Recovering from an encounter he neither understands or remembers, Shinji is disregarded yet again by the father from whom he desperately seeks approval. But there is the other half of Shinji’s strange new life: hard-won friends at school, the substitute family he’s made living with his commanding officer, Misato, and the pale, beautiful, and remote Rei Ayanami.

As a UN carrier fleet steams towards Japan carrying a mysterious sample linked to the origins of the human race, a hurricane is about to blow down Shinji’s momentary peace. Or is that just the wind in the red hair of Askua Langley Soryu, the new Evan pilot arriving in Tokyo-3? She’s striking in appearance ?but striking much more often with her fists and feet!

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.