Edens Zero Chapter 270 Review/Recap
Last time on Edens Zero, things finally seemed to be looking up for the Crew of Edens. Aconella’s down, three of the four Dark Stars are down (a little too fast, if you ask me), and they’ve managed to stop the self-destruct. Or so they think. Killer’s still on the loose in the ship’s servers, and now he’s ready to enact his ultimate plan! Thankfully, the genius hacking duo of Hermit and Weisz manage to outplay him, proving why so many fans seem to ship them.
Of which I am one.
Recap
Thanks to getting the shut-down codes from the others, Hermit’s able to shut-down the Edens Zero. However, it fails to stop the self-destruct program. Killer wanted Hermit to shut off the ship, leaving it immobile and defenseless. All the better for him to ram the One into the Zero. Hermit tries to reboot the computer, but it’s too late: the One is seconds from impact!
Except it doesn’t, thanks to Weisz. Having figured out that Killer was up to something, Weisz digitally dived into the One’s digital space using a custom pod he built on the Zero. Having not forgotten his defeat in the previous world, Weisz is itching for some payback. Donning his Arsenal gear and working in conjunction with Hermit, the two give Killer a well-deserved beatdown and kicking him out of cyberspace.
Not one to be deterred, Killer tries to restart the program. However, he was so distracted that he failed to notice the ship’s already been boarded. Laguna easily takes him out.
Review
And just like that, all of the Dark Stars are down for the count, and the Edens Zero is saved.
It was pretty obvious at the end of the last chapter that stopping the self-destruct wasn’t going to be as easy as they made it out to be. That said, I don’t think any of us expected Killer to try and ram the One into the Zero. Had he done so, everyone aboard either ship would’ve likely died! Given how most of his allies had been taken down by this point, though, that might have seemed like the best choice for him.
The big highlight about this chapter, though, was that epic tag-team takedown, courtesy of Weisz and Hermit. There’s a good reason why there’s a lot of ship tease between the two: their powers and skills complement each other, and when they work together, they’re pretty much unstoppable. Given how Weisz pretty much confessed to Hermit before everything went down, it’s likely the series will end with the two of them becoming an item. Given everything they’ve gone through, together, I wholeheartedly support that.
With the four Dark Stars out of the way, though, that can only mean two things: one, the final battle is soon at hand, or two, Mashima’s going to have some new challengers appear. Either way, I don’t expect this to be over soon.
