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"Fourth Child"
Neon Genesis Evangelion episode
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The Dummy Plug implant with Rei Ayanami
Episode no.Episode 17
Directed byMinoru Ohara
Written by Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi
Original air dateJanuary 24, 1996 (1996-01-24)
Running time22 minutes
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"Fourth Child" [a] is the seventeenth episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion . Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi wrote the episode, while Minoru Ohara worked as director. The series' protagonist is Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy whose father Gendo recruited him to the special military organization Nerv to pilot a gigantic, bio-mechanical mecha named Evangelion into combat with Angels. In the episode, mecha Eva-04 and Nerv's Second American Division disappears, while Toji Suzuhara is selected as the pilot of Eva-03. Hikari Horaki, class leader of Toji and Shinji's class, asks Toji to prepare something for him to eat.

Contents

"Fourth Child" has references to scientific and religious concepts such as nucleotide bases, apoptosis, the Dirac sea, the God Marduk, and crucifixion. Writer Shinji Higuchi was inspired by the Ultraman franchise, conceiving the episode as the "calm before the storm" of the following episode, "Ambivalence". Higuchi also wanted to portray Hikari's feelings for Toji to emphasize the tragedy in "Ambivalence", in which Toji is injured during battle before Hikari can offer a bento for him.

It was first broadcast on January 24, 1996, and had a 7.3-percent audience share on Japanese television. The episode had a mixed reception from critics. The Anime Café and Film School Rejects disliked its poor pacing and animation quality, while Newtype, Anime News Network, and Digitally Obsessed appreciated its plot, characterization and script.

Plot

An organization named the Instrumentality Committee interrogates Nerv Captain Misato Katsuragi about Leliel, twelfth of a series of beings named Angels, and its attempted contact with the Eva-01 mecha and its pilot, Shinji Ikari. Misato denies any attempt. After the interrogation, Nerv captain Gendo Ikari says that the Angels are beginning to gain consciousness.

Toji Suzuhara visits his sister in the hospital. The second U.S. section of Nerv in Nevada disappears after an experiment with the Eva-04, and the US government decides to transport Eva-03 to Japan. Dr. Ritsuko Akagi discusses the Dummy System, a new piloting system, with Gendo. At school, Toji is assigned by his class leader Hikari Horaki to bring overdue homework to Rei Ayanami, who has been absent for several days. Hikari tries to offer to accompany Toji, but before she can speak she is stopped and Toji invites Shinji instead. Shinji accompanies him and, noticing Rei's dirty house, cleans her room; Rei blushes and thanks him.

Gendo and Nerv deputy commander Kozo Fuyutsuki discuss the Eva-04 incident and the Dead Sea Scrolls on a train. Ryoji Kaji, an investigator and Nerv member, tells Misato that the Marduk Institute, believed to be in charge of choosing Eva's pilots, does not exist. Kaji goes out with Shinji, discussing life and unpleasant situations in Kaji's garden. At the school in Tokyo-3 city, Toji is called by Ritsuko Akagi. During the afternoon, Toji and Hikari meet at school; Toji says that he has no one who prepares lunch for him, and Hikari offers to prepare him something to eat. In the final scene, as Eva-03 travels through the skies of America, Toji silently throws a ball into the basketball court.

Production

Genesis and staff

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Neon Genesis Evangelion director Hideaki Anno

In 1993, Neon Genesis Evangelion studio Gainax submitted a presentation for the series entitled New Century Evangelion (tentative name) Proposal (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン (仮) 企画書, Shinseiki Evangelion (kari) kikakusho) with synopses of the planned episodes. [1] [2] The proposal was published the following year. [3] [4] For the first twelve episodes, Gainax followed it with only a few minor script alterations. [5] [6] From the thirteenth episode onward, the production deviated from the writers' original plan and the proposal. [7] According to Michael House, American translator for Gainax, [8] Neon Genesis Evangelion's main director Hideaki Anno initially intended to give the story a happy ending; during production, however, he realized he had created problematic characters and changed his plans. [7] Hiroki Azuma, a cultural critic who interviewed Anno, said that Anno began criticizing obsessive anime fans –known as otaku  –he considered closed-minded and introverted as the series aired [9] [10] and created a more-dramatic, introspective mid-series story. [11] [12] As noted by Azuma, while Evangelion parodied previous anime and used "a lot of clichés" in the first part, Anno later subverted the anime tropes; [12] [9] comic characters like Asuka and Toji "must not be seriously injured" in an anime, but Anno broke the implicit expectations with the public making them injured in battle. [13]

In the original 1993 draft, the idea of an American division suddenly disappearing [14] [15] and an accident during the construction of Eva-04 [16] were already planned. The names of Hikari's sisters [17] and the Marduk Institute were also in the proposal. The Marduk Institute was described an organization that acts on the "hypothesis of new mental cranial nerve vibrations", and only orphaned teenage boys could synchronize with the Evangelions; in the final broadcast version, it is a fictitious society behind which Gendo Ikari is hiding. [18] The seventeenth episode was supposed to depict Asuka's first date and Misato's past, intended as a light episode before the series reaches its climax. Elements of the initial idea later flowed into "Magmadiver", with Asuka and Kaji at a shopping mall in the opening scene, and into the episode "He Was Aware That He Was Still a Child." [19] The original script of the eleventh episode, "The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still", included a mention of the S2 engine taken from Shamshel's body; Ritsuko says that the S2 engine is an unknown energy whose basic theory is "only a hypothesis". [20]

Shinji Higuchi [21] and Hideaki Anno wrote the screenplay for "Fourth Children", [22] and Akira Oguro produced the storyboards. [23] [24] Minoru Ohara directed the episode, and Mau Hanabata was its chief animator. [25] Production involved studios other than Gainax, including FAI International, Neox and Cockpit Studio. [26] [27] Singer Aki [28] sang "Jungle Version", [29] a "Fly Me to the Moon" cover, as the episode's ending theme. [30] [31]

Development and writing

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Shinji Higuchi wrote the script for "Fourth Child".

Shinji Higuchi, who worked on the episode's script, [32] wrote "Fourth Child" as the "calm before the storm" of "Ambivalence" and "Introjection," focusing on the character's interpersonal relationships before showing Shinji losing the emotional support of Toji and Misato. [33] [20] The story is preparation for the following episode in which Gendo betrays Shinji; [34] according to writer Virginie Nebbia, Higuchi borrowed the technique of two linked episodes from the Ultraman franchise. [35] Because of his commitments to Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996), he left the rest to Anno after writing the draft for "Fourth Children" and Ambivalence"; this caused problems for the production. [34]

Higuchi wanted to emphasize the fragility of Tokyo-3 city and its infrastructure at this stage of the series, with Shinji's school a building that can be dismantled at any time. [20] Nerv, by contrast, is depicted as increasingly powerful. [32] [33] According to Higuchi, the relationship between Shinji and Misato is as fragile as Tokyo-3. [34] [20] He compared this scenario to the Return of Ultraman series. In Return of Ultraman, Hideki Go alternates between the Monster Attack Team and the Sakata family, his civilian friends and recurring characters in the series. His friends Ken and Aki Sakata, however, suddenly die in a car accident. Enjoying plots with an "overwhelming sense of impermanence," Higuchi tried to recreate a similar story; however, he regretted making Hikari a stereotypical "young girl in love". [34] He wanted to recreate a "vacillating" adolescent mind, since he could not express himself in junior high school when he fell in love with someone. According to Higuchi, Neon Genesis Evangelion characters usually do not trust other people. Hikari falls in love with Toji, however; this contrast underscores the tragedy of Toji, who is severely injured in battle in the following episode. [34]

Evangelion Chronicle magazine noted that it has many scenes set at dusk and distant shots, creating a third-person perspective; this directorial device presents events in an objective, detached manner, in contrast to the introspective, subjective perspective of other scenes in the series. [36] Higuchi said in an interview that he disliked plots driven only by character emotion, and wanted to make something similar to Jun Ichikawa's films. [34] Azuma noted that from the seventeenth episode onward Anno used directorial techniques similar to those of Jean-Luc Godard. [12] According to Azuma, however, Anno was not directly influenced by Godard; Anno named among his influences Kihachi Okamoto instead, a director influenced by Godard. [9] The episode's filmbook noted that Kaji is possibly modeled on UFO's Captain Foster. [37] Higuchi said that Anno asked him to portray Kaji like Masao Kusakari, who played Shunsuke Ryuzaki in the television series Pro Hunter . [34] Furthermore, the episode has a vending-machine scene typical of Gunbuster , an earlier work by Anno. [38]

Cultural references

The original title of the episode is "Fourth Children." [39] Pilots in the series are called "Children," even a single pilot. [40] According to writers Kazuhisa Fujie and Martin Foster, the term may refer to the "children of God" mentioned in the New Testament. [41] The choice to retain the plural for individual pilots has been interpreted as foreshadowing the fact that Rei has many clones, [42] [43] and as an homage to the anime series Space Runaway Ideon . [44] Academic Masaki Miyakawa compared the scene in which Nerv's staff is around a table after the Second Branch incident to a similar scene in the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato . [45] During the episode, the Dead Sea Scrolls of Seele, inspired by the real Qumran scrolls, [46] [47] are mentioned. [48] [49] In the original storyboard, the Seele was supposed to be called "Essenes", a Second Temple Judaism sect. [50] Kazuhiza Fujie and Martin Foster wrote that the Dead Sea Scrolls were reportedly deposited by the Essenes. [51] The names of Hikari's sisters, Nozomi and Kodama, are Japanese high-speed trains. [52] [53] "Fourth Child" also cites the JS Myōkō destroyer. [54] A Nerv site in Matsushiro is named; in the actual Matsushiro, there is an underground Japanese imperial headquarters, [55] whose space Nerv used. [56] [57]

"Fourth Child" also refers to scientific concepts and religion, particularly Christianity. Early in the episode, Dr. Akagi says that the second U.S. branch of Nerv was probably swallowed by a Dirac sea [58] and disappeared. [59] [24] The expression refers to Paul Dirac's vacuum theoretic model, [60] [61] but critics have linked Evangelion's depiction of the Dirac sea more to the version presented in the novel Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights (億の昼と千億の夜, Oku no hiru to sen oku no yoru) by Ryu Mitsuse than the actual Dirac sea. [62] [63] In another scene, portfolios of Shinji and other characters are seen in which the term apoptosis is mentioned. [64]

The episode has a scene with Rei in the Dummy Plug Implant, which is formed by a test tube-like implant and brain-like tubes. [65] [66] There is a magic square on the floor, [67] and the letters A, C, G and T  –corresponding to the four nucleotide bases  – are visible in the room. [68] [69] The magic square, from The Psychological Attitude of Early Buddhist Philosophy by Anagarika Govinda, represents the structure and development of human consciousness. It has an outer rim and four stars, which writers Víctor Sellés de Lucas and Manuel Hernández-Pérez compared with The Lesser Key of Solomon . [70] According to academic Tomoko Sakamoto and series staff, the device backs up Rei's memory. [71] [72] The Evangelion Glossary (エヴァンゲリオン用語事典, Evangerion Yougo Jiten) by Yahata Shoten also linked the Dummy System to Karl H. Pribram's holonomic brain theory, according to which memory is not limited to a specific part of the brain. [73]

Ritsuko names the Super-Solenoid engine, also known as the S2 engine, in "Fourth Child". [29] [74] Evangelion Chronicle magazine compared the engine to a perpetual motion machine such as the Archimedean spiral  –believed to be incompatible with the laws of thermodynamics  – and to the anthropic principle, according to which there is hidden energy in genes which has advanced life. [75] Acquired through the Angel Shamshel, [76] it gives powers to the Angels [77] and can be linked to the Biblical fruit of life [78] [79] [80] and tree of life. [81] Kaji tells Misato that the Marduk Institute is a fictitious corporation behind which Nerv hides. [82] The institute's name refers to the Babylonian deity Marduk, [83] known by dozens of epithets; [84] [85] Neon Genesis Evangelion's Marduk Institute analogously consists of dozens of fictitious enterprises. [33] [86] In the final scene Eva-03 is carried, crucified, in the air. [29] [87] The cross is a recurring motif in the series; according to an Evangelion program book, it has the double meaning of bloody death and self-sacrifice but it is unclear which meaning the series uses. [88] Neon Genesis Evangelion assistant director Kazuya Tsurumaki said in an interview that Christian symbols were used for artistic reasons by the staff because they were considered "cool" to its Japanese audience and to distinguish Neon Genesis Evangelion from other mecha anime. [89] [90]

Analysis and themes

"Fourth Child" has elements of scholastic romantic comedy, [91] focusing on character emotions and relationships; [29] Asuka scolds Shinji for forgetting their lunch, [91] and Toji says that they look like two bickering spouses. [92] Hikari's feminine side, [93] Rei's emotions and Shinji's evolution are also explored. [29] [74] Misato is perplexed by a choice [94] and, unlike Ritsuko, tries to prioritize her feelings, which has sparked past disagreements with Ritsuko. [95] In another scene, Ritsuko gives Rei a look suggesting frustration or jealousy, [29] [74] a foreshadowing of Ritsuko's relationship with Gendo. [96] Rei, who had been cold, blushes at Shinji's kindness and realizes that she never expressed gratitude to Gendo, indicating her evolution [97] [98] and increased emotion. [29] Newtype magazine noted that when Shinji cleans Rei's room Toji points out how he has changed from their first meeting, [99] in which he was a lonely person who "did not want to engage with other people". [100] [101]

Ritsuko and Commander Ikari discuss the Dummy System, saying that "the soul cannot be digitized". [29] [102] The concept of a soul is examined later in the series in the Guf's chamber, [103] and Nerv treats it as a concrete entity. [74] Dennis Redmond interpreted this as a "stinging critique of East Asia's indigenous industrialism". [92] Redmond also wrote that the disappearance of the Nerv base in Nevada is reminiscent of the post-Cold War scenario of Half-Life , which depicts a similar catastrophe at the Black Mesa Research Facility in Arizona. [92] Commander Ikari argues in another scene with Fuyutsuki about the city of Tokyo-3, saying that after the expulsion from Eden, humanity took refuge in cities [104] with the help of science; the dialogue refers to the book of Genesis. [105] According to the series' film books, the scene reveals a number of mysteries about the Evangelion plot. [106] Redmond said that the dialogue implies that Gendo "is not the stereotypical mad scientist", revealing an "unexpected vein of humanity" in him. [69]

In the first scene, Misato is questioned by the Instrumentality Committee; [107] Misato rejects the possibility of systematic action by the Angels, to which the Commission corresponds: "Their actions are independent, so far". [108] At the end of the session, Gendo says: "The Angels are beginning to attain intelligence". [24] The possibility of Angels learning and evolving is introduced. [109] According to academic Satoshi Tsukamoto, the Angels "are attempting to acquire abilities to compete against human beings and control them". [110] Kitamura agreed that the Angels gradually progress in communicating with the Evas they fight, and send messages to Shinji during the series. [110] In another scene, Kaji takes Shinji to his melon field; Evangelion Chronicle noted that the melons' shape resembles that of the Angel Leliel. [111] According to Redmond, Kaji's field indicates that Nerv's geofront "is also the symbolic global ecology of Tokyo-3's multinational city". [112] Perhaps concerned about Shinji, Kaji begins to address unpleasant things and the pleasure of seeing something grow; [20] [111] Kaji tells Shinji that those who suffer show kindness to others. [113] [114] The theme of "unpleasant things" had been already explored in the previous episode. [29] [20]

Another episode theme is masculinity, which had been addressed in previous episodes of the series. Misato tells Shinji to act like a man in the early episodes, [115] [116] and Asuka takes him aback with phrases like "You are a man, aren't you?" [117] [118] which question his masculinity. [119] [120] In the vending-machine scene, Kaji suggests going out to Shinji and Shinji replies, "I'm a boy"; [74] this could mean that the boy is trying to find self-confidence, and is accepting his masculine role. [29] In contrast, academic Cristopher Smith said that after being trapped in the Eva-01 cockpit and the womb-like Leliel in the previous episode, Shinji's violent masculinity collapses; in "Fourth Child", he returns to his normal speech patterns and happily cleans Rei’s apartment. [121] Toji is also a boy trying to act forcibly masculine. [20] Yūichirō Oguro, editor of the extra materials for the series' home-video editions, noted that Toji wears a track suit despite not being good at sports. [74] In the scene where Toji and Shinji clean Rei's room, Toji says that cleaning is not something a real man should do. Oguro related this theme to the novel Ai to gensō no fascism (愛と幻想のファシズム, "The Fascism of Love and Fantasy") by Ryū Murakami, from which the names Toji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida are taken; in Murakami's novel, machismo is explored and masculinity is seen as an illusion. [122] Toji's behaviour changes after his selection as an Eva pilot, probably because he knows Shinji's pain in piloting the Eva. [123] According to Yūichirō Oguro, the episode's final scene, in which Toji plays basketball, represents his final decision. [20]

Reception

"Fourth Child" was first broadcast on January 24, 1996, and had a 7.3-percent audience share on Japanese television. [124] Merchandise based on the episode, including a line of tee shirts, [125] has been released. [126] [127]

The episode received a mixed reception. Film School Rejects' Maxi Covill said that there is a lot of world-building in "Fourth Child", making the episode "a little on the slow side". [128] The Anime Café's Akio Nagatomi noted that the animation quality declined, and criticized the writing: "It almost feels as if the writers had run out of materials, and they're trying to fill in the time to make their allocated 24-episode slot". [129] According to Nagatomi, the writers could have better set up the plot twist of Toji being the Fourth Child. He also criticized the long scenes of Gendo and Fuyutsyki on the train: "Their entire conversation could have been presented in far less time, without covering all the other extraneous garbage". [129] Other reviewers were more appreciative, with Newtype describing the representation of Hikari's feelings as "touching". [130] [131] Digitally Obsessed's Joel Cunningham gave "Fourth Child" a positive review, praising the episode's plot presentation and writing that it "nicely illustrates the balance this series is able to maintain". [132] Anime News Network's Martin Theron praised "Fourth Child" and the other episodes of the story arc: "Nothing that happens in these episodes is coincidence. Even the smallest details matter". [133] GameFan magazine praised "Fourth Child" and "Ambivalence", giving the highest rating for the episodes' story. [134]

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