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Edens Zero Chapter 208 Review/Recap

End of the line, Dead End Crow! That’s all I really have to say about this chapter. 

Recap

Thanks to Kleene being saved by Laguna, the jammer canceller turns back on, giving everyone inside of Dead End Crow their Ether Gear back. Thanks to her, the Edens Zero has time to recover as Crow slows down. Inside, Holy’s free to go on the offensive, only for Cure to regenerate and then do his rant on good and evil again. Then Holy’s like, “are you done?” because she also aimed at Crow’s power source. As a result, Cure goes ballistic and fuses directly with his creation. Angered, Holy prepares to kill him for good. 

Thankfully, however, Jinn reminds her that her late sister wouldn’t want to see her give her life for this. They escape just as the hole Holy created begins to seal. Fortunately, Eraser pulls up and uses his powers to reopen the hole. Thus, the Edens Sero fires its cannon at full power, obliterating it, and Cure, from existence. Dead End Crow has reached the end of the line.

Review

There isn’t much for me to say about this chapter. At least the main part, that is. I made my feelings about Cure and Dead End Crow pretty obvious in my last chapter review. I didn’t care about what self-justification Cure used to create villains. What he was doing was still wrong, plain and simple. He got what he deserved in the end, and I’ll go back to forgetting about him—end of the line, Cure.

What I really want to talk about is the final moments of the chapter with Shiki, Ziggy, and Pino. It sucks that despite everything, Shiki can’t beat his alternate future self/grandpa. However, it also makes sense story-wise. What I’m really interested in is Pino. I sometimes forget she was made by Ziggy, and we don’t know her purpose yet. If she says she might be able to help Shiki, though, then I believe her.

This was a very mediocre chapter for me, honestly. I still don’t like the twist with Crow and Cure, and I will likely forget about them before long. I’m more interested in the story behind Ziggy and how he turned out to be like this. 

I Give “Dead End” a 2.5/5

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Edens Zero Chapter 207 Review/Recap

Last chapter, we learned two big pieces of information regarding the antagonists. Firstly, Pino revealed that Ziggy hacked into her CPU and unwittingly used it to spy on the Crew of Edens. Secondly, we discovered the power source behind Deadend Crow was, in fact, a traitor. Cure of the Oracion Seis Interstellar is behind the monstrous machine, something that I was not happy to learn.

This week, we hear Crow and his rationale behind all of this…and it makes me want to punch him. Really, really hard!

Recap

In the fight against Crow, the Crew of Edens nears its breaking point. Kleene’s knocked out and Jinn’s barely hanging in there. As for Holy, her initial joy at the sight of Crow turns to horror when he attacks her. 

Revealing himself to be the one who created Crow, Cure says that he did it for balance. Cute goes on a monologue, saying that for light to shine brightly, there must always be darkness. So he created threats for the OSI to defeat, as well as the heroes who would defeat them. He gave Nero and Drakken Joe their powers, and then let them be vanquished. He also gave Elsie and Nox bad reps to make them villains.

Beyond pissed from learning that Cure slaughtered a million people on her homeworld, her younger sister among them, Holy reacts appropriately.

At the same time, Kleene awakens and starts using her canceller, giving Holy and Jinn their Ether Gear back. Holy then attacks Cure in a rage, which leaves Crow slower and vulnerable to the Edens Zero’s main cannon. 

Review

*Takes a deep breath*

Cure…I honestly couldn’t care about your reasons.

I honestly couldn’t care less why you decided to play both sides like this. Nor do I care why you think there must be balance like this. Because right now, all I’m hearing from your stupid mouth is self-serving. HOT. GARBAGE.

Does Cure even understand how many lives he’s ruined? If he gave Drakken Joe his powers, then everything we went through with him is retroactively this guy’s fault. There’s a universe where Shiki’s dead, thanks to Joe, and the others suffer fates worse than death. I still shudder remembering what happened then!

Moreover, what Cure says about extinguishing the darkness of Joe and Nero doesn’t make sense. Shiki took down Joe, while Ziggy slew Nero. He never had a hand in either of their downfalls, as far as we know.

Maybe good and evil exist in a form of balance; that’s how it always seems to be in a lot of fiction. Unless Cure can prove the universe requires balance to survive, he’s just doing it to justify a reason to keep existing. No matter how you look at it, his motives seem utterly selfish. He deserves what’s coming to him.

That said, I’m glad to see that what we heard of Nox, aka Rebecca’s mom, might be lies. And it is a very decent plot twist if I look at it from a narrative point. The problem I have is how the motives of Cure sound so dumb. If we learn otherwise, I’ll take back my words.

I Give “To Shine” a 2.5/5

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Edens Zero Chapter 168 Review/Recap

The War for Aoi Cosmos is over, and nothing is the same anymore. Nero and Shura are dead, their Empire toppled by their enemies. Witch gave her life to save her family. Creed and Jaguar of the Oracion Seis Interstellar are dead; and Oasis lost so many members, including their old bosses daughter. Last week we saw everyone go through the five stages of grief. Now, it’s time for the final stage-moving on and returning the dead to the sea of stars.

Also, after this chapter, I think I speak for everyone when I say that I hate that little jerk, Jesse.

Recap

Following the end of the war, Oracion Seis Interstellar assesses their losses. Despite Nero and Shura being dead, they lost Jaguar and Creed. It’s a heavy blow, but despite everything, the Interstellar won’t rest until their counterparts are defeated. Afterwards, Justice and Victory discuss just how Creed died. Despite Jesse claiming Edens Zero did it, the crew of Edens returned his body with a note about how he died. Too bad Jesse erased it and flat out lies to Justice saying that Homura killed him. In addition, he also mentions that she’s Kurenai’s daughter and linked to Elsie, making Justice go ballistic.

On Sandra, the Crew of Edens and Oasis mourn the loss of all their friends. According to Goodwin, when someone in the Aoi Cosmos dies, they say went to join the sea of stars. Thus, they honor their journey to that sea by lighting up lamps that they send to the sea of stars with their love. As the Crew of Edens and all those on Sandra watch, thousands of lamps are sent up into the seas of the Aoi Cosmos, with Shiki bidding farewell to Witch, the mother of Edens.

Review

This chapter was absolutely beautiful to look at. When that full-cover spread with the lamps going into the sky came up, I could almost hear some bittersweet anime music playing. If Edens Zero the anime gets to this point, it’s going to be a tearjerker. Well done honoring the fallen, Mashima. The sea of stars is something that I won’t soon forget.

In more immediate concerns, this chapter cements Jesse as a little jerk. Firstly, he killed Creed and refused to accept responsibility for it. Now, he’s lied to Justice and framed Homura for his death. Given how much of a Templar Knight Justice is, he’s going to come after Edens Zero with a vengeance. Even if they try to tell him that Homura didn’t do it, I doubt he’ll listen. Here’s hoping Victory will believe them enough to talk reason into him. That, and I want to see Jesse beaten to a pulp now.

Overall, this was a very emotional end to a very emotional saga. Lot’s of growth, lot’s of death, and nothing’s going to be the same in Edens Zero. I can’t wait to see what happens.

I Give “The Sea of Stars” a 4.8/5

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