>>4326213Right. Not denying the fact that he did manipulate her, but the cloning had a possibility of giving some of the traits Yui had that are on the inside and not always just looks. Rei had traits that were very alike the ones we saw Yui have before her "death". And the whole "Hag" thing was all orchestrated by Yui from the EVA Unit 01 because it would make Ritsuko's mother to commit suicide.
