>>It's a sequel. About Shinji trying to use instrumentality to
>>redo the events over and over again to try to get things right
>
>EXT. DAY. EVA-01 careens along a country road.
>
>INT. EVA-01 ENTRY PLUG. GENDOU is in the pilot's seat, but
>PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL is wearing the interface set and appears to be doing
>the actual driving. <snip>

Well, that the do-over has happened more than once is more speculation than the rest of our hypothesis, but if it has? Just to make it even more surreal, Punxsutawney Phil would be played by Kaworu.

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