Sakaki also gradually diverges from Rei over time as it's revealed she's simply a Shrinking Violet rather than emotionless or inhuman, and later volumes show her as something of a Comically Serious Cloudcuckoolander when she opens up to her friends.
While Sakaki doesn't have much of a physical resemblance to Rei (other than her Tsurime Eyes), she does have the "stoic and monotone" aspect down to a T, and she's constantly bandaged up in her pursuit of cats. One of these comics has her winning an award from her adoring fanbase, to which she responds with confusion and disinterest. She's directly based on Rei - more specifically, Rei as she was depicted in the author's Neon Genesis Evangelion doujinshi, which were much Denser and Wackier. Of all characters, Azumanga Daioh's Sakaki is a subversion.She does end up showing emotion, but unlike other examples, it's disturbing rather than a good sign. She also happens to be part of a group of titan shifters that have some kind of evil agenda in mind, and is revealed to be the deadly Female Titan, to everyone's great shock. She has pale skin, Icy Blue Eyes, and is even more emotionless and cold than Mikasa. She's also definitely not emotionless, rather she doesn't express her feelings the same way other people do and she can perform under pressure instead of panicking ( which is a common trait of the Ackerman family).
#NEON KRIEGER YAMATO SKIN#
She fills some qualities of a Rei Ayanami expy quite well (fairly emotionless, dark and troubled past, short cut hair, teenager, named after IJN Dreadnought), double subverts others (her hair color, appearance and skin tone are all considered unique, but that's merely because she's the only Asian woman alive, which also gives her immunity to the Coordinate), and defies others (is never injured thanks to her phenominal combat skills, is the lead protagonist's adopted sister and had no idea that she was related to Kenny Ackerman).
#NEON KRIEGER YAMATO SERIES#
The series shared a character designer with Evangelion, so it's plausible it was a deliberate reference between the two characters. Also In real life, she is in a wheel chair from a terrible accident she keeps secret, and is a Meganekko. She has short, bright blue hair, brown eyes (close enough to red), is quiet and very soft spoken as well as showing signs of being shy in RL. This eventually leads the main character, Shinji, to learn Rei is one of multiple clones made to house the soul of an Eldritch Abomination that's the key to a planned Assimilation Plot.and is also partially made from the DNA of his dead mother. Her Angelic heritage and superpowers are first hinted at in episode 19 and explicitly displayed in episode 24. After being heavily injured during a battle at the start of the series, Rei slowly becomes more intimate with the protagonist as her stunted social skills improve. Rei is an emotionally unexpressive 14 year old girl with pale skin, blue hair and red eyes who serves as one of the protagonist's Love Interests however, before he gets closer to her, she only relates to his father, who also happens to be a weird and somewhat disturbing father figure for her. Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion, the Trope Namer, Trope Maker, and a Deconstruction of the archetype itself (making this an Unbuilt Trope).
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