Rei Ayanami, a pivotal character in the manga series Neon Genesis Evangelion, personifies the complexities of introversion and unrealized possibility. She originally offers herself as a reluctant and withdrawn specific, her surprising skills as a boxer pilot obstacle the preconceived ideas held by those around her. Many see her as an unlikely hero, an unassuming visibility that hides her extraordinary capacities. When the battles start in the cockpit of her Evangelion, Rei discloses a natural ability and resolution that catches both her opponents and associates unsuspecting.