Neon Genesis Evangelion: Platinum Edition (Renewal of Evangelion) S1:E8

Episode 01: Angel Attack

Shinji Ikari is summoned to NERV by his cold father, Gendo Ikari, who tells him he has a use for him. At the same time, a giant being known as an "Angel" also arrives in New Tokyo-3, which is met by the ineffectual offense of the U.N. Shinji must pilot the equally giant Evangelion Unit-01, but at what cost?

Episode 02: The Beast

The city is saved and clean up and rebuilding begins. Now needing a place to stay, Shinji is taken in by the beautiful Misato Katsuragi who has presided over him since his arrival. They begin their awkward relationship joined by the hot spring pinguin Pen Pen, while Shinji's memory of battling the Angel comes crashing back.

Episode 03: A Transfer

A heavy regimen of training inside Unit-01 begins, and more secrets about "Second Impact" and the Angels are revealed. Shinji starts his first day at a new school and meets two classmates whom will become good friends. The Fourth Angel arrives, and a rage-filled Shinji goes against orders to defeat it.

Episode 04: Hedgehog's Dilemma

Shinji runs away from Misato and NERV after hurting each other in their attempt to be closer. Their relationship is described as the "hedgehog's dilemma," wherein the closer they become to more they can hurt each other. Shinji si finally captured by NERV and discharged, but his need for others keeps him from boarding the outbound train.

Episode 05: Rei I

Rei Ayanami begins the second activation experiment with Unit-00 after a disastrous activation 22 days previously. Much like Gendo, she displays little emotion, even after being seen naked by a flustered Shinji. Study begins on the fallen Fourth Angel revealing its DNA to be identical to humans.

Episode 06: Rei II

Eva-01's first encounter with the fifth Angel goes badly. While Shinji heals, Misato displays her tactfulness by organizing Operation Yashima, which involves utilizing all the electrical power in Japan to power a prototype rifle. The success hinges on the teamwork of both Eva-00 and Eva-01.

Episode 07: A Human Work

The mystery around Second Impact and the Evas is partially revealed. Misato and Ritsuko head off to see the activation of the pilot-less robot Jet Alone. However, the giant nuclear powered robot mysteriously runs amok, and it's up to Misato and Shinji to stop it before it melts down.

Episode 09: Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!

Asuka and Shinji face off against the seventh Angel, which ends up being able to split into two halves. Their only way to defeat it is by vigorously training to perform a perfectly synchronized ballet-like attack.

Episode 10: Magma Diver

The three Children take time off at a NERV pool, where Asuka teaches Shinji about thermal expansion. Inside the volcano Mt. Asama, the eighth Angel is discovered in its larval form. Eva-02, outfitted with Type-D armor, is sent deep inside the magma to retrieve it before the Angel can hatch.

Episode 11: The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still

The day starts off with everyone doing normal chores, but things are cut short when the power mysteriously goes out in Tokyo-3. The three Children must find their way back to headquarters with the over-confident guidance of Asuka. While Hyuga is in the city above, he hears from a U.N. plane flying overhead that another Angel is approaching and makes his way to NERV to start the manual activation of the Evas.

Episode 12: She said, "Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred."

A flashback to the Second Impact shows a young Misato being placed into an escape capsule as the area is decimated. Back in the present, Misato is promoted to Major, which prompts Kensuke and Toji to throw a party. The 10th Angel is detected high above Earth's atmosphere zeroing in on Tokyo-3, where it will fall and collide directly.

Episode 13: Lilliputian Hitcher

Ritsuko begins running a series of diagnostics on the three MAGI supercomputers, afterwhich she tests the Eva pilots who must be nude inside simulation Evas. Some corrosion is detected during the test that ends up being the 11th Angel. The pilots and Evas are ejected from the area as the Angel infects the computers and almost takes over the MAGI, forcing Ritsuko to battle the Angel with the MAGI computer Casper.

Episode 14: Weaving a Story

The members of SEELE hold a meeting to go over the events that have happened so far, recapping the encounters with each Angel. They give Gendo a warning about following their plans using the Dead Sea Scrolls. Ritsuko performs another test by having Rei inside of Unit-01 and Shinji inside Unit-00, but Unit-00 goes berserk.

Episode 15: Those Women Longed For the Touch of Others' Lips, and Thus Invited Their Kisses

Kaji makes a trip to Kyoto for a secret meeting, as Asuka goes out on a blind date and Shinji and Rei stay after class to clean up. The next day Shinji visits the grave of his mother with Gendo, the first time in 3 years. Misato, Ritsuko and Kaji attend the wedding of a friend and reminisce about their past, while Asuka and Shinji find something to pass the time.

Episode 16: Splitting of the Beast

While going through another series of synchronization tests, all three Eva's are launched when the 12th Angel makes its appearance. Conventional weapons prove useless as Unit-01 sinks into the Angel's shadow. After much research Ritsuko calculates Shinji is inside a "Sea of Durac" in the Angel, but destroying it is almost impossible. Shinji begins to slip into unconsciousness as the life support systems run out of power.

Episode 17: Fourth CHILD

Misato is interrogated by SEELE about the latest encounter with the Angels. It is learned the second branch of NERV in Nevada has vanished when a prototype S2 engine was installed into Eva Unit-04, after which the U.S. government request to transfer Unit-03 to the Japanese branch. Toji and Shinji make a trip to Rei's apartment to bring some school papers, while the fourth pilot of Unit-03 is chosen.

Episode 18: Ambivalence

As Eva Unit-03 is flown into Japan, Misato and Ritsuko await its arrival. Kaji is left to take care of Shinji and a distraught Asuka while Misato is away. With the reluctant Fourth Child aboard, Unit-03 goes berserk during a routine test, causing a giant explosion at the remote testing facility. Reclassified, the thirteenth Angel easily disables Asuka's and Rei's Evas leavin gthe fate of the Fourth Child in Shinji's hands.

Episode 19: Introjection

After the traumatic events within the thirteen Angel, Shinji refuses to leave Unit-01, forcing Gendo to render him unconscious. Vowing to never pilot again and facing criminal charges, Shinji leaves NERV once again. His departure is cut short by the arrival of the most power Angel yet. Despite a valiant effort, Asuka and Rei are defeated, forcing Shinji to decide what is most important to him.

Episode 20: Weaving a Story 2: oral stage

The aftermath of the last Angel attack has left NERV and the Evas completely disabled to the dismay of SEELE. But while Rei and Asuka are safe, Shinji has disappeared inside his Eva. It is believed he is still alive in a different form, and Ritsuko uses all of her experience to come up with a way to save him. Shinji awakens in his new form, and as time passes, the Eva is repaired, and Ritsuko prepares the salvage operation.

Episode 21: He was aware that he was still a child

Vice-Commander Fuyutsuki has gone missing, and Misato is held captive with Kaji as the prime suspect. Fuyutsuki is being questioned by SEELE, who recounts his first involvement with Yui Ikari and Gendo Rokubungi and the events afterward. The histories of Misato, Ritsuko and Professor Akagi are also recounted.

Episode 22: Don't Be

A flashback shows Asuka as a child and the death of her mother. In the present her synch ratio is falling to the concern of Ritsuko and Misato. She takes out her frustration on Rei in an elevator while her synch ratio continues to drop. Another Angel appears above Earth's atmosphere and begins to attack Asuka in Unit-02 directly through her mind.

Episode 23: Rei III

As Misato mourns the loss of Kaji, Asuka becomes more withdrawn from the world. The sixteenth Angel shows up and Rei is launched to fight it, but when Shinji arrives to help, she makes the fateful decision to self-destruct to save him. SEELE reveals that only one Angel remains, while Ritsuko shows Misato and Shinji the dark secrets of NERV.

Episode 24: The Beginning and the End, or "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

Shinji is depressed over the ruin of Tokyo-3 and all his friends who have left. A boy appears nearby who reveals himself to be Kaworu, the fifth Child. They become close friends as Kaworu excels at synch ratio tests. But as suspected, Kaworu is the final Angel and takes control of Unit-02, with Shinji as the only one who can save humanity from being destroyed.

Episode 25: Do you love me?

With the final Angel destroyed, Shinji struggles with his decision to kill Kaworu. He ponders why he pilots Eva; is it for the sake of mankind or simply to receive sympathy from others? Disappearing into nothingness, Gendo tells Shinji that this is simply the return to the state of the beginning, the primal womb that was lost. Misato tell shim this is Instrumentality, and Shinji's wishes have shaped the world into a place of nothingness.

Episode 26: Take care of yourself.

As Instrumentality continues, Shinji feels he can disappear from existence because he is unwanted. Without piloting Eva, he is useless, without an identifier. Now in a world of nothingness, with no restrictions, he can do anything, but without others he has no identity. After a glimpse at one possible existence, he realizes the way the world is seen can change through different perceptions and that there could be value in living.

Episode 21 (Directors' Cut) He was aware that he was still a child.

Vice-Commander Fuyutsuki has gone missing, and Misato is held captive with Kaji as the prime suspect. Fuyutsuki is being questioned by SEELE, who recounts his first involvement with Yui Ikari and Gendo Rokubungi and the events afterward. The histories of Misato, Ritsuko and Professor Akagi are also recounted.

Episode 22 (Directors' Cut): Don't Be

A flashback shows Asuka as a child and the death of her mother. In the present her synch ratio is falling to the concern of Ritsuko and Misato. She takes out her frustation on Rei in an elevator while her synch ratio continues to drop. Another Angel appears above Earth's atmosphere and begins to attack Asuka in Unit-02 directly through her mind.

Episode 23 (Directors' Cut): Rei III

As Misato mourns the loss of Kaji, Asuka becomes more withdrawn from the world. The sixteenth Angel shows up and Rei is launched to fight it, but when Shinji arrives to help, she makes the fateful decision to self-destruct to save him. SEELE reveals that only one Angel remains, while Ritsuko shows Misato and Shinji the dark secrets of NERV.

Episode 24 (Directors' Cut): The Beginning and the End, or "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

Shinji is depressed over the ruin of Tokyo-3 and all his friends who have left. A boy appears nearby who reveals himself to be Kaworu, the fifth Child. They become close friends as Kaworu excels at synch ratio tests. But as suspected, Kaworu is the final Angel and takes control of Unit-02, with Shinji as the only one who can save humanity from being destroyed.