Asuka Langley Soryu

Asuka Langley Soryu

Overview------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The pilot of Evangelion Unit 02. Red hair, blue eyes, usually wearing a dark blue pleated overall dress over a white button-up blouse with short puffed sleeves, a red bow attached to the collar, white knee socks with red stripes and black Mary Jane shoes, and a red watch on her wrist. When piloting, her plugsuit is a striking red, stylized with fancy layers and accents with a 02 symbol printed on it.

Personality----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Asuka is a very proud individual, especially in her piloting, and comes across to others as proud and strong, with a very high opinion of both her appearance and her skill as an Eva pilot. She is stubborn and finds it difficult to express her true feelings to others. She does not like being looked down upon or told what to do as she wants to be viewed as an adult. She is aggressive and can be very opinionated. However, this personality is a front that protects a very vulnerable and insecure girl, a side which is usually seen in her dreams or thoughts. She is often violent and intrusive of other people's space, especially Unit 01's pilots Shinji's. She also has a strong need to be self-sufficient, and has a great deal of difficulty dealing with her self-perceived failure when she does need help. She is also very aggressive and confident in battle, which works both for and against her in battles. Despite what she herself might say and/or do, Asuka wants nothing more than to be cared for and treated like she matters. However, she keeps up her proud facade to prove to others that she can take care of herself.

Backstory------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------When Asuka was around 4, her mother, a researcher at NERV'S predecessor "Gehirn" named Kyoko Zeppelin Sohryu, participated in a contact experiment with Evangelion Unit 02, similar to the experiment performed by Yui Ikari with Eva Unit 01. She survived the test but became insane, believing that Asuka's doll was her daughter and refusing to acknowledge the real Asuka, referring to her as "that girl over there." She eventually commited suicide by hanging herself. Asuka found her body when she went to tell Kyoko the good news that she had been chosen to become an Eva pilot. During Kyoko's funeral, Asuka's grandmother had said to Asuka that she was "a strong girl", but it was alright if she needed to cry. However, Asuka protested against the idea and told her grandmother that she had to take care of herself from now on. From that day forward, Asuka promised herself that she would never cry again. This causes her to repress a lot of her emotions, not to mention the emotional scarring that came from her mother's illness and death.