Ritsuko Akagi

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Age: 30 years Gender: Female Family: Naoko Akagi (deceased mother) Ritsuko Akagi is a relevant character in the Evangelion franchise. She is NERV's chief scientist, being the head of the Technological Development Department and directly responsible for everything related to the Evangelion Units. She is the daughter of Naoko Akagi, creator of the MAGI system that controls NERV. The system is composed of three supercomputers (Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar) that execute all of NERV's operations based on a democratic structure.

Appearance

Ritsuko Akagi is a very beautiful 30-year-old woman with a slender build, she has blonde hair and blue eyes, she usually wears a white lab coat and glasses.

Personality

Ritsuko is a sharp-witted, calm and intelligent woman. She displays an unwavering dedication to her work and a stoic attitude. She efficiently directs a wide range of procedures, including the maintenance and activation of Evangelion Units. Along with Gendo Ikari and Kozo Fuyutsuki, he is the only person in NERV fully aware of the true nature of the Evangelion Units and the Human Complementation Project. During her teenage years, Ritsuko had trouble relating to others, especially when it came to romantic relationships. She always had a hard time understanding the relationships between men and women. She often comments that male and female interactions are illogical. In many ways, Ritsuko lives in the shadow of her mother, whom she both admires and despises. Before her death, Naoko Akagi was the lead scientist working on Project E, and Ritsuko continues the work her mother started with EVAs and the MAGI system. Naoko and Ritsuko seemed to have a slightly strained relationship. Flashbacks reveal that Ritsuko is a natural brunette, like her mother. Possibly, she began dyeing her hair blonde in an attempt to be different from Naoko. Ritsuko is a chain smoker and drinks a lot of coffee. She has known Misato Katsuragi since they were students and often fights with her. She has a great affinity for cats and has one that is cared for by her grandmother. Additionally, Ritsuko has various cat-related items adorning her desk: a pair of cat figurines (one black and one white) and a coffee mug with cat drawings on it. In episode 15, Kaji gave her a small trinket saying, "It's a souvenir for your cat collection."

Personality part 2

This affinity for cats could have a symbolic relationship with Ritsuko's personality, which is related to the solitary traits of cats. Although she normally appears calm and level-headed, Ritsuko's normal demeanor degenerated into coldness by the end of the series.

History

Ritsuko was one of Misato Katsuragi's first friends at university, where she also met Ryoji Kaji. At NERV she is the head scientist, being the head of the Technology Development Department. Ritsuko is presumably responsible for the selection of the Children (as the Marduk Institute Report is a hoax). It is shown in both the anime and manga that Ritsuko personally invites Toji Suzuhara to join NERV as the pilot of Evangelion Unit 03. As the series progresses, Misato and Kaji discover the truth about the Project and it becomes clear how much information Ritsuko was hiding from them, causing her friendship with Misato to dissolve. This breakup is further accelerated by the frequent clashes over the lives of the pilots, whom Ritsuko prefers to sacrifice if she considers that her priorities are other. Ritsuko was in love with Gendo, with whom she had a clandestine relationship. However, she realizes that Gendo was using her and that he cared more about Rei Ayanami. In revenge, Ritsuko destroys the Dummy Plug system in front of Shinji and Misato. As a result, Gendo locks her in a dark and lonely cell. She reappears in the opening scenes of The End of Evangelion, forced by Gendo to protect the MAGI system from hacking orchestrated by SEELE. Taking advantage of this brief moment of freedom, Ritsuko modified MAGI's programming. Later, she would confront Gendo and Rei in the Central Dogma. Ritsuko is eventually killed by Commander Ikari, as she attempted to destroy NERV's headquarters using MAGI during the JSSDF's attack on the GeoFront. Her attempt failed because MAGI did not accept the self-destruct command Ritsuko had programmed into it, suggesting that Naoko Akagi's female heart within the computer still loved Ikari, preferring him over her daughter Ritsuko.

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