

Shinji, Rei and other pilots wear these headsets:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4yKvu.jpg)

But why don't Asuka and Mari wear those headsets?


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Why don't Asuka and Mari wear headsets?


They wear them in a different place, and both of them also "accessorize" them:

Asuka wears red ones that double as hair clips:

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

And Mari wears white ones as part of her hair band:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BpWw3.jpg)

Both of them are seen pretty much wearing them all the time.

Also, the [Interface Headset wiki
page](https://wiki.evageeks.org/Interface_Headset) says:

> The headsets used by Asuka Langley Soryu, and by Asuka Shikinami Langley for
> her Eva-03 test, are both more similar to hair clips in form than the
> default model. Mari Makinami Illustrious also wears a unique model
> incorporated into a hairband. For both Asuka and Mari, the headset lies
> against different parts of the brain than the standard model, but whether
> this has any functional implications isn't known.


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