Fate/stay night - 13 March 31
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Summary:
Saber is having a dream of herself leading a legion of armor-clad men. Her physical condition has Shirou very worried. Rin tells him that Saber used all of her magic power on her Noble Phantasm and will disappear if she used it again. For Saber to recover, she either needs her Master to supply the magic or she has to replenish it herself, like Rider did by using the students at school. Shirou can’t do the former and he doesn’t want to use his command spells to force her to do the latter. Later that night, Shirou is watching over a sleeping Saber when he gets a vision of her approaching a sword in a stone. A nearby cloaked figure tells Saber that by drawing this sword, she will be become the king of Britain, Arturia. After Saber successfully pulls the sword, the scene changes to her in front of the legion of men. Shirou starts to realize who she really is, but then notices that her sword is different from the one he saw from the previous night. By the time he wakes up, it’s already morning. He finds Archer outside and Archer tells him not to forget that Saber knows about the risk of disappearing from using her Noble Phantasm, but would endanger herself to protect him.
Shirou goes to the park to think some more and happens to meet Ilya. She knows about Saber’s situation and about Saber’s fight with Rider since she was there with Berserker. She uses magic to knock Shirou out and takes him home with her. During this time, he has another dream about Saber’s sword, but then wakes up in Ilya’s room. Shirou thinks that Ilya is going to kill him, but she says that he’s special and wants him to become her Servant. Meanwhile, Saber has woken up and is looking for him. She seeks out Rin because she feels that something may be wrong, but Archer wants Rin to leave the matter alone. Seeing how concerned Saber is, Rin makes Archer help. Back at Ilya’s home, Shirou refuses her offer because he still has Saber. Ilya decides to go kill Saber. She reveals that she had Berserker kill Shinji last night after he had run away from Shirou. Unable to stop Ilya from going, Shirou decides to use his magic to free himself. But when his powers flare up, he starts coughing up blood. Of course, this doesn’t discourage him. During this time, Saber, Rin, and Archer are approaching the house from the woods.
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Last week they revealed the sword Excalibur and this episode they reveal who Saber really is - Arturia, aka. King Arthur. I was definitely surprised at this twist when I first learned since the legend of King Arthur is based around a male figure. They seem to make a big deal about how Saber seems to have multiple swords and the one she pulled out of the stone is not Excalibur. I wonder how that’ll play into the FSN story or if it just makes for good trivia.
Overall the episode is disappointing compared to the last couple of weeks because they returned to the heavy-dialogue format. I really like the battle episodes more, but I’m getting more used to these slower ones. Next week seems like another exciting one with a battle between Archer and Berserker. Rin and Archer are finally getting back into the action.
pach at 4:02 pm on March 31st, 2006
looks like the route of the story is clarifying to where it’s going
kurotsuki at 4:16 pm on March 31st, 2006
hum..
Shirarcher is back on trackmangamaxx at 4:21 pm on March 31st, 2006
Finally, some Saber past coverage.
Xellos-_^ at 4:21 pm on March 31st, 2006
too early to tell where the story going. We will probably know more depending on what archer does.
ordnance11 at 4:22 pm on March 31st, 2006
My question is the stone in the sword Excalibur or another sword?
*Chi* at 4:25 pm on March 31st, 2006
Oo, that doesn’t look good after all..
From the pictures I see, that they explain more about Saber’s past.
But before we start talking, lets see what the summary tell us.
Max Demian at 4:27 pm on March 31st, 2006
In actual Arthurian legend the sword in the stone is generally believed to be a different sword than excalibur, which was given by the lady in the lake. I don’t know how Fate handles this though. Also more archer is definately a good thing.
Xellos-_^ at 4:41 pm on March 31st, 2006
Another thing
Loli FTW
JT at 4:47 pm on March 31st, 2006
not an action packed episode is it! .. its more an info episode
Haesslich at 4:47 pm on March 31st, 2006
So… Ilya’s eyes glow, and now Shirou’s bleeding?
Oookay… I guess she REALLY likes her onii-chan, if she’s willing to tie him up to keep him alive and out of the way while she beats Rin up like a punching bag, or something.
jj at 4:48 pm on March 31st, 2006
so, we are getting close to the part where shirou has to somehow give saber enough mana to fight berserker, right…XD
Omni at 4:50 pm on March 31st, 2006
so, we are getting close to the part where shirou has to somehow give saber enough mana to fight berserker, right…XD
LOL, I am curious how they’re going to handle that.
So… Ilya’s eyes glow, and now Shirou’s bleeding?
Shirou starts coughing up blood when his magic flares up while he’s trying to break free of his bonds.
mango at 5:04 pm on March 31st, 2006
=D I can see Saber worrying about Shirou. Good Saber x Shirou signs.
benihime at 5:10 pm on March 31st, 2006
hmm… Shirou coughing blood? Did I miss something or could that be a little bit of unlimited blade works?
Nigredo at 5:46 pm on March 31st, 2006
“Shirou starts coughing up blood when his magic flares up while he’s trying to break free of his bonds.”
it’s written just 2 posts above…
Xellos-_^ at 5:49 pm on March 31st, 2006
the blood could be form having a cute loli like llya on top him
Haesslich at 6:57 pm on March 31st, 2006
… I guess that Ilya fulfills the ’stalker girl’ quota for this harem-show. “Let’s play.. and in the process, I’m going to kill all the other members of your harem, onii-chan.” Maybe she’s been reading “Yoshikawa Maika’s Guide to Keeping Your Onii-Chan’s Harem Away From Him’?
tonbo at 7:05 pm on March 31st, 2006
the Lady in the Lake bit is frm older mythical Arthurian story … We are seeing another take of the tale from the Holy Grail Wars stand-point, which suggests that Arthur was infact a girl who took on the false persona to lead her people in the unification efforts in Medieval England , ala Hua Mulan. TypeMoon did a fine job there (hee) … referenced frm Fate/Stay Encyclopedia (Japanese txt)
dward at 7:13 pm on March 31st, 2006
Oooo…..so I suppose we’ll be seeing Archer unleashing his true ability in the next ep eh? I somehow knew this episode is somehow related to Saber judging from last week’s preview. But can anyone tell me how long before I get to see Shirou master his ability?
EliteF22 at 7:32 pm on March 31st, 2006
You can’t really try to compare details with Arthurian legend, because over time the legend has actually been modified to include aspects of the current history pervading the country at that point. The nights of the round table wasn’t added till sometime later and the idea of Arthur being taken to the afterlife by the boat filled with women is straight out of norse mythology, the legend of the Valkyries. The original point of the story of Arthur was to, in fact, demonize women. Guinevere was supposed to represent how women can bring down a kingdom and how they can lead men to their doom, whereas Lancelot despite having an affair with Arthur’s wife could still be good and noble.