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series features an extensive cast of characters created by
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. The story is set in a
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called the , which comprises multiple
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s called "cosmoses" that the protagonists navigate using the titular
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. The characters consist mainly of humans, robots, and aliens, the majority of which inhabit the "Sakura Cosmos". Described as a "space fantasy" series by Mashima, ''Edens Zero'' depicts several characters that use a magic-like technique called to harness their bodies' Ether – a magical power source – like the machines of their universe. Other characters include , which are users of an
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based on
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, and
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also feature prominently throughout the story, particularly those created by a time-devouring space monster called the Chronophage, and others who inhabit numbered parallel universes across the
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. Critics and readers have compared the characters' designs and attributes to those from Mashima's earlier series ''
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'', some of which they noted were intentionally derivative.


Creation and conception

When developing ''Edens Zero'', author
Hiro Mashima is a Japanese manga artist. He gained success with his first serial '' Rave Master'', published in Kodansha's '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, '' Fairy Tail'', published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2 ...
wrote several characters' storylines to tie closely to the foundation of the story, which Mashima stated would "almost never change mid-series", amidst those he introduced and changed during the story's progression; he described his storytelling method as falling "somewhere in between" his previous works ''
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'', whose stories and characters he had largely worked out by the series' midway point, and ''
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'', where the only predetermined aspect was the backstory of protagonist
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. Mashima's writing approach led him to include new characters to the main cast who were not originally planned to be, while several planned characters such as Homura and the Four Shining Stars were introduced earlier than intended, resulting in a majority of female characters joining the main cast over male characters. A number of characters are modeled after characters from ''Rave Master'' and ''Fairy Tail'', including
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, Elsie Crimson (
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), and
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( Sieg Hart and Jellal Fernandes). Plue, another recurring character in Mashima's manga who featured prominently in ''Rave Master'', makes a minor appearance as well. The manga also includes fictionalized versions of
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rs whom Mashima has met. When discussing the series' villains, Mashima stated that his personal theme for ''Edens Zero'' was to make them "the absolute worst kind of trash possible" so that readers could look forward to their downfalls, while also giving them their own convictions that would lead them to battle the protagonists. He was influenced to do so after receiving comments from those who sympathized with villains that he intended to be "real iecesof garbage" in his previous works. For the manga's second half, which advances the story by three years, Mashima deliberately gave minor visual changes to most of the characters' designs apart from Shiki, whom he wanted to "stand out"; he added that, with the exception of
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and
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's redesigns, there "wasn't really any thought" put into these changes.


''Edens Zero'' crew

The primary characters of the series are the crew of the – ''Edens'' being an acronym for "Ether Drive Eternal Navigation System" – an interstellar warship left by
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as inheritance to his adoptive grandson, Shiki. The crew's goal is to navigate the universe in search of
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, both to prove her existence and have their wishes granted by her. In the story's second half, the ''Edens Zero'' is revealed to have come from 20,000 years in the future of Universe 3173, a parallel universe where androids suffer an Ether shortage due to Mother's disappearance and humankind's ensuing extinction. To prevent this, the ship was built on the planet Eden for Ziggy to travel to Universe Zero, a temporal convergence point that influences all other universes in the
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, using the power of to travel through time. The crew uses Etherion to reach Universe Zero for the final
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, where they regain their memories of past universes after living altered, often idyllic lives, while also retaining their experiences in the new world.


Shiki Granbell

is the sole human denizen of Granbell, a robot-inhabited theme park planet. Shiki uses the Ether Gear to freely manipulate
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for himself and others, a power learned from his surrogate grandfather, Ziggy, who found the infant Shiki on a voyage for Mother beyond the Sakura Cosmos. He is characterized by his obsession with making friends, as well as a paralyzing fear of bugs. After Granbell's dying robot community chases him away with Rebecca to save him from solitude on their planet, Shiki searches for Mother to fulfill his goal of making 100 new friends across the universe. In the process, he receives the ''Edens Zero'' from Elsie Crimson and inherits Ziggy's title of "Demon King" as the ship's captain. Eventually, Shiki discovers his origins as the sole survivor of a dying planet
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, Mother's original form 20,000 years in the past, who is first brought into the present era after the Chronophage briefly returns Mother to her planetary state. Continuing his theme of naming protagonists after seasons, Mashima chose the Japanese word meaning for the main character of ''Edens Zero'' to represent the culmination of his previous works. The series' second half features the character's transition into a young man, which was planned early in development. Mashima hesitated to incorporate the change due to concerns of negative reactions from "fans of the boyishly cute Shiki"; he left traces of his old design to alleviate this, describing the change as "shifting him from cute to cool". Shiki is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by
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in English.


Rebecca Bluegarden

is a and Shooting Starlight member from the planet Blue Garden, where she lives after being separated from her parents, Connor and
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, during her childhood. She aspires to attain one million subscribers for her account, , which suffers from low viewership due to poor-quality content. She is an expert markswoman who acquired her skills from playing
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s. After stimulating her Ether through repeated baths in the ''Edens Zero''s
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, Rebecca develops her own Ether Gear called , which enhances her jumping power and agility, and allows her to rewind time and mentally "leap" into parallel universes at different points in time. This power serves as the basis of Etherion in the distant future, which leads to Rebecca's transformation into the Chronophage. Mashima named the character after the Japanese band
Rebecca Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...
, drawing inspiration from their song "
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" to compliment Shiki's friend-obsessed personality. Rebecca is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by
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in English.


Happy

is Rebecca's best friend and partner, based on the character of the same name from ''
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''. He is a feline alien from the planet Excede who was fatally injured in a traffic accident during Rebecca's childhood, leading their benefactor, Professor Weisz, to transfer Happy's mind into an identical android body to help him survive. Happy can transform into a pair of firearms called , which fire non-lethal Ether bullets. He loses his mechanical abilities in Universe Zero, where he never experiences his accident and remains flesh and blood.
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and
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reprise their roles from ''Fairy Tail'' as the Japanese and English voices for Happy, respectively.


Weisz Steiner

is a man from the planet Norma who practices the Ether Gear , which allows him to instantly remodel machines to improve their performance, deconstruct them, and create weapons. As a result of Weisz fleeing Norma before the Chronophage rewinds fifty years of its history, there are two alternate versions of him that co-exist as separate people: his adolescent self, an amoral but good-natured criminal who joins the crew after betraying his gang leader, ; and his elderly, present-day self, who has since matured into an esteemed
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professor. The young Weisz assumes a
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identity named using a
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that he custoizes with his Machina Maker, built with the help of
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, with whom he eventually pursues a relationship in Universe Zero. Mashima described Weisz as "one of the good guys, but still a scumbag", which he noted is an uncommon character type among his works. He also said that Weisz's role in the story was "pretty clearly laid out", which made it "fairly easy to get imto do what I want". Weisz is voiced by in Japanese; in English, his younger self is voiced by Ray Chase, and his older self is voiced by Brook Chalmers.


E.M. Pino

is a miniature "anti-bot" android who generates an
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(EMP) that disables machinery and Ether Gear within range for short periods of time. Pino was built by Ziggy to become the , the "next generation" of androids to the Four Shining Stars, but had her memory erased by
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's gang when she arrived on Norma for maintenance from the present-day Weisz. She joins Shiki after assigning him as her new master, later desiring to be reborn as a human through Mother. During the crew's battle with Ziggy on Lendard, he restores some of Pino's memory while struggling against the ''
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''s control, which allows her to fulfill her purpose of freeing him through her ability to Overdrive. In Universe Zero, she suffers a malfunction over learning the origins of the Four Shining Stars, which leads to her eventual deactivation. She is later revived by Mother, deciding against being reincarnated as Shiki and Rebecca's human newborn and accepting her identity as a machine. Mashima created Pino to serve as the
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character of the series, but during development of the manga, he found it increasingly difficult to include her within the first chapter, where he incorporated Happy to stand in for her. As with Weisz, Mashima said that he found it "fairly easy" to write for Pino due to her established role in the story. He later called Pino his favorite character in the series, adding that he worked out "a lot" of story details for her, and that she would "probably" become an important character. Her name comes from Mashima's attempt to make the term "EMP" sound "cute". Pino is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by
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in English.


Homura Kôgetsu

is a young swordswoman from Oedo, a planet styled after
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Japan. She is trained by Valkyrie Yuna to use the Ether Gear , which creates swords and bladed weapons made of solid Ether. Homura has the habit of voicing her inner thoughts by mistake, stemming from Valkyrie's encouragement for Homura to overcome her quiet nature as a child. She first joins the crew to search for Valkyrie, who had gone missing for five years, and whom she regards as a mother figure after being abandoned ten years earlier by her uncaring biological mother, Kurenai. After discovering Valkyrie's death on Sun Jewel, Homura takes her place in the Four Shining Stars as "Valkyrie Homura". In Universe Zero's renewed history, she leads a miserable life in debt to Drakken Joe after witnessing Valkyrie's decapitation over Homura's accidental injuring of Seiji Hôjô, the son of Oedo's
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, but recovers upon learning of Valkyrie's survival and reconciling with the now loving Kurenai. Mashima chose the character's name, which means , to give an impression of the color red and fire. Homura is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by
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in English.


Four Shining Stars

The are a group of female androids created by Ziggy to serve aboard the ''Edens Zero''. Its members possess functions and powers that improve the ship's travel capacity, with all four required to authorize the use of Etherion. Each android also possesses a that enhances her combat skills. In the final arc, the four are revealed to have been modeled after deceased humans from
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who aided in the planet's transformation into
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, and were given false memories as Ziggy's companions to function as Shiki's caretakers.


Witch Regret

is the , a masked
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who protects and manages the ''Edens Zero''. She is modeled after Shiki's biological mother, a
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from
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named Regret. Witch manipulates her own Ether in a fashion similar to
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, using to generate
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, and to perform elemental attacks such as ice, air, and lightning. She is portrayed as kind and gentle, yet ruthless towards those who threaten her crewmates. She is killed during the Aoi War, with Universe 2's version of her perishing with the rest of the crew against
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's
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bombs, while Universe 3's version sacrifices herself to shield the ship from the explosion. Her death is eventually undone when the crew travels to Universe Zero's past, although she does not regain her memories of previous worlds due to her absence during Etherion's activation. Witch is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by
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in English.


Sister Ivry

is a
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who serves as the ship's medic, the . Her model, named Ivry, suffered an illness that plagued Earth before its destruction. Sister uses a healing ability called , which allows her to instantly treat wounds, cure afflictions, and repair "living" machines such as herself and other androids. She is described as "scary" and "foul-mouthed", and uses the masculine pronoun ''
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'' in Japanese. Sister is seemingly introduced as the leader of , a
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squad on the planet Guilst, but is later revealed to have been impersonated for ten years by their leader, who held her hostage to monopolize her healing powers. In Universe Zero, her imposter's absence on Guilst leads to the real Sister forming Rogue Out as a
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corps that opposes Drakken Joe. When talking about Sister's full name, Mashima said that it had no particular meaning, choosing it because he "liked the sound of it". Sister is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by Allegra Clark in English.


Hermit Mio

is a
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android with the appearance and behavior of a young ''
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'' girl, modeled after a schoolgirl from
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named Mio. As the , she uses the hacking ability to manage the ship's
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and reprogram networked technology to her liking. When first introduced, Hermit suffers from mental trauma due to being cruelly exploited and experimented upon fifteen years earlier by the human
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and his research team, leading her to isolate her mind within the virtual planet Digitalis. She initially rejects Shiki's friendship out of hatred for humans, but overcomes her mistrust after the crew's kindness rekindles her desire for human friends. In Universe Zero, she avoids her traumatic experience altogether due to Müller's absence. Mashima originally named the character in her profile, but changed it after realizing he had already used the name for another character in the manga. He derived the name "Mio" from the Japanese word , which is used in ''
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'' as a pun on the phrase , something that Mashima felt reflected her personality. When redesigning the character for the three-year time skip, Mashima changed Hermit's hairstyle due to her resemblance to
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, which he stated was not intentional. Hermit is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by
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in English.


Valkyrie Yuna

is the , the manager of the ''Edens Zero''s armaments, modeled after the
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surfer and
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Yuna. She is also Homura's childhood guardian and "Soul Blade" mentor. Valkyrie is first mentioned as having been missing for five years, leading Homura to join the ''Edens Zero'' crew in search of her. On Sun Jewel, Valkyrie is revealed to have been dead for three years after perishing against a horde of monsters unleashed by Kurenai, Homura's mother, whom Valkyrie freed from slavery in a misguided effort to reunite Homura with her biological family. In Homura's revised childhood in Universe Zero, Valkyrie is decapitated for her student's injuring of Seiji Hôjô, but survives because of her android nature. She waits on Sun Jewel together with Kurenai for Homura, who aimlessly searches for her mother after mistaking Valkyrie for dead, allowing Valkyrie to reunite with her student and crewmates. Mashima chose the character's full name because he wanted her to be "a darker-skinned character with a classically Japanese name". Valkyrie is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by Rebeka Thomas in English.


Other crew members


Mosco Versa-0

is a white-colored
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android who works aboard the ''Edens Zero'' as its caretaker and
Sister A sister is a woman or a girl who shares parents or a parent with another individual; a female sibling. The male counterpart is a brother. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to ref ...
's verbally and physically abused servant. He specializes in '' tsuppari'' techniques, which allow him to fly. He also has a button on his belly that Sister forbids anyone from pressing; it is eventually revealed that doing so transforms him into , a handsome
butler A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments, with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantr ...
who exerts total dominance over Sister. Debuting as a member of Rogue Out who is reprogrammed to follow Sister's imposter, Mosco resumes his original duties after the real Sister restores him. In Universe Zero's revised history, he returns to being a Rogue Out member under the real Sister as a
vigilante Vigilantism () is the act of preventing, investigating, and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without legal authority. A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism, or undertakes public safety and retributive justice ...
with dozens of identical robotic copies. Mashima did not originally plan to include Mosco in the ''Edens Zero'' crew, making the decision after he "took a liking" to the character while drawing him. The author based Mosco's name on the character's predetermined catchphrase, , which comes from the sumo term ''dosukoi''. Mosco is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by Brock Powell in English.


Jinn

, truly named , is an
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who first appears as part of the
mercenary A mercenary is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather t ...
squad Rogue Out, and later as a minion of Drakken Joe. He uses the Ether Gear to perform
ninjutsu , and are terms for the techniques and skills used by spies and scouts in pre-modern Japan known as ninja. Some of these techniques are recorded in ninja scrolls, some which have been published and translated. The study of these scrolls have c ...
techniques that produce winds with
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-like force. During his childhood, Jinn is made into a cyborg by
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, who orphaned and dismembered him in front of his younger sister, Kleene, as revenge against their parents for withdrawing their financial support. Jinn seeks
Sister A sister is a woman or a girl who shares parents or a parent with another individual; a female sibling. The male counterpart is a brother. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to ref ...
out to cure Kleene's trauma from the incident, which allows Rogue Out's leader to deceive him by impersonating Sister until he kills the imposter upon her exposure. He boards the ''Edens Zero'' after gaining the real Sister's cooperation, remaining distant from the crew until Sister successfully treats Kleene. In Universe Zero's altered history, Jinn willingly becomes an as part of his home planet's culture, but is forced into Drakken's service with Kleene after coming to Guilst by mistake while studying abroad. The
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"Jinn" is taken from the wind spirit of the
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. Mashima gave the character "a lot more hair" to make him easier to draw during the series' second half, citing difficulties of drawing him consistently in the first half. Jinn is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by
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in English.


Kleene Rutherford

is Jinn's younger sister, introduced as , the Element 4's representative of
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. Her Ether Gear creates air currents that are capable of stealing objects, redirecting projectiles, and trapping people in wind cages. She suffers from mental breakdowns whenever she experiences any emotion, caused by a
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of
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forcing her to watch Jinn's dismemberment during their childhood, which requires her to wear emotion-suppressing devices on her head that also indicate her mood. She joins the crew with Jinn after Sister cures her condition by erasing her traumatic memories. She avoids her traumatic experience in Universe Zero due to Müller's absence, although she becomes Drakken's minion anyway along with Jinn after coming to Guilst by mistake. Kleene is voiced by
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in Japanese.


Laguna Husert

is a
cross-dressing Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender. From as early as pre-modern history, cross-dressing has been practiced in order to disguise, comfort, entertain, and express onesel ...
man who uses the water-manipulation Ether Gear , which he combines with Empire Ether to transform others into water whenever they cry. Originally a stage actor, he suffers from an inability to cry naturally due to his over-commitment to his roles, which has led to his retirement. He first appears as the Element 4's representative of
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under Drakken Joe, but is inducted into the ''Edens Zero'' crew by
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after proving himself to be among Drakken's more humane minions. He is later revealed to be an estranged member of , a rebel faction opposing Poseidon Nero that he deserted in pursuit of greater power to avenge his best friend, who was killed in a raid conducted by Nero's empire. In Universe Zero, Laguna is Oasis's leader and a film actor. Laguna is voiced by
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in Japanese.


Couchpo

is a famous personality and
gourmand A gourmand is a person who takes great pleasure and interest in consuming particularly good food and drink. ''Gourmand'' originally referred to a person who was "a glutton for food and drink", a person who eats and drinks excessively. Etymolo ...
who produces food videos and reviews for her account, ; her real name is . First meeting Rebecca when they and several other are abducted by Rogue Out, Couchpo joins the crew during another encounter on the planet Foresta after being enamored with the ship's kitchen, and provides critiques that help bolster Rebecca's popularity. After traveling to Universe Zero, she uses her online influence to assist in luring the Chronophage to restore Mother to her original form as
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. Couchpo is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by
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in English.


Connor

is a spaceship captain from the Aoi Cosmos. He appears as a pompous and eccentric middle-aged man with expert piloting skills, using unorthodox methods to push ships beyond their usual capabilities. As the story transitions through different universes, the crew meets alternate versions of Connor that only
Rebecca Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...
remembers: the original Connor from Universe 1 is the ''
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''s shipwrecked captain whom the ''Zero'' crew rescues en route to Sun Jewel; in Universe 2, he is a reluctant servant of Ziggy who is hired as the ''One''s pilot; and in Universe 3, he is an escaped worker from Ziggy's robot factory on Lendard who has no knowledge of the ''One''. He is eventually confirmed to be Rebecca's father, whose wife,
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, left him with their newborn daughter to protect him from being killed by her church for their forbidden marriage, with Universe 3's Connor joining the ''Zero'' crew and reuniting with his family after discovering his relationship with Rebecca. In Universe Zero, he declines returning to the crew to remain with Rachel on planet Miltz. The character's design underwent multiple changes during development, all depicting him as thinner and more attractive than the finished version as an overweight old man, with different hairstyles varying from a receding hairline to "silky smooth" hair. After storyboarding Connor's debut appearance, Mashima received input from his editor that Connor's feats were "not very interesting" for a "good-looking" character to perform. According to Mashima, the final design received complaints from his female staff over the change. Connor is voiced by in Japanese, and by Paul St. Peter in English.


Antagonists


''Edens One'' / Void

The is a more advanced successor to the ''Edens Zero'', which serves as its prototype. Initially helmed by Connor, it is destroyed prior to the ''Zero'' crew's voyage to Sun Jewel in Universe 1, but is undamaged in all subsequent universes. The ship is commanded by
Ziggy Ziggy is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Zigmunt and other names. It is also a nickname. Notable people with the name include: Nickname or hypocorism * Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), National Football League play ...
after his resurrection, with the ship's crew becoming the primary antagonistic group faced by the ''Zero'' crew as they seek the extinction of humanity. Following Ziggy's destruction, he is revealed to have been controlled by the ''Edens One'' itself, which possesses the time-displaced consciousness of Shiki and
Rebecca Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...
's unborn son from Ziggy's timeline, making the ship
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and the true main antagonist of the series. In Universe Zero, the ''One'' builds itself an improved android host named using God Acnoella's Möbius System. Void's body is modeled after the son's simulated appearance as a human adult, and allows him to use his Satan Gravity and Cat Leaper abilities inherited from Shiki and Rebecca, respectively. Void and the ''One'' are eventually destroyed by the restored Ziggy and the ''Edens Zero'', respectively.


Four Dark Stars

The are a group of four male androids built by the ''Edens One'' on Ziggy's behalf as successors to the Four Shining Stars. Like the Shining Stars, the Dark Stars are modeled after humans from
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, each of whom is acquainted with his respective Shining Star counterpart's model. * ,
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's counterpart, is a magician who performs magic-like Ether attacks. His human model, , is the judicial colleague and husband of Witch's model, Regret, as well as Shiki's biological father. Wizard is voiced by
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in Japanese. * ,
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's counterpart, is an effeminate clown who afflicts others with traumatic nightmares. His human model, , is a
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who treated Sister's model, Ivry. Clown is voiced by in Japanese. * ,
Valkyrie In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ( or ; from ) is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. There, the deceased warriors become ('single fighters' or 'once fighters').Orchard (1997:36) and Li ...
's counterpart, is a warrior with nearly indestructible armor. His human model, , is a surfer friend of Valkyrie's model, Yuna. Brigandine is voiced by in Japanese. * ,
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's counterpart, is an assassin and programmer who creates holographic dimensions. His unnamed human model is the '' senpai'' of Hermit's model, Mio. Killer is voiced by
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in Japanese.


Chronophage

The is a space monster that consumes the time of planets and reverts them to earlier points in history, for which it is described as a great cosmic evil. It originates as an alternate
Rebecca Bluegarden The '' Edens Zero'' manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Hiro Mashima. The story is set in a fictional universe called the , which comprises multiple planetary systems called "cosmoses" that the protagonists navigate u ...
from
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's timeline, where she is sent 20,000 years into the future by a
spacetime In physics, spacetime, also called the space-time continuum, is a mathematical model that fuses the three dimensions of space and the one dimension of time into a single four-dimensional continuum. Spacetime diagrams are useful in visualiz ...
distortion caused by her and
Shiki Granbell The ''Edens Zero'' manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Hiro Mashima. The story is set in a fictional universe called the , which comprises multiple planetary systems called "cosmoses" that the protagonists navigate us ...
during the Aoi War. Her extracted time Ether is the source of Etherion, the ''Edens Zero''s
time travel Time travel is the hypothetical activity of traveling into the past or future. Time travel is a concept in philosophy and fiction, particularly science fiction. In fiction, time travel is typically achieved through the use of a device known a ...
function. The Chronophage's identity is revealed after Shiki battles the creature's "heart", an
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woman who attempts to cause a second
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after failing to find her stolen "time". This leads her to possess her present day self's body until Shiki reminds her of her past, causing her to vanish peacefully.


Drakken Joe

is a
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who controls the Sakura Cosmos's
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. He is introduced as an Oración Seis Galáctica member nicknamed the for his Ether Gear, , which transmutes anything into different materials and forms of matter. Raised as a test subject with a fifteen-year
life expectancy Human life expectancy is a statistical measure of the estimate of the average remaining years of life at a given age. The most commonly used measure is ''life expectancy at birth'' (LEB, or in demographic notation ''e''0, where '' ...
, Drakken sustains his youth for over 200 years with a life-support machine that steals countless people's life force, but also deteriorates his physical health. He targets the ''Edens Zero'' to extract
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's Ether Gear for himself, viewing her
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ability as a more efficient means of immortality. Following an encounter with Drakken that results in Shiki's death in Universe 1, Rebecca escapes to the parallel Universe 2, where the crew is able to reverse his life-support system, aging him into a feeble old man. In Universe Zero's altered history, Drakken sustains himself on the life energy of animals instead of people, forming a stronger moral code in the process. The character is named after the video game ''
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''. Drakken is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by Armen Taylor in English.


Element 4

The are Drakken's
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team who maintain his Ether's balance due to his unnaturally advanced age, with each member using Ether Gear with power over one of the
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s. Laguna Husert and Kleene Rutherford first appear as members of the team, representing
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and
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, respectively; in Universe Zero, Laguna's position is filled by Poseidon Nero. * is a long-range sniper who represents
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in the Element 4. His Ether Gear, , allows him to ignite his bullets and transform into fire. Fie is voiced by
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in Japanese. * is an alien and torture addict who represents
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in the Element 4. He uses the Ether Gear to grow plants that inflict torture on others. Daichi is voiced by Atsushi Imaruoka in Japanese.


Madame Kurenai

is the moniker of , Homura's mother from Oedo. She first appears as the tyrannical ruler of the mining planet Sun Jewel who uses , a laser satellite, to execute criminals or teleport them to the labor district as slave workers. Prior to rising to power, she is enslaved for amassing debt at the
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s before being freed by Valkyrie Yuna, from whom Kurenai hides her selfish and greedy nature, allowing her to marry and assassinate the planet's previous ruler while betraying Valkyrie to her death. Kurenai is rejected by Homura after being deposed in the laborers' uprising, leaving her to be captured by a vengeful man whom she previously disfigured. She dies after a year in captivity, with
Ziggy Ziggy is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Zigmunt and other names. It is also a nickname. Notable people with the name include: Nickname or hypocorism * Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), National Football League play ...
using her preserved body's Ether to locate
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. In Universe Zero, a heroic version of Kurenai befriends Valkyrie and leads a defense force that protects Sun Jewel. Mashima named the character after the Japanese word for in response to Homura's name, meaning "flame", as he associated both names with fire and the color red; he admitted that he did not remember the inspiration for adding to her title. Kurenai is voiced by
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in Japanese, and by
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in English.


Poseidon Nero

is a
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-like alien who possesses the , a set of
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Relics that foretell favorable outcomes at a personal cost. He also uses the Ether Gear to create portals that instantly transport himself and others to different locations in the universe. Nero first appears as an Oración Seis Galáctica member and the emperor of the Aoi Cosmos, who sacrificed his friends, family, and species to build his
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. His former friend
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kills him after destroying his dice and absorbing his Ether Gear. In Universe Zero, Nero is Drakken Joe's business partner and the Element 4's representative of
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after abdicating to
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, his adoptive son. Nero is voiced by in Japanese.


Poseidon Shura

is Nero's adoptive human son and heir, and a "Satan Gravity" user who was briefly tutored by Ziggy as a child. First appearing as a brutal and insane prince neglected by his father, Shura wages war against Ziggy in a conspiracy to eliminate him, Nero, and the Aoi Cosmos's robot population with the , a network on the planet Nero 66 that influences all machinery in Aoi when the planets are submerged in the cosmic ocean's
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. He is killed when Ziggy attempts to create a
time loop The time loop or temporal loop is a plot device in fiction whereby Character (arts), characters re-experience a span of time which is repeated, sometimes more than once, with some hope of breaking out of the cycle of repetition. Time loops are co ...
by destroying the planet with Nero's supply of 20,000
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bombs, thereby causing the
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distortion that would transform Shiki into Ziggy. Shura reappears in Universe Zero as a more compassionate figure who succeeds Nero as emperor and reestablishes the empire as a
republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...
. Shura is voiced by
Kenichi Suzumura is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and singer who is affiliated with and a representative of INTENTION, a voice acting company he founded in March 2012. He voiced Morley in ''Macross 7'', Hikaru Hitachiin in '' Ouran High School Host Club'', M ...
in Japanese.


Oceans 6

The are Nero's
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team. Besides veteran members and , the four younger members are Empire Ether users. * is a younger Oceans 6 member and
Jinn Jinn or djinn (), alternatively genies, are supernatural beings in pre-Islamic Arabian religion and Islam. Their existence is generally defined as parallel to humans, as they have free will, are accountable for their deeds, and can be either ...
's childhood rival who controls mist and disintegrates his opponents through his Ether Gear, . Callum is voiced by in Japanese. * is a younger Oceans 6 member and card player who uses the Ether Gear to alter the values of
playing card A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Often the front (face) and back of each card has a f ...
s. Lyra is voiced by
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in Japanese. * is a younger Oceans 6 member who creates electric signals through his Ether Gear, , to perform
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. Nasseh is voiced by in Japanese. * is a younger Oceans 6 member who travels between mirrors and controls others' reflections through her Ether Gear, . Mirrani is voiced by Ayumi Mano in Japanese.


Ijuna

is Shura's
secretary A secretary, administrative assistant, executive assistant, personal secretary, or other similar titles is an individual whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, program evalu ...
and a former
Oasis In ecology, an oasis (; : oases ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environmentred strings that influence others' love and hatred for each other. She develops
Stockholm syndrome Stockholm syndrome is a proposed condition or theory that tries to explain why hostages sometimes develop a psychological bond with their captors. Emotional bonds can possibly form between captors and captives, during intimate time together, ...
for Shura after suffering numerous tortures and humiliations under his captivity, leading her Ether Gear to romantically attach her to Shura when he begins to fall in love with her himself. Despite being freed by Laguna Husert, she remains devoted to Shura and dies with him in Nero 66's destruction. She appears again in Universe Zero, where she is engaged to Shura following a healthier relationship. Ijuna is voiced by
Hisako Kanemoto , also known professionally as , is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is represented by Production Baobab. Biography Kanemoto attended high school in Kamogata, Okayama and enrolled in the voice acting course at the vocational school of ...
in Japanese.


Other antagonists


Müller

is a human
mad scientist The mad scientist (also mad doctor or mad professor) is a stock character of a scientist who is perceived as "mad, bad and dangerous to know" or "insanity, insane" owing to a combination of unusual or unsettling personality traits and the unabas ...
introduced as
Hermit A hermit, also known as an eremite (adjectival form: hermitic or eremitic) or solitary, is a person who lives in seclusion. Eremitism plays a role in a variety of religions. Description In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Chr ...
's primary abuser who manipulates her into destroying the robot planet Hook, an event leading to his arrest. He appears in the series' present as an employed by the ''Edens One'' after losing his original body in a botched prison escape, conducting torturous experiments on
Jinn Jinn or djinn (), alternatively genies, are supernatural beings in pre-Islamic Arabian religion and Islam. Their existence is generally defined as parallel to humans, as they have free will, are accountable for their deeds, and can be either ...
and
Kleene Stephen Cole Kleene ( ; January 5, 1909 – January 25, 1994) was an American mathematician. One of the students of Alonzo Church, Kleene, along with Rózsa Péter, Alan Turing, Emil Post, and others, is best known as a founder of the branch of ...
during their childhood to perfect his cybernetic body, which
Weisz Weisz is a Hungarian surname of German and Jewish origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Árpád Weisz (1896–1944), Hungarian Olympic football player and manager * Berthold Weisz (1845–?), Hungarian deputy * Erik Weisz (1874– ...
destroys. In Universe Zero, Müller is the head of Poseidon Shura's imperial science department who fuses with a robotic duplicate of
Xenolith A xenolith ("foreign rock") is a rock (geology), rock fragment (Country rock (geology), country rock) that becomes enveloped in a larger rock during the latter's development and solidification. In geology, the term ''xenolith'' is almost exclusi ...
to serve Void as one of the Oración Seis Galáctica, but is destroyed by Shiki. Müller is voiced by
Yōhei Tadano is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Biography Tadano's interest in acting began in his elementary school years. In 1981, while studying at the University of the Ryukyus, he joined the production "Audience Seats" ...
in Japanese, and by John Snyder in English.


Deadend Crow and Cure

is a 420-foot-tall (1380 ft.) android and Oración Seis Galáctica member with whom the ''Edens One'' forms an alliance through Ziggy. Notorious as the , he is responsible for the Bloody Atmos Day Incident, a
mass murder Mass murder is the violent crime of murder, killing a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity. A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more ...
of over one million humans on the Yukino Cosmos planet Swan. Crow is later revealed to be powered by the regenerating android , a traitorous Interstellar Union Army officer behind the rise of several other Galáctica members. After both are destroyed on planet Lendard, Cure appears in Universe Zero as a Galáctica member named "Deadend Cure", but is permanently destroyed by
Jinn Jinn or djinn (), alternatively genies, are supernatural beings in pre-Islamic Arabian religion and Islam. Their existence is generally defined as parallel to humans, as they have free will, are accountable for their deeds, and can be either ...
. Cure is voiced by
Seiichiro Yamashita is a Japanese voice actor from Fukuyama, Hiroshima. He is affiliated with Office Osawa. His major roles include Kakeru Naruse in ''Orange'', Takahiro Mizuno in ''Walkure Romanze'', Buntarō Hōjō in ''Girls Beyond the Wasteland'', Rekka Yukimu ...
in Japanese.


God Acnoella

, nicknamed the , is an android woman and Oración Seis Galáctica member who commands a cybernetic
dragon A dragon is a Magic (supernatural), magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but European dragon, dragons in Western cultures since the Hi ...
swarm that she "births" on the Kaede Cosmos planet Lendard. She allies with Ziggy in his conquest of humanity, loaning him , the
perpetual motion Perpetual motion is the motion of bodies that continues forever in an unperturbed system. A perpetual motion machine is a hypothetical machine that can do work indefinitely without an external energy source. This kind of machine is impossible ...
machine that produces her dragons, to expand his army. She is destroyed by Elsie Crimson immediately upon revealing her true identity as , Elsie's formerly human mother and Lendard's ruthless queen. She appears again in Universe Zero as one of
Void Void may refer to: Science, engineering, and technology * Void (astronomy), the spaces between galaxy filaments that contain no galaxies * Void (composites), a pore that remains unoccupied in a composite material * Void, synonym for vacuum, a s ...
's servants, but is defeated by
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.


Supporting characters


Ziggy

is Shiki's adoptive grandfather, an android who portrays the at the Granbell Kingdom
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. Introduced as a good and kind figure who broke down from old age ten years before the series' beginning, Ziggy discovered Shiki on a failed voyage for
Mother A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...
aboard the ''Edens Zero'', raising him to use his own "Satan Gravity" ability. When Shiki revisits Granbell in the present day, Ziggy reactivates with a malevolent personality that desires Shiki's death and the dominance of machines over humans, serving as an antagonist in the series. During his and Shiki's final battle on Lendard, Ziggy reveals himself to be a mechanized version of Shiki from Universe 3173, where he was sent 20,000 years into the future by a
spacetime In physics, spacetime, also called the space-time continuum, is a mathematical model that fuses the three dimensions of space and the one dimension of time into a single four-dimensional continuum. Spacetime diagrams are useful in visualiz ...
distortion on Nero 66 before using Etherion to travel back in time to save humankind from extinction, gaining
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in the process. Furthermore, his evil behavior is revealed to be a result of the ''
Edens One Iens () is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands with a population of around 32 in January 2017. History The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Ederinghe, and means "settlement of the ...
''s artificial intelligence taking control of him, forcing Shiki to destroy him to break his connection to the ''Edens One''. In Universe Zero, Ziggy is able to prolong his life and avoid falling under the ship's control. Mashima named the character after the song "
Ziggy Stardust Ziggy Stardust was a glam alter ego of musician David Bowie in the early 1970s. It may refer specifically to: * Ziggy Stardust (character) * ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'', often shortened to ''Ziggy Stardust'', a ...
" by singer
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, which the author listened to frequently during the manga's production; the name "Ziggy" was originally given to Shiki in the story's earliest draft. Mashima noted that several readers were able to predict the character's backstory before it was revealed, although he stated that there would be "at least one" element to surprise readers due to the backstory's "complex" nature. Ziggy is voiced by
Hōchū Ōtsuka is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box. He is best known for his roles as the voices of Kyao Mirao in ''Heavy Metal L-Gaim''; Mont Blanc Noland in ''One Piece''; Yazan Gable in ''Mobile Suit ...
in Japanese, and by John Eric Bentley in English.


Mother

is the creator of the Grand Shiki Cosmos, worshiped by space explorers as the goddess of the cosmos. She is depicted as a gargantuan woman larger than any planet, and is capable of granting any wish to those who find her. Because she exists in the hazardous outer regions of space, she is regarded as a mythical figure within the Sakura Cosmos. Shiki makes it his objective to prove her existence when he is disbelieved for his familiarity with her, while the ''Edens One'' seeks to kill her, as her death causes the extinction of humankind in the future of every parallel universe. Upon being reached by Shiki's crew, Mother reveals herself as the Overdrive state of planet
Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...
, Shiki's homeworld, transformed to replenish its Ether after constant warfare and deforestation led to the planet's ruin in the year 2025. Shiki saves her by luring the Chronophage to revert her to her planetary form. Mother is voiced by
Kikuko Inoue is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator. She has been part of the singing groups DoCo and Goddess Family Club. She is the founder and manager of her voice-acting company, Office Anemone. Inoue tends to play the " perfect girlfriend" ...
in Japanese, and by
Colleen Clinkenbeard Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard (born April 13, 1980) is an American voice acting, voice actress, Dubbing, ADR director, line producer, and screenwriter, writer. One of her major starts was as the English voice provider for Rachel Moore (Case Closed) ...
in English.


Elsie Crimson

is an armored warrior who uses the Ether Gear to absorb planetary Ether and convert it into battle gear or energy attacks. Introduced as a benevolent
space pirate Space pirates are a type of stock character from science fiction. A take on the traditional seafaring piracy, pirates of history or the fictional air pirates of the 19th century, space pirates travel through outer space. Where traditional pirate ...
captain and Oración Seis Galáctica member who is notorious for conquering the "seven cosmic seas", Elsie delivers the ''Edens Zero'' to Shiki to repay a debt to
Ziggy Ziggy is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Zigmunt and other names. It is also a nickname. Notable people with the name include: Nickname or hypocorism * Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), National Football League play ...
, her childhood benefactor. She is later revealed to be the planet Lendard's crown princess, born as , who unintentionally caused a
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while opposing her corrupt parents during her childhood, orphaning herself and her arranged fiancé, James Holloway. After dying with James on Lendard when the planet is consumed by the Chronophage, Elsie is reborn in Universe Zero as Lendard's queen and the Interstellar Union Army's director of operations in the Kaede Cosmos. The character is modeled after ''
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'' character
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, with her name being a
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of and the word "
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" to reflect her role as a pirate. Mashima commented on her and Justice's relationship, which he described as "a very star-crossed destiny". Elsie is voiced by
Sayaka Ohara is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Haikyō. Her major roles include Alicia Florence in ''Aria'', Milly Ashford in ''Code Geass'', Erza Scarlet in '' Fairy Tail'', Irisviel in the '' Fate/Zero'' and '' Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya ...
in Japanese, and by Colleen Clinkenbeard in English.


Labilia Christy

, whose name is derived from the word "lovely", is a Shooting Starlight member and highly popular in the Sakura Cosmos. Depicted as a former friend to Rebecca, whose videos inspired Labilia to become a content creator as a means of coping with a
terminal illness Terminal illness or end-stage disease is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer, rather than fatal injur ...
, she bullies Rebecca and produces videos mocking her content out of disdain for her lack of talent. In Universe 3, three years after her channel loses its popularity, she reconciles with Rebecca and is taken aboard the ''Edens Zero'' to be treated for her illness. She subsequently travels back in time with the crew to Universe Zero, where she uses her online influence to help them lure the Chronophage to restore
Mother A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...
to her original form as
Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...
. Labilia is voiced by in Japanese, and by
Lizzie Freeman Elizabeth Rose Freeman (born November 2, 1992) is an American voice actress from Oklahoma City. She is known for providing the English voices of Trish Una in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind'', Chizuru Mizuhara in ''Rent-A-Girlfriend'', ...
in English.


Xiaomei

is the series'
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al
narrator Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the ...
, who breaks the
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to provide context and meta-commentary to the story. She appears within the story itself as a resident of the
rogue planet A rogue planet, also termed a free-floating planet (FFP) or an isolated planetary-mass object (iPMO), is an interstellar object of planetary mass which is not gravitationally bound to any star or brown dwarf. Rogue planets may originate from ...
Mildian called the , a "fortune-teller" with powers of
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granted to her by Mother, whose location is the only thing outside of Xiaomei's knowledge. To avoid boring herself with complete knowledge of the future, she limits her power so that she cannot know the outcome of any battles beyond multiple possibilities, satisfying her obsession for watching combat by putting her visitors through battles as compensation for her knowledge. She is eventually revealed to be the personification of
Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...
's
Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...
named , and returns to her original form after Mother's own form as Earth is restored. Mashima noted that he had to be careful adding Xiaomei into the main storyline due to her conceived role as an omniscient narrator, but found that because she "knows everything in the entire world", he was able to include her "without too much trouble". Xiaomei is voiced by Honoka Inoue in Japanese, and by
Jenny Yokobori Jennifer N. Yokobori (born February 11, 1997) is an American voice actress. She is best known for voicing Yoimiya in ''Genshin Impact'' and Kuromi and Cinnamoroll in ''List of Hello Kitty animated series#Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventur ...
in English.


Justice

is the
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of , a prince and Elsie Crimson's childhood fiancé from the planet Lendard. Like Elsie, he uses the Ether Gear "Star Drain" to absorb and manipulate the Ether of planets. He debuts as an Interstellar Union Army officer who vengefully pursues Elsie for inciting the war that destroyed their home nation and families, antagonizing the ''Edens Zero'' crew for their association with her. However, he loses his hatred for Elsie after realizing her regret for her actions, and allows himself to be erased from existence with her on Lendard when the Chronophage rewinds the planet's time. He and his engagement to Elsie are restored in Universe Zero, where the war never takes place. Mashima modeled Justice after the ''
Rave Master ''Rave Master'', ''Rave'', and alternatively, ''The Groove Adventure Rave'' in Japan, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The series follows Haru Glory, a teenager on a quest to find the five fragments of t ...
'' character Sieg Hart, following a "tradition" of using such characters that includes Jellal Fernandes from ''
Fairy Tail ''Fairy Tail'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2006 to July 2017, with the individual chapters collect ...
'', reflected by the character's blue hair color and markings around his right eye when his Ether Gear is active. The character's code name was selected to reflect his sense of justice. Justice is voiced by
Daisuke Namikawa is a Japanese actor and singer associated with Stay Luck. He began acting as a child and is sometimes mistaken with Daisuke Hirakawa, as their names only differ by one character when written in kanji. Despite his wide range of roles, he usua ...
in Japanese, and by
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in English.


Holy

is the code name of , an Interstellar Union Army officer who uses the Ether Gear to dissolve any person or substance. As a citizen of the Yukino Cosmos planet Swan, Holy is a survivor of the
mass murder Mass murder is the violent crime of murder, killing a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity. A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more ...
performed by Deadend Crow, against whom she seeks revenge for publicly crucifying her and killing her younger sister, , a fate they avoid in Universe Zero. She tentatively joins the ''Edens Zero'' crew in Universe 3, intending to apprehend them afterwards, but spares them after she is betrayed by her teammate
Cure A cure is a substance or procedure that resolves a medical condition. This may include a medication, a surgery, surgical operation, a lifestyle change, or even a philosophical shift that alleviates a person's suffering or achieves a state of heali ...
, Crow's creator. Mashima noted the character's popularity among readers, and hoped to "do her justice" when developing her. Holy is voiced by
Aya Endō is a Japanese voice actress and narrator from Yamagata PrefectureMizukami, Jiro; Kyuki, Akihito; Onitsuka, Kanako; Fringe. "Voice Actress Spotlight". ''Newtype USA''. 6 (10) pp. 142–143. October 2007. . who is affiliated with Intention. ...
in Japanese.


Xenolith

is
Ziggy Ziggy is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Zigmunt and other names. It is also a nickname. Notable people with the name include: Nickname or hypocorism * Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), National Football League play ...
's mentor and the founder of the , a set of techniques performed by "Satan Gravity" users in the series. His prowess allows him to control gravity in conceptual senses, such as lightening pain and causing others' thoughts to "fall" into him. Previously a human member of the , a historic group stated to have guarded the Sakura Cosmos during the universe's Dark Ages, Xenolith has since transferred his mind into a robotic body to survive one thousand years after his death. In Universe Zero,
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steals Xenolith's powers and body to create a replica of him for the Oración Seis Galáctica, forcing Xenolith to inhabit the body of a small helper robot to survive. Xenolith is voiced by
Kazuhiko Inoue is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and singer. His notable works include Anthony Brown in '' Candy Candy'', Joe Shimamura in the 1979 iteration of '' Cyborg 009'', Jerid Messa in '' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'', Kakashi Hatake in ''Naruto ...
in Japanese.


Saintfire Nox

is an alias used by the Church of Saintfire's
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, who possesses the time-manipulating Ether Gear "Cat Leaper". At the beginning of the series, the name belongs to
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's mother and Connor's wife, , who is forced into the position after the death of her own mother, the previous Nox and an Oración Seis Galáctica member. Around Rebecca's birth, Rachel abandons her family to prevent her church's
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from killing them for their forbidden relationship, exhausting her ability to reverse time after thousands of attempts to avoid their deaths. She becomes one of numerous human mothers captured by
Ziggy Ziggy is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Zigmunt and other names. It is also a nickname. Notable people with the name include: Nickname or hypocorism * Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), National Football League play ...
in Universe 3 to extract their Ether and locate
Mother A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...
, allowing Rachel to reunite with her family after being rescued by the ''Edens Zero''. In Universe Zero, Rachel becomes the Interstellar Union Army's director of operations in the Yukino Cosmos, who fosters the army's support of the ''Edens Zero'' after regaining her memories of the previous world.


Groups and organizations


Oración Seis Galáctica

The Oración Seis Galáctica (Spanish for "Galactic Prayer Six"), known in Japanese as , are a group of six powerful outlaws who are described as being capable of "crushing" planets. Elsie Crimson, Drakken Joe, Poseidon Nero, Deadend Crow, God Acnoella, and Saintfire Nox are introduced as members, while Shiki and
Ziggy Ziggy is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Zigmunt and other names. It is also a nickname. Notable people with the name include: Nickname or hypocorism * Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), National Football League play ...
are branded as members over the course of the story. In Universe Zero, the Galáctica are a faction of androids commanded by
Void Void may refer to: Science, engineering, and technology * Void (astronomy), the spaces between galaxy filaments that contain no galaxies * Void (composites), a pore that remains unoccupied in a composite material * Void, synonym for vacuum, a s ...
, which includes
Cure A cure is a substance or procedure that resolves a medical condition. This may include a medication, a surgery, surgical operation, a lifestyle change, or even a philosophical shift that alleviates a person's suffering or achieves a state of heali ...
, Acnoella, a fake
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built by
Müller Müller may refer to: Companies * Müller (company), a German multinational dairy company ** Müller Milk & Ingredients, a UK subsidiary of the German company * Müller (store), a German retail chain * GMD Müller, a Swiss aerial lift manufacturi ...
, and three others: , an artificially intelligent
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that slows time and creates
video game A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual fe ...
-like dimensions; , who manipulates electricity and controls other androids; and , a soldier programmed with knowledge of every armament and battle strategy.


Shooting Starlight

is an adventurers' guild on the planet Blue Garden that Shiki joins, with
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,
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, and Labilia beginning as members. The guild master is , the director of the Galactic Intelligence Agency's Sakura Cosmos branch, who uses Ether Gear to observe people's positions across space and time. With the exception of receptionist , the guild's members are depicted as being unfriendly towards each other.


Interstellar Union Army

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, the team's members are , , and ; in Universe Zero, Justice and Cure are replaced by , a subordinate of Justice in the previous world, and , an agent of the army's Galactic Intelligence Agency (G.I.A.). Other officers include Victory's fellow subordinate , who is a member of Oedo's
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Reception

In her review of the manga's first volume for
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(ANN), Amy McNulty praised the trio of Shiki, Rebecca, and Happy, noting that "Rebecca, who initially comes across as vapid, reveals some depth by volume's end", and that Happy "rounds out the trio nicely, though the manga could use more of his humorous commentary throughout to add more levity." ANN's Faye Hopper described Shiki as "more
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", feeling that his unambitious goal of exploring the universe and making friends helped enrich the story, though she added that his act of groping Rebecca "really does a number on hiki'slikability". In contrast, ANN's Teresa Navarro found Shiki to be archetypal of other shōnen protagonists. Twinfinite's Carlton McGrone praised the characters' designs for being "meticulously sketched and detailed". In a review of the first twelve episodes of the anime, John Serba from ''
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'' considered Shiki and Rebecca to be "very thin characters – naif and non-naif, possibly both quite airheaded – in sincere need of substantial development", and criticized the vague establishment of their goals, but determined them to be "blank slates just ipefor whatever the universe throws at them". ANN's MrAJCosplay commented on the series' villains, opining that Mashima's decision to have the series' villains represent "the worst humanity has to offer" was a "double-edged sword"; he considered the majority of villains to be "boring" for their overly simplistic motivations, but noted exceptions such as the "fun sub-villain" Spider, and commented on the setup for Drakken Joe as " eaninginto a balance of interesting and despicable". Several reviews for ''Edens Zero'' have commented on the characters' similar designs and personalities to those from Hiro Mashima's previous manga ''
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'', with comparisons to
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being drawn from Shiki and Rebecca, respectively, while acknowledging that the similarities between characters such as Elsie Crimson and
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. Multiple reviewers felt the tie-ins to ''Fairy Tail'' suggested potentially deeper connections between both series. Rebecca Silverman from ANN considered Shiki and Rebecca to be distinct characters from Natsu and Lucy, calling the former "a lot more aware of girls", and the latter "more cautious in her relationships". Ian Wolf from Anime UK News criticized the manga's lack of original designs compared to ''Fairy Tail'', but felt that the similarities would help readers accept the "weirder aspects of the story".


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References


''Edens Zero'' manga

;Entire series * Mashima, Hiro. ''Edens Zero''. 28 vols. New York City:
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, 2018–present. * Mashima, Hiro. '' dens Zero' (in Japanese). 32 vols. Tokyo:
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Edens Zero ''Edens Zero'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese science fantasy/science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from June 2018 to June 2024, with its chapt ...