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Crew of Edens Zero

In General

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.

Attack Reflector: Her Radical Field creates dozens of Ether shields that deflect Beam Spam attacks back at her opponent.
Back from the Dead: All the deaths she suffers across The Multiverse are negated by the Cosmic Retcon, including her Heroic Sacrifice in Universe 3.
Casting a Shadow: She uses Dark Ether as one of her Elemental Powers, which is described as a "gloom" element.
Have We Met Yet?: Since she lacks any Past-Life Memories, she becomes subject to a Running Gag where she gets hugged and cried over by her crewmates who remember her from the old world, even though she hadn't met them yet in this world. She learns to roll with it by the time they recruit Laguna.
Super Mode: Witch has her own Overdrive form in this world, which she uses to fight Wizard.

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.

Back from the Dead: The changes to history in Universe Zero allow Valkyrie to avoid the events leading to her death in the previous world.
Barbarian Longhair: Her Overdrive turns her straight hair wild and messy.
Dead Alternate Counterpart: Inverted. Valkyrie was a Posthumous Character in every Universe from the previous world, but in Universe Zero, she's still alive and well.
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.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: In Universe Zero, Valkyrie and Kurenai are good friends who made a pact to wait for Homura to find them on Sun Jewel, unlike the previous world, where they were The Farmer and the Viper, respectively.
I Will Find You: Inverted. After Homura left her five years ago due to thinking she was dead, Valkyrie waits for Homura to find her on Sun Jewel as per Xiaomei's instructions, leading her to have a Big Damn Reunion with her student, Shiki, and the rest of the Shining Stars.
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.
Vigilante Woman: In this world, Valkyrie is a member of the Punishers, a vigilante team founded by Madame Kurenai that protects the people of Sun Jewel from threats like the Stones.

Crew of Edens One

O.N.E. Void

Over Nu Etherion Void

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

In General

Took a Level in Badass: The Four Dark Stars are all stated by Pino to be more powerful in Universe Zero thanks to the Cosmic Retcon. This is a case of Informed Ability, though, as they battle different opponents with different levels of power (e.g., Wizard fighting Witch instead of the more powerful Shiki), which muddies just how much more powerful they're supposed to be.

Wizard

The Wizard of Universe Zero.

Beam Spam: His "magic of destruction" can fire a barrage of laser beams from Instant Runes he conjures up around his enemies. This factors into his defeat, where Witch deflects them all back at him using her Radical Field.
Collared by Fashion: His outfit when fighting Witch comes with a collar.
One-Winged Angel: He's able to Overdrive into a form identical to his Battle Dress in Universe Zero, using it to counteract Witch's own Overdrive. Unlike in the previous world, he fares much longer in this form against Witch before being defeated.
Villain Teleportation: As Witch's Evil Counterpart, Wizard has teleportation magic that she's not capable of using.

Clown*

Clown

The Clown of Universe Zero. He retains his memories of the old world due to his imprisonment aboard the Edens Zero when Etherion was activated by accident, giving his crew vital knowledge of their enemies.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens One for more information.

Killer

The Killer of Universe Zero.

Back from the Dead: After his death in the Lendard arc, he's brought back with the other dead Dark Stars by the Cosmic Retcon.
Digital Avatar: He uses one to pilot the Edens One in Cyberspace.
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, but is so focused on his own genius that he underestimates Weisz's intelligence and winds up Out-Gambitted by him.

Brigandine

The Brigandine of Universe Zero.

Arm Cannon: He can turn his arm into a Wave-Motion Gun that fires a massive energy beam.
Ambiguously Brown: His head looks like that of ordinary human man with the same dark skin color as Valkyrie, but also a light shade of hair.^note
Back from the Dead: After his death in the Lendard arc, he's brought back with the other dead Dark Stars by the Cosmic Retcon.
Bishōnen Line: Compared to his models before the Cosmic Retcon, which resemble suits of Animated Armor, this version of Brigandine is stated to be his most powerful, and is also his most human-looking.
Brutish Character, Brutish Weapon: He wields a large battle axe in his duel with Valkyrie, showing his force against her finesse.
Dreadlock Warrior: His more humanoid model sports a set of dreads, making him this.
Took a Level in Cheerfulness: Downplayed. He's as stone-faced as he was in the previous world, but the Cosmic Retcon rids him of his Unfulfilled Purpose Misery by bringing Valkyrie Back from the Dead.

Oración Seis Galáctica

In General

Changing of the Guard: A villainous example. The group's roster is almost completely different in Universe Zero from what it was in the previous world, with God Acnoella being the only remaining member.
Co-Dragons: All six are Void's most powerful minions, with none having more authority over the other.
Demoted to Dragon: On the whole, the original Galáctica's villainous members served as a Big Bad Ensemble along with the Edens One, the overarching Big Bad. The Cosmic Retcon changes the group into a unified faction of Co-Dragons that serve the One.
Gender-Equal Ensemble: Despite the change in members, the gender ratio of this version of the group remains evenly split between three males (Cure, Müller, and Law) and three females (Acnoella, Joker, and Freyja).
Robotic Psychopath: This version of the Galáctica is made up entirely of androids—including former humans—who help push Void's goal to Kill All Humans.

Deadend Cure

The Cure of Universe Zero, who joined the Galáctica after his planned attack on Planet Swan was thwarted by the Interstellar Union Army ten years ago.

Achilles' Heel: Just like 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: This version of Cure 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)

The Acnoella of Universe Zero, and the only member of the Galáctica from the original world to retain her position in this one.

Back from the Dead: Her death in Universe 3 during the Lendard arc is undone by the Cosmic Retcon.
Beyond Redemption: Despite the Cosmic Retcon changing many other villains for the better, Acnoella remains the same Evil Matriarch as always in Universe Zero, for which Elsie requests the Edens Zero crew to take her down for good.
Demoted to Dragon: The Cosmic Retcon changes her from part of the Lendard arc's Big Bad Duumvirate into a follower of Void, the Big Bad.
Informed Ability: Acnoella allegedly Took a Level in Badass thanks to the Cosmic Retcon, yet Homura still manages to defeat her with a single Dragon Flash while in Overdrive, despite still being weaker than Elsie, the one who killed Acnoella in the old world.
Uncertain Doom: She's last seen getting slashed across the chest without any confirmation that she's been Killed Off for Real.

"Xenolith"

Dr. Müller / Fake Xenolith

The Müller of Universe Zero, and head of the Aoi Cosmos's Imperial Science Department under Emperor 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

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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

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

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

The four highest ranking officials of the Interstellar Union Army, with each having jurisdiction over one quadrant of the Grand Shiki Cosmos.

Big Good: As the leaders of the Interstellar Union Army, they collectively serve this role in the final arc. In particular, Saintfire Nox is the one to relay her knowledge of the previous world to her fellow directors and the Oración Seis Interstellar, which leads the army to support the crew for the showdown with the Edens One.

Noah Glenfield

The Noah of Universe Zero, and director of the army's 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.
Nerf: Due to Universe Zero being a Merged Reality where the flow of time is constant, Noah's Ether Gear loses its power to observe the Multiverse or any temporal shifts.
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

The Nadia of Universe Zero, and director of the army's Aoi Cosmos branch.

Official Couple: Thanks to Andrew being put into cold sleep for 200 years, she's officially still together with him.

Elsie Le Lendard

The Elsie of Universe Zero, where she is both the army's director of the Kaede Cosmos branch and the Queen of Lendard.

Back from the Dead: The Cosmic Retcon brings her back after she was Driven to Suicide in Universe 3 during the Lendard arc.
Disowned Parent: Elsie has completely disowned her mother, Shaya, whom she deems Beyond Redemption since she became God Acnoella and joined forces with the Big Bad just like she did in the old world.
The High Queen: She's become a benevolent queen who reigns over her planet and keeps order in the Kaede Cosmos on the Interstellar Union Army's behalf.
Other Me Annoys Me: She's mortified to learn from Rachel's intel that she was a Space Pirate in the previous world, despite her subjects being able to picture it perfectly.
Perfectly Arranged Marriage: Without the Lendard Civil War driving a wrench in their Bureaucratically Arranged Marriage, Elsie and James are now a happy couple in this world.

Saintfire Nox*

Saintfire Nox (Rachel)

The Rachel of Universe Zero, and director of the army's 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.

See EDENS ZERO: Oración Seis Galáctica for more information.

Happily Married: She and Connor have gotten back together in this world since getting their memories from the old world.

Oración Seis Interstellar

In General

Gender-Equal Ensemble: This version of the team has three men (Eraser, Jaguar, and Victory) and three women (Amira/Face, Holy, and Feather), as opposed to the Two Girls to a Team in past worlds.
Loner-Turned-Friend: After the Cosmic Retcon, they've become a more coordinated unit who openly socialize with each other at public events and in private, a stark contrast to how they rarely met in person or took interest in each other beyond work outside online Prayer Councils and video communications.
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)

The Amira of Universe Zero, who was promoted from an agent of the Galactic Intelligence Agency to a full Oración Seis Interstellar member.

Animal Disguise: Her Mirror Face is shown to work on animals like Happy, whom she turns herself into moments before Rebecca falls into Müller's trap.
Meaningful Name: Her codename references her "Mirror Face" ability.
Took a Level in Badass: In Universe Zero, she's become powerful and skilled enough to be counted among the Interstellar Union Army's six elite soldiers.

Holy

Holy (Reina)

The Holy of Universe Zero.

Implied Love Interest: She and Eraser are hinted at being a couple in this world by how they frequently appear together in person, tease Noah for being Alone Among the Couples, and share their real names with the Beta Couple Hamrio Musica and Reina from Mashima's previous manga Rave Master.
Took a Level in Cheerfulness: She's made much happier in Universe Zero thanks to the Cosmic Retcon changing history so that the Bloody Atmos Day Incident doesn't play out, sparing Holy's sister.

Eraser

Eraser (Hamrio)

The Eraser of Universe Zero.

Implied Love Interest: He and Holy are hinted at being a couple in this world by how they frequently appear together in person, tease Noah for being Alone Among the Couples, and share their real names with the Beta Couple Hamrio Musica and Reina from Mashima's previous manga Rave Master.

Feather

The Feather of Universe Zero, where she also serves as Saintfire Nox's assistant on Miltz.

Mission Control: Takes on this role during the Miltz arc, using her Ether Gear to track Joker Helix's movements and help the Edens Zero crew make their escape.
Number Two: Outside her duties as one of the Oración Seis Interstellar, she is also Saintfire Nox's right-hand woman.
Shameless Fanservice Girl: Doesn't show any embarrassment over engaging in Bathtub Bonding with the girls, or Weisz ogling her in the nude after Rebecca's run-in with Joker Helix blows a hole between the boys' and girls' baths.

Jaguar

The Jaguar of Universe Zero.

Back from the Dead: The Cosmic Retcon undoes his death in the Aoi War.
Friend to All Children: He's shown to be kind towards children when he gently smiles at Holy and her little sister when they're still kids in the aftermath of Deadend Crow's attack.

Victory

The Victory of Universe Zero, where he is a member of the Oración Seis Interstellar.

Took a Level in Badass: The Cosmic Retcon sees him so beefed up in strength that he's accepted into the army's elite team in place of Justice, his superior officer in both rank and power from the last world.

Sakura Cosmos

Granbell

Shiki Granbell*

Ziggy

The Ziggy of Universe Zero.

Big Good: Without Void taking control of him, Ziggy fulfills this role in Universe Zero, first by leaving Shiki with the Edens Zero on Granbell outright to set him off on his adventure, and later by keeping himself secretly alive long enough to battle Void personally in the Final Battle.
Dark Is Not Evil: Ziggy's Overdrive turns him into a jet black, monstrous-looking demon, but he only assumes this form to protect the universe from Void, the Big Bad.
Hand Blast: When in Overdrive, he can fire his own Star Bringer—the Zero and One's Wave-Motion Gun—from the palm of his hand.
I Have No Son!: Downplayed. Ziggy loathes to admit that a genocidal madman like Void was conceived as his and Rebecca's son, but accepts that it's his responsibility as a father to destroy him at all costs.
Miles to Go Before I Sleep: Even without the angst of being Void's unwilling puppet, Ziggy feels he doesn't belong in the present era, and is fully prepared to die for good once the Edens One has been destroyed.
My Greatest Failure: Besides the morally questionable decisions he made while building the Four Shining Stars, he considers his creation of the Edens One to be this due to the threat the ship poses to humanity. Doubly so once it's revealed the ship is possessed by Ziggy's own son from the future.
Power Gives You Wings: Ziggy's Overdrive form gives him a pair of downward-pointing wings, which split off into a Storm of Blades.
Storm of Blades: His Xenoflare attack splits his Overdrive form's wings into a set of mechanical blades that he controls with gravity, which is how he slices off Void's legs.

Granbell Bots

The Granbell Bots

The Granbell bots of Universe Zero, who were spared from their inevitable demise when Ziggy found a solution to their Ether shortage, allowing them to live happier and carefree lives with Shiki.

Back from the Dead: The Cosmic Retcon turns Universe Zero into a reality where Ziggy creates a device that circulates the planet's Ether, giving the bots enough energy to last a thousand years and preventing them from dying in the first place.
Your Days Are Numbered: Subverted in Universe Zero, where the planet is brimming with enough Ether to last one thousand years thanks to a circulation device built by Ziggy before his death.

Blue Garden

Rebecca Bluegarden*

Rebecca Bluegarden

The Rebecca of Universe Zero. Her life is mostly unaltered, but due to the finality of time in this world, she can't reverse time quite like she used to.

See EDENS ZERO: Shiki's Companions for more information.

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 before she's back in full form.

Happy*

Happy

The Happy of Universe Zero, who is still flesh and blood thanks to him avoiding the fateful roadside accident that required him to be rebuilt as a robot.

See EDENS ZERO: Shiki's Companions for more information.

De-power: Thanks to the Cosmic Retcon preventing him from being rebuilt as an android like the previous world, he never becomes an Equippable Ally for Rebecca, losing all his combat abilities.

Labilia Christy*

Labilia Christy

The Labilia of Universe Zero.

See EDENS ZERO: Sakura Cosmos for more information.

Took a Level in Jerkass: Thanks to the Cosmic Retcon after she and Rebecca buried the hatchet, Labilia loses her Character Development and goes back to being an Alpha Bitch until she gains her Past-Life Memories.

Couchpo*

Couchpo

The Couchpo of Universe Zero.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens Zero for more information.

Norma

X492 Norma

Professor Weisz Steiner

Professor Weisz Steiner (X492)

The Professor Weisz of Universe Zero.

Guest-Star Party Member: He teams up with the Edens Zero crew during the Miltz arc, where he plays a pivotal role in the fight against Joker.
My Greatest Failure: Even though he never meant for it to happen, he's ashamed and embarassed that Joker Helix—an AI-powered Game Engine he developed—became one of the Oración Seis Galáctica, and does everything he can to track her down and stop her.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: When he created the Joker Helix game engine, he had no idea its AI would go rogue and become a servant to the Big Bad.

Bernadette

The Bernadette of Universe Zero.

X442 Norma

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.

See EDENS ZERO: Shiki's Companions for more information.

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.
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.
Took a Level in Jerkass: The Cosmic Retcon forces him back into being one like he was in the previous world, though he immediately lightens up when he gets his Past-Life Memories.

E.M. Pino*

E.M. Pino

The Pino of Universe Zero, who avoids having her memories erased by Sibir in this world.

See EDENS ZERO: Shiki's Companions for more information.

Took a Level in Cheerfulness: Pino never suffers from any Wistful Amnesia thanks to the changes in Universe Zero, giving her full confidence and clarity in what Ziggy wanted of her.

Irma Steiner

The Irma of Universe Zero, who never had her life force absorbed by Drakken Joe, allowing her to survive well into the year X442.

Back from the Dead: Her death in previous Universes is overwritten by the Cosmic Retcon when the crew travel to Universe Zero, where her death never happened.
Dead Alternate Counterpart: Inverted in Universe Zero, where she was never killed by Drakken's life-absorbing machine, and is in good health by the time Weisz's future crewmates first meet him. This taking place in a Merged Reality, it also overrides Irma's death in all other universes.
Good Parents: Although Weisz is a great deal more disrespectful to her in this Universe before gaining his future memories, Irma is as kind to him as she ever was, and is nothing short of supportive when he decides to leave home.

Sibir and Payo

The Sibir and Payo of Universe Zero, who remain on good terms with Weisz.

Heel–Face Turn: The Cosmic Retcon alters their history so much that they never become enemies to Shiki's crew.
Took a Level in Kindness: Thanks to the Cosmic Retcon, Sibir's history is changed so that he and Weisz are still best friends. It's also implied by how welcoming and trusting Irma is of him that he never became a criminal, either.

Guilst

Belial Goer

Drakken Joe

The Drakken of Universe Zero, who turned to stealing the life force of animals rather than humans to extend his own lifespan. As a result, he is not quite the villain he was in the previous world.

Benevolent Boss: Downplayed. He still punishes those who fail to pay his money back, but is far less needlessly brutal about it, demonstrated when he crams a bottle down a debtor's mouth without smashing it with his foot like last time.
Even Evil Has Standards: As a version of Drakken with a stronger moral compass, he looks disturbed to learn from Shiki that he would steal the life force of people in the other world, since this Drakken took to harvesting animals' lives instead, something he doesn't deny is hardly much better. Shiki uses this as an angle for getting him to evacuate Guilst from the Chronophage's oncoming attack, since it shows Drakken cares just enough about people's lives to not want to lose them.
Friendship Denial: He claims that he doesn't have or need any friends, despite Shiki and even Nero's assertions that his own co-workers and minions fit the bill.
Intergenerational Friendship: Though Drakken denies it, he gets along well with Nero despite their century-wide age gap, with Drakken being the older of the two.
Necessarily Evil: This version of Drakken turns out to be this, in contrast to his old self. Though he doesn't go into detail, he claims that his business has saved just as many lives as it's ruined, and is in fact required to maintain the Balance of Good and Evil in the world.
No-Nonsense Nemesis: Just as he did in previous Universes, he pulls no punches when Sister issues a challenge to him, immediately siccing the Element 4 against the Edens Zero crew when they charge through his front doors—one of the Element 4 in this Universe being Poseidon Nero, one of his peers from the Oración Seis Galáctica.
Noble Demon: This Drakken strictly adheres to his Thou Shalt Not Kill rule (when it applies to humans, anyway), in stark contrast to his old self, a Hypocrite who claims he doesn't kill people just so he can leech off of their life force. This turns out to be a major redeeming factor for him, as Shiki convinces him to evacuate Guilst in advance of the Chronophage's attack.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: He's almost always a stone-cold and ruthless kingpin who punishes anyone who looks down on him, but when Shiki starts making incessant offers of friendship, Drakken suddenly gets agitated and flummoxed to such a comical degree that it comes as a surprise to his own minions, with Diego even finding his temper tantrum "cute".
Reasonable Authority Figure: Though he doesn't believe Shiki's claims that he comes from an alternate universe at first, and is irritated by Shiki's borderline illogical attempts at befriending him, this version of Drakken becomes much more willing to listen when Shiki reveals what he knows about Drakken's past, and follows his word to save the people of Guilst before the Chronophage attacks it.
Took a Level in Kindness: Downplayed. While still a dangerous crime lord, the Cosmic Retcon altered his history and personality to such an extent that he's no longer irredeemably evil, turning him into a more sympathetic figure with a stronger code of honor, and giving him a greater leaning towards running his moneylending empire out of necessity rather than pure greed.
Villain Forgot to Level Grind: Although he's just as powerful in Universe Zero as he was before, he ceases to be the same threat once Shiki and his crew start tapping into their power and skills from three years in the future, evidenced by Shiki's manhandling of Nero, Drakken's rival in power. The Galáctica also have a higher power level cap in this Universe than others, meaning he no longer fits the bill to be counted as one.
Villain Team-Up: This Drakken works with Poseidon Nero, one of the Oración Seis Galáctica from the previous world, who outwardly appears to have been Demoted to Dragon, but in fact runs a joint operation with him behind the scenes.

Element 4

Poseidon Nero

The Nero of Universe Zero, who stepped down as Emperor of the Aoi Cosmos and retreated to Guilst, where he currently works as Drakken's business partner. He serves as the Element of Water instead of Laguna.

Abdicate the Throne: This world's Nero stepped down as Emperor and passed the title down to his son, Shura.
Affably Evil: This version of Nero is a great deal more light-hearted and jovial than his behavior in the previous world suggests, despite helping Drakken run his criminal empire.
Back from the Dead: Nero almost invariably dies in the Aoi War of previous Universes, but thanks to the Cosmic Retcon, his death is swept aside.
The Coats Are Off: Just like in the previous world, Nero flings off his regal robes when deciding to use his Ether Gear.
Demoted to Dragon: Downplayed. Nero has ostensibly gone from being The Emperor and overarching villain of the Aoi Cosmos arcs to one of Drakken Joe's minions, but according to Nero himself, he and Drakken are equal partners who rule the Sakura Cosmos together.
Even Evil Has Standards: Although he's partners with the Sakura Cosmos's most notorious criminal, he draws the line at the kind of tyranny he and Shura were capable of in the old world. When it appears Shura has crossed that line, or is going to, Nero helps train Shiki to ensure he's strong enough to stop his son.
Intergenerational Friendship: Nero considers himself to be friends with Drakken, despite Drakken's denial and the 100-year age gap, with Nero being the younger of the two, against appearances.
Making a Splash: As the new Element of Water, Nero is able to conjure up deluges of water at will. Since he still has his Wormhole ability, it's not stated whether he uses a second Ether Gear, or if controlling water is an inherent ability he has, or if he simply uses Wormhole to transport water from other places.
Noble Demon: This version of Nero shows off more of the Emperor's admirable traits that ushered his friendship with Ziggy, including his willingness to help Shiki overcome his blocked off power for the sake of stopping his son from becoming a tyrant. He also had the noble motivation of building his empire to end all interplanetary warfare in the Aoi Cosmos, not out of an obsessive pursuit of victory.
Not So Above It All: Despite his grim appearance and behavior, Nero acts offended that Drakken doesn't consider themselves to be "pals" after Shiki makes the claim that they are.
Retired Monster: Averted. Nero meant to require quietly on Guilst after passing his throne to Shura, but wound up partnering with Drakken and actively controlling the Sakura Cosmos behind closed doors.
Shadow Dictator: Drakken Joe is known to the public as the sole president of his moneylending company where he controls the Sakura Cosmos, but behind the scenes, he actually runs his company together with Nero.
Took a Level in Kindness: Downplayed. Before the Cosmic Retcon, Nero was an Evil Overlord who didn't care about anything other than personal victory, although he still managed to form an Odd Friendship with the good Demon King Ziggy. In this world, he's still a villain who helps run Drakken's criminal business, but Nero formed his own Empire in a misguided effort to bring peace to the Aoi Cosmos, and is more Affably Evil than he was before.
Utopia Justifies the Means: This Nero became a Galactic Conqueror not out of obsession with power or victory like in the previous world, but because he grew tired of the constant warfare throughout the Aoi Cosmos and sought to unite the planets. However, Shura admits this was no excuse for Nero to step in and invade them.
Villain Forgot to Level Grind: He's just as powerful in Universe Zero as he was before, but once Shiki taps into his Galáctica-level power from the future, Nero gets completely wiped. The Galáctica also have a higher power level cap in this Universe than others, meaning he no longer fits the bill to be counted as one.
Villain Takes an Interest: A peculiar example. After rolling his dice to see what to do with Shiki, Nero suddenly shifts gears and actively advises the boy on how to tap into his future power, which Shiki's younger body can't access. Rather than to sway Shiki to his side, he does it so Shiki can defeat him and prove himself capable of stopping Shura from turning into a tyrant.
Villain Team-Up: This version of Nero has teamed up with Drakken to rule the Sakura Cosmos together with him.
Weaponized Teleportation: Nero shows off the combative capabilities of his Ether Gear by creating rows of wormholes to reach his arms and grab Shiki through.

Sylph (Kleene Rutherford)*

Sylph (Kleene Rutherford)

The Kleene of Universe Zero, who never endured the trauma that stole her emotions, but wound up becoming one of Drakken's Element 4 anyway.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens Zero for more information.

Face–Heel Turn: The Cosmic Retcon sees her as one of Drakken's minions like she was before joining the Edens Zero crew. Getting her Past-Life Memories back puts her back on the side of good.
Perky Female Minion:
Took a Level in Cheerfulness:
Trapped in Villainy: Played for Laughs.

Fie

The Fie of Universe Zero.

Confusion Fu: He shows off a craftier side to fighting in Universe Zero than before, using bluffs and misdirection to mask his location.
Have We Met Yet?: Weisz is an Unknown Rival to Fie for wanting to settle the score with him over shooting and dismembering him in Universe 1, since the two have never met in Universe Zero.
Super Smoke: In Universe Zero, his fireball form is changed into a cloud of smoke, which he uses to slip through ventilation ducts to find new vantage points.

Daichi

The Daichi of Universe Zero.

Have We Met Yet?: Rebecca is an Unknown Rival to Daichi for wanting to settle the score with him over torturing her in Universe 1, since the two have never met in Universe Zero.
Villain Forgot to Level Grind: Inverted. Rebecca assumes that fighting Daichi will be Curb-Stomp Battle in her favor since she's retained her three years of combat training from previous Universes, but finds he's still every bit more powerful than her in this Universe as he was before, because she's still as physically weak as she was when they first encountered.

Other Operatives

Jinn (Kris Rutherford)*

Jinn (Kris Rutherford)

The Jinn of Universe Zero, who became an O-Tech by choice and had no need to seek Sister's aid in healing Kleene, but wound up under Drakken's service anyway.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens Zero for more information.

Face–Heel Turn: The Cosmic Retcon sees him as one of Drakken's minions like he was before joining the Edens Zero crew. Getting his Past-Life Memories back puts him back on the side of good.
Trapped in Villainy:

Maria Slime, Seth Anderson, and Diego Reyes

Rogue Out

In General

Rogue Out

In Universe Zero, Rogue Out formed around the real Sister Ivry of the Four Shining Stars rather than her would-be imposter, becoming a vigilante group that opposes Drakken Joe.

Vigilante Militia: Because of Guilst's lack of law and order, including a proper police force, Rogue Out takes it upon themselves to keep the peace.

Sister Ivry*

Sister Ivry

The Sister of Universe Zero, where she became the founder and leader of Rogue Out.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens Zero for more information.

Mosco Versa-0*

Mosco Versa-0

The Mosco of Universe Zero, where he is imitated by a legion of bots who all work for Sister.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens Zero for more information.

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.

Others

Homura Kogetsu*

Homura Kogetsu

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

See EDENS ZERO: Shiki's Companions for more information.

Broken Bird: She becomes one in Universe Zero due to the Trauma Conga Line she suffered over the past five years, leaving her pessimistic, desperate, and miserable. Once she reunites with Valkyrie and gains her Past-Life Memories, she changes into her familiar, spirited self.
Cosmic Plaything: Homura is one of the few in Universe Zero whose life is made far worse by the Cosmic Retcon, piled on top of the Survivor Guilt she suffered due to the deaths of Creed/Seiji and Kurenai in the previous world, all without doing anything to deserve it. It's only after she reunites with the long-believed dead Valkyrie and significantly kinder mother that she catches a break.
Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: She's regularly shown with dull eyes from her Reestablishing Character Moment to the point where she gains her Past-Life Memories, demonstrating that she's become a Broken Bird.
I Let Gwen Stacy Die: Before gaining her Past-Life Memories, her Universe Zero self feels responsible for Valkyrie's death in this world, where Homura accidentally injured Seiji (the shogun's son) in a sparring match, leading Valkyrie to offer herself to be beheaded in Homura's place. She's vindicated when she discovers Valkyrie survived because simple decapitation isn't lethal to an android.
Psychosomatic Superpower Outage:
Significant Wardrobe Shift: Before being found by the crew, Homura wears drab, ragged robes rather than the vibrant patterned kimono she usually wore in the previous world, showing that she's fallen on hard times and stuck in a miserable state of mind.
Trauma Conga Line: Suffers one for five years in Universe Zero, starting when she seriously injured Seiji, the son of Oedo's shogun, in an honest swordfighting accident. From there, Valkyrie was beheaded for Homura's actions, leaving Homura with nothing but to search for her mother, who bailed on her when she was younger, only to be forced into debt to Drakken Joe—who mistakenly believed Kurenai owed him money—and nearly sold off to Illega to cover the debt.

Illega

The Illega of Universe Zero.

The Cameo: He briefly appears just to get a swift and well-deserved pounding from Mosco.
Connected All Along: While the Belial Gore arc states that Drakken Joe provided Illega with his petrification ray, it's clarified in Universe Zero that Illega is also one of Drakken's financial backers.

Murray Morrison

The Murray of Universe Zero.

Cosmic Plaything: He has a bottle forcefully crammed down his throat exactly as he had in Universe 1, the only difference being that Drakken doesn't crack the bottle—subtle Foreshadowing that, despite Murray's rotten luck, Drakken is less of a brutal criminal than before.

Digitalis

Hermit Mio*

Hermit Mio

The Hermit of Universe Zero, who was successful in saving Planet Hook, and has blissfully spent the last fifteen years playing games on Digitalis.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens Zero for more information.

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 Past-Life Memories, she's already coped with her trauma enough that it's no longer an issue.

Shinobi Troll

The Shinobi Troll of Universe Zero.

The Cameo: He shows up along with Hermit and Witch in a non-speaking appearance, presumably as Witch's guide to finding Hermit.

Oedo

Seiji Hojo

The Seiji of Universe Zero.

Back from the Dead: The Cosmic Retcon overwrites his death in the Aoi War.
Turn the Other Cheek: He was seriously cut in the arm by Homura in a children's duel held before his father, the shogun, but was incredibly forgiving and stood up for her when the shogun sentenced her to death for it. Sadly, his father had no such ideas for forgiveness, which forced Valkyrie to take the fall, but luckily Seiji doubled down on his convictions and helped fix Valkyrie up afterwards.

Sun Jewel

Punishers

In General

A team of planetary defenders who act as the guardians of Sun Jewel.

Call-Back: The teams' name belonged to Madame Kurenai's Mecha-Mooks in the previous world.
Vigilante Militia: They're a heroic vigilante group formed by Kurenai, Valkyrie, the Zaiten Three, and members of La Résistance from the old world, saving the city from regular Stone invasions.

Madame Kurenai

Madame Kurenai (Kurenai Kōgetsu)

The Kurenai of Universe Zero. Rather than the dictator of Sun Jewel who abandoned her daughter out of pure greed, she is the noble and selfless leader of the Punishers.

Back from the Dead: The Cosmic Retcon undoes the Bus Crash she suffered since she was captured by Cedric and his goons, allowing her to return.
Badass Normal: She uses her Power Palms to take down entire swarms of Stones, any one of which could kill an unarmed bystander.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: For all her valiant efforts as leader of the Punishers, Kurenai still feels she has no right to call herself Homura's mother or speak to Homura after abandoning her, even though they were kept apart by forces entirely beyond Kurenai's control.
Heel–Face Turn: She was originally a tyrannical woman who ruled Sun Jewel with an iron fist, but thanks to the Cosmic Retcon, she has been transformed into a heroic defender of the planet.
Loved by All: She is revered by the people of Sun Jewel as a splendid model of a woman who's devoted her life to protecting them from the threat of the Stones, and is highly respected by the rest of the Punishers.
Mob Debt: Subverted. Kurenai went missing after supposedly owing money to Drakken Joe, leaving the debt to default to her daughter, Homura. As Valkyrie explains when the two reunite, the debt was never Kurenai's to begin with; Drakken had simply targeted Homura based on faulty information.
Mommy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: Unlike the old Kurenai, who selfishly abandoned Homura on Oedo to pursue her dreams of wealth and power, this Kurenai became a migrant worker with the intent to return once she raised enough money for them both. However, she was forced into marriage by a corrupt Planet Baron who threatened to destroy her planet with the Satellite Blaze if she refused; her first and only escape attempt was met with her husband sending his private army to wage war on Oedo, frightening her into compliance. The only thing keeping her going was Valkryie's claim that Homura would one day come to Sun Jewel herself, and she instead chose to help found and lead the Punishers until then.
Tareme Eyes: In contrast to her original counterpart, who usually had sharp Tsurime Eyes to emphasize her prideful, evil nature, Madame Kurenai in this universe has soft, droopy eyes to show that she is a good person.
Took a Level in Kindness: Exaggerated. Kurenai's personality is turned 180 degrees by the Cosmic Retcon, changing her from a selfish, greedy, uncaring tyrant into a pure-hearted hero and loving mother who fights to protect Sun Jewel out of the goodness of her heart.

Nino, Garrot, and Baku

The Zaiten Three of Universe Zero, who continue to serve under Kurenai, this time as heroic members of the Punishers.

Calling Your Attacks: Nino has a habit of naming his attacks after a special move from an anime, much like Rebecca did against him in Universe 1. Baku lampshades this quirk of his.
Heel–Face Turn: They've gone from villains to heroes as a result of the Cosmic Retcon altering their histories.
Only Sane Man: Baku takes on this role in the Punishers, trying to keep his teammates focused and calling out their personality quirks.
Took a Level in Kindness: Garrot and Baku were Kurenai's villainous enforcers in the old world. Here, they're the heroic defenders of Sun Jewel.

Eger, Van, and Yak

The Eger, Van, and Yak of Universe Zero.

Others

Kurenai's Husband

A bigwig on Sun Jewel who forced Kurenai into marriage with him, causing a great deal of misfortune for her and Homura.

No Name Given: He's not mentioned by name, though given his resemblance to the Kurenai Dragoon, his use of Satellite Blaze, and Kurenai's old Mecha-Mooks, it's heavily implied that he's Mordo, Sun Jewel's unseen Planet Baron whom Kurenai married and assassinated to become Sun Jewel's new ruler in the previous world.

Paul

The Paul of Universe Zero, where he has become a member of Sun Jewel's parliament.

Aoi Cosmos

The Empire

In General

The Federation: Shura abolishes the imperial government to form the Aoi Cosmos Republic after Müller's attempted rebellion using the antimatter bombs makes him realize just how much of a threat the Empire has become to his cosmos.

Poseidon Shura

The Shura of Universe Zero, where he has become Emperor of the Aoi Cosmos after his father stepped down from the throne.

Back from the Dead: The Cosmic Retcon that results from the Edens Zero going back in time to Universe Zero also means Shura's death in the Aoi War gets wiped from history.
Bait-and-Switch Tyrant: Shura's ascension to the throne is propped up as a Tyrant Takes the Helm situation when Nero calls him a tyrant and urges Shiki to stop him. Once he shows up, however, Shura turns out to be a well-meaning ruler who genuinely does what he thinks is best for his soldiers and subjects, even if he goes to extremes like considering the All-Link System plan as a way to deal with the rogue Xenolith. To hammer it home, Shura abolishes the imperial system and forms a republic after Shiki helps him end the crisis without resorting to drastic action.
Benevolent Boss: He shows how much more he cares for Ijuna and the Oceans 6 than he does in the previous world—especially Cyca, whom he cruelly destroyed in the last world for being a robot—when he nearly goes ballistic on Shiki after the Four Shining Stars beat them all up due to a misunderstanding.
Benevolent Dictator: Rather than the depraved tyrant the Edens Zero crew expects him to be, he's a genuinely well-meaning ruler who's helped bring the Empire to prosperity, but nearly makes the same rash decisions he made in the old world in response to the Foresta crisis, which would permanently tarnish his reputation as a leader if not for Shiki's intervention.
Blood Knight: One of his few retained traits as a villain is his love for combat and destroying his enemies. When Shiki freezes Shura's starship in midair with just a wave of his hand, Shura immediately becomes giddy over finding a Worthy Opponent and jumps out to trade fists with him.
Doppelgänger Gets Same Sentiment: Most of the heroes apart from Shiki have a hard time imagining that Universe Zero's Shura isn't the same bloodthirsty monster he was in the previous world, despite other irredeemable villains like Drakken Joe and Madame Kurenai changing for the better. Once they find he really isn't anywhere as bad as he was, however, the crew begrudgingly eases up around him.
The Emperor: In this Universe, Shura has taken over from his father as ruler of the Empire. Unlike the Evil Overlord he would've become in the previous world, however, this Shura turns out to be a Benevolent Dictator. He ceases to be this when he abolishes the Empire and forms the Aoi Cosmos Republic.
Heel–Face Turn: The Cosmic Retcon flips Shura's personality on its head, turning him from one of Shiki's most hated enemies into a trustworthy ally who never turned evil to begin with.
In Love with the Mark: Inverted. He was originally targeted by Ijuna for espionage, but fell in love with her despite fully knowing her intentions. However, Ijuna eventually reciprocated his feelings, and they became engaged.
Never My Fault: Once Müller—the head of the imperial science department in this Universe—is ousted as a traitor who framed Xenolith, Shura angrily demands to know who's responsible for hiring him in the first place. Ijuna gives him an earful for this, reminding Shura it's his own fault as Emperor for not paying more attention to his human resources.
Pimped-Out Cape: His new status as Emperor comes with an extravagant, regal cape with a fur collar, which he flings off when deciding to fight Shiki.
Restoration of Sanity: Thanks to the changes in history brought about by the Cosmic Retcon, Universe Zero's Shura doesn't suffer from Parental Neglect, becoming a more mentally and emotionally stable person as a result.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: As the new Emperor of the Aoi Cosmos, he takes a direct approach to dealing with Foresta's destruction by personally leading a manhunt on Sandra for Xenolith, the apparent culprit, intending to take the fight straight to Oasis when they're believed to be sheltering him.
She Is Not My Girlfriend: Downplayed. Shura is openly engaged to Ijuna, but gets angry when Nasseh calls her his bride, since they technically haven't wedded yet.
Sketchy Successor: While this world's Shura is a well-meaning Benevolent Dictator, he's still a reckless, irresponsible Blood Knight whom Nero predicts will become a tyrant without intervention, while his ascension prompts Laguna to form Oasis because they don't trust a "spoiled rich kid" to effectively run a government. Thanks to Shiki helping him keep his act together, he proves his doubters wrong by forming the Aoi Cosmos Republic to take responsibility for the Empire's transgressions.
Took a Level in Badass: Shiki notes how this Shura is far more powerful than he was before the Cosmic Retcon when Shura holds his own in a match against him, with Shura's men noticing that both sides holding back. Considering that Shiki at this point has regained his full power from three years in the future, where he became of the Oración Seis Galáctica, that says a lot.
Took a Level in Kindness: Exaggerated. Before the Cosmic Retcon, Shura was a psychotic, hedonistic deadbeat who killed his own men for the slightest insult, and only found true love after torturing and humiliating Ijuna until he unwittingly drove her insane enough to love him back. Here, while still wild and impulsive, he's been changed around to become a worthy ruler who wants what's best for his soldiers and subjects, and has a stable relationship with Ijuna, whom he'd never imagine putting through any sort of harm.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: At first, Shura seems to be as evil as ever when he tries to attack Oasis, invites Shiki to help kill Xenolith without looking into his sudden Face–Heel Turn, and shows his willingness to use the All-Link System if they fail. However, Shiki's confrontation with him reveals that Shura genuinely wants to save his people from a genocidal madman, believing Oasis to be sheltering him, and is desperate to avoid having to risk the lives of the Aoi Cosmos's robots if he doesn't have to.

Ijuna

The Ijuna of Universe Zero, where she is engaged to Shura and enjoys a much healthier relationship with him.

Fake Defector: Oasis thinks she betrayed them for the Empire after getting engaged to Shura, but she explains she did it so the two factions could make peace.
In Love with the Mark: Her relationship with Shura started as an undercover job to take him down on Oasis's behalf, but she fell for his charms and became his fiancée, reasoning that their marriage can help the Empire and Oasis make amends.
Morality Chain: She serves as one for Shura, reeling him in when he suggests burning Sandra's city down to flush Oasis out.
Official Couple: She and Shura are an engaged couple in Universe Zero.
Open Secret: Her espionage on the Empire was obvious to Shura and most of the Oceans except Fabiano from the start. When Goodwin accuses her of betrayal, she comes clean about her undercover work like it's nothing.

Oceans 6

The Oceans 6 of Universe Zero.

Back from the Dead: Cyca and Fabiano were killed by Shura and Jaguar respectively in the past, but the Cosmic Retcon brings them back.
Villainous Friendship: The younger members have a much more friendly and casual relationship with Shura in this Universe, addressing him by name rather than by his title as Emperor.

Sandra

Oasis

In General

Back from the Dead: The members who were killed in the Aoi War (Dylan, Furena, and Lizarre) are alive and well thanks to the Cosmic Retcon.
Took a Level in Badass: They're a much more formidable force that can easily match the Empire's might, compared to other worlds where they couldn't come close to accomplishing their goal without the Edens Zero's help.

Laguna Husert*

Laguna Husert

The Laguna of Universe Zero, who has become the leader of Oasis instead of one of Drakken Joe's Element 4.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens Zero for more information.

Famed In Universe: His name and achievements are known to Nero and Shura, the emperors of the Aoi Cosmos.
Rebel Leader: This version of Laguna became Oasis's leader instead of deserting them.

Goodwin

The Goodwin of Universe Zero, who never took over as Oasis's leader and is much smaller than he was in the last world.

Connected All Along: He's confirmed to be from Planet Excede just like Happy.
Fun Size: In stark contrast to other worlds, where he stands three stories tall, the Goodwin of this Universe is the same size as Happy, which Laguna explains is his true size, and is far more comical and less imposing because of it.

Others

Aruna

The Aruna of Universe Zero.

Swapped Roles: In a bizarre twist, this world's Aruna has a flipped-around relationship with Xenolith, who took care of her in previous worlds after her parents' deaths, but is now put under her care when he's forced to lay low in Miimi's body after being framed.
Tagalong Kid: The Edens Zero crew ends up taking her with them when they help Xenolith as Miimi, since she didn't want to be separated from Miimi and no one had the heart to try.

Miimi / Xenolith

The Miimi and Xenolith of Universe Zero, who are forced to share a body after the latter had his powers and identity stolen by Müller.

Ascended Extra: After coming Back from the Dead, Miimi gets a rise in importance from a Sacrificial Lamb to Xenolith's new host.
Back from the Dead: Miimi's death is undone by the Cosmic Retcon.
Body Surf: Xenolith had to switch from his robot body to Miimi's after Müller stole his power.
Chekhov's Gunman: Miimi, who was first introduced as a throwaway character, turns out to be Xenolith's newest vessel in Universe Zero after his Frame-Up.
De-power: Xenolith has lost his gravity powers this thanks to Müller's EMP, which would have killed him had he not found Miimi lying around nearby.
Inconsistent Spelling: Just like before, the translation flip-flops between "Miimi" and "Miimii" (with an extra "I" at the end).
Morphic Resonance: Miimi's facial screen changes to resemble Xenolith when he's in control of their body.
Sharing a Body: Xenolith and Miimi are forced to do this after Xenolith's encounter with Müller left him without a body. They're also able to switch personalities at will.
Swapped Roles: In a bizarre twist, this world's Xenolith has a flipped-around relationship with Aruna, whom he took under his wing in previous worlds after her parents' deaths, but now watches over him when he's forced to lay low in Miimi's body after being framed.

Kaede Cosmos

Lendard

James Holloway

The James of Universe Zero, where he in line as king of Lendard through marriage to Elsie, never taking the mantle of "Justice".

Back from the Dead: The Cosmic Retcon undoes the events that lead to his death in Universe 3.
Other Me Annoys Me: He's embarrassed when he learns how he used to call himself "Justice" in the previous world.
Perfectly Arranged Marriage: Without the Lendard Civil War driving a wrench in their Bureaucratically Arranged Marriage, he and Elsie are now a happy couple in this world.
Took a Level in Cheerfulness: Before the Cosmic Retcon, James was a well-meaning yet narrow-minded soldier driven by revenge for Elsie's perceived betrayal in the events that destroyed their lives. Since those events were averted here, James is more happy and fulfilled, if still overly strict when it comes to regulations.

Gowen, Hyoga, Behrman, and Jesse

Elsie and James' retinue in Universe Zero.

Back from the Dead: Gowen, Hyoga, and Jesse are all brought back by the Cosmic Retcon after they killed each other in Universe 3.
Servile Snarker: They are faithful to Queen Elsie and Prince James, but don't hesitate to tease them over what they were like in the previous world.
Took a Level in Kindness: Thanks to the Cosmic Retcon undoing and preventing the war Elsie accidentally caused, Jesse gladly serves under her as an attendant.

Yukino Cosmos

Miltz

Connor*

Connor

The Connor of Universe Zero.

See EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens Zero and EDENS ZERO: Crew of Edens One for more information.

Swan

Deadend Crow

The Crow of Universe Zero, who was subdued on Planet Swan by the Interstellar Union Army.

Back from the Dead: His destruction in the Lendard arc was undone thanks to the Cosmic Retcon, though he suffers an Uncertain Doom ten years before the heroes get their Past-Life Memories.
Uncertain Doom: His defeat on Swan was an Offscreen Moment of Awesome courtesy of Jaguar, and it isn't stated whether or not he was Killed Offscreen.

Sara

The Sara of Universe Zero, who survived the would-be Bloody Atmos Day Incident.

Back from the Dead: She was brought back by the Cosmic Retcon.
Dead Alternate Counterpart: Inverted. She's the only version of Sara to survive the Bloody Atmos Day Incident.

N

Neepa

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

Noah Glenfield

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

R

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

Shiki Granbell

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

W

Ward

Voiced by: Sōma Shiomi (Japanese), Kane Jungbluth-Murry (English)^noteOther languages: Swan Demarsan (French)

X

Xenolith

Z

Zoy

Sandbox / Edens Zero Sandbox

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Crew of Edens Zero

Witch Regret

Valkyrie Yuna

Crew of Edens One

Over Nu Etherion Void

Demon King's Four Dark Stars

Wizard

Clown

Killer

Brigandine

Oración Seis Galáctica

Deadend Cure

God Acnoella (Shaya Le Lendard)

Dr. Müller / Fake Xenolith

Joker Helix

Lightning Law

Lady Freyja

Other Crew Members

The Skeleton Army

Interstellar Union Army

Directors of Operations

Noah Glenfield

Nadia

Elsie Le Lendard

Saintfire Nox (Rachel)

Oración Seis Interstellar

Face (Amira)

Holy (Reina)

Eraser (Hamrio)

Feather

Jaguar

Victory

Sakura Cosmos

Granbell

Ziggy

The Granbell Bots

Blue Garden

Rebecca Bluegarden

Happy

Labilia Christy

Couchpo

Norma

X492 Norma

Professor Weisz Steiner (X492)

Bernadette

X442 Norma

Weisz Steiner (X442)

E.M. Pino

Irma Steiner

Sibir and Payo

Guilst

Belial Goer

Drakken Joe

Element 4

Poseidon Nero

Sylph (Kleene Rutherford)

Fie

Daichi

Other Operatives

Jinn (Kris Rutherford)

Maria Slime, Seth Anderson, and Diego Reyes

Rogue Out

Rogue Out

Sister Ivry

Mosco Versa-0

Others

Homura Kogetsu

Illega

Murray Morrison

Digitalis

Hermit Mio

Shinobi Troll

Oedo

Seiji Hojo

Sun Jewel

Punishers

Madame Kurenai (Kurenai Kōgetsu)

Nino, Garrot, and Baku

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

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

Voiced by: Sōma Shiomi (Japanese), Kane Jungbluth-Murry (English)^noteOther languages: Swan Demarsan (French)