>>4309205asuka story in the rebuilds is meant to show what happens when you can't move on. everything leaves you behind. that's why even as an adult she was atill wearing her child-sized plugsuit and it broke (that wasn't just for fap material) and shinji moved on without her.
her rebuild arc has a more tragic ending, but it's a lot more authentic - move on from your past, bad times or good times, you need to keep moving or you'll be left behind. shinji managed to do that in rebuild, too, and because he moved on he managed to find love again and have the confidence to go through with it.
>>4309154the official manga also has an alternate ending and it works well for asuka, again showing characters that managed to move on with life
also re-take is just fantastic
