Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku
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| Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku | |
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| 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 学園堕天録 (Shin Seiki Evangelion Gakuen Datenroku) |
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| Genre | Action, Drama |
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| Author | Min Min |
| Publisher |  Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Asuka |
| Original run | October 2007 – ongoing |
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 学園堕天録? trans. Neon Genesis Evangelion Academy: Record of Heaven's Descent) is a 2007-launched manga series by Min Min based on the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. It is serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Monthly Asuka, published by Kadokawa Shoten.
Many of the main characters from Neon Genesis Evangelion return, including Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami, Kaworu Nagisa, Asuka Langley Soryu, Toji Suzuhara, Misato Katsuragi, and Kensuke Aida. Though the series uses the same characters, the story and setting differ greatly from previous manga and anime series in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise.
[edit] Plot
Shinji Ikari attends the NERV Foundation Academy and lives a relatively boring but peaceful life. During a typical outing at night to a nearby vending machine, he witnesses Rei Ayanami and another boy he has never seen before fleeing from the scene of a violent explosion. Startled by the incident, he accidentally finds an unusual gem.
The next day, he meets Kaworu Nagisa, a transfer student to the NERV Foundation Academy and the same boy Shinji had seen the previous night. When Shinji tries to discover the truth behind Rei's relationship with Kaworu, he soon finds himself forcibly recruited to assist them and Asuka Langley Soryu fight against "Angels", beings who wish to destroy humanity by obtaining "Cores", one of which is the gem found by Shinji.
Shinji becomes part of their group, receiving an "eva' which manifests itself as a gun in his hands, when he wishes it, and he receives comments on the fact that it's a powerful form. Kaworu's eva manifests itself as a sword, Rei's as the Lance of Longinus, and Asuka's as a whip. He then accompanies the group on their nightly patrols around the city. However, because the Angels kill humans and use their bodies, the "disappearances" of these civilians makes it onto the news and Kaji disapproves of his "nightly walks'.
[edit] Characters
- Shinji Ikari
- The protagonist, Shinji lives a relatively peaceful but boring life attending a local Catholic school. His mother died when he was a child and his father works abroad, so Shinji's legal guardian is Kaji, one of his father's former subordinates. He finds his life changed forever when he becomes involved with Rei Ayanami and Kaworu Nagisa as they fight beings known as "Angels". He apparently has mysterious powers of his own, which allow him to drive off Ramiel, the first Angel he encounters. His eva weapon manifested itself as a gun, and appears to have a crush on Ayanami.
- Rei Ayanami
- A beautiful, but distant girl described by Toji to be classy, but gloomy and is admired by Shinji. Most people in the class consider her an oddball, though she is exceptionally talented at anything she is told to do, especially if Asuka tells her that it is a "mission". Rei leads a secret life, working as a Shamash Guardian for a group hidden in the school, to fight against Angels. She wields the Lance of Longinus in combat. As revealed in chapter eight, she is an 'artificially created child", meaning that she has no parents, and she has spent most of her life in a facility.
- Kaworu Nagisa
- A transfer student who takes an interest in Shinji, who is suspicious of his relationship with Rei. With Rei, Kaworu secretly fights against Angels and has the ability to generate an AT Field to defend against attackers and also wields a sword-like weapon. He uses the name Tabris to play online games. He, as revealed in chapter eight, is an "artificially created child" and has spent all of his life until now in facilities. He is ignorant of many social customs, and considers himself to be close friends with Shinji.
- Asuka Langley Soryu
- She is considered to be an attractive and stylish foreign student by the children in Shinji's class. She is also involved with the Shamash Guardians fighting against Angels and appears to be on relatively good terms with Kaworu and Rei. She is apparently outspoken and has little patience for novices like Shinji, though does not display these aspects of her personality with her classmates. Asuka wields a whip when fighting against angels and is proud of her abilities. As revealed in chapter eight she is the only one out of the three (Kaworu, Rei, and herself) that has parents, and unlike the other children she has been enrolled in school prior to her current.
- Toji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida
- Shinji's friends. Kensuke is a conspiracy fanatic and knowledge about supposed prophecies involving Angels and the destruction of the world while Toji is more sceptical of these claims. They take an interest in the girls in the class, commenting on both Rei and Asuka, and enjoy playing online MMORGs.
- Hikari Horaki
- The class representative of Shinji's class.
- Misato Katsuragi
- Shinji's class teacher. She and Kaji are old acquaintances, though Misato does not seem to have a positive opinion of him.
- Ritsuko Akagi
- The nurse at Shinji's school, who apparently is aware of Rei's activities involving the "Angels", and treats Rei and Shinji after their first fight with Ramiel.
- Ryoji Kaji
- Shinji's guardian, a journalist and photographer, who was once a subordinate of Shinji's father. He appears to recognize Kaworu Nagisa upon their first meeting, and also has ties to Misato.
- The Angels
- Being which have appeared to claim "Cores" embodied as small spherical objects in order to eventually destroy the humanity. Angels possess no real bodies of their own, consisting only of a consciousness, and must find vessels to inhabit and move between. The Angels, after the capture of Ramiel and unseen defeat of Arael, have expressed that their motives are only to live in peace (it is possible that they are only a small group of the Angels since there were only 4 of them).
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- Ramiel
- The first angel to appear in the series, Ramiel kills and possesses the body of a man in order to take the Core Shinji has obtained. He has the ability to generate lightning and transforms the body he possesses so that he gains wings. Though he overpowers first Rei, then Kaworu, inhibited because he was protecting Shinji, Shinji's powers suddenly awaken and he drives Ramiel away. Soon after, he possesses a young woman and approaches Shinji again with the intent of discovering the location of cores. Ramiel is eventually defeated by Asuka and Shinji and her core is removed from her host by Kaworu.
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