"DBM" <dbmacpherson@uq.net.au> wrote in message
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> Comparing this 'first introduction' illustration of Rei-1
> beside Gendo, with your 'Trinity' illustration & official
> cast drawings of Rei-2 beside Gendo, I can only
>  conclude that the 'Chibi-Rei' shown in 'Trinity' is
> MUCH smaller than Rei-1 was, when Rei-1 was first
> introduced in the TV series.
>
> Example, going by 'Trinity', the top of Chibi-Rei's head
> would NOTcome up to Gendo's belt, but would be
> about level with the fork (or crotch) in Gendo's pants,
> indicating that Chibi-Rei is a head SHORTER than
> Rei-1 was.

I agree, the Rei in that picture looks about a head shorter
than she should be, that is she is 3 heads shorter than the
other Reis instead of around 2 heads shorter. See the other
thread where I talk about this more. 2 heads = 5 years old
in my opinion.

> If 'Chibi-Rei' was drawn as being smaller than Rei-1
> (about the size a five-year old would be, as compared
>  to the size of a 10 year old ???), that MAY have something
> to do with the number of years since the 'creation' of the
> mind/person that is 'Rei', rather than the actual 'size' or
> apparent age of the body 'Rei' was in.

No matter how you look at it though, Rei is only 5 years old.

Rei's body was created _after_ Yui was absorbed into Eva-01.
Yui was absorbed in 2004. The "salvaged" experiment took
place in 2005, and the Encyclopaedia of Eva #3 states that Rei-001
was 5 when Naoko killed her in 2010.

So she has "existed" for 5 years. The only issue is how old her
body is. I say that it is 5 years old as well, that they didn't
do any "acceleration" until after the first Rei had died.

To guage how old the body is you need to look at it, and I can't
see how you can perceive that _small_ body of Rei-001 to be
any older than 5 years.

> Rei-3 has a navel.  This is usually a physical remnant that
> indicates where a child was attached to a placenta via an
>  umbilical cord... Depending on how the Clones were created,
> such things may or may NOT have been required.

Yeah we commented on this a while ago ^_^

Personally I think its there for purely aesthetic reasons.

> Ritsuko bends slightly when saying hello to Rei-1, & I must
> question if *I* was correct in it being a 'Maternal - Adult to
> Child' response. On reflection, it could be a 'bow', a form
> of Japanese Politeness. That could be relevant, IF Ritsuko
> (the young new-comer) was trying to be polite in front of
> Gendo, her superior at the office.  (It neverhurts to ingratiate
> yourself with your boss by being nice to the boss's kids...)

I don't think it was a bow, I think it was as you say a "Maternal"
reaction to a _young_ child. In Japan you don't bow down to little
children, especially in this case when they didn't even bow down
to Gendou himself.

--
Michael Wignall
"Tomorrow's just an excuse away..."