>>10403513I just view the last two episodes as taking place somewhere during EoE. You can see some parallels. The mecha fight is foreshadowed in one of the previews, Misato and Ritsuko are shown to be dead, and Asuka finds herself in her Eva in the lake (and maybe some other things I missed). All of these things happen in EoE, so I figured that the original ending takes place in Shinji's mind while he's "ascending".
Where does your passion for mecha fights come from?
>>10403777The second half is the better half if you ask me, so your opinions might change once you see that.