ReiShin

ReiShin

ReiShin is the het ship between Rei Ayanami and Shinji Ikari from the Neon Genesis Evangelion fandom.

Canon
Rei and Shinji have a significant relationship thorough the series, however it is eventually revealed that Rei is a clone of his mother Yui, and in fact has three iterations throughout the series. Rei dies in Episode 23 and is replaced by another clone of her, which alienates her from Shinji. In End of Evangelion, Rei fuses with Lilith and discusses with Shinji about his traumas and the future of humanity.

In Evangelion 2.0, Shinji gets very close to a much warmer and more open Rei, and many fans believed the movie was going to make it a canon relationship, however in 3.0 she was replaced by another clone and Shinji was left alienated from her again.

Fanon
Fans often debate on whether this relationship counts as incest and if Shinji is better off with Rei, whose views on the fandom range from an uncaring, cold "doll" to an caring, warm and philosophical character, or other characters such as Asuka and Kaworu.

Reishin used to be very popular in the early days of the fandom in the late 90s and early 00s, but steadily gave way to Asushin and, more recently after the Rebuilds, is probably in a third place after Kawoshin. It is featured heavily in official spin-offs, videogames, and manga, as well as doujinshi from those periods.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Rei/Shinji on FanFiction.Net