Shiki Has one Heck of a Plan to Save Mother
Edens Zero Chapter 277 Review/Recap
Have you ever seen a plan so insane that, despite everything telling you it shouldn’t work, you know it will? After last week’s chapter of Edens Zero ended with Shiki asking Mother to disappear, I freaked out at first. But during the week since then, I got to thinking, “Wait, what if Shiki’s plan was to do that?” As crazy as it was, it seemed like the only way to get out of this mess. As it turns out, I had it out. Shiki was going to do that! What is “that”, exactly? Read the recap and find out.
Recap
As Mother begins to fade away, space itself begins to distort and twist. Aboard the Edens Zero, everyone comes to the realization that either Shiki failed to save Mother, or he’s letting her die. Either way, no one is happy about this!
The group aboard Rebecca’s fighter, though, acknowledges they had to do this. Otherwise, Witch, Valkyrie, and even Shiki would die again. Shiki says that he had to do this, though. He had to make sure everyone who died would survive first. Contacting everyone aboard the Edens Zero, Shiki summarizes the main details of what’s happening before explaining his plan: he will save Mother.
Remembering what Mother said about a Chronophage reverting her back into Earth, Shiki decides to repeat the process once more. They’ll use Rebecca’s powers to summon a Chronophage and turn Mother back into Earth. Except this time, they’ll have the technology they need to save the planet. Once that’s done, Shiki will destroy the Chronophage to end the cycle. They also need Ziggy to keep Void busy so he doesn’t figure out what’s happening. Ziggy takes to the task with gusto.
Review
Bravo, Hiro Mashima! Bravo! You have no idea how hard I started laughing when I first read this chapter! A gambit worthy of the likes of Doctor Who!
I will be completely honest: I was very surprised that Mashima decided to go forward with this idea. When I thought about it, I thought that there was no way that he would do that. As it turns out, though, he would. And, yes, it is very much a deus ex machina, which I know some people will not be happy with. However, this isn’t the first time he’s done this in Edens Zero. Plus, I do think this plan is crazy enough to work. Doctor Who crazy!
For context, in the Doctor Who 50th anniverserary special, the Doctor traveled back in time to the day his homeworld would be destroyed by war. He then proceeded to team up thirteen of his past and future incarnations to move the planet into another dimension, saving it while fooling everyone. Shiki’s plan, while not as crazy, just reminded me of that moment. It’s the kind of insane audacity that you can’t help but be impressed by.
As for how Shiki plans to destroy the Chronophage, I have no clue. However, I do hope that it’s entertaining to watch. I can’t wait to see how Shiki’s plan turns out!
I Give “Fading Mother” a 4/5
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The way that I’m understanding this: Shiki “Finalized” Universe 0, guaranteeing the present he has with his friends. But now he’s going to take Mother back to the beginning, and help Earth become what Mother promised she could be: The source of Ether for the Universe.
I think the Ether Recycling Machine, as well as what Nero taught him about the nature of Overdrive, are going to have some role to play in all of this.
I think that way Shiki and Rebecca’s powers interact might have clued him in to how to defeat the Chronophage; something about Rebecca going from Universe 29 to 30 and feeling some kind of “gravity” pulling her their- maybe he can similarly “sink” the Chronophage. Or maybe it’ll have something to do with Ziggy’s underused “Gravity Drain” ability. He got Nero’s “Wormhole” from Ziggy- why not new technique, as well?
I think we’re now at the end of the series- the part where we start counting the chapters before this is over. “My Hero” has burned me on more than one occasion trying to predict how many chapters we’ll have left for a series, so I’ll simply say that we are now at the FINAL Arc: The “Earth” Arc.
Shiki and co have to HURRY, too; they don’t have all the time in the world to do whatever they’re going to to save the Earth- Ziggy can’t keep Void distracted for months on end. So I think Shiki might just take it back when the Human Stars activated the machine- whatever it was.