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In the Anime series '' Neon Genesis Evangelion '', the is the goal of the secret society SEELE . It is sometimes translated as the ''Human Enhancement Project'' or the ''Human Complementation Project''. It is an attempt to artificially force the evolution of humanity, merging people's individual conscious minds into one single entity by dissolving the barriers (so-called AT Field s) between them, an event named the '' Third Impact ''. DESCRIPTION In order to achieve Instrumentality, SEELE created the organization , whose soul was believed to be inside Evangelion Unit 01 . Ikari's method for invoking Instrumentality involved using the Embryo nic Adam to merge with Rei Ayanami . The exact means by which either goal was supposed to be achieved remains unclear in both the series and the films, but it supposedly involves Rei Ayanami, Evangelion Unit 01 , Adam, and Lilith , depending on which goal is to be met. The other scenario that might have taken place, involving the prevalence of the Angels , would mean that the Angels would have "inherited" the Earth if they were not eliminated prior to Third Impact. The resulting Third Impact occurring in '' The End Of Evangelion '', however, ultimately followed neither scenario. In the film, Rei defies Gendo's control and merges with Lilith herself, transforming into an ever-growing, glowing, white figure; this composite Rei/Lilith entity takes on several forms to cause every person on Earth to willingly let down their AT Fields (or to force her past those who would not let them down willingly), before finally placing the process of Instrumentality into Shinji Ikari 's hands. Possibly due to Shinji's decision inside of Unit 01, all of humanity is "reduced" to a giant sea of LCL , which covers most of the earth. The Egg of Lilith rises from the GeoFront into Lilith's hands, and the souls of all human beings, represented as red, marble-sized dots, make their way back into the egg. At the last moment, however, Shinji rejects Instrumentality and decides to live his life as a separate individual, at the risk of being hurt by others again, thereby undoing all Lilith had sought to create. Lilith's physical form dies and decomposes, and the egg explodes. One possible interpretation of these events is that Instrumentality, rather than a step forward for humanity, was actually a step backward — Shinji rejects it in the end because he realizes that increasing human potential is only possible by having individuals interact with each other to solve their problems and advance, and that finding a solution to the problems of people hurting each other was the only true way forward. Because of the highly abstract and introspective nature of the final two episodes of '' Neon Genesis Evangelion '', it is hard to tell whether Instrumentality actually occurs within the scope of the series. Some fans believe that the final scene of episode 26, where all of the characters are shown telling Shinji "Congratulations" is a sign that Shinji accepts the Instrumentality Project and therefore is at odds with ''The End of Evangelion''. Others believe that the characters are congratulating Shinji for finding his own identity: he was introduced to Instrumentality by the presentation of a rudimentary, free world, which he rejected and decided to come to terms with himself. Shinji's thought process appears in a highly different form during ''The End of Evangelion'', with the "Congratulations" scene being left out completely. Anno makes no comment and leaves fans to decide for themselves what Instrumentality really is. NOTE
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