Episode 9′s elevator scene is an act of industrial espionage.We have a long panning shot of confiden
Episode 9′s elevator scene is an act of industrial espionage.We have a long panning shot of confidential papers marked TOP SECRET in red ink strewn across the floor. The camera pans further to reveal Kaji kissing Misato from behind as Misato clutches more confidential files. Kaji then awkwardly moves his hand to wrestle the confidential files out of Misato’s grasp. When Misato steps outside the elevator, Kaji—slowly and with painstaking deliberation—plucks the files one by one off the floor, probably gauging the level of access Misato enjoys within NERV’s informational hierarchy. Sex becomes a proxy for espionage and information-seeking just as it does in Episode 20 (cycles!), when Misato sleeps with Kaji to extort information about the Human Instrumentality Project. Privileged information physically exchanges hands, represented by the pill, just as it does above with loose leaf files. Early in the show, however, Kaji has a cover to maintain, and NERV employees to alienate, affront, deceive, and offend. -- source link
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