The Happiest Days of Our Lives
There is no comfort in machinery
There is no meaning in utility
There is no salvation in war
And yet.
The children pilot the machinery for comfort
The children are given meaning in their utility
The children are divine soldiers in a holy war
There is no resistance but love, no rebellion but a quiet, solemn touch in the shadows. There is no purpose but love, no divinity but your embrace. The machine does not give you purpose, your purpose is your own.
"Why do you fight, pilot David?"
Or,
A retelling of NGE, following 16-year-old Shinji Ikari, as he joins his fathers strike team in the fight against the monstrous angels. Separately, the story follows Dr. Ritsuko Agaki and Misato Katsuragi, as they unveil the ominous plans of the strike team leader, and the hidden conspiracies of the mysterious underground city; the Temple.