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Best AsuShin Angst Fanfics

The best angst AsuShin (Souryuu Asuka Langley/Ikari Shinji) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Sometimes you want to feel deeply - angst delivers emotional catharsis and meaningful character exploration.

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Top AsuShin Angst Fic Recs

5 angst AsuShin fics matched, followed by other top-rated AsuShin stories.

1

Runner's blues

Angst

by daikahieu

How long can Shinji run (away) for?

17 kudos 7,417 words 2/3 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
2

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Recovery

Angst

by BoggleBud12

After the Third Impact, Shinji and Asuka wake up alone in a broken world. With the Evangelions & Angels gone, and humanity slowly returning, they’re forced to face the trauma, guilt and feelings that they spent their entire lives covering up or running from.

12 kudos 10,046 words 2/? chapters Explicit
3

Paradox of Evangelion

Angst

by luodoyed

Intends to expand and reshape original philosophy of Evangelion. Asuka-focused post-Third Impact story. Asuka, Shinji, Rei learning to survive in community instead of isolation. Serves as continuation and rethought of some aspects.

12 kudos 76,423 words 8/? chapters Mature
4

Evangelion in The Backrooms

Angst

by MrLunge

During a peaceful trip to the beach with his friends, Shinji Ikari along with others no clip into the backrooms. He wakes up alone in a sterile, infinite maze of mono-yellow walls, damp carpets, and the maddening hum of fluorescent lights. An endless expanse of rooms.Character focused exploration of

7 kudos 14,338 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
5

LORD GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE !

Angst

by VIXTHELEGENDARYBACKSHOTTER

No summary provided.

1 kudos 1,103 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated
6

(SI)^3

by Rosewater_Lemongrass

You are Shinji Ikari... (A quest-like narrative where you control the actions of a horny, egotistical, narcissistic, misogynistic Shinji, mysteriously sent back in time and inserted into the anime continuity)

219 kudos 64,054 words 29/? chapters Explicit
7

The Swim of Things

by OldManRetNuh

This is basically a novel I wrote that happens after the end of the series. This story is mainly about growth of the characters and their lives afterwards and contains a lot of world and character building. There are more relationships and characters than listed but they would be spoilers so I lef

111 kudos 562,276 words 37/40 chapters Explicit
8

EVA:逆命之证

by Kastelan_Jet

No summary provided.

28 kudos 268,774 words 108/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
9

Nephilim Uprising

by 1_Parzival_1

Nothing with the Evangelion units was ever expected, nor were most of the pilots’ actions.When the pilot of EVA Unit 02 Asuka Langley Sohryu brought her fellow pilot into Unit 02’s cockpit to battle Gaghiel, no one had anticipated the mental contamination from duo-synchronization, and no one had sus

28 kudos 2,732 words 2/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
10

All I Want

by deathbringer374

After TI fic. Asuka tries to bake Shinji a cake. Hilarity ensues. I mean, sort of, I don't have a single funny bone in my body, but I tried. As always, AXS. RXR?

14 kudos 5,780 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
11

Very Everything, All at Once

by katsuragi_espresso

People don’t always think rationally when they’re in love, so when Ritsuko unexpectedly finds herself pregnant, she sees it as an opportunity. Gendo sees what she’s trying to do, but agrees to play “happy families” with her – on the condition that she passes an impossible test. The universe sees the

13 kudos 9,024 words 3/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
12

Novelization Of Evangelion

by Dorothy_Doubt

Novelisation Of Evangelion aims to bring Neon Genesis Evangelion, the 1995 anime that changed the mecha genre, to a purely written form. That's about it really. The plots will remain pretty much the same, the only difference being some manga plots or story details may be implemented in places where

12 kudos 6,044 words 2/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
13

Dimensional Evangelion: Decade's Genesis

by EseKonig

Kamen Rider Decade is dead. Now a new successor must take his place as the Destroyer of Worlds, and thankfully, Tsukasa had already prepared for his death by leaving time remnant's of himself in order to find, train and guide his successor. Unfortunately, his remnants have their work cut out for the

11 kudos 12,143 words 3/? chapters General Audiences
14

The courage to be loved

by Guywhoreallyreallylikescocacola

Asuka looked into the mirror at her disheveled expression, and contorted it into a wide, confident grin ‘Be pretty. Be bold. Be proud. Be worthy’ Right before the botched kiss that ruined everything, Asuka's carefully constructed mask fails her, and her insecurities are revealed as she becomes more

10 kudos 1,843 words 1/? chapters Not Rated
15

The Metal Gospel

by Sansteroonimus

A fragile world that has suffered through so much catastrophe, has its fate laid upon the shoulders of a group of troubled children. But what if? those children had the proper guidance, even if that guidance came from the stars.

9 kudos 31,030 words 3/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
16

All Mixed Up

by katsuragi_espresso

Misato has drunkenly ordered a stand mixer off the internet; Asuka has a recipe for chocolate chip cookies; and Shinji has a tendency to pick the short straw sometimes, doesn't he?

6 kudos 616 words 1/? chapters General Audiences
17

Integrale

by Ihavenocluemate

2022 It has been 7 years since Third Impact. 5 years ago, Shinji and Asuka both moved to Germany. 3 years ago, they got married. After their wedding, Asuka came to Shinji with a question. Asuka and Shinji are now turning a new leaf in their lives—a very thrilling leaf. Or: Asuka and Shinji are deepl

6 kudos 1,452 words 1/? chapters Mature
18

A Woman’s Work: Excursus

by Rosewater_Lemongrass

Asuka has a long and hard night's work ahead of her…

5 kudos 7,139 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
19

The Dog Show

by BryanCroiDragon

Mana gets the idea for the group to go to a dog show. Thus, those who can attend find themselves at an exhibition of the first friend.

2 kudos 3,127 words 3/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
20

Returning to a normal life

by Chris0923

This is a sort of good ending to Evangelion. Everyone survived and prevented the Third Impact but are seriously traumatized. Misato didn't want to keep the kids in Japan while she helped clean up at NERV so she sent them away to Germany since Asuka was familiar with it. They were able to find Rei in

0 kudos 2,091 words 1/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences

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Why Angst AsuShin Fanfiction Works So Well

Souryuu Asuka Langley/Ikari Shinji — Two motherless children sharing an apartment and an apocalypse, weaponizing pride and passivity against each other because honesty is unbearable. From the synchronized dance routine to the beach at the end of the world, their barbed-wire bond is Evangelion's most dissected relationship.

Angst — Stories focused on emotional pain, drama, and intense feelings.

Fic does what canon couldn't: gets two damaged kids into therapy, or at least into the same honest conversation. Sometimes you want to feel deeply - angst delivers emotional catharsis and meaningful character exploration. That's why angst AsuShin fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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