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Edens Zero Chapter 268 Review/Recap

I’m not sure if I’ve said this enough, but the sight of the Shining and Dark Stars fighting each other is really hard to watch. If the flashback’s the manga’s been giving us are of the eight androids in a past life, then they were all friend with each other. Witch and Wizard were happily married, to boot! Seeing them tearing each other apart in the present day is a cruel tragedy. That tragedy’s only compounded by the fact that Void is Ziggy/Shiki’s son from a possible future. Mashima seems determined to mess with the fans like this!

Recap

While Void confirms that Rebecca and Shiki are his parents, he also says that Rebecca isn’t his mom. At the same time, Shiki also says he doesn’t accept Void as his son. He thinks it’s not good for him to have a galaxy-class deliquent for a son. Resolving himself to the fact that neither belongs in this new world, Ziggy declares that he’s going to defeat his son. As the two titans of Ether gear clash, Void gains the upper hand with his time Ether. However, Ziggy’s experience allows him to remain equal to Void. Before long, Ziggy’s shattered Void’s mask, revealing the man who looks a lot like Shiki within.

Meanwhile, everyone aboard the Edens Zero is surprised to learn that Ziggy’s still alive. Despite this, and despite the fact that Ziggy created them all, Wizard refuses to give up the fight. Using the full extent of their powers, Wizard and Witch clash one last time, and despite Wizard’s best efforts, he’s no match for the Shield of Edens. 

As Witch mentally questions if there’s a world where they didn’t have to fight, the scene changes to 20,000 years in the past. There, on a starlit balcony at night, Leonard proposes to Regret, who happily accepts.

Review

Well, that was still a little unexpected. We still don’t know how Void came back in time, or what he hopes to gain from all of this. However, it’s clear that he doesn’t see Shiki or Rebecca as his actual parents. Which might be for the best, since it’s likely that Shiki or Ziggy will have to take him down. What was most surprising, though, was how Void looks like the spitting image of an older Shiki. His hair is slightly different, but he looks just like him.

This chapter did nothing to explain why Void’s so determined to destroy everything, but it did show us how tough an opponent he really is. Scientists believe that, at it’s strongest, the power of gravity can bend the laws of the universe around it. Combine that with Void’s time powers, and that’s a terrifying villain. 

The main draw of the chapter, though, was the conclusion of the fight between Witch and Wizard. I’ve said it several times by now, but seeing the Shining and Dark Stars fighting each like this is very tragic. If the flashbacks are of their lives before they became machines, then Witch just had to fight her husband. The worst part is, they don’t even know how they’re connected.

There are only five minutes left before the Edens Zero self-destructs. With the way things are going, the Shining Stars might be able to stop that. However, they may end up killing the people that they once called friends in the process. That’s a tragic outcome, and one I’m not looking forward to seeing. 

I Give “Ziggy vs. Void” a 3.5/5

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