Fate/Stay Night

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Sat May 13, 2006 12:31 pm

Episode 19....oh boy!!!

Sakura is saved, but there still some unfinished battles Saber and Shirou had to face with their respective enemies. Everyone was then regrouped to where Caster is. At this point, Caster thought she won and wanted Saber to be her Servent. And lo' and behold, this is where the ultimate badass Servent appears, Gilgamesh!!!

And this is where the part where he launched a huge number of weapons against Caster. She tried to block it off and protect Kuzuki, but that proved to be useless as some of the blades went through her barrier and stabbed her to death. Her Master Kuzuki also faced the same fate.

We also got some interesting revelations here.

Saber's Master from the previous Holy Grail War was actually Shirou's dad. Also she and Gilgamesh had one hell of a quarrel with each other in the past. He even tried to PROPOSE to her. That bastard!!!

Interestingly enough it seemed that Shirous' dad and Saber had succeeded in obtaining the Holy Grail, but he ordered her to destroy it. Thus began that flashback from episode 1. Also according to Kotomine, there's a way for Saber to stay in the present world and that's for her to drink from the Holy Grail.

Next episode!!!

Shirou and Saber goes out on a DATE!!! And Saber is holding a tiger plushie! So CUTE!!!

I'm getting Tsukihime vibes when Shiki and Arcueid went out.

Bakadeshi · Post by **Bakadeshi** » Sat May 13, 2006 2:21 pm

Oh boy indeed

Gilgamesh just took out in a single effortless attack what Saber, shirou, and Rin couldn't do together! AND he seems to be an enemy to boot.

Some awesome fight sequences in this episode, as well as the reapearance of ..... you know who ;p

Although I wonder if this is the same archer that was with Rin before.... Shirou and Rin seem to think he was left over from the previous war, and I beleive it was explained that once a servant is defeated, it can only return if summoned by another master , wich is what may have happened here. who knows. At least we get a tast of Archers true powers in this episode.

I cant wait to see where they take it from here.

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Sat May 13, 2006 5:17 pm

They are all

Spoiler wrote:different version of Shirou. Rin's Archer seems like a Servant version of Shirou, whereas Gilgamesh is akin to a demi-god.

Furthermore, the similiarities between Giglamesh's desires and those of Shirou are not too different, except in presentation.

The developing themes in this anime have become quite powerful emotionally.

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Sun May 14, 2006 7:49 pm

Something tells me that...

...near the end, Shirou will be able to activate the Unlimited Blade Works in order to fight Gil. And then comes the question of what's going to happen to Shirou's and Saber's relationship. I bet once they get the Holy Grail, Saber will be given a choice of whether to stay on the physical plane with him or go back to her era.

Bakadeshi · Post by **Bakadeshi** » Sun May 14, 2006 7:53 pm

angelx03 wrote:Something tells me that...
I bet once they get the Holy Grail, Saber will be given a choice of whether to stay on the physical plane with him or go back to her era.

I was pretty much thinking along the same lines aswell. I think she will chose the first one in the end.

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:44 pm

In terms of themes, it'll translate to "if you love someone, free them", be able to let them make their own decisions.

It is a love story after all. It seems especially relevant to the relationships of young people.

O-Kagachi · Post by **O-Kagachi** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:49 pm

I just thought that I had to post this:

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:56 pm

Now that's a cute, adult couple right there! Assassin just being there is pretty funny as well.

Though I did hear that Caster in the psuedo-sequel game Fate/hollow ateraxia is pretty clumsy and can't cook for squat.

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Sat May 20, 2006 10:34 am

Episode 20 is SO ADORABLE because Shirou asked Saber out on a date!!!

Quite of bit of amusing moments here and there that aren't too spoiler worthy. Like for example, Rin laughing at Shirou for even thinking about dating Saber, Ilya getting knocked out by Rin, Saber ripping a dress, and Saber getting immersed watching some Star Wars knock-off. Of course we're treated with more Saber blushing moments which is more than enough. And there were some issues of whether what Saber should really do. But nonetheless, it's one of the more romantic episodes yet. Though at the the end of the episode and the preview...

...Gilgamesh appeared, and he looked REALLY jealous of Shirou and Saber holding hands.

And WTF just happened here?!!!

4 episodes left!!! Let's hope the production team doesn't hold anything back.

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Sat May 20, 2006 2:48 pm

You had to go and remind me that it'll end. I hate you.

I'm not a fan of daytime drama shows, but I really enjoyed this episode.