Rei Ayanami
In the following film, "" (1997), the souls of all humanity unite into one collective consciousness, and during a process called Human Instrumentality, Shinji argues symbolically with Kaworu and Rei Ayanami. Akira Ishida said the Kaworu who appears in "The End" is not real, nor is he concretely present; during the feature film he and Rei say they represent the "hope that people will one day be able to understand each other". He also appears during the death of the Nerv commander, Gendo Ikari, along with Rei and Shinji's mother Yui Ikari.