Review Fate/Stay Night. Stock visual novel about the “royal battle” of magicians.

Fate/Stay Night (fate/night of the fight) is a real classic among visual novels. The plot of the work is built around the war of the Holy Grail, in which the Grail chooses seven masters, and those, in turn, call themselves servants from among heroic spirits. Their goal is to survive. That pair of master/servant who will be able to survive opponents wins and receives the main prize – fulfillment of any desire. If you know the Japanese well, then you should have already guessed who is the favorite of the fifth war for the Holy Grail. Right, ordinary Japanese schoolboy! But don’t worry, he is not the only one. Half of the masters are also schoolchildren! Strive up more comfortably. It will be fun!

In 2004, Type-Moon released the visual novel Fate/Stay Night. This was the beginning for a whole franchise, which is frantic popular both in Japan itself and around the world, but today we will not talk about the cultural phenomenon, which has become a series, but about the very game with which it all started.

Fate/Stay Night is divided into three arches in which the course of the fifth war for the Holy Grail is radically changing. Despite the fact that the events in them are mutually exclusive, they will have to go in a certain order: Fate, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven’s Feel. What are the differences between them? In which girl the protagonist will have a novel with! Do not be so surprised. I remind you, this is still a Japanese game.

Why Fate/Stay Night gained such popularity? What highlighted it against the backdrop of competitors? For which they fell in love with this visual novel? Here is a short version for you:

And here is a long version: in this work you play for the Emiy of Shi. An ordinary schoolboy, a mediocre magician who knows only one (two, but hides) spell, a good-idling, convinced sexist, stubborn fool, an excellent expert on weapons and myths, an excellent culinary specialist and just a good person. You think the path of this guy will be covered with roses? Ha, perhaps with spikes from them. And this is the whole charm.

The game has forty -five endings. Of these, three are true, one good, one normal, and the other forty are bad, in which the main character dies … or worse. As you can see, the Way of Shiro to success is complicated and thorny. Moreover, his victory can be safely considered a statistical error.

Fate/Stay Night consists of blood (mainly a protagonist himself), pathos and such a level of overcoming that even space marines from Warhammer 40k would be impressed. As well as households, dates and other fanservis. Japanese, what to take from them? They love this business, play in contrasts. But about everything in order.

The Fate arch (fate) is Rut Saber – a servant that the main character accidentally calls, which involves him in the war of the Holy Grail. By the will of the case, Shiro concludes an alliance with Master Archer, Tosaku Rin, who explains the unlucky magician, what he was in. How all this is reflected in the main character? Get ready: Emiya Shiro, despite participating in the war for the Holy Grail, continues to go to school and engage in everyday business. Here your surprise is fully justified. Even the characters of the short story are horrified by learning about the disregard of Shirou to their own safety. Especially Saber, whose responsibilities include ensuring the safety of the carcass of this ilter.

So what is included in the daily classes of the Emii Shiro? Breakfast, dinners and hiking in school. A significant part of the arch is devoted to precisely to this classes. Believe me, this is as exciting as it sounds. T.e. Not at all fascinating. The following faces come to these holidays: Saber and Rin, who are settled in his Japanese style mansion (this is an important clarification … at least for the scriptwriter, since the division into Western and Japanese in the short story is regularly found), his Opeco Fuji-Nae and a childhood girlfriend of Sakura. At the Shiri school meets his friends: with the brother of Sakura named Shinji and a guy, whose name can not be remembered at all. By the way, Shinji regularly beats Sakura. And Shiro knows about it very well, but for something more than to beat Shinji in response, is incapable of. Let’s call it intricate chemistry between the characters and move on, since this conflict will be resolved only in the third arch.

Interesting fact: There is a spin-off about the culinary exploits of the emi-Emiya-San Chi No Kyou no Gohan (today’s menu for the emi). Believe me, this is far from the strangest of what is connected with this franchise.

Fortunately, this is far from all that is in this route. The war for the Holy Grail is in full swing, therefore, in the intervals between the household, Shiro has to fight with other masters. In this arch, the main conflict is focused on the confrontation with the rider and the berserker. And the struggle of the Shirou detachment with its idiocy. So that you feel the whole power of the tactical genius of the Emiy Shirou, I will list several beliefs about the war of the Holy Grail, in which he sincerely believes: 1. In the afternoon he is safe, as magicians should hide their existence from ordinary people (oh, how is he mistaken);2. In order to go in an unknown direction, not notifying anyone about his care, there is nothing wrong (I am so sorry for Saber);3. If you are a guy, and your servant whose possibilities surpass human times are a girl, then you must fight instead! It is not surprising that Shiria spread into memes.

A selection of wise sayings of the Emiy Shir.

If the work remained at this level, I would abandon the passage (which I did at some point, but after studying the question I decided to give Novella a second chance), but in the future the plot begins to move in the right direction. Shirhs growing up, and his views on life begin to change. Moreover, at some point you will learn that the main character understands the absurdity of his behavior, but cannot do otherwise because of his principles that he literally inherited from his adoptive father. Also, his twists are due to a psychological trauma obtained as a result of a terrible tragedy. If I am not mistaken, this is called the “surviving syndrome” when a person blames himself for surviving where everyone else died. And in the future, this topic receives development, which was so necessary for the arch.

At this point, the love line with Saber, which, must be recognized, is very similar to the wire. She even suffers from similar problems, because real chemistry arises in the relationship between them. And, despite all the absurdity of the dates during the war between the magicians, this part of the root can be safely called important. And, moreover, very sweet.

Interesting fact: During the life of Saber, she was raped, after which she became a father. Her charming son (daughter) will also be called as a servant, but already in another part of the series. This is a canon!

To my deepest relief, at the end, the work not only shifts the emphasis on the battle and the disclosure of the secrets standing behind this war, but also almost completely departs from everyday life. And, like a cherry on the cake, an epic finale, during which the main character overcomes frantically, and the player understands that it was still worth it!

As remarks, I would like to mention one important thing that can be easily missed during the passage. In a game with such a large number of bad endings, you just need an element that would help players relax after a tense scene. And he is here – “Dodzo Taiga”. These are small scenes that can be seen after each “Bad End”. They are humorous inserts in which the characters of the novels explain what exactly the player’s mistakes led to the disappointing ending. If you decide to start passing Fate/Stay Night, feel free to look at them, despite the warning about spoilers. They are worth it.

Act 2. Unlimited Blade Works.

In the arch of Unlimited Blade Works (the edge of endless blades), Tosaka Rin, Master Archer, becomes the love interest of the protagonist. You would know how gorgeous this duet complements each other! If you describe Rin in a nutshell, then it is a reference center. At least send to the ward and scales. If you are unfamiliar with this term, then, roughly speaking, it can be translated as a “caring bitch”. And, unlike the Emiy Shirou, Tosaka Rin is a real magician! Not an amateurish-school, not a random passerby, but a magician who understands what he does in this war! Oh, how would I want her to be a protagonist! But we have that we have.

What I was not ready for, although this was predictable, Emiy Shiro returned to his original state. Fortunately, in this route it develops faster, but it is still felt by regression, albeit justified.

Perhaps the main advantage of Unlimited Blade Works over Fate is the departure of the household. The war for the Holy Grail in this route goes much more intense. The main characters here are not opposed by a loser and a girl who does not understand the concept of good and evil, but a cunning villain, ready for anything for the sake of victory – caster. In addition, an ideological conflict begins between Emiya Shirou and Arche, which pushes them with each other. Watching this is much more pleasant and interesting than the events of the first arch.

In my opinion, Unlimited Blade Works is the best part of Fate/Stay Night. Not only because of the greater dynamics or increased degree of pathos, but also because the line of the protagonist is fully revealed here. I was even imbued with some respect, although I still consider him an idiot. If you go through this short story, then for this rut.

I want to insert a couple of cents about Nongamstop-casinos.uk erotic scenes in this work. They are terrible! These are the most shameful erotic scenes that I have ever seen! I felt discomfort from only a hint of their approach! If you decide to start the passage of this short story, look for a version with censorship.

Unfortunately, due to the rules of the site, I cannot lay out the entire selection of memes on this topic.

Act 3. Heaven’s Feel.

If you someday wondered if the author can insert a fan fiction based on his own work, then the third arch of Fate/Stay Night gives an answer to this question-yes, how else! Before you Heaven’s Feel (touch of heaven). This root is dedicated to Sakura – the childhood of the protagonist of the protagonist (I will still call her so, although they have known only a couple of years). If earlier the voluntary-compulsory nature of the love lines did not raise any questions in me, then they appeared here. And there are a lot of them. But more on this further.

Heaven’s Feel, in my opinion, is something completely alien to this work. Everything that the screenwriter built for so long is to crumble here overnight. The situation is so serious that it will not work to discuss it without spoilers.

Firstly, you remember about the violence that Sakura was subjected to in her family? Let’s start with the fact that, in fact, this is not her family. The real name of Sakura – Tosaka. In childhood, she was given to the Mato family, as it is customary to get rid of the “extra” heirs in magicians. It would be better if the father of Sakura just killed her instead. It would be more humane, because in the Mato family she was expected for several years relaxing procedures in the basement filled with membership. Believe me, in fact it is even worse than it sounds! By the way, her half -brother, Shinji, not only beat her, but also raped her. If you feel that the work unexpectedly has become many times darker and absurd, then you are right. I’ll say right, for me this was a complete surprise, despite the two ruts passed before.

Secondly, the characters that we learned so well in previous arches begin to change beyond recognition. What is the appearance of a dark Saber, the role of which is attended to an obstacle to the main character. As for Shirou – it is still worse with him. Those principles for which he had risked his life before … He simply crossed through them. In addition, the screenwriter literally got rid of several characters in the most unpretentious way, as if not knowing what to do with them.

Thirdly … Try to guess who has become the final villain in this story. And this … Anrah-Mainu, Zoroastrian Devil! Suddenly, is it not true? I will answer right away: it was impossible to guess about it during the passage. At all.

Fourthly, an affair with Sakura raises many questions. The main one is why it shows the greatest cruelty in relation to the only person who is trying to truly take care of her and tries to save? At the same time, suffering bullying from their tormentors to the very final. When Sakura’s fault, Shiro loses her hands, she runs into the bathroom, pours into the sink and looks at her smiling physiognomy in reflection, rejoicing that with such an injury he will no longer be able to participate in the war of the Holy Grail (naive). Agree, it is difficult to empathize with such a character.

Ruth is trying to be darker, but it just doesn’t work. All this hypertrophied cruelty, absolutely sudden plot turns … So that this does not turn into a farce, it was necessary to prepare the players, add elements to the work that allow you to suspect something wrong. But this was not done, so the impressions remain mixed.

There are still good moments in this arch. For example, relationships with Eliya, master of the berserker. Moreover, it turns out that she has a lot in common. He can even call her to visit him … I mentioned that she could kill him at any moment? Although she is still better than Sakura, so it is not for me to judge him.

Interesting fact: Elijah has its own spin-off-Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya (Fate/Girl-Volzhebnitsa Elijah). Japan is a crazy place, is it not so?

The final is still quite epic, but, in this case, it does not outweigh all the shortcomings of the root. Heaven’s Feel has significantly less advantages than in other arches. But there are much more problems here. Is it worth it to pass? On the one hand, without Heaven’s Feel, your understanding of the plot will be incomplete, and on the other, this can be corrected by looking at the plot in the thematic wiki, or, having familiarized yourself with the anime adaptation.

Fate/Stay Night rightfully deserves its cult status. Despite all the problems, the work manages to create a unique atmosphere of confrontation between magicians and a stubborn idiot with a golden heart. The characters are sunk into the soul, vivid moments are remembered, and ridiculous … remembered even stronger, since they are comical to indecent. Is it worth playing this visual novel? If you are a great connoisseur of the genre, but, for some reason, missed it, then the answer-yes. If the story is interested, but you have no extra hundred hours? Then, rather, no. In this case, I would advise you to see the Anime Adaptation Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven’s Feel. Why not anime on fate? Because it is suck! And on this shocking news I say goodbye to you. Thank you for your attention!

P.WITH. Here is a link to the block diagram with all the elections, so that you can understand the scale of Fate/Stay Night: http: // Intarbutt.Info/Datazz/fsn_flowchart.PDF

The best comments

In books, you also read only those chapters who like? The question itself is absurd, as well as the author’s attempt to impose his opinion that some chapter “not very” t.I didn’t like him.

3 rut fits absolutely normally into the concept of increasing the involvement of the protagonist in the war, from almost indifferent in 1 route, then the leading character in the last. Also in 3 routes probably the most information about the halter (the world of the game), and answers many questions that are silent in previous root.

The specialist was already registered, I respect the Federal Penitentiary Service, I could not help but speak out.

Where does the numbers come from, when the passage takes 50-60 hours in extreme cases, and then, if you do not skip the previously read scenes (and the game carefully offers it itself)?
Fleans about the wise sayings of Shirou are incorrectly translated phrases torn from context (and even from adaptations, it would be possible to find these points in the VNKA).
Hentai scenes there are as crinenes as in any eroge, and in 3 ruts they are completely interpreted quite organically (well, as far as can be called organic hentai).
Neither the soundtrack, nor the quality/quantity of Siji, or the way the game is localized, how it looks, sounds, and plays (from the game is generally one and a half screenshot, and those Siji, seriously? This is important, there, in the same MUV-LUV alternative, for example, sprites even blink and move their mouths even in conversational scenes, and the action is relatively animated, some kind of School di is generally completely anime, and there is a bunch of gamers and gameplay), and even the genre with the setting is not mentioned normally (although it would be a simple”City fantasy” would give at least some clarity).
If you present for farciness, the third root is as royal as the first two. The sudden villain is sudden in all three, which is Gilgamesh, that Angra.
The characters often merge with the scriptwriters as if purely by the pure of the pure, again in the first two routes that Kirei in the UDV, that the caster in the fairies, that Shinji in the Feet (and so on, I will not even mention the death of Lancer).
And sudden resurrectings and here are a stupid -growing kind of “betrayed, but it turns out I didn’t betray, it is a multi -way to get rid of team spells” and “I all this time dragged the scabbard in myself, gee (and they are regenerate, then not regenerates, then it is necessary that the Seba is nearby, then and so the only norms)”, this is all in abundance in all three ruts.
And, Sobsna, interesting characters in the foreground, conflicts and cool action scenes are also enough and in the third route.
But whether Sakura herself came with her bifurcation, the inclinations of Yanderes and worms, these are already personal preferences, so there are no questions.

The adaptations are so ninuzhni (why is a separate topic worthy of the same sheet as the review of the game itself), except for the sake of the graphon in the action scenes, but since the conversation has come, then Heaven’s Feel has not even come out, the second of the three Muviks on the database will be only in August.
Instead of a review of the game-a retelling of the plot and the conclusion “Well, and not, and no, you can see anime”, somehow not cool. It is also not clear who is designed for – those who are in the subject, they already know about the plot, but for those who have not read, – the spoiler on the spoiler and the spoiler drives. And the short story is good, suitable. And in the sequel you can fill up a rider and sakura at the same time (͡ ° ͜ʖ °)

For a long time, the vidos on YouTube became a canon? I could make a mistake with the wording, but the essence remains the same – Saber was not raped, she is Father Mordred, and Morgan’s mother.
Better not get into the halter. Here you don’t bl.

The author not only came up with his canons, so the short story was extremely careful. A lot of plot mistakes, spoilers and “IMHO” in ..
For such a thing not what you need to give, it is necessary to fine.
P. S. Mordred is not the son of Artoria, but the nephew was killed by him in battle before called up by the Grail (he change/she). And Red Saber, not the son/nephew of arthia, teach ENT.

Afftar, you are a fool.
“During the life of Saber, she was raped, after which she became a father. Her charming son (daughter) will also be called as a servant, but already in another part of the series. This is a canon!”
What canon? According to the canon of Arturia (or Morgan, you can’t mention) asked Merlin to make her a man in order to conceive Mordred. And his mother is the same Morgan.
You went to the left heel, the most part of the plot is explained just in Khf. This routine is the culmination of the disclosure of the plot and characters, the only problem is only in Sakura, which is not everyone likes.

Here you are wrong, Morderte is just the son and nephew, in fact in mythology, this is the product of the incest of Arturia (Arthur) and Morgana. How two women conceived a third? All questions for Merlin.
P/s.Fortunately for Shirou, Seiba was called without “this”.

“Due to Artoria Having Issues with Discussing Her Gender and Production An Heir, Merlin’s Magecraft Was Used Issue Issuees by Making Her A Pseudo-MaleDuration of Time, Which Allowed for the Creation of Mordred From Her Sperm “

Either I did not read the short story, or you do not remember anything like.
Sakura has two personalities, real, broken, who suffers, and the insane dark, poisoned by Angra, which already punishes, from the first only positive feelings were towards Shiri, and from the second owns less all went, even including ends of ends.

Thanks for the solid article on the Federal Antimonopoly Service – choked when he heard about her in a heart failure in the morning: D. A couple of nuances: according to the Faith Complete Materials, so that Artoria can conceive the heir, Merlin helped her with the change of gender. Mordred’s mother, like the legends of Arthur, is his sister – Morgan, who created a homunculus from her child (Mordred).

As for Havens Phil, I will make his additions> Firstly, you remember about the violence that Sakura was subjected to in her family?

The cruelty of magicians is only for ordinary people. Remember that they are obsessed with their goal – to achieve a chronicle Akash. So, are the actions of Tokiomi cruelty to Sakura, on his part? For him, as a representative of the family of magicians, the abandonment of magic is equal to death and is more cruelty to Sakura, t.To. She has huge potential. But alas, 2 heirs of magic in the family cannot be.

> Secondly, the characters that we learned so well in previous arches

There is a reason for this, t.I. I do not see a problem in this.

> Thirdly … Try to guess who has become the final villain in this story. And this is … Anrah-Maine

I also do not see problems, t.To. This was disclosed, not prepared in the form of a piano in the bushes.

> Fourth, an affair with Sakura raises many questions. The main one is why it shows the greatest cruelty in relation to the only person who is trying to truly take care of her and tries to save?

Because she does not want to involve Shirok further into this conflict. Perhaps she believes that her actions distance Shiro from her, since he will hate her.

Well, I don’t know, at least one of the main internal conflicts of our beloved Shyra, you are out of, although without specific details, but I fully painted it.
Perhaps it was worth the very very conflicts of the heroes to describe more concisely, to pay attention not to what exactly is happening, but how it is served – these are the main FSN FSN fishests – the constant reflection of the hero and the lubrication of suffering (40 beadands, as it were, hint), who were served sometimes no worse than in all sorts of Utsuga (ancestor FSNE in the formTsukiyim C to the edge of a dude who went as a protagonist, who in half the game only does what kills, rape and suffers, makes itself felt, yes).

In this, by the way, one of the main problems of UBW adaptation – if in the VNA, against the backdrop of the plot itself, we constantly read the internal monologues of the wide, we see how his actions are motivated, we are experiencing all the events with him, then in the anime we just watch how a schoolboy with the Vietnamese flashbacks behaves as a sexist and suicidal. This is emphasized and do not want to. Unless only in the climax itself, his final confrontation with Archer looks cool even without such a thorough eyeliner to her as it was in the VNA. Of course, this is only one of many adaptation trabes, but, coupled with the rest of the problems, the quality bar is lowered in my eyes not so good at the level of a mediocre vene with a good graphene (which, in general, is not only bad, but never pulls on reliability). Perhaps this is my personal problem, a duckling syndrome and all that, however, of those who did not read the original, dissatisfied with anime just because Shirou, in their opinion, is stupid inadequate, overdofig.
Well, and, to the dispute about tastes, I did not try to say the third root, they say, cooler;only indicated that it has the same advantages and disadvantages as in the rest.

Damn, you really managed to force a hundredth, my departure: D
Hmm, perhaps this, by the way, is due to the translation, although I do not presume to assert. I didn’t mock the Russian Loku, read it on Ingrish, and for my first leisurely reading a little more than two days with something, Sobsna, like most like human, judging by the reviews.

I just look at all 3 ruts as a whole work T.To they complement each other. Faith is generally replete with the roar, what can you do here.

When Sakura’s fault, Shiro loses her hands, she runs into the bathroom, pours into the sink and looks at her smiling physiognomy in reflection, rejoicing that with such an injury he will no longer be able to participate in the war of the Holy Grail (naive).

Beauty, the best Persian novels, the best rut, f/sn is primarily worth reading for the sake of the HF, which is a true continuation of the best fake (OFK talk about Zero) setting all points over I, in the second, of course, for the sake of the rofs in Dodze, fate is worse, but in principle it is also not bad as entering a series for those who missed ZerotPaphosa parach, it is better to look at the brain with your brain.
It seems to me for 100 hours it hurts a lot, as far as I remember, I had on my counter at the end of about 30 hours after collecting all ends.

The main one is why it shows the greatest cruelty in relation to the only person who is trying to truly take care of her and tries to save?

I did not understand here.
Gilgamesh, who ate her with a spear, she ate.
The grandfather who tortured her crushed her.
Brother demolished her head.
And Shirou only fiddled her hand, accidentally hooking when he rushed to save Illius, t.e. This attack was not intended for him at all.
Where is the manifestation of the greatest cruelty?
She seems to have wanted to protect him from everything, from the war, from the terrible grandfather, whom she was naturally afraid of and of course from dark herself.
By the way, all the above did not do the real Sakura, but a dark person poisoned by poison.

Call this “masterpiece” review the tongue does not turn. Pure water Anti-review, in which the last paragraph is written for the box. The author hit the subjectivity too much to call it a review. Who is it even designed for? Knowing people were burnt -out in the comments from the stupidity of the review, who were unknowing either all three rubles, or they began to still dislike the Title after such “reviews”, where “everything is bad, play only the second root, ggmo in general, vooot”

Yeah. And do not read the second volume of “War and Peace”, it sucks, they kill the characters there, read only the first.

I, like a fan of the series, also annoys so many liberties and errors in the text (refer to the video Gigguk talking about some spoilers in the prequel and talk about spin-offs as a canon, generally beyond my understanding). This is clearly not what Fate deserves. Nevertheless, the author only expressed his opinion in relation to the short story and (judging by the comments above) he even managed to interest someone to get acquainted with the series. So “Unknowing either all three ruts were pushed for themselves, or began to not like even more” – It is wrong, for all important moments for history are hidden under the spoilers, and only those who went through the short story be bombed in comments.