>>3305896no not really, but kinda. shinji and rei both need each other but for very different reasons, rei needs shinji to get out her isolated bubble, but really almost anybody could've done that, its just that no one did. Shinji needed a sort of motherly figure to snap him back into reality and give him some sense of confidence, and Rei is that perfect canon motherly figure. I would say that it is true that Rei and Shinji are the best semi-canon pairing but to say that rei and shinji is the only pairing is just wrong because rei doesn't need shinji in the way that shinji needs rei. in the end a romantic engagement between them would probably be incredibly awkward, kinda of like dating your childhood friend or your sister, its just weird. But it could work out if change some of the story around like the manga does
