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>....This is why I was so
surprised by >>Evangelion<<: the concept of angels, or the character Rei
are very new. As you said before Rei is a typical figure who was oppressed
and suffers self-disclosure.
>1) KO-GIRL, 2) OTAKU, 3) AYANAMI REI...
>KW: What is in your view the most specific aspect of Rei's character?
>AH: Until now there were only two types with the characteristics just
mentioned. One is the so-called Ko-girl [ko=baby]. As you know there are
so many Japanese high school girls who work as call girls, using
technological gadgets for their clothes. Their families are not poor at
all; family life is happy, but...They earn a lot of money in the
prostitution business, and spend it all on expensive cosmetics and
clothes.
>KW: Could Rei be a character in one of Murakami's novels?
>AH: I don't think that Murakami could make such a character.
>KW: But take for instance Murakami's >>Almost Transparent Blue<< where the
characters are driven with negativity, self-destructive,..
