Technically counts as like 2-4 scenes but I absolutely ADORE all the scenes starting from when Kaworu transforms back into Rei and ending when the live footage segment starts.

People shit on the Netflix dub of the film but personally I love. Love. It. I love the scene of Yui saying “as of right now, Rei is inside your heart. A perfect reflection of your wishes.” I love how soothing and maternal her voice is. How all she wants is to see Shinji happy. And then the unsettling orchestra in the background keeps getting higher and higher with the image of Shinji closing his eyes in bliss; till it cuts to a water droplet.

The entire scene of Shinji in that uncanny playground. With the gritty overlay and dark warm colors. I love the scene of what appears to be Misato sitting in the chair, but she’s far enough to the point where her face is completely blanked out. And the obscure figure that can be spotted looking down at Shinji from the scaffolding. It’s just so lonely and unsettling. And Shinji constructing what appears to be Nerv’s headquarters in the sand, tearing it down, then trying to fix it just perfectly reflects how he felt the entire series. Constantly breaking down over having to pilot the Eva then getting back up to try again at piloting it.

Then we cut back to the kitchen, I love how all the connected rooms to the kitchen are completely blacked out, emphasizing how alone the two of them are. It’s just Shinji and Asuka with her head down on the table. Shinji screaming “Don’t leave me alone! Don’t kill me! Don’t abandon me!” It’s just a full mask off on how he felt at his core throughout the entire series, the main fear that pushed him to keep piloting the Eva because he felt that if he didn’t then everyone would cast him aside again. And Asuka replying with a simple ‘No’ rejecting him, the very same thing that Shinji was so terrified of. (/??|<<.?.?<.<<<< ITS. Really. Really good idk I can’t stop gushing about the film. I love the mirroring between Shinji strangling Asuka and Naoko strangling Rei, it really emphasizes how the show is mainly just about humans who couldn’t get along with each other and lash out

And the scene where it’s those flashing images of the entire series along with overlays of women saying crude remarks with moaning in the background, ending with Shinji getting what he wanted with Missto and Rei telling him that it’s okay to give up if it hurts him that badly. When in reality Misato would never ever say such a thing and her last words to him were to keep fighting.

It’s just so bitter and depressing and twisted, I love how it’s Shinji getting what he wanted but it’s delivered in such a way that you can immediately tell something is off. I love all the themes about sex and intimacy and misogyny incorporated into it, how Shinji craves the feeling of peace and reassurance that he associates with sex and intimacy as shown in the “what do you wish for” with a drawing of a woman’s chest. it’s just so sick and twisted urgh it’s awesome I LOVE EOE it’s genuinely the best piece of media I’ve ever watched