Stunning, hotheaded Asuka Langley Soryu has been friends with Shinji Ikari since they were little. And she always sort of assumed they’d stay together—until the day the beautiful, brilliant Rei Ayanami showed up in class! When Shinji starts to get curious about Rei, Asuka needs to figure out if she wants to be just friends with Shinji, or something more. But why are so many people keeping an eye on these relationships—people like homeroom teacher Misato, school nurse Ritsuko, and Shinji’s mother—NERV’s chief scientist, Yui Ikari . . .

THE SHINJI IKARI RAISING PROJECT places the titular hero in the alternate universe briefly glimpsed in the final episode, and continues his adventures in a subtly altered Kyoto. What is the secret of the mysterious lady who runs the maid café, but also happens to be a brilliant computer scientist? Nothing is quite what it seems, and it's up to our young heroes to decipher the riddle.