The story opens in the grim aftermath of the battle against the Fourteenth Angel, Zeruel. During the fight, Shinji reached an unprecedented with Unit-01. This triggered a violent, "berserk" state where the biomechanical Eva broke free of its restraints and literally devoured the Angel to acquire its S² engine.
: They must broadcast a signal to the entry plug to forcefully reconstruct Shinji's physical body and anchor his soul back to reality. Neon Genesis Evangelion Episode 20
: Shinji's physical boundaries have failed because his personal AT Field collapsed, fusing his mind and soul directly with the Evangelion. 🧬 Operation Rescue The story opens in the grim aftermath of
While NERV engineers race against the clock over a span of 30 days, Shinji experiences a bizarre, abstract, and heavily surreal stream of consciousness inside Unit-01: : They must broadcast a signal to the
When NERV personnel attempt to retrieve Shinji from the entry plug, they are horrified by what they find:
In , titled " Weaving a Story 2: oral stage " (also known as "Shape of Heart, Shape of Human"), pilot Shinji Ikari becomes physically trapped and dissolved inside Evangelion Unit-01 following a brutal battle . 💥 The Aftermath of Berserk
Dr. Ritsuko Akagi formulates a desperate salvage operation. She reveals that NERV attempted a similar procedure ten years prior, which ended in complete failure.