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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.
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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.
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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 averted, he made it so that Aki could grow up normally with her parents. He's still a bit of a dick but saving all
* [[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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* [[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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* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: A minor one at the end of chapter 6, the author makes it seem like Asuka has died {{spoiler|from the strain of childbirth}}...about 4 years before she and Shinji get thrown back in time. She, of course, turns out to be fine a paragraph later.
** 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 Instrumentality, and the fact he's the ''only'' other person left on earth).
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* {{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.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Surprise Pregnancy]]: Asuka had also tried to keep her pregnancy a secret from Shinji. He only found out by chance when he was picking up their trash after a rat had ripped open a bag and discovered the positive test. Needless to say, he was not happy.}}
** {{spoiler|[[But We Used a Condom]]: They're not really sure how it happened, as Asuka had been on The Pill when she got pregnant. Asuka claims that the drugs were expired while Shinji suspects that she forgot to be consistent in taking it. Of course, it's also possible they fell into that small percentile where it doesn't work, something Shinji [[
* [[Little No]]: Asuka to Shinji in ''survive'': {{spoiler|"HATE ME! LEAVE ME! KILL ME!"}}. Shinji's answer? "No..."
** This actually mirrors their scene during Instrumentality (you know, '''that''' scene), [[Hourglass Plot|with their positions swapped.]] However, this time it ends with a [[Heartwarming Moments|CMOH]].
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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Asuka and Shinji were like this in the original series, but their relationship becomes a more mellow version of this trope in the post-Third-Impact chapters.
* [[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]]: Shinji and Asuka do this in After-TI chapters. Although instead of a grave, they go to the LCL sea.
* [[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]].
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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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