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| Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days | |
 Cover of first edition of the first volume, showing Asuka Soryu, left, and Rei Ayanami, right | |
| 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 鋼鉄のガールフレンド2nd (Shin Seiki Evangelion Kōtetsu no Girlfriend 2nd) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Fumino Hayashi |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Asuka |
| English magazine | |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | November 2003 – December 2005 |
| Volumes | 6 |
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2nd (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 鋼鉄のガールフレンド2nd, Shin Seiki Evangelion Kōtetsu no Gārufurendo 2nd), titled as Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days in North America and Neon Genesis Evangelion: The 2nd Iron Maiden in Europe, is a manga by Fumino Hayashi based on the videogame Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2nd. It is a dramatization of the actions of the Instrumentality from the final episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion, which featured the show's cast in a high school romantic comedy in contrast to the dark, apocalyptic themes of the television show that inspired it. It was serialized in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten in Monthly Asuka from 2003 to 2005 and collected in 6 bound volumes.
Set on an alternate Earth, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days continues the sequence from Episode 26 in which Shinji views a happier world where Asuka is a childhood friend, Misato is his homeroom teacher, and Rei is a new transfer student. The Evangelions and Angels make up little of the story and are not fully explained; they first appear near the end of the second volume, during which Shinji and Rei battle Sachiel. The series concludes with a much happier ending than that of the original anime.
The series is licensed in English by ADV Manga, who serialized it in Newtype USA before publishing the bound volumes.