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The Second Try/Funny


  • A policeman and Rei are trying to find out who Aki's parents are, but Aki doesn't know their names (since she always just calls them "Mama" and "Papa"). The policeman asks what her mother calls her father other than "Papa":

Aki: *thinks hard* "Baka!"
Policeman: "Well, that narrows it down to just about every married man in the city..."

  • When Asuka tries to get Aki to say "Papa", we get this little gem:

Mama: "Can you say 'Papa'? 'Pa – pa."
Aki: "Baga."

Papa: "...She didn't really just say what I think she said, did she...?"

  • The mental image of Shinji following a young Aki around everywhere with a video camera is just adorably hilarious. And he still misses the part (her first steps) that he was really hoping to see.
  • The "Hey, look, the newlyweds are fighting!" line from Touji is revisited, and Shinji and Asuka both try hard to act like they did the first time, except Touji notices that the two of them are having a hard time not bursting out laughing on the spot.
  • Mainly because of context, this troper found one particular line in chapter 4 to be hilarious.

She never expected that people could be so close to someone else – without being a combined puddle of mud – as she was now with Shinji.

  • The conversation between Asuka and Misato the morning after a rather distraught Asuka let the facade drop when Misato confronted her about the "anonymous" warning letter.

Misato: "So... you two are in love, huh?"
Asuka: (hesitant nod)
Misato: "Something serious?"
Asuka: (small smile) "I guess you could say so..."
Misato: "For how long?"
Asuka: (smile grows larger) "A while."
Misato: (surprised) "And how serious?"
Asuka: (Grinning from ear to ear) "Quite..."
Misato: (surprise changing to shock) "That quite?"
Asuka: (about to start giggling) "Maybe..."
Misato: (completely dumbfounded)

  • The sequel, Aki Chans Life, has many funny moments, but one of the earliest-and arguably funniest- of them is the exchange on this page where Hikari notices that a new sign is on Shinji's old room door with Aki's name. When asked about it, Asuka says that when Shinji just crossed out his name, Misato made a new one for Aki. The moment comes when she notices the new sign on Asuka's door:

Sign: Shinji and Asuka's Lover's Suite.
[ * beat* ]

Hikari: ...HEY, WAIT A MOMENT!

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