About the ending of the 90s (original) version
Is episode 25 and 26 what happened in the short time of the instrumentality that happened in the end of the EoE movie? And could the 30th anniversery asuka short episode also be her version of the instrumentality? where she has choosen to work up to eventually get together with shinji in the real world instead of getting in servedon a silver platter in the instrumentality (atleast as far as I understood). Because for me it didnt make sense why she gently puts her hand on Shinji's face instead of slapping him (like she almost always does) at the end of EoE.