Despite the way “Baka Shinji” makes them boil, Asuka didn’t get her brains out of a gachapon machine, but from her mother, the brilliant but absent Dr. Kyoko Soryu. There could probably be less embarrassing places for a family reunion than at a drunken cherry-blossom-viewing party — but unfortunately, Asuka isn’t picking the occasion!

* Each volume of Neon Genesis Evangelion features bonus color pages, your Evangelion fan art and letters, and special reader giveaways!