The Second Try: Difference between revisions

* [[The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best In People]]: Both Shinji and Asuka become much more confident and capable people after Second Impact.

* {{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 adverted, he made it so that Aki could grow up normally with her parents. He's still a bit of a dick but saving all 3 billion people on earth allows you to be.}}

* [[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 hotile towards Kaworu and she warned him she wanted him nowhere near from her husband.

** 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 Lilth. Unbeknownst to him, she hid herself inside Unit-02, and overrides his control right as Shinji makes his appearance in EVA-01. Kaworu is so surprised at this that he ''actually drops his usual smile for a look of pure shock''}}.

* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma]]: After the defeat of the Seventeeth Angel, Shinji visits a sleeping Asuka in the hospital, and unlike [[Squick|what he did in the original timeline]], he kisses her. Asuka wakes up during the kiss and jokingly tells maybe he should have tried that the last time instead.

* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: No. [[Subverted Trope|No they are not.]]

* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: A minor on 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.

** 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).

* [[Gilligan Cut]]: From "I'm sure, as long as we ( {{spoiler|Aki}} and Asuka) have each other, there's nothing that could hurt us." to "Ah! {{spoiler|Aki}}, you're hurting {{spoiler|Mama}}!"

* {{spoiler|[[Hollywood Genetics]]: Lampshaded by the author in the notes for chapter 6. He say's that it's "almost blasphemy that he didn't make Aki a chibi-Asuka".}}

* {{spoiler|[[Kid From the Future]]: Aki get's sent back in time about a day before SEELE launches their attack on NERV. Of course, her parents were already aware of her existence, having been sent back in time themselves.}}

* {{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 constant in taking it. Of course, it's also possible they fell into that small percentile where it doesn't work, something Shinji [[Lampshades]] with a weary "we've beaten worse odds before".}}

** 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]].

* [[Like an Old Married Couple]]: -Hilariously- inverted. After {{spoiler|being revealed the secret, Misato mutters}} Shinji and Asuka used to bicker [[Like an Old Married Couple]] before, but now they ARE one, they act like newfound lovebirds. Shinji and Asuka explain that is -partially- because they are hormone-driven teenagers again... without [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] separating them.

* [[Older Than They Look]] / [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Shinji and Asuka, after they return to the past, are mentally in their early 20's. However, they have the emotional maturity of a person at least 10 years older than that.

** The only reason they manage to keep the facade up is because no one would suspect that they were actually a couple, much less the other absurdities of their story.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Asuka and Sinji were like this in the original series, but their relationship becomes a more mellow version of this trope in the post-Third-Impact chapters.

* [[Saying Too Much]]: An interesting version. {{spoiler|In Chapter 5, after the battle with the 14th angel, Misato finds (a little too late) an "Anonymous" note from Shinji, meant to warn her about EVA 03 being possessed by the 13th angel... That he had ''written out by hand''. She, of course, recognizes his handwriting, and a quick peek at his schoolwork confirms that he wrote it. She then remembers his and Asuka's odd behavior, and realizes that Asuka may know something about the letter. When she confronts Asuka, who is extremely distraught at the time (for ''Very'' good reasons), Asuka breaks down and lets the facade drop. They later divulge their secret to her.}}

* [[Talking to the Dead]]: Sinji and Asuka do this in After-TI chapters. Although instead of a grave, they go to the LCL sea.

* [[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, VERY good thing.]]