to themselves. For Japanese reviewer Akio Nagatomi, her attitude reflects one of the traits of traditional Japanese society the martyr complex in which a person will do whatever it takes to accomplish a given task, regardless of personal consequences. Reception "Rei I" was first broadcast on November 1, 1995, and attained a rating of 7.2% viewership on Japanese TV, the highest up to that point. In 1996, the episode ranked fifth among "best anime episodes" by Animage magazine Grand Prix poll. Newtype praised "Rei I", describing the animation of the scene in which she smiles at Gendo as "excellent", while Digitally Obsessed's reviewer Joel Cunningham similarly lauded the installment, describing as a "pretty engaging" episode, "simply because Rei is such a fascinating character": "The cliffhanger ending, some mecha action, and some cute interplay between Shinji and Misato helps as well". Japanese website Merumo described Shinji's concern for Rei as one of the "highlights of the episode", and the scene in which Shinji encounters Rei after her shower as "famous". Critics also praised Rei's introduction and the air of mystery around her character. Justin Wu from The Artifice noted how in "Rei I" it is revealed that all records of Rei's past have been erased from the database of Nerv and this "generates the sense of mysteriousness surrounding the character"; Wu also noted that before Evangelion mysterious characters were people with a twisted and often tragic past, while Rei is presented as a girl with no past. Animé Café reviewer Akio Nagatomi appreciated its introduction of new mysteries and interactions, as "the writing seems to deliberately try to pace this interest with the level of interest generated in the audience". In their book Anime Classics Zettai!, writers Brian Camp and Julie Davis described the scene in which Shinji and Rei talk on an escalator as an example of the "intricate geometric compositions" in which Neon Genesis Evangelion characters are often placed, praising the composition and the editing of the scenes of the series. Philosopher Hiroki Azuma praised the depiction of her room, saying that, "Rei's solitude is grounded in a completely tactile substantiality that gives us extremely realistic images of the discommunication that children of the present face". Animator Yūichirō Oguro also expressed appreciation for the character design, the animation and the work of chief animator Shunji Suzuki. In the nineteenth episode of the Claymore anime series, Raki saves Priscilla from