The mists rise over
The waters at Asuka;
Memory does not
Pass away so easily.

~~
Asuka gawa
Kawa yodo sarazu
Tatsu kiri no
Omoi sugu beki
Koi ni aranuku ni

Her roar could be heard.
Standing there, vibrant leopard print.
The sun distant behind her.
Her hair a celebration of pink and blue.
Her fist and feet swirl in uninterrupted chant.
The empress of tomorrow.
Without surrender her roar grows louder.
How often she laughs and smiles
Walking down to the ring.
A stripe across her face in raw emotion.
Standing 5'3 she will not be stopped.
Emerging yet again victorious.
A lioness draped in vibrant hue.
Her mask is off.
Inside the ropes there's no place to run, no place to hide.
The empress of tomorrow stares into the rising sun.
Hand rose in victory

Hideaki Anno: teaching post-structuralism since 1995

"oh, there's no meaning here, but what do i know"

you brilliant *******, you think we'd fall for that?

Shinji was strangling Asuka for no reason at all?

was it emotional dissonance from different ego-states?

have I read into this a tad too much?

i won't believe that he just snapped!

i don't want you to tell me, but i do wanna know

suicide of the author and all that