
She intended to bring about a brighter future for their son Shinji, whom Gendo has sacrificed in order to bring her back. However, he realizes that his efforts are in vain and that he ignored the real wishes of Yui. He intended to use Third Impact to bring his wife Yui Ikari back to life. His last lines in The End of Evangelion reveal his regret and the true motivations for his ruthless behavior. In some ways he's mean, he hardly cares about Shinji." He takes drastic and extreme measures, by fair means or foul, or by hook or by crook, in order to accomplish his own purpose. In other words, he'd do anything to succeed. "Gendo is the type of person who can see & think about the welfare of an organization as a whole. Gendo is a brilliant scientist and politician (the master of puppets in the series) who works diligently for his organization however, he is an extremely cold and distant father towards his son and has no qualms about using and discarding people to achieve his goals.

At the start of the series, he is the only person having an effective connection to Rei Ayanami. He is the father of the Third Child, Shinji Ikari. In NERV, Gendo is responsible for the research done on the Evas and the Human Instrumentality Project. He wears a visor in replacement of his glasses. His overall appearance does not seem to change, except for the slightly-longer hair and thinner cheeks. He rarely smiles or laughs, but is however seen occasionally smiling at Rei, and one time during the battle against Sachiel.įrom Evangelion 3.0: You Can (not) Redo onwards, Gendo is 62 years old and is the commander of the ruined NERV. He is mostly calm and does not react visibly in alarming situations. Gendo does not seem to have any sort of interest in contrast with other NERV crew members, but has a habit of crossing his hands whenever he sits down, hiding his mouth. Gendo also wears a pair of glasses with squared lenses during that time, but later on changes to round-shaped-lenses glasses with a red or brown filter, which reflects light on large screens. Gendo wears a pair of white gloves to conceal his severely-burnt hands caused by the Unit-00 berserk incident. Other than his commander uniform, he rarely wears other outfits. Beneath the uniform, Gendo wears a red sweater. His usual attire is a NERV black commander's uniform with gold lines sewn on the edges of the jacket, and green triangular identification pieces sewn at the sleeves and the necklace. He has a hair shape similar to Shinji's, but grows a lion's mane. There is no love in these relationships and Gendo only does it to gain their favor or have them keep secrets.Ĥ8 years old, Gendo has an appearance of a typical middle-aged man. Despite his want to be reunited with his wife, he has affairs with Naoko Akagi, the developer of the Magi, and her daughter Ritsuko Akagi, head scientist of NERV. She denies him saying, "I will not be your puppet" and cuts off part of his hand into her body. Rei is supposedly made from some parts of Yui and when her AT field is lowered she and Gendo will dissolve into the "soup of life" (or "primordial goo") uniting Gendo with the pieces of Yui. Field so he can see Yui, his deceased wife again. In the movie, The End of Evangelion, Gendo and Rei are in Central Dogma in front of Lilith. Gendo abandoned his son, Shinji, when he was a toddler and throughout the series, he was uninterested, distant, and harsh towards Shinji. He played a major role in the research and construction of the Evangelions and the Human Instrumentality Project. He is Shinji Ikari's father and the Commander of NERV. Gendo Ikari ( 碇ゲンドウ, " Ikari Gendō") is a fictional character in the Evangelion franchise.

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