The Best Episodes Directed By Hiroyuki Ishido

Kouzou Fuyutsuki is kidnapped and interrogated by Seele, who are horrified over the results of the last encounter with an Angel. He recounts his past, providing flashbacks into the creation of Nerv. The pasts of Misato Katsuragi, Ritsuko Akagi, Rei Ayanami and Yui Ikari are also revealed. Ryouji Kaji, meanwhile, decides to find out the truth, no matter the cost.

Continuing from the previous episode, the Angel Ramiel is drilling down into the GeoFront to attack NERV HQ directly. After Shinji barely survived a direct confrontation with it, Misato devises a plan to have EVA-00 and EVA-01 defeat the Angel by sniping it from a distance using a positronic rifle which requires the total electric output of Japan to power up.

Misato has been promoted to Major, but the celebration does not last long. A monstrous Angel appears in Earth orbit right when Gendo and Fuyutsuki are away, leaving her and the children to deal with a colossal kamikaze threatening to drop itself right on top of Tokyo-3.

While in the old schoolhouse, Satsuki hears a haunting melody drifting through the halls. The only trouble is the lack of a pianist! It seems that if Satsuki hears the melody a total of four times, she'll die. The gang saddles up to put the ghostly piano to sleep.

　On the day of the nationwide mock exam, Onizuka, who accidentally witnessed the kidnapping of Mrs. Ota's daughter Hidemi, heads for rescue after the exam. The purpose of the kidnappers was to take a behind-the-scenes video of Hidemi to put pressure on the public works projects of her father, a member of parliament. 　At that time, Fuyutsuki and Murai were screaming at Onizuka, who never appeared at school.

Shinji begins attending his new school in Tokyo-3, and has a difficult time dealing with the fame of being an Evangelion pilot. Touji Suzuhara, who's little sister was injured in Shinji's fight against the Angel, is angry at Shinji. A new Angel appears, and Shinji must once again pilot EVA-01 to defeat it.

　Uehara's mother, the PTA chairman of Seirin Gakuen, boarded the school. Uehara, who was terrified by the revenge of the Yoshikawa bullying, told his mother, who is also an education critic. Onizuka, in a crisis of desperation, Yoshikawa, who is usually weak, makes a decision after worrying that "Is it because of me that Onizuka was in a pinch?"

　One day, "Fujiyoshi Koji" is asked by the grade chief, Mr. Sakurada, to collect money from the forest school. The total amount of money collected is 1.12 million yen. I know that the money was entrusted to me by everyone in the class, but Fujiyoshi, who had a watch he really wanted, used up the money. However, on the way back, he loses the rest of the money somewhere. 　Around that time, for some reason, the same amount of money that Fujiyoshi lost was 1.12 million yen from Onizuka's jacket.

Satsuki falls in with a bad crowd, or it might be better to say coven. Several girls at her school conspire to cast spells together, and she reluctantly joins in. But when one of them goes missing, and no one seems to remember the girl's very existence, Satsuki knows this isn't just any ordinary fad!

The EVA pilots are disappointed to find out that they are not allowed to go on their class trip to Okinawa, because they have to stay at Tokyo-3 to stay on-call in case of an Angel attack. Meanwhile, a new Angel is discovered in a chrysalis-like developmental stage deep within the magma of the volcano Mount Asama.

Yukino's organizational talents shine as the play really starts to come together. Meanwhile, Tonami's plot for revenge against Tsubaki isn't going as well as he'd hoped...