Episode 16

**Fireworks** is the 16th episode of the *Edens Zero* anime.

A flashback of Hermit's time on Planet Newton occurs, where she decides to help them with their Ether Accelerator. During her stay she wants to be friends with them which they happily accept for two years until his lab is shut down by the Interstellar Union Army. In the present, Shiki's group manages to get in the Dress Factory and ask Hermit to save them.

## Summary

Spider mocks the crew further as the ship is being demolished from the inside. Witch contacts Hermit who can hear them from the Dress Factory, but Hermit suggests they just evacuate. Shiki, Rebecca, and Homura decide to go to Hermit and talk to her, while Sister and Weisz repair the ship as much as they can. Parts of the ship's interior continue to explode, while Hermit glumly tells herself that it doesn't matter. A flashback occurs, where Hermit meets Müller on Newton who asks her to help his team to create an Ether accelerator, which she happily accepts. Müller introduces Hermit to their Ether Accelerator Prototype number six and says that if he can complete it they can save the bots on Planet Hook, but that they have trouble stabilizing its Ether fusion reactor. He informs Hermit that their neighboring planet is home to bots that have been discarded. Additionally, it has a grave Ether deficiency, and that the Ether accelerator could supply the Ether that the planet needs. Hermit asks why he is so eager to help the bots, to which Müller replies that he believes friendship between humans and machines can exist, making Hermit request that she help him in his research. In the present, the Edens Zero continues to take damage Weisz asks Sister if she can fix the ship, but she informs him that her powers only work on living things. Spider laughs and taunts them for opposing him. Outside the Dress Factory, Shiki and the others try to get to Hermit, but find that the door is locked. Homura prepares to cut through the door while Shiki tells her that she's the only one who can save them and the ship.

Another flashback occurs, Hermit works hard to help Müller's team of scientists. She states how surprised she is to see humans and bots working together and wonders if she can be friends with Müller. The other researchers tell her that they are friends, making her smile. Sometime later, a bot researcher informs Hermit that he and the other bot researchers were reassigned to work on Hook to set up receivers to catch the Ether from the accelerator. Hermit is surprised about this and worries over the accelerator not working, but the bot researcher reassures her that it will work. On the 18th day of the 6th month of year X477, operation C7 begins and Müller's group makes their preparations. Hermit is nervous, but Müller eases her in that her calculations were perfect. She then asks him if they can be friends after this, but Müller says they are already friends. Afterward, they fire the Ether accelerator. An emergency message appears, where the panicking bot researchers report that the receivers are not compatible with the Ether discharge and that Hook will suffer if they don't shut down the Ether cannon. The human researchers are silent, as Hermit is terrified from the destruction of Hook.

Müller and the others celebrate and plan to dispose of Hermit. Müller explains that they built a weapon, using her to help them and that it was meant to get rid of the bots of the lab and Hook. He mocks Hermit and proclaims humans are superior and that he will destroy all bots of the cosmos. Hermit begins crying, disgusting Müller who orders the others to kill her but one of the researchers says that they can use her to test the Ether separator. Two years have passed, and a beaten Hermit is strapped to a machine with her abdomen and below removed. Müller complains about the lack of output and demands Hermit to smile, before quickly punching her. The researchers are annoyed that Müller is doing this again and notes how hopeless it is for the android and him. Sometime later, while Hermit is in a cell, the Interstellar Union Army raids the lab and finds Hermit. A pair of soldiers hold down a deranged Müller and tells him that they're shutting down his lab. Hermit slowly walks out of the cell, the commander letting her go as she's too far gone and lets her choose a place to die.

Back in the present, Shiki gets hit by a falling screw while trying to save Hermit. The others soon gather around Hermit, asking her to save them. She declines, not wanting to help humans or androids who are friends with humans. Rebecca comforts Hermit, telling her the humans on the ship cares about bots. She then informs how the bots of Granbell were infected with a virus, making them go berserk, but Shiki still called them his friends. Rebecca states that Shiki doesn't look at people as bots or humans, but instead at their hearts. Hermit tells them they would not understand what humans did to her and to just leave her alone and evacuate. Shiki denies, as she's been crying in the room by herself all this time and that she knows not all humans are bad but still can't trust them or the crew, telling her to just trust herself. He adds that he came because he trusts her and is not leaving the ship as he believes in her. He asks what Hermit wants to do, which she tearfully says she wants to be friends. She then fixes the ship's systems and takes over Spider's ship. Hermit calls Spider in his ship, noting that since he's hacking the Edens Zero then his ship is in range of theirs and prepares their super long-ranged cannon. She clicks the button, but fireworks start exploding instead, leaving Spider to piss his pants as they laugh. Weisz and Witch watch them, the latter telling the man that Hermit has the most beautiful smile.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

1. Witch Regret
2. Sister Ivry
3. E.M. Pino
4. Shiki Granbell
5. Weisz Steiner (X442)
6. Happy
7. Rebecca Bluegarden
8. Homura Kōgetsu
9. Spider
10. Mosco Versa-0
11. Hermit Mio
12. Müller *(Flashback)*

## Appearances

	+ Edens Zero
	+ Newton *(Flashback)*
		- Müller Royal Laboratories *(Flashback)*
	+ Hook *(Flashback)*
	+ Emerald

**Powers and Abilities*** Ether Gear
	+ Satan Gravity
	+ Machina Maker
	+ Soul Blade
* Master Code

**Techniques**
**Items*** Edens Zero
* Ether Accelerator Prototype Number 6 *(Flashback)*

**Creatures**