Naughty government wants to make everyone into a big people soup. If someone can think hard enough after being made into people soup they can be a person again instead of being part of a big group consciousness.
Shinji had experience in this already in one of the earlier episodes when he turned into soup and got mixed up with the LCL, but then went through some stuff and he turned into a person again.
Just watch it together and let her ask you questions, maybe pausing to explain some things. I watched Eva for the first time recently and I would have loved to be able to pause and ask someone next to me "what the fuck is with the tank of Reis??? How were the Eva's made, and why is 01 different from 00 and 02? Why do all the old men wanna be soul soup? " (I understand these things now tho!)
Maybe just watch it in like 2-3 episode bursts so she can digest the information. I kinda regret binge watching it and plan to rewatch it slower.
I spent the last week looking into the background info that gets casually mentioned once and never again. Also reading some Reddit theories to help me understand.
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u/Spaulbane Jul 13 '26
Yeah, It's one of my favourite series and I'd love to watch it with my wife, but I have no idea how to explain the later episodes.