Art and script by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.

Forced without warning by Gendo into piloting Eva Unit-01, an untrained and terrified Shinji is beaten unconscious in his first sortie, only to have the Eva defeat the Angel on its own! Recovering from an encounter he neither understand or remembers, Shinji is disregarded yet again by the father from whom he desperately seeks approval. Moving in with his commanding officer, Capt. Katsuragi, Shinji sets out to school to try and start a normal life..…