>>3844732Part 2
Speaking of appearance and name, the name is certainly perceived as a definition of a person or a character, it is the answer that anyone gives to the question "who is he / she?". And yet one exception comes to mind: superheroes and their secret identities. There is no need to explain to me that it is very far from this subject, I just say that since Clark Kent does not indicate a character other than Superman, then the names are not universally valid for indicating a character.
Regarding the aspect, I think your reasoning is valid for real actors: an actor may or may not have the physique du role of a character and the fidelity of his interpretation to the “substance” of the character is independent of it.
But in animation the appearance of the characters is the one established by the authors, and any similarity is intended, it is the clue of something. For example, we understand that there is a connection between Rei and Yui as soon as we see the appearance of the latter, without being told yet by subsequent revelations.
And this is exactly the point that must be kept in mind: we must make assumptions without any revelations given to us yet.
Now take into account all the categories you have thought of, whatever else you can think of, everything you can name about a character. And now you have to assume that you are watching the series for the first time and that you are in the middle of episode 23:
- you saw Rei I, Rei II and Rei III
- you saw Rei I and Rei II die
- Rei II shows nothing of Rei I's impertinent attitude, Rei III shows no memories of Rei II
- you still don't know and you can't know what Ritsuko will reveal
- you still can't know what Kaworu will reveal (you still can't even know of Kaworu's existence)
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