KAWORU NAGISA SPOILER!
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Arrives late. Matters completely. Kaworu is the first person in the series who looks at Shinji and offers something that functions like unconditional acceptance, and what that does to a boy who has received nothing resembling it is the most human moment in a show about the end of humanity. What Kaworu actually is and what his presence in the story means is information NGE holds back and then delivers across a single episode that the fandom has been discussing for thirty years. He is onscreen briefly. He is permanent.
KAWORU THROUGH THE ARCHIVE //
STORY & EPISODE GUIDE //
Open page →Kaworu arrives when Shinji has lost or been separated from nearly every relationship he depended on. He offers affection without first asking Shinji to earn it.
Then Kaworu reveals himself as an Angel and asks Shinji to kill him rather than allow humanity to die.
Then Kaworu reveals himself as an Angel and asks Shinji to kill him rather than allow humanity to die.
Why it matters
The final Angel is not defeated by tactics. Shinji has to destroy the person who made connection feel easiest.
