Fate/stay night - 09 March 3
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Summary:
In front of the temple, Saber meets her opponent: Assassin. To her surprise, he introduces himself with his True Name - Sasaki Kojirou. Saber is ready to return the favor and tell him her name also, but he stops her because it’s sufficient that they know their enemies through their swords. The start of their fight is marked by the sound of metal against metal. At home, Shirou wakes up with another pain in his chest. With Saber not in her room, it’s becomes apparent where she went. While Saber and Assassin are locked in battle, Rider bypasses them and enters the temple grounds. However, she’s confronted by a horde of skeletal warriors.
Assassin is pleased with Sabers abilities, and manages to figure out the dimensions of her invisible sword by her attacks. He also thinks that Saber is holding back. He decides to use his Tsubame Gaeshi attack, which knocks Saber back with three consecutive hits. Inside the temple grounds, Rider tries to attack Caster, but her opponent makes effective use of her magic to block. During this time, Assassin is explaining the Swallow Reversal technique, and Saber figures out that it was because of a multiple dimension refraction phenomenon. The reason that she’s relatively unhurt is because the stairs gave him bad footing for the attack. When Assassin raises his sword to do it again, Saber decides to unleash her powers. Rider uses the resulting winds as a distraction to escape from Caster.
Shirou, who has arrived at the base of the stairs, notices that his tattoo is reacting to what must be Saber’s magical powers. He then sees a fleeting shadow from the forest. That same figure catches the Servant’s attention, interrupting Saber’s attack and dissipating the winds. After Assassin ends the match for now and vanishes, Saber falls over from exhaustion, right into Shirou’s arms. He carries her body home and puts her down inside the house to catch his breath. Rin finds him trying to pick her up again and teases him for trying to do something to her. But Rin also figures out what really happened. By the time Shirou has made the tea that Rin requests, Saber is back up on her feet. Shirou wants to know why she fought, so Saber responds by saying that it’s natural for Servants to fight. Of course, Shirou feels that girls shouldn’t be fighting and getting hurt. The two start arguing because Saber thinks that Shirou is looking down on her. Rin tries to calm Saber by telling her that Shirou is only trying to prevent her purity from being damaged. After some thinking, Saber decides to let Shirou fight, but she’s going to give him sword training first.
Preview:
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If there’s on thing I can commend this episode on, it’s production quality. The fight scenes were done absolutely wonderfully in both animation and background music. This is the action episode that I’ve been waiting for all this time. Well…kind of. As Mentar noted, they really killed the momentum of the fights with the chatter between Saber and Assassin. As interesting as it is, I could do without the explanation of the Tsubame Gaeshi attack. In contrast, the Rider scenes were a lot better about keeping the action going, so I enjoyed those a lot more.
It’s good news to me that Shirou is actually going to get some training from Saber. It’ll be a lot more fun to watch Shirou fight his battles rather than be a punching bag. Maybe he’ll finally be able to back up some of those ideals of his. The preview doesn’t show any sword training, but it does make it look like we’re getting a semi-comedic episode next week (as evidenced by Shirou running away from a nude Saber). Ilya probably also hasn’t turned into a good girl overnight, so she’s probably planning to do something to Shirou
Paracelsus at 4:19 pm on March 3rd, 2006
Saber got owned again. Man, that sure sucks.now it’s 3-1 >_>
RiXeD at 4:27 pm on March 3rd, 2006
ILYA?!?!? WHAT IS SHE DOING?!?!?!
Mentar at 4:32 pm on March 3rd, 2006
You mean 1-3
This episode, the production values went through the roof. Not only the animations were awesome, the musical score was the most memorable thing to me. Great pieces, especially for Assassin.
It never ceases to amaze me how much momentum the show intentionally forfeits to talk and talk and talk and talk in the middle of duels - and still, enough remains to make me happy. With a little bit more skillful scripting of scenes like this, the show could have been done even better. Much better.
Ho0p at 4:32 pm on March 3rd, 2006
Rider kicks ass!
Paracelsus at 4:35 pm on March 3rd, 2006
yeah Mentar, i meant 1-3 >_>;
on a second note, Ilya is mine
RiXeD at 4:45 pm on March 3rd, 2006
Damn ure loli…
Haesslich at 4:56 pm on March 3rd, 2006
Uh… I take it Saber’s looking for attention, judging by next week’s preview?
Let’s see - Rider, Assassin, and Saber all engaged in battle… Rin looking smug.. and now naked Saber in next week’s preview, plus Ilya running up to Shirou.
This may actually be a better ep than the last, as far as action goes.
Rin’s appearing to steal the show… again.
axel at 4:59 pm on March 3rd, 2006
…and the harem grows!
AznSoulBoy at 5:02 pm on March 3rd, 2006
AHHA XDD
Nooger at 5:08 pm on March 3rd, 2006
Woot!!! It’s NAKED SABER!!!!!
mangamaxx at 5:26 pm on March 3rd, 2006
Why is she naked? and a better question, why is Shiro running away from naked Saber??!!? His logic makes no sense to me, especially when you consider what kind of game the anime was based on.
pach at 5:50 pm on March 3rd, 2006
soooo, Rider got killed ??? it may show a way on the story the aniem is taking
Zyl at 5:50 pm on March 3rd, 2006
I’m guessing that in the next ep, nekkid Saber wants
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Demon Eyes at 5:54 pm on March 3rd, 2006
I don’t understand Shirou anymore. I don’t think he ccan slank any lower than that. Who in their right mminds runs away from NAKED SBER?!!!!/
And why is she naked? I thought she was on of those MOOODESSST people!!
I love Rin. I really do. Can’t wait for her antics.
IS it me, or is Fate’s ep more anticipated than the previous one? Always?
Kaito at 6:09 pm on March 3rd, 2006
lol..
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qwertypoiuy at 6:27 pm on March 3rd, 2006
why didnt you blog ergo proxy
it looks its going to be one of the best anime of all time not only the season
and its animation mmm the words cant describe it
thenightsshadow at 6:53 pm on March 3rd, 2006
Awesome. Now all we need is a maid…oh wait. Too late.
AznSoulBoy at 7:19 pm on March 3rd, 2006
well he ran away because he was surprise..? and i dun think rider got kill already lol
mangamaxx at 7:23 pm on March 3rd, 2006
Man, Shiro that lucky bastard. Wants to be “Justice”’s ally eh? Well you know what Justice’s ally doesn’t do? They don’t run away from naked Saber!!!! Be a man and take head on!
dward at 7:24 pm on March 3rd, 2006
Oh boy oh boy….I’m sure looking forward to watching this ep and the next one. And wth is Saber-chan doing naked in front of Shirou!?