>>2851033>>2851015>This is evident since 2.22You mean like how they made Asuka have a crush on Shinji? I don't recall them ever interracting in 2.22.
Read the quote by Sadomoto, they say they have no idea what to do with her.
"since she appeared in Jo, Ha and Q, I wondered what her role in the story would be, and when I asked the staff, they told me that it won’t be possible to really go further in one film, so they had to tie the main story up, and that Mari may have almost no screen time."
http://archive.is/5FqnjIf anything Mari is there to sell new figurines. That's it, she wont even have that many scenes in final.
