Draftworu/Draft Kaworu is the, as the title states, the draft version of Kaworu. How he was handled in the drafts is a bit different than in the final cut. There are two drafts of ep 24. In order to prevent confusion, especially since Iāll be comparing these to the final cut, the drafts will be marked as D1 (First Draft) and D2 (Second Draft), respectively.
Hereās a few differences in each:
Kaworu in the first draft is a bit different in how he introduces himself. He comes from a train, meeting Shinji there (heās with Ritsuko). In the final cut, heās on a headless angel statue (which was foreshadowing) humming and lauding music in front of Shinji. His hair is described as the color of honey in the drafts; he also sports a sailor outfit. In D2, Kaworuās in the Gym, by himself, playing the piano. In both of these drafts, Kaworu is a transfer student.
In D2, thereās automatic suspicion of Draftworu from Fuyutsuki, who automatically believes the Fifth Child to be a spy from SEELE.Ā
In the original draft also Asuka appears to be around here, rather than in the final cut in which sheās not present (it was discovered she was comatose by episodeās end). In this draft, she interacts with Kaworu. Her sync scores arenāt up to par here. D2 follows the general layout of final cut 24 as Asuka doesnāt interact with Kaworu. Sheās starved herself here just as she was in the final cut.
Both of them swim together in D1. In D2, theyāre in the shower room.Ā Ā This can be paralleled with the series in which both are in the shower room.Ā
In D2 Shinji and Kaworu play music together, Kaworu on piano and Shinji on cello. Kaworu and Shinji share a kiss here!
Thereās more suspicion in D2 over who Kaworu is as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls being known by Misato + Hyuga. There is one last angel and Kaworuās birthday is found out to be the same day as Second Impact/2i by the duo, same as the final cut.
His invasion of Terminal Dogma goes a bit differently in the first draft. Here he has an angel form, something not shown in the series, which his humanoid form was his angel form. Heās not even aware of his abilities in D1, but he had full awareness in the final. The angel form he assumes in D1 has a noticeable core.Ā
Ā One thing I like in the drafts is that it talks about his identity as an angel and him finding this out at age 10 in Draft #1. In the present day, heās just beginning to realize that he has an angel form he can transform in and out of at will. His altruism is present within either draft, but one thing which went absent in the final was the mention of anĀ āinstinct.ā Kaworuās request to have Shinji kill him not only was for humanity but because if his instinct fired off, heād basically make a beeline toward Adam (which he does). Itās quite likely a mother-child instinct, considering he was next to his progenitor.Ā
More Draftworu can be find inā¦ of course the drafts and more info can be found on Draftworu here. Enjoy!
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