Asuka joins Shinji's class at school and moves in with Misato and him in their apartment. As Asuka adjusts to Japan (and everyone else adapts to her), the Angel Israfel attacks.
Misato brings Shinji and his Marafiki Toji and Kensuke on a flight to a UN carrier battlegroup which is transporting Evangelion Unit 02 and its fiery German pilot, Asuka Langley Soryu, to Japan
Dr. Ritsuko Akagi, NERV's chief scientist, explains to Shinji zaidi of the classified real nature of sekunde Impact, the Angels, and the mission of the Evangelions to defeat them