Tower of Fantasy EVA Collab Gives Away 45kg of OJ as Tribute to Rei Ayanami — Players Lose It Over the Weight Easter Egg

Gifting one player 45kg of orange juice — now think about that number for a second.

Tower of Fantasy's Evangelion (EVA) collab has entered its second phase, introducing Rei Ayanami as the new gacha banner character. To celebrate, the official team launched a retweet giveaway, and the prize is hilariously on-brand: 45 kilograms of orange juice. Yes, forty-five whole kilograms.

Any EVA fan worth their LCL instantly caught the reference — 45kg is Rei Ayanami's canonical body weight. The orange juice angle ties back to one of the most iconic and meme'd elements of the entire franchise: LCL, the amber-colored life-sustaining fluid that fills the Evangelion entry plugs. The community widely praised this as a collab that actually "gets" the source material, which is rarer than you'd think in the gacha space.

The comment section was overwhelmingly positive. One top reply went: "Holy shit, 45 liters — this person's gonna turn yellow," connecting the LCL color meme in one punchline. Another quipped: "This orange juice is kinda sour, not everyone likes it" — a nod to the fact that LCL canonically smells and tastes terrible. Others chimed in with "Now THIS is how you do a collab" and "Credit where credit's due, this is genuinely clever."

But after the initial praise, players did what gamers do best — the math. One commenter asked: "Why not split the prize among more winners? 45kg all going to one person is insane." At roughly 300g per 300ml bottle, that's around 150 bottles of OJ. Someone immediately showed sympathy for the delivery driver: "The courier just wants to have a word with whoever planned this."

Keen-eyed players confirmed the weight is no coincidence: "Wait, 45kg — Rei's actual canonical weight is 45kg!" Another commenter nailed the entire saga in one line: "Melons are sweet but small, oranges are small but sour" — a play on the Chinese internet slang for gaming gossip (吃瓜, "eating melon") versus the orange juice theme.

Overall, the community reception has been nothing short of positive. In an era where IP collabs in gacha games frequently fumble the bag with generic content or tone-deaf promotions, Tower of Fantasy found a way to honor Evangelion with genuine wit and a viral-ready Easter egg. The only question remaining: does the lucky winner have enough pantry space for 150 bottles of OJ?