In a world where Shinji and Asuka killed the EVAs in the SEELE attack on NERV, Shinji and his father reconcile and everyone else goes their separate ways. Four years later, after moving to Tokyo-02, Shinji is (again) alone with his father, as he is dealt with a comatose Rei, a potentially unforgiving Asuka away in Germany, and a busy and family-oriented Misato. Will things change?