That's what I was referring to when I said there were a bunch of lines explaining what was going on. In episodes 25 and 26 (Original, not movies) there are a bunch of lines explaining what is going on in terms if instrumentality. If oging to quote a bit, *spoiler alert*.
The very first line tells us what's going on:
"The reason to exist, La raison d'etre "
Right there, is what the two episodes are about. Shinji, presented the choice of life or not life, trying to find a reason to continue. Hence the moral questions gnawing away:
"Why did you kill him?"
Later, Rei's Origins are explained:
"No. you are a human whose false soul was made by a man named Ikari Gendou. You are a false object which is pretending to be a human. Look, you have a dark, invisible, and unintelligible mind within you, where the true you exists."
And the meaning of instrumentality begins to be hinted at. We start to realise it is the joining of all souls:
"I am I. I've become me through the instrumentality of the links between me and others."
Rei says that, so by inference, we must assume that the instrumentality of Shinji must therefore be caused by the link between him and others (all mankind).
"The Self's world will disappear."
"The Self will disappear."
Hence, we learn that instumentality requires the destruction of what already exists.
Then, a more complete explanation, given by Shinji:
"What feeling is this? That I feel like I have experienced before. My body seems like it's disappearing. Agreeable. I feel like I'm spreading, and becoming large, to here, there and everywhere."
"That was the very beginning of the complementation of the people by the instrumentality of man. The thing people lost. The lost minds. Complimenting the vacuum in the mind. The complementation by the instrumentality of minds and soul begins. All things return to nothingness. The complementation by the instrumentality of man has just begun."
Of course, to understand that, we must look at the word "Instrumentality". An instrument is an object that becomes an extension of yourself, and thus imrpves you at some task. So to use another person as an instrument? Isn't that allowing them to become a part of you that you may no longer feel lonely?
"All the minds become one mind, obtaining peace forever. Nothing but that."
"We always have a vacuum, something lost in our minds."
"So you unify people's minds and make them compliment each other?"
It's not as beautiful as it sounds, however:
"That's nothing but cheap friendship."
Episode 26, is called "The beast that shouted 'I' in the heart of the world." This makes sense, hinting again that people will become one being, for the selfish reasons of Shinji. (See how it's starting to be obvious how this is a tale about lonilness and Shinji coming of age?)
Another explanation:
"We are trying to compliment by the instrumentality of each other."
Then, through most of episode 6, Shinji becomes mindful of his lonliness and fears, and realises he can choose between instrumentality or the real world. Finally, he rejects the instrumentality, realsing his self worth and that people do, in reality, care about him.
"I hate myself .But, I might be able to love myself. I might be allowed to stay here. Yes. I am nothing but I. I am I. I wish to be I. I want to stay here! I can stay here!"
So it is suggested what is going on, but you need to look really hard several times to find it.
