#so I doubt mashima'll just go around murdering people left and right for the heck of it

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I wonder how this arc is gonna play out... is it going to be a total defeat ? Are they going to successfully destroy the planet and/or some of Ziggy's Bishie Shining Stars?

I don't think it'll be a total defeat on EZ's part since they already dealth with that in Nero. I get the feeling Ziggy's underestimating them and that might play in their favor. But I don't think it's gonna be to the point where they actually win and kill him. Pretty sure Ziggy is the Final Boss™ so he'll get dragged along for a while... unless someone is behind what he's doing, like say... Mother? (which now that I think of it is very possible, considering Mother's the End Goal™ 🤔)

I don't know if Mashima said anything about EZ being close to ending so I'll assume it's not, so the way I see it playing out, it's gonna be a bit of a tie on this arc. Ziggy underestimates Shiki and his crew, he eventually high tails out of there now with the understanding that Shiki is no longer just a minor threat and that he's growing into the threat he's been trying to supress before it happens.

After that, it'll be a chase for Ziggy while simultaneously dealing with new story arcs along the way + Ziggy dropping by every once in a while to fuck shit up and/or kill someone new (who knows, I've got trust issues since Witch).