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* Gendo saying to {{spoiler|''Yui''}} "Get away from my son", and rejecting the chance to {{spoiler|get reunited with her}} for the sake of Shinji and Rei.
* Shinji rushing to rescue {{spoiler|Ariel}} in chapter 7. Asuka was very, ''very'' grateful [[If You Know What I Mean|if you know what I mean]].
* Rei saving Kensuke from a polar bear.
* Asuka had sworn she would not pilot an Eva again. However, when in chapter 14 {{spoiler|Unit-00 goes berserker and Naoko tries to murder Rei,}} Asuka {{spoiler|gets in her [[Humongous Mecha]] again}} and completely trashes and terminates {{spoiler|Unit-00.}} Her inner dialogue did that scene still more awesome, considering how much she had disliked Rei when they were fourteen.
* In episode 16, Asuka gets attacked by {{spoiler|Arael}} again... but this time she is managing to endure the ordeal thank to Shinji and {{spoiler|her daughter...}} And then Unit-02 shows up to protect her.
* When Asuka comes back to Tokyo-3, she moves into the apartment next door to Shinji's. While unpacking, Rei comes by to 'set things straight' with her, though it's mostly to pick a fight (It makes sense in context). Eventually it devolves into a cat fight, which is halted suddenly by Misato taseing them both, which naturally is complete with the [[Bond One-Liner]]...
{{quote|"Crap like this is why I don't let pilots live with me anymore?"}}
* And then of course there's the part where {{spoiler|we learn that Third Impact was averted not by Shinji, but ''Gendo. Ikari.'' "Get away from MY SON!" has often been a standard cry for a CMOA, but considering who says it, and who he says it ''to'', makes it even more so.}}
* Chapter 2 of the rewrite. After getting slugged and ''maced'' by Asuka (the mace was a knee-jerk reaction by Asuka after he startled her in an empty classroom) Shinji gets his revenge by introducing himself as a famous EVA pilot during the middle of her class lecture. Asuka had made it clear to her students that her past was "off-limits", so, when the class realizes that he ''knows things'' and is willing to ''answer questions'' well... lets just say Asuka loses her audience.
* Chapter 3. After making several attempts at civil conversation, Shinji finally gets tired of Asuka's hostility and makes it abundantly clear that [[Took a Level in Badass|he's not the same timid kid she could push around]].
{{quote|'''Asuka''': Stop pretending you give a crap, Third.
'''Shinji''': [[Beware the Nice Ones|And stop acting so high and mighty, Second; Or I should remind you I had to talk down Misato from dragging you back from Germany and throwing you in a stockade.]]
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