Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project Omnibus Volume 3 (Dark Horse Comics)

In Book Three, Shinji, Rei, and Asuka at last begin to train as a team for real combat, weapons in hand...stalking a giant gelatinous creature with a spherical "core" they must take out. If this kind of mission sounds strangely familiar, you're right--but