around 00:01:40~ into the beginning of end of evangelion, the morning after shinji has his talk with misato by the lake.

granted, it’s never stated outright, but little in evangelion is, and the above cuts stand on their own merits. this wordless scene is pretty indicative of an huge shift re: shinji’s character development (albeit a negative one) since anno has always described shinji as someone who has “convinced himself that he is a completely unnecessary person, so much so that he cannot even commit suicide.”

some of anno’s most important cuts are brief, ambiguous, and very easy to miss. personally, this is one of my favorite ones.