Norma arc

The **Norma arc** is the second story arc of the *Edens Zero* series.

As the newest member of Shooting Starlight, Rebecca and Happy's adventurers' guild, Shiki proposes the gang's first adventure that will rocket them to the top: proving the existence of Mother, the Goddess of the Cosmos. In need of a more space-worthy ship, they decide to pay a visit to Rebecca and Happy's dear old friend Professor Weisz on the planet Norma...and somehow wind up traveling 50 years back in time! Can they make it back to the present without (completely) messing up the past? Or have events already been changed beyond what they're aware of?

## Summary

### To the Planet Norma

On the Aqua Wing, Rebecca tells Shiki he can stay in the guest room, refusing to share her room with him. When Rebecca tells him that the ship is on autopilot, he asks to fly it for a while. Rebecca and Happy, thinking they could get a lot of views from him flying for the first time, agree. Later, the Aqua Wing has crashed on planet Norma, with Rebecca furious yet happy that she got footage of it. As Happy wonders about what to do with the ship, Shiki lifts it up and sets it back down, revealing he can make things lighter with his Ether Gear.

At that moment, an alarm goes off warning the three that there it is about to rain earth ether crystals, much to Shiki's shock. Happy explains that Ether is the source of all "power" present in everything in the universe; in simpler terms, it's magic. In Shiki's case, his Ether Gear can rearrange the flow of Ether in his body like that of a machine. As the Earth Ether continues coming down, the group heads below the surface, revealing a massive, underground city where Shiki is amazed at all the people and animals present.

As they arrive at Professor Weisz's house, Rebecca realizes he is nowhere to be found. Happy notices that he hasn't read his emails, either. Shiki picks up a set of goggles and starts messing with them, and discovers that they give him x-ray vision. Rebecca tells him to stop messing with the Professor's stuff, but just as she tries to take the goggles off, a young man with a gun appears telling them not to move.

The young man asks them why they are in someone else's house, and Rebecca and Happy nervously explain that looking for Professor Weisz Steiner, the man who fixed up happy. The man says that he is Weisz Steiner before asking them who they are, much to everyone's shock.

20,000 years into the future, a pair of explorers find two human corpses, one male, the other female. They then pick a B-Cube necklace and find the words "Eden's Zero" written on the back.

A mysterious girl introduces herself as Xiaomei and calls herself the narrator of the story. She then tells readers not to think too much about the time jump at the end of the last chapter, because, in this story, time doesn't matter much.

Back in the garage, Rebecca tells the young man calling himself Weisz that they came looking for Professor Weisz, though the man accuses them of working for someone called Sibir. Before they can go any further, Shiki points out that there is someone on the floor above them, moments before shots start firing on them. Shiki leaps up to the ceiling and, using the goggles to locate the attacker, finishes him off and sending him falling below. Meanwhile, Weisz gets onto a motorcycle and flees while everyone is distracted. The attacker tells them to deliver a message to Weisz: that those who betray them will die by "Strong-Man" Sibir's hands, much to Shiki's amusement.

At a riverside restaurant, Rebecca tries to make sense of what happened and why the young man has the same name as Professor Weisz but is much younger. While Happy and Shiki think he created a youth-restoring drug that wiped his memories, Rebecca realizes that she can't connect to the Net, with Happy unable to do so either. Just then, a news report comes on about how a new Adventurer's Guild, Shooting Starlight, had been founded on Blue Garden; only Shooting Starlight was founded 50 years ago.

Rebecca remembers how she and Happy had visited Weisz one time and asked to live with him only to be turned down because, according to Weisz, the planet was dying. Back in the present, Rebecca takes the three outside the restaurant and realizes how old all the technology is. Shocked, Rebecca realizes that they somehow traveled back to Norma 50 years in the past, the year X442, meaning that the man they met was Professor Weisz 50 years ago!

While the three try to put together what has happened, a giant robot suddenly appears, piloted by the one calling himself Sibir. Assuming the three are with Weisz, Sibir is determined to make them pay for Weisz stealing from him. Meanwhile, in another part of the city, Weisz holds onto a briefcase that he says is his and will never let Sibir get his hands on.

### The Sibir Gang and the Anti-Bot!

Having found the group in the middle of the city, Sibir demands that Shiki, Rebecca, and Happy tell him where Weisz is, saying that he stole money from him. Rebecca nervously says they don't know where he is, and while Sibir argues with his men to attack them, Rebecca suggests they run for it so they avoid changing the past. As they try to flee, Sibir's men take notice, causing them to chase after them. Shiki uses his Satan Gravity to have them fly down the street as Sibir and his men look on in shock before starting to shoot at them with missiles. Just when Sibir is about to catch up to them, Shiki counters with his Gravity Fist technique, causing Sibir's mecha to explode. As Shiki, Rebecca, and Happy take the opportunity to escape, Sibir furiously says that they will definitely come back.

Hiding out in a local bar, Shiki is amazed to see all the aliens there as Rebecca explains that the aliens living amongst humans having a language and culture similar to humans; technically, Shiki is an alien, too. Rebecca explains she knows about the bar because Weisz told him it was a hideout for him. At that moment, Weisz himself appears, much to everyone's shock. In a fit of panic, Rebecca quickly begins explaining everything to Weisz, describing the group's current circumstances, something which Weisz doesn't want to believe. At the very least, he acknowledges the fact that Rebecca and co. aren't part of Sibir's party and the group's attention switches to the item that Weisz has supposedly stolen, with Shiki eventually taking it from Weisz. However, his gravity powers suddenly blink out and Shiki drops the case, much to Weisz's horror. It then opens and a talking machine pops out, complaining that it's not being taken with great care.

## Story Impact

* Shiki, Rebecca, and Happy travel to the planet Norma to find Professor Weisz but end up in Norma of 50 years ago.
	+ They meet the younger Weisz and E.M. Pino.
	+ Pino is revealed to have been created by Ziggy with the ability to produce Electromagnetic Pulses.
* Rebecca, Shiki, and Happy escape Norma with Pino and Weisz.
	+ Weisz is revealed to be an Ether Gear user, having Machina Maker.

## Characters Introduced

* Weisz Steiner (X442)
* Xiaomei
* Sibir (X442)
* E.M. Pino
* Foote Brothers
* Johnny

## Battles & Events

* Shiki Granbell & Rebecca Bluegarden vs. Foote Brothers
* Shiki Granbell & E.M. Pino vs. Sibir

## References

1. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 4, Pages 1 - 6
2. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 4, Pages 6 - 10
3. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 4, Pages 11 - 14
4. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 4, Pages 15 - 17
5. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 4, Pages 18 - 20
6. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 5 Cover Page
7. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 5, Pages 4 - 10
8. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 5, Pages 11 - 13
9. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 5, Pages 14 - 16
10. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 5, Pages 17 - 21
11. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 6, Pages 1 - 11
12. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 6, Pages 12 - 20