Aetherfukz wrote:It is said in the Evangelion Film book, which I once read a translation of years ago, but I cannot find it anymore through google, and the one site I found is down. Anyway, just look up all the different Evangelion wikis, _the_ Wikipedia Evangelion site, or other google hits, and you'll come across this remnant of the book:
A lot of people put the blame on Misato. This is entirely false. In the TV series Film Books Anno says that Kaji was killed by "a third party working either for SEELE or for NERV's Intelligence Division."
Anno didn't just say "NERV", but rather "NERV's Intelligence Division". While this is still unclear, it eliminates Misato since she does not work for the Intelligence Division.
(Translation courtesy Bochan Bird)
Bochan Bird was the group that translated the book at the time. AFAIK the original was handed out as a pamphlet for japanese moviegoers when End of Eva hit cinemas.
That's interesting.
I always thought that the scene where Misato breaks down crying after Kaji's last voice message was that much more powerful because I always assumed that she had, in fact, killed him. And how would she know that Kaji was dead at that point anyway if she hadn't killed him herself?
I also thought that Kaji had a certain air of familiarity when he addresses whoever it is that shoots him in that elevator (or whatever it was), which led me to believe that he actually knew that person.
I could argue that people are misinterpreting or drawing conclusions based on a single vague comment by Anno ("working for" is different than "working in" and Misato actually
would be a third party to either of these organizations since she doesn't work in either) but I digress.
In my eyes, Misato killed Kaji.
Why?
Because it just works better.
PS: This is the first time I've even remotely discussed Evangelion in like 10 years.