I went into this really scared of what would happen after during the end credits of the last film when it said “lots of fan service to come” and I was worried I really wouldn’t like it, however unlike the last film which was near enough a copy of the first 6 episodes of Evangelion this was near enough its own story with elements sprinkled in from the original run of the show. Another thing that brought me to love this rebuild was how great the character dynamic is especially between the main kid cast  I think especially Rei and Asuka however are the standouts they get so much more character development through this film which helps you love the characters even more especially with Rei as it the original series she is mainly there as a mystery to begin with which slowly unravels its self however these rebuilds add so much more to her character by near enough reworking character entirely to be more human than she ever was and I think that compliments the final fight scene too with Shinji saving her as without this development she is given I think it would feel a lot less impactful as she is no longer a mystery to him but an actual friend. 

Misato is somehow even hotter 

And i even understood this one fully