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>rebuilds are sequels>shinji remade the world in EoE>left original asuka on the beach>gendo knew the world reset because he has been jumping through parrallel universes to find one where he saves yui>shikinami asuka is a clone made by nerv>after the third impact in 2.0 the original shikinami died>3.0 asuka is a shikinami type clone with memories of the first shikinami>3.0+1.0 shikinami is like the 15th shikinami-type clonethe plot of the rebuilds intentionally makes no sense because the entire thing happened in shinji's mind as he sits at a train station in a world without evangelions. it gets more retarded as it goes on because his delusion is becoming less and less concrete
theres a lot of ways you can interperet the rebuilds (and the swries as a whole) and none of them will ever be "the correct answer" but this is how i see it and it seems the least incorrect. shinji having this delusion about mechas and aliens seems to fit in with the director's reasons for making evangelion in the first place.