It ' s not a false consequence . It ' s really due to the nature of where I live . We fight everyday just to be attractive enough as a labour force to steal all the jobs in the west . <| sep |> What message may that be ? If Rei comes to realize as you said , that She sees she isn ' t just a tool for Gendo . and as we all know , otherwise grows as a person and comes to some important realizations , and this is the message that hit home why is this something to be frustrated over ? Moreover , if Rei ' s character is like you said objectively moving further from where Anno had originally planned it to move , why wouldn ' t this be a great thing ? Does the complaint then become that Rei was too good or developed of a character ? So far the only complaints and frustration we can extrapolate from Anno is that the Rei is popular . Now if he had an issue with idolization , then clearly he wouldn ' t be indulging in it himself .