Shin Seiki Evangerion1995

[Unit-01 grips Kaworu in its left hand]

Shinji Ikari:
Kaworu-kun, why?

Kaworu Nagisa:
Because it's my destiny to continue to live, even if it may result in the destruction of humanity. But I can also die here. Life and death are of equal value to me. Dying of your own will. That is the one and only absolute freedom there is.

Shinji Ikari:
What? Kaworu-kun, I don't understand what you're saying! Kaworu-kun...

Kaworu Nagisa:
And, you are not a being who should die. Your people need the future. Thank you. I'm glad I met you.

[for a long, long moment, Shinji and the EVA hold still, as Kaworu looks up at them. Then, the fist closes with a loud crush]