

His fate at the end of 2.0 is unknown, and there is no mention of him at all in Evangelion 3.0. He is last seen with Toji, Hikari and Pen-Pen, holding his video camera and cowering from missile explosions as Zeruel attacks Tokyo-3. Kensuke demonstrates extensive knowledge of Nerv's internal projects in Evangelion 2.0, talking about the Eva-04 accident and Eva-03's imminent arrival. In Evangelion 1.0, he and Toji witness the Shamshel battle and soon become close friends with Shinji. In Rebuild of Evangelion, Kensuke closely follows his original role. Please discuss this issue, or begin editing the page. This article needs (more) images to illustrate some of the items discussed within and to keep it from being a barren, boring wasteland of text. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In the Proposal, Kensuke is depicted without his usual glasses and gives more of an impression of toughness, as opposed to the rather gentle and nerdy character shown in the Anime. Like the rest of the residents of Tokyo-3, Kensuke had to leave the area after the city was destroyed by the detonation of Eva 00 in Episode 23. Kensuke often knows more about the doings of Nerv than Shinji does, and has hacked into his father’s data files to get such information on at least one occasion ( Episode 06). He witnessed Shinji crying in the Entry Plug after the battle with Shamshel, and knew that Toji ended up in the hospital after being selected as Evangelion Unit-03’s pilot, yet when he found out that Shinji Ikari was leaving again after the incident, Kensuke’s phone message to Shinji, just before it was cut off, only said, "Damn! Even Toji became an Eva pilot, while I-" ( Episode 19).

It seems that no experience with Children will make Kensuke change his mind. This never seems to have affected their friendship, though Shinji is confused by Kensuke’s enthusiasm about piloting. Most importantly, Kensuke wants to become an Evangelion pilot extremely badly, making him benignly jealous of Shinji (though this is also for living with the attractive Misato Katsuragi). He acts out elaborate war scenarios in the countryside by himself, as seen in Episode 04, and was tremendously excited to be taken aboard Over the Rainbow in Episode 08, spending most of his time there taking video of everything in sight with his camcorder, regardless of what was happening around him. Kensuke is fascinated with military paraphernalia and warfare. (Source: afufu.Kensuke along with Toji and Shinji. He is also similar in appearance to the character Jean, from Hideaki Anno's earlier anime Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. Kensuke is named after a main character in the novel The Fascism of Love and Fantasies (Ai to Gensou no Fascism) by Ryu Murakami. He is rarely seen without his camcorder at hand. Like Toji, Kensuke has a crush on Misato Katsuragi. Like presumably every one of Shinji's classmates, Kensuke's mother is deceased.

Nevertheless, Kensuke enjoys the privileges of being the friend of an Eva pilot he and Toji accompany Shinji on the excursion to the UN combined naval fleet during the transportation of Unit 02. He also seems oblivious to the intense physical and psychological duress endured by Eva pilots. Kensuke dreams of becoming an Eva pilot and ceaselessly begs Shinji to pull strings in NERV so he can be selected as a pilot, despite Shinji telling him that he has no say in the matter. Kensuke solidifies his friendship with Shinji after Shinji saves him and Toji during the fight against the fourth Angel, Shamshel. His hobbies include camping in the mountains surrounding Tokyo-3 and playing at simulated war reenacting-by himself. Kensuke Aida is an otaku, a military buff, Toji's best friend, and one of the "Other Children," Eva pilot candidates in the same class as Shinji, Toji, Rei, Asuka, and Hikari.
