EVA CINEMATOGRAPHY - MISATO UNDER PRESSURE

Although she doesn’t easily speak her true feelings, I loved the manner by which Misato hid the loneliness and darkness deep within her heart. After the TV series ended, I listened to Cruel Angel’s Thesis again and was struck by the lyric “Although I cannot become a goddess, I will live on.” Surely this must be the voice of Misato’s heart.  - Kotono Mitsuishi (x)

The shot of Misato’s cross necklace after Shinji nails it to a grave marker during End of Evangelion accords with the brief closeup of Misato’s chest from the Cruel Angel’s Thesis OP. In this way Misato’s body becomes the very uniform of death.