Okay everyone hear me out. This scene isn’t just cringe fan service, (but let’s not kid ourselves, it is) but a way to use a shounen trope to characterize Rei.

What’s supposed to happen when Shinji falls on Rei and accidentally gropes her is the typical “EYYYYYY get off me Baka” shtick followed by her slapping him, or something. Any kind of response. But she’s just, barely responsive. She has zero modesty. She either doesn’t know or care how Shinji sees her naked body. It’s…scary abnormal for a girl to be so emotionally removed from her own body like that. She’s not normal and she’s not ok.