| “ | Humans constantly feel pain in their hearts. Because the heart is so sensitive to pain, humans also feel that to live is to suffer. You're so delicate, like glass, especially your heart. | „ |
| ~ Tabris to Shinji |
Summary
Kaworu Nagisa (渚 カヲル, "Nagisa Kaworu"), also known as Tabris, is a character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. He is the Fifth Children and the seventeenth Angel. Sent to NERV by SEELE as a replacement pilot for Unit-02 after Asuka's synchronization ratio falls below usability, he breaks into Terminal Dogma in order to return to Adam, but after he discovers the being there is actually Lilith, he allows Shinji to destroy him. He appears in The End of Evangelion during Third Impact, communicating with Shinji in regard to the choice of whether to accept or reject Instrumentality.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 10-A physically. High 7-A, possibly At least High 6-A, likely Low 5-B with A.T. Field
Name: Tabris / Kaworu Nagisa, Fifth Child, the Seventeenth Angel
Origin: Evangelion
Gender: Male
Age: Physically 15 years old (born September 13, 2000 (Virgo)), his soul is billions of years old (The salvaged soul of Adam was deposited into a newborn Kaworu immediately after the events of Second Impact on 13th September 2000 A.D.)
Classification: Angel, Evangelion Pilot
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Senses (Noticed Misato watching him through binoculars from a far distance away), Adaptation and Accelerated Development (Angels are capable of adapting to their environment[1], with Larval Angels shown to reach an adult state seconds after hatching[1]), Forcefield Creation (A.T. Fields are force-field barriers which Angels. Conventional weapons are effectively useless in penetrating an A.T. Field; the only thing that do so is usually another A.T. Field[2]), Quantum Manipulation and Shapeshifting (A person's ego boundary is what forms their shape[3] and keeps it from breaking down. Also, as shown by Shinji and other Lilin as a whole they are able to reform their bodies after being turned into a quantum state/pure LCL[3]. Angels scale to Humanity as they share the same nature because of the latter being the 18th Angel/Lilin, furthermore they possess a stronger A.T. Field, which is shown to be the ego boundary during the events of the Third Impact[4]), Self-Sustenance (Type 1, 2, and 3. Angels have shown repeatedly to not require oxygen and get endless energy from their S² Engines so they don't require sustenance[5]), Likely Regeneration (High-Low, Low-High over time. Angels are capable of regenerating relatively large wounds[2] And as long as an Angel's core and S² Engine is intact, it can theoretically regenerate the damaged tissue, given enough time), Power Negation Field (His A.T. Field can block out and nullify virtually all forms of energy and matter, including incoming light, electromagnetism and sub-atomic particles, within a certain radius), True Flight, Body Puppetry (Can control Evangelion units), Energy Projection, Likely Immortality (Types 1, 3, 4, and 6. As the salvaged soul of Adam, he was deposited into a newborn Kaworu immediately after the events of the Second Impact), Durability Negation, Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation and Offensive Quantum Manipulation (Using an Anti-A.T. Field, he can break down A.T. Fields, the fields that separate living beings from one another and maintain their individuality, turning their physical bodies into LCL and freeing their souls[4]), Spatial Manipulation (Unit-01's Anti-A.T. Field inverted dimensional values[4]. Furthermore, as his A.T. Field is superior to Leliel, it should be capable of supporting space just like the angel) and Deconstruction (Adam's Anti-Anti Field was reducing everything around him to quarks)
Resistance to Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations, Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (The A.T Field is the ego boundary that keeps a being's individuality and that protects the heart/soul from outside influence[5]), Heat Manipulation with the Plugsuit (While wearing a Plugsuit, Shinji could open a super-heated Entry Plug hatch without suffering large burns, unlike his father who performed the same action with his bare hands[6]), Limited Resistance to Information Analysis (Numerical expression and measurement of Anti-A.T. Fields is impossible[4])
Attack Potency: Athlete level physically (Should be comparable to Rei Ayanami). Large Mountain level (He has the strongest A.T. Field of all the angels that NERV had faced up to that point, putting his above Zeruel's and Ramiel's), possibly At least Multi-Continent level, likely Small Planet level (The “salvaged soul” of Adam, who triggered the Second Impact and is capable of wiping out the surface of the Earth) with A.T. Field
Speed: Athletic Human travel speed with at least Hypersonic+, possibly Massively Hypersonic+ combat speed and and Relativistic reactions (Much faster than Israfel, who could dodge Mach 14+ bullets from the Pallet Gun, in addition to scaling to Unit-02, which reacted to and blocked the Spear of Longinus)
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human
Striking Strength: Athlete level
Durability: Athlete level physically. Large Mountain level, possibly At least Multi-Continent level, likely Small Planet level with A.T. Field
Stamina: Limitless
Range: Standard Melee Range. Tens of kilometers via A.T. Field (Kaworu's deployed A.T. Field manages to filter out all incoming light, electromagnetism, and sub-atomic particles from entering into Terminal Dogma, blocking out communications from the upper levels of the GeoFront), possibly Planetary via Anti A.T. Field
Standard Equipment: None Notable
Intelligence: High (Kaworu presents himself as a remarkably insightful and knowledgeable character, being well-versed in the understanding of human culture (he is first seen humming to the tune of Ode to Joy, Beethoven's musical adaption to the poem of the same name written by Friedrich Schiller), and also the concepts of love and loneliness. He was also successful in cleverly deceiving the entirety of NERV, by posing as the Fifth Children, sent supposedly to replace the incapacitated Asuka Langley Soryu as the pilot of Evangelion Unit-02, albeit Misato Katsuragi was suspicious of him early into his arrival. Possessed a casual greater knowledge of A.T. Fields compared to a good number of NERV personnel)
Weaknesses: The "core" of an Angel, once breached, means absolute certainty of death for the Angel involved (assuming Kaworu even has a "core" himself). His synchronization effect only works on entities or objects derived from the flesh of Adam (given that Kaworu is the salvaged soul of Adam himself)
Notable Attacks/Techniques
- A.T. Field (A.T. = Absolute Terror): The intangible light of the soul in the physical world, A.T. Fields are possessed by all living beings on NGE-Earth and are one of the major aspects of the human psyche that defines someone as "individual" and "protect" them from the intrusion of another's feelings. However, the Evangelion Units and the Angels are unique in the ability to generate A.T. Fields that are corporeal and occasionally visible to the naked eye, possibly due to a large amount of innate energy contained in their souls. Their A.T. Fields mostly function as a physical defense: a forcefield consisting of concentric octagonal yellow lines. The barrier is almost perfect, only being temporarily disrupted from its active state by incredibly energetic weapons (such as military-grade positron beams and N² Weapons) or erosion by another corporeal A.T. Field that is superior in strength. If left alone after initial disruption, the A.T. Field will revive its durability almost instantly as long as the user is still alive, making it a regenerative barrier. The transition from a dormant A.T. Field to an active Field is indicated by a slight atmospheric blurring.
- Synchronization: Kaworu has the special ability of perfectly resonating with any object or entity which directly derives from the flesh of Adam that lacks a soul, through "inserting" his own A.T. Field as a replacement, allowing the Seventeenth Angel absolute control. This includes an unpiloted Unit-02 (as its own pilot, Asuka Langley Sohryu, was incapacitated at the time). It requires entities that have "shut" their souls away (as Kaworu explains to Shinji Ikari).
- Nullification: In addition, the sheer power and potency of Kaworu's A.T. Field enables him to visibly project his Field as a barrier (triggering a white flash), to block out and nullify virtually all forms of energy and matter (including electromagnetism, sub-atomic particles, and light) within a certain radius.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neon Genesis Evangelion E10: The Magma Driver
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Neon Genesis Evangelion E1: Angel Attack
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Neon Genesis Evangelion E20: Of the Shapes of Hearts and Humans
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 End of Evangelion
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Neon Genesis Evangelion 2
- ↑ Neon Genesis Evangelion E6: Decisive Battle in Tokyo-3
Notable Matchups
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Discussions
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