In the wake of his wife's failed contact experiment with Unit-01, Gendo Ikari sets about the task of discarding his old life. For Shinji Ikari, this means being sent away to live in Germany on the Langley Estate, where he grows up in the company of a spitfire redhead.

Sequel to SOA: Through pain, through hurt; through happiness, through love. Shinji and Asuka had it all, and then they lost it all. Third Impact has ended, and now, Shinji and Asuka must grow to love each other as they once did from a time forgotten.