Susan Edwards / Sakura Edo

> "Listen up: My name is **Sakura Edo!**"
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> *"-Susan Edwards..."*
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> "I am mad scientist!"
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> *"-Chuunibyou weeaboo middle schooler..."*
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> "And the government is 'Facist' and must be taken down... **with robots!**"
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> *"-No."*
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-Susan Edwards introducing herself with correctional commentary from Heberu Yumiko on the side.

Susan Edwards, otherwise known by her weeaboo name, Sakura Edo, is a hyperactive member of the Smith Tri-Campus Robotics Club from the manga One Neo Eon by Alpha Yu of Shonen Bag Studio. She frequently goes on non-sensical political rants calling out the government of Canada as "facist" (An intentionally mispronunciation of the word "Fascist") In reality, Susan is simply an insecure girl who wishes for attention. Her engineering skill is incredible, even prodigious, but had a former tendency to overwork herself. In the end, she is betrayed by everyone she knows, watches the only person in the world who understood her, Heberu Yumiko, die; and is locked in a fatal battle with her former friend Emily Baker which left her face disfigured, the outcome of which is uncertain.

## History

Susan Edwards felt as if she were another cog in the system and yearend to be noticed. After being inspired by a bulletin for a superhero movie, she bought a pair of cosplay futuristic-looking headphones whom she named Deus Ex Machina and a skintight black bodysuit, which she began to wear to class. Becoming a general disruption, she sought the attention she craved at the cost of becoming a social outcast.

Later on, Susan convinced Yumiko and Emily to form the Robotics Club. On their first meeting, she constructed a set of three similar hairpins, each containing a flare inside so they would never be separated again.

Later on, she met the AI Eon when Multis Kwahn introduced him to the Club with the intention of helping him create. She claimed that Eon was to be a war robot to help destroy the Canadian government. Some time later, at the manipulation of Emily Baker, an agent of Yamoto's Faction, she convinced the club to join the Robotics Contest. After Eon failed to drum up any results, she took over the project and mobilized her team to great effect, creating the first draft of what would eventually become Publius. Later on, when going to Steveston Village over the weekend to work further on Publius, she began overworking and was taught to give her relationships more attention, advice she took to heart.

Much later, she was devastated when Yumiko disappeared following the incident with The Hunter as it seemed that Yumiko was the only one who ever understood her. She watched as Emily showed her the trailer for Syndicate War, extrapolating on the first time that Yumiko showed Emily herself that trailer as the first time she opened up. Emily manipulated her into making plans to see Syndicate War when Yumiko was found. This would be re-stated when Susan tried to divert Emily's attention away from the trailers using Deus Ex Machina's hack function, a modification she made to the headset. Susan never approved fully of Syndicate War, calling it "Subliminal imperialist propaganda".

Later on, after Yumiko was recovered, they did in fact see Syndicate War. However, Emily had laced Susan's drink with a laxative, forcing her to leave the theatre and see the Hunter. Alerting her friends with Deus Ex Machina, they fled, only for Yumiko to be found by the Hunter and killed. As Yumiko used the hairpin's flare to kill herself, Susan blamed herself for the death and subsequently crushed her own hairpin, blaming Unintentional Creation.

Eventually, at Vancouver Convention Center, she was taken to Satomi Virgil after declared the winner of the contest despite not participating in it, where, due to a (seemingly accidental but very much planned) slip of the tongue from Takahashi Ichiro, she assaulted Virgil after learning that he had brought Hunters to Canada and incorrectly assumed he had created the Hunters. After being forced to flee, she watched the End of Vancouver begin as hundreds of Hunters descended on the citizens.

Fleeing back to Waterfront Station, she was confronted by Emily Baker, who revealed her identity as an AI working for Yamoto Daisuke. This sent her into a rage and she revealed the final modification she had made to her outfit: A set of robotic arms. She and Emily battled it out, her last words to Eon being an order to flee the scene with Multis. Then, she and Emily both punched each other into psychotic visions of one another's pasts. Eventually, Emily shot her flare into Susan's face, disfiguring it under the reason that she would wear a symbol of Unintentional Creation no longer. Susan was so badly beaten that she began crying for her mother as Emily told her not to get up for her own sake. This torment was broadcast to Virgil, which greatly disturbed him.

The next morning, Yamoto's Faction carried an unmarked body bag to a distraught Eon, asking him if he wanted to see if Emily or Susan died. Eon refused and the outcome of their confrontation is still unknown.

## Relationships

As a member of the Robotics Club, Susan was the only one who was oblivious. As such, she was the prime target of Emily's manipulation. She also held a closer bond with Yumiko than with Emily as the two frequently had banter with one another.

She sees Eon as a war machine but grows to truly care for him and Multis later on, sacrificing herself to keep them from ending up in Emily's hands.

As seen by her assault on Virgil, she holds anyone associated with the Hunter in extreme disdain and is incredibly loyal.

## Political Beliefs

Susan Edwards is likely an Anarcho-Communist / Anarcho-Marxist, according to Alpha Yu on the @shonen\_bag Instagram.

This is supported by the fact that she:

* Accuses her opponents of being fascists, expressing extreme opposition to the far right
* Calls the Liberal Party of Canada fascists, expressing extreme opposition to the centralism center-leftism
* Frequently talks about making "Government killing robots", expressing extreme opposition to government
* Accuses certain anime of being "Imperialist Propaganda", coupled with the above points, this expresses extreme opposition to Imperialism and Authority in general
* Is extremely lenient to ethnic minorities, almost to the point where it loops around to being racist again

Despite this, as evidenced by the fact that she mispronounces "Fascist" to "Facist", it is very clear that she doesn't care about politics at all and is, in layman's terms, "an edgy teenager".

## Death

While it is unknown if she survived the encounter with Emily, due to how badly she was beaten, it can be inferred that she was the one who died.

However, this can be disputed because Emily never accompanied Yamoto's Faction to find Eon, even when it would have been more advantageous for her to do so.

## Sources

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The One Neo Eon Webtoon is a primary source: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/one-neo-eon/list?title\_no=199239

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The One Neo Eon physical volume release from Alpha Yu and Eggfest is a primary source: https://www.amazon.ca/ONE-NEO-EON-Robot-Create/dp/1080855726 Volumes: Can a Robot Create? / Can a Human Atone? / Can a god be Succeeded?

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Alpha Yu's instagram sometimes reveals auxiliary, supplementary information: https://www.instagram.com/shonen\_bag/

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