Although there is a normal side to Shinji's life, home and classroom prove no less of a battleground: a fight for his live-in commanding officer, Misato, to treat him like family instead of an experimental subject; and a fight to convince a hostile classmate as to why he must do a job Shinji himself doesn’t like.

Having won some peace in his life for the moment, Shinji now turns to ponder his fellow Eva pilot, a girl who seems even more withdrawn than himself; the pale, beautiful, and remote Rei Ayanami.

Is This Backwards?
No, this really is back cover (not the front cover)! The Special collector's Edition of the Neon Genesis Evangelion graphic novel preserves the original right-to-left orientation of the artwork, just as it was drawn and printed in Japan. To begin reading, Please turn this book around and open it from the other side.