Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse | |
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新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 学園堕天録 (Shin Seiki Evangelion Gakuen Datenroku) | |
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Genre | Mystery, science fiction, thriller[1][2] |
Manga | |
Written by | Ming Ming |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Asuka |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | October 2007 – December 2009 |
Volumes | 4 |
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 学園堕天録, Shin Seiki Evangerion Gakuen Datenroku, lit. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Academic Record of Heaven's Descent) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ming Ming based on the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. It was serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Monthly Asuka between 2007 and 2009,[3] published by Kadokawa Shoten, and is also available in the PlayStation Store.[4] It has been collected in four volumes.[3]
Many of the main characters from Neon Genesis Evangelion return, including Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami, Kaworu Nagisa, Asuka Langley Soryu, Toji Suzuhara, Misato Katsuragi, and Kensuke Aida. Despite using the same characters, story, and setting, it differs from the Neon Genesis Evangelion manga.
Since August 2010, an official English translation of the series has been published by Dark Horse Comics.[3]
Shinji Ikari is a boy who attends the NERV Foundation Academy and lives a relatively boring but peaceful life. During a typical outing at night to a nearby vending machine, he witnesses Rei Ayanami and another boy he has never seen before fleeing from the scene of a violent explosion. While startled by the incident, he finds an unusual gem.
The next day, he meets Kaworu Nagisa, a transfer student to the NERV Foundation Academy who is the boy Shinji had seen the previous night. When Shinji tries to discover the truth behind Rei's relationship with Kaworu, he soon finds himself forcibly recruited to assist them and Asuka Langley Soryu in fighting against Angels. The Angels are beings who wish to destroy humanity by obtaining "Cores", one of which is the gem that Shinji found.
Shinji soon receives an "EVA", the manifestation of the most powerful form of his will, to combat the Angels. While accompanying the group on their nightly city patrols and investigating strange phenomena, Shinji must protect civilians who are disappearing, though in reality have been killed by Angels and used as vessels, and conceal the truth from his friends.
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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1 | March 26, 2008[5] | 978-4-04-854157-2 | September 1, 2010[2] | 978-1-59582-530-8 | |
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Shinji Ikari is a school boy at NERV Catholic School along with Asuka and Rei. After seeing Rei meet with the mysterious Kaworu in an alley way one night, Shinji is exposed to the realities of angels, receives his EVA, and joins with Rei, Kaworu and Asuka in their mission to fight them. | |||||
2 | October 25, 2008[6] | 978-4-04-854210-4 | January 26, 2011[7] | 978-1-59582-661-9 | |
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3 | March 26, 2009[8] | 978-4-04-854302-6 | March 30, 2011[9] | 978-1-59582-680-0 | |
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4 | December 26, 2009[10] | 978-4-04-854407-8 | June 22, 2011[11] | 978-1-59582-689-3 | |
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Gendo Ikari reveals his true intent is to bring back whatever version of Yui he can. Rei refuses to become the spare and so Gendo shoots her, saying as he does that he can now use Shinji as an alternative. Kaworu tells the other characters of his angel status, but falls victim to Nerv's new anti-angel weapon. However he manages to recover sufficiently to (with Asuka's help) rescue Shinji from Gendo's plan. In the coma-induced scene witnessed by Shinji, Kaworu states that it was Shinji who made him "not want to destroy mankind." The story ends with Rei, Asuka and Shinji returning to school. | |||||
— | — | April 13, 2016[12] | 978-1-59582-680-0 | ||
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