He’s a guy with very traditional views like “girls should not fight”, “a man must protect a woman, no matter what”, and of course he can’t see Saber as anything except a fragile woman. Shirou, as he is, of course disagrees with such outcome. She willingly became a heroic spirit that is trapped in a cycle of summoning for eternity, just to obtain the Holy Grail. Her wish was to obtain the Holy Grail, since she is King Arthur (yes, Arthur is actually Arturia according to Fate/stay night). She did not get summoned to the Holy Grail War because her wish was granted in real life (which would turn her into a heroic spirit). The strange thing is the servants’ inability to retain memories from other wars. They know each-other from the previous war, where Saber was also summoned, but defeated. As expected of somebody like Gilgamesh, he easily defeats Caster, the last remaining servant except Saber and Lancer, and declares that he wants Saber for himself. His ego and power to support it both make him one of my favourite characters in the VN. When he appeared, my excitement was probably at its peak. His name is Gilgamesh and he is the strongest servant ever.
It is Archer, but he’s the Archer from the previous Holy Grail War. Along the way, Shirou is helped by the most popular girl in school – Tohsaka Rin.Įverything goes according to the rules, until another servant appears. Many rules of the Holy Grail War are explained and several twists are revealed. The route is basically an introduction into the Fate/stay night universe. Shirou summons Saber, who is also the main heroine of the ‘Fate’ route. There are also 7 servant classes: Saber, Archer, Lancer, Caster, Assassin, Berserker, Rider. To determine that person, a deadly battle commences, with 7 ‘Masters’ using their summoned ‘Servants’ to kill the others. One day, he gets dragged into the Holy Grail War that determines one person who gets their wish granted. As in all three routes of the game, the main character is Emiya Shirou, a high-school student in Fuyuki city.
I don’t regret reading it, but several parts could be better. As I mentioned, I’m proud that I completed one of the longest and most popular visual novels. What do I think after spending all that time reading a single literary work? For the most part, good. So the timer just ticked while I wasn’t playing. A part of that time the game was either minimized or I wasn’t even using the computer. My total playing time of Fate/stay night was somewhere around 8 days and 10 hours. Of course I didn’t spend all that time playing (reading) – as can be seen from my Rewrite and Night of the Forget-Me-Nots reviews, and I also played Grisaia for some time. However, I had no idea it would take me over a year (14 months and 2 days, to be precise) to complete it. When I began playing Fate/stay night, I expected it to be long. Instead of writing a separate review for each route, I decided to write one review for the whole game. It was a long journey, but it has finally come to an end (at least for now). Fate/stay night is one of the longest visual novels out there.
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