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And now they have to go through their most trying ordeals once more in the Evas, and try to change history, while simultaneously deflecting suspicions of their changes, and coping with the loss of their old life.
The realm of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|
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▲The Author has since begun a sequel [http://jimmywolk.studenten-froendenberg.de/eng/aki.php?browse.0.0 webmanga] called ''[[Aki-chan's Life]]''. It picks up right where the story leaves off. {{spoiler|(Or rather, a week or two before the story actually ends.)}} Another fic of his, ''[[The Ikaris]]'', now has his own page.
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* {{spoiler|[[Absurdly Youthful Mother|Absurdly Youthful Parents]]: It's not really clear how old Asuka and Shinji were when she gave birth to Aki. They had lost track of time since the Third
* [[Adam and Eve Plot]]: Asuka and Shinji discuss this during one of the "flashback" chapters.
* [[After the End]]: All named chapters before "Repeat" are set here.
* [[Anachronic Order]]: The story alternates its chapters between the [[Peggy Sue]] and Post-Third Impact storylines.
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]: The start of the last chapter "end" shows the events of the last day from Rei's viewpoint.
* [[The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best In People]]: Both Shinji and Asuka become much more confident and capable people after
* [[The Atoner]]: Shinji and Asuka to a degree.
* [[Babies Ever After]]: Misato is revealed to be preggers {{spoiler|with Kaji's baby}} in the epilogue.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Taunt Asuka with {{spoiler|her daughter's name}} or threaten to harm Shinji in front of her. Come on! I dare you!
** Likewise, Shinji doesn't take too kindly towards anyone who tries/threatens to harm Asuka. While he's pretty good at keeping his cool, some {{spoiler|MP Evas}} found out the hard way what happens if this button gets pressed too hard. Stupid bastards never saw it coming.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Once again, Shinji. More so than in the original timeline, as he's no longer plagued by crippling insecurities. Exemplified in his rematch with the
* {{spoiler|[[Big Good]]: Kaoru of all people. What pushes him into this territory is that not only did he make so that Third Impact was
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Asuka and {{spoiler|Aki}} speak a lot of German, including several children's songs. Which makes sense, since both the characters ''and'' the author are German.
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Discussed but ultimately averted.
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Shinji finally snaps at Gendo during The Final.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: {{spoiler|When Gendo confronts Shinji about his conversation with Asuka during the attack by the
* [[Character Development]]: Some of the best development for Shinji and Asuka in all of fan fiction takes place during the Post-Third Impact chapters.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Averted. Shinji and Asuka are ''not'' Gendo Ikari.
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The "Anonymous" letter that Shinji slips into Misato's jacket during chapter 3. {{spoiler|Misato finds it during the aftermath of the battle with the 14th angel, and leads to her learning of Shinji and Asuka's secret.}}
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: {{spoiler|So innocent that they can convince Asuka to save the world and [[Assimilation Plot|keep Rei from destroying it]].}}
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Asuka was one in the original series (part of her animosity towards Rei was due to her misconception of Shinji liked Rei instead of her). Her jealousy had mellowed down due to she feeling more confident about herself and their relationship; however, she was completely
* [[Convenient Coma]]: {{spoiler|Gendo falls into one after his suicide attempt. It's mostly convenient for Shinji, as he uses to explain what happened at the end of the story, but it ends with the possibility he may never recover.}}
* [[Curtain Fic]]: It's debatable how much "finding food and shelter" and "maintaining the homestead's defenses" can be considered normal chores, but the post-Third Impact chapters do qualify, in a weird post-apocalyptic sort of way.
* [[Cuteness Overload]]: ''[[Emotionless Girl|Rei]]'', of all people, is hit by this. {{spoiler|Meeting and being befriended by Aki is what finally convinces her to ditch Gendo's plan}}. Although, in the following
* [[Damned By Faint Praise]]: Rei resorts to this to critique a drawing of her. It works because the artist is only three.
* [[Dead Guy, Junior]]: Discussed but ultimately averted. {{spoiler|Shinji and Asuka don't want their child to have to try to live under the shadow of someone they're named after.}}
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** Played straight with {{spoiler|Gendo, after the realizes Rei isn't going to help him. He promptly decided to commit suicide.}}
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Chapter 11. Yep, Asuka just {{spoiler|punched Kaworu in the gut}}.
** Better yet, in the same chapter she {{spoiler|gets the drop on him after he takes control of EVA-02 and uses it to tear apart NERV to get to
* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]: When Gendo arrives in Terminal Dogma and finds that Rei isn't there he tries to kill himself in a last ditch attempt to be with Yui again. [[Convenient Coma|It doesn't work]].}}
* [[Didn't See That Coming]]: SEELE's reaction to {{spoiler|Toji appearing by piloting Jet Alone and the death of the first MP-EVA.}} Their following argument gets so heated that they don't even notice that someone is missing.
* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma]]: After the defeat of the
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Well, [[Captain Obvious|yeah]].
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Humorously inverted this time around. The rest of this cast assume this is the case with Asuka and Shinji. However, no one has any idea that, not only are they a couple, but {{spoiler|they are also lovers, have been ''married'' for over 5 years, and ''raised a child together''.}}
* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: No. [[Subverted Trope|No, they are not.]]
* [[Falling Into the Cockpit]]: In chapter 2 Asuka wants to drive a car for first time. Shinji thinks it is not a good idea, but she argues if she is able to drive a [[Humongous Mecha]], she is able to drive a car. Shortly after she finds out that... nope. She is not able.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Asuka mellows out considerably in the post-TI chapters, but still retains this as part of her personality.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: A minor
** Played straight in the otherwise heartwarming Chapter 8. {{spoiler|Despite the happy times that Shinji and Asuka spent with their daughter, the audience already knows that Aki was erased from existence when the time line was rewound.}} The chapter (and chapter 6) also hints at another one that combines with [[Adult Fear]]. They're still the ''only'' people left on the planet, even after several years. {{spoiler|Little Aki will grow up without any friends; and, what will happen to her once her parents are gone?}} Their happiness will not last forever, nor does the future look bright.
*** {{spoiler|These are then averted (subverted?) when it turns out that Aki had been sent into the past as well, appearing a few days after Kaoru's death. [[Tears of Joy|Tears]] are shed as she's reunited with her parents, Aki has been given a chance to live a normal life, and they all finally earn their happy ending.}}
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Asuka delivers this trope almost word for word in chapter 2, thankfully without the slapping.
** Note that had this occurred before the Third Impact, she ''would'' have slapped him. She was probably afraid to (given what happened during
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: From "I'm sure, as long as we (
* {{spoiler|[[Good Parents]]: Against all odds, Shinji and Asuka become this, and they both lampshade it repeatedly.}}
* [[Happily Married]]: {{spoiler|Shinji and Asuka Ikari, though they don't tell anyone about their status}}.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Shinji very much wants his redhead, gorgeous, [[Tsundere]] wife.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Rei is apparently quite the artist.
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* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: All odd-numbered chapters are numbered from 12th to 17th to represent the Angel fought, while even-numbered chapters are named with a single word on its major theme.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: {{spoiler|Aki and Rei}}.
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* [[Ironic Echo]]: "''Do not ask questions you don't really want to hear the answer to.''"
* [[Karmic Death]]: Chairman Kihl of SEELE. [[Complete Monster|Most evil man in the series.]] [[Manipulative Bastard|Has been manipulating things behind the scenes probably since he was a young man.]] Cooked up Second Impact and the plan for his version of Third Impact to essentially escape Death, which he's afraid of. {{spoiler|Dies of a heart attack off-screen when the MP-Evas start [[Killed Off for Real|dropping for real.]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Kid From the Future]]: Aki
* {{spoiler|[[Law of Inverse Fertility]]: Played both straight and averted. Asuka didn't want to have a baby, even to the point where she was ''starving herself'' in a misguided attempt to induce a miscarriage (which, Shinji later noted, put ''her'' in more danger than the baby). However, once she sees the first ultrasound that changes. The aversion comes with Aki being born alive and healthy.}}
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* [[Little No]]: Asuka to Shinji in ''survive'': {{spoiler|"HATE ME! LEAVE ME! KILL ME!"}}. Shinji's answer? "No..."
** This actually mirrors their scene during
* [[Like an Old Married Couple]]:
* [[Living Emotional Crutch]]: Shinji and Asuka are this for each other.
* {{spoiler|[[Mama Bear]]: Asuka is ''fiercely'' protective of her post-Third-Impact family (both Aki and Shinji), to the point that, in ''The Final'', she made an attempt to ''strangle Gendo'' when he tried to interrogate her about them (and she came damn near close to succeeding; Gendo even seemed to be a bit unnerved).}}
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* [[No Export for You]]: In an ''incredibly'' rare aversion for fanfiction, this story is [http://jimmywolk.studenten-froendenberg.de/eng/nge.php?lang available to read] in several other languages, which right now include German, Spanish, and Polish.
* [[Oh Crap]]: From the audience {{spoiler|when they learn that Gendo and Fuyutsuki learn something they shouldn't have after the Arael fight}}.
* [[Older Than They Look]]
* [[One Steve Limit]]: See [[Dead Guy, Junior]] above.
* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: A rather important plot point revolves around Shinji and Asuka trying to act like their old selves so as to not arouse suspicion. However, they are not the most convincing actors and most of their friends note that they are acting odd (Asuka is bad at hiding her emotions, while Shinji is bad about remembering to be careful with words or actions). Rei pretty much spells it out in chapter 3 in a conversation with Toji.
{{quote|'''Rei:''' "He (Shinji) is acting different lately. Soryu as well. Both have improved their social skills. Ikari is not as timid in the presence of other people. Soryu's aggressiveness has calmed down enough to accept the presence of people she had declared to hate, including myself. However, most of the time, they are trying to convince everyone that these changes are not existent. They also seem to possess a greater knowledge than before."}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Papa Wolf]]: Shinji, like Asuka above, is very protective of his post-Third-Impact family, though he keeps his cool better than Asuka...most of the time.}}
* [[Peggy Sue]]: Arguably deconstructed when {{spoiler|it turns out that Shinji and Asuka had a child who was erased from existence}}.
** {{spoiler|However Kaoru, [[Big Good|who was behind the whole plot]], took her the same time he pulled Shinji and Asuka. He just made it so she appeared after it was all over.}}
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Asuka and
* [[The Reveal]]: See [[Wham! Line]].
* [[Saying Too Much]]: An interesting version. {{spoiler|In Chapter 5, after the battle with the
* [[Sleep Cute]]: Quite a few times in Chapter Four.
* [[Talking to the Dead]]:
* [[Taking You with Me]]: {{spoiler|1=EVA-02's self-destruction against the MP-EVAs. Subverted in that Asuka ejects in time.}}
* [[Tears of Joy]]: {{spoiler|Shed profusely by Asuka and Shinji when they are reunited with Aki. The scene actually provides the page quote for the trope.}}
* [[Technical Virgin]]: A literal example. In "The Final" Asuka points out that it is technically her first time due to [[Mental Time Travel]].
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Asuka hangs a lampshade on how it's bad luck to propose before the final battle. She even compares it to [[Retirony]].
* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]: {{spoiler|Exploited by Kaoru to make sure that Aki is reunited with her parents.}}
* [[WAFF]]: Ironically, a lot of [[After the End]] chapters can get like this, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it's the opposite, it's a good thing. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|A very,
* [[Wham! Line]]: The end of chapter 5.
{{quote|'''Shinji''': {{spoiler|"We had a child."}}}}
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** {{spoiler|Gendo, when he partially wakes up, notes that he can't feel his right arm. Hmmm...}}
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