorry that we've left nothing for you to do. Female Voice: Shock wave inbound! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *Misato and Shinji near the overturned car Misato: Are you all right? Shinji: Yeah, but there's something crunchy in my mouth. Misato: That's fine. Well... you ready? Misato: Here goes! *They succeed in turning over the car. Misato: Thanks a lot. Good job. Shinji: You, too, Katsuragi-san... Misato: Call me Misato. Please to meet you, Ikari Shinji-kun. Shinji: Me, too. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cmdr-in-Chief: Condition of target? Female Voice: Undetermined due to radio wave interference. Sub Cmdr A: It was such a massive explosion, it must have been destroyed. Male Voice: Sensors again operational. Female Voice: An energy reaction at the center of the explosion! Sub Cmdr A: What the hell?! Male Voice: Visual image restored. Commanders: Oh...! Sub Commander B: That was our trump card... Cmdr-in-Chief: Unbelievable... Sub Cmdr A: It's a monster! *Angel regenerating itself ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *Misato drives her broken car while making a phone call Misato: Sure. Don't worry. His protection is my highest priority. Prepare a train car for us--a linear one, please. Right. It was my idea to meet him, so I'll take full responsibility for him. 'Bye. Misato (thinking): This is terrible! I just finished restoring my car... It's a wreck now... Misato (thinking): 33 loan payments left... And the repair costs...! Misato (thinking): Even worse, my only good clothes have been ruined... Shinji: Misato-san... Misato (thinking): And I was in such a good mood! Damn... Shinji: Excuse me, Misato-san...? Misato: Eh, what? Shinji: You sure it was all right to do that? *Batteries which she seems to have stolen... Misato: Ah, it's fine, it's fine. It was during an emergency... We can't do anything if the car doesn't run. Anyway, I AM an international officer, even if I don't seem like it. Shinji: That doesn't seem like a very good excuse. Misato: Boring kid. Your expression's blank, so unsuited to your pretty face. Shinji: You think so...? Misato: Hmm, are you angry? Sorry, I'm sorry. It'd only be natural because you're a boy. Shinji: You're childish for your age, aren't you? *Misato drives the car roughly ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *Injured Angel stands in the plain Fuyutsuki: It's regenerating itself, as expected. Gendo: If it didn't, it would be useless as an independent weapon. Cmdr: Ohhh... Fuyutsuki: Oh, I'm impressed. It can also amplify its own functions. Gendo: In addition, it has gained intelligence. Fuyutsuki: The next invasion is only a matter of time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *A car-transport train departing from the station Announce: The gate is closing. Attention, please. The train is about to depart. This train ... Shinji: The special agency Nerv? Misato: Yes, a secret organization directly attached to the United Nations. Shinji: It's the one my father belongs to. Misato: Yeah, well. Do you know what he does? Shinji: It's an important job protecting the human race, or so my teacher said. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *Gendo standing before the 3 commanders of the UN force in Nerv Headquarters Cmdr-in-Chief: You have command of this operation from this point on. We'll observe how you handle the situation. Gendo: Yes, sir. Sub Cmdr B: Ikari-kun, considering our available weaponry, I must admit that we have no effective defense against the target. Cmdr-in-Chief: And you are confident of defeating it? Gendo: It's for that reason Nerv exists. Cmdr-in-Chief: We expect much from you. #UN Commanders disappear. Female Voice: No change in target. Male Voice: Present effective rate of interception is 7.5 %. Fuyutsuki: The U.N. Troops can't help us. What are you going to do? Gendo: I'll activate Evangelion Unit-01. Fuyutsuki: Unit-01? But we have no pilot. Gendo: No problem--another is being delivered. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *Shinji and Misato in her car on the car train Shinji: Are we going to meet my father? Misato: Well, yes, we are. Shinji: Father... Misato: Ah, right, did your father give you an ID? Shinji: Oh, yeah. Shinji: Here. Misato: Thanks! #Japanese on the top of the paper is 'Ikari Shinji'. The one at #the bottom is 'Come! Ikari Gendo'. Misato: Then, read this. #'Top Secret' is on Misato's side. 'Welcome to Nerv' is on #Shinji's side. Shinji: It's about my father's work... Is there something for me to do? Shinji: I'm not surprised. He won't write to me... unless he wants me for something. Misato: I know. You find him cold... So do I. *Underground city appears Shinji: Incredible! A real Geo-front! # 'Geo-front' is English word which was made in Japan. It means #underground space which the people can use for living, #manufacturing, etc. Because Japan is small, the development plan #of underground space is studied. Misato: That's right. This is our secret base, Nerv Headquarters. It's also the foundation for the rebuilding of the world and a fortress for the human race. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EYECATCHES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NEON GENESIS EVANGELION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NEON GENESIS EVANGELION EPISODE:1 ANGEL ATTACK ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *Shinji and Misato on a moving walkway Misato: That's strange. I was sure this is the right way ... #Japanese on the top means 'Nerv Headquarters'. The handwriting #on the map means 'HERE!' The handwritten 'WC' beside the #map means 'lavatory/rest room'. #Japanese on the top means 'Nerv Headquarters'. The handwriting #on the map means 'HERE!' Misato: I'd really rather not wear a skirt in here. At any rate, where's Ritsuko? Sorry that I'm not familiar with this place. Shinji: We've been by here before. Misato: But don't worry--systems exist to be used. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Announce: Chief of Project E at Section 1 of the Technical Department, Dr. Akagi Ritsuko, Dr. Akagi Ritsuko. Please contact Captain Katsuragi Misato at Section 1 of the Operations Department immediately. #Misato's rank is 'Ichi-i' in Japanese. #Japanese on the cylinder seems to mean 'Air'. *Ritsuko takes her wetsuit off. Ritsuko: I'm amazed. She must have gotten lost again. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * Ritsuko enters the elevator which Shinji and Misato took Misato: Ah! H-- hi, Ritsuko... Ritsuko: What were you doing, Captain Katsuragi? We are short on both hands and time! Misato: Sorry... Ritsuko: He's the boy. Misato: Yes, according to Malduck's report, he's the "Third Children". * Apparently Gainax has a reason for using "Children" instead of "Child". Ritsuko: Nice to meet you. Shinji: Ah... yes. Misato: He's rather like his father... neither are very sociable. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *Gendo descending by lift Gendo: Well, I trust you. Fuyutsuki: They're meeting for the first time in three years. Male Voice: Sub-Commander, the target is moving again. Fuyutsuki: Well... Red alert! All hands to battle stations! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *Shinji, Misato and Ritsuko coming up on the lift with a pink/red background Female Voice: Repeat, red alert! All hands to battle stations! Prepare for ground interception of the enemy. Misato: You hear that? Ritsuko: This is serious. Misato: So, how is Unit-00? Ritsuko: It's outfitted with B-type equipment. It's being frozen. Misato: Will it really work? I'd heard you hadn't managed that yet. Ritsuko: The probability of it working is 0.000000001 percent. "09 system" seemed like a good name for it. Misato: You mean it won't work, don't you? Ritsuko: Don't be rude! The chance isn't zero. Misato: It's still only a number. Anyway, saying "It doesn't work at all..." won't be much of an excuse. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *A boat going on the pink water *Only a line of light coming through the entrance *A sudden blackout Shinji: Ah, it's pitch dark. *The big (ugly!) face of Evangelion appears before Shinji as lights snap on Shinji: Ah, a face... A giant robot... Ritsuko: You won't find this in the manual. Shinji: Eh? Ritsuko: This is the Multi-purpose Humanoid Fighting Machine EVANGELION, which humanity has finally developed. Shinji: This is Father's work? Gendo: That's right. *Gendo appears at the top of the room Gendo: It's been a long time. Shinji: Father... Gendo: Move out. Misato: Move out?! Unit-00 is being frozen... You aren't kidding. You mean that you'll activate Unit-01? Ritsuko: We have no other choice. Misato: Wait a sec! We can't let Rei board it. We have no pilots. Ritsuko: One has just been delivered. Misato: Are you serious? Ritsuko: Ikari Shinji-kun, you will get into it. Misato: But even in Ayanami Rei's case, it took a full seven months for her to synchronize with Eva. Ritsuko: You can only sit in it and try. We would never expect more from you. Misato: But... Ritsuko: At present, stopping the Angel's attack has top priority. Even if there is little potential for synchronizing with Eva, we have no choice but to have someone board it. Understand, Captain Katsuragi? Misato: You may be right... Shinji: Father, why did you call me? Gendo: For exactly the reasons you think. Shinji: Then, you mean I should get into it and fight that thing I saw. Gendo: Correct. Shinji: No way! What are you talking about?! I've always thought you didn't want me! Gendo: I called you now because I need you now. Shinji: Why me...? Gendo: Because no one else can. Shinji: I can't do this. I've neither seen nor heard of this before. Why do you say I can? Gendo: Listen to the explanations. Shinji: No... I can't... It's impossible! Gendo: If you're going to do this, don't waste time. Otherwise, leave! *Many maintenance men anxiously stare at the scenery... *Angel attacks the ground above the Nerv Headquarters Gendo: That thing seems to have found us. Ritsuko: Shinji-kun, we have no time. Misato: Board it. Shinji: No way. After coming all that way, it's ridiculous. Misato: Shinji-kun... Why did you come here? Don't run away, not from your father and, above all, not from yourself. Shinji: I understand. But, I don't think I can do this! Gendo: Fuyutsuki. *Fuyutsuki on the screen Gendo: Rei--wake her. Fuyutsuki: Is she available? Gendo: She's not dead at least. Fuyutsuki: Understood. Gendo: Rei? Rei: Yes. Gendo: The replacement turned out to be useless. Gendo: Again. Rei: Yes. Ritsuko: Reconfigure the system of Unit-01 for Rei! Restart! Female Voice: Roger. Aborting current process and restarting. Shinji: I'm unnecessary, just as I thought... *Rei, on a hospital bed, is wheeled in. * Angel attacks again Shinji: Watch out! *Eva protects Shinji with its right hand Shinji: Ah! Male Voice: Eva moved! What's wrong with it?! Male Voice: It tore off the binding attached to its right arm. Ritsuko: That's impossible! The entry plug has not yet been inserted. It can't move! Misato: It reacted without the interface... Or rather, did it protect him...? He can do it! *Shinji runs to Rei and holds her *Rei is suffering in agony Shinji: Don't run away, don't run away, don't run away, don't run away, don't run away... I'll do it... I'll get into it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Staff: Freezing process has finished. Staff: The binding on the right arm has been repaired. Staff: Position is correct for docking in the cage. Maya: The termination signal plug has been discharged. Staff: Roger. Insert entry plug. Operator: The plug has been secured. Operator: Begin the first connection. *Shinji in the entry plug (a cockpit) Ritsuko: Commence entry plug LCL injection. Shinji: Huh? What is this? Ah, ah, ah, uguh.... Ritsuko: It's all right. After your lungs fill with LCL, it will directly supply you with oxygen. You'll get used to it soon. Shinji: Fuah, guhah... I feel sick... Misato: Bear it! You're a man, aren't you?! Staff: Connect to the main power supply. Staff: Transmit power to all circuits. Staff: Roger. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Operator: Commencing second contact. Operator: The connection to the A10-nerve is operational. Ritsuko: Japanese has been fixed to the system as the fundamental method for the control of Eva. All initial contacts are set. Maya: Connect the mutual lines. Synchronization rate is 41.3%. Ritsuko: Incredible! Maya: All harmonics values are normal. Everything is under control. Ritsuko: It is going to work! Misato: Ready to launch. *Evangelion Staff: Release the first lock bolt! Staff: Released! Staff: Remove the umbilical bridge! Staff: Release the second lock bolt! Staff: Remove the first, then second bindings. Staff: Disengage the first through fifteenth safety locks. Staff: Internal battery fully charged. Staff: External power supply socket operational. *Nerv Headquarters Maya: Okay. Eva Unit-01 to the launching pad. *Evangelion is ready to be launched. Maya: Course clear. All green. Ritsuko: It's ready for launch. Misato: Okay. Not that it matters, right? Gendo: Of course it does. We have no future unless we beat the Angels. Fuyutsuki: Ikari, are you truly satisfied with this? Misato: Launch! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *Angel walking in the city *Eva appears on the ground Misato: Shinji-kun... Come back alive. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ending Theme Song ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trailer: Eva defeats Angel, but this is only the beginning of everything. Shinji runs away from his father and Misato's pride makes her decide to become his guardian. Next is 'Unknown Ceilings'. Of course, next time, service, service. -----------------------------------------------------------------------End of Episode:1

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Literal Translation Series,

Episode 2 BEAST

Misiranu, Tenjo (Unknown Ceilings)

Translated Speech Script with some comments

Written by WADA Mitsuhiro (Wada-kun)

Comments by WADA Mitsuhiro (Wada-kun)

Revisions by Craig Green (gree6300@mach1.wlu.ca)

Revision level 1.2

Have fun!

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OPENING THEME SONG

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*Eva is ready for the battle against 'ANGEL'. Shinji is in Eva Unit One.

*Misato and Ritsuko are in the operating room of Nerv underground.

Misato: Are you ready, Shinji-kun?

Shinji: Ah, yes.

Misato: Release the final safety lock! Evangelion Unit One, lift off!

Misato: Shinji-kun, think only of walking now.

Shinji: Walk...

Ritsuko: It's walking!

Shinji: Walk...

*Eva falls forward.

Misato: Shinji-kun, come on! Hurry, stand as fast as you can!

*ANGEL lifts Eva up and grasps Eva's left arm tightly.

Misato: Shinji-kun, keep calm. It's not your arm!

Ritsuko: How is Eva's protection system?

Maya: Signal's not working.

Makoto: Field has not developed!

Ritsuko: It's useless?!

*ANGEL breaks Eva's left arm.

Maya: Left arm has been damaged.

Makoto: The circuits have snapped.

Misato: Shinji-kun, break free!

*ANGEL batters at Eva's head.

Maya: Front area of the head cracked!

Ritsuko: The armor cannot take much more.

#Japanese word above 'EMERGENCY' has the same meaning.

Shigeru: Head damaged, extent unknown!

Maya: Control nerves snapping one after another.

Makoto: No response from pilot.

Misato: Shinji-kun!

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Shinji: An unknown ceiling...

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TITLE

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EPISODE: 2

UNKNOWN CEILING

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#In this series, there are a Japanese title and an English one for each

episode. The English one has different meaning from the Japanese

one. This episode has 'Mishiranu, Tenjo (Unknown Ceiling)' and

'BEAST' as the titles.

*A tent in the center of the ANGEL's self-explosion

#Japanese words above 'DANGER, KEEP OUT' has the same

meaning, literally 'DANGER, KEEP OUT AREA'.

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Lorentz: The second coming of Angels... It's too abrupt.

Member(yellow): It's just like fifteen years ago. Disasters always

strike without notice.

Member(red): This may be fortunate for us from the view that our prior

investment has come to nothing.

Member(blue): Things have yet to turn out. If it ends up being useless,

then it's a waste.

Member(yellow): That's right. As for the anti-Angel measures now commonly

known, Nerv must control the information about them both quickly

and appropriately.

Gendo: That matter has been taken care of. Don't worry.

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*Misato is changing TV channels in the tent

*Channel 12

#'Government's Urgent Press Announcement'(center) and 'On the

spot broadcasting'(right) at the bottom of the display.

TV: The Government announcement this morning regarding yesterday's

state of special emergency says...

*Channel 4

#'Mayumi, the Chief Cabinet Secretary' at the bottom.

TV: In this incident...

*Channel 8

TV: The U.N. forces in Japan...

#'BS' means a satellite broadcasting.

*Misato is fanning herself.

Misato: The announcement was "Scenario D-22". The facts were hushed

up again.

Ritsuko: The people in the Public Relations Department seem happy to

finally have something to do.

Misato: They seemed rather optimistic.

Ritsuko: Well... The truth is that everyone is afraid.

Misato: Of course...

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Lorentz(?): Well, that's what it is.

Member(green): But, Ikari-kun, Nerv and Eva... you could use them in

better ways, couldn't you?

Member(yellow): The cost of repairs for Unit Zero, and for the damage Unit

One received in its first battle, would be a country's ruin.

Member(red): I heard you gave that toy to your son.

Member(blue): Lives, time and money... How much will be spent by you and

your son before you are satisfied?

Member(red): Besides, you have another job to do, don't you?

#The cover of the report says:

#TOP SECRET

#HUMAN COMPLEMENT PROJECT

#TOP-LEVEL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

#17TH INTERIM REPORT

#HUMAN COMPLEMENT COMMITTEE

#PROJECT OUTLINES FOR FISCAL 2015

#SUMMARY

Member(red): The Human Complement Project--that is what you must give

the highest priority.

Member(yellow): That's right. That project is our only hope in such

hopeless circumstances.

Lorentz: Anyway, even though Angels have come again, that project must not

fall behind schedule. As for the budgets, we'll consider them.

Member(?): Well, the committee will take over now.

Member(yellow): Ikari-kun, thank you.

Lorentz: Ikari, you can't go back now.

Gendo: I understand. Humanity has no more time.

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* Shinji stands in a corridor, gazing out a window.

* Rei passes by him, wheeled by on a hospital bed.

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*Misato and Ritsuko are in the truck, headed back.

Misato: I've always thought that the air conditioner is the greatest

treasure of humanity! It's a true scientific success!

Ritsuko: Shinji-kun has recovered consciousness.

Misato: How is he?

Ritsuko: No external wounds, but his memory is somewhat confused.

Misato: Can't be... Is it mental contamination?

Ritsuko: I was told not to worry about it.

Misato: I see... It's like that. Because it happened so suddenly...

Ritsuko: It's no wonder. A severe burden was imposed on his cranial

nerves.

Misato: His M-I-N-D, you keep forgetting.

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*Shinji is sitting in the hospital waiting room, looking at his left arm.

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*A big gun is being moved

#The sign (a constructor's duty) says:

#Information on Construction Plan

#Name of Building: 25th Guided Weapon System Building

#(First - H type)

#Address of Building: 4-75-1-90, Nishi, Tokyo-3

#Outline of Building:

#Use: Secret (???) Site Area: 192.68

#Building Area: 107.41 Total Area: 261.05

#Structure: ??? Fundamental Method: At-Site made-up Piles

#No. of Floors: 8 Floors above Ground and 2 below Height: 22.65

#Start: 2014/11/ Finish:2015/8/

#Ordered by: (Address) (Name) Construction Group 1, Facility

#Section, Tokyo-3

#Designed by: (Address) (Name) Technology and Research

#Division, Tokyo-3

#I can't read some original Japanese (the places of '???') on the

#screen. The translations for some technical terms are groundless

#because I don't know the right words in English.

Misato: If Eva and this city function properly, we'll be able to win.

Ritsuko: You will defeat the Angels? You are as optimistic as always.

#Japanese on the big parts moved across the display means:

#'DANGER, HIGH TENSION VOLTAGE, CAUTION

Misato: Wishful thinking is a necessity for human life.

Ritsuko: I guess. Your optimistic character is refreshing.

Misato: See you.

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#The sign says:

#1st CRANIAL NERV

#EMERGENCY EXIT

* A background announcement.

* Misato comes for Shinji.

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* Shinji and Misato are waiting for the elevator to come. The door opens and

* they find Gendo within. Shinji turns his face away and the door closes.

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* Shinji and Misato are on an escalator.

Ritsuko (voice): Is it all right that they live together?

Fuyutsuki (voice): For Ikari and his son, it's natural to be separated.

Ritsuko (voice): If anything, it's unusual for them to live together...

isn't it...?

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*Shinji and Misato stand before a man at the model of Nerv.

#DISTRICT F, GEO-FRONT, TOKYO-3 RESIDENT'S CARD

#6-24, DISTRICT F, GEO-FRONT, TOKYO-3

#1: Ikari Shinji 0001-137-2

Misato: Alone?

Man in charge: Yes, his room is located there in Block 6. That all right?

Shinji: Yes.

Misato: Are you happy with it, Shinji-kun?

Shinji: I prefer being alone. Every place is the same.

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#The color of a normal public telephone which accepts coins and a

#telephone card is GREEN. The color of a brand-new one which has

#terminals for information network.

Ritsuko: What did you say?!

Misato: Like I said, I've decided to look after of Shinji-kun. I've

received our superior's permission. Don't worry--it's not like

I'll have an affair with the kid.

Ritsuko: That goes without saying! What the hell are you thinking?!

Misato: She never could take a joke.

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* Misato drives her blue car through a tunnel.

Misato: Well, we'll have a wild time tonight, right?

Shinji: What are you talking about?

Misato: There's a welcoming party for new roommates, of course!

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#The sign says: 'CONVENIENCE'.

#'K' on the sign. As you know, 'K-Mart' in the U.S. and 'Circle K' in

#Japan. There are many convenience stores in Japan.

#You can see only many instant foods which Misato is going to buy.

#'Tasty corned beef', 'Hamburg of beef 100%', 'Pork soup Chinese

#noodle(Tonkotsu Ramen', Packed lunch (Bento)' ......

#It's an example of convenient but poor meals ......

#A donation box for poor people is at a cashier.

Housewife A: Are you going to move, too?

Housewife B: I never seriously thought that this city would become a

battlefield.

Housewife A: My husband told me that for safety our children and

I should move.

Housewife B: Move for safety... Even in this fortress city, we can't rely

on anything at all.

Housewife A: The mere thought of yesterday's incident makes me shudder.

Housewife B: Really...

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*The car is going along the road to the top of the hill.

Misato: Well, we'll stop by some place along the way.

Shinji: Where are we going?

Misato: (giggle) It... is... a... good... place.

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Shinji: Somehow... this is a lonesome city, isn't it?

Misato: The time has come.

*Alarm

Shinji: Incredible! The buildings are growing!

Misato: This is the fortress city for Angel interception--"Tokyo-3".

Our hometown... and the town which you protected.

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Misato: I think your stuff has arrived.

#Boxes printed 'MITTU' at the entrance of Misato's room are the

#ones used for movement. There are similar boxes from a carrier

#named 'NITTSU(or NITTU)'.

Misato: Actually, I just moved into town the other day myself.

Misato: Come in.

Shinji: Errr... May I come in? (OJAMASHIMASU)

Misato: Shinji-kun, this is your home!

Shinji: I... I'm back. (TADAIMA)

Misato: Welcome home! (OKAERINASAI)

*The name plate on the door says 'Katsuragi'.

#Japanese Greeting (Everyone says like the below)

#Someone comes home and says 'TADAIMA'

#In answer to 'TADAIMA', the person at home says 'OKAERI(NASAI)'

#But when someone visit other's houses, the visitor says 'OJAMASHIMASU'

#These greetings are very important in the context related to 'Home'.

#If you've seen 'Gunbuster', you ought to have seen a touching

#'OKAERINASAI'.

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*How untidy it is!

Misato: Well, the room's a little messy... but just ignore it.

* Beer cans, whisky bottles and potato chips (you see Japanese 'Potechi')

are on the dinning table

#Some moving boxes. The Japanese written on them says that

#there are clothes for the winter in them. A car magazine on the

#top has written 'Overseas New Model's Sudden Unveiling'

Shinji: Such a... a little...

Misato: Ah, sorry, just toss the food in the refrigerator, please.

Shinji: Ah, yes.

Shinji: Ice...

Shinji: Condiments...

#Tongue, roast chicken, Relish cut cheese (with salami)

Shinji: Only beer... What kind of life does she lead?

#'YEBICHU' is from 'YEBISU,' which I love to drink. She has good

#taste in beer. The price is 10 yen higher than other beers because

#it is made from 100% malt. Sometimes they confused 'YEBICHU'

#with 'YEBISU'. 'YEBISU' is originally the name of one of the Seven

#Deities of Good Fortune.

Shinji: Well, the refrigerator over there--

Misato: Ah, it's okay. Maybe later... I'm changing now.

Shinji: Changing...?

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Microwave Oven: Chin!

#We say 'Doing chin(chin-suru)'.

#Food like balls with a toothpick in a box is TAKOYAKI, tasty foods

#especially in Osaka.

Misato: Itadakimasu!

Shinji: Itadakimasu.

#Japanese Greeting (Everyone says like the below)

#Before meals: ITADAKIMASU (Literally: I'll eat.)

#After meals: GOCHISOSAMA(DESHITA) (literally: It was a good

#meal.)

*Misato chugs a beer

Misato: Phaaaaaah Kwaaaaaah!! Oh, my dear life! I just live for these times!

Misato: Ah, you're not eating? It might be instant food, but it's pretty

good.

Shinji: No, but... I'm just not used to this kind of meal.

Misato: No! Don't be fussy!

Shinji: Ah... No-- I... didn't mean that.

Shinji: Uh...

Misato: Don't you think it's nice?

Misato: Having a meal with others?

Shinji: Ah... yes.

*Shinji and Misato do JANKEN (the game of 'paper, rock and scissors')

#JANKEN is similar to TOSSING A COIN. JANKEN is a convenient

#and popular way to decide the winner because many people can

#do together and need only their own hands.

#Rule: You can do three kinds of hand's forms, GU, CHOKI, PA.

#GU is 'stone', CHOKI is 'Scissors' and PA is 'paper'. GU can defeat

#CHOKI, CHOKI can defeat PA and PA can defeat GU. Guess the

#reasons. The situation when no one wins is called AIKO.

#In this case, Misato who showed GU finally win the game over

#Shinji who showed CHOKI after four AIKO.

Misato: Well, next. Here goes!

Misato: Jan-ken-pon!

Misato: Pon!

#The table says:

#OUR EVERYDAY DUTIES TABLE

#First Line: (To-Do/a day of the week)(Sun)(Mon)(Tue)(Wed)(Thurs)

# (Fri)(Sat)

#Second Line: (Breakfast)(Shi)(Shi)(Mi)(Shi)(Shi)(Shi)(Shi)

#Third Line: (Dinner)(Shi)(Shi)(Shi)(Mi)(Shi)(Shi)(Mi)

#Fourth Line:(Garbage)(Shi)(Mi)(Shi)(Shi)(Shi)(Shi)(Shi)

#Fifth Line:(Bath Cleaning)(Shi)(Shi)(Shi)(Shi)(Mi)(Shi)(Shi)

#Misato is very good at JANKEN.

Misato: Ahh, you were unlucky, Shinji-kun.

Good, now that the everyday duties have been fairly decided,

everything's okay.

Shinji: Yes...

Misato: Well, since from now on this is your house, you can really feel

at home here.

Shinji: Ah, ah, yes...

Misato: Hey! Yes, yes, yes, yes... What a gloomy person! You're a BOY,

aren't you? Pull yourself together!

Shinji: Ah... yes.

Misato: That's okay. Take a bath and wash away all the unpleasant things.

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*PenPen appears.

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*Shinji bursts in naked, startled at PenPen.

Shinji: Wowowowowowowow! Mi-- Mi-- Mi-- Misato-san!

Misato: What?

Shinji: Wha-- Wha-- What-- What's tha--

Misato: Oh, him? He's a new kind, a hot spring penguin.

Shinji: What the...?

Misato: His name is PenPen. He's another roommate.

Misato: By the way... you might want to cover your front.

Misato: A little too flamboyant, maybe? I might be the one seen through...

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*Shinji is taking a bath.

Shinji: Katsuragi Misato-san... She's not a bad person.

Misato (flashback): Taking a bath is a life washing.

Shinji: In a bath, more unpleasant things come to my mind than any

other time.

Shinji: Father and... Ayanami Rei?

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* The room has been seriously destroyed. Was it caused by that accident?

Ritsuko: How was Rei? This afternoon, you did go... to the hospital?

Gendo: She will be able to move in 20 days. I'll get the committee's

permission to restart the frozen Unit Zero then.

Ritsuko: So much pain... they bear...

Gendo: There are no other people who can use Eva so, for as long as they

live, I will let them do that.

Ritsuko: Whatever what the children think... right?

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#The sign on the door says:

#'Shin-chan's Room'

#'Shinji' is often called 'Shin-chan' with familiarity.

#The paper says:

#TOKYO-3 PUBLIC 1ST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

#TRANSFER NOTIFICATION

#IKARI SHINJI

Misato: Yes. He's had such a bitter experience. I'm afraid that he won't get

over it.

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*Misato is taking a bath while talking on a telephone.

Ritsuko: Caring for him is your job, isn't it?

Misato: I'm afraid. I don't know how to get along with him.

Ritsuko:You're complaining now? You declared rather theatrically that you

would look after him, didn't you?

Misato: Shut up!

Misato: Then I was regarding him as my tool. I'm the same as Ritsuko.

Even though we defeated the Angel... I don't feel happy.

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* Shinji is lying on his bed.

Shinji: This is an unknown ceiling, too. It's natural... all places in

this city are unknown to me.

Misato (flashback): This is your home.

Shinji: Why am I here?

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* Eva seems to have been defeated by ANGEL.

* Red, blood-like liquid spurts from the head.

#Japanese in red says EMERGENCY

Shigeru: Head damaged, extent unknown!

Maya: Trouble maintaining activity!

Misato: What's the status?

Maya: Synchrograph has reversed. Pulses are flowing backward!

Ritsuko: Cut the circuits! Stop them!

Maya: No use! The signal is refused. It can't be received!

Makoto: No response from the monitoring system. Life or death unknown!

Shigeru: Unit One is totally silent.

Ritsuko: Misato!

Misato: So much for this time... Stop the operation. Pilot's protection

has top priority. Eject the plug by force!

Maya: Impossible. It's totally out of control.

Misato: What?!

*Eva's left eye flashes.

Female voice: Eva restarted!

Maya: No! It can't move!

Misato: It can't be...

Ritsuko: Gone wild?

*Eva roars.

Fuyutsuki: We'll win.

Ritsuko: AT-Field...

Misato: We can't--as long as the Angel has its AT-Field--

Ritsuko: --Eva can't touch the Angel.

Shigeru: Left arm restored.

Misato: Incredible...

Maya: Unit One expanding the AT-Field. It's neutralizing the phase

space.

Ritsuko: No, it's eroding...

Misato: That AT-Field easily...

*ANGEL hugs Eva's head, changing shape and covering it like a ball.

Misato: It's gonna self-destruct?!

* A big explosion.

Misato: Eva is...?

* Eva is walking, alive

Ritsuko: That is Eva's...

Misato: ...true appearance...

*Blackout

Shigeru: The circuits have been reconnected.

* A shot of Shinji conscious in the entry plug

Maya: The system has recovered. The graph is in the normal position.

Makoto: Survival has been confirmed.

Ritsuko: Body Recovery Group, hurry up!

Misato: Pilot's protection is the top priority.

* Eva's helmet falls off, and one of Eva's eyes appears, seeming to stare

* at Shinji. Shinji starts screaming...

Shinji: Waaah...

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*Misato opens the door to Shinji's room and says...

Misato: Shinji-kun, may I open the door?

You've done something admirable. You can hold your head high.

Good night, Shinji-kun.

Cheer up.

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Ending Theme Song

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Preview:

Shinji, who has started a new life obediently conforming to his situation,

cannot make new friends, even though being a pilot of Eva makes him

popular. The next is "Unringing Telephone'. Next time, of course, I'll

give you good service!

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End of Episode:2

Literal Translation Series,

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION

Episode 3 A Transfer

Naranai, Denwa (Unringing telephone)

Translated Speech Script with some comments

Written by WADA Mitsuhiro (Wada-kun)

Comments by WADA Mitsuhiro (Wada-kun)

Revisions by Craig Green (gree6300@mach1.wlu.ca)

Revision level 1.2

Revisions based on Ver. 1.0 (Quick'n Dirty Version)

***** Have fun! *****

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OPENING THEME SONG

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*Shinji is in the entry plug of Eva Unit One.

*He is being trained by Ritsuko, who is in charge of the development of Eva.

*Ritsuko instructs him from the operations room.

Ritsuko: Good morning, Shinji-kun. How are you?

*Shinji's face has no animation and his speaks in a monotonous voice. He

*seems totally lifeless.

Shinji: I've gotten used to it... I think I have nothing wrong.

Ritsuko: That's fine.

Appearance positions, emergency power sources, locations of

weapon depots and recovery spots--have you memorized them all?

Shinji: Maybe...

Ritsuko: Well, then I'll review the lesson again. Eva usually runs on

electric power supplied from the cable. If Eva uses its internal

battery in an emergency, at full strength it will run for one

minute, or for up to five minutes otherwise, even with gain.

Do you understand?

Shinji: Yes.

Ritsuko: Now, let's resume the 'Induction Mode' lesson where we left off

yesterday.

*The panel shows information on the internal battery of Eva:

#Japanese words are with English. "ACTIVE TIME REMAINING" ,

#"INTERNAL" , "MAIN BATTERY SYSTEM" . Eva usually can move with

#the internal battery for only 5 minutes.

*Eva aims the rifle at the Angel which appeared in Episode 1.

*The targeting display

Ritsuko: Aim at the target in the center of the sights... switch on!

*Eva fires the rifle, missing the target.

Ritsuko: Stay calm. Aim at the target in the center.

Shinji: Switch...

*Eva fires the rifle again and defeats the Angel.

Ritsuko: Next!

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*Eva with some cables attached is seen through the windows of the

*operations room.

*Eva continually fires the rifle, again and again.

Maya: But I wonder how Shinji-kun brought himself to pilot it...

Ritsuko: He just obediently goes along with what others say...

That is how he is getting on with his life, isn't it?

*Shinji looks haggard and vacant. He repeats his instructions like a zombie.

Shinji: Aim at the target in the center, switch...

Aim at the target in the center, switch...

Aim at the target in the center...

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EPISODE 3: A transfer

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*The apartment where Misato and Shinji live together.

*Female voice is coming from a radio.

*Shinji knocks on the FUSUMA of Misato's room and slides it open.

*Misato has tucked herself into her FUTON(bed).

#A fusuma is a papered sliding door which is used to partition

#off rooms in a Japanese house.

Shinji: Misato-san, it's morning already.

*Misato answers him by tucking deeper herself into her FUTON. She seems

*very sleepy.

Misato: I was on night duty until a little while ago and today I've only

gotta be at the office in the evening so just let me sleep!

Shinji: Then, I...

Misato: Is today Thursday? Put out the burnable garbage, please.

Shinji: Yes.

Misato: Are you used to the school yet?

Shinji: Yeah.

Misato: So. ITTERASSHAI.

Shinji: ITTEKIMASU.

#JAPANESE GREETING LESSON: We always say 'ITTERASSHAI' when

#someone who belongs to the place leave there. We always say

#'ITTEKIMASU' when we leave home (or the place where we belong

#to,like the office).

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*Shinji puts the garbage in the collection area for the residents of the

*apartment.

#JAPANESE SOCIAL RULES LESSON: We must separate garbage.

#Thursday is the day for burnable garbage collection in the area

#where Misato live.

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*There is a phone call for Misato.

*Misato's room is still very untidy, but cleaner than it was.

*She picks up the receiver. She is still under the covers in her futon.

Misato: Yes? Hello. Oh, it's you, Ritsuko?

Ritsuko: How have you been? Are you getting along with him?

Misato: Him? Ah, Shinji-kun. It's been two weeks since he transferred to

the school. He's the same as always. He hasn't gotten any

phone calls.

Ritsuko: Phone calls?

*The cellular phone which she gave him is on his desk.

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*Shinji is walking to school alone.

Misato: I gave him a portable phone out of necessity a while ago.

It seems he hasn't used it, and no one has called him.

I'm not sure, but I think he has no friends.

*Ritsuko is calling from her desk in the office.

Ritsuko: He seems to have a personality unsuited to making friends,

doesn't he? Do you know the story of the "Hedgehogs' dilemma"?

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*Shoes boxes of the school.

Misato: Hedgehogs? The thorny ones?

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*Classmates are talking and playing in the classroom.

Ritsuko: If a hedgehog wants to give his warmth to other hedgehogs, the

closer he approaches, the more they injure each other. It's the

same with some people. Because he is frightened by the aches in

his heart, he now seems so cowardly.

*Shinji enters the classroom silently.

*Rei is sitting alone at her desk, staring outside.

Misato: He will realize in time that in growing up, people learn to get a

sense of distance for each other's hurt feelings.

*Misato's and Ritsuko's conversation ends.

*A boy is playing with a model airplane. Kensuke records a picture of the

*model with his video camera.

Boy: Gyuunn, Dogyugyugyuuun

Kensuke: What, Class Rep?

*Hikari has a class journal.

#Horaki Hikari is a class representative(IINCHO). Kensuke calls

#her 'IINCHO'. I'm not sure if there are the similar title of

#schools outside Japan.

Hikari: Yesterday's print--did you give it to Suzuhara, as I asked?

#A print is a piece of paper which is written the information or

#messages from the school to the parents of the students.

Kensuke: Ah, uh, there didn't seem to be anybody at Touji's house.

Hikari: Aida-kun, you're on good terms with Suzuhara, aren't you? Why

don't you want to see him?

Kensuke: I'm not sure, but could he be badly hurt?

Hikari: Really? In that robot incident? The TV news said that nobody was

hurt...

*The center of the explosion

Kensuke: Impossible! You saw the center of the explosion, didn't you?

The units of not only Iruma and Komatsu, but of Misawa and

Kyushu were mobilized. I'm sure there were more than 10 or 20

people injured. Probably some were killed...

*Touji enters the classroom.

Kensuke: Touji!

Hikari: Suzuhara!

Touji: The number of students has dropped drastically.

Kensuke: Evacuation, evacuation. Many have transferred to other schools.

It's not surprising--there was a real war in this city.

Touji: You're the only one who's pleased to see real battles.

Kensuke: Sorta. How have you been? You've been absent for a while.

Were you involved in that incident?

Touji: My younger sister... my younger sister was buried under a heap

of rubble. She

escaped death, but she's been in the hospital ever since. My

father and grandfather work for the research center and can't

desert their posts now. If I didn't stay with her, she would've

been left all alone. Even so, that robot's pilot was crappy! It

makes me furious--it was our robot defender that destroyed the

city! What was he doing?!

Kensuke: By the way, did you hear the rumor about the transfer student?

Touji: Transfer student?

Kensuke: It's him over there. He transferred to this school while you

were gone. You realize that it was just after the incident?

Don't you think it's strange?

*A teacher comes in.

Hikari: All rise!

#At the beginning and the end of a lesson, we stand up, bow and

#sit down to the shouts of a student like 'All rise!', 'Bow' and

#'Sit down'.

*An empty classroom

*A blackboard

*Portable computers on the desks of the students

Teacher: The hardest trials of the human race began then. In the last year

of the 20th century, a meteorite from outer space fell on

the Antarctic Continent. It caused the continent's ice to melt in

an instant. Consequently, the water level in the oceans rose, the

Earth's axis fluctuated, and abnormal weather patterns throughout

the world threatened the existence of all living things.

*calling sound from Shinji's computer

Teacher: Economic collapse, racial disputes and civil wars--those who

survived them suffered new kinds of hellish situations.

*The following message on Shinji's display

E-mail: "Is it true that you're the pilot of that robot? Y/N"

*Shinji is surprised and tries to find the sender.

Teacher: But for 15 years after that... in only 15 years we have greatly

restored the world. This is not only due to the superiority

of the human race--

*The next message comes to prompt him to answer.

E-mail: It's true, isn't it?

Teacher: --but also to the efforts, to the blood, sweat and tears of your

fathers and mothers.

*Shinji inputs "YES".

*Many students stand and gather around him.

Students: Ehhh!!

*The teacher stands beside the windows and looks outside through them. He

*is too old to hear the noise the students make.

Teacher: In those days, I lived in Nebukawa. It is already...

*Hikari stands up and shouts...

Hikari: Listen, everyone! We are still in class, aren't we? Take your

seats!

*Rei has no interest in the fuss and as before continues to stare outside.

Girl: Ah, you always try boss us around!

Boy: Ignore it. Ignore it.

Hikari: I won't ignore it!

*Shinji, surrounded by the students, is pelted with questions.

Girl: How were you selected?

Girl: Were you put through any tests?

Girl: What's the cockpit like?

Girl: Were you frightened?

Shinji: Ah, uh, I've gotta keep it secret...

Girl: What's the robot called?

Shinji: I'm not sure, but they called it Eva, or Unit One...

Girl: Eva?

Boy: What's its deadliest attack?

Shinji: There's some knife, and vibrations... like an ultrasonic wave...

Girl: Amazing! He's the pride of our school, isn't he?

Boy: Incredible!

*The chime which tells the end of the lesson rings.

Teacher: --consequently... What?

Teacher: Well, that's all for today.

Girl: Where do you live, Ikari-kun?

Girl: Do you live in the old section of the city?

Hikari: All rise! Bow! ...Come on, everyone! It's the end, do it right...

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*Touji hits Shinji behind the school building in the schoolyard. Shinji

*falls to the ground.

Touji: Sorry, transferee, but I have to hit you. I won't be satisfied

'til I've hit you.

Kensuke: Sorry, but his younger sister was hurt in the battle. That's the

reason.

Kensuke: But that's how life is...

Shinji: I'm not exactly doing this by choice, you know.

*Touji comes back and hits Shinji again.

*Rei comes and says:

Rei: An emergency call... I'll go on ahead...

*Rei runs away.

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*A siren

Female Voice: A state of special emergency has now been declared for all

of Kanto and Chubu districts near the Tokai district. Please take

refuge in the designated shelters. Repeat. Today...

*An Angel approaches.

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*Fuyutsuki commands.

Male Voice: The target has been sighted. It has invaded the

territorial waters.

Fuyutsuki: All hands to battle stations!

Female Voice: Roger. Prepare for anti-aircraft interception!

Male voice: Tokyo-3 transforming to battle mode.

Female Voice: Cache the central block!

*The complete view of Tokyo-3...

*Many tall buildings sink and are put underground.

*The buildings hang down from the ceiling of the underground city.

Female Voice: The central block and Districts 1 through 7 have been cached.

Male Voice: The government and all concerned ministries have been notified.

Female Voice: The present effective rate of the anti-aircraft interception

system is 48%.

Misato: Status of noncombatants and civilians?

Shigeru: Reports indicate evacuation complete.

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#GEO-SHELTER

#334

#334th Underground Shelter

#Tokyo-3 Disaster Prevention Section

#Total Floor Space 2000 square meters

#Total Accommodation 250

*Many students are in the shelter but they aren't very serious.

Female Voice: Primary and junior-high school students, please group

yourselves by class. Residents, please group yourselves by block.

*Display (Probably similar messages on all TV channels)

#At noon today, a state of special emergency was declared for

#the Kanto and Chubu districts near the Tokai district. More

#detailed information will be reported as soon as it is received.

*Kensuke is operating his video camera.

Kensuke: They're at it again.

Touji: Words are the only thing on the screen again.

Kensuke: It's a news blackout. They won't show us civilians anything at

all, even though this is such a big event...

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*Flying Angel shown on the screen.

Misato: So the fourth Angel is coming with Commander Ikari absent. It's

here sooner than I had expected.

Makoto: The last one came after a 15 year interval. This one appeared

after only 3 weeks.

Misato: They never consider our feelings, do they? They're the type that

women simply hate.

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*Normal weapons heavily assault the Angel, but have no effects.

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Fuyutsuki: They're wasting tax money.

Shigeru: The committee is demanding that we mobilize an Evangelion again.

Misato: Damn, they're annoying! I'd launch it even if they didn't ask!

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Maya: Entry has commenced.

Maya: Inject LCL. Release Arrival/Departure Lock.

Shinji: My father isn't here, so why am I still piloting it?

Shinji: Even though I was hit...

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Kensuke: Hey, I've got something to tell you...

Touji: What is it?

Kensuke: Yeah, well... you know.

Touji: If you want to.

Touji: Class Rep!

Hikari: What?

Touji: Both of us are going to the toilet.

Hikari: Come on! Why didn't you go before?

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Touji: Well, what is it?

Kensuke: I want to see it, at least once before I die.

Touji: The battle above?

Kensuke: I'm afraid that if the next enemy comes soon...

Touji: Kensuke, what kind of man are you!

Touji (mimicking Kensuke): "If I miss this chance, I might never..."

Kensuke: So, please help me unlock the gate.

Touji: If you go out there, you'll be killed.

Kensuke: I'm not sure we'll survive even here in the shelter. Since I

might be killed anyway, I want to see it before then.

Touji: You're a fool! What do you think Nerv is for?!

Kensuke: And what do you think Nerv's fighting machine is?! Its the robot

that the transferee pilots! Last time he protected us, and you

punched him for it. Twice!

Kensuke: If he didn't want to pilot that robot, we'd all be killed. Touji,

you have an obligation to watch his struggle, don't you?

Touji: There's no other choice. You're truly faithful to your desires,

aren't you?

Kensuke: Ahaha...

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Misato: Shinji-kun, time to launch! Are you ready?

Shinji: Yes.

Ritsuko: Develop an AT-Field according to plan, all right? Are you okay?

Shinji: Yes.

Misato: Launch!

*Eva is launched.

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*Kensuke and Touji are running up the stone stairs of the shrine in the

*mountain.

*Eva is going up.

*Angel flies in to stand in the city.

Kensuke: Amazing! It's well worth the struggle to get here. Wow, this is

what I've been waiting for!

*Eva appears.

Kensuke: It's come out!

*Shinji repeats murmuring the instructions like a spell.

Shinji: Aim at the target in the center and switch, aim at the target

in the center and switch...

Misato: Develop an AT-field just like the plan, okay?

Shinji: Yes.

*Eva shoots the rifle at the Angel.

Misato: Fool! The enemy is hidden in the smoke of the explosion!

*The Angel suddenly attacks Eva with its feelers.

Touji: Look, he's already beaten.

Kensuke: It's okay.

Misato: I'm giving you a reserve rifle. Take it!

*The door of the building is opened.

*Shinji is trembling with fear.

Misato: Shinji-kun, Shinji-kun...

Kensuke: Oops! I wonder if being hit hurts it as badly as I expected.

Touji: Sh-- sh-- sh-- shut up!

*Angel attacks heavily and severs Eva's power supply cable.

*The display which shows the active time remaining of Eva.

Shigeru: Umbilical cable has been severed!

Makoto: Eva has switched over to the internal battery.

Maya: Active time remaining is 4 minutes and 53 seconds!

Shinji: Ah!

*Angel grasps Eva's ankle and throws it at the mountain where Kensuke and

*Touji are.

Kensuke: It's flying right at us!

*Eva falls near Kensuke and Touji.

*Shinji is badly shocked at finding his classmates near Eva.

Misato: Shinji-kun, are you all right?! Shinji-kun!

Misato: Any damage?

Makoto: There's no problem. It's still operational!

*Information on Kensuke and Touji is shown on the display of the operation

*room.

Misato: Shinji's classmates?

Ritsuko: What are they doing there?

*Angel flies toward Eva and attacks. Eva grabs one of the Angel's feelers

*but doesn't attack it.

Touji: Why won't he fight?!

Kensuke: Because we're here... he limited in his movements.

Maya: Unit One, active time remaining is 3 minutes and 28 seconds!

Misato: Shinji-kun, let 'em into the cockpit. After they've been picked

up, retreat. You can go back later!

Ritsuko: What makes you think you can let civilians into the entry plug

without permission?!

Misato: I'm permitting it.

Ritsuko: You are exceeding your authority, Captain Katsuragi.

Maya: Unit One, Active time remaining is 3 minutes!

Misato: Make Eva hold with the current orders, then eject the entry

plug! Hurry!

*The entry plug is ejected.

Misato: You boys, get in it! Quick!

*Blackout.

Touji: What? It's water!

Kensuke: Camera. Oh, my camera!

*Ritsuko and Maya check the information on the status display.

Maya: Trouble in the nervous system!

Ritsuko: It's due to the insertion of foreign bodies. Noises have been

detected in the nerve pulses.

Shinji: Uh...

*Angel moves away from Eva.

Misato: Now, retreat!

*Eva slowly stands.

Misato: The recovery route is Number 34. Return to the east side of the

mountain!

Touji: Transferee! She told you to "run away," transferee!

*Shinji begins to murmur the same phrase like a spell.

Shinji: Don't run away, don't run away, don't run away...

*Eva removes a Progressive Knife from the shoulder section.

Makoto: Progressive Knife equipped!

*Shinji looks so haggard and vacant.

Misato: Shinji-kun, obey my orders! Retreat, Shinji-kun!

*Shinji goes berserk! Eva makes a dash for the Angel!

Shinji: Uhaaaaaaaaah!

Misato: What a fool!

*Angel stabs Eva's body with the feelers.

Shinji: Uhaaaaaaaaah!

*Eva(Shinji) madly stabs the red area in the center of Angel's body with

the Progressive Knife.

Maya: Unit One, active time remaining is 30 seconds, 28, 27, 26, 25...

*Sparks fly out.

Maya: ...14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Maya: Eva Unit One has ceased all action.

Makoto: The target is completely silent.

*Shinji is heavily sobbing in the pilot seat.

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*It's raining.

*Kensuke is using a computer.

Touji: Including today, three days have already gone by...

Kensuke: We were really raked over the coals for that...

Touji: Since he's been at school, I mean.

Kensuke: Who's "he"?

Touji: I'm talking about the transferee, the transferee! How's he

been doing since that battle?

Kensuke: You're worrying about him?

Touji: I wouldn't say I'm worrying...

Kensuke: After being so tactless, you sure are stubborn, aren't you?

If you had just told him that you were sorry after the battle,

your conscience wouldn't have tortured you for three days.

*Kensuke hands a piece of paper to Touji.

Kensuke: Look, that's the transferee's phone number. If you're so worried

about him, try calling him.

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Trailer

Shinji can't overcome the weakness in his mind and he even runs away from

Misato. However, the organization takes him back easily and there aren't

any kind words. Next time, "Rain, after he runs away". Next time, of

course, service, service!

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Episode 4

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Literal Translation Series,

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION

Episode: 4 Hedgehog's Dilemma

Ame, Nigedashita ato (Rain, after running away)

Translated Speech Script with some comments

Written by WADA Mitsuhiro (Wada-kun)

Comments by WADA Mitsuhiro (Wada-kun)

Revisions by Craig Green (gree6300@mach1.wlu.ca)

Revision level 1.2

Revisions based on Ver. 1.0 (Quick'n Dirty Version)

***** Have fun! *****

----------------------------------------------------------------------

OPENING THEME SONG

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* It's raining heavily.

* Alarm clock ringing, Misato moves under her sheets.

* Misato brushes her teeth while thinking about Shinji.

Misato: (thinking) I wonder if he's going to cut class again today...

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Sign on the door: 'Shin-chan's room'

* Misato knocks on the door to Shinji's room.

Misato: Shinji-kun, get up! Why do you keep avoiding school?! It's been

five days. Unit One is working fine. As a pilot, do you want to

just leave it sitting there, unused?

Misato: Shinji-kun?

* Misato opens the door to discover his room is empty.

* Misato finds his Nerv ID and a letter addressed to 'Katsuragi Misato sama'

Misato: He's run away. It's not surprising...

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TITLE

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EPISODE 4: Hedgehog's Dilemma

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* Two people seem to visit the room.

* The door bell rings and Misato opens the door.

Misato: Shinji-kun?

Touji: Er...

Kensuke: We're Shinji's classmates, Aida and Suzuhara.

Misato: Aida-kun and Suzuhara-kun?

Touji & Kensuke: Yes.

Touji: I'm Suzuhara.

Misato: If I'm not mistaken, aren't you the one who got into Unit One's

entry plug?

Touji: We're very sorry for causing you so much trouble the other day.

Touji: Ikari-kun has been absent from the school since then, so we just

came to see how he was doing.

Misato: Shinji-kun. He's at the Nerv training center right now.

Touji: Oh, really...

Kensuke: Here are the prints were piled on his desk.

Misato: Sorry for all the trouble. Thank you.

Touji: Well, we'll excuse ourselves then.

Kensuke: Please say hello to Shinji-kun for us.

Misato: Yes, I will. Bye.

* Misato shuts the door with an affable smile floating across her face.

Kensuke: That was rather unexpected.

Touji: She's very beautiful, isn't she?

* Misato gets sulky and violently kicks the door.

Misato: Shinji, you damned fool! Fool...

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* A train is running in the heavy rain.

* Shinji is sitting on a seat of a train of the loop line and is listening

* to music on an SDAT walkman.

* It's early in the morning. The train is crowded with commuters. As time

* goes by, the passengers get off one after another.

* Finally, Shinji is alone, but Shinji remains there...

* The train becomes crowded with commuters again...

* It's dark. Shinji is alone again.

Announcement: Exits are on the right side at the next station.

Announcement: Thank you very much for taking a train of the Tokyo-3 Loop

Line today. This train's last stop is at this station. Everyone,

please check that you don't leave anything behind as you get off.

Shinji: I have to go back.

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* Shinji wanders through an entertainment district.

---------------------------------------------------------------------- -

* Shinji watches a movie in a theater. There are only a few people in

* the theatre and it seems that no one pays any attention to the movie.

* The movie is about the Second Impact in 2000.

Man A (Movie): Could you really detect that?

Doctor (Movie): Yes. An object with a diameter of centimeters

impacted Antarctica at more than ten percent of the speed of light.

Man A (Movie): With our current scientific knowledge, we could neither

detect it nor prevent it.

Woman (Movie): It's hell on Earth outside. What does science exist for?!

Man B (Movie): At present, the atmospheric flow caused by the transition

of the Earth's axis has decreased.

Woman (Movie): Has it calmed down a little?

Man B (Movie): No. A tidal wave is approaching with a velocity of 230

meters per second.

Man A (Movie): Doctor, we should escape.

Doctor (Movie): It's my duty to stay here.

Man A (Movie): Doctor, it's easy to die. However, you have an obligation to

care for this hellish world...

* Shinji is sleeping on a sofa in the waiting room of the all-night theater.

* He leaves the theater to walk along the street. The sky is getting

* lighter and the world has pinkish tinge. Sounds of wind are suddenly

* heard. The landscape begins to move around him. He is unable to bear the

* sight and runs, his hands shielding his eyes.

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* Misato lies on her back in bed. She seems to be thinking about something.

* Misato opens the door to Shinji's room to find it empty.

Misato: Fool...

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* Shinji gets off a bus and walks among the mountains.

* He sits at the edge of a cliff and looks down upon Tokyo-3.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Rei lies on a bed and is examined.

* Misato and Ritsuko are talking.

Misato: He's just 14 years old. In the end, it seems so harsh for

him to be burdened with the destiny of humanity.

Ritsuko: We have no choice but to put the controls of Evas into the hands

of those 14-year-old children.

Misato: I know.

Ritsuko: So, has there been any contact from him?

Ritsuko: Nothing?

Misato: Nothing. I don't think he's coming back.

Ritsuko: What are you going to do?

Misato: Nothing, really.

Misato: It's better for him not to come back.

Ritsuko: Why?

Misato: After the last battle--

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* In his plug suit, Shinji sits on a bench in a room of Nerv headquarters.

Misato: Why did you ignore my order?

Shinji: I'm sorry.

Misato: It's me who is responsible for your conduct, isn't it? You know you

have an obligation to obey my orders. Do you understand?

Shinji: Yes.

Misato: Make this the last time.

Shinji: Yes.

Misato: Do you really understand what I'm saying?

Shinji: Yes.

Misato: Hey, everything won't be fine if you only answer everything with a

vague 'yes'.

Shinji: I understand you well, of course. That's enough, isn't it?

We won anyway.

Misato: As long as you just go along with what others seemingly want, you

may feel comfortable. However, if you continue to get into Eva

with such feeling, you will be killed.

Shinji: I wouldn't mind.

Misato: It would be nice if I could call that "good preparation" but

you're making a big mistake if you think you'll be praised by me.

Shinji: That's not the question. Anyway, I'm the only one who can use it.

So I will.

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Ritsuko: I see. If getting into Eva only causes him agony, he had better

not use it. I am sure he would be killed.

Ritsuko: However... we need pilots.

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* Kensuke Aida, Shinji's classmate, plays a survival game (Japanese

* English?, playing soldiers) by himself.

Kensuke: DaDaDaDaDaDaDaDa

Kensuke: Captain!

Kensuke: Aida, keep going!

Kensuke: I won't go without you!

Kensuke: You fool!

* Kensuke stops playing and finds Shinji coming.

Kensuke: Ooph! Transferee! Ikari!

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EYECATCHES

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NEON GENESIS EVANGELION

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NEON GENESIS EVANGELION EPISODE: 4 Hedgehog's Dilemma

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* Shinji and Kensuke are talking by a bonfire.

Kensuke: Touji was sorry about that.

Kensuke: He said that his younger sister scolded him. She told

him that it was the robot that saved our lives. It's shameful that

he was scolded by a low grader from an elementary school, isn't it?

Kensuke: I like the night because the cicadas don't make loud noises. I

can remember back when it was quiet and I liked it, but their

numbers have been growing in the recent years.

Shinji: Misato said that the ecosystems are returning to their

former states.

Kensuke: Hmm, Misato-san. How I envy you--you live with such a beautiful

lady and can pilot Evangelion. Oh, just once I wish I could pilot

it to my heart's content.

Shinji: You'd better not. I think your mother would be worried.

Kensuke: Ah, that's okay. I don't have one--I'm the same as you.

Kensuke: You'll have something to eat, right?

Shinji: Yes.

Shinji: Do you usually do this?

Kensuke: Well, sorta.

Shinji: Is it training for guerrilla warfare?

Kensuke: What else can I do with toys like these? I just like doing this.

* It's early in the morning. The tent is shrouded in dense fog from which

* five men in black suits appear.

* Kensuke exits the tent and faces one of them. They besiege the tent.

Kensuke: Huh!

A man from Nerv: You are Ikari Shinji-kun, correct?

Shinji: Yes.

A man from Nerv: We are from Nerv Security Intelligence. In accordance

with clause 8 of the Regulations for Public Security, we

will now take you to Headquarters. Understand?

Shinji: Yes.

* Shinji goes with them, leaving Kensuke alone.

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* Touji and Kensuke are talking in the classroom.

Touji: So, you just stood there and watched?!

Kensuke: That's easy for you to say. Like I said, they were professionals

from Nerv Security Intelligence.

Touji: So what?! Don't you have any balls!

* Girls whisper.

{Are the girls insulting Kensuke for "deserting" Shinji?}

Girl A: Disgusting!

Girl B: Pervert!

Kensuke: He who fights is a fool if he stands no chance of winning.

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* Misato opens the door and enters a prison cell.

Misato: Long time no see.

Shinji: Yes.

Misato: Did two days of bumming around cheer you up?

Shinji: Not really.

Misato: Eva's on standby. Will you pilot it? Or won't you?

Shinji: You won't scold me, will you? You've no relation to me, so I

guess it's appropriate.

Shinji: If I told you that I don't want to get into Unit One, how would

you deal with it?

Misato: Rei would get into it, I think. Are you sure you won't pilot it?

Shinji: It's not fair that you'd force everything onto her.

Shinji: Don't worry. I'll do it.

Misato: But you don't want to, do you?

Shinji: That's only natural. First of all, I'm not cut out for it.

Shinji: However, Ayanami, Misato-san and Ritsuko-san--

Misato: Stop it! This has nothing to do with anyone else! If you hate

all this, get out of here! Completely forget about Eva and us and

go back to where you were! You aren't welcome getting into Eva

feeling like that.

* Misato leaves the room.

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* Gendo, Ritsuko and Rei on a moving sidewalk.

Ritsuko: The Third Children is leaving Tokyo-3 tomorrow.

Gendo: Then we'll reconfigure the data of Unit One for Rei. Regardless of

the results of restarting Unit Zero, we'll start with that Unit.

Gendo: According to the Malduck Organization's report, the Fourth Children

has yet to be found.

Ritsuko: You mean that we cannot get more recruits for pilots.

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* Shinji's ID card is punched.

Shinji: Where is Misato-san? I'd like to say good bye.

A man of Nerv: You no longer belong to Nerv, so I can't tell you anything.

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* Shinji gets out of the car and finds Touji and Kensuke at the station.

* They have come to see him off.

Touji: Ikari, the things you left behind!

Shinji: Well, could I have a minute with them? Er-r-r-r, thank you.

Kensuke: Touji, speak! Hey!

Touji: Ikari, I apologize for punching you twice. Please, hit me back!

Shinji: I can't do that.

Touji: Please. Otherwise, I won't be satisfied.

Kensuke: Well, it's embarrassing seeing him like this, so if it finally puts

an end to the fight, how about punching him?

Shinji: But...

* The men from Nerv check their watches.

Touji: Quickly! You have no time, do you?

Shinji: Only once, then.

Touji: Fine. Come on!

* Shinji tries to hit Touji but Touji stops him.

Touji: Stop! No allowance!

* Shinji hits Touji.

Kensuke: Ouchchchchch.

Shinji: How did you know I'd be here?

Kensuke: A hunch. We've seen dozens of classmates leave.

Touji: If you go away from here, we'll also have to leave this city

some day. But we can't say anything to stop you--we saw you

suffering in the Eva.

Touji: If I find anyone who blames you, I'll give them a good crack to

the head!

Touji: Don't look so gloomy...

Kensuke: Cheer up and good luck...

Shinji: Umm...

* One of the men from Nerv puts a hand on Shinji's shoulder.

A man of Nerv: Time's up.

* Shinji begins to walk to the station. Shinji and the men from Nerv go up

* the stairs to the platform. Shinji suddenly tries to come back and talk to

* his classmates

Shinji: It's me that should be hit. I'm mean, cowardly, dishonest, weak...

A man of Nerv: Don't give us any more trouble.

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* Misato and Ritsuko are talking in front of Evangelion Unit One.

Ritsuko: He's gone. Do you think this is best?

Misato: The hedgehog's dilemma... The nearer we get, the deeper

we hurt each other... I see.

Misato: He can't express his feelings with any other words...

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* Shinji is waiting on the platform. A train is coming.

Announcement: An express linear train for Atsugi is arriving on Track 2.

Please be careful to step back behind the yellow line.

Announcement: The train on Track 2 is a special train, exclusively for

government personnel. General passengers are forbidden to enter

within the fences.

Announcement: Anyone without permission is absolutely forbidden to board.

* Misato's words whisper in Shinji's mind.

Misato: Good luck.

* The train departs from the station.

* Misato's blue car arrives, driven roughly. Misato gets out of the car.

Kensuke: Look!

Touji: The beauty!

* Misato believes that Shinji has gone and sighs deeply. And she turns her

* face to the platform.......

Announcement: A local train bound for Gora will be arriving on Track 4

shortly. Be careful to step back behind the yellow line. If you

are accompanied by little children, please watch them carefully.

Announcement: On Track 4 is the local train which is turning back to Gora.

If you are taking this train, please wait within it.

Announcement: Attention! The train will be arriving soon. Please step back

behind the yellow line.

Shinji: I'm back.

Misato: Welcome home.

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Trailer

Rei, who minimizes her contact with others, opens up only to Commander

Ikari. Shinji is at a loss to understand the girl who is closer to his

father than he is. Next is 'Rei, beyond her heart.'

Episoad 4

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Literal Translation Series,

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION

Episode: 4 Hedgehog's Dilemma

Ame, Nigedashita ato (Rain, after running away)

Translated Speech Script with some comments

Written by WADA Mitsuhiro (Wada-kun)

Comments by WADA Mitsuhiro (Wada-kun)

Revisions by Craig Green (gree6300@mach1.wlu.ca)

Revision level 1.2

Revisions based on Ver. 1.0 (Quick'n Dirty Version)

***** Have fun! *****

----------------------------------------------------------------------

OPENING THEME SONG

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* It's raining heavily.

* Alarm clock ringing, Misato moves under her sheets.

* Misato brushes her teeth while thinking about Shinji.

Misato: (thinking) I wonder if he's going to cut class again today...

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Sign on the door: 'Shin-chan's room'

* Misato knocks on the door to Shinji's room.

Misato: Shinji-kun, get up! Why do you keep avoiding school?! It's been

five days. Unit One is working fine. As a pilot, do you want to

just leave it sitting there, unused?

Misato: Shinji-kun?

* Misato opens the door to discover his room is empty.

* Misato finds his Nerv ID and a letter addressed to 'Katsuragi Misato sama'

Misato: He's run away. It's not surprising...

----------------------------------------------------------------------

TITLE

----------------------------------------------------------------------

EPISODE 4: Hedgehog's Dilemma

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Two people seem to visit the room.

* The door bell rings and Misato opens the door.

Misato: Shinji-kun?

Touji: Er...

Kensuke: We're Shinji's classmates, Aida and Suzuhara.

Misato: Aida-kun and Suzuhara-kun?

Touji & Kensuke: Yes.

Touji: I'm Suzuhara.

Misato: If I'm not mistaken, aren't you the one who got into Unit One's

entry plug?

Touji: We're very sorry for causing you so much trouble the other day.

Touji: Ikari-kun has been absent from the school since then, so we just

came to see how he was doing.

Misato: Shinji-kun. He's at the Nerv training center right now.

Touji: Oh, really...

Kensuke: Here are the prints were piled on his desk.

Misato: Sorry for all the trouble. Thank you.

Touji: Well, we'll excuse ourselves then.

Kensuke: Please say hello to Shinji-kun for us.

Misato: Yes, I will. Bye.

* Misato shuts the door with an affable smile floating across her face.

Kensuke: That was rather unexpected.

Touji: She's very beautiful, isn't she?

* Misato gets sulky and violently kicks the door.

Misato: Shinji, you damned fool! Fool...

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* A train is running in the heavy rain.

* Shinji is sitting on a seat of a train of the loop line and is listening

* to music on an SDAT walkman.

* It's early in the morning. The train is crowded with commuters. As time

* goes by, the passengers get off one after another.

* Finally, Shinji is alone, but Shinji remains there...

* The train becomes crowded with commuters again...

* It's dark. Shinji is alone again.

Announcement: Exits are on the right side at the next station.

Announcement: Thank you very much for taking a train of the Tokyo-3 Loop

Line today. This train's last stop is at this station. Everyone,

please check that you don't leave anything behind as you get off.

Shinji: I have to go back.

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* Shinji wanders through an entertainment district.

---------------------------------------------------------------------- -

* Shinji watches a movie in a theater. There are only a few people in

* the theatre and it seems that no one pays any attention to the movie.

* The movie is about the Second Impact in 2000.

Man A (Movie): Could you really detect that?

Doctor (Movie): Yes. An object with a diameter of centimeters

impacted Antarctica at more than ten percent of the speed of light.

Man A (Movie): With our current scientific knowledge, we could neither

detect it nor prevent it.

Woman (Movie): It's hell on Earth outside. What does science exist for?!

Man B (Movie): At present, the atmospheric flow caused by the transition

of the Earth's axis has decreased.

Woman (Movie): Has it calmed down a little?

Man B (Movie): No. A tidal wave is approaching with a velocity of 230

meters per second.

Man A (Movie): Doctor, we should escape.

Doctor (Movie): It's my duty to stay here.

Man A (Movie): Doctor, it's easy to die. However, you have an obligation to

care for this hellish world...

* Shinji is sleeping on a sofa in the waiting room of the all-night theater.

* He leaves the theater to walk along the street. The sky is getting

* lighter and the world has pinkish tinge. Sounds of wind are suddenly

* heard. The landscape begins to move around him. He is unable to bear the

* sight and runs, his hands shielding his eyes.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Misato lies on her back in bed. She seems to be thinking about something.

* Misato opens the door to Shinji's room to find it empty.

Misato: Fool...

---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Shinji gets off a bus and walks among the mountains.

* He sits at the edge of a cliff and looks down upon Tokyo-3.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Rei lies on a bed and is examined.

* Misato and Ritsuko are talking.

Misato: He's just 14 years old. In the end, it seems so harsh for

him to be burdened with the destiny of humanity.

Ritsuko: We have no choice but to put the controls of Evas into the hands

of those 14-year-old children.

Misato: I know.

Ritsuko: So, has there been any contact from him?

Ritsuko: Nothing?

Misato: Nothing. I don't think he's coming back.

Ritsuko: What are you going to do?

Misato: Nothing, really.

Misato: It's better for him not to come back.

Ritsuko: Why?

Misato: After the last battle--

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* In his plug suit, Shinji sits on a bench in a room of Nerv headquarters.

Misato: Why did you ignore my order?

Shinji: I'm sorry.

Misato: It's me who is responsible for your conduct, isn't it? You know you

have an obligation to obey my orders. Do you understand?

Shinji: Yes.

Misato: Make this the last time.

Shinji: Yes.

Misato: Do you really understand what I'm saying?

Shinji: Yes.

Misato: Hey, everything won't be fine if you only answer everything with a

vague 'yes'.

Shinji: I understand you well, of course. That's enough, isn't it?

We won anyway.

Misato: As long as you just go along with what others seemingly want, you

may feel comfortable. However, if you continue to get into Eva

with such feeling, you will be killed.

Shinji: I wouldn't mind.

Misato: It would be nice if I could call that "good preparation" but

you're making a big mistake if you think you'll be praised by me.

Shinji: That's not the question. Anyway, I'm the only one who can use it.

So I will.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Ritsuko: I see. If getting into Eva only causes him agony, he had better

not use it. I am sure he would be killed.

Ritsuko: However... we need pilots.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Kensuke Aida, Shinji's classmate, plays a survival game (Japanese

* English?, playing soldiers) by himself.

Kensuke: DaDaDaDaDaDaDaDa

Kensuke: Captain!

Kensuke: Aida, keep going!

Kensuke: I won't go without you!

Kensuke: You fool!

* Kensuke stops playing and finds Shinji coming.

Kensuke: Ooph! Transferee! Ikari!

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EYECATCHES

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NEON GENESIS EVANGELION

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NEON GENESIS EVANGELION EPISODE: 4 Hedgehog's Dilemma

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Shinji and Kensuke are talking by a bonfire.

Kensuke: Touji was sorry about that.

Kensuke: He said that his younger sister scolded him. She told

him that it was the robot that saved our lives. It's shameful that

he was scolded by a low grader from an elementary school, isn't it?

Kensuke: I like the night because the cicadas don't make loud noises. I

can remember back when it was quiet and I liked it, but their

numbers have been growing in the recent years.

Shinji: Misato said that the ecosystems are returning to their

former states.

Kensuke: Hmm, Misato-san. How I envy you--you live with such a beautiful

lady and can pilot Evangelion. Oh, just once I wish I could pilot

it to my heart's content.

Shinji: You'd better not. I think your mother would be worried.

Kensuke: Ah, that's okay. I don't have one--I'm the same as you.

Kensuke: You'll have something to eat, right?

Shinji: Yes.

Shinji: Do you usually do this?

Kensuke: Well, sorta.

Shinji: Is it training for guerrilla warfare?

Kensuke: What else can I do with toys like these? I just like doing this.

* It's early in the morning. The tent is shrouded in dense fog from which

* five men in black suits appear.

* Kensuke exits the tent and faces one of them. They besiege the tent.

Kensuke: Huh!

A man from Nerv: You are Ikari Shinji-kun, correct?

Shinji: Yes.

A man from Nerv: We are from Nerv Security Intelligence. In accordance

with clause 8 of the Regulations for Public Security, we

will now take you to Headquarters. Understand?

Shinji: Yes.

* Shinji goes with them, leaving Kensuke alone.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Touji and Kensuke are talking in the classroom.

Touji: So, you just stood there and watched?!

Kensuke: That's easy for you to say. Like I said, they were professionals

from Nerv Security Intelligence.

Touji: So what?! Don't you have any balls!

* Girls whisper.

{Are the girls insulting Kensuke for "deserting" Shinji?}

Girl A: Disgusting!

Girl B: Pervert!

Kensuke: He who fights is a fool if he stands no chance of winning.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Misato opens the door and enters a prison cell.

Misato: Long time no see.

Shinji: Yes.

Misato: Did two days of bumming around cheer you up?

Shinji: Not really.

Misato: Eva's on standby. Will you pilot it? Or won't you?

Shinji: You won't scold me, will you? You've no relation to me, so I

guess it's appropriate.

Shinji: If I told you that I don't want to get into Unit One, how would

you deal with it?

Misato: Rei would get into it, I think. Are you sure you won't pilot it?

Shinji: It's not fair that you'd force everything onto her.

Shinji: Don't worry. I'll do it.

Misato: But you don't want to, do you?

Shinji: That's only natural. First of all, I'm not cut out for it.

Shinji: However, Ayanami, Misato-san and Ritsuko-san--

Misato: Stop it! This has nothing to do with anyone else! If you hate

all this, get out of here! Completely forget about Eva and us and

go back to where you were! You aren't welcome getting into Eva

feeling like that.

* Misato leaves the room.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Gendo, Ritsuko and Rei on a moving sidewalk.

Ritsuko: The Third Children is leaving Tokyo-3 tomorrow.

Gendo: Then we'll reconfigure the data of Unit One for Rei. Regardless of

the results of restarting Unit Zero, we'll start with that Unit.

Gendo: According to the Malduck Organization's report, the Fourth Children

has yet to be found.

Ritsuko: You mean that we cannot get more recruits for pilots.

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* Shinji's ID card is punched.

Shinji: Where is Misato-san? I'd like to say good bye.

A man of Nerv: You no longer belong to Nerv, so I can't tell you anything.

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* Shinji gets out of the car and finds Touji and Kensuke at the station.

* They have come to see him off.

Touji: Ikari, the things you left behind!

Shinji: Well, could I have a minute with them? Er-r-r-r, thank you.

Kensuke: Touji, speak! Hey!

Touji: Ikari, I apologize for punching you twice. Please, hit me back!

Shinji: I can't do that.

Touji: Please. Otherwise, I won't be satisfied.

Kensuke: Well, it's embarrassing seeing him like this, so if it finally puts

an end to the fight, how about punching him?

Shinji: But...

* The men from Nerv check their watches.

Touji: Quickly! You have no time, do you?

Shinji: Only once, then.

Touji: Fine. Come on!

* Shinji tries to hit Touji but Touji stops him.

Touji: Stop! No allowance!

* Shinji hits Touji.

Kensuke: Ouchchchchch.

Shinji: How did you know I'd be here?

Kensuke: A hunch. We've seen dozens of classmates leave.

Touji: If you go away from here, we'll also have to leave this city

some day. But we can't say anything to stop you--we saw you

suffering in the Eva.

Touji: If I find anyone who blames you, I'll give them a good crack to

the head!

Touji: Don't look so gloomy...

Kensuke: Cheer up and good luck...

Shinji: Umm...

* One of the men from Nerv puts a hand on Shinji's shoulder.

A man of Nerv: Time's up.

* Shinji begins to walk to the station. Shinji and the men from Nerv go up

* the stairs to the platform. Shinji suddenly tries to come back and talk to

* his classmates

Shinji: It's me that should be hit. I'm mean, cowardly, dishonest, weak...

A man of Nerv: Don't give us any more trouble.

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* Misato and Ritsuko are talking in front of Evangelion Unit One.

Ritsuko: He's gone. Do you think this is best?

Misato: The hedgehog's dilemma... The nearer we get, the deeper

we hurt each other... I see.

Misato: He can't express his feelings with any other words...

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* Shinji is waiting on the platform. A train is coming.

Announcement: An express linear train for Atsugi is arriving on Track 2.

Please be careful to step back behind the yellow line.

Announcement: The train on Track 2 is a special train, exclusively for

government personnel. General passengers are forbidden to enter

within the fences.

Announcement: Anyone without permission is absolutely forbidden to board.

* Misato's words whisper in Shinji's mind.

Misato: Good luck.

* The train departs from the station.

* Misato's blue car arrives, driven roughly. Misato gets out of the car.

Kensuke: Look!

Touji: The beauty!

* Misato believes that Shinji has gone and sighs deeply. And she turns her

* face to the platform.......

Announcement: A local train bound for Gora will be arriving on Track 4

shortly. Be careful to step back behind the yellow line. If you

are accompanied by little children, please watch them carefully.

Announcement: On Track 4 is the local train which is turning back to Gora.

If you are taking this train, please wait within it.

Announcement: Attention! The train will be arriving soon. Please step back

behind the yellow line.

Shinji: I'm back.

Misato: Welcome home.

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Trailer

Rei, who minimizes her contact with others, opens up only to Commander

Ikari. Shinji is at a loss to understand the girl who is closer to his

father than he is. Next is 'Rei, beyond her heart.'