(Nitsuj): Hello and welcome to Project Nitsuj. Welcome to the fourth week of the Summer of Fate where we’re taking a look at the second half of the prequel to the Fate series, Fate/Zero.
(Yume): When we last left the anime, we saw Caster unleash a monster on the city in front of anyone. Now all the servants are gathering to stop the mad Caster by killing people and exposing the world to magic.
(Neo): Will stay succeed? Let’s find out. This is the part 2 of Fate/Zero.
Opening and Ending Theme
(Yume): Our second opening is “To the Beginning” by Kalafina. One of my favorite openings from the Fate series. Next to Brave Shine this might just be the best. This opening carries so much weight and uncertainty to it just like the anime. Nobody knows what’s going to happen next or who is going to win. All we can do is just watch and accept everything that is to come whether it be good or bad.
(Neo): For the second ending we have “Sora wa Takaku Kaze wa Utau” by Haruna Luna. This is a song that breaks your heart and perfectly captures the character of Kiritsugu. A man who wants to protect the world and everyone he loves but is forced to do bad things and sacrifice a lot of people in order to achieve his goals. This song perfectly captures the struggles he faces and the inner turmoil he feels as the war continues and his choices become harder and harder.
Episodes 14-17
(Nitsuj): So we start off the second half of the anime where we left off, everyone (or at least the ones that showed up) fighting against Caster. Despite their best efforts, the monster keeps regenerating from their attacks at an incredible rate and it’s taking everything they have just to stop it from reaching the shore (Yume: I’m not too worried. Japan is used to giant monster attacks. I’m sure this is another Wednesday night for them). We see Gilgamesh and Tokiomi show up in Gilgamesh’s personal aircraft (Neo: Because walking is for the commoners) where he’s not interested in fighting the monster and refuses to listen to Tokiomi (yeah, I’m just gonna say it. Summoning Gilgamesh was a terrible idea. He is someone you can’t control or be on the same level as. The servant of a master should never be above them and Gilgamesh is someone who strongly believes he’s above everyone and will listen to commands of no one but himself). The JSDF fighter jets enter the battle where one of them gets eaten and the other gets taken over by Berserker (Yume: Where in the world did he come from?). If you haven’t figured it out by now, Berserker has the ability to take control of anything he touches and whatever he touches becomes his noble phantasm. Berserker takes on Gilgamesh in a dogfight (be careful not to enter the Danger Zone. (Yume): Oh~ I hope they do the volleyball scene) while Tokiomi goes to fight Kariya. Before fighting we find out why Tokiomi gave up Sakura knowing full well what the Matous would do to her. He wanted her to become a mage. When a mage has two children only one of them can inherit the family knowledge while the other must become a commoner (Neo: You mages have some very strict and unnecessary rules when it comes to magic). So, in order to give his daughters the best life he can offer as well as keep the legacy of the Tohsaka family going, he arranged for Sakura to be adopted (completely not caring about what his wife or daughters thought about this and only caring about his grand ambitions). As those two chat, Kiritsugu takes out Uryuu who was watching the fight from the bridge by shooting him twice (one psychopath down, one more to go). He then turns his attention to the monster where he knows the only way to beat it is using Saber’s noble phantasm, but thanks to Lancer that’s not going to happen, so he’s going to have to think outside the box for this one.
In episode 15 Berserker and Gilgamesh continue their dogfight (Yume: Still waiting on that volleyball scene) while Saber and Rider retreat back to shore to come up with a strategy. Rider uses his noble phantasm to transport the monster to another realm while Saber and Lancer come up with a strategy to win (Neo: That’s a good start). Kiritsugu calls up Irisviel and talks to Waver where he wants him to materialize Caster and the monster in a certain spot where Saber will deliver the final blow using her noble phantasm. After Lancer learns about Saber’s noble phantasm he destroys Gae Buidhe healing up Saber’s left arm. Berserker takes down Gilgamesh and then turns his attention to Saber after being drawn to the light of her sword. Lancer takes down Berserker and Rider returns Caster and his monster to our realm where Saber takes them both down. While Rider finds the radiance of Saber’s attack tragic because it’s the light of a dreamer crushed by her own ambitions, Gilgamesh finds it beautiful because of that and has become smitten by her (Yume: Her misery turns him on). Speaking of tragedy, Tokiomi manages to beat Kariya by lighting him on fire (burn baby burn), but Kirei is there to revive him because he enjoys watching him suffer.
The fights continue in episode 16. We start with Kayneth going to the church to get his command seal in helping to defeat Caster. After receiving it, he shoots and kills Risei so that no other masters can get their reward (Neo: Huh? Looks like he learned something from fighting Kiritsugu. Guns can be effective in a battle against mages). While that’s going on, Maiya finds Sola-Ui, cuts off her right arm (Neo: Command sealing arm), knocks her out and takes her hostage. Once Kayneth finds out his future wife has been captured, he blames Lancer for this and insults him greatly before Saber and Irisviel arrive at their hideout. The time has come for these two honorable warriors to face other once and for all (Yume: Too bad the circumstances and other parties couldn’t be better). As the two warriors fight, Kiritsugu appears in front of Kayneth with an unconscious and bloody Sola-Ui (hey~, we found your fiancée. Still looking for her right hand) being held at gunpoint. Kiritsugu tosses Kayneth a geis (basically a magical contract) saying that Kiritsugu won’t kill Kayneth or Sola-Ui as long as Kayneth uses his command seal to force Lancer to commit suicide (wow, I am having déjà vu here. I feel like this has happened before). Kayneth wanting to protect himself and Sola-Ui (Yume: And because I’m sure he wants to see Lancer die in pain. Seriously, are all the men in this anime sickos who get off from watching other people in pain?) signs the geis and uses his command seal to have Lancer commit suicide. Lancer kills himself all while cursing everyone from Kayneth to Saber (https://youtu.be/Q_d_BiERUDQ?t=6). Kayneth’s moment of peace is short lived as he and Sola-Ui get shot by Maiya because the contract only applies to Kiritsugu and didn’t say a damn thing about Maiya (Neo: This is why you got to read the fine print and with a lawyer present). Sola-Ui dies and Saber puts Kayneth out of his misery (I wish Waver could have seen this. It would have done wonders for his self-esteem). Saber confronts Kiritsugu for his conduct and disrupting an honorable duel between warriors , but he doesn’t care. This is a war and chivalry has no place here in Kiritsugu’s eyes (especially if the other side isn’t fighting with it) and he’ll use whatever means necessary to win.
Nothing much happens in episode 17. After news of Risei’s death reaches the ears of Tokiomi he decides a new strategy is in order. He decides to form a temporary alliance with Irisviel and Saber to defeat the other masters. Irisviel agrees to the alliance on the condition that Kirei leave the country and no longer be involved in the war (or we could just shoot him and that would be the end of it. (Neo): In hindsight, it would have saved a future generation a lot of trouble). Tokiomi agrees to these terms and Kirei goes to prepare to leave where unbeknownst to Tokiomi, Risei left the remaining command seals to Kirei meaning he now has the ability to contract another servant (Yume: And I think I know which servant he wants). Later on, Kirei meets with Tokiomi where he gets entrusted with guardianship of Rin if anything were to happen to Tokiomi (white flag ahoy~) and something happens to him courtesy of Kirei. Kirei stabs Tokiomi in the back killing him with his graduation dagger (Yume: Oh the irony) and forms a contract with Gilgamesh (I now pronounce you master and servant).
Episodes 18-21
(Neo): Episode 18 gives us the backstory of Kiritsugu (Yume: More like the childhood trauma). We see that he lived on an island in the Philippines with his dad Noritaka who was conducting research on immortality (Nitsuj: That never ends well for anyone). Helping him was a local girl named Shirley who Kiritsugu had a crush on (Yume: I say he upgraded with Irisviel). One day, Noritaka notices that someone invaded his lab last night and orders Kiritsugu to stay behind and keep an eye on the place. Kiritsugu knowing Shirley had to be the one who broke in, disobeyed Noritaka and goes to her house where he’s shocked and scared to see her eating live chicken (Nitsuj: I guess some women like it raw. (Neo): You’re really proud of that joke, aren’t you? (Nitsuj): I am a man, so, yes). Shirley confesses that she went into the lab last night and used the immortality formula on herself in the hopes of showing everyone the wonderful work of Noritaka (Yume: Well it’s definitely showing us what happens when we try to play God). The formula turned her into a Dead Apostle (a vampire created by magecraft) and begs Kiritsugu to kill her before she infects anybody else. Kiritsugu couldn’t do it and instead just fled to the church to warn everyone but it was too late as she had infected the whole village (Nitsuj: You know this would be a good setting for a Resident Evil game. (Neo): Definitely. Resident Evil: Island Getaway). Chaos soon spreads across the island as the church and mages tried to get this mess under control and Kiritsugu got saved by a mercenary named Natalia who was hired to handle the outbreak and eliminate the mage responsible for the outbreak. This led to Kiritsugu confronting Noritaka where he just shrugged off the incident as nothing and intends to continue his research and experiments elsewhere (Yume: Not to mention it was Shirley’s fault for stupidly stealing the formula). Having no other options, Kiritsugu killed his dad leaving him emotionally broken and nowhere to go until Natalia offered to take him in and he accepted.
The story of Kiritsugu continues in episode 19. We see Natalia train him to be a mercenary just like her, developing a mother/son relationship. For years they traveled the world performing missions and Natalia was even the one who created those magic bullets he used to take down Kayneth. However, the good times wouldn’t last forever. While on a mission to eliminate a Dead Apostle heading to New York from Paris and his mage associate tragedy would strike. Kiritsugu made it to New York and killed the mage the Dead Apostle was meeting while Natalia killed the Dead Apostle on the plane. However, the Dead Apostle was concealing bees in his body (https://youtu.be/tmxfZGkfByE). The Dark Apostle’s bees have the powers to turn people into ghouls and with them now loose on the plane infecting everyone, Kiritsugu has no choice but to destroy the plane and Natalia or risk New York becoming infected (Yume: Resident Evil: Beehive City. (Neo): Title could use a little work, but I like the idea). So, Kiritsugu destroys the plane and is once again emotionally hurt from killing another family member (Nitsuj: We should probably keep him away from Illya).
We return back to the present in episode 20 where Kiritsugu goes to visit Irisviel who has been ailing since the end of episode 16. Realizing her days are almost numbered, Irisviel returns the scabbard to Kiritsugu saying he’ll need it for the final battle. Kiritsugu then heads out to kill Tokiomi (Yume: Little late to the party on that one) while Saber goes to fight Rider. Believing that Gilgamesh will be there to watch over their battle, Kiritsugu believes that’ll be the best time to kill Tokiomi. Once he gets there, he quickly discovers that Tokiomi is dead (Neo: Yeah, funny story about that). We cut to Kariya chained up in his family’s basement where his dad heals him by forcing him to eat a crest worm that tasted Sakura’s purity (Nitsuj: That’s real fucked up man). Returning back to Irisviel, we see Maiya guarding her who we find out was a child soldier from another country that Kiritsugu rescued. The two get attacked by Rider where he kidnaps Irisviel (Nitsuj: That doesn’t sound like something Rider would do) forcing Kiritsugu to use his command seal and have Saber arrive to see an injured Maiya and goes after Rider on a motorcycle (Nitsuj: Much better than a horse, huh Saber)? Kiritsugu arrives back at the house to see Maiya take her last breath and thank her for everything (Yume: Wow, every woman he ever cares about dies)
In episode 21 Kiritsugu does some investigating and figures out that Rider wasn’t the one who kidnapped Irisviel, but instead Kariya as Waver isn’t capable of finding them that easily (Nitsuj: Not to mention the kid wouldn’t have the gall to use such an underhanded tactic). Kariya is working with Kirei and used two command seals to haver Berserker disguise himself as Rider. In return, Kirei restores his two command seals and promises him a duel with Tokiomi in the church (just like Yume said, you’re late to party on that one). Saber runs into Rider and Waver (giving us a well done chase scene. (Nitsuj): Only in anime will you see King Arthur chase down Alexander the Great on a motorcycle. (Yume): Something so strange and cool at the same time you have to see it to believe) where she confirms they don’t have Irisviel, but still gets forced into a battle with Rider. Saber manages to destroy his chariot (as well as the road) and rides back to town. Meanwhile, Kariya heads to the church to face Tokiomi only to see he’s dead (he’s been duped, bamboozled and dare I say lied to). As if that wasn’t enough to screw him over, Aoi shows up and thinks he’s the one who killed Tokiomi (Nitsuj: Oh fuck). Kariya tries to explain the situation blaming Tokiomi for mistreating her and Sakura, but Aoi reprimands him for misunderstanding her and getting involved where he shouldn’t (Yume: Misunderstanding!? Bitch, you allowed your husband to give up one of your daughters who was raped by insects without so much as batting an eye. Not to mention lost the other child who was almost killed by a serial killer. I won’t sit here and pretend Kariya wasn’t overstepping his boundaries, but he showed concern and love for Sakura when nobody else did). Blinded by rage, Kariya snaps and strangles Aoi killing her and leaves the church in despair all while Kirei and Gilgamesh watched with delight (you two are so messed up).
Episodes 22-25
(Yume): It’s the beginning of the end in episode 22. We see Waver and Rider return to their home after walking where the old couple that Waver brainwashed into believing he was their grandchild knows he’s not their grandchild and went along with it because they enjoyed his company (Nitsuj: And that’s how a lot of elderly people are. They’re just looking to enjoy the company of others). We then cut to Kirei who is hiding out in Caster’s old lair (why anyone would want to go to that den of death is beyond me) where he interrogates Irisviel about Kiritsugu because he believes that Kiritsugu is just like him (https://youtu.be/GGn25URIss8). Irisviel rebukes this (Neo: I agree. Kiritsugu may come across as a cold man, but in truth he cares about those around here. To the point that he’s ready to take on the burden alone in order to keep everyone safe. (Nitsuj): Kind of reminds me of a certain orange-haired boy) and once she tells Kirei that Kiritsugu intends to use the Grail to usher in world peace (a part of me thinks he’ll just bring back Irisviel. (Neo): Or make Illya a real girl) Kirei snaps her neck killing her (Nitsuj: Damn! This show got dark. Or darker. I mean we had a child killer in this war, so that sadly set the standards of just how dark this show can get). Irisviel’s soul comes into contact with the Grail’s spirit, Angra Mainyu (Nitsuj: Is that important? (Yume): Very. You see in the previous war Angra Mainyu was an abnormal servant. He didn’t fit within the 7 classes and was the servant of Einzbern. When he lost and was absorbed by the Grail he contaminated it turning it into an item that only seeks to destroy humanity. (Neo): It also allowed non-heroic spirits to be summoned. That means Medusa and Gilles de Rais were allowed to be summoned thanks to him). Kirei vows to destroy Kiritsugu’s dream and sets up a spot for all the remaining masters and servants to come together and finish the war. All of the masters see Kirei’s flares and head out to battle. Waver shockingly uses up all of his command seals on Rider to give him the power he needs to beat Gilgamesh and decides to stay behind as he believes he’s not worthy to be Rider’s master (Nitsuj: Kinda true. Although to be fair he is in the final four and has out lasted three people, two of which were favored to win in a war that was fixed from the get-go. I have to respect the kid for lasting as long as he has). Rider of course doesn’t believe so and considers Waver a good friend who he would gladly ride into battle with (Neo: Wow, praise from Alexander the Great. What an honor). This manages to cheer Waver up and the two ride into battle. Kiritsugu and Saber also go to the venue for the final fight where Kiritsugu will focus on Kirei, Saber will focus on Berserker, and Rider will take on Gilgamesh (Kariya. . .you just. . .do you. You just strangled a woman to death; I’m not going anywhere near you).
Episode 23 starts off hot with Saber getting attacked by a gun-wielding Berserker (Nitsuj: Yeah, no doubt, he’s got a boner). Saber manages to disarm him only to be surprised by the fact that he knows the length of her sword (Neo: At this point, I’m sure everyone does). She’s even more surprised when Berserker reveals himself to be Lancelot, Arthur’s most loyal knight and comrade who would of course go on to betray Arthur and end his kingdom because he fell in love with Guinevere (Nitsuj: I’m curious to see how that works in this universe. Are they implying that Saber was a lesbian?). In this universe, Lancelot didn’t betray Arthur because of adultery, but instead, because she failed to lead the people (Neo: Everything that Rider said has come full circle. (Yume): A king who can’t lead their people has no right to call themselves a king). Meanwhile, Rider and Waver arrive on the bridge where they’re confronted by Gilgamesh. Rider uses Ionian Hetairoi and charges at Gilgamesh (rage my men! Rage) only for Gilgamesh to just completely destroy the reality marble and return them back to reality. Knowing that this is the end, Rider pulls Waver off his horse (Nitsuj: His horse is amazing) asking him if he would join his army as a retainer and Waver says yes. Rider then rides into battle where he gets defeated by Gilgamesh. With respect to Rider and admiration for his loyalty, Gilgamesh spares Waver and leaves him to mourn. The episode wraps up with Kiritsugu finally meeting Kirei who presents Irisviel’s dead body to him (you know, given his warped personality, I’m surprised Kirei didn’t crucify her).
We get dual battles in episode 24 as Kiritsugu and Kirei fight (Nitsuj: In what I assume to be Batman’s Batcave from the Dark Knight movies) while Saber takes on Lancelot with a dying Kariya watching while hidden. The between Saber and Lancelot is underwhelming, but it does a good job showing the mental battle Saber is going through as she’s living what I can only assume is the worst day of her life. Being forced to strike down her most loyal knight and friend brought on by the consequences of her poor leadership. Saber manages to strike down Lancelot which in the process kills Kariya. Kiritsugu and Kirei have an awesome fight (Neo: I love the strategies they employ as well as the camera angles) which gets interrupted by the Grail (scene here: https://youtu.be/we2grJ5OPto). While the two were fighting, the Grail began to be filled up with a black ooze and that black ooze overflowed and covered them. Kiritsugu finds himself in an illusionary world where he comes face to face with Angra who has taken the form of Irisviel (Neo: That’s low). Angra says that Kiritsugu is the winner of the war and is worthy of using of the Grail. However, Kiritsugu is shocked to see that the Grail has become corrupted (you can blame your in laws for that) and it goes on to deconstruct Kiritsugu’s belief of killing the few to save the many (Nitsuj: The needs of many don’t always outweigh the needs of the few). Angra says the only way for peace to come to the world is if all of humanity is destroyed and tries to get Kiritsugu to make his wish by assuming the forms of Irisviel and Illya, but he rejects the Grail refusing to sacrifice the world for his personal happiness (if he destroys the world, where would he live?). Angered by his refusal, Angra curses him by shortening his life span and forces him out of the Grail. Kirei awakes to find himself held at gunpoint by Kiritsugu mocking him for refusing the Grail and wasting a wish. Kirei pleads with Kiritsugu to pass the wish onto him so that he can find meaning in his messed up life, but Kiritsugu shoots him (Nitsuj: In the back or head? (Yume): I think back. (Nitsuj): Damn it! You’re a trained assassin, you should know that you always aim for the head). Saber arrives at the stage where the Grail is where she plans to use the Grail to stop her from becoming king and hand it over to someone else, but Gilgamesh is standing in the way. He’s totally smitten with Saber (Neo: He has a very strange way of showing it) and if he can’t have her no one can have her. Kiritsugu appears where he uses his command seals and orders Saber to destroy the Grail with Excalibur.
In the final episode Saber destroys the Grail demolishing the theatre they were in (and they just renovated that place). However, the black ooze that was in the Grail begins to pour down from the sky, flooding the city and destroying everything it touches. Kirei gets resurrected by the Grail and Gilgamesh gets a mortal body (Nitsuj: Oh come on, that was Rider’s wish) which allows him to stay in our world (Neo: Gilgamesh will return in the Holy Grail War 5). As Kirei takes in all the destruction around him he can’t help but laugh hysterically at it (https://youtu.be/OdS9uyQ_mSA). Kiritsugu searches desperately for survivors which leads him to finding Shirou and inserting the scabbard within his body to keep him alive. The next day we get the revelations of what happened to the remaining survivors of the war. Kirei presides over Tokiomi’s funeral (the nerve of this bastard) where we see Aoi is still alive but is so brain damaged that she doesn’t even comprehend that her husband is dead. As if presiding over the funeral wasn’t enough, he actually hands Rin the dagger he used to kill Tokiomi as a keepsake. She is literally holding the weapon that killed her father and is being comforted by his killer who is enjoying every minute of this (Nitsuj: This is so messed up that even Light from Death Note would say: Dude, you’re an asshole). Waver stays with the elderly couple to save up money and then travel the world to find his own path. Saber returns to her time to live out her final moments on the battlefield where she weeps for her failure as a king and vows to win the next war for her kingdom’s sake (Neo: She says it’s for the kingdom, but really, it’s for her). As for Kiritsugu, he attempted to return to the Einzberns only to be turned away multiple times and was never able to see Illya again. He soon returned to Fuyuki City where he adopted Shirou and lived out his short days raising him before finally dying.
Final Thoughts
(Yume): And that was Fate/Zero.
(Neo): What did you think about it, Nitsuj?
(Nitsuj): Well if I’m being honest I like this anime more than Unlimited Blade Works.
(Neo): Really?
(Nitsuj): Yeah. Looking back at Unlimited Blade Works, the one thing that really upset me was how no one really had a purpose for participating in this war. Nobody had a wish they wanted granted. It seemed like everyone was just fighting for bragging rights and nothing else. In Zero, we see how everyone has a goal in this war and a reason why they’re fighting. Kiritsugu wants to usher in world peace, Kayneth wants to live up to the expectations set by himself and others, Tokiomi wants to prevent a disaster caused by the Grail, Kariya wants to protect the child of the woman he secretly loves, Waver wants to prove his theory that hard work can beat talent, Uryuu just wants to cause as much as destruction as possible, and Kirei just wants to discover who he truly is. Some are fighting for good intentions, others bad, and some for personal reasons. They were all characters who you got to learn about and build a connection with, so that when the war was over and you see what’s left of them, you feel a sense of sadness that some of them are gone, happy that some of them lived and grew from this experience, happy that some are dead, and shocked at what they’ve become. Another thing I like are the servants this time around. Rider was hands down my favorite servant. I liked his story with Waver and the connection the two had with each other. I also liked how he called out Saber on her shortcomings as a king and how she tried to rebuke him only to see that he was right all along. She created a wall between herself and her people, and that led to the downfall of her kingdom. It was nice to get a backstory into Kirei and Gilgamesh to see their connection, how it formed, and how Gilgamesh led him down a dark path. The friendship between Uryuu and Gilles was messed up, but they probably had the best chemistry out of everyone in the war. Both guys stood as equals and bonded over their love of killing. Lancer’s story is tragic as he’s a guy who wants to walk the honorable path of a knight, but is unfortunately stuck with a master who doesn’t share his beliefs and is caught up in a situation he’s lived in the past. Aside from Assassin and Berserker, each servant was given a good amount of screen time for us to know them. The only real downside to this bunch is that they’re all obsessed with Saber. I know that she’s one of the most popular characters in the series, but not everyone needs to have their goals centered around her. Anything you girls want to add?
(Neo): Wow, you really went off on a tangent there and covered a lot of what we were going to talk about. I guess the one thing that really stood out to me was how the story was able to connect perfectly with the original anime and Unlimited Blade Works. Whether you chose to watch this anime before or after them, it serves as both a good entry point into the Fate series or a continuation of it as well. If you watch this anime first, you’ll finally understand why Saber desires the Grail so much, what happened in the previous war, and why the characters for the future are in the position they’re in and why they act the way they do. If you chose to watch it after, you’ll be curious to see how the previous war ties all of these characters together and what motivated them to join the war in the first place. It’s a win-win situation and something that a lot of animes with multiple seasons have a hard time doing. Anything to add Yume?
(Yume): As to be expected from the Fate series, the fight scenes are very good and well-animated. While Unlimited Blade Works would go on to improve the animation, Zero set the standards for future iterations to follow and live up to. It let every studio know that if you wanted to adapt the Fate series, then you better bring your A-game on the animation or else. It also set a new standard for animation. With a new decade upon us, Zero came to be seen as the gold standard for top quality animation and it was a standard that almost wouldn’t be surpassed until the final half of the decade. The music was still a joy to listen to and it was pretty amazing how they didn’t shy away from the dark moments. If anything, they’re darker here than in Unlimited Blade Works.
Final Score
(Neo): My final score for Fate/Zero is an 8.5/10. I personally like Unlimited Blade Works a little more.
(Yume): I’m also giving it an 8.5/10. I think Unlimited Blade Works has a better story centering around our two main leads while Zero has the better setting. I like them both equally.
(Nitsuj): Well I’m giving this anime a 9/10 with a must watch stamp of approval. Even though I’ve only seen Unlimited Blade Works, this one so far is my favorite for the reasons I listed earlier.
(Neo): So calculating our scores, we end up once again with 26/30, bringing the final score to a 8.6/10.
(Yume): Which going by our system translates to a 8.5/10.
(Nitsuj): If you’re new to the Fate series like me, I recommend checking this anime out first before diving into Unlimited Blade Works or the original. Which speaking of, when do we review the original?
(Neo): *Sigh* Next week, unfortunately.
(Nitsuj): Is it really that bad?
(Yume): You’ll see. Thanks for reading and we’ll see you next time on Project Nitsuj.