Full Story of Evangelion, Finally Explained

For almost 30 years, Evangelion has confused everyone who watched it. This is all of it: the TV series, The End of Evangelion and all four Rebuild films, told in the order it actually happened, and what each part means. We start before episode 1, with the Angels, SEELE, Gendo's plan, Second Impact, what the Evas really are and who Rei is. Then we go through the series with the truth in view, cover how it all ends, and finish with how the Rebuild films connect to the original. Spoilers for everything, obviously. Chapters 0:00 Evangelion, in the order it happened 0:00:39 Part 1 · Where the Angels and humans come from 0:05:46 What SEELE wants 0:09:53 What Gendo wants 0:13:48 What really caused Second Impact 0:18:09 What the Evas really are 0:24:11 Who Rei is 0:29:10 Part 2 · Why Shinji is called to Tokyo-3 (and why Unit-01 moves on its own) 0:38:29 What Nerv tells the pilots vs what's true 0:47:52 Why Rei only listens to Gendo 0:53:59 Why Asuka has to be the best 0:59:58 Why an Angel could hack the MAGI 1:05:09 What Kaji is digging up 1:11:45 Part 3 · Unit-01 is alive 1:17:11 What the dummy plug is, and what it did to Unit-03 1:22:38 Unit-01 awakens: what eating an S² engine means 1:28:29 Why Shinji came back out of Unit-01 1:33:54 Who killed Kaji, and what he knew 1:38:14 How Asuka broke 1:44:02 Rei's secret 1:50:33 Why the last Angel chose to die 1:58:36 Part 4 · Why SEELE attacks Nerv 2:05:15 Why Unit-02 wakes up in Asuka's last fight 2:10:43 Third Impact, step by step 2:18:02 What Instrumentality actually is 2:23:58 Why Shinji says no, and what the beach means 2:30:27 Part 5 · Rebuild 1.0 and 2.0: what changed 2:41:21 Rebuild 3.0: the 14 years explained 2:53:35 Rebuild 3.0+1.0: Gendo's story and the Additional Impact 3:05:46 How Rebuild connects to the original 3:13:42 Final thoughts Sources: Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV, 1995-96), The End of Evangelion (1997), Evangelion 1.11, 2.22, 3.33 and 3.0+1.01, the official Evangelion Chronicle reference series, and the Classified Information files from the official games. Neon Genesis Evangelion and the Rebuild of Evangelion films are © khara / Project Eva. This video is commentary, criticism and education. Clips are short and transformed with narration, under fair use. #Evangelion #NeonGenesisEvangelion #EndOfEvangelion