"Rudolf Polzer" <AntiATField_adsgohere@durchnull.de> wrote in message
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> 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?
>
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>
> 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.

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>
> 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.

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