>>2245754You deny the narrtive of the story.
Rei herself says "When I DIE" I will be REPLACED. Not born adain, not reincarnated/reanimated.
For Rei this is death or so she thinks.
But for the story plot-wise Rei 3 is the same as Rei 2. She inherits every trait of Rei and her memories (or parts of them).
When she grabs the glasses again she's like
>Why am I crying? I was never saved, it's HER memories not mine. The concept of cloning with same soul is unclear. But it's obvious that Rei wants to think that she is herself, her own, not somebody else's copy and she's horrified to think about Lilith.
But the story treats every Rei as continuation of a singular being. Rei 1 is child Rei, Rei 2 is grown up Rei 1 and Rei 3 is traumatized Rei 2. They all are quiet unsocial girls tat love books and glasses.
But in 3.33 we see a quiet girl that doesn't love reading, doesn't love glasses, doesn't ask Shinji to get out while she's naked, doesn't Shinji's face doesn't give her emotions of any sort.
AND the story treats her as a fake Rei.
Misato did say
>SHINJI DON'T GO IT'S NOT REIFuyutsuki does say
>Rei you knew most probably is in EVA 01. This one is different.AND She herself asks
>What would Rei do?Which means she doesn't consider herself to be THAT Rei or THAT Rei to be her.
AND the way you spell Ayanami in Japanese varies for Q and for REI. They use different symbols to spell the same word. Rei is 綾波レイ and Q is アヤナミレイ(仮称) which means you're not supposed to confuse them.
MOREOVER (tentative name) Is the CANONICAL part of the name, her oficial art and figures are named (Tentative Name).
They clearly don't want you to confuse black and white or treat them the same.
So yes. Rei's own opinion on her being aside plot treats her as ONE character. And Q is treated as a different character.
NGE - Rei 1 is Rei 2 is Rei 3 and is AYANAMI REI
Rebuild - Rei is Rei (they probably ditched 1, 2 and 3 concept entirely) and Q is Q not Rei.