Art Drop~

There has been a lot of fanwank that Shinji has somehow become a FAR like Kaworu and Rei. In 1.0, Kaworu awakens in his coffin after Shinji starts awakening in Unit 1.0. Then there’s the fact that the kid seems to be some sort of impact trigger now, red eyes and all. 

Since the titles of Adam and Lilith were already taken, there’s been plenty of jokes and theories that Shinji is “Eve.” 

As you said, in some versions the punishment of Adam and Eve was that of being split into two separate beings. Shinji and Kaworu are separated thrice:

When their tempos and souls don’t match anymore, Shinji takes full control of Unit 13, the infinity symbol (which is also yet another heart symbol*, if you look closer) vanishes and the two of them are brutally separated.

When Kaworu dies, and thus obviously they are separated by death.

When Shinji’s entry plug is forcibly ejected from the Eva. Even though Kaworu is dead, Shinji was still clinging to the entry plug’s wall, as if he did not want to leave the side of Kaworu’s corpse, but he is forced to leave him against his will.

The plugsuit’s new designs too, as you said, represent the yin and yang symbol and have these new elements that remind us of ribs. We can see even better that they are ribs when looking at the kids from a different angle:

Now, looking at the old plugsuits, we notice how they were made to resemble an Eva, as if being dressed in something that looked like an Eva in some way helped the kids to be closer to the Eva itself. 3.0 plugsuits still vaguely resemble an Eva, but not as much as before. Suddenly we have these random ribs that have nothing to do with an Eva’s design, as if the designers wanted us to notice that the main theme we should think about, this time, is very different from the old one; it’s not about the relationship between the kids and the Eva or “what is Eva?” or “how similar are humans to Eva?” anymore: this time, the theme is Kaworu and Shinji’s relationship being like that of Adam and Eve, and thus we have these new ribs.

Also, talking about the number 13, I quote from this article:

The number “13” does not mean “evil,” but rather it is a most powerful God-given promise that will change the world for ever.

The promise is always initiated by God and destined to change the world forever.

Concerning man, to obtain the promise is beyond hope—-impossible!

Concerning God, the chosen opportunity to manifest His plan of blessing and change.

The number 13 promise always has an underlying knowing that man can’t make it happen himself.

The number 13 always has the underlying fact that God determined it, said it, and it would happen regardless of the circumstances.

The number 13 is the difference of what man can do and what God can do. {{ Adam and Eve ate the Fruit of Knowledge because they wanted to be like God; Shinji and Kaworu wanted to take the Spears for themselves because they wanted the power of rebuilding the world, which is a quite godly power.

The number 13 is the number of (new) life. {{ Again, Shinji and Kaworu wanted to bring new life to the world.

The number 13 promise always has time and space between when it was first given and when its given to manifest. {{ Kaworu had to wait 14 years before he could start his plan.

The number 13 promise always has a season in which man tries to bring to past himself what God has promised him. {{ Yeah, Adam and Eve again.

The number 13 promise also has the season in which God brings to pass His promise regardless of what man has tried to produce on his own. {{ Their efforts to obtain that godly power were proven useless, because the plan failed and Kaworu died. As usual.

The number 13 promise has such a blessing on it that it will even bring to pass what man produces from him trying to bring to pass what God has promised in his own strength. This can also have dire consequences like the situation with Ishmael and the Middle East problem today. {{ I’d say Near-4th Impact + Kaworu’s death are dire enough consequences.

The number 13 promise always brings excitement, hope and desperation for the promise to be fulfilled.

The number 13 promise is always presented in the presence of unfavorable circumstances, though in time, the circumstances will give way to the birth of the promise.

Though, 13 and 17 are also considered unlucky numbers in some countries. For example in Italy — my country — they’re considered unlucky numbers, to the point that on a children’s playground in my town there’s a long Hopscotch drawing on the ground, but it misses the numbers 13 and 17, and when I asked why they told me it was because they are unlucky numbers. Actually, in Italy we consider 17 to be the unluckiest number (Friday the 17th instead of the 13th, for example), but due to Americanization now we have 13 too. Coincidentally (?), they are both numbers related to Kaworu. I don’t know if this might have something to do with this Shinji/Eve theory, but I thought I might add this here as random info.

* Oh my, another heart symbol.