>>4260185>especially as it's heavily implied that *all* of the children in Class 2-A are pilot candidates.I think it's more than implied as either Ritsuko or Misato explicitly states exactly that when they're talking about how the Marduk Institute isn't real and it's really just Ritsuko hand-picking candidates like she did with Toji.
>My personal theory has always been that NERV / SEELE already had planned out exactly the order they'd be activating each one of the childrenI also think this, and it's heavily implied as well because when Kaworu shows up Ritsuko is initially weary and slightly irritated since you'd presume she had already selected someone in that class with that designation (probably Kensuke)
>and the manufacturing order for the EvasI find it real strange how in the 3 different main continuities there's different units past 00-03, So presumably in the TV show + EoE timeline everyone after Toji would be piloting the MPEs? and in the rebuilds ones like 08
