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There is a scene in EoA where Asuka's Eva sank into the deep down of the lake.
Inside the Eva, Asuka was muttering words like these:

> I dont want to die, I dont want to die, I dont want to die

After that, Asuka's Eva "probably" went berserk. And she saw her mother
figure, in her sight. And after that she said

> Mama, now I know the meaning of A.T Field. You were always protecting me.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XzPOl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XzPOl.jpg)

Why all of a sudden her mother figure appeared and Asuka was able to beat the
special force? Was her mother the Eva 02 itself? What's the meaning of "now I
know the meaning of A.T Field"?


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What's the meaning of A.T field that Asuka said in the End of Evangelion movie?


There's some info about this posted in the ["Why are child pilots
used"](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/42794/why-are-child-pilots-
used-in-the-first-place) question, but specifically, Asuka's mom Kyoko has
always been in the Evangelion.

In episode 22, we see the flashback of Asuka's mom having gone through a
contact experiment similar to what Shinji's mom, Yui, went through with
Unit-01. Similar to how Shinji's mom is "inside" Unit-01, Asuka's mom is
"inside" Unit-02. I've put "inside" in quotes as it's probably not in a
literal sense. Maybe it's their "souls" or "impressions" or something that's
inside the Evangelions. It's not entirely clear why this mother-child bond is
required in the show, although we do know the idea [came from Sadamoto, the
original
mangaka](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Yoshiyuki_Sadamoto:_Interview_with_Yoshiyuki_Sadamoto_.28Der_Mond.29).
We also know it's somewhat an important functional requirement, until Gendo
(and eventually Seele) managed to get the [Dummy
Plugs](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Dummy_Plug) to work (e.g. Unit-03, Mass
Produced Evangelion series from End of Evangelion).

As far as the "meaning of the [A.T.
Field](https://wiki.evageeks.org/A.T._Field)", there's a good bit of
speculation on how that all works. The first hint is from Kaworu during the
end of episode 24 where he does a rather cryptic infodump on the mechanics of
Evangelion, souls, and A.T. Fields:

[code]

    Kaworu: Eva is made of the same body as me.
        Because I'm also born of Adam.
        When the unit doesn't have a soul, I can unite with it.
        The soul of Unit 02 is shutting itself up now.
    
    Shinji: AT Field!
    
    Kaworu: Yes, you Lilims call it that.
        The holy region that must not be invaded by anyone.
        The light of the soul.
        You Lilims are aware of that.
        Aware that the AT Field is the wall of the soul that everyone
        has.
    
[/code]

So A.T. Fields are generated by a "soul" (again, probably not something that
is literal), and a "soul" is inside every Evangelion, and in this case,
specifically Unit-02, Asuka's Evangelion. I you also recall, Unit-02 was
previously unresponsive after the immense psychic attack from Arael which
affected both Asuka and the Evangelion (e.g. her mom). This made it possible
for Kaworu to take control of Unit-02 during episode 24 and why he says that
the soul has "shut itself up". Asuka has come to the realization that:

  1. Her mom has been in the Evangelion this whole time
  2. Her mom issues were all for naught because her mom has been with her this whole time, she wasn't alone afterall
  3. That her mom was using her soul to create Unit-02's A.T. Field which was protecting Asuka 

At that point, Asuka goes into kick-ass mode with/because of her new
understanding; a renewed bond with her mother/Eva's soul, a new understanding
of what the A.T. Field really is and probably an enhanced control of how to
use it (as evidenced by her fight with the Mass Produced Evangelions)


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