Gendo Ikari
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| − | '''Gendo Rokubungi''' (六分儀, meaning sextant) was a male human born in the modern age where he lived in Japan. | + | '''Gendo Rokubungi''' (六分儀, meaning sextant) was a male human born in the modern age where he lived in Japan. When he was 32 years old, Gendo came to be arrested where he designated Kyoto University lecturer Professor '''Kozo Fuyutsuki''' as his guarantor. After being exonerated at the hands of the professor, Gendo becomes romantically involved with Yui Ikari, a brilliant researcher and student of Fuyutsuki. The professor did not approve of the relationship partly due to his own unspoken romantic feelings for his student. In addition, he came to suspect that Gendo had ulterior motives in pursuing a relationship with Yui that were tied to her connections with a shadowy organisation known as [[SEELE]]. In time, Gendo and Yui came to be married at the beginning of the 21st century where he came to take her name and was known as '''Gendo Ikari''' (Japanese: 碇 ゲンドウ, Hepburn: Ikari Gendō). Yui herself came to be linked to Seele, and rumors said that Gendo's only interest was to get close to secret organization in order to exploit Yui's talent. To secretly carry out Seele's plans, Gendo participated in a research group known as the '''Katsuragi Expedition''', which left for Antarctica to conduct experiments regarding a mechanism known as the S² engine. The expedition was noted to had departed for Antarctica on September 12, [[2000]] with Gendo among the group. Alongside the Ikari's was SEELE chairman '''Keel Lorenz''' in order to see the recovery project over the mysterious being known as '''Adam'''. This chain of events led to a cataclysmic incident known as the '''Second Impact''' with Gendo and his team leaving Antarctica shortly afterwards. In [[2001]], he and Yui came to have a son together who was one of the children born after the Second Impact where they named the boy [[Shinji Ikari]]. Sometime later, Seele assigned Gendo the role of director of the '''Laboratory for Artificial Evolution''', with the task of directing a secret plan known as '''Project E'''. |
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| + | At this point, they both worked together at '''Gehirn''' from which Gendo became the leader. In [[2003]], Professor Fuyutsuki had collected information about the Second Impact and arrived at the Artificial Evolution Laboratory where he threatened the director to make public the truth. Gendo decided to take the professor with him to a bunker below the Laboratory, which was the headquarters of an organization known as Gehirn, and invited him to collaborate 'to build the new history of mankind'. After careful consideration, Fuyutsuki decided to accept the offer. The following year, Gendo attended an experiment to activate an Eva called Unit 01. However, due to an accident, Yui disappeared and Gendo decides to leave his son Shinji to a guardian. The failed activation test of Unit-01 and Yui's apparent death during this event saw Gendo becoming very cold and distant, even towards his own son Shinji who had very little contact with afterwards. Gendo also entered into affairs with both '''Naoko Akagi''' and, later, her daughter [[Ritsuko Akagi]]. | ||
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| + | A massive malfunction during the first activation test for Unit-00 caused the Eva to go 'berserk'. To prevent Rei from being seriously injured, the entry plug was ejected, and Gendo pried the plug's overheated door open with his bare hands to extract Rei. His hands have severe scarring because of this, and he was never shown without wearing gloves. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Personality and attributes=== | ===Personality and attributes=== | ||
| + | In appearance, Gendo Ikari was a typical Japanese middle-aged man whose hair shape similar to Shinji's, but with a beard. His usual attire was a NERV black commander's uniform with gold lines sewn on the edges of the jacket, and green triangular identification pieces sewn at the sleeves and the necklace. Beneath the uniform, Gendo wears a red sweater. Other than his commander's uniform, he rarely wears other outfits. His hands suffered severe scarring due to Unit-01's going berserk during one activation test and since then he was never shown without wearing gloves. | ||
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| + | However, he realizes that his efforts are in vain and that he ignored the real wishes of Yui. She intended to bring about a brighter future for their son Shinji, whom Gendo has sacrificed in order to bring her back. In essence, Yui's dreams and principles were violated to resurrect her. Shortly after, Unit-01 is shown grasping Gendo in its hand before decapitating him, clearly rejecting Gendo's actions. As he's dying, Gendo admits he avoided Shinji because he was just as afraid of hurting him as Shinji was of him, and thought it was better to do nothing at all. Taking into account other actions he did before, like faint praise of Shinji and attempt to spare him using the Dummy Plug system, Gendo is shown to still care for Shinji, but is extremely hesitant and insecure about it, and prefers to keep the distance between them in order to avoid being hurt. | ||
From his relationship with Yui Ikari, Gendo came to have a son who they named '''Shinji Ikari'''. | From his relationship with Yui Ikari, Gendo came to have a son who they named '''Shinji Ikari'''. | ||
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| + | Gendo was also involved in a sexual relationship with Naoko Akagi and later her daughter Ritsuko Akagi. However, it seems that while both Akagi women harbored romantic feelings for Gendo, he never reciprocated the sentiment, and was merely using them for their talent as a way to further his plans. Naoko, at least, appeared to understand that Gendo would only give her his body, and that he could not forget about Yui. Both women's unbalanced natures were triggered by rejection from Gendo, resulting in Naoko's Murder of Rei 1. | ||
===Powers and abilities=== | ===Powers and abilities=== | ||
| + | Gendo Ikari was born an ordinary human being with no inherent special powers or abilities with him having all the natural traits of his species. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 06:36, 25 April 2024
Gendo Ikari is a male anime and manga character who features in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
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Biography
Gendo Rokubungi (六分儀, meaning sextant) was a male human born in the modern age where he lived in Japan. When he was 32 years old, Gendo came to be arrested where he designated Kyoto University lecturer Professor Kozo Fuyutsuki as his guarantor. After being exonerated at the hands of the professor, Gendo becomes romantically involved with Yui Ikari, a brilliant researcher and student of Fuyutsuki. The professor did not approve of the relationship partly due to his own unspoken romantic feelings for his student. In addition, he came to suspect that Gendo had ulterior motives in pursuing a relationship with Yui that were tied to her connections with a shadowy organisation known as SEELE. In time, Gendo and Yui came to be married at the beginning of the 21st century where he came to take her name and was known as Gendo Ikari (Japanese: 碇 ゲンドウ, Hepburn: Ikari Gendō). Yui herself came to be linked to Seele, and rumors said that Gendo's only interest was to get close to secret organization in order to exploit Yui's talent. To secretly carry out Seele's plans, Gendo participated in a research group known as the Katsuragi Expedition, which left for Antarctica to conduct experiments regarding a mechanism known as the S² engine. The expedition was noted to had departed for Antarctica on September 12, 2000 with Gendo among the group. Alongside the Ikari's was SEELE chairman Keel Lorenz in order to see the recovery project over the mysterious being known as Adam. This chain of events led to a cataclysmic incident known as the Second Impact with Gendo and his team leaving Antarctica shortly afterwards. In 2001, he and Yui came to have a son together who was one of the children born after the Second Impact where they named the boy Shinji Ikari. Sometime later, Seele assigned Gendo the role of director of the Laboratory for Artificial Evolution, with the task of directing a secret plan known as Project E.
At this point, they both worked together at Gehirn from which Gendo became the leader. In 2003, Professor Fuyutsuki had collected information about the Second Impact and arrived at the Artificial Evolution Laboratory where he threatened the director to make public the truth. Gendo decided to take the professor with him to a bunker below the Laboratory, which was the headquarters of an organization known as Gehirn, and invited him to collaborate 'to build the new history of mankind'. After careful consideration, Fuyutsuki decided to accept the offer. The following year, Gendo attended an experiment to activate an Eva called Unit 01. However, due to an accident, Yui disappeared and Gendo decides to leave his son Shinji to a guardian. The failed activation test of Unit-01 and Yui's apparent death during this event saw Gendo becoming very cold and distant, even towards his own son Shinji who had very little contact with afterwards. Gendo also entered into affairs with both Naoko Akagi and, later, her daughter Ritsuko Akagi.
A massive malfunction during the first activation test for Unit-00 caused the Eva to go 'berserk'. To prevent Rei from being seriously injured, the entry plug was ejected, and Gendo pried the plug's overheated door open with his bare hands to extract Rei. His hands have severe scarring because of this, and he was never shown without wearing gloves.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Gendo Ikari was a typical Japanese middle-aged man whose hair shape similar to Shinji's, but with a beard. His usual attire was a NERV black commander's uniform with gold lines sewn on the edges of the jacket, and green triangular identification pieces sewn at the sleeves and the necklace. Beneath the uniform, Gendo wears a red sweater. Other than his commander's uniform, he rarely wears other outfits. His hands suffered severe scarring due to Unit-01's going berserk during one activation test and since then he was never shown without wearing gloves.
However, he realizes that his efforts are in vain and that he ignored the real wishes of Yui. She intended to bring about a brighter future for their son Shinji, whom Gendo has sacrificed in order to bring her back. In essence, Yui's dreams and principles were violated to resurrect her. Shortly after, Unit-01 is shown grasping Gendo in its hand before decapitating him, clearly rejecting Gendo's actions. As he's dying, Gendo admits he avoided Shinji because he was just as afraid of hurting him as Shinji was of him, and thought it was better to do nothing at all. Taking into account other actions he did before, like faint praise of Shinji and attempt to spare him using the Dummy Plug system, Gendo is shown to still care for Shinji, but is extremely hesitant and insecure about it, and prefers to keep the distance between them in order to avoid being hurt.
From his relationship with Yui Ikari, Gendo came to have a son who they named Shinji Ikari.
Gendo was also involved in a sexual relationship with Naoko Akagi and later her daughter Ritsuko Akagi. However, it seems that while both Akagi women harbored romantic feelings for Gendo, he never reciprocated the sentiment, and was merely using them for their talent as a way to further his plans. Naoko, at least, appeared to understand that Gendo would only give her his body, and that he could not forget about Yui. Both women's unbalanced natures were triggered by rejection from Gendo, resulting in Naoko's Murder of Rei 1.
Powers and abilities
Gendo Ikari was born an ordinary human being with no inherent special powers or abilities with him having all the natural traits of his species.
Notes
- Geno Ikari was created by Gainax, Hideaki Anno and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto where he featured in the setting of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- At Anime Expo '96, an interview with Hideaki Anno stated, "Gendo is the type of person who can see & think about the welfare of an organization as a whole. In other words, he'd do anything to succeed. He takes drastic and extreme measures, by fair means or foul, or by hook or by crook, in order to accomplish his own purpose. In some ways he's mean, he hardly cares about Shinji."
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Appearances
- Neon Genesis Evangelion:
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