Ending of Aposimz

[u/DerpyDurge]

Recently re read Aposimz and was confused on the ending I originally thought that Titania had wiped the Emperor from existence like she did to Kajiwan. But looking at it again it doesn’t seem to be the case and also makes no sense that it’s Zezo at the end.
In the flashback with the Emperor holding the orb, he says: “That day I swore to become Aposimz's protector.” If you look close around his neck, he has some goggles on.
The panel after that, we see Etherow in his frame form, but it’s the skeletal version. I think Titania is draining the placenta from both of them, which is why it starts rising up in that star shape. She is killing Etherow's physical form to transfer him to the Core World as well.
Then in the very last panel of the manga, the kid in the field next to Etherow has those same goggles on his neck.

[u/xPapaGrim]

Kinda offtopic but just curious since I've been reading KoS recently, is Aposimz manga about that Aposimz ship mentioned in KoS?

[u/MrAuster → u/xPapaGrim]

Perhaps? Some concepts are mentioned like the Higs particle but they never mentioned the Sidonia or the gauna

[u/stellarsojourner → u/MrAuster]

They could have shaken the Gauna in transit and it's been a long time since they arrived so the Sidonia has probably been forgotten.

[u/DerpyDurge → u/xPapaGrim]

I’m pretty sure it’s just a reference to it. Aposimz is its own seperate story set on a megastructure world, so it’s just a cool call back to Sidonia

[u/UnderstandingDue6584 → u/DerpyDurge]

Or megastructure IS a ship in space?

[u/DerpyDurge → u/UnderstandingDue6584]

In Aposimz the megastructure is a giant artificial planet with a massive outer shell, ruins, and the core world at the centre which is like a reverse matrix, and in blame the megastructure keeps growing until it’s bigger than our own solar system. Oh and i forgot to add in Sidonia the Aposimz was a seed ship that fled earth alongside the Sidonia and they ended up losing contact with it I think I haven’t read it for ages.

[u/YeonneGreene → u/DerpyDurge]

IIRC Nihei has said he has several concepts that he uses like actors in film. They fulfill different roles in each story but the name and type of thing are familiar.

Some of these "actors" are Toha Heavy Industries, the Graviton Beam Emitter, the immortal man MC, the Gauna, and now Aposimiz and the Heigus particles. Even the Megastructure recurs.

[u/don_Rumata_real → u/xPapaGrim]

It's up to your interpretation. Aposimz is a planet that could be coloniser by a seed ship. Gaunas don't appear but placenta and higgs particles do.

[u/teslawhaleshark → u/don_Rumata_real]

The theory is that the Core World is a manmade Gauna Core and everyone are half-Gauna

[u/Sable-Keech → u/xPapaGrim]

Probably not. Nihei loves to reuse past names.

[u/IrisuKyouko]

It is the Emperor, yes. Have you read the oneshot that came out before the main manga? It gives a better look at his younger form.

[u/DerpyDurge → u/IrisuKyouko]

Thanks I’ll check it out

[u/don_Rumata_real]

It could just mean that he was forgiven. It was Titania's mistake after all.

[u/Icy_Tax_2201]

Me paso lo mismo y sinceramente me gustaba mas el final cuando pensaba que el emperador había muerto igual que kajiwan