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Eden: It's an Endless World! #6
Eden: It's an Endless World!, Band 6
As the survivors of last volume's bloodbath regroup, a pivotal character lies in a coma, and young Elijah is separated from Colonel Kahn's freedom fighters and swept into another complicated whirlwind of trouble. He's caught between two violent groups, beaten and harassed by revenge-hungry policemen and hounded by a sadistic drug lord who may have ties to Elijah's father. In Hiroki Endo's post-pandemic world, humanity is quickly rebuilding its cities and returning to the comforts and conveniences of large urban environments-but reviving destructive, age-old habits as well. While exploring the crippling vices that have plagued humanity throughout history, Endo also serves up a volume of bittersweet reunions, shifting alliances, and surprising new settings.
240 pages, Paperback
First published September 21, 2001
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Hiroki Endo
148 books92 followersHiroki Endo (遠藤浩輝) is a Japanese mangaka born on 1970 in Akita Prefecture. He graduated from Musashino Art University. He is best known for his science-fiction series Eden: It's an Endless World, which has been translated into English by Dark Horse.
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May 12, 2024
Strangely enough, this volume is pure street-level. After the airport fiasco, Eliah finds himself washing laundry in a brothel on the territory of one of his father's henchmen.
A new player arrives and seems eager to start a gang war in which Eliah will once again screw up, thinking he's doing the right thing.
What can I say? I like this new arc in its own right because I like this type of story, but in retrospect I can see that the main story has been sidelined and remains as obscure as before.
If I were honest, I'd have to give this volume a 3* rating, because after six episodes there's still no clear direction. But 1. This is my review (my review, my rules) 2. This story as such is just excellent.
A new player arrives and seems eager to start a gang war in which Eliah will once again screw up, thinking he's doing the right thing.
What can I say? I like this new arc in its own right because I like this type of story, but in retrospect I can see that the main story has been sidelined and remains as obscure as before.
If I were honest, I'd have to give this volume a 3* rating, because after six episodes there's still no clear direction. But 1. This is my review (my review, my rules) 2. This story as such is just excellent.
December 16, 2011
This series = still flippin' amazing. I don't understand how anyone could dislike it, or at least I don't want to know. Sorry Eden's story can't be as shallow as your typical Weekly Shonen Jump feature, I guess? (And this is from someone who greatly loves her some WSJ manga.)
September 25, 2024
Sześć tomów czekam żeby się wkręcić i nie mogę
😒🤯
😒🤯
September 13, 2022
I have a bad feeling for what is about to come...
November 8, 2025
I’ve decided to leave the same review for every volume after the first, since my thoughts remain basically unchanged:
What happened???
While the art remains jaw-droppingly clean, detailed, and to die for, the story completely flies off the rails. What began as a tight, post-apocalyptic survival tale about a boy and a robot navigating a ruined world slowly devolves into a chaotic sprawl of disconnected narratives.
The time jump (twenty years? maybe more?) is so abrupt it practically gives you whiplash. Suddenly there are new characters, new factions, and entire genres being swapped out every few chapters. One moment it’s a military desert campaign, the next it’s a political thriller, then a mob drama, a romance, a heist flick with a mech/powersuit fight for good measure, and now… a hostage situation involving a Chinese pipeline and terrorists? I honestly lost track of what this series wants to be.
Even more confusing, the world doesn’t seem all that post-apocalyptic anymore. There are bustling airports and packed cities, so the supposedly world-ending virus from Volume 1 ends up feeling like an afterthought. And while I don’t mind adult themes, the sudden focus on sex workers and drug trade politics feels tonally jarring — like each arc was written for a different series entirely.
That said, the art remains absolutely stunning. Hiroki Endo’s attention to realism and architectural precision puts him in the same conversation as Otomo (Akira) and Inoue (Vagabond). His clean linework, visual logic, and panel clarity are so good they almost redeem the narrative chaos. Almost.
In the end, the art alone earns this series a solid 4 out of 5, but I have to dock a full star for the storytelling inconsistency. It’s visually magnificent — but narratively lost.
What happened???
While the art remains jaw-droppingly clean, detailed, and to die for, the story completely flies off the rails. What began as a tight, post-apocalyptic survival tale about a boy and a robot navigating a ruined world slowly devolves into a chaotic sprawl of disconnected narratives.
The time jump (twenty years? maybe more?) is so abrupt it practically gives you whiplash. Suddenly there are new characters, new factions, and entire genres being swapped out every few chapters. One moment it’s a military desert campaign, the next it’s a political thriller, then a mob drama, a romance, a heist flick with a mech/powersuit fight for good measure, and now… a hostage situation involving a Chinese pipeline and terrorists? I honestly lost track of what this series wants to be.
Even more confusing, the world doesn’t seem all that post-apocalyptic anymore. There are bustling airports and packed cities, so the supposedly world-ending virus from Volume 1 ends up feeling like an afterthought. And while I don’t mind adult themes, the sudden focus on sex workers and drug trade politics feels tonally jarring — like each arc was written for a different series entirely.
That said, the art remains absolutely stunning. Hiroki Endo’s attention to realism and architectural precision puts him in the same conversation as Otomo (Akira) and Inoue (Vagabond). His clean linework, visual logic, and panel clarity are so good they almost redeem the narrative chaos. Almost.
In the end, the art alone earns this series a solid 4 out of 5, but I have to dock a full star for the storytelling inconsistency. It’s visually magnificent — but narratively lost.
April 30, 2020
Talking about a sudden change of scenery...
Some harsh depictions of gang wars, drug addiction, prostitution, etc... Quite complex at times...
Very compelling read.
Some harsh depictions of gang wars, drug addiction, prostitution, etc... Quite complex at times...
Very compelling read.
October 4, 2022
人物關係跳太快啦...
看不懂啊
看不懂啊
February 3, 2025
Intense, harsh and brutal. This series is gory and hopeless, but I’m excited to push on and see where it goes.
January 14, 2026
I like the artwork but I continue to struggle to keep some of the characters straight!
July 11, 2012
Stuff I Read – Eden It’s an Endless World Vol 6 Review
The Eden train keeps on rolling as I get to the sixth volume, and though there is the looming cloud of having at some point to buy volume eight (which is ridiculous expensive), I still find this a good enough series that I’ll definitely drop the money at some point to catch myself up. This sixth volume changes gears once again, though, dropping most of the plot points brought up in the previous volume while still growing Elijah’s character and having him learn more about the way the world works. And I suppose it is a little unfair to say that the volume drops previous plot points, but they definitely take a back seat, and after seeing Kenji and company last volume as well as the introduction of the strange AI at the heart of the mystery of the series, this volume forgets all that and starts to deal with a gang war between Propater backed forces and Tony, the leader of the gang Enoah started. As I said, it’s a bit of a drastic shift, but the series still remains very good, and we are reintroduced to Helena, the prostitute who survived the battle on the mountain.
The volume definitely scales back the violence and the action, though, and there is no big battle scene as there was in the last volume and in the volumes dealing with the battle on the mountain. Instead we have violence, and even a few small scale things, but it becomes much more personal and much less grand a thing. First up, Elijah has to pay for his role in the battle from the previous volume, as he was present and partly responsible for damage that killed a police officer, and the police want a measure of revenge in the form of beating the crap out of him. This both gets Elijah more used to the way the system works, circumventing any sort of legal action, and also sets up a few things for later, as that incident is used at one point to kill another police officer. Elijah is still very naïve about the world, though, and this acts as the beginning of his awakening. After this he is taken in by a brothel where Helena, the woman introduced during the mountain arc, works. She acts in a rather sisterly fashion towards Elijah, and indeed there are similarities visually between the two.
Here we have Elijah without his father’s protection, though, and at probably the lowest he has ever been, beaten by the cops and trying to do the right thing. Of course, doing the right thing means that he invariably gets people hurt. This is most true in the end when it comes to Helena, who is not in good shape by the end of the volume and thanks largely to Elijah’s actions. This only cements one of the complaints I have concerning this series, though, and that is its treatment of women, which is not exactly that great. I mean, no one is treated nicely in the series, but if you look at the females that do appear here, of the two prostitutes that appear on the mountain, one dies and the other is now mutilated. Elijah’s mother is shot (a lot) and his sister is still a captive. There are some lesser characters that so far have gotten through okay, but part of me feels like it’s only a matter of time for them, too. But, like I said, it’s not really like the guys are treated well either, it’s just something that bugs me a bit.
But yes, the pace of the series slows down here, and we have a mostly building volume. Things are definitely building, and with a new group of people, but part of me is starting to get a little annoyed that the series jumps around so much, without more information on the AI or what Kenji and the others are doing during all of this. I suppose I just have to wait and see, but it is slightly frustrating to come so far and then have things grind to a crawl. I mean, it’s good work on Elijah and I like what’s there, the way his naivety is causing problems for himself and others, and how it brings up the question of whether people can be pure or good in such an environment, but I want to see a little more progress, and some of the characters introduced seem to only be there so they can be murdered later. Again, maybe I’m wrong, but I doubt it.
By the end I am ready for the next volume, though, which is a good place to be. Rather than turning me off to the series, this lull only makes me want to read more, to get to the payoff of all these small stories. Because I have to imagine that this is building to something. And I like it. I suppose, when it is all said and done, I still like the series. It’s mature and gritty and offers a nice dystopia. So yes, even though it was a slower volume, I still give it a 7.5/10.
The Eden train keeps on rolling as I get to the sixth volume, and though there is the looming cloud of having at some point to buy volume eight (which is ridiculous expensive), I still find this a good enough series that I’ll definitely drop the money at some point to catch myself up. This sixth volume changes gears once again, though, dropping most of the plot points brought up in the previous volume while still growing Elijah’s character and having him learn more about the way the world works. And I suppose it is a little unfair to say that the volume drops previous plot points, but they definitely take a back seat, and after seeing Kenji and company last volume as well as the introduction of the strange AI at the heart of the mystery of the series, this volume forgets all that and starts to deal with a gang war between Propater backed forces and Tony, the leader of the gang Enoah started. As I said, it’s a bit of a drastic shift, but the series still remains very good, and we are reintroduced to Helena, the prostitute who survived the battle on the mountain.
The volume definitely scales back the violence and the action, though, and there is no big battle scene as there was in the last volume and in the volumes dealing with the battle on the mountain. Instead we have violence, and even a few small scale things, but it becomes much more personal and much less grand a thing. First up, Elijah has to pay for his role in the battle from the previous volume, as he was present and partly responsible for damage that killed a police officer, and the police want a measure of revenge in the form of beating the crap out of him. This both gets Elijah more used to the way the system works, circumventing any sort of legal action, and also sets up a few things for later, as that incident is used at one point to kill another police officer. Elijah is still very naïve about the world, though, and this acts as the beginning of his awakening. After this he is taken in by a brothel where Helena, the woman introduced during the mountain arc, works. She acts in a rather sisterly fashion towards Elijah, and indeed there are similarities visually between the two.
Here we have Elijah without his father’s protection, though, and at probably the lowest he has ever been, beaten by the cops and trying to do the right thing. Of course, doing the right thing means that he invariably gets people hurt. This is most true in the end when it comes to Helena, who is not in good shape by the end of the volume and thanks largely to Elijah’s actions. This only cements one of the complaints I have concerning this series, though, and that is its treatment of women, which is not exactly that great. I mean, no one is treated nicely in the series, but if you look at the females that do appear here, of the two prostitutes that appear on the mountain, one dies and the other is now mutilated. Elijah’s mother is shot (a lot) and his sister is still a captive. There are some lesser characters that so far have gotten through okay, but part of me feels like it’s only a matter of time for them, too. But, like I said, it’s not really like the guys are treated well either, it’s just something that bugs me a bit.
But yes, the pace of the series slows down here, and we have a mostly building volume. Things are definitely building, and with a new group of people, but part of me is starting to get a little annoyed that the series jumps around so much, without more information on the AI or what Kenji and the others are doing during all of this. I suppose I just have to wait and see, but it is slightly frustrating to come so far and then have things grind to a crawl. I mean, it’s good work on Elijah and I like what’s there, the way his naivety is causing problems for himself and others, and how it brings up the question of whether people can be pure or good in such an environment, but I want to see a little more progress, and some of the characters introduced seem to only be there so they can be murdered later. Again, maybe I’m wrong, but I doubt it.
By the end I am ready for the next volume, though, which is a good place to be. Rather than turning me off to the series, this lull only makes me want to read more, to get to the payoff of all these small stories. Because I have to imagine that this is building to something. And I like it. I suppose, when it is all said and done, I still like the series. It’s mature and gritty and offers a nice dystopia. So yes, even though it was a slower volume, I still give it a 7.5/10.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 14, 2012
It looks as if “Eden” has finally found its form after several experiments, and we are going ahead full steam. Volume 6 is shocking, smart and very ambitious as it builds a disturbing tale of South American drug cartels in a future of chaos, poverty and insecurity. The characters are utilized better than ever and the whole thing just feels so very rich in content.
September 3, 2016
Encounters with the police and a gang war in the underworld change Elijah, who has been taking a back seat for most of the initial volumes though the plot seems to revolve around him. I've come to accept the rather slow pace of the plot and the huge cast.
March 5, 2010
Pretty much everything that is wrong with manga.
February 27, 2015
I enjoyed this volume quite a bit more than the previous two. The subject matter in vol.6 is much more mature and realistic (drug use, prostitution) than most manga I've read.
October 11, 2015
堂堂大人物之子艾力亞被毒打一頓以後落入凡塵，與妓為伍，當起了少爺，身陷下階層的角頭毒品糾紛。這段故事是我最不喜歡的部份，調性跟整體設定比較起來相當詭異。遠藤浩輝的畫風則在此階段逐漸完熟，還差點發出一顆便當（汗）。
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