Eden - It's an Endless World! #1-8

The series is set in the near future (2100s) after a pandemic of the Closure virus – a virus that calcifies the skin, dissolves internal organs and eventually mutates into inorganic matter, killing about 15% of humanity, maiming many and completely disrupting the global order. Those who survive or are immune live with cybernetic implants or full cyborg bodies. In this chaos, the paramilitary, pseudo-religious organization Propater (which took advantage of the power vacuum) overthrows the UN/NATO and takes control of large parts of the world, imposing a totalitarian regime under the guise of order and "salvation".

The first eight volumes cover the introduction and main arc of the first major part:

• The beginning is a long flashback/prologue (Ennoia and Hannah on the isolated Caribbean island "Eden" with researcher Lane and the AI-robot Cherubim – a powerful combat android).
• After Lane's death from the virus, Ennoia and Hannah leave the island, have children - the main protagonist Elijah Ballard (Ennoia's son) is grown up 20 years later.
• The story switches to Elijah: a teenager fleeing an attack on his family by the Propaters (his sister Mana and mother are kidnapped as leverage against his father, a fighter against the Propaters). Elijah sets off on a journey to the Andes in South America, accompanied by Cherubim (a robot protector), encounters nomadic mercenaries from the NOMAD group, cyborgs, rebels and various factions.
• Vol. 1–8: intense combat, survival in abandoned cities, clashes with the Propaters' forces, discovery of microchips and secrets, deep relationships (family, friendship, love), philosophy, religion (gnostic motifs, Ennoia as a reference to a gnostic figure), moral gray area, drugs, violence and sex.

Endo draws extremely detailed, realistic and brutal – the violence is graphic, the characters are complex (there are no pure heroes/villains), the story mixes action, cyberpunk, political dystopia, existential philosophy and family drama. It is often compared to Ghost in the Shell (but "turned up to 11"), Akira or Alan Moore for moral ambiguity and depth. The series is violent, explicit (sex, nudity, philosophy, religion), but also touching - focus on survival, family and meaning in chaos.

In Croatia/Slovenia/Serbia, the series was not officially published in Croatian/Serbian, so the English Dark Horse (or the Japanese original) is read. The first 8 volumes are the key introduction - later the story expands to generations and global conflicts.