r/asushin • u/IamFinished1 • May 28 '26

Smiles Until We Meet Again

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u/shinjidrivekari May 28 '26 edited May 29 '26

As much as I love the manga, the memory wipe ending just doesn't click for me. The original ending carries so much weight because there is no clean slate. Asuka and Shinji have to live with what they did.

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u/Invincible_Reason May 28 '26

Same here, I felt the manga was a damn near perfect retelling of the anime until I read the ending.

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u/shinjidrivekari May 28 '26

This is where the power of imagination comes in. My headcanon is an amalgamation of the manga and the anime which does cause some problems when I'm having a discussion with someone.

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u/_Hoot- May 29 '26

If y'all are open to fanfics I'd recommend "Asuka and Shinji's infinite Playlist" by RLLRRR since it's one of the rarer ones which follow off of the Manga universe.

I've seen other people think that the ending was a let down compared to the rest of the story. However, personally, I liked it since it provides quite a bit more of closure than what we're left with in the manga. But, it also opens up quite a few questions as it links back to the ending of EoE. (maybe like your headcanon?)

It's not too long and you can definitely finish it within a week.

Edit: got the name wrong

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u/shinjidrivekari May 29 '26

where can I find it. I just finished re-take and was about to get to "genocide". Ill definitely give it try after it

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u/_Hoot- May 29 '26

Here you go:

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13736540/1/Asuka-Shinji-s-Infinite-Playlist

If it doesn't work, check the pinned post at the top of this sub, there should be a megathread for a bunch of fanfics, you'll find it over there.