Thrice Upon A Time picks up right where the last movie ended off, exactly how it should for the way 3.0 ended. The slice of life scenes are cute and it's nice to see them enjoying themselves (even if it doesn't last very long and there is still that classic Evangelion depression looming around the corner). Shiro Sagisu's music is as great as it's been the entire Rebuild series. It's calm when it needs to be and hype and dramatic when it needs to. The animation is smooth aside from a few scenes that use unnecessary CGI where it's a bit too smooth. The same goes for the art in general, which is pretty and colorful and provides a lot of chances for great wallpapers but there was a few times the CGI stuck out. Although there were times where the CGI seemed intentional, the fight with Shinji and his father could be excused as intentional do to the fact that that scene is based on old TV shows that had people in costumes stomping around miniature cities which Hideaki Anno is inspired by. The other time the CGI seemed intentional was the giant head, which if you've watched it you know what I am talking about. in those scenes to me it felt it was done that way so it would make viewers uncomfortable, and in my case it definitely grossed me out cause of how much it stuck out. The one time I absolutely couldn't get behind the CGI was towards the beginning in a scene where Asuka got aggressive with Shinji force feeding him it's clear they used CGI and motion capture, and although I am sure there was a reason for them doing that, I just couldn't find a way to justify it myself and even if I did it was just not very visually appealing. As always with the Eva series the characters are well written and you feel for them. At the beginning we see Shinji with the same lack of motivation he had through out The End Of Evangelion but unlike that movie where he is more forced to get in the Eva and get over his depression, in this movie we see him slowly regain his motivation and he alone makes the decision to get back in the robot without anyone really even bring it up which is a first for the series. We finally got to see Shinji have genuine confidence and control of how he feels and accept that life isn't easy. Which we kind of got to see in the original series but in those it was more acceptance rather than him over coming it. Asuka is extra aggressive in this movie and we are shown why but this movie doesn't really focus much on Asuka's character till the end so there isn't much to say about her. The twist with her character was seriously unexpected and genuinely surprised me. Rei had a few moments too, seeing how this new Rei clone reacts to the world in an absolutely clueless way was interesting. Although I would have liked the movie to talk more about the other Rei clones it was nice seeing how this clone grows closer to Shinji. Much like Asuka, Rei didn't have a huge focus on her character or much attention at all in the middle and near end of the movie. Finally Misato almost had nothing for her this entire movie till the end. The Main thing that happened with her was us finally being able to see what happened between 2.22 and 3.33 that caused her to become so serious. The end sequence was exactly what I loved about the original series with a twist of Shinji being the one therapizing others rather than them therapizing him. Before this movie the show and the movies felt pretty much disconnected which they absolutely shouldn't because as Hideaki said himself Evangelion is a repeating story, so if they feel disconnected there's an issue but, with the ending we've been given it makes it clear that the Rebuilds are sequels to the show. The way the movie ended left me completely satisfied, not wishing for a different one or asking for more. Not every good thing needs to continue forever and ever and this movie understands that and ends in a way that allows itself to be put to rest. Evangelion is done, Hideaki Anno told the story he wanted to tell. with the Rebuilds he set out to fix what he was unable to do with the original series and this movie does exactly that.