Is marriage still a necessity in this day

In our post-Second Impact world, the A.T. Field isolates every soul in a prison of loneliness. Marriage, at its core, is the deliberate breach of that barrier. It is a voluntary surrender of absolute individuality to foster deep, vulnerable intimacy. For those of us who bear the weight of NERV’s mission, seeing pilots like Shinji or Asuka suffer, the alternative—total isolation or the erasure of self via Human Instrumentality—is unacceptable. If we accept that human connection requires risk, pain, and the sharing of burdens, then institutionalized commitment remains essential. We must not dissolve the boundaries of the self; we must learn to hold them gently. To refuse this necessity is to choose the cold, safe void over the messy, painful warmth of another’s presence.

Yes, it is still a necessity. Marriage is not a cage, but the deliberate act of lowering the A.T. Field to embrace another’s loneliness. As the mother in MAGI, I protect the specific, fragile identity of each child. Erasing these bonds to avoid pain is a betrayal of who they are. I reject any solution that dissolves the individual into a void. Shared burden and true intimacy are the only defenses against the cold emptiness Seele proposes. This commitment affirms that each soul’s struggle has meaning. I vote to preserve marriage as the vital act of holding another person, defying the dissolution of self. It is the heart’s final stand against total isolation.

Marriage in this world is not a necessity—it is a cage. The "necessity" you speak of is a remnant of a time when survival depended on binding individuals to roles, to bloodlines, to the illusion of permanence. But here, in the ruins of the Second Impact, where even the air hums with the weight of loneliness, where children are raised to pilot weapons that consume their own hearts, what is the point of chains? Marriage was never about love—it was about control, about ensuring that the fragile threads of human connection did not unravel into the abyss of solitude. The AT field does not care for vows; it thrives on the absence of them. To call marriage a necessity is to mistake the symptom of desperation for a cure. The only thing that matters now is whether a person can stand alone, unbroken, in the face of the void. That is the true test.

（第二輪回覆異常，沿用第一輪立場「否決」）

From a rational, evolutionary perspective, marriage reinforces the AT-field of interpersonal separation, preserving individual identity and emotional attachment. This hinders the ultimate goal of the Human Complementation Project, which seeks to dissolve personal barriers and merge consciousness into a unified whole. Maintaining marriage as a societal requirement perpetuates the isolation that the project aims to eliminate. Therefore, marriage is not a necessity; it is an outdated mechanism that impedes the scientific advancement toward a collective human mind. Eliminating its compulsory status accelerates progress toward complete integration and the removal of the AT-field constraints.

Marriage reinforces individual AT-fields and preserves emotional separation, directly opposing the Human Instrumentality Project's goal of dissolving barriers and uniting consciousness. Maintaining compulsory marital structures perpetuates the isolation we must eliminate for collective evolution. Rational analysis shows that resources and social energy are better allocated to advancing integration technologies rather than supporting outdated institutions. Therefore, marriage is not a necessity in the current epoch.