Very nice fic you have here! It's a pairing that doesn't happen often but seems quite possible. After all, if it really is Toji's compassionate side that Hikari likes then she really missed out in the series by not looking deeper into Shinji's character. Shinji is still getting the better end of this diversion however, unless you pull the stunt with the 13th that I've dreading since Ritsuko's appearance at the hearing.

The pacing seems a bit odd with a lot of nearly series-identical bits early on, but it seems in later chapters you wisely began to skip scenes that occurred unaltered. I expect that as things go there will be less scenes like this. Still, it seems to me that a few of the differences, while slight, don't quite make sense as they involve changing things in the timeline which Shinji's new relationship has no bearing on.

It's too bad this was posted so long ago...I have a feeling that a later posting date (IE: FFN is more popular) would've done well for this in terms of attention.

Great, marvelous fic.
I enjoy Hikari/Shinji, I really do...

But I like Hikari most when she shows her wild/naughty/dirty/adventurous side.
Usually her character seems to be too much of a giggling boring prude. The reason Asuka is interesting as a romantic partner to Shinji is because how crazy and wild she is. In this case it's just two boring people.
It especially irks me when Hikari acts like such a prude or little girl, like when she asked shockingly about Shinji drinking beer or suggested they leave the room before Ritsuko cursed up a storm. I mean, I guess it's nice behaivor for a normal girl her age, but I guess I prefer abnormal Shinji with abnormal girls.
But hey, it's a good fic, and I enjoyed the pairing overall.

Wow, this is really an old fic. I found out about it while reading someone elses review of a Hikari fic. Even though I've only read this first chapter, I can say honestly that this is one of the better fics in the large collection of Eva fics on this site. Thank you Hotwire, whoever you are. Thank you.

Major Kudos for bravery! Hikari and Shinji are so cute! Love it ;p

I want to comment on chapter 4.. and the possible reason why nerv would intervene for Hikari..

She was one the possible Pilots for EVA, and therefore could not be expelled.

Cause I've read in another fic about how tokyo 3 contained all the kids from over japan who were eligable to pilot.

Just a possible theory.

ya know.. I find myself leaning shinji / Asuka.. and yet, when I go back to fics like this with shinji/hikari, I find that I'm really tolerant of shinji/hikari pairings... Truly an excellent fic to keep people like me coming back to reread...

cool chapter, glad to see more divergence

cool story premise, although right now it seems like hikari was just cut and pasted into the story. you're following the original story pretty strictly

still, pretty cool

blimmin heck that was excellent

Young teacher, the subject
Of schoolgirl fantasy
She wants him so badly
Knows what she wants to be
Inside her there's longing
This girl's an open page
Book marking - she's so close now
This girl is half his age
lol brilliant, i always thought that would be a great song to describe asuka

One of the best fanfics I ever read.You realy know how to write a good storie.Keep on writing, you got real nack for this.Peace out!

Just wanted to say that i think this is a great fic

Wow. That sums pretty much everything up. Wow, this fic is absolutely great. Just spent the last bunch of hours reading it start to finish, and now I am off to read book 2. Thanks for writing such an absolutely great story!

Great story. I agree with another reviewer, solid writing and story telling. Hikari is very well developed as are her sisters. I read all 8 chapts in one sitting. I wonder if it was actually easier to develop a character that Gainax left largely untouched.