The Second Try: Difference between revisions

* [[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.

* [[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).

* [[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.}}

* [[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]].