Episode 38

**The Woman They Called Pirate** is the 38th episode of the *Edens Zero* anime, and the 13th episode of the second season.

After taking a bath at the Spa of Eden, Elsie discusses with the Edens Zero Crew of Ziggy's resurrection and what they will do after.

## Summary

With the Skull Fairy appearance, the Zero manages to evade the One's blast. Elsie watches, sadly noting about Ziggy's current self and never thought this would happen. Ziggy orders to withdraw, as at their present stage, they will not be able to escape the dread pirate of the Oración Seis Galáctica. After the Edens One leaves, Elsie sends a transmission to the Edens Zero, saying that she has must talk to them about Ziggy.

Inside the Spa of Eden, Elsie Crimson relaxes in the bath alongside Rebecca and Homura albeit the latter is still struggling with the high heat. Elsie remarks that she is glad to be back there though Rebecca questions why the two of them need to be there with her. Elsie tells them that she believes naked bonding is the best way to build friendship. Homura stands and requests a duel from Elsie which the space pirate readily accepts, shocking Rebecca since both of them are still naked and in the bath. Homura activates her Soul Blade but hesitates as Elsie continues to lie back without putting up a guard. Elsie invites her to attack since it isn't necessary to wait on her in a duel, so Homura presses the attack by swinging her blade down with both hands but Elsie effortlessly catches the Ether sword between her toes to the shock of both Homura and Rebecca. Struggling to free her sword from Elsie's grip, Homura is suddenly sent flying away head over heels as Elsie casually moves her leg to the side. By the time Homura catches her bearings and raises her head, Elsie has grabbed her sword and is standing over her triumphantly forcing Homura to concede the duel. Elsie asks Rebecca if she'd like to duel as well but Rebecca swiftly declines.

They leave the bath together with Elsie being satisfied and they run into Shiki who is sitting in the changing room, waiting for them. He demands that Elsie tell him about his grandfather now. The crew and Elsie, with a couple of her subordinates, gather together in the meeting room of the Edens Zero. The Four Shining Stars greet Elsie with familiarity since they were friends with her as a child when she was picked up by Ziggy. Elsie recounts her story to Shiki by explaining how she was a war refugee and an orphan who was made a member of their family and that she even saw Shiki when he was a baby aboard the Edens Zero while shamelessly admitting that she used to change his diapers. She explains that Ziggy eventually entrusted the Edens Zero to her and to one day give to Shiki. Her subordinates explain further as Elsie had free reign of the Edens Zero, with Witch going into sleep mode, that she eventually ran out of provisions and resorted to piracy to steal more. Elsie proudly acknowledges this as she eventually acquired an enormous fleet of her own before ending off the story by noting how she met Shiki some ten years later and fulfilled her promise to Ziggy.

Weisz is confused as to what happened to the space pod that Ziggy used to get to Granbell, since if they had that space pod then the residents of Granbell could have sent Shiki off in that. Elsie speculates that the space pod was used by Pino to leave Granbell after Ziggy built her, but since Pino's memories are damaged she cannot confirm it. Pino is confused but Sister Ivry assures her that one day they will fix her memories. Elsie guides the story back to Ziggy; where she explains that after she fulfilled her promise she went to Ziggy's grave to tell him, but she discovered traces of an unfamiliar dark, evil Ether emanating from him. She deployed a small Fairy Drone to watch over his remains which is how she was able to show up at the right time to save the Edens Zero from the Edens One. The last piece of information she gives that crew is that Ziggy is clearly different from the man he used to be before and that his first words after awakening were "*I will go see Mother*." Elsie departs, telling them that she is going after Ziggy. Shiki reflects on her words and announces to the crew that they're also going to take part in stopping him, though their true goal as before is to go and find Mother. The rest of the crew get pumped up and excited while Jinn and Kleene Rutherford eavesdrop from the side and listen in. The ship then travels to Dragonfall which they must break through in order to reach outer space.

The crew arrives at Dragonfall and marvel at the sight of countless dragons filling the space before them. Homura questions how they get past such a large amount of dragons, to which Witch answers that they must fly through at full speed. Hermit reveals that the cascades of dragons form a web which completely surrounds the Sakura Cosmos, making circumventing them impossible but Sister reassures the crew that dragons would only attack them in rare circumstances. Pino points out that some of the dragons near to them are already dead and the crew realizes that all of the dragons in the local region have been slaughtered. Hermit deduces that they are following in the wake of the Edens One which has forced its way through the dragons using extreme firepower which Witch believes may indicate they have their own version of Etherion. Witch orders everyone to battle stations in case they need to fight as they make their way through Dragonfall.

Suddenly an alert breaks out on the ship as a surviving dragon begins to pursue them. The dragon is swiftly joined by more dragons and the Edens Zero is unable to evade them, even flying at high speed. Witch orders that they fire a barrage of shots which causes some damage among the dragons though Homura is struggling as marksmanship is not within her skillset. Jinn offers to take over from her since he can't afford to have the ship destroyed. Homura is briefly stunned and Jinn is quick to clarify that he hasn't forgiven her for hurting Kleene Rutherford. Kleene intervenes and claims Homura did nothing wrong to her, and that Drakken Joe is to blame, so at her request Jinn instantly forgives Homura.

Unable to destroy the dragons quickly enough, and unable to outrun them, Hermit unlocks the Ether Link Ammo for the Edens Zero which draws upon the Ether Gears of the shooters to enhance the ammo of their guns. Rebecca's guns transform into a super rapid-fire machine gun thanks to her Cat Leaper which hits a dragon with a quick barrage of shots. Jinn's guns fire a coiling gale with his Wind Ether Gear which traps one of the dragons. Weisz modifies his bullets with his Machina Maker to form a giant net and captures a dragon pursuing them. Homura's gun transforms into a giant Ether sword with her Soul Blade to fend off a dragon. Shiki activates his Overdrive as he uses his Satan Gravity to fuel his Ether gun; creating a Super Gravity Cannon which destroys several dragons at once and allowing the Edens Zero to finally escape the Sakura Cosmos. They find themselves surrounded by water suspended in space which contains giant space sea creatures that they narrowly manage to avoid. Hermit sees the space fish out the window and declares that they must be in the Poseidon Nero Sector of the Aoi Cosmos.

Shiki, Happy, and Pino marvel at the sight of the cosmos outside their windows. Rebecca reflects privately that the sight of the Aoi Cosmos reminds her of when they first met Connor in World No. 29 amid a crowd of fish. Jinn and Kleene comment that they're in the Aoi Cosmos but when Shiki goes to ask him about it, Jinn ignores him and walks away with his sister, claiming to have no intention of fraternizing with the crew of the Edens Zero. Elsewhere on the ship Sister Ivry and Witch observe the Aoi Cosmos outside their windows. Sister Ivry questions why they've journeyed to the Aoi Cosmos but Witch reveals that it wasn't planned since their objective was just to leave the Sakura Cosmos and reminds Sister that both their own memories and the records aboard the Edens Zero concerning the outside universe have been erased. Hermit informs that though she is unable to restore their memories, she believes she can do something about the Edens Zero's log, and she has already uncovered information on the Aoi Cosmos. She reveals that they are journeying to a planed named Red Cave, unintentionally repeating the journey they underwent fifteen years ago, and that the Aoi Cosmos is ruled by a member of the Oración Seis Galáctica called Poseidon Nero. They hope that Poseidon will be a friendly member of the Oración Seis Galáctica, like Elsie, as Witch suggests Red Cave as their next destination to Shiki. Hermit states that they may find more information on Mother when they get to Red Cave.

## Characters In Order of Appearance

1. Elsie Crimson
2. Shiki Granbell
3. Rebecca Bluegarden
4. Weisz Steiner (X442)
5. Hermit Mio
6. Witch Regret
7. Connor
8. Ziggy
9. E.M. Pino
10. Happy
11. Homura Kōgetsu
12. Behrman
13. Jesse
14. Sister Ivry
15. Witch
16. Mosco
17. Jinn
18. Kleene Rutherford
19. Mother *(Mentioned)*
20. Poseidon Nero *(Mentioned)*

## Appearances

	+ Edens One
	+ Edens Zero
		- Spa of Eden
	+ Granbell
	+ Dragonfall *(Debut)*
* Aoi Cosmos *(Debut)*
	+ Poseidon Nero Sector *(Debut)*

**Powers and Abilities*** Ether Gear
	+ Soul Blade
	+ Machina Maker
	+ Cat Leaper
	+ Wind Ether Gear
		- Wind Rage
	+ Satan Gravity
* Overdrive

**Techniques*** Super Gravity Cannon *(Debut)*

**Items*** Edens One
* Edens Zero
* Fairy Drone
* Skull Fairy

**Battles and Events*** Edens Zero vs. Edens One *(Concluded)*