EDENS ZERO 31

Edens Zero #31

by Hiro Mashima

エデンズ ゼロ自爆へのカウントダウンが進む中、ホムラたちはドラゴンの群れとゴッド・アクネラと応戦、魔王四煌星はそれぞれに上位互換機と称する魔王四黒星と対決する。一方、エデンズ ワンに乗り込んだシキは、銀河六魔将ライトニング・ローの凶刃に倒れかけるもレベッカの力に救われ、ついにマザーの目前でヴォイドを捕捉。運命の決戦が始まるが、そこに予想外の乱入者、ジギーが現れたのだった――!!

Genres: Manga, Young Adult, Fantasy

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2024

About the author

Hiro Mashima (Jap: 真島ヒロ) is a Japanese manga artist.

He gained success with his first serial Rave, published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, Fairy Tail, published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. Mashima began the currently ongoing Edens Zero in 2018.

Fairy Tail won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga in 2009, and Mashima was given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival.

Reviews

[zy忍 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know how to feel about this one. It felt that Mashima was rushing to finish the story since—I believe that he was starting with this new manga—so the plot felt rushed. I read the last chapters of Fairy Tail immediately when those were updated, so I know that Mashima could do better.

The reveal of the Four Shining Stars' past was...meh. Didn't like the twist (?) if you could call it that. Mainly because there wasn't much build up, so it really did feel like we got dumped with information to keep the story going.

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, Mashima claims it's wrapping up soon, so book 32 MIGHT be the last one...? (Lucky me I already have it, I guess! though, I don't want to verify)

That said, the twists are pretty Mashima level. I mean, not the USUAL Mashima, where everybody's in a bath area because fan service, but "the guy who survived his own cremation"-grade twists. Specifically, that Shiki was born on a chronophage-eaten Earth that died out from ether loss and was randomly rescued by Ziggy—already once revealed to be Shiki*—who then witnessed Earth become Mother, when Ziggy had heard Mother had already existed for eons, so how was it he witnessed her birth? I mean, that leads to the conclusion there are TWO Mothers, so why then is there an issue? By which, I mean, if it's promised to be up to Shiki to decide the fate of Mother, then shouldn't there be TWO of them? One can save humanity, the other can keep Shiki's now-alive friends still alive, surely!

Maybe I just predicted the final volume? :O Wow, if so, since I haven't really been able to predict what Mashima makes up off the top of his head each time (beyond the usual "good guys win overall" and "they fight a bunch" and "naked ladies in the bath or otherwise losing clothes left and right" stuff).

I don't know. Props for maintaining a good-looking style for so long (with assistants' help, I know), but it also just kind of drags. I will probably give the final volume full marks just for ending... assuming it doesn't pull an Alice in Borderland. As it is, I just felt like I was connecting dots, though I appreciate the feeling it's FINALLY wrapping up!

*I mean, the events of this book sort of contradict that specific twist in the prior book (that I can't be bothered to find which one), but I guess it's a side effect of multiple universes? If I had to piece together a sensical reason out of it.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5 Things are getting a little crazy and maybe a bit too convoluted with all of the time traveling shenanigans. So many Shiki’s and twists. This volume we finally meet mother and she leaves Shiki with a hard decision to make. We see some battles that feel pretty rushed given how long most of the battles in Fairy Tail were and even some of the earlier fights. Many fights here lately have been wrapped up in one chapter.

The important thing is we finally “understand” the 2000 year old flashbacks and who all of the “stars” were originally. Let’s see where we’re going from here. 2 left.

A lovely landscape cover of the Four Shining stars 2,000 years prior.

Read 12/30/2025

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh god this is getting way to complicated for what should have been a simple story, which is one thing I do not like about Mashima's writing. But still some good ideas and some of the fights are cool and some hype moments. I like the idea of Mother being a living planet and it is cool to finally talk to her but again why does this story have time travel it is confusing.

[Elissa Huskins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This manga is such a wild ride. There are tons of twists and turns. I’m sad it’s nearing the end.

[Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

some much needed answers are given, as the ending of the series approaches.

[Cristhian · Rating 4 out of 5]

The knots are tying.

This is a great use ‘Grandfather Paradox’

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

The time has finally come for the Shiki and Rebecca to finally meet mother! And she in turn gives Shiki a hard decision to make that could impact everyone including mother. 2 options. 1 choice. What will he make? And whom will it impact.