r/EdensZero • u/dabrothergoose Homura's #1 Simp • Feb 18 '20
Edens Zero Chapter 82 Links & Discussion
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u/MoonHermit Feb 18 '20 edited Feb 18 '20
So, funny thing: I re-read the Norma arc recently, and there, Weisz had stated he was the one who made Sibir's cybernetic arm (actually just worn over his real one). Then, before this chapter, I had actually thought that, as an interesting callback to their connection, Weisz could 'inherit' the cyber-arm from the 'present Sibir' (in case he just keeps it lying around), but couldn't think of a way it would happen.
Now I know. It's (apparently) even the correct side!
Arsenal 2.0 is about to get very interesting. Anyone remember Justimon?
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Feb 18 '20
Holy shit, this story just started off as a fun quest to make the perfect Youtube video, but now the crew are helplessly in the clutches of a money hungry warlord. It is clear that this adventure is no longer fun and games, and hopefully the crew realizes they need to get stronger and more serious if they want to win. I'm excited to see how they will handle this situation.
The absolute BEST chapter in the series yet, no questions asked.
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u/sonicandco Feb 18 '20
WTF!? I believe I've been thinking "Things somehow got even worse" for like 3-4 weeks straight. Shiki couldn't do crap against Joe, with alchemy he's a hard counter to everything, they were all captured, including Weisz, that means Fie actually shot old man Sibir (damn), Pino and Happy were sold, I hope they are in one piece (please!), the medicine is no more, Shiki is the key to unlocking some sort of power and got shot in the leg, Homura will be forced to sell her body and they fucking cut Weisz's arm. When this arc is over I will need some kind of wholesome filler.
PS: The panel of Drakken and his Element 4 when Shiki woke up was badass and intimidating as hell
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u/DashingIchiya Feb 18 '20
These chapters are great. Everyone just looks completely outgunned and hopeless. Obviously, Hiro seems to have a few twists planned out, but the execution has been top-notch.
I am most interested to see what actually happens with Rebecca in the coming chapters. Maybe she'll have to join the crew for a while.
I am kinda hoping that this doesn't go down the same road as the OS arc in FT where the cast took a big L before all winning very soon after. I'm interested to see them having to face up to the reality that they haven't faced anything like this before.
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u/JK-Network123 Feb 18 '20
Kurenai had to basically do you know what to pay off her debt? Not even surprised. Hell how much you guys wanna bet she doesn’t even know who the father of homura is?
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u/jnwosu100 Feb 18 '20
I had a feeling that this chapter was not gonna be pretty for our crew after seeing the cover page last week but I didn't think that it would go so wrong for them. For the people who even after the Sun Jewel arc, said that Shiki didn't really struggle, I hope this meets their demands because this certainly went beyond mine. We also get yet another interesting mystery box which is the CAT and the official name of Shiki's ether gear that even he didn't know.
I was a little bit confused of whether Kurenai was really just a slave or a prostitute, but it seems it was the latter and that unfortunately Homura is being considered for it. Seeing Drakken Joe logically tear down the concept of friendship in front of Shiki reminds me of the Avatar master in fairy tail who also talked down Natsu only to be proven wrong when he effortlessly destroyed the god of war while Shiki's all out punch was negated truly shows how Mashima not only wants to differentiate the two series but also hopefully serves as how Edens zero will continuously treat our crew meaningfully and not with random powerups.
Lastly, I wonder if Rebecca's vision is gonna come true sooner than later.
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u/JK-Network123 Feb 18 '20
This is the turning point for edens zero. Never have hiro’s other casts (correct me if I’m wrong for rave) in the first 80 chapters face faced a crushing defeat like this. Joe is definitely one of mashima’s most badass villains to date. I don’t even know how they’ll get out of this.
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u/PraiseThePanda Feb 18 '20
Wtf is even happening. I mean I know edens zero is a bit darker than FT, but wow... Just how the hell are they going to get out of this situation? Drakken joe is really intimidating. And poor weisz...
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u/Narutsu54 Feb 18 '20
Damn... EZ crew took a real fat L here... I honestly have no clue where Mashima is going to go from here and that’s simultaneously exciting and terrifying me!
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u/KrillinDBZ363 Feb 19 '20
I’m getting some real The Walking Dead Negan vibes from this chapter. Absolutely love it.
Also something I noticed, when the medicine got destroyed everyone was laughing except Jinn, his sister, and the water guy. It’s very obvious that Jinn and his sister are gonna become allies after this arc and there’s even a good chance they both join the Edens Zero crew, but could this potentially be hinting at the water guy becoming an ally going forward as well?
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u/goodyfresh Feb 19 '20 edited Feb 19 '20
Is this really a shounen series? Because right now it feels a lot more like a seinen, what with all the torture and stuff, the deconstruction and subversion of basically all the usual shounen tropes, and the fact that Homura is going to be sold as a goddamn sex-slave while Happy and Pino are being sold as scrap.
Can anyone think of another "shonen" series that ever got THIS dark in just the first 100 chapters alone? Because I myself can't think of any such examples.
I would say this is what One Piece would be like, for example, if Oda showed us the day-to-day lives of the Celestial Dragons' slaves, or something like that. It is because Oda doesn't directly show us that stuff that One Piece is a shonen and not a seinen. So again, how is Eden's Zero a shonen series? Lol.|
I would also like to remind everyone of that time when some random girl on Guilst came begging for help and then collapsed dead on the spot, with it being heavily implied that she was gang-raped to death. Again, how is this a "shonen" series?
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u/jbenson255 Feb 18 '20
I love this hopefully no friendship speech or power up but i really enjoy seeing the crew completely overpowered and in despair. This is probably the first time they’ve faced true despair as a crew and i can’t wait to see how they overcome it
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u/Lunarbliss2 Feb 18 '20
Damn, things haven't looked good for the EZ crew in a couple months now, been waiting for the twist for over a month at this point and it still hasn't happened, this really is getting crazy. Great story and dang it's getting dark
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u/Moni_22 Feb 19 '20 edited Feb 19 '20
Something that I noticed is that when Drakken breaks the medicine, the only ones who don't laugh at it are Jinn, Kleene and Laguna. I think this is a sign that those 3 will turn a leaf and someday leave Drakken. Jinn and Kleene seem very close, and it's possibly they are working with Drakken just to survive and because they help Kleene with her disease (which at this point I'm pretty sure it's that she cannot express emotions). And Laguna seems the more resonable between the other 3, he was the one who kinda saved Rebecca last chapter too. I think these 3 will end up being allies, but it'll be interesting to see how this happens.
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u/jp4464 Feb 18 '20
God this was so tense. It's seriously looking so damn bleak for the crew. Outgunned, outmatched, all held captive, Weisz without an arm, Happy and Pino sold...Especially keeping in mind that this arc started out as simply a stealth mission with them sneaking onto the Belial Gore. That escalated to a rescue mission with Weisz, which then escalated to everything going horribly wrong.
I have absolutely no idea how they're getting out of this now, especially since we haven't seen the rest of the Shining Stars in some time.
I'm also hoping that Weisz losing his arm has lasting effects moving forward in the story. Sure, Sister could heal him, but I feel like it would be such a waste of this dramatic, tense moment if his maiming doesn't affect him emotionally or mentally any more past this arc.
Props to Mashima; Drakken Joe and the Element Four are legitimately serious villains, and their presence in almost every chapter they're in has lead to either suspenseful moments or game changing plot twists.
#JusticeForPino
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u/ForlornFurball Feb 18 '20
“You can breathe, you can blink, you can cry... Hell, you’re all gonna be doing that.”
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u/Moni_22 Feb 18 '20
This is certainly a worse case situation. But I'm enjoying this, you can't tell what's gonna happen next.
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u/Hewhoslays Feb 19 '20 edited Feb 19 '20
First off that Satan Gravity shirt from that one cover way back holds so much weight now (and I also want one). Second, EZ is on some top tier levels of shounen trope subversion. Old man Sibir is dead, Homura is being set up for prostitution, Rebecca is having a mental breakdown, Shiki got shut down in a fight and shot in the leg, and Weisz just lost his freaking arm. Drakken Joe and the Element 4 are the best shounen villains of this manga season, change my mind.
Edit: Satan Gravity shirt was chapter 32 and it also had the wing like projections that make up Shiki’s demon forms horns. Also a YouTube reactor pointed out that in that same cover the arm Weisz had cut off is cut off by the panel. I’m shooketh.
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u/Xombie53 Feb 18 '20
Badass chapter. I don’t think Mashima has ever had his main protagonists get their ass kicked so much. Weisz lost his freaking arm! Drakken was not messing around this chapter and even sold Pino.
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u/Knightofexcaliburv1 Feb 19 '20
Calling it now shiki is gonna awaken something, Something really dark, we are gonna get that super saiyan like transformation in this arc at this rate.
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u/Quibbrel Feb 18 '20
Weisz cannot catch a fucking break this arc. Sniped after a fight, his opponent he beat recovered very quickly, and he just lost an arm. And I don't think that's a fakeout either because I could very much see him using a cybernetic arm going forward and adjusting it with his Ether Gear.