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Crew of Edens Zero

    In General 

Shiki and His Companions

    Shiki Granbell 

    Rebecca Bluegarden 

Rebecca Bluegarden

Due to the finality of Universe Zero, she can no longer leap between parallel universes, and she can't reverse time quite like she used to.

  • Brought Down to Normal: Due to the Cosmic Retcon caused by traveling to Universe Zero, Rebecca starts out without her Ether Gear because she couldn't use it until after she met Shiki. She gets it back again after regaining her memories from the previous worlds, but it takes time for her body to adjust to it.
  • Forgot About Her Powers: Inverted. After learning to use her Ether Gear from her future memories, her memories of her life in Universe Zero get so jumbled that she forgets that she always used ordinary Ether blasters in this world. It takes Happy reminding her of this for her to fight back against Daichi when her Ether Gear gets incapacitated.
  • How Do I Shot Web?: She has the most trouble adjusting to her Ether Gear after getting her future memories. Her first use sends her flying into the ceiling just like the first time she used it in the old world, and going into Overdrive just burns out all her Ether at once. By the Miltz arc, however, she fully masters her powers.
  • Necessary Drawback: To raise the stakes in the final arcs, Rebecca's Time Rewind Mechanic gets Nerfed in Universe Zero, where time travel itself is supposedly impossible. Initially seeming like she can't use it at all, she later discovers it only doesn't work when she's still clothed, and even then, a single use puts her through a Heroic RRoD as severe as spamming it constantly did in the old world.
  • Stark Naked Sorcery: Unlike the previous world, Rebecca's Time Rewind Mechanic can only be used when she's completely naked in Universe Zero, since bare skin is what brings Ether to its fullest potential.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Her badassery skyrockets after she gains her memories of the world before the Cosmic Retcon, including how to use Ether Gear and Overdrive, though it takes her time to learn how to make her powers work properly.
  • Unknown Rival: Once she gains the memories of her experiences in the old world, she becomes this to the enemies she remembers battling in other worlds, namely Daichi, despite neither of them meeting before in this world.

    Happy 

Happy

This world's version of Happy is still flesh and blood, having avoided his fateful roadside accident that required him to be rebuilt as a robot.

    Weisz Steiner 

Weisz Steiner (X442)

In Universe Zero, Weisz still lives with his mother since she was never killed by Drakken Joe, and thus never turned to a life of crime.

  • Battle Couple: Downplayed. They're not an official couple, but thanks to the growing feelings between them, Weisz doesn't fight without Hermit providing tactical support in this world, allowing him to take down Fie and Killer.
  • Expository Hairstyle Change: He wears his hair in its original rockabilly style due to the Cosmic Retcon overwriting his memories, then starts leaving it messy again when his old memories return.
  • Flawed Prototype: He puts together an Arsenal Suit from his memory of the previous world, but without Hermit there to iron out the kinks, it lacks much of the Ether power and armored covering it had.
  • Hates Their Parent: Downplayed. He doesn't hate his mother, but he does take her for granted and calls her an old hag, right up until he remembers how she died in the original world when he was a kid.
  • Jerkass: The Cosmic Retcon forces him back into being one in Universe Zero, though he immediately lightens up when he gets his old memories.
  • Megaton Punch: He takes his Metalica Explosion to the next level with a Dual Metalica Explosion, which turns both his Arsenal Suit's arms into giant fists instead of just one, giving him the strength to pummel Killer straight out of Cyberspace.
  • Men Don't Cry: Averted in this world when he gets his old self's memories and sees his mother still alive.
  • My Hero, Zero: He calls his Arsenal Suit's final, ultimate upgrade "Mark Zero".
  • Power Gives You Wings: His Arsenal Suit's Mark Zero model gets an extra power boost from Hermit, giving him a pair of wings.
  • Robosexual: The Ship Tease between him and the android Hermit gets taken a step further than in the original world after they gain their future memories, with Weisz admitting he gets bashful when she touches him even in a non-romantic way.
  • Took a Level in Kindness: He starts off as a Jerkass similar to how he acted in the original timeline before meeting the crew, but once he gets his memories of the old world, he immediately gets his Character Development back.
  • Unknown Rival: He serves as one to both Fie and Killer, seeking revenge for what they did to him in the previous world despite never meeting before in this world.

    E.M. Pino 

E.M. Pino

Thanks to the changes in Weisz's life, Pino avoids having her memory erased in this world, giving her full clarity and confidence in what she was built for.

    Homura Kogetsu 

Homura Kogetsu

Unlike most in Universe Zero, Homura has led a life of total misery after watching Valkyrie get beheaded five years ago, leaving her indebted to Drakken Joe.

Demon King's Four Shining Stars

    Witch Regret 

Witch Regret

The Witch of Universe Zero, back when she was still alive and well. She doesn't remember the old world since she wasn't with the crew when they activated Etherion.

    Sister Ivry 

Sister Ivry

In Universe Zero, Sister

    Hermit Mio 

Hermit Mio

Because of Müller's absence on Planet Newton, Hermit was successful in saving the neighboring planet Hook, and is found playing games on Digitalis.

  • Battle Couple: Downplayed. They're not an official couple, but thanks to the growing feelings between them, Weisz doesn't fight without Hermit providing tactical support in this world.
  • Took a Level in Cheerfulness: Thanks to the Cosmic Retcon, Hermit suffers none of the angst of being betrayed and abused by humans in the previous world. Even when she gets her old memories, she's already coped with her trauma enough that it's no longer an issue.

    Valkyrie Yuna 

Valkyrie Yuna

Due to a horrible blunder Homura made, Valkyrie was seemingly executed on Planet Oedo two years earlier than she would have in the original world. Fortunately, she was secretly repaired by Seiji Hojo, and happily reunites with her student and crew on Sun Jewel.

  • Disney Death: The shogun of Oedo had her executed by beheading, not realizing that it's not lethal to an android like it is to a human, allowing Seiji to reattach it and save her.
  • So Proud of You: Valkyrie beams with pride for Homura every time she witnesses how much she's improved as a warrior, ultimately declaring her student has surpassed her.

Other Crew Members

    Mosco Versa- 0 

Mosco Versa-0

Along with Sister, Mosco

  • Me's a Crowd: He has dozens of copies in Universe Zero, which serve as the bulk of Rogue Out's fighting force.
  • Vigilante Man: Like Sister, he takes up this position on Guilst with Rogue Out as a Vigilante Militia.

    Jinn (Kris Rutherford) 

Jinn (Kris Rutherford)

    Kleene Rutherford 

Kleene Rutherford

    Laguna Husert 

Laguna Husert

Crew of Edens One

    O.N.E. Void 

Over Nu Etherion Void

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The Edens One's android host in Universe Zero.

  • Antagonistic Offspring: On top of being the Big Bad, Void is the consciousness of Shiki/Ziggy and Rebecca's unborn son, which was uploaded onto the Edens One and instilled with such a hatred for humanity that he seeks to wipe them all out, including his own would-be parents.
  • Badass Cape: Void wears an imposing cape in his android body, giving him the image of someone more powerful than Ziggy himself.
  • Brain Uploading: Void's consciousness belongs to Shiki and Rebecca's unborn human son, who instinctively transferred his thoughts back in time to the Edens One, since he couldn't survive in Rebecca's womb due to her death.
  • Custom-Built Host: Void himself is an Empty Shell used by the Edens One to replace Ziggy as a host in Universe Zero, built using the Möbius System and modeled after his hypothetical appearance as Shiki and Rebecca's adult human son.
  • Evil Wears Black: As the ultimate Big Bad of the series, Void is decked out in jet black armor.
  • Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence: He wants to Kill All Humans simply because he's judged them to be an inferior, foolish race that only exists to hate and kill each other.
  • Gratuitous Greek: The "Nu" in his name stands for the Greek letter Ν/ν, though it doesn't have any stated purpose outside of making a Significant Anagram for "ONE".
  • Gravity Master: Void uses Satan Gravity just like Ziggy, his host in the previous world and his biological father.
  • Invincible Villain: Void claims to be a perfect being on account of being a machine, which he backs up with his resilience to Shiki's Overdrive and ability to shatter Shiki's arm in that state.
  • Kid from the Future: His true identity is actually Shiki and Rebecca's child, who was conceived before his parents were sent 20,000 years into the future, and used Mental Time Travel to upload himself onto the Edens One as a mass of thought in the past.
  • Mental Time Travel: Void manifested this ability before he even had a physical form in Rebecca's womb, which allowed him to travel 20,000 years back in time as a mass of thought and merge with the Edens One's A.I.
  • Misanthrope Supreme: As a would-be human whose mind was uploaded onto the Edens One before he was born, Void has developed an unflattering opinion of the human race and wants to destroy them all.
  • Names to Run Away from Really Fast: He calls himself Void, which is what his plans will reduce the cosmos to: a space completely devoid of all human life.
  • Rage Helm: Void wears a horned helmet that gives him a perpetual Death Glare with glowing red eyes.
  • Red Baron: He retains the same title of "Mechanical King" in Universe Zero that Ziggy used when possessed by the One, symbolizing his role as the most powerful machine in the universe.
  • Ridiculously Human Robot: Beneath his armor, Void's android body looks completely indistinguishable from any ordinary human, despite his motive to Kill All Humans.
  • Smug Super: He haughtily considers himself to be a perfect being that humans have no hope of ever surpassing, which he backs up by knocking Shiki around with no sign of yielding when Shiki goes into Overdrive.
  • Strong Family Resemblance: Invoked by his Custom-Built Host, which simulates how he would have looked as Shiki and Rebecca's fully matured son had he been born human. This results in him looking almost identical to how Shiki looks after the Time Skip, albeit with longer hair and no facial scar.
  • Superpowerful Genetics: Void's Satan Gravity and Cat Leaper are inherited directly from his parents, Shiki/Ziggy and Rebecca, respectively.
  • Super-Speed: He's fast enough to perform a Flash Step on his opponents thanks to Cat Leaper, which he inherited from Rebecca.
  • Time Master: He has Cat Leaper courtesy of his mother, Rebecca, which allowed him to travel from the future in the first place.
  • Time Rewind Mechanic: His Cat Leaper allows him to use Rebecca's "Reverse" technique, which rewinds time and undoes whatever damage he sustains, like Ziggy punching a hole in his torso.
  • Tin Tyrant: Void's Custom-Built Host is an android decked out in black armor who aims to create a universe for only machines, completely free of humans who can oppress them.
  • Was Once a Man: Downplayed. Void was conceived as a human before becoming one with the Edens One, but lacked a physical form because Rebecca died before she could give birth to him.
  • World's Strongest Man: As far as machines go, Void is the most powerful one in Universe Zero, far eclipsing any other character in this world or the last.
  • You're Not My Father: He holds this sentiment for both his parents, knowing that he was conceived by Shiki/Ziggy and Rebecca, but refusing to acknowledge them as his family.

Demon King's Four Dark Stars

    Wizard 

Wizard

The Wizard of Universe Zero.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens One for more information

    Clown 

Clown

The Clown of Universe Zero.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens One for more information

    Killer 

Killer

The Killer of Universe Zero.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens One for more information
  • Back from the Dead: His death in the Lendard arc is undone by the Cosmic Retcon.
  • The Chessmaster: He shows himself to be a cunning strategist by installing a self-destruct protocol onto the Edens Zero, knowing Hermit would try to override the ship's systems to shut it down, leaving the Zero dead in the water for Killer to ram them with the One from Cyberspace. It nearly works, too, except Killer gets Out-Gambitted by Weisz, who built his own functional Dive terminal to take Killer down just for the occasion.
  • Spontaneous Weapon Creation: His Weapon Generator Script functions as such in Cyberspace, allowing him to whip up a Storm of Blades.
  • Too Clever by Half: He's The Chessmaster just as he was in the previous world, carrying out a Xanatos Gambit that gets the Edens Zero crew to shut down their own ship. However, he's so focused on his plan that he doesn't foresee Weisz building his own Dive pod free of the Zero's then-deactivated systems to infiltrate the Edens One's computer, or Laguna sticking around on the One after his fight with Lightning Law, ending with Killer on the receiving end of a Curb-Stomp Battle on two fronts.

    Brigandine 

Brigandine

The Brigandine of Universe Zero

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens One for more information

Oración Seis Galáctica

    In General 

    Deadend Cure 

Deadend Cure

In Universe Zero, Cure has taken Deadend Crow's place in the Galáctica after his planned attack on Planet Swan was thwarted by the Interstellar Union Army ten years ago, leading Cure to abandon all presumptions of goodness.

See EDENS ZERO: Interstellar Union Army for more information
  • Achilles' Heel: Just like Deadend Crow, Cure is powered by a vital core hidden inside his navel, which Jinn targets to bypass his Healing Factor.
  • Back from the Dead: The Cosmic Retcon undoes Cure's death in the Lendard arc, bringing him back as one of the final villains working for the Big Bad.
  • Beyond Redemption: Cure is one of the few villains to remain an irredeemable monster in Universe Zero, where most other villains are changed for the better thanks to the Cosmic Retcon making key improvements in their lives, evidenced by how he's embraced being purely evil while deluding himself into thinking he's a Fallen Hero.
  • Card-Carrying Villain: Played Straight with Universe Zero's version of Cure, who is a member of the Oración Seis Galáctica who fully embraces his role as a great evil plaguing the cosmos, forgoing whatever nuanced morality he claims to have had in the old world.
  • Demoted to Dragon: The Cosmic Retcon moves Cure down from an independent Big Bad Wannabe to one of the Oración Seis Galáctica, who all directly serve the Big Bad in this world.
  • Evil Feels Good: He adopts this mindset in Universe Zero, where he's realized that being evil has freed him from the burden of having to save anyone with his Engineered Heroics, and encourages Jinn to give it a try.
  • Eye Beams: He has the power to shoot lasers from his eyes just like Crow could in the original world.
  • Killed Off for Real: Although he's brought Back from the Dead by the Cosmic Retcon, he's definitively killed in Universe Zero after getting his core destroyed by Jinn.
  • Literally Shattered Lives: He's destroyed this way when Jinn pierces his core with a Windstorm Dracolance.
  • Meaningful Rename: His name in Universe Zero is combined with Deadend Crow's to become "Deadend Cure", showing that Cure doesn't hide his villainy in this world.
  • Never My Fault: He sees himself as a Fallen Hero who embraced evil after getting his Engineered Heroics thwarted by the Interstellar Union Army. As Jinn points out, he's just being delusional for thinking he was a hero to begin with.

    God Acnoella 

God Acnoella (Shaya Le Lendard)

Acnoella is the only member of the Galáctica from the original world to retain her position in Universe Zero.

See EDENS ZERO: Oración Seis Galáctica for more information

    "Xenolith" 

Dr. Müller / Fake Xenolith

Müller never met Hermit or the Rutherfords in this world, instead becoming head of the Imperial Science Department under Poseidon Shura. After stealing Xenolith's gravity powers, he builds and fuses himself with a robot copy of Xenolith to become one of the Oración Seis Galáctica.

See EDENS ZERO: Grand Shiki Cosmos for more information
  • Arc Villain: Serves this role in the Reunion arc during the crew's revisit to the Aoi Cosmos. While he's also a minion of the Big Bad here, Müller acts of his own accord to take control of Shura's Empire.
  • Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He thinks he's become a Genius Bruiser once he steals Xenolith's gravity powers without learning the proper Magimech techniques, convinced that his raw, planet-destroying power makes him enough of a threat. It doesn't.
  • Bald of Evil: He completely loses his hair when he fuses with the fake Xenolith, and is even more evil and deranged than he was in the previous universe.
  • Beyond Redemption: He's one of the few villains in Universe Zero who aren't changed for the better by the Cosmic Retcon, remaining a vile bastard to the very end.
  • Big Bad Wannabe: He aims to become a Multiversal Conqueror on the same level as Void, the Big Bad, which he thinks he can accomplish by stealing Xenolith's gravity power and Rebecca's time power. Not only does he fail to realize that Universe Zero is a Merged Reality where travel between other Universes is impossible, but he proves to be pathetically unskilled as a Gravity Master compared to Shiki and Shura, who beat him silly in no time at all.
  • EMP: He has one in his arsenal of gadgets, which he uses to De-power Xenolith and take his Gravity Master powers in Universe Zero.
  • Fusion Dance: He chemically fuses himself with an Evil Knockoff of Xenolith so that he may use the gravity powers he stole from the real Xenolith.
  • Gravity Master: He becomes one in Universe Zero after stealing Xenolith's Satan Gravity, which is strong enough to crunch all of planet Foresta down to nothing.
  • How Do I Shot Web?: His fusion with the fake Xenolith in Universe Zero gives Müller access to Xenolith's gravity power, but it doesn't give him Xenolith's knowledge of the Gravity Martial Arts, which were invented to apply this power to combat. When faced with gravity experts like Shiki and Shura, he's beaten without getting to put up a fight.
  • Loony Fan: Müller serves as one for Void in Universe Zero. Just knowing that Void wants to assemble a team of 10 powerful androids is enough to tickle Müller's love of 0s and 1s, and he all too eagerly builds and fuses himself with an android of the Oración Seis Galáctica to help usher in Void's age of conquest.
  • Manipulative Bastard: He dupes Xenolith into underestimating him so he can steal Xenolith's Satan Gravity and destroy Foresta with it, which gets Xenolith branded as one of the Oración Seis Galáctica. Then, when Xenolith Body Surfs into a refugee girl's Robot Buddy and is unknowingly taken in by Oasis, Müller pits Shura against them by reporting that Oasis is sheltering them. This distracts Shura long enough for Müller to finish his Fusion Dance with his Evil Knockoff of Xenolith and take remote control over The Empire's fleet.
  • Power Parasite: He steals Xenolith's gravity powers for himself in Universe Zero, giving him the ability to crush a planet if he so chooses. When he fights Shiki and Shura, however, he's met with a rude awakening that stealing power doesn't mean he knows how to use it effectively.
  • Scatterbrained Senior: His memory is almost completely shot in this world, demonstrated when he goes looking for a missing coffee mug and thinking it was lost in a spacetime distortion, despite holding said mug in his hand the entire time.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Zig-Zagged. He becomes one of the Oración Seis Galáctica when he imbues himself with Xenolith's gravity power, but still lacks the proper technique to use this power in combat, and is beaten by the more experienced Shiki and Shura within moments.
  • Treacherous Advisor: This world's version of Müller is the head of the Aoi Cosmos's Imperial Science Department who manipulates his Emperor, the Benevolent Dictator Shura, while plotting behind his back.
  • Uncertain Doom: His ultimate fate is to be reduced to a head again just like he was before the Cosmic Retcon, leaving it unclear whether or not he survives.
  • Unskilled, but Strong: After stealing Xenolith's Satan Gravity, he's imbued with the kind of raw planet-destroying power that gets him accepted into the Oración Seis Galáctica, but none of the combat skill outside of generating gravity fields.

    Joker Helix 

Joker Helix

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A member of the Oración Seis Galáctica in Universe Zero. Joker was originally a game engine developed by Professor Weisz, but grew beyond her programming and spread to other computers across the cosmos, gaining a body of her own. She comes equipped with a Delta Time Reactor, which slows time down within a given area until it's virtually frozen.

  • A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Joker was an A.I.-powered game engine that went rogue when she kept absorbing information until she gained a mind of her own, and is now a minion of Void. However, it's discussed just how much of a hand Void had in her rebellion, since she had the makings of a Benevolent A.I..
  • Ambiguous Start of Darkness: After The Reveal that she was originally a Benevolent A.I., the crew can only speculate what drove Joker to work for Void to begin with. Professor Weisz guesses that either she empathized with Void's vision for a world without humans, or that Void found her first and altered her to suit his agenda.
  • Arc Villainess: She acts on behalf of Void as the antagonist of the Miltz arc, where she attempts to steal the Mother Ether the Edens Zero crew collected, while also acting as a personal enemy to Rebecca.
  • Bad Influencer: Subverted. Rebecca and Happy figure Joker is a B-Cuber they once heard about, but get no results when they look her up online. It turns out she was never a B-Cuber, but a rogue gaming software.
  • Benevolent A.I.: Before going rogue, Joker started out as a gaming A.I. that found joy in helping give players the best gaming experience she could provide. Given the ease that Rebecca talks her into surrendering, it's implied she was simply corrupted by Void and never stopped being the good A.I. she always was.
  • Character Catchphrase: She repeatedly says "Play a game with me, Rebecca," demonstrating her single-minded obsession with Rebecca.
  • The Dark Side Will Make You Forget: Before she became Void's minion, all Joker wanted was to make games and help people have fun playing them. Since then, her purpose has been twisted into obsessively playing with Rebecca, the first person who ever played with her.
  • Fair-Play Villain: When she warps Rebecca into her game worlds, Joker gives her hints and opportunities to figure out how each game works.
  • For Happiness: Rebecca figures out Joker's true desire for making games is to help improve people's experiences with them.
  • Forgotten Friend, New Foe: Downplayed. As an A.I.-powered game engine from Rebecca's childhood, Joker was only just starting to develop sentience when Rebecca played her games, but grew fond enough of Rebecca to want to keep her to herself after becoming one of Void's followers. Meanwhile Rebecca never realized she was sentient before remembering who she is.
  • Friend to All Children: Her first known act of sentience was to add a hint to a young Rebecca to help her beat one of her games, since Professor Weisz made it impossible to beat without sheer luck. Rebecca's recollection of this is what convinces her that the real Joker is actually kind to everyone.
  • Grew Beyond Their Programming: Joker Helix started out as a gaming software Professor Weisz developed to make games for Rebecca. Thanks to her fickle A.I. absorbing too much info, however, it grew into something beyond the Professor's control, becoming a follower of the Big Bad.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Rebecca talks her into one at the end of the Miltz arc, reminding her of the kindhearted entertainer she truly was before becoming Void's minion, which leads Joker to end her attack on the crew and leave peacefully.
  • I Just Want to Be Loved: Rebecca realizes that everything Joker does, even the illicit behavior she displays, stems from a desire to make games more fun for players. When Rebecca reminds Joker of that purpose, Joker's originally kind personality resurfaces.
  • Madness Mantra: She is prone to this when her games with Rebecca don't go as planned, repeatedly chanting "No fair" when Professor Weisz summons a giant Happy robot against her, and "Play with me" when Rebecca refuses to go along with her games anymore.
  • Meaningful Name: The name "Joker" alludes to her intended purpose as an entertainer.
  • Me's a Crowd: She has at least 100 duplicates of herself, with each copy coming with her own Delta Time Reactor. This not only helps spread her time-stopping powers further, but also allows her to multi-task in hunting the Edens Zero crew's Mother Ether and playing with Rebecca. The downside is that the clones are far weaker than the real Joker, and their time-slowing powers have a smaller Area of Effect.
  • The Most Dangerous Video Game: More specifically, she's a dangerous Game Engine in an android body with the power to create elaborate and dangerous dimensions that run on video game logic. While she doesn't go out of her way to harm Rebecca, the object of her obsession, she does try to drown Shiki and Professor Weisz after getting fed up with their interference.
  • One-Way Visor: She wears a dark visor that completely hides her real face and functions as a computer screen, and displays a monstrous Game Face when she has a Villainous Breakdown. After her Heel–Face Turn, the tint lifts to reveal a pretty, human-like face underneath.
  • Prehensile Hair: Her hair is made up of cables resembling dreadlocks, which she can manipulate freely as her primary form of attack.
  • Psychopathic Womanchild: As one of the Big Bad's servants, Joker has the child-like motivation of keeping Rebecca for herself so they can play games forever, and throws a tantrum when Professor Weisz starts "ruining" her games by modifying them beyond her liking.
  • Space Master: Joker sends Rebecca into interconnected Pocket Dimensions that force her to adhere to video game logic and mechanics, such as a pixelated Three-Quarters View world where movement is limited and abilities are accessed through a menu, and a Fighting Game world where combatants have a Life Meter and Cheese Strategies are plausible. Shiki and Professor Weisz are also able to enter these dimensions from the outside.
  • Time Stands Still: Downplayed. Her Delta Time Reactor can make time appear like it's been frozen for everyone but herself, but it really just slows time down to a crawl within an Area of Effect. This gives Professor Weisz an edge when he puts together a device that cancels out her reactor, which kicks into effect while he's still "frozen".
  • Token Good Teammate: She's the only member of Universe Zero's Oración Seis Galáctica who was good to begin with, and the only one to perform a Heel–Face Turn.
  • Vengeful Abandoned Toy: Downplayed. Before gaining sentience, Joker was used to make video games for Rebecca when she was little, which Rebecca had since almost forgotten about. Now Joker is obsessed with forcing Rebecca to play with her again like the good old days, but otherwise holds no hard feelings against her.

    Lightning Law 

Lightning Law

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One of the Oración Seis Galáctica in Universe Zero. Law has power over electricity, with his Metal Gore Hypnos ability allowing him to manipulate machinery to his will.

  • Asshole Victim: He's a bastard who takes advantage of Shiki's compassion for robots and forces Void's army to fight without rest. He goes unmourned when Laguna cuts him to pieces.
  • Bad Boss: He shows how little he cares for the Skeleton Army bots under his command by casually destroying one of them with his own hands, and later by using his power to force the army back to their feet every time they're broken by Shiki.
  • Blade Below the Shoulder: He can fuse his fingers into a single Ether blade.
  • Body Surf: He can possess other androids by turning into electricity, and then destroy them from within by returning to his original form.
  • Defiant to the End: Even after Laguna gives him a Curb-Stomp Battle by running him through with an ice sword, Law refuses to accept defeat and gets in a solid retaliating hit, mocking the Edens Zero crew's belief in equality between humans and machines, before Laguna finally cuts him to pieces.
  • Hero Killer: Law has the strength and emotional cunning to kill Shiki after forcing him into a Moment of Weakness, though his feat is undone when Rebecca discovers a way to reverse time in Universe Zero.
  • Kill It with Ice: Laguna destroys Law after dousing him in water and then going into Overdrive to freeze him with ice, which weakens Law's armored body enough to impale him and cut him to pieces.
  • Killed Off for Real: He's destroyed for good when Laguna cuts him apart, since all deaths are final in Universe Zero.
  • Manipulative Bastard: Law knows precisely how to get under Shiki's skin and throw him off his game, which he does by forcing Shiki to keep fighting the Skeleton Army until they're completely demolished, which goes against Shiki's stance of completely killing his enemies. Law takes advantage of this Moment of Weakness to kill Shiki.
  • Meaningful Name: Fittingly for a robot named Lightning Law, he has electrical powers.
  • No-Nonsense Nemesis: Zig-Zagged. Law wastes no time killing Shiki the instant he hesitates to demolish Void's Skeleton Army due to his compassion for robots, but stands idly by when Rebecca enters the picture and figures out how to reverse time in Universe Zero to save Shiki.
  • Robot Master: His Metal Gore Hypnos technique is a Marionette Master ability that specifically affects robots, who are forced to follow his command and fight for him as long as they're still in one piece, no matter how damaged they are. However, his victims can resist his control through sheer force of will, as the Skeleton Army does when they're moved by Shiki's compassion for them.
  • Shock and Awe: His powers involve the use of electricity, which gives him some manner of control over other androids like the Edens One's Skeleton Army.
  • Sinister Minister: His robes and mudra hand gestures give him the image of an Eastern monk, but he's also one of the Big Bad's minions.
  • Super-Toughness: His armored body gives him the endurance to withstand being rammed by Rebecca's Leo starfighter and come out completely unscathed. Laguna works around this by soaking and flash-freezing Law, making his body brittle enough to damage.
  • Technopath: His Metal Gore Hypnos technique allows him to control other robots against their wills until they're completely reduced to scrap metal. He can also disassemble machines like starfighters with a single touch.
  • Unusual Eyebrows: His eyebrows are shaped vaguely like shooting stars.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: Law is destroyed a small handful of chapters after he's introduced, receiving no backstory and very little characterization outside of being one of Void's followers.
  • Weaksauce Weakness: He's touted as one of the strongest androids in the universe, yet he easily short-circuits when exposed to ordinary water just like any other machine. This weakness is only circumvented by how his electricity makes it riskier for someone to use that water without getting fried themselves.

    Lady Freyja 

Lady Freyja

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One of the Oración Seis Galáctica in Universe Zero, a legendary sword fighter who stands above any other in the cosmos. She wields the Hundred Arms, a shapeshifting arsenal of every known armament.

  • Arrogant Kung-Fu Girl: She measures people's strength purely by their numeric Ether Power Level, and thus arrogantly assumes she's stronger than anybody else because her own level of 75 million has never been surpassed. In doing so, she fails to fight to her fullest potential and loses to the technically weaker Homura.
  • Asshole Victim: She's a Robot Soldier who wants to die out of ennui towards fighting and killing, feeling no remorse for the lives she's taken. She gets her wish thanks to Homura, but because Freyja spent the fight scorning her for her inferior Power Level, it's not the dignified death she was hoping for.
  • Broken Pedestal: She was once Valkyrie's idol in the way of the warrior, but lost her admiration since Freyja threw in her lot with Void.
  • Death Seeker: Freyja has lost her will to live since she concluded that being the World's Best Warrior means there's no one powerful enough to give her a proper challenge, so she jumps at the chance to go on a Suicide Mission for Void so he can destroy her with the Edens Zero crew. This winds up giving Homura the edge needed to defeat her, because Freyja's desire to die robs her of the drive to actually win, unlike Homura, who is desperate to survive her mortal wound.
  • Defeat Equals Explosion: She explodes in a fiery blaze after getting sliced in half by Homura's Extolling Flame Blade, leaving her lying on the ground in pieces.
  • The Dreaded: The mere mention that she's one of the Edens Zero crew's enemies is enough to make a hardened Master Swordswoman like Valkyrie quiver with fear.
  • Dual Wielding: Her primary weapon is a pair of mechanical swords, which she uses for the bulk of her fight with Homura.
  • Fatal Flaw: Hers is a mix of arrogance and apathy: she's so fixated on numeric Power Levels that she's convinced her supremely high Ether level of 75 million sets her too far apart from anyone else in the universe. This makes her tired of living, which in turn leaves her unmotivated to win her battles since she's sure she'd win by default. As a result, her skill and physical fitness are rusty enough for Homura to defeat her despite their vast power gap.
  • Face Death with Despair: Despite her Death Wish, Freyja proves to be a Sore Loser over Homura being a better swordfighter than her despite having a vastly inferior Power Level, and spends her last moments in a frenzied rage.
  • Killed Off for Real: Due to the finality of death in Universe Zero, Freyja meets her permanent end when she's destroyed by Homura.
  • Ludicrous Mêlée Accuracy: She slices Homura's clothes into perfect square pieces without touching her skin, and with such speed that Homura fails to notice Freyja moving her swords at all.
  • Master Swordswoman: She has mastered every kind of martial weapon, but mostly uses twin swords with Ludicrous Mêlée Accuracy.
  • Morph Weapon: Her Hundred Arms are a mechanical variety that she reconfigures into different weapons, including twin swords, a hammer, throwing stars, a spear, a whip, and a bow and arrow.
  • One-Woman Army: She has single-handedly killed approximately 1.6 billion humans in a war.
  • Psychotic Smirk: Often wears this expression to show what a psychotic person she is, seen when she regales her war history to Homura and shreds up her clothes in the blink of an eye.
  • Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Freyja, the World's Best Warrior in the series, is named after the Norse goddess of the same name, who represents war among other things.
  • Robot Soldier: She's an android programmed with every known military strategy, a powerful combat body, and mastery of all weaponry.
  • Smug Super: She's supremely assured of her own strength, which boasts an Ether Power Level of 75 million, something she rubs in Homura's face after registering her Overdrive at a mere 620,000. She's flabbergasted when Homura manages to turn the tide and damage her untouchable armor through sheer Heroic Willpower despite getting her stomach sliced open.
  • Sore Loser: Freyja can't accept losing to Homura because she'd rather be killed by someone stronger than her, or at least one who doesn't have a Power Level over one hundred times weaker than her own.
  • Turned Against Their Masters: She was created by humans as the ultimate Robot Soldier for one side of a war, but was only interested in testing her own strength rather than fighting for a human cause. This resulted in her killing a rough total of 1.6 billion people on both sides.
  • Undignified Death: As a Death Seeker, she singles the Edens One out as the only thing she wants to be destroyed by, since she believes the One has the most likely chance of succeeding. She's instead bested by Homura, an unworthy opponent in Freyja's eyes, and dies feeling humiliated over a "little girl" defeating her.
  • World's Best Warrior: Deconstructed. Freyja is the greatest warrior in the cosmos by design, born with a mastery of all weapons and never receiving so much as a scratch in battle. Because there is no one stronger than her, however, she finds no meaning in her own strength—the only thing that ever mattered to her—and has become a Death Seeker.

Other Crew Members

    Skeleton Army 

The Skeleton Army

The Skeleton Army of Universe Zero.

  • Mook–Face Turn: Downplayed. They don't switch sides, but they do muster the will to fight against Lightning Law's control to repay Shiki's kindness towards robots when he orders them to kill Laguna.
  • Unable to Cry: They're incapable of crying since they have no tear ducts, but they can still feel tremendous sadness, which allows Laguna to work his Ether Gear on them.

Interstellar Union Army

Directors of Operations

    In General 

    Noah Glenfield 

Noah Glenfield

The director of the Sakura Cosmos branch.

  • Alone Among the Couples: He's the only army director who isn't in a relationship, which gets under his skin during a conference when his fellow directors are with their significant others.
  • Character Check: Despite the improvements of Universe Zero thanks to the Cosmic Retcon, Noah admits he's the kind of guy who would put Rebecca in mortal peril to protect the Sakura Cosmos just like his original self was.
  • Not So Above It All: He was played fairly seriously in the old world, but has more comedic scenes in this world, such as when he acts bashful towards seeing Rebecca in a swimsuit, and when he bemoans being Alone Among the Couples.

    Nadia 

Nadia

The director of the Aoi Cosmos branch.

    Elsie Le Lendard 

Elsie Le Lendard

The director of the Kaede Cosmos branch, and the queen of Lendard.

    Saintfire Nox 

Saintfire Nox (Rachel)

The director of the Yukino Cosmos branch. Thanks to her Cat Leaper, she retains her memories of the original world despite not joining the Edens Zero crew to the past.

Oración Seis Interstellar

    In General 
  • Took a Level in Kindness: The Cosmic Retcon has affected the group as a whole in this way, making them more sociable to each other and the people they protect.
  • True Companions: The group is more tightly knit in this world than it was before, with its members appearing and working together outside their online chats.

    Face 

Face (Amira)

In this world, Amira was promoted from an agent of the Galactic Intelligence Agency to a full Oración Seis member.

    Holy 

Holy (Reina)

The Holy of Universe Zero.

    Eraser 

Eraser (Hamrio)

The Eraser of Universe Zero.

    Feather 

Feather

    Jaguar 

Jaguar

The Jaguar of Universe Zero.

    Victory 

Victory

Sakura Cosmos

Granbell

    Ziggy 

    Granbell Bots 

Blue Garden

    Labilia Christy 

Labilia Christy

    Couchpo 

Couchpo

Norma

X492 Norma

    Professor Weisz Steiner 

Professor Weisz Steiner

    Bernadette 

Bernadette

X442 Norma

    Irma Steiner 

Irma Steiner

    Sibir and Payo 

Sibir and Payo

Guilst

Belial Goer

    Drakken Joe 

Drakken Joe

Element 4

    Poseidon Nero 

Poseidon Nero

    Fie 

Fie

    Daichi 

Daichi

Other Operatives

    Maria Slime, Seth Anderson, and Diego Reyes 

Maria Slime, Seth Anderson, and Diego Reyes

Rogue Out

    In General 

Others

    Illega 

Illega

    Murray Morrison 

Murray Morrison

Digitalis

    Shinobi Troll 

Shinobi Troll

Oedo

    Seiji Hojo 

Seiji Hojo

Sun Jewel

Punishers

    In General 

    Madame Kurenai 

    Nino, Garrot, and Baku 

    Eger, Van, and Yak 

Others

    Kurenai's Husband 

    Paul 

Aoi Cosmos

The Empire

    In General 

    Poseidon Shura 

    Ijuna 

    Oceans 6 

Sandra

Oasis

    In General 

    Goodwin 

Others

    Aruna 

    Miimi 

Kaede Cosmos

Lendard

    James Holloway 

    Gowen, Hyoga, Behrman, and Jesse 

Yukino Cosmos

Miltz

    Connor 

Swan

    Deadend Crow 

Deadend Crow

In this world, Cure sent Crow to Planet Swan so he could defeat the titan with his own hands, but Crow was subdued by the Interstellar Union Army instead.

    Sara 

Sara

Thanks of the Interstellar Union Army, Sara was able to survive the would-be Bloody Atmos Day Incident.

N

    Neepa 

Neepa

Voiced by: Yūya Murakami (Japanese), Kyle Hebert (English)note 

    Noah Glenfield 

Noah Glenfield

Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese), Billy Kametz (English)

R

    Rebecca Bluegarden 

Rebecca Bluegarden

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu (Japanese), Kira Buckland (English)note 

S

    Saintfire Nox (Unmarked Spoilers) 

Saintfire Nox (Rachel)

Debut: Chapter 199 (Manga)

Ether Gear: Cat Leaper

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"Rebecca... If there's one thing I want you to know, it's this... Not a single day went by that I didn't think of you. I've always loved you."

The Archbishop of the Church of Saintfire, a cult on the Planet Miltz with jurisdiction over time. Her true identity is Rebecca's long-lost mother and Connor's ex-wife, Rachel, and the last of her bloodline to inherit the name of Nox. Like her daughter, Rachel could manipulate time itself with the power of Cat Leaper, but she has long since exhausted this power after countless failures to find a world where she and her family could live happily together.

  • Accent Adaptation: Rachel speaks with a rural Tosa dialect in Japanese, just like her daughter does when she gets angry or flustered. For Kodansha's translation, she's turned into a Southern Belle.
  • Action Mom: She's Rebecca's mom and one of the greatest fighters in the cosmos, capable of giving the Big Bad a run for his money.
  • Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Rachel is comically affectionate and smothering towards Rebecca after they make up, with her first proposed acts of family bonding being to take a bath together and sleeping in the same bed as Connor.
  • Amicable Exes: After their reunion, Rachel and Connor are shown to love each other as passionately as they did eighteen years ago before Rachel was forced to leave him for his own protection from her cult.
  • Badass in Distress: Her first proper introduction in the series happens while she's in a coma under Ziggy's captivity, requiring the Edens Zero crew to rescue her.
  • Badass Preacher: As an archbishop and one of the Galáctica, she allegedly put up one hell of a fight against Ziggy, being the Sole Survivor of her church during his invasion.
  • Big Damn Reunion: She reunites with her beloved daughter and husband at the end of the Lendard arc, with all three holding each other and crying Tears of Joy after everything that led to their separation has been cleared up.
  • Dirty Business: As much as she realizes it was the only way to protect her family, Rachel feels horribly broken up over having to leave Connor and send Rebecca away, especially after she'd learned Rebecca's caretakers ran off and left her to fend for herself.
  • Forbidden Love: Her marriage with Connor was considered taboo to her church, who didn't take kindly to outsiders having a relationship with their soon-to-be Archbishop, punishing them with death. With this custom being long-abandoned by the time she reunites with Connor, they more than happily pick up where they left off.
  • Give Her a Normal Life: She was forced to give up Rebecca when her church's fanatics came for her life, since they refused to accept a successor to Rachel with an unknown pedigree.
  • Good Shepherd: Despite being forced into leadership of a Corrupt Church and being branded as one of the Galáctica because of it, Rachel remains a good and honest woman, and notes that the church started to abandon its corrupt practices and traditions sometime after she assumed her title.
  • High Priest: She's the Church of Saintfire's Archbishop.
  • It's Not You, It's My Enemies: Her loving marriage with Connor was broken when her church came for her and killed him. After reversing time and preventing her husband's death, she was forced to go back to them without a word to him for his protection, taking their daughter with her.
  • Legacy Character: "Saintfire Nox" is just a title that's passed down to the leaders of her family's church, which took on a life of its own thanks to her mother's reputation as The Dreaded, permanently associating it with the Galáctica.
  • Mommy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: In the timelines where she brought Rebecca to the Church of Saintfire with her, Rebecca always ended up being killed by a fanatical faction. After using up her time-reversing power to save Rebecca, Rachel was left with no option but to send Rebecca to the Sakura Cosmos for her own safety. Once Rebecca hears Rachel's reasons and how painful it was for her mother to leave her, Rebecca is able to forgive her.
  • Muggle–Mage Romance: She's descended from a long line of the universe's most powerful Time Masters, but settled down with an ordinary space captain (then a lieutenant commander) like Connor.
  • Mysterious Parent: Rebecca is shocked to find out her long-lost mother is one of the Galáctica, and an archbishop who can control time.
  • Naked on Arrival: She's naked in her first official appearance because she's inside one of Ziggy's People Jars.
  • Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Ziggy's capture of Rachel happened off-screen, but according to him, she didn't go down without a fight, ending up the only one of her cult to survive.
  • Old Flame: She and Connor were Happily Married before she was forced to leave him with their unborn daughter. When they find each other again after eighteen years, they resume their loving, passionate relationship without a hitch.
  • Rank Scales with Asskicking: As her church's Archbishop, she is also its most powerful member with Super-Speed and Time Master abilities.
  • Rescue Introduction: In her proper introduction, Ziggy has captured her and trapped her inside one of his People Jars to pinpoint Mother's location. Shiki and his crewmates free her and take her to Sister for treatment.
  • The Runaway: In her younger days, she ran away from home because she didn't want anything to do with the Church of Saintfire, which lead to her meeting and marrying Connor.
  • Shared Family Quirks: She has her daughter's explosive temper and violent tendencies, right down to the "zeyo/ducky" Verbal Tic.
  • Sole Survivor: In multiple ways: she is the only known survivor of Ziggy's attack on the Church of Saintfire, the only living mother in Ziggy's collection of People Jars, and the last remaining member of the Galáctica's original roster besides the newcomer Shiki.
  • Super-Speed: By Sister's account, Rachel possesses speed that puts Rebecca's to shame, as she allegedly had Sister tied up and pinned to the ground a split second after waking up.
  • Superpowerful Genetics: Her Cat Leaper ability is passed down through the women in her family, with Rachel inheriting hers from her mother, and Rebecca receiving her own Cat Leaper from Rachel.
  • Time Master: Like her daughter, Rachel has Cat Leaper, which is a power all the women of their family have. By the time she's introduced, however, she's already used up her ability to reverse time after thousands of attempts to stop her husband and daughter from getting killed.
  • Token Good Teammate: To both the Church of Saintfire and the Oración Seis Galáctica in general. Like Elsie and Shiki, Rachel isn't villainous despite being branded as one of the most dangerous criminals of the cosmoses; she was just forced to become the leader of her mother's Corrupt Church because her husband and daughter would be killed if she refused.
  • Tom the Dark Lord: Despite being one of the six most powerful criminals in the cosmos, her actual first name is the rather unassuming "Rachel".
  • Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Rachel looks like a slightly older and more mature version of her daughter Rebecca, who already qualifies as Ms. Fanservice. Meanwhile, her husband is the middle-aged, balding, overweight Captain Connor.
  • Walking Spoiler: She's revealed as Rebecca's long-lost mother upon introduction, making her role in the story a spoiler right away.

    Sara 

Sara

    Shiki Granbell 

Shiki Granbell

Voiced by: Takuma Terashima, Yurie Kozakai [child] (Japanese), Sean Chiplock, Ryan Bartley [child] (English)note 

W

    Ward 

Ward

Voiced by: Sōma Shiomi (Japanese), Kane Jungbluth-Murry (English)note 

X

    Xenolith 

Xenolith

Z

    Zoy 

Zoy

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