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Originally Posted by Iriliane

Wait a minute...

Spoiler for Major spoilers for the series:

If Shamshel blows up in a rain of blood instead of being retreived intact then NERV won't have aquired a working S2 Engine to attempt and fail to install on unit 4. As a result the US branch of NERV may not be consumed by the sea of Dirac. Which means that unit 4 may survive. Taking this into consideration I'd assume the new character is likely it's pilot. Maybe we'll get lucky and she can die instead of Touji.

Also with three new useable units maybe Kensuke will finally get his chance to be a pilot. Though it does seem amusing that the only one screwed up enough to WANT to pilot isn't allowed to.

Spoiler for Plot:

It's been awhile since I last watched this series, but I don't think Touji dies from the fight. Shortly after Shinji rebels against HQ for making Unit-01 destroy Touji's unit, Shinji gets sedated inside his plug and Touji is seen waking up next to Shinji in a patient bed.