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Asuka Langley Soryu
Neon Genesis Evangelion character
First Episode Appearance"Asuka Strikes!"
Created byGainax
Hideaki Anno
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Character played byJapanese:
Yūko Miyamura
English:
Tiffany Grant (ADV Films dub, Rebuild)
Stephanie McKeon (Netflix dub)
In-universe information
AliasAsuka Shikinami Langley (Rebuild)[1]
TitleSecond Child
Captain (Rebuild)
RelativesKyoko Zeppelin Soryu (mother)
Ryoji Kaji (guardian)
Misato Katsuragi (guardian)
NationalityGerman-American

Asuka Langley Soryu (惣流・アスカ・ラングレー, Sōryū Asuka Rangurē, IPA: [soːɾʲɯː asɯ̥ka ɾaŋɡɯɾeː]) is a fictional character of the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. Within the series, she is designated as the Second Child and the pilot of the Evangelion Unit 02. Her surname is romanized as Soryu in the English manga and Sohryu in the English version of the TV series, the English version of the film, and on Gainax's website. Asuka is voiced by Yūko Miyamura in Japanese in all animated appearances and merchandise; In English, Asuka is voiced by Tiffany Grant in the ADV Films dub and by Stephanie McKeon in the Netflix dub. In the Rebuild of Evangelion films, her Japanese surname is changed to Shikinami (式波). In a Newtype poll from March 2010, Asuka was voted as the third most popular female anime character from the 1990s.

Conception[]

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Early designs for Asuka by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.[2]

Asuka's surname comes from the Japanese World War II aircraft carrier Soryu, her middle name from the American World War II aircraft carrier Langley, and her Rebuild surname from the Japanese World War II destroyer Shikinami. Her first name comes from Asuka Saki (砂姫 明日香, Saki Asuka), the main character of the Japanese manga Super Girl Asuka (超少女明日香, Chō Shōjo Asuka), written by Shinji Wada.[3]

Character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto explained that he "first designed an Asuka-type girl as the lead character", but felt it might be too similar to previous anime that he and Anno had worked on, such as Gunbuster and Nadia. He suggested to Anno that they change the lead character to a boy, which would be more in keeping with the robot genre.[4]

As Sadamoto and Anno designed the series, Sadamoto came to believe that Asuka would occupy the position of an "'idol' in the Eva world". He also described his belief that the relationship between Asuka and Shinji would be similar to the relationship between Jean, Nadia's love interest and eventual husband, in the earlier Nadia. Asuka's personality, as well of those for the other characters, was designed so as to be understood at a glance.[4]

Yūko Miyamura, Asuka's Japanese voice actress, said "Asuka wasn't the most open-hearted character I've ever met...every time I tried to draw myself in closer synchronization, Asuka would never allow herself to sync with 'me'... One day, I figured out that there was a wall in Asuka's heart".[5][6] Much later, she stated that work on the series was "very hard" and that at times she had "wanted to erase Evangelion."[7] Asuka's English voice actress, Tiffany Grant, felt that playing Asuka was "refreshing", as "she says the most horrible things to people, things that you'd like to say to people and can't get away with."[8]

Appearances[]

In Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series[]

Asuka is first introduced into the series in episode 8;[9] with the arrival of Eva Unit 02 and Asuka and Shinji's battle with the Angel Gaghiel, Asuka is shown as maintaining a high synchronization ratio and exceptional skills as an Eva pilot, being very aggressive and confident in battle. Asuka was born in Germany to an unknown American father and a Japanese-German mother, Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu. She strikes a friendship with Hikari Horaki, the class representative, and while she initially tries to befriend Rei Ayanami as well, she eventually develops deep antipathy towards her. She also develops a distaste towards Shinji's friends, Touji and Kensuke. Asuka also has a crush for her older guardian from before arriving in Tokyo-3, Kaji Ryoji, as Asuka believes she is a mature woman and seeks recognition from him. Kaji, however, politely refuses Asuka's advances, tries to get Asuka closer to Shinji and also eventually rekindles his relationship with Misato.

From episode 9 onwards, Asuka lives with Shinji under Misato's care and the two get to know each other better. Asuka starts calling him "baka-Shinji", "stupid Shinji". Asuka continuously teases him about his passivity and perceived lack of manliness, but gradually comes to respect and like him as they fight Angels together. This culminates in Asuka kissing Shinji in episode 15 at her provocation, however Shinji's lack of reaction angers Asuka, and she starts to develop resentment at Shinji's growing skills, as Asuka believes Shinji is undeserving of this success since Asuka has trained her whole life for piloting, unlike Shinji. She expresses frustration at Shinji's passivity, but continues to care for him. After first being defeated in battle by Zeruel in an attempt to regain her status as the best pilot, Asuka's self-confidence (and, correspondingly, her synch ratio and effectiveness as a pilot) begins to dwindle.

This comes to a head in episode 22, when the Angel Arael attacks and Asuka, burdened by increasingly poor results in synchronization tests, is infuriated by being ordered to serve as backup to Rei. She defies orders and tries to attack the Angel alone, but is overwhelmed by a psychological attack by the Angel.[10] Asuka is forced to relive memories of her childhood trauma of seeing her mother unable to recognize her and instead associating her with a doll as her father has an affair with her mother's doctor, her future stepmother. Asuka's mother eventually hangs herself on the day she is chosen as an Evangelion pilot. In response to this, Asuka proclaims she will no longer need anybody and is not a child anymore, but she is also confronted with her perceived abandonment by Kaji and rejection by Shinji, as multiple scenes of her earlier in the series teasing him or showing resistance are revealed to have been attempts to provoke Shinji into reaching out to her. Asuka feels utterly alone and incapable.[11] Shinji attempts to console her, but she refuses. Asuka becomes incapable of piloting Unit 02,[12] and since piloting Eva has become her main goal in life as Asuka believes this can make her be liked and respected,[13] Asuka loses her will to live and spends episode 23 roaming the streets of Tokyo-3 aimlessly. In episode 24, she is found by Nerv naked and starving herself in an abandoned, rundown building, and is then seen in a hospital bed in a catatonic state.[14] In the series' Instrumentality, Asuka is one of the characters confronting Shinji on his view of life and has a "Case of Asuka Langley Sohryu" exploring her own character. In the alternate world sequence in episode 26, Asuka wakes up Shinji in his room, and is his childhood friend in a more mundane version of Tokyo-3.

In The End of Evangelion film[]

In The End of Evangelion, as the Japanese Strategic Self-Defense Force invade NERV, Asuka is placed inside Unit 02, which is submerged in a lake within the Geofront, for her protection. As she is bombarded by depth charges, Asuka wakes up declares that she refuses to die, and in a moment of clarity, realizes that her mother's soul is within the Eva and has been protecting her all along. Her self-identity regained, she emerges and defeats the JSSDF, before encountering the Mass-Produced Evas. She reluctantly asks Shinji for support, however he is unable to reach her in time. Though she successfully disables all nine opponents, Unit 02's power running out and the infinite power of the Mass-Produced Evas' S² Engines (which allow them to remain functional despite being severely damaged or mutilated) finally allow them to eviscerate and dismember Unit 02 using their Lance of Longinus replicas. Seeing Asuka's destroyed Evangelion makes Shinji go on a frenzy, which eventually culminates in him starting Third Impact. Shinji and Asuka have an extended dream-like sequence inside Instrumentality. Asuka claims she can't stand the sight of him, but Shinji responds that it is because he is just like her. Asuka then states she knows Shinji masturbated to her exposed breasts in the beginning of the movie. Asuka makes an ultimatum to Shinji as she says he wants him all to herself, and her body is sexualized before his eyes as he deals with his attraction towards her. Shinji claims he wants to understand Asuka, but she refuses. Shinji replies that Asuka will not say anything to him, which makes understanding her impossible. Shinji, in a scene reminiscent of their kiss during the series, tells Asuka he wants to help her and stay with her forever, but Asuka refuses, stating he has never truly loved anyone and is only looking at her as comfort. Shinji is furious at this rejection, and lashes out by choking her.[15]

After Shinji rejects Instrumentality, she is the second person to return some time after Shinji in the film's final scene, her injuries sustained in battle against the Mass-Produced Evas covered in bandages.[16] Shinji begins to strangle the seemingly comatose Asuka, but stops when she caresses his face in a manner reminiscent of Yui's, Shinji's mother, earlier caress. She then says one of her most famous sentences: 'Kimochi warui' ("I feel sick" or "How disgusting") with a cold voice.

In Rebuild of Evangelion film series[]

In the four-film re-imagining of the TV series, Asuka makes her first appearance in the second film, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. Several changes have been made to her character, such as her family name being changed from Sōryū (惣流) to Shikinami (式波),[17] continuing the Japanese maritime vessel naming convention, and rather than her having a college degree, she holds the rank of captain in the European air force, as a fighter pilot.[18] She also doesn't share Soryu's pediophobia, and no longer has the same infatuation with Kaji, choosing to ignore an invitation to go on a trip with him until Misato forced her to go. Shikinami is also more reserved than Sohryu, and doesn't form a friendship with Hikari.

Shikinami arrives in Tokyo-3 defeating the 7th Angel by herself with ease. She introduces herself to Shinji, Touji and Kensuke but takes an immediate dislike to Rei. Asuka is seen playing with a hand puppet and telling herself she is special and has always been alone. Before fighting the 8th Angel, Asuka is unable to sleep due to anxiety, and she goes to Shinji's room and has a talk with him laying by his side, asking him why he pilots the Eva. Asuka attempts to learn how to cook in order to impress Shinji, but once she realizes Rei has been doing the same, Asuka asks her what Shinji means to her. Asuka storms out of the elevator but lets Rei hold a party for Shinji and Gendo. While Misato is having dinner with Kaji, she talks with Asuka on the cellphone as she describes how she's now more willing to talk to people. Asuka has decided to be the test pilot of Evangelion Unit 03 (whereas Touji had such a role in the original series) in order to avoid Rei's party. Unit 03 is taken over by the 9th Angel, and Shinji refuses to engage it. Asuka survives Unit 03's destruction at the hands of the Dummy Plug system, but is last seen in urgent care.

In the third film, Asuka is initially part of the rescue operation for Unit 01, which is stranded in space, and is now working together with Mari supporting her piloting Unit 08. After fighting off an initial attack by Nerv, Asuka confronts Shinji in his holding cell and tells him 14 years have passed. Asuka is biologically 28 years old but hasn't physically aged thanks to what she calls "The Curse of Eva", and she's wearing an eyepatch which glows blue with the same symbols as Shinji's DSS Choker.[19] This surprises Shinji, and she treats him coldly when Shinji asks about what happened to Rei. When Nerv attacks again, Shinji escapes from Wille with a Rei clone to Nerv, Asuka observes his departure and claims Shinji "isn't even an idiot. He's just a brat." Later on in the movie, Asuka returns and changes her usual nickname for him for gaki-Shinji, "brat Shinji".

Asuka, again supported by Mari, confronts Shinji and Kaworu in Terminal Dogma and is flabbergast to see Shinji piloting Unit-13. When Shinji tells Asuka he wants to pull the Spears, she asks Shinji if he's trying to start another Impact, but Shinji tells Asuka she doesn't know anything and they start fighting. When Shinji pulls the Spears of Longinus and starts Fourth Impact, Asuka has her battery recharged and quickly moves in to protect the Wunder from Mark.09. Asuka activates "Code 777" and her Eva metamorphoses into a feline form, while Asuka herself grows fangs. Without time or energy to properly defeat Mark.09, Asuka self-destructs her Eva in order to save the Wunder. Later, an exhausted Asuka opens the hatch on Shinji's entry plug. Asuka briefly complains that Shinji didn't come to rescue her and is running away from his problems and, irritated at his lack of response, starts walking away, before turning back and extracting Shinji physically, as he refuses to move. Rei appears and Asuka nonchalantly assumes she's an "original Ayanami Type". Asuka grabs Shinji's wrist and they start moving along the ruins of Tokyo-3, followed by Rei.

In other media[]

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Asuka on the cover of Volume 4 of the manga (Japanese printing).

Asuka also appears in many manga series based on the anime, including Neon Genesis Evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. The events in this manga series mirror those of the anime with some divergences apparent. Asuka appears as a main character in the series and is depicted, for the most part, similar to her anime counterpart. Asuka appears in various other manga spin-offs including the Shinji Ikari Raising Project and Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse with varying changes to her personality and characterization, including more romantic stories like Angelic Days. Asuka is usually more psychologically stable. Most of these portray Asuka as Shinji's childhood friend, similarly to the alternative universe from episode 26, and have her fight for Shinji's attentions with other characters, mainly Rei. She is older and more mature in Evangelion ANIMA, having developed a strong friendship with Shinji and even Rei.

Asuka also makes appearances in various video games alongside other Evangelion characters such as in Neon Genesis Evangelion for the Nintendo 64 as well as the popular cross-over video game franchise Super Robot Wars, where she often butts heads with the equally hot-headed and intelligent Kouji Kabuto, the pilot of Mazinger Z and Mazinkaiser. Asuka is a potential romantic option in all Evangelion videogames that include such an option, such as Girlfriend of Steel 2nd and Shinji Ikari Raising Project, often, but not always, alongside Rei and other characters. A number of official art and merchandising depicts her an Shinji in romantic situations, similar to other characters. She is also implied to have developed crushes on famous heroes such as Char Aznable (in the guise of Quattro Bageena) and Amuro Ray. However, in Super Robot Wars Alpha, Asuka jealously seizes a bouquet of roses from Shinji meant for Lynn Minmay. In Super Robot Wars Alpha 3, she snaps Shinji out of his depressed state during the battle with the Mass-Produced Evas by declaring that she could not be with someone who would simply lie down and die.

Asuka appears in the crossover Transformers x Evangelion. She piloted Ava-1 to intercept the Angel possessed Starscream calling himself Angel-scream, her Ava was scanned by the Autobot leader Optimus Prime and he gains her Ava's size and colors, she with the help of Optimus Prime and the other Autobots defeat Angel-scream[20]

Characterization and themes[]

School uniform of Asuka and Rei, Neon Genesis Evangelion 20090306

Reproduction of the Asuka's school uniform

Asuka is an energetic,[21] proud[22][23] and enterprising[24] girl and with a resolute character.[25] She tends to look down on other people[26] and wants to be constantly at the center of attention.[27][28] Although she normally shows a stubborn and exuberant attitude, in some moments she exhibits a kinder, more sensitive and caring side.[29] Her abrupt and impulsive ways often arouse other people antipathy, since they do not fully understand her real intentions.[30][31] Unlike Shinji and Rei she is extremely proud of her pilot role and engages with great enthusiasm in missions,[32] but despite her apparently strong, aggressive and competitive character, Asuka suffers from the same sense of alienation as her companions.[33] Her ostentatious competitiveness actually originates from her tragic childhood experience, marked by the mental illness and consequent suicide of her mother Kyōko.[34][35] Asuka faced her loss by immersing herself in pride, becoming indisposed to any kind of help or advice and adopting strength and self-affirmation as her only raison d'être.[36][37]

Tormented "by the fear of not being necessary",[38] she eventually pilots Unit 02 only to satisfy her intimate desire for acceptance, longing to be considered "an élite pilot who will protect humanity".[39] Her excessive self-confidence leads her to clash with Shinji,[40][41] gradually losing self-confidence[42][43] and becoming psychologically and physically proven.[44][45] Fourth Child's selection, Tōji Suzuhara, also contribute to destroy her pride.[46][47] After Kaji's death[48] she questions the meaning of her life and her identity,[49] avoiding any kind of human contact and never meeting the gaze of other people.[50] Overwhelmed by the fear of being alone,[51][52] the young woman shows that she has a great and morbid need for Eva, even more than her colleague Shinji has. In a scene from the twenty-fifth episode she excoriates the machine as a "worthless piece of junk", but then immediately goes on to admit that "I'm the junk".[53]

Asuka's relationship with Rei Ayanami is equally tormented. She despises Rei by calling her "Miss Perfect" (優等生, yūtōsei) and "mechanical puppet girl".[54][55] In a scene from the 22nd episode Rei confesses to be ready to die for commander Gendō Ikari, provoking Asuka's anger, who slaps her and confesses to "hate her” from the first moment.[56] Shortly thereafter Rei helps her during the fight against Arael, an act that eventually deeply wounded her pride.[57] According to English voice actor Tiffany Grant although the girl may appear at first glace "pushy and loud", spectators can understand her true and profound reasons in the late part of the series: "So I think in the end her heart is in the right place but she has a hard time communicating that with her emotions and everything, how she really feels. I mean, she wants to have friends and she wants to be liked".[58]

Psychoanalysis[]

Asuka suffers from masculine protest,[60] an expression from Alfred Adler's individual psychology to indicate exaggeratedly masculine tendencies in some tired and rebellious women who protests against female gender role. She sees her male peers merely as rivals and spectators of her abilities,[61] and suffers from a marked emotional complex toward the opposite sex, merging a so-called "radical rivalry" and a latent inferiority complex. Her masculine protest is reflected in her strong misandric tendencies, since she's dominated by the need to beat male peers with an obsessive self-affirmation desire. This leads her to continuously annihilate Shinji's virility,[62][63] feeling interest and hostility at the same time for him.[64][65] Due to their intimate fragility and insecurities Shinji and Asuka are unable to fully emotionally communicate, while preserving a mutual latent interest.[66][67] Asuka's excessive pride prevents her for admitting even to herself to feel something for Shinji,[68][69] and as events and battles progress her feelings of love and hate intensify and dominate her.[70][71] She kisses Shinji in fifteenth episode,[72] but when he beat her in pilot synchrony tests she begins to develop a profound inferiority complex towards him.[73] Despite her deep distrust for male sex she has a deep sense of admiration for hers guardian and senpai Ryōji Kaji,[74] but her dependence on Kaji has roots in an unconscious desire to find a reference figure to rely on.[75] Asuka's infatuation also leads her to feel great jealousy for him and she eventually tries to seduce him.[76][77]

Asuka ostentatious self-love represents an act of psychological compensation in order to be recognized in the eyes of other people. After her mother's mental illness she represses her sadness and eventually decided to not cry anymore and behave like an adult with a reaction formation.[78] Her memories related to her past and her mother are later repressed and removed from consciousness.[79] In the last episodes, after have completely lost her self-confidence she develops a deep disgust towards herself and suffers from separation anxiety, fering of being alone and being abandoned by other people.[80][81]

Reception[]

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Cosplayer portraying Asuka at Marseilles Japan Expo 2011

In 1996 Asuka ranked third among the "most popular female characters of the moment" in the Anime Grand Prix survey by Animage mangazine, behind Rei Ayanami and Hikaru Shido from Magic Knight Rayearth.[82] In 1997 and 1998 Anime Grand Prixes she also managed to remain among top 10 female characters; in 1997 she ranked in fourth place, while in 1998 ranked sixth.[83][84] In the monthly popularity Animage surveys Asuka also ranked third in August 1996 and seventh in July 1998.[85][86] Her popularity increased after Rebuild of Evangelion release; in August and September 2009 she emerged in first place and remained the most popular female Neon Genesis Evangelion character in Newtype magazine popularity charts,.[87][88] while in October she ranked tenth.[89] In a Newtype poll from March 2010 she was voted as the third most popular female anime character from the 1900s, immediately after Rei Ayanami and Usagi Tsukino from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.[90] In 2009 Recochoku asked its users which anime heroine they wanted to marry; in the survey, Asuka was tenth. However in 2017 she ranked 16th among the characters Anime Anime readers would "rather die than marry" with. In 2011 Asuka ranked 38th among the most popular female moe character. In 2012, Fuji TV asked about 14,000 fans which was the best animated heroine ever, with Asuka 22th. Two years later Anime News Network submitted a survey about the "best anime pilots", and Asuka ranked fifth among most voted characters. In July 2019 she won fourth position among the most popular Evangelion character for Japanese female audience according a large survey by Merumo.

Her line "Are you stupid?" became widely used among hardcore fans since her first appearance in episode 8.[91] Numerous critics have equally expressed appreciation and criticism of Asuka's character. While appreciating her for providing "a good dose of comic relief" to Evangelion, Anime Critic Pete Harcoff described her as "an annoying snot".[92] Raphael See from T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews, who found Neon Genesis Evangelion characterization "a little cliché, or just plain irritating at times", despised Asuka for her arrogant attitude.[93] Anime News Network editor Lynzee Loveridge ranked her seventh among the "worst sore losers" of anime history. IGN critic Ramsey Isler ranked her as the 13th greatest anime character of all time for the realism of her characterization, saying: "She's a tragic character, and a complete train wreck, but that is what makes her so compelling because we just can't help but watch this beautiful disaster unfold".[94] CBR included her among the best anime female pilots, describing her as "the best classic tsundere in shounen anime" and "one of the most fascinating characters in anime”.

According to critic Jay Telotte Asuka "is the first credible multinational character in the history of Japanese SFTV".[95] Crunchyroll also praised her realism and originality, and Charapedia wrote: "The description of her psychology is realistic and without forcing, unlike what many other anime characters. Her kind and childish side is the real reason for Asuka's charm". Asuka's fight sequence against the Mass-Production Evangelions in The End of Evangelion was particularly well received by critics who felt that it was her definitive moment, as otherwise she remains static for most of the film.[96][97] Praise was also given to Tiffany Grant for her role as Asuka's English voice actress. Mike Crandol of Anime News Network stated that Grant was "her fiery old self as Asuka."[98] Theron Martin wrote that Asuka's portrayal in Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance is "distinct from the get-go," stating that she is even more anti-social than in the original anime series. Martin also wrote that despite seeming to be the "most socially adjusted Eva pilot in the TV series," the Asuka of Evangelion 2.0 "makes no pretenses about liking anyone" and that she "seems motivated as much by establishing herself in a future career path in NERV as she is by her personal pride."[99] Eric Surrell also commented on Asuka's role in Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, stating that "the arrival and sudden dismissal of Asuka was shocking and depressing, especially considering how integral she was to the original Evangelion."[100] Slant Magazine's Simon Abrams, reviewing Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, negatively saw new Shinji and Asuka's relationship, "which is unfortunate because that bond should have the opportunity to grow in its own tim".

See also[]

  • List of Neon Genesis Evangelion characters

References[]

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  5. ↑ pg 166 & 167 of "A Place For Asuka in the Heart", written by Yuko Miyamura in 1997
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  15. ↑ "It's one of the most intense scenes in the film, and a perverse subversion of the dynamic between these two in the series. Asuka tells Shinji he wants her because he’s scared of Misato and Rei. She is the most accessible to him, so he tries to channel his affection towards her, but does he really care for her? It’s a question he can’t really answer, and all his uncertain feelings about women get wrapped up in this awful mess that leads him to choke Asuka. It's intense and hard to watch. This is the ostensible hero of the piece and he’s caught in this psychological hell, choking the heroine to death. This leads into the trippy reality bending sequence that brings the film towards its climax". Meaney, 2008
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