Episode 39

**Nadia, Love of My Life** is the 39th episode of the *Edens Zero* anime, and the 14th episode of the second season.

Finding the undersea city, they explore it and found some deactivated robots. They are soon attacked by an octopus monster, Shiki manages to save the others and enter the temple. Where they are introduced to Nadia, the temple's guardian.

## Summary

Xiaomei greets the audience yet again and introduces herself. She provides a recap of the recent events such as Shiki and his friends meeting the resurrected Ziggy while visiting his grave and receiving his ominous proclamation that machines while rule humankind. She then mentions that both the Edens One and Edens Zero have set out on a quest to find Mother and that the story will shift from the Sakura Cosmos to the Aoi Cosmos.

Aboard the Angel Feather, Justice recieves a report from Victory and Creed that Elsie has departed to the Aoi Cosmos along with the Edens Zero. They conclude it would be a dangerous situation if Elsie was going to see Poseidon, just after they had finished wrapping up the case with Drakken Joe. They claim to be impressed with Blue Garden's intelligence department for putting together a team capable of beating Drakken Joe but Justice believes that somebody aboard the Edens Zero was the one who defeated him, based on his experience with the "Demon King" Ether he had sensed before. Victory is shocked that somebody outside the Oración Seis Galáctica would have that level of mastery of Ether but Justice reminds him that he too is at that level, while activating his Ether Gear. They recieve an emergency transmission from Colonel Jaguar who appears before them on a holographic screen. He orders Victory and Creed to step outside so that he and Justice can convene in a private Prayer Council with the other members of the Oración Seis Interstellar who begin appearing alongside them on more holographic screens. Cure, Holy, Feather, and Eraser join them and begin discussing the situation with Elsie Crimson and Drakken Joe. Justice swears that he will be the one to take down Elsie Crimson in vengance for her taking everything from him. Back in the Aoi Cosmos, the crew arrive at the Fire Planet, Red Cave and are surprised to see that it consists of an enormous ocean.

The crew happily arrive at a beach on the surface of Red Cave, dressed in their swimsuits, with Shiki, Rebecca, Pino, and Happy all splashing in the ocean. Weisz hangs back and calls the others naive as he believes that the real purpose for visiting the beach should be rubbing sunscreen on pretty ladies. Homura and Hermit spend their own time training and researching for fun. Sister is baffled that Weisz wants to rub sunscreen lotion on them and Witch reveals to him that the members of the Demon King's Four Shining Stars like herself can customize the appearance of their skin at whim, allowing them to hide their seams and gain an instant tan. Weisz perversely asks if that works underneath their swimsuits too and Witch begins to show him before being called out by Sister. Hermit is confused on why the planet would be classified as a "Fire Planet" since, despite the high temperatures, the planet's atmosphere is abundant in Water Ether. Witch comments that they have not seen a single building so gathering information on Mother seems unlikely but Sister is undeterred and opts to just have fun for now, racing off with Mosco into the water. From aboard the Edens Zero, Kleene observes everyone having fun and comments that she'd like to go to the beach too. Jinn initially forbids her from associating with the rest of the crew, but after noticing her electronic hair clip display a sad emoji, relents and allows her to go join them. The crew continue having fun at the beach when they notice it is beginning to rain in a peculiar way which Witch explains is a result of Light Ether fusing with Water Ether in the atmosphere to produce a sparkling effect. Everyone marvels together at the sight of it, though Weisz is more transfixed on ogling Homura.

Rebecca asks Shiki is he can video the effect from above but instead of just taking the B-Cube, he picks up Rebecca and leaps up into the air with her so they can see it together and record it. As she is recording it, Rebecca notices a crashing spaceship in the distance which lands in the water. Sister tells the others to check it out and when Weisz complains about it being underwater, Hermit produces Aquatic Adaptation Lacrima for Weisz, Homura, Shiki, and Rebecca to wear allowing them to breathe and communicate underwater. They swim under the sea in the direction of the spaceship and Weisz briefly taunts Shiki by holding up an Aoi Lobster and claiming it is an insect, freaking Shiki out. They arrive at the wrecked ship and see that the hatch is already open on it. Happy is worried about the person is inside since they're underwater but E.M. Pino mentions that they have spare Lacrima. When they look inside however, they discover a skeleton at the controls and they're astonished that the pilot has clearly been dead for some time. Weisz points out that near to the wrecked ship there is an entire underwater city. Pino spots a temple-like building in the center of the city which has an engraving of Mother on the front of it.

The crew looks down at the underwater city and Pino provides a holographic screen showing her a zoomed-in view of the temple which has a relief carved in the shape of Mother. Rebecca and Happy confirm that the relief does resemble the hologram of Mother in the Shooting Starlight guild. Shiki declares that he wants to go down to the city since they might get to meet some sea people which Weisz is displeased at. Pino wonders what they should do about the corpse in the crashed spaceship and Homura suggests that they give him a proper burial but Weisz objects since they have no idea who he is. Shiki is displeased with this but Weisz insists that they focus on the underwater city for now. Rebecca examines the dashboard of the spaceship and discovers writing on it which reads, "Nadia, love of my life." The crew explore the city and come across the corpses of countless robots. Rebecca comments that the situation resembles the sight of Granbell before realizing the effects her words might have on Shiki but he passively wonders what could have happened here while thinking back to the corpses of his friends. He resolves that they should press on to the temple. Behind Pino, a monstrous tentacle rises up from the seabed and grabs her to the shock of the crew. It is swiftly followed by an enormous tentacled monster. Pino calls out for help but when Shiki tries to use his Satan Gravity the buoyancy of the water affects his movements and he hurtles erratically out of the area, unused to controlling his power underwater.

While Shiki is sent flying away, the monster uses several more tentacles to grab Rebecca, Weisz, Homura, and Happy and prepares to devour all of them. Shiki emerges from the surface of the ocean and reflects that even if he can't understand the scientific principle of the force messing with his gravity, all he needs to do is make himself heavier. He crashed back into the ocean using Magimech Attack: Gravity Center to land on the monster's head and force it to release everyone. Instead of being injured the monster simply becomes angrier forcing everyone to run for it. They manage to make it inside the temple where the monster does not follow them. They take a moment to get their bearings in the ancient structure and Shiki senses that the Ether there feels familiar in a way he cannot explain. Homura senses faint traces of an unidentifiable Ether as well. The crew then realizes that they're no longer underwater and that the door to the temple acts as a border keeping the water out. A mechanical woman approaches them and explains that the temple is protected by a special barrier and states that it has been years since she has had visitors. She smiles warmly at them and introduces herself as Nadia, the guardian of the Temple of the Mother Beacon which reminds Rebecca of the inscription she read earlier on the crashed spaceship.

## Characters In Order of Appearance

1. Xiaomei
2. Creed
3. Victory
4. Justice
5. Noah Glenfield *(Mentioned)*
6. Jaguar
7. Cure *(Debut)*
8. Holy *(Debut)*
9. Feather *(Debut)*
10. Eraser *(Debut)*
11. Elsie Crimson *(Mentioned)*
12. Happy
13. E.M. Pino
14. Rebecca Bluegarden
15. Weisz Steiner (X442)
16. Homura Kōgetsu
17. Shiki Granbell
18. Hermit Mio
19. Witch Regret
20. Sister Ivry
21. Mosco Versa-0
22. Kleene Rutherford
23. Jinn
24. Mother *(Mentioned)*
25. Mithra *(Flashback)*
26. Annie *(Flashback)*
27. John *(Flashback)*
28. Castellan *(Flashback)*
29. Michael *(Flashback)*
30. Nadia *(Debut)*

## Appearances

	+ Angel Feather
* Aoi Cosmos
	+ Edens Zero
	+ Red Cave *(Debut)*
		- Temple of the Mother Beacon *(Debut)*
* Mildian
	+ Temple of Knowledge

**Powers and Abilities*** Ether Gear
	+ Satan Gravity
	+ Soul Blade
	+ Star Drain

**Techniques*** Magimech Attack: Gravity Center

**Items*** Edens Zero
* Angel Feather
* Aquatic Adaptation Lacrima *(Debut)*
* B-Cube

**Creatures*** Aoi Lobster *(Debut)*

**Battles and Events*** Crew of Edens vs. Temple Guardian *(Started & Concluded)*