Edens Zero Chapter 274 Review/Recap
To recap the last chapter of Edens Zero: 20,000 years in the past, the future Shining Stars and Dark Stars came up with a crazy plan to save Earth by forcing it to Overdrive. While they were doing this, Shiki was born to Regret and Leonard, AKA Witch and Wizard. Unfortunately, their attempts to save the world came too little, too late. It’s armageddon for Earth, and the birth of Mother is imminent!
Recap
The collapse of all life on Earth has begun. Disasters are striking all over the planet, countless people and animals are dying, and it seems to be the end of days. In the midst of all this, Ivry manages to pull Cooper out of some rubble and get them to Yuna’s lab. There, the future Shining and Dark Stars discuss how the government wouldn’t approve of Yuna’s proposal to make the planet go Overdrive. So, Mio hacks into everything and makes it happen, anyway. Once it starts, the Ether will purify itself while the Earth enters hibernation until its ready to reform.
By the time Ziggy arrives on the planet, though, things seem to be too late. Everyone is dead, including the Shining and Dark Stars; the only one he finds alive is an infant Shiki. As he ponders what to do with Shiki, though, the ground begins to shake underneath him. Earth’s enveloped in an overwhelming, bright light. Before Ziggy can understand what’s happening, the planet enters Overdrive. When the light subsides, Ziggy finds himself standing before a massive, ethereal woman, Mother.
Review
We knew that things weren’t going to end well for the Earth, but holy toledo, that was dark.
Firstly, it’s disappointingly realistic for the governments of the world to not approve of Yuna’s plan to save the world. Even when they are out of other options and time, not everyone is willing to get onboard with a plan that they might consider crazy. Thankfully, Mio managed to override them and make it happen anyway, thus leading to Earth becoming Mother. However, she and the others wouldn’t live to see it happen as Humans. We don’t know how they were remade into machines in the present day, but it likely has something to do with Mother.
As for how Ziggy is there, I do have a theory about that. Remember how Ziggy said he tried to make it to Universe 0, only to get attacked by a Chronophage and lost his memories? He woke up on the planet Granbell, but what if that wasn’t the first place he ended up? What if he did end up making it to Mother? Or rather, right before Mother was born? That would explain why he’s on Earth as it’s entering Overdrive and turning into Mother. Then, as part of whatever promise made, he had to lose his memory of the event and get sent 20,000 years into the future to create a stable time loop. It’s crazy, but for now, it’s the only theory I’ve got.
This chapter had a lot for us to unpack, and despite knowing how poorly it would end, it was still hard to look at.
You know, I hadn’t thought about that. That’s actually a solid, reasonable theory. And I would assume that Mother’s birth was where the Multiverse got started; he didn’t just make it to Universe 0- it made it the origin point of EVERYTHING,. And like you said- he was sent forward 20,000 years to Universe 1 to start this story.
Where Rebecca’s family and powers come into the story, I’m not 100% sure. But they have something to do with what’s happening.
Something thing I’ve been thinking about for a about a day now: What happened to the Edens One in Universe 1? Connor was aboard the ship until it sunk, but……… what could POSSIBLY “sink” the One? And for that matter; what was it doing in Universe 1 prior to its destruction?
And if Ziggy built it as Shiki’s “back up” ship to go to Mother, then…………. how did Connor end up “The Captain?” There’s a story there that Mashima’s not telling us……..