29 yrs? Try twenty-five. TOPS.

Nope.  This *is* canon, that Misato is 29 in the Series, as is Ritsuko.
She was fourteen when the Second Impact occured.

Yep, that's correct.  If you have the NGE manga (not the monthly Viz
serial but vol 1 of the graphic novel) there is a short letter from
Anno in which he mentions Misato:

"And there is a 29-year old woman who lives life so lightly as to
barely alow the possibility of a human touch.  She protects herself
by having only surface level relationships, and running away."

IMHO Misato & Shinji wouldn't surprise me.  Not because of the 
cultural aspect, but because it would make so much sense.  Think
about it for a second; Misato and Shinji are both rather needy
people, emotionally defective in many ways...It would be interesting
if someone would explore the effect of them becoming latched onto
each other, in more ways than one (physical as well as emotional).

It's really not that farfetched.

Oyeah, another thing.  Just what the fsck kind of name is "Zeppelin?"
That just occured to me after I read Robyn's post of birthdays...

-j

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