The episode is highly controversial among fans and critics. While some appreciate the "Stellaris-style" space opera shift, many others criticize it for being a "trainwreck" that introduced aliens without sufficient foreshadowing, effectively discarding 19 episodes of grounded character development.
Strelizia is sent to capture the Star Entity , a massive Klaxosaur weapon hidden beneath the earth. Darling in the FranXX Episode 20
001 (the Princess of Klaxosaurs) hijacks Strelizia, forcibly ejecting Zero Two to pilot the weapon with Hiro . The episode is highly controversial among fans and critics