>>2326268>Which brings us back to the ability of Q to speak to Shinji's mind which is the definitive clue that this isn't just some clone or false Rei.Bar the fact that we can't determine if Rei Q is actually speaking into Shinji's mind, since it is even more likely to be a loudspeaker, or some other decice.
Then there's how Rei doesn't speak into Shinji's mind like this before, so even if Rei Q spoke into Shinji's mind that'd mean there's still no connection.
Merely speaking into a person's mind doesn't make you equal to another person, and it is also more likely to be an ability unique to Rei Q if it at all is an ability.
This is also just a bunch of nonsense you're speaking. It doesn't address one single issue that actually matters, of the continuity in the character. With no thoughts or arc that continues, it's not the same character.
Pretend for a moment that you or I were in charge of writing the sequel to 4.0. We could introduce a talking pumpkin that we call Kaji, and who we have other characters say is Kaji and explain that this pumpkin is now Kaji because of the third impacts effect on life.
Even though this talking pumpkin shares zero traits or development with the Kaji-character prior to the "re"-introduction, except for everyone else saying it's Kaji.
Practically speaking as a character, it's not Kaji, despite it's name or claims of others. We could sell it as Kaji and release a Kaji-figure that was a pumpkin, but with no linear thread, no actual link between the previous Kaji, it can't be said to actually be Kaji. We'd be liars and poor writers.
