Scripsit illa aut ille Michael Wignall <wigs@evangelion.com>:
> "Rudolf Polzer" <AntiATField_adsgohere@durchnull.de> wrote in message
> news:slrnagfaen.j7q.AntiATField_adsgohere@www42.durchnull.de...
> > Scripsit illa aut ille Michael Wignall <wigs@evangelion.com>:
> > > I asked this question a while ago but no one seemed to be able
> > > to provide a definite answer. I've looked through everything I
> > > own and everything I can get my hands on and I haven't been
> > > and to find anything that answers my question absolutely.
> > >
> > > So...How do we know that Asuka is born in 2001?
> >
> <Snip quote>
> >
> > IMHO Ritsuko does know about Asuka when saying that (note
> > the plural in "those 14-year-old children" - if Shinji was meant,
> > at least the "those" would be a "that"). Why do I think that? Simple.
> 
> I think she is referring to Shinji's class generally, rather than any
> specific group of pilots. Rei is only 10 after all, Kaoru comes in at
> the end and is 15. Asuka is either 14 when the series starts and 15
> when it ends, or 13 when it starts and 14 when it ends, likewise
> Touji and Hikari would probably be in the same boat.

Right, that's also possible. But I still think it's impossible to say
anything about Rei's "age": when do you start counting the years of Rei?
Can't I also say that Rei III was younger than one year at the end?

> > So I conclude Ritsuko knows Asuka is 14 years old at the time
> > episode 4 happens.
> 
> Again she doesn't name Asuka directly, but in a number of offical Eva
> documents it has Asuka's "Age" as 14. But when does this "age"
> come into play, she could be initially 13 and then turn 14 by the end
> of the series, likewise she could be initially 14 and turn 15 by the
> end of the series. For her to be 14 she would have to be born
> less than 2 months after the 2nd Impact.

There's only one thing we know about that: there was never a scene about
Asuka's birthday. But that does not mean it did not happen in the
series.


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