This is a Japanese King Arthur.
This is a skeleton punching a fake baby.
This is an anonymous comment.
Fate Extra CCC english when?
This is a Japanese Jack the Ripper.
This is a pose I made in Klub 17.
This is a Japanese vampire.
>>336622039
Ask Sony its their IP now
This is a JapanesePERFECTION
This is a Japanese Necromancer
>>336622648
Is this a meme? When did Sony buy the IP?
>>336623001
They own Type Moon like how Disney owns Marvel, Prisma Illya and most books are owned by a different company like X-Men film rights are owned by Fox
>>336619989
This is a John Boorman King Arthur
>>336619989
You know, the original concept of the story was alright until Type Moon turned it into some schlocky porn novel that somehow blew up into an entry level action show.
>>336623001
Happened during KnK and Fate/Zero, Sony made the animes and Nasu loves Sony. Fate Grand Order prints money for Sony
>>336620536
Is the skeleton real?
>>336623141
>They own Type Moon
When did this happen?
>>336623323
Wasn't the original concept a reverse harem with a female MC? You can't be telling me they weren't intending for all the servants to whip their dicks out for protag girl.
>>336623445yes
>>336623445
nyes
>>336623323
The original concept was a fucking otome game
>>336623535
They made the animes, and it printed them money. Everyone in /a/ and /fgog/ knows that Sony owns Nasu and Takeuchi.
>>336623692
Hopefully Sony will get someone to make a Real Fate game and not just phone crap.
>>336623792
Fate/Extella got announced a while a back. Nigga have you been living under a rock?
>>336623792
There is a sequel to CCC being made.
>>336623792
>console fate game
Who should develop it?
>>336623579
>>336623686
My bad, I think I mixed it up with something else. It really was just gender swapped, huh? Then it is just bad.
>>336623886
Not him but I don't consider Musou shit a "real game".
>>336623445
Don't be silly, everyone knows skeletons aren't real
>>336623967
Marvelous is already making Fate/Extella for Vita and PS4
>>336624104
Woops, thought it was Vita only
>>336624058
Saying Fate is action oriented in the first place is wrong. Zero had plenty of action but FSN otherwise is mostly an introspective work told from point of view of a single character's mind and psychology. Fights are never the point, despite what the so called ubw anime wanted to do with the work. Even fights themselves in the source material were portrayed more of a split-second mind game between characters than something flashy. Majority of Nasuverse is like that, choosing to focus on philosophical themes and character exploration moreso than flashy scenes.
>>336624182
No one cares cause Nasu is a hack.
>>336624440
Nice meme! Upvoted :)
>>336624491
It's best to get it out of the way, right?
>>336624182
>despite what the so called ubw anime wanted to do with the work
Oh fuck off.
>>336624182
lol what philosphy? You mean shit like that retarded comeback speech Shiro makes to Archer when he tries to kill him and keep him from becoming his future self? It's nothing but a bunch of introspective rambling. There's nothing compelling or unique about it.
This is an American Lancelot
>>336624636
While his writing can get rather long-winded, Nasu is definitely a genius. The way he inserts varying external factors such as philosophy, somewhat religious beliefs and metaphysical content to compliment the main plot and characterizations of his stories is undeniably top-tier.
>>336624645
See pic related.
>>336624647
>lol what philosphy?
In F/SN? A dissertation on the essential nature of heroic ideals, and an in-depth exploration on what would motivate someone to follow that path. The idea of selfish actions for selfless reasons. A dilemma between logic and emotion (Rin's conflict). The idea of facades and how we hide ourselves within society. Consequentialism and regret; nihilism (Saber's conflict). Existence and individuality (Shirou's "rebirth" following his death in the fire). The meaning of choice. Contrasting of several different philosophies (Pragmatism, Altruism, Idealism, Utilitarianism, etc). Perceptions of people (very overt with the way Shirou perceives his father vs everyone else). Cultural expectations of good and evil (Shirou/Kirei). Consent and fate (Medea and EMIYA). Societal values and morality.
>>336624928
Holy shit, dude, you're a brainwashed fanbrat. Christ.
>>336624887
this can't be real
>>336624928
Interesting. Now explain Tsukihime to me.
>>336624928
I don't actually think that Nasu did go to this length when he wrote the plot, like he just picked up these and those, combined them together in a way that somehow makes people think he got a complicated story while in fact it's not that great, there are plot holes and plot devices everywhere.
>>336624928
I wanna post this shit in /a/
This is a Japanese sword.
This is President Edison
>>336625480
>plot holes
Like?
>>336625571
It's already been posted on /a/. Should have googled this shit before responding seriously.
>>336625584
That sword is cute! CUTE!
>>336625365
>Tries to portray FSN as some high-art philosophical piece completely unironically
>Tells me I'm baiting
It's a fucking schlocky porn novel with character art that looks like doodles from a middle school weeb's notebook. You can't tell me you actually take this shit seriously.
>>336624182
>>336624928
No one gave a fuck about ubw's story by that point; it had been adapted 2 and a half times before that adaptation. God forbid UFOtable actually just do what they do best to a story told that many times already.
>>336625706
The whole Caliburn being able to killed 7 lives of Herk and Nine Lives Blade Work
>>336625396
I won't spoonfeed you, but I will say that you should read Freud’s Death Drive, it’ll help see where Nasu was probably coming from with Tsukihime and Kara no Kyoukai.
>>336625480
>I don't actually think that Nasu did go to this length when he wrote the plot
Nope, it's all self-evident in the text. Many people just don't want to make the effort to understand complex stories and ideas, so they dismiss Fate as a "meme series" or whatever.
>>336625480
>plot devices are bad
hi anita
>>336625584>Not Folded over 10000 Times
>>336625396
I've got you famalam:
Death is eternal, killing is bad, and giving into temptation is a slippery slope. Also don't rape a lot that shit's bad man. And don't adopt a kid just because their name is the same name as yours you fucking idiot
>>336625776
FSN is close to a million words long, and has half a dozen sex scenes.
I don't understand why people seem to discredit it for the sex, when stuff like Game of Thrones is lauded.
>this is a japanese ginger
>>336625814
I'd say those are more like contrived plot devices than plot holes.
>>336625995
>stuff like Game of Thrones is lauded.
Look at the sort of people who 'laud' GoT and you'll understand
>>336619989
This is a knife
>>336625776
>It's a fucking schlocky porn novel
No, it isn't. Sexual themes have always been intertwined with both supernatural and criminal fiction. And Nasuverse is mix of both.
>You can't tell me you actually take this shit seriously.
Read the VN.
>>336626064
You call that a knife? This is a knife.
>>336619989
She loves bbc tho shit was confirmed.
>>336626053
The point being is that GoT is as mainstream as you can get, and it's upfront about its sex, but people seem to think, just because FSN has sex scenes in it, that makes it something less.
I mean fine, if you want to criticize the scenes themselves, or other things in the story, go ahead, but on a sheer conceptual level?
Nasu is a genius.
G E N I U S
>>336625886
A few is okay, I can accept the mc survive till the very end because I want to read story where he fights and wins against all the odds, but then you can't tell me a guy with 2 weeks of training managed to win a guy who previously fucked shit up in the last war, and a guy who got his yellow armor decided not to wear it because reasons?
>>336626042
It still counts as a problem in the story, too convenient and pull out things that break the established knowledge of the readers. It's like Nasu builds rules so he can break them later.
>>336626414
I wasn't disagreeing. That's why i said contrived.
This is a Japanese Leonardo da Vinci
>>336625995
Maybe because a Song of Fire and Ice isn't poorly written schlock targeted at weebs?
>>336626545
would succeed hug qte.
>>336626545
I'd Leonardo her da Vinci if you know what I mean
>>336626545
Trans or gender-bend like Arthur?
>>336626414
>but then you can't tell me a guy with 2 weeks of training managed to win a guy who previously fucked shit up in the last war
People who say this don't understand the entire theme running through the route: imitation vs original.
Shirou is a fake. He has an imitation ideal, and a power that results from imitating. The entire story focuses on this concept, and whether or not it's wrong.
The conclusion of the Archer fight tells you that he's okay with himself and his dream, but the narrative needs to put the guy to the test, to show, rather than tell, that he can be a hero. Gil is the ultimate opportunity here.
Gil is the original Heroic Spirit. He holds all the original weapons, and has a dream of killing countless people. By Shirou overcoming Gil, it proves he has what it takes to follow through with his goal, and it proves that imitating isn't inherently or inferior.
People who say it's forced are completely blind to the story laid out in front of them. There are layers to FSN, and while I'm not saying it's Ulysses, the themes here are something you should be able to understand if you took middle school English.
>>336626691
magical tranny
>>336626626
Yeah its poorly written schlock targeted at western manchildren. I see the difference now. Subtle but equally cringeworthy.
>>336626691
Da Vinci messed with his summoning and got summoned to look like the Mona Lisa, but you can argue he's one of the first few transgender people in history because of the Mona Lisa.
>>336626626
>a Song of Fire and Ice isn't poorly written schlock
This is the ultimate power.
>>336626414
>mc survive till the very end
There are 41 endings where Shirou either dies, or has something terrible happen to him.
You cannot discredit the bad end system, as it's an inherent part of the medium you're working with. Shirou doesn't win the majority of the time.
>you can't tell me a guy with 2 weeks of training managed to win a guy who previously fucked shit up in the last war
You mean Kirei? In the Fate route, Shirou got the upper hand because he managed to survive against the grail mud. In routes afterward, particularly Heaven's Feel, you get to see him be more capable.
Also keep in mind though, Kirei is weaker than he was in the Fourth War. He's aged, he's survived dying. He doesn't have all his strength anymore.
>a guy who got his yellow armor decided not to wear it because reasons?
The same reason why he didn't bring out Ea until he absolutely had to. Why in god's name would you use a divine weapon against a high school kid? Nasu has openly talked about this stuff, and to Gil, what matters most is his legend. How he represents himself.
How does having to give your all against a child show you as the true King of Heroes?
>>336626895
Stars don't twinkle...
>>336626626
>poorly written schlock targeted at weebs
So you've given up at actually presenting any argument?
F/SN has always been generally regarded as having both clever twists and good writing, for good reason. It's ok if you don't understand it, but some of us aren't illiterate and can understand the underlying themes that separate it from all of the weeb trash out there.
>>336625584
Could Shirou beat Shichika?
>>336619989
excuse you, she's maiwaifu
>>336627131
My Mom told me they do, she wouldn't in front of her new boyfriend.
I actually liked fate until they started milking the shit out of it and it just seems retarded to me now
please don't tell me shit order is actually canon, i played that shit for awhile and its stupid as fuck
And this is a Japanese Attila the Hun.
>>336626545
>160 cm
>40 kg
>>336627632
It's canon in the same sense as anything being canon. Part of the kaleidoscope.
>>336627632
Just ignore GO cancer, it will die eventually and TM will be forced to actually make something.
>>336627194
Probably not, Shichika would destroy him worse than Kuzuki did
>>336627632
100% canon, but it's just "a" universe the same way Fate/Extra, Apocrypha, and the various endings of Stay Night are, not THE universe.
The story's been fluctuating in quality, but we've gotten two really good chapters, two really bad ones, and two mediocre ones so far; it's not a total loss.
Incidentally, here's a Japanese King Solomon.
>>336627684
In East, 100lbs +/- 10 women is the norm.
>>336627165
>F/SN has always been generally regarded as having both clever twists and good writing
by whom exactly?, come on man if you really think that this piece of shit is actually some form of high literally work then you need to start reading some fucking books man, this crap was designed for weeb kids, no matter how high you regard it.
>>336619989
OP, that is clearly a Japanese King Arthur(Female)
>>336627884
For comparison, this is a Japanese King Arthur (Male)
>>336623323
Both Fate Stay Zero and Fate Stay Night are awesome.
Also I would tongue Saber's butthole so fucking thoroughly.
>>336627840
Have you ever actually read Fate Stay Night?
>>336627936
His recent hood/helmet thing is dope
>>336626414
Kirei dies because his body physically could not take all the shit he had been through, and the combined fighting of goddamn Assassin/wormy and Supercharged Shirou causes his heart to collapse from all the magic he has.
He probably would've killed Shirou if he didn't wind up killing himself.
>it's the "deep" interpretation of Nasu shit: the thread
Interpret how Nasu ripped-off Kizuato for Tsukihime's Far Side routes. But you probably don't even know this, you clueless fools.
>>336626729
Shirou won Gil because Gil conveniently didn't equip his armor, furthermore in melee Gil with B strength his attack would literally turn Shirou into dead meat when they clashed (Archer has D strength last time I checked), yet it didn't happen because Gil in the end was designed to be won by Shirou through various pulls.
I get the whole fake vs real thing but seriously? His speech about there's no rule that fake can't surpass real depends a lot on the circumstances, he didn't apply and win that when Gil pulled out Gram and instant pwned him with Caliburn.
By the way I meant Shirou with 2 weeks of training managed to corner and kill Kirei when he was with the mud.
>>336626986
>There are 41 endings where Shirou either dies, or has something terrible happen to him.
Which didn't happen if you follow the very end of the story, if he died then the end couldn't happen, if the end happened then he did survive all of those through plot devices
>You mean Kirei? In the Fate route, Shirou got the upper hand because he managed to survive against the grail mud. In routes afterward, particularly Heaven's Feel, you get to see him be more capable.
Doesn't matter, Kirei should be able to bitchslap Shirou even without the mud in pure melee contest, aging is not the problem when he got more combat experiences than Shirou at that moment
>The same reason why he didn't bring out Ea until he absolutely had to
EA is the best weapon to Gil yes, his armor is not, and he should have pulled that out when UBW was activated because he shouldn't act like an idiot who fought without protection
>>336627840
It's no worse than your average YA-fiction but yeah those people who call it literature are clearly delusional.
>>336627840
FSN is an 18+ work. Kids were never its intended audience.
This is an american hero.
>>336627806
Which raid did he complete to get that light armor set?
90% of GO's designs are garbage, F/SN and F/Z Heroic Spirit designs are simple and to the point.
This is Hassan-i-Sabbah, a religious zealot from the Middle East and leader of the famed Hashashin, from which we derive the word "assassin."
This is a Japanese Christian god.
>they made Joan of Arc look like this bitch
W H Y
This here is Kiritsugu Emiya, the adoptive father of Shirou Emiya, from a world where he became a Counter Guardian like the Shirou that became Heroic Spirit EMIYA did.
>>336628354
Because Saber's design is perfect, fuck you.
>>336628397
Why is he nig and have white hair? I'm pretty sure Archers white hair was magic and not CG related.
Why is a man who wore suits and long coats his whole life wearing plate chest and greaves?
>>336626196
That's not a knife, it's a spoon.
>>336628689
I see you've played knivesies spoonsies befpre
>>336628591
>Why is he nig and have white hair? I'm pretty sure Archers white hair was magic and not CG related.
The in-lore answer is that he overused his time magic and the strain darkened his skin and shocked his hair white.
The actual answer is that the artist is a hack and couldn't think of how to make parallels between him and EMIYA without giving them the same physical characteristics.
>Why is a man who wore suits and long coats his whole life wearing plate chest and greaves?
Gonna have to direct you back to the answer about the artist for that one.
>>336628689
Alright you win. I see you've played knify-spoony before.
>>336628105
>Gil with B strength his attack would literally turn Shirou into dead meat when they clashed (Archer has D strength last time I checked), yet it didn't happen because Gil in the end was designed to be won by Shirou through various pulls.
No, this is ignorance to how Shirou's abilities work.
Shirou doesn't just copy and create swords, he copies the skills of those who wield them. Think Mega Man. If he projects an A rank blade, then his is boosted to a comparable B rank strength.
Shirou is capable of being exceedingly powerful.
>he didn't apply and win that when Gil pulled out Gram and instant pwned him with Caliburn
That was a different Shirou who went through a different set of circumstances, and had a completely different character arc. Fate Shirou is much weaker than UBW Shirou.
Regardless, what he's saying isn't wrong. A fake can surpass an original, and he did in that fight.
>Which didn't happen if you follow the very end of the story
You do not understand how this medium works, nor how FSN works as a whole. Multiple realities are ingrained into the story. that's how the entire plot with Archer happens. You can't say that "they don't count" because you choose not to read them.
You can choose not to read UBW or HF. You can just to stop reading half way through Fate, but the content's still there. The story's still there. It's all factored in.
Furthermore, there is a main ending where Shirou dies. HF Normal.
>Kirei should be able to bitchslap Shirou even without the mud in pure melee contest
It wasn't a pure melee contest, though. Shirou got out of the mud and just stabbed him with the knife Rin gave him. It wasn't like in HF, where they genuinely went toe to toe.
>he should have pulled that out when UBW was activated because he shouldn't act like an idiot who fought without protection
He considered UBW to be a joke. There were a thousand opportunities where Gil could have done something, but he didn't because that's part of his character
This is a Japanese NEET slut
>>336627840
More adhom and non-arguments. This will be your last (You).
>>336628067
>ripped off
If you've ever seen a completely original story, it's only because you're not familiar with what inspired it. Originality doesn't exist. Every idea has been had before. Nasu and many other notable VN authors were indeed inspired by Kizuato, but "ripped-off" isn't really a term used in any literary circle
>>336628129
Delusional, how? It's a great character study and, unlike the immense panoply of hackneyed fantasy and science fiction, develops its mysticism beyond the vaguest, most basic concepts. We're given a firm idea of how everything pertains to Shirou's struggle to reassemble his fractured identity, and its fundamental connection to his Origin.
What do you guys think of knk
>>336628965
I think I wanna fug Shiki
>>336628689
>>336628747
>>336628830
Man remember when the Simpsons was good?
>>336629072
But you posted Aoko.
>>336622142
wud pero pero
>>336628775
They should just let Takeuchi do the designs and have people who can actually draw do the art.
Worst case is we have lots of Sabers which isn't that far off from what we are at now.
If anything CG Kiritsugu would of just looked like Electric Batman with a magic proof coat and tacticool underneath.
>>336628105
>Which didn't happen if you follow the very end of the story, if he died then the end couldn't happen, if the end happened then he did survive all of those through plot devices
All bad ends are canon.
>>336628873
I mean look at the line Nasu talks about here when comparing Shirou's victory to Gil to sports.
What matters to Gil, more than anything, is crafting a legend that stands the test of time.
Going all out on a high school kid and turning him into a smear on the road isn't very kingly.
And that's part of why Shirou's victory was so absolute. In the end, he did make Gil try and pull out all the stops, so that was a clear admittance that Shirou was worthy, but what's more, is that Shirou even managed to take him down before he could do anything.
>>336628960
im not the same guy you were discussing before, but I agree with him, look man, all the stuff you are showing are not deep or complex at all, they show in the most simple and easy way the struggles of a person who is lost in his own confusion, that is not deep, nor is it complicated or philosopical, dont delude yourself, in the end all the nasu verse is about is some people found themselves in the most retarded situations to force drama, its full of asspulls and retarded characters, please name me one single character that is actually deep, please I dare you
>>336619989
These are japanese magicians replenishing their mana
>>336628965
My personal favorite Nasuverse work, and anime series. What I'd consider to be most noteworthy is its very efficient characterization, since its characters are constructed to mirror each other in so many ways. I finished literature classic The Brothers Karamazov recently, and it struck me that even though the characterisations in that tier of writing are fantastic, very often they aren’t done with the grace that Kara no Kyoukai does it with, and consist of long periods of ‘characterization time’.
>>336628873
How was Shirou so fuckstrong in UBW? Id on't remember the behind the scenes of it, since during HF he had Archer's arm.
Was it the magic Rin gave him that one day? Was he latently just beefy because of how he daily did magic circuit stuff (even improperly)? Was he just an insanely powerful magus from exposure to various things or latently?
>>336627720
GO is the #1 on grossing on the apple store and Nasu has already declared that GO is what he's investing on because of the possible stories he can write. Blame Sony for giving him the idea.
>>336629498
His interacting with Archer was giving him a paradoxical power boost. This is established pretty early on, and is said outright during his main fight with him.
>>336619989
Next time post a nero pic with the same king arthurs post so you offend not only weebs but fate fans too. It more efficient as bait.
>>336623258
Nigga just release the fucking spear
>>336629498
He had picked up a lot of Archer's skill and talent, due to magic around the two of them going wonky because the same person shouldn't exist in two separate instances at once. Watching Archer and attempting to imitate him helped Shirou come into his own abilities at a highly enhanced rate. He basically progressed through ten years of training in the span of a couple of weeks.
His body hadn't quite caught up to where his mind was, though, which was why he needed Rin's mana to sustain his reality marble in the fight against Gilgamesh.
>>336627165
Your image is some kind of reference to this visual novel thing right? Where does that fit into your analysis?
Nigger you are willfully ignoring all the bad shit in fate that you know is there.
You like it for its complex themes? There are many other works that explore those same themes much better. Stop kidding yourself.
You are a horny weeb.
>>336629390
>all the stuff you are showing are not deep or complex at all, they show in the most simple and easy way the struggles of a person who is lost in his own confusion, that is not deep, nor is it complicated or philosopical, dont delude yourself
F/SN seeks out to tackle man's quest for heroism and captures it through a series of methods including humanistic self-actualization and psychodynamic perspectives across multiple universes. Both of which are consistent themes throughout the whole novel.
It's deep. Get over it
>>336625380
people complain about whitewashing when in actuality they're "brownwashing" the past
I've heard people at college actually complain about medieval European settings "not having African Americans"
>>336629764
Thanks for admitting you haven't read it. Cheerio.
>>336619989
Japanese King Arthur right here.
>>336629918
why is it always niggers they complain about
you never hear anyone say "wooow no asians in european settings"
>>336628960
Damn dude, read a fuckin book.
>>336619989
God, the idea that King Arthur was secretly female is way more interesting then a dime a dozen tournament anime about magic bullshit.
What was her real relationship between Guinevere and Lancelot? Who was Galahad's father? Who was Mordred's father? Who among the round table knew and kept it a secret?Was the holy grain her vag?
>>336630202
>>336629390
I'm not that guy, but you know you're really not adding to the conversation either, right? You're just saying "I disagree".
>>336619989
Is she a cuck in the anime, too?
>>336630151
Asians have history like Romance of the three kingdoms and Sengoku Jidai, Nigs got mud huts and tribal warfare with nothing written about it.
>>336624887
Oh shit i just realized why they do this
>white male knight saves a princess
>sexist shit
>black male knight saves a princess
>interracial romance! 10/10
also
>making the man that cucks king arthur black
it's like pottery
>>336630151
because they're trying to push white women to breed with niggers
they don't win if white people mix with asians, that type of mixing isn't as damaging as stupid half nig offspring
and also, you could say that some "asians" do appear in European settings such as Persians and the like
>>336630313
She was Mordred's father, Saber is a canon futa who raped her sister and left her to raise Mordred as a single mother.
>>336630471
Backwards, Morgan raped Saber to make Mordred.
You're right about the futa thing though.
>>336630471
I have no idea why Mordred isn't just a homunculus of some kind.
>>336630151
Because subconsciously they themselves have a very clear idea of racial hierarchy and thus try to "help" the race lowest on the ladder. It's ironic how while the extreme-left preaches about racial equality, they are secretly enamored with the idea of racial inequality.
>>336630584
I'm just using some versions of King Arthur where he raped Morgan because he was horny as fuck and in some versions Morgan loved being raped by him
>>336626626
>>336627840
>poorly written schlock targeted at weebs?
I'm not goingto restart the argument about the quality of FSN but
>18+ japanese work by japs for japs
>aimed at weeb kids
So we can all agree weeb has no meaning anymore, right?
>>336630638
She is, it's just that Morgan needed Arturia's sperm to make it a perfect recreation of her. Mordred in Fate is almost more of a clone than a son/daughter.
>>336630471
They should have put in a futa Saber on Shirou scene, that would have been pretty great.
>>336630010
Is it for the complex themes tho?
>>336627194
if this guy is actually literally a sword couldn't shirou copy him?
>>336629848
by showing a high school kid fighting incredibly shallow depictions of old heroes alongside a female version of king fuckign arthur who cant swim (destroying and disrespecting the original legend just too look cute or "moe") and a "tsundere" (dumb archetype used to captivate high school otaku") girl, and Im pretty sure you dont even know the meaning of half the words you used in your post.
you are just mad that people are insulting your weeb novel. its not deep, get over it.
>>336628893
link me senpai
>>336622142
Jack the Ripper is apparently an organization in FATE rather then a single individual.
>>336630783
Or you could just use blood.
>>336630313
>What was her real relationship with Guinevere?
Loveless marriage
>Guinevere and Lancelot?
Lancelot was in a relationship with Guinevere and Saber didn't give a fuck
>Who was Galahad's father?
Never stated
>Who was Mordred's father?
Saber
>Who among the round table knew and kept it a secret?
Most knew, Lancelot, Kay, Galahad, Gawain, all knew, the only one confirmed to not know is Bedivere
>Was the holy grain her vag?
No
Lots of the Camelot stuff is handwaved with Merlin's magical genderbending powers.
>>336630873
Nah, he can't copy himself either right?
>>336630332
and?
This is a Japanese Tiger.
Otherwise known as the best girl.
>>336630873
Shirou can't copy souls or living beings
>>336630915
You're not thinking like a horny witch, anon.
Also sperm is more magically powerful than blood in Fate, because Takeuchi was really certain that a smut game would sell more.
>>336630904
Not organization just different variation, female Jack is the embodiment of orphans that were abandon by prostitutes.
>>336624887
God damn, thats like having a white actor playing a black slave. It just isn't correct.
>>336630950
>Dirtying my monitor
Clean it now bitch
>>336630313
>Loveless marriage
Guinevere actually did love Arturia, it's just that she was so focused on being a perfect king she couldn't reciprocate Gwen's love, so she turned to Lancelot for comfort.
>Never stated
It's still Lancelot, GO has a brief moment of Lancelot recognizing Galahad when he encountersMashu
This is a japanese book
>>336628207
I would hassan her hashishi if you know what I mean
>>336630939
Well if you're the guy who asked "name a good" character, why should anyone answer you if you're just going to disregard what the guy's saying already?
>>336627936
Why can't we have Japanese King Arthur (male)?
>>336630994
That's actually a pretty common literary device, considering that sperm is considered to have more life force than blood (seeing how it literally gives life) in many mythologies. Just replace "life force" with "mana".
>>336631078
More importantly, it manages to be SIGNIFICANTLY more racist than just having a white guy play him.
>>336631142
Go read Fate/Prototype Fragments, he's one of the main characters there. He'll also be the lead male in Fate/Prototype whenever it gets released, and he's going to show up in Grand Order eventually.
Reminder to follow the right order
>>336631142
He's in GO just not released yet, and he has a book
>>336631142
because he got turned into Archer kinda, who is far better.
>>336630937
>>336630982
makes sense
>>336631093
Here.
>>336630869
Yes, F/SN talks about/questions our myths and how we use them/weaponize them. This would be matter of fact to anyone who read it, but alas, I'm talking to a dumb shitposter.
>>336630898
>incredibly shallow depictions of old heroes
Stopped taking you seriously here. F/SN's intimate relationship with the legends it borrows is impressive, marking itself as a fascinating work of mythic revisionism.
>of king fuckign arthur who cant swim
Great job using Hollow Ataraxia as the basis for an argument centered around Stay Night. And you missed the point of that novel, too!
>you are just mad that people are insulting your weeb novel. its not deep, get over it.
It is thematically deep and you're incapable of arguing otherwise. Get over it
>>336631216
>TFW you unironically got into the franchise by route of:
>Fate EXTRA -> Carnival Phantasm -> Battle Moon Wars -> Melty Blood -> Fate/Zero anime, and only THEN read Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night
A-all that matters is that I finally read them, right? I'm not a secondary anymore, right?
>>336631216
I wonder if anyone fell for this
This is a japanese primordial evil
>>336631371
I still remember awhile ago when japanese sachhinfags where jumping in joy and were saying "WE WAITED OVER A DECADE FOR THIS SHIT"
inb4 the remake never comes out
>>336631384
The Carnival Phantasm part is true though.
>>336631175
Well in the east ancient people actually believe you can gain power/extra lifespan if you deflower virgins, sexual techniques that transfer powers or chi/ki/charka were mentioned too. That's why virgins are very important in their eyes because more virgins = more power = more reputation
>>336631134
Fate friend isn't making any arguments either. Just generalised nonsense that could be applied to almost anything with a plot.
The whole nasuverse is some kind of rorschach for his autism. He likes it because it tingles his peen and gives him the occasional feeling of being powerful. Can't just admit that tho, gotta make it seem mature because he has insecurities about that.
>>336631430
And this is a Japanese Primordial Evil that has ascended beyond the level of a Japanese Primordial Evil
>>336631430
I weep for the poor fuck who has to animate his tattoo's if they even make an anime with him in it.
>>336625396
Mortality, I always thought. Shiki is doomed to die young to contrast with both the immortal Arc and the long lasting Roa.
It's also partly about revenge, I think.
>>336631487
only by virtue of using the term "watching".
>>336631576
This is a japanese primordial evil that is nearly his full primordial evil level
>>336631576
wow GO managed to ruin Avengers design thanks Nasu.
>>336631216
I started with the F/SN manga, never finished it and came across the Zero anime randomly.
I still need to finish Tsukihime though, but I've gotten through the majority of Type-Moon despite that.
>>336631529
Have you even read it?
I mean I'm just wondering. I find amazing that there are people who think an 800k words story has zero substance in it.
Honestly, I would actually be a little impressed if there was nothing there. It takes some kind of talent to ramble on through a narrative and not develop anything.
Nasu did develop his characters though. Shirou in particular is very thoroughly analyzed. He has multiple valid character arcs. No one who's read FSN could say that UBW, HF, or Archer are the same person.
>>336631778
>He doesn't like Super Avenger God Super Avenger
>>336631367
M8 its a corrupted pastiche of barely understood cultural icons fighting each other with hot girls around for the romances. The fact that the author uses it to express his feelings of social disassociation, loneliness and existential angst doesn't make it a masterpiece lol.
>>336631809
>I started with the F/SN manga
That's a very interesting decision.
Manga stopped being translated though due to simple uninterest it would seem. It wasn't a very good adaptation, and didn't cover anything particularly new that the VN or DEEN handled at the time.
>>336623258
KEK
>>336631586
Maybe do it Gankutsuou style where they always have the tattoos stationary on their own layer, but can only be seen through AM's skin so as he moves the tattoos appear to move with him.
Did Aoko get with that dude she was in love with in her visual novel?
>autismo going on a huge rant every time someone says something bad about Fate
>the only people arguing with him are underage that can't even type properly
Amazing thread.
>>336629640
Visual example of what Archer's interactions with Shirou do.
>>336631910
If you showed me this design before GO I would think it was from a fanfic, its that retarded and uninspired.The only good thing is hopefully Avengers gets a bigger fanbase and will get an appearance in something worthwhile.
Jesus Christ when the fuck is nasu gonna make some new original shit
KnK, Tsukihime, and the original Fate/stay Night was great but now he's just milikng Fate to get as much otaku yen as possible. Every Fate shit after Hollow was garbage and Grand Order is the most creatively bankrupt thing i've eve laid my eyes on and its pretty sad that the series has been reduced to nothing but fap material.
>>336632106
Yeah, I'm done giving them (You)s. I sometimes wonder why I even deign to discuss high art on a forum like this.
>>336632014
It wasn't much of a decision, hell, I'd say I got into it with Zero moreso than that manga, it was just something I read on a whim and didn't look into the series much at the time.
Ataraxia is still the best thing to come out of Fate in my opinion. Wish Nasu would write something weird like that again, but I guess I'll have to settle with FGO for now.
>>336632167
Never Fate sells and prints money and Sony shows support by slipping DS3 DS4 and whatever future Soul like games From makes under the table
>>336632167
>Grand Order is the most creatively bankrupt thing i've eve laid my eyes on
It's making stupid amounts of money though.
If they can do that, why do something new.
>>336632125
Thinking about it, having to fight your older future badass self is pretty fucked up.
This is a Japanese Merlin
>>336631820
Thats the second time someone has mentioned that the amount of words it has makes it good.
I remember someone once asked me to read some of a book they were working on. It was about a soldier that find a genie in a bottle while on tour in the middle east. He could use the genie to turn parts of himself into any weapon he chose. This story he had written had actions, hot girls, references to cultural and historical shit and it went on and on and fuckin on. It was terrible.
But I'll bet I could extrapolate a few complex themes out of it.
And I'll bet if it was an anime someone would be trying to tell me it was good for reasons other than they like cleanly drawn, anime thighs and bright flashes during displays of power.
>>336632167
He made Mahou pretty recently, and Girls' Work is a Type Moon thing that is coming... eventually.
>>336632073
His tattoo's are always drawn in the same place though so the moment he moved he would just turn into a cluster fuck that looks nothing like the character and potentially black face screencaps.
>>336632395
Hollow Ataraxia is a masterpiece, but many seem to have missed its message entirely. An ingenously designed medium-first commentary on player agency and diminishing returns. Its finale is absolutely one of the most memorable things I've ever seen.
>>336622142
>That thigh indentation
>>336632571
This is a better Japanese Merlin.
>>336619989
Didn't she have a penis at one point?
>>336632603
>Thats the second time someone has mentioned that the amount of words it has makes it good.
That's not what I said. I appreciate you going on a completely random tangent though.
I'm saying that over the course of those 800k words, Nasu developed his characters, which is the crux of this discussion, as a person asked whether or not there was a character with any nuance to them.
I would definitely say yes, especially in regards to Shirou.
I do like the anime adaptations of FSN though. I don't think they cover things as in depth as the VN, but what print to screen adaptation does?
>>336632769
>Not a slut
>No tits
Nigga you gay
>>336632729
Its finale, and themes of saying you have to move on from this setting and these characters is kind of sullied by the whole meta realization that Nasu's still working this stuff a decade later.
>>336632895
I also like how you completely avoided the question of whether or not you read the story.
I mean are you seriously getting into an argument over the worth of something you haven't even tried? Is your Thursday night that boring?
Could Nero defeat Gilgamesh?
>>336632247
Just admit you like it because its anime. Take that same quote, remove the image of the edgelord behind it, don't read it in a cool guy deep voice and put it in a book. That shit does not fly. I can see why it has so many words in it because the guy takes forever to make a point. Also, did you need the nasu universe to tell you that good and evil doesn't real?
Obviously not.
So whats the value of this shit? Ah yeah, cool guys and hot girls.
>>336633154
The possibility exists, but under normal circumstances no.
>>336633240
You know that FSN was translated by a high schooler, right? Its prose isn't particularly well handled, but you have to look at it like you're reading something rough, because there simply isn't an official release handled by professionals.
Your point about removing the context of it is ridiculous. FSN isn't just a straight book. Nor is it a manga, or fully animated, or anything like that. It's a visual novel. It uses the elements of its medium to complete its experience, so yes, those visuals are important, the sound is important, you can't strip the parts away and say that it becomes less without them.
Of course they become less, because they were never meant to be separated in the first place.
This is a Japanese Apocalypse
>>336633240
>Just admit you like it because its anime.
No, you're just legitimately stupid and/or shitposting.
The general idea though is that there is a lot of morality discussion about this subject at that point of the game.
From a survival of the species point of view Angra had to be taken out, but it couldn't be called an issue of good and evil, as Angra had no understanding of good and evil, just as an animal. Only upon being born and seeing what answer it would find could it be verified whether it could come to understand those concepts as a human, or whether it would remain as something else.
Something that isn't born yet though of course cannot be judged, as it surely has no understanding, no matter what it does.
There are cases where it might have to be taken out for the survival of the species, but that isn't to mistake it being an issue of good or evil, as it's not applicable. It would have to have the same morality as a human to be judged by that manner, the same understanding of sin.
>So whats the value of this shit? Ah yeah, cool guys and hot girls.
It's a huge philosophical epic with mentally broken, deep characters, studies of our myths and how we use them/weaponize them and great use of its medium to tell the story.
Its official.
Japanese versions of literally anything are far superior.
>>336633154
If shes strong? Not a chance.
This is a japanese brick wall
>>336632895
>>336633153
I'm not talking about character development, that's someone else. I'm saying that its about stimulating base emotions in the viewer and any attempt at deeper analysis is merely an attempt to justify those feelings.
It's ok to admit that. You don't have to be insecure about yourself. No, I don't have anything better to do right now. I should be scanning some shit to send to someone but I'm wasting time here.
See? Just be honest. You and all the other nasu verse friends just want to taste the untasteable flavour of 2d girls.
>>336633760
This is the strongest servant!
these are japanese schoolgirls
>>336633638
So it not about cool guys and hot girls? None of those around?
>>336634013
Top center is kinda cute but looks like she could be autistic.
>>336633905
So you haven't read the story, yet you think you have any sort of valid argument to assess its contents and its themes (or lack thereof), and all the while, you can't fathom, despite not having even touched it, why people who have, say there is purpose behind all the words written for it, and that those people are just plain making things up.
How arrogant are you?
I mean that's really kind of impressive.
>>336630901
http://deflorent.tumblr.com/
>>336634293
That guy has some legitimate mental issues. I've never seen someone so adamant in proving that a critically acclaimed work with heaps of philosophical analysis across the internet that they haven't even read is bad and devoid of any artistic merit.
>>336633568
The visuals are the only part of it that makes the shallow themes seem more interesting. Thats my point. The experience that is being completed is not A huge philosphical epic with mentall broken, deep blah blah blah, its about fights and sex. The "studies of our myths" nonsense is just a context for fights and sex.
I really wish it was a study of myths. But it isn't. At least not the myths the characters come from. There is only one way myths can be "weaponised" and that is to control a populace.
>>336634572
>The visuals are the only part of it that makes the shallow themes seem more interesting
Brother, if it was only about the visuals, there would be no reason to read it. Takeuchi is not a great artist.
>its about fights and sex
If that's all you go in looking for, you're not going to be leaving satisfied. It's about the characters. It's about Shirou. You see his growth, his development, people become impassioned about whether or not his choices in UBW or HF are more valid.
You are entirely looking at matters at a surface level. You see that it has sex, you see that it has fights, but you don't see anything else. Likely because you haven't read it.
There's more that keeps the Fate franchise afloat. There are reasons why it's still going strong more than a decade later.
>>336634293
>>336634426
Lots of people on the internet turn to philosophy to justify their peculiarities. You guys remind me of those diaper folk.
Noooooo, its more complicated than that!
>>336634915
So take out the fights and the girls. Tell me if its still going to be popular.
>>336634956
What do you have to add to the conversation other than saying people are wrong, and that they should just "admit" to liking it for your preconceived notion of liking it?
>>336634915
>Takeuchi is not a great artist.
The dude is barely competent.
>>336635053
And replace it with what? You can't tell me to just strip out parts of a story and say whether or not it would be as good. Everything is parts of the whole.
I'll admit that the grail war concept is what draws a lot of people in- it's certainly created a lot of spin offs using the idea.
But none of them are at all as enduring as FSN. Why? Cause there's more to the story than just historical figures fighting.
>noble phantasm that is literally just her burning herself to death
Will a shittier saberclone ever exist?
>>336635448
That counts as a Noble Phantasm?
Guess I have one too then
I kind of want to play F/SN, but can't find a download anywhere. Does anyone have a link?
>>336635294
>>336635112
All i'm after if for people to stop the pretense of enjoying it for its depth and embrace the baser elements of the story. The depth may be there, but so is the sex and you dig that.
>>336635448
That's not her noble phantasm you fucking nigger.
>>336635448
Where does Jeanne show up to use her Noble Phantasm?
>>336619989
London just elected a Paki as mayor
She died protecting her nation and the current generation just shat all over her legacy
>>336635448
Why you lying bro
>>336635630
>but so is the sex and you dig that.
Anyone that can dig the sex is fucking retarded, this coming from someone that had a bottle of lotion on the ready while DLing the VN.
It was awful and I honestly was more interested in the plot by the time sex rolled around and all I could think about by the time Shirou was getting it in was how Archer died for this.
>>336635751
She ain't Anglo the only Brits she cared about are fucking sheep in Wales.incoming mad cornish cuck
>>336635751
Tbh that guy looks better then the average Perfidious Albion
>>336635630
Again, you just show your ignorance.
You've never read the sex scenes, have you? They're awful, and translated by a high schooler.
Plus there are only six of them plastered around close to a million words, so unless you were really into edging, chances are you'd have a more enjoyable time busting a nut typing in "anime titties" into google.
>>336635630
>Honestly believing anyone reads Nasushit for the sex
Jesus, you're not the brightest bulb in the batch, are you?
>>336635658
She has two. The white flag that absorbs damage and the sword that she grabs by the blade and a fire nuke goes off burning everyone to death including her.
>>336635751
He kind of looks like George Clooney.
Imagine being pushed into losing your virginity to King Arthur, who has a vagina, all because a German girl and Hercules was hunting your ass down.
>>336635616
http://sukebei.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=704566
>>336635630
Nah, you're just projecting. My draw to the Nasuverse has always been Nasu's story weaving and human sensitivity.
Also, the sex scenes in F/SN are notoriously bad, and most of the sex in his other work are uncomfortable rape scenes that the reader isn't supposed to "enjoy". What are you even talking about?
>>336635895
>typing in "anime titties" into google
This checks out
>>336635703
Apocrypha
>>336627840
Fate/Stay Night was written by Nasu, the main Type-Moon writer who is considered mediocre-at-best with some interesting ideas.
>>336635448
Ruler class is so overpowered, especially Jeanne. She can literally just spam one of those like 50 command seals she has stored and even make someone like Saber or Gilgamesh kill themselves like how Hotwheelz did with Deermud.
>>336635960
It doesn't burn her. She simply fades away once activates after burning her opponents since its another type of reality marble.
>>336636105
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=489168
Nice Neogaf pasta
>>336635751
She is probably a worst ruler than pakiman here.
>>336619989
I want to come inside that Arthur.
>>336636035
Thanks anon, you're the best. Have a happy Seiba.
Man, there are some seriously obsessed FSN fans out there, huh?
>>336636131
Its funny because she never did that in the entirety of Apocrypha.
She just can't say "ey dude kill urself" because the servants can rush her to counter it
>>336636296
Not like we know since Apocrypha is completely rebooted with Grand Order. Also look at how fucking OP Avenger/Jeanne Alter is.
>>336635616
Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua] digital download edition for Windows
http://www.nyaa.se/?page=download&tid=427133
Réalta Nua English Patch for Windows
realtapatch.tumblr.com
Fate/Art Chronicle: Fate 10th Anniversary Art Book
https://yadi.sk/d/Um_f3n-YhzyEd
Fate/hollow ataraxia for Windows
http://sukebei.nyaa.se/?page=download&tid=11699
Fate/hollow ataraxia English Patch
http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/showthread.php/5046-Fate-Hollow-Ataraxia-Translation-Patches
Fate/hollow ataraxia Drama CD
https://soundcloud.com/mongrelofulster/venc8pjg9w9s
>>336636184
Uh, explain which one is which
When will the best Saber show up? It's really only a matter of time.
>>336635875
>>336635895
>>336635928
>>336636035
When I say Sex i mean anything at all to do with romantic feelings, attraction, loneliness, anything that can be tied to manipulating very male states of mind, cute girls particularly. The more character development the more romantically entwined you are and the more invested you are in the story. But its the girls.
>>336636364
>rebooted
Not it isn't?
>>336636275
Have you heard of Neon Genesis Evangelion?
>>336636380
Two on the far left and the one on the far right are meme characters.
Center is regularly Saber, one to the right of it is Saber corrupted by the sins of the grail, and the one to the right of her is Mordred.
>>336636413
Nobu and Okita got into Grand Order
They don't have the motivation to try to destroy fate now.
How did we go from this
>>336626895
underrated 8/8 post
>>336634013
Theoretical, past, original, altered, "son", alien.
>>336636223
>Ellen "seiba" Baker
all my hnng
>>336636452
>i mean anything at all to do with romantic feelings, attraction, loneliness, anything that can be tied to manipulating very male states of mind, cute girls particularly.
Push harder, we gotta move those goalposts!
>>336636607
To this
>>336635928
>>336635895
>>336635875
>>336635294
>>336635112
>>336635029
>>336634915
I think that
>>336636184
Says it all. Any "complexity" is merely an excuse to generate more girls and write more stories about girls. Its clearly the nasu's passion, everything else is secondary. If not for the girls, the whole thing wouldn't exist. Any depth came after the girls. Thats obvious right?
>>336636529
Eva... what now? Never heard of it.
>>336636742
hack artists that are given a green light for anything.
>>336636456
Apocrypha isn't canon anymore.
>>336636742
>a shittier archer
great
>>336636742
>>336636607
Thats what happens when you try to be a Hero of Justice
>>336636858
He can time stop now
>>336636753
Nasu wanted fate to be an otome.
>>336636753
>Says it all. Any "complexity" is merely an excuse to generate more girls and write more stories about girls. Its clearly the nasu's passion, everything else is secondary. If not for the girls, the whole thing wouldn't exist. Any depth came after the girls. Thats obvious right?
Fate is pseudo-intellectual tras. KnK is much better.
Nasu: When I wrote Kara no Kyoukai, I felt resistance towards so many things—society, entertainment, culture—and it was my motivation to write the story. Now, I am thrilled to be writing from a place of gratitude, though with just a touch of sadness. It feels like the old Nasu Kinoko has passed on. I suppose you could say I've gone under a heavy detox, and feel much more virtuous now (laughs).
http://tsukikan.com/misc/kara-no-kyoukai-movie-nasu-kinoko-interview.html
>>336636452
I have never once gotten off to any of Nasu's VNs.
The biggest emotional high I had with them was reading the Archer fight.
Seeing Shirou going up against his future, his mistakes, past and not yet made, having to come to grips that his dream would be his ultimate undoing, and in the end, him realizing it was all still worth it anyway, was what made me firmly believe that this was a good story.
>>336636753
Nobody defends the absurd milking though? We're talking about the original visual novel here, not Saber's various clones in phone games.
hand over the kuro and no one gets molested
except kuro
>>336636817
Since when?
Nothing in GO disproves Apocrypha? Unless you mean Solomon burning history then everything is noncanon and thats a silly point
The fact that we got brown white haired Shirou Tokisada proves that in some wacky timeline Apocrypha happened
>>336636679
Not my fault you can't understand that sex is more than just the fucking part. The phrase "sex sells" isn't talking about actual sex is it?
>>336636798
>implying Takeuchi isn't a hack
Still better then every girl looking like they have a mean case of Saberface
>>336636924
He wanted it to be a fucking RPG. Why do you think there's so many god damn autistic power level arguments when it comes to Fate threads with all the different Servants and Mages from different side stories?
>>336636951
Fights and sex. Thats what i've been saying the whole time.
>>336636607
that's the artist from Saya no Uta, right?
is he friends with Urobuchi?
>>336636951
Beyond the core character work, Unlimited Blade Works' writing gets a whole lot murkier. A combination of overly busy worldbuilding and affected, utterly self-serious dialogue makes the show's more dramatic moments often verge into self-parody, with characters' discussions of honor and power levels feeling more like a price of entry than an asset. This can't be understated - unless you find dialogue like “impressive - I should have taken your head seven times, but it remains attached” either thrilling or at least funny, Fate's writing will present some roadblocks. And beyond the individual lines of dialogue, in contrast to Fate/Zero's complex narrative web and clear themes, Unlimited Blade Works is both more simplistic in plotting (it only really follows two Masters as they wander about their days) and more half-baked in ideas.
Pacing and repetition aside, UBW's many monologues are also reflective of its serious problems with telling over showing. Characters tend to simply announce their motivations and arc turns, with the story failing to put these dramatic turns in an actually dramatic narrative context. Shirou, Rin, and Saber all reach and illustrate their turns through monologue, and though there are occasional moments that demonstrate growth (I particularly liked Archer's move to save Shirou at the end of the conversation-slog, which demonstrated something fundamental to his character through his actions), overall the show far too often just has its characters tell the audience what they feel.
>>336636753
What's wrong with writing stories about girls? Why are you trying to frame it like it's a bad thing? Nasu treats his female characters with more respect than 99% of media creators out there. Kara no Kyoukai has one of the best female protags I've seen.
>>336636912
>crush turned into a vampire by your dad
>killed dad
>killed adoptive semen demon mom
>sacrificed wife, daughter, ideals, and learned nothing
>set adoptive son down the same self-destructive path
Why is Kerry such a fuck-up?
>>336637260
>>>/fgog/
>>336637207
It's actually an ideological battle more than a physical one. Keep trying, buddy
What went right?
>>336637431
On the narrative side, though the show's extremely methodical (read: sometimes very slow) pacing works to the benefit of its characterization and dramatic tension, the frequent betrayals and dramatic turns can sometimes feel based more in videogame logic than anything tangible. Characters will defeat others with powers they've only just introduced, rules of mage combat will be established only to be broken, and villains will repeatedly pull that “I'll get you next time!” trick before spiriting themselves away. And on the thematic front, the show's reflections on justice and the meaning of a hero never really rise above the identities of the characters expressing them. The treacly fantasy writing attempts to dress up personal disagreements as philosophical battles, but the ultimate effect often just comes off as needlessly obtuse or totally incoherent. We know Shirou's naive, we don't need lofty speeches from every other character expressing that fact.
It's honestly a little unbelievable - the show spends three straight episodes repeating the fairly self-explanatory climax to Shirou's character arc, a personal resolution that most shows would likely relegate to the last third of a single episode. That might be acceptable for a long-running shounen attempting to stretch content, but for a focused single-season show, a move like that is a backbreaking failure of composition. Unlimited Blade Works' prose has always been labored and purple, but when scenes of over-explaining monologue were interspersed between exciting action setpieces, that weakness was a little easier to bear. Here, a combination of poor pacing and repetitive content essentially grinds the show to a halt, making this second half an often tedious journey.
>>336637207
Except the Archer fight was more than a fight.
It was a debate. Archer saying that Shirou's dream would be his undoing, and that it wasn't even his own to begin with, and Shirou turning to him, looking him in the eye, and saying that regardless of where it takes, regardless of what happens, his dream of wanting to help others couldn't be a mistake.
>>336637508
Bucephalus was okay, I guess.
>>336637564
why are you just quoting the ann review?
What does an average japanese person look like?
>>336637758
worker ants.
>>336637508
they swap gil and alex
>>336637564
>>336637260
ANN's reviewers are a joke. The woman who wrote the review of episode 20 literally went on a 2000 word rant about feminism and toxic masculinity.
They have no understanding of the story or these characters. The writer you talked about, in the season one review, claimed that Shirou had a happy outlook on things, which is farthest from the core root of his character.
who gives a fuck about fate now when it sold out to be a cash grab phone game and didn't even have the decency to whore out the best girl?
>>336637894
shes in Kaleid that's basically being whored out.
The recent FATE-UBW anime is about the only good and marketable Fate there is.
The rest is just...unpleaseant or awful awful porn.
>>336636951
>getting off to one of Nasu's VNs
You must have amind of steelin order to force yourself through that.
>>336637894
They did, though. A Taiga Fujimura servant was confirmed in a leak in the game's early period.
>>336638039
that unpleasant porn put them on the map
>>336637983
her glorious tits only get like 30 frames per episode. she's supposed to have a topless action scene in the upcoming season but I know silver link is going to ruin it somehow.
The best Type-Moon woman is...?
>>336638164
Not quite accurate. Kara no Kyoukai put him on the map, and is the reason people took interest in Tsukihime in the first place
>>336638190
Nobu
>>336638178
Real talk. When are Rin and Luvia going to cut the bullshit and have sex?
>>336624928
I don't care, I want to fuckIskander
>>336637862
Got a problem with the EVA geek's review of FSN?
http://ask.fm/b0bduh
>>336637508
trained from child, tons of ancient steroids.
>>336638358
I dare anon to rip the reviewer a new one for being blind to UBW's glory
>>336638358
I don't know who you're linking me to. Is that the reviewer you just copy and pasted?
I don't see a review in that link, though I do see a mention of Gamergate, so I'm going to guess he's probably a twat of some sort.
The fact is the ANN reviewers are a joke. One of the head writers used to be involved with Channel Awesome. You know that group of middle aged reviewers that /tv/ constantly makes fun of?
They're a bunch of clickbaiting who aren't exactly all mentally there. I know that Hope Chapman person just came out as a tranny.
>>336638251
To be fair, the movies were really well done from an artistic and technical perspective. The plot was really average though consistently throughout so I don't know why people would start looking at Fate after seeing KnK seeing that Tsukihime had more in common with it.
Really sad how lazy ufotable got lazy after making the fifth movie from an artistic standpoint. I mean, who exactly did they hire to make the rhino noses and samefaces happen?
>>336638251
Melty Blood put them in my map.The first one that is
>>336638792
>I mean, who exactly did they hire to make the rhino noses and samefaces happen?
It was an intentional choice, they're animating Takeuchi's current style.
>>336638792
The whole "rhino" issue isn't due to laziness or lack of trying. It's emulating Takeuchi's current style of drawing. It's their attempt to ape the original artist of the work.
Regardless of the output, you can't really fault them for that. Who are you to turn to the creators and say that the thing we're adapting looks terrible, we're going to fix it?
Look at God Eater, or the new Tales anime. Stylistically far and removed from the style, while having many of the same staff members.
>>336638738
>Don't feel awkward on my account! People being crazy-defensive fans is maybe something you should make a note of, but that's kinda what fandom is.
>By far. A lot of that came down to my positive review daring to suggest a watch order, but it seems like even a lot of the fans were kind of disappointed by the second half, and the general narrative switched to "the adaptation choices made this bad."
>In UBW's case, the show spent most of a season directly elaborating a philosophical position that was in the end pretty simple and kinda empty.
>Shirou isn't a particularly compelling character, and the show's action scenes were its best moments.
>Fifteen years after the last Holy Grail War, mages are once again gathering to summon mythical Servan
>Fifteen years after the last Holy
>Fifteen years
If you have enough spare time to post on 4chan, you have enough time to eradicate him
>>336638792
Huh? I'm talking about the novels.
And the reason the fifth movie is so good artistically is because it was directed by Hirao Takayuki, the protegee of Satoshi Kon. He didn't work on any of the others.
>>336639109
Why does everybody hate chapter 6? I thought it was alright.
>>336639084
>spend 99% of the thread talking about the VN
>get rekt
>post a review of the anime that supports your position
>an anime based on a vn that is 80% internal monologue
>>336629918
>College students
>""""""""""""""""smart""""""""""""""""""""
>>336639219
The movie adaptation completely butchered the novel chapter
>>336639084
I have no reason to go "eradicate" a man who tries to make a living writing anime reviews.
I mean can you imagine how far down the bottom run you are to get there? At least video game reviewers have a bit of punch. They can hurt people through Metacritic. Anime reviewers carry no weight to the sales.
He is wrong, though. He claims that Shirou is naive- he's not. He understands the impossibility of his dream, but he knows that trying to follow it is inherently worth it, because it's not wrong.
Of course people will die, and he won't be able to save everyone, but he'll do his best regardless, even if it means he has to suffer for it.
It's not as simple as it's made to seem. A lot of ignorant people like to argue it is, but they often outright miss the point.
>>336627936
Dark Souls collab when, Nasu?
>>336639349
I'm not sure if this guy understands the difference between the VN, and the anime.
The anime was a solid adaptation of the UBW route, but people who go into it expecting it to be a stand alone experience often come out feeling confused.
It tells the story of the middle of the VN. There's a part before it, there's a part after it. Looking at it on its own is a mistake. It's like watching the second movie in a trilogy without anything else, and expecting a full narrative.
No one would think that's a reasonable position to make, but these reviewers seem to, even when the 2006 anime already exists, and provides a foundation, and the third route is set to come.
>>336640085
What about the sequel to zero attitude they have?
>>336637431
>>336637632
Gosh we have some clever cookies here. Name a fight that isn't ideological.
>>336640253
That's another thing. Some of these people just wanted Fate/One, and not Fate/stay night.
>>336640267
Rider vs Archer in FZ
Saber vs Berserker in FZ
>>336640267
sword fights are metaphors for ideological clashes in fsn
>>336640267
In FSN? Plenty, arguably. The first fight between Saber and Lancer doesn't really have a philosophical bent, it's there to establish Saber's capabilities, the first Saber vs Assassin fight isn't too heavy on anything, Shirou vs Kuzuki is there to show Shirou's development as a fighter the first time, but I don't think it's saying anything too huge.
I mean these fights all have motivation and reason behind them, but they're not there to define these characters and their beliefs.
Shirou vs Archer definitely is, though.
>>336640487
>>336640546
>>336640602
Every fight in the history of everything is ideological.
>>336623692
I thought that UFO made the anime?
>>336640983
They made it but Sony/Aniplex produced them because Type-Moon is overwhelmingly popular in Japan and it would be stupid not to make a show out of it
>>336640891
If you want to twist the meaning of words like that, I suppose.
The Archer fight was overt about it.
Archer could have just killed Shirou a thousand times. Before or during their fight, it didn't matter. He could have crushed him like a bug.
What did matter though was convincing Shirou that he was wrong. That his beliefs weren't worth it. That everything he was living was a lie, and to just rub the kid's face into the ground for every mistake he's ever made, and could possibly make.
Shirou didn't back down though. Hell, to him, "it wasn't a mistake". Wanting to help others, wanting to be a hero, it could never be a mistake. He might make mistakes, he do things that could have gone better, but in the end, Archer saved people. Shirou will save people, and that's what counts.
That's what Archer realizes too. That's why he backed down, and that's why Shirou won.
Shiki can kill servants.
>>336639930
Demon Slayer would solo the entirety of TMverse
>>336641152
oh ok, I never knew that Sony owned Aniplex
>>336640891
3deep5me
>>336638190
Rin rin rin rin rin rin
>>336641225
Why is Shirou so MOE?~
>>336626626
I mean, I hate Fate and all but I really wouldn't say GoT isn't utter shit.
GRRM is a fucking hack.
>>336638251
I disagree. Fate/Zero the novel and Urobuchi put Type Moon on the map. Without that, they never would've gained mass appeal. For the west, I would argue only after the anime adaptation came out did Fate really get popular in relative terms for us.
>>336631778
Ascensions have to make a character evolve past their power, to become their true ultimate super form.
Final ascension Angya makes him blue-man
>>336641998
I appreciate the effort you put into this bait, but you're not going to get many bites for it on /v/, since they lack the context to be offended by it. I'd suggest trying a different board and see if you have some more luck.
>>336641998
>Fate/Zero the novel and Urobuchi put Type Moon on the map
That would be very wrong, considering KnK, Tsukihime, Melty Blood, and FSN came out before any of that.
Zero was in 2006. That's a multitude of LNs, VNs, and just plain games before that.
>>336641414
They don't own Aniplex, Aniplex is literally Sony animation visual etc they just changed the name
>>336641598
Please return to the zoo.
>>336642230
Rin is the cutest rhino.
>>336642230
Please don't bully Shirou's wife, that's rude.
>>336641534
banana phone
>>336641998
>Fate/Zero the novel and Urobuchi put Type Moon on the map
Pretty sure it was Tsukihime and Melty Blood but alright
Fate/Zero DID blow them up though
>>336636531
What is a meme character?
>>336642574
Well the one on the far right was literally introduced as an April Fools joke.
This is a japanese Thomas Edison
>>336627837
160cm isn't
>>336642475
That is bullying. Intense bullying. Stop it.
Fate has a great concept, I'll definitely give it that.
Historical and mythological figures duke it out for the Holy Grail.
Then it immediately fucks it up by having none of these people be anything like their original selves, and throwing in a bunch of other random assholes.
>>336642639
One on the far left isn't a meme character just because you don't like it though.
>>336634013
So are these
>>336642310
You mean Sakura, right?
>>336642767
She's our wife, buddy.
>>336623625
> not nes
>>336628689
There is no spoon
>>336641998
>Fate/Zero the novel and Urobuchi put Type Moon on the map. Without that, they never would've gained mass appeal
In the west maybe. But TM was already huge by the time Zero came out.
I want to fuck Medea
>>336642310
>>336642767
>>336642830
>only being with your lover for a lifetime
special snowflake heaven is where its at.
This is a japanese Oda Nobunaga
>>336623258
>spears and swords piercing plate
ok
>>336643312
Shit's magical nigga
King Arthur cleaved skulls in half through helmets all the time
>>336643491
Then why does his armor get pierced right through the chest plate by some shmuck with a spear
>>336623258
King Arthur's buddy sucks.
>>336643549
This is Arthurian legend so every spear, sword and rock is legendary and magical.
>>336643549
I have not seen that movie but i bet thats Rhongowhatever, a magical spear
Why wont daddy love me?
>>336643186
saber deserved a better route
>>336643729
Saber just got Garden of Avalon
What more do you really need.
>>336643729
>>336643809
At this rate a Fate/SN remake will come out before the Turkeyhandle remake.
I'm pretty sure Nasu said he wanted to fix fate route at some point.
>>336643912
I just don't think Nasu has the passion for Tsukihime like he has for Fate.
I guess it's understandable. You can cover a lot more ground with Fate than Tsuki- which is pretty wholly connected to the vampire concept.
>>336644025
>tfw only read the Tsukihime manga
I like what i read and the romance bit feels stronger than Fate, but i don't really care for the vampire to waste 10 hours on the visual novels.
>>336644172
Mahou Tsukai no Yoru episode 2 never.
>>336619989
Arthur is more palatable as a female. As a male you have to deal with the fact that he's either a pathetic cuck or a flaming homosexual. Not a good look for a legendary figure.
>>336644225
It does move further away from it the more you go on.
My favorite route is Hisui's, and that's about a fucking maid of all things.
>>336644225
there's two scenarios: near side (vampires feat. arc, ciel and roa) and far side (dark side of the tohno family feat. akiha, hisui and kohau)
>>336644172
What's Tewi doing here?
>>336643303
No.
THIS is a japanese Oda Nobuna__Yes, I know we are talking tm chars only, but fuck it
>>336644362
>or a flaming homosexual
To be fair, Rider made it work.
>>336643303
>>336644440
No
This is a japanese Oda Nobunagayou can tell from the ambition just oozing off his whiskers.
Why is Saber such a terrible father? Even Kiritsugu was better
>>336644440
>>336644552
>>336643303
no.
THIS is a Japanese Oda Nobunaga
>>336644565
Get over it Mordered.
>>336644308
You're going to get more Fate and YOU WILL LIKE IT.
>>336644552
>Not a cute girl
>>336635751
Waaaah, people exist that were born in places other than where I was born. Waaaaahhhhhh.
>>336619989
>Fate
>>336644565
People with dicks make the best mothers and fathers.
>>336644025
>which is pretty wholly connected to the vampire concept.
The truth behind Kohaku is the entire point of Tsukihime, vampires were just bait to hook you in much like the Holy Grail War.
Did you not play the game?
Have Mordred and Saber got to meet again in any story yet?
>>336644853
You come into this 400 post thread to write a faggy response to a two hour old post.
>>336644646
>>336644728
>>336644552
>>336644440
>>336643303
No
This is a Japanese Oda Nobunaga
You can see by his A E S T H E T I CS
>>336645036
>The truth behind Kohaku is the entire point of Tsukihime, vampires were just bait to hook you in much like the Holy Grail War.
That's stretching it. A lot.
The whole Kohaku twist is neat, but Kohaku's route was kind of an afterthought. It was written in a matter of weeks. Originally the maid routes were one thing all together.
>>336645130
Aye Siwmae from Dark Souls?
>>336645085
What do you expect from a Japanese eroge/fantasy/action/thing?
>>336644362
>A character who represented masculine chivalric values is much better as blonde waifu because I am a pathetic numale intimidated by men who are my moral and physical betters
I bet you unironically think Gilgamesh should be a girl too because his love with Enkidu is way too gay brah
>>336645085
>Implying you wouldn't give Arturia your mana
>>336645245
Its Oda Nobunaga
>>336645276
>A character who represented masculine chivalric values
He got cucked by one of his friends.
>>336644646
I liked this show
I miss this show
Can we get more of this show?
>>336645358
Epic
>>336645276
>A character who represented masculine chivalric values
>King Arthur
Hello Urobuchi.
>>336645085
she is a sword master
This is a moralfag who triggers Fate trash subhumans.
You have ten seconds to prove that Fate/Stay is LITERALLY not the greatest work of fiction ever written.
You actually can't.
>>336645568
how?
>>336645568
Are there people on this board who unironically like Kenshiro? Moralfags are just a myth right?
>>336645657
Neon Genesis Evangelion has a better MC
>>336645670
He's male.
>>336645657
Sorry it exist in the same world of Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck exists, the actual greatest work of fiction written in history
>>336645568
>watches shonenshit
>calls others subhumans
>>336645657
Can't, sorry.
>>336645802
Don Rosa is a god
>>336645657
It includes Sakura.
>>336645854
Yep, triggered already like the good little numale relatvist shitstain you are. How many moralfags you 'debate' today Fate scum?
>>336645784
>implying
>>336645801
>Fate fans are exclusively waifufags
Are you new to this whole meming thing, anon? Or just naturally autistic?
>>336645950
How many moralfags you beat up today tough guy?
>Actually discussing Fate instead of Tsukihime, Melty Blood, Kara no Kyoukai, Mahoyo or even Coral of the Moon
Lmaoing at you all.
This is a Japanese Siegfried.too bad from what I hear he sucks in the game
>>336645670
Fate trash get intimidated by any moralfag who goes beyond the comfortable little strawman that Shirou represents. They respond with disgust, anger and indignation at characters like Kenshiro who are actually justified and objectively in the right because it pops their little relativist bubble where amorality and nihilism are the true thinking man's perspective.
>>336646032
Start the discussion then fampai.
>>336646096
But two thirds of the game is about how being a moralfag might be hard and tiring, but there is nothing wrong with striving to reach that ideal.
>>336645994
Did Akagi take your lunch money or something?
You do realize Fate's MC is also a "moralfag", right?
>>336645358
yeah because it was supposed to represent how the perfect human utopia on earth got split apart by base human urges, Arthur is supposed to be blameless because the sin was Lancelot and Guinievere's
>>336640085
>The anime was a solid adaptation of the UBW route
That's up to debate. For the first 13 episodes, maybe. But after that, the pacing was all over the place (the first part was accelerated and the archer vs shirou fight was overstretched to 3 episodes). Caster's mythical backstory wasn't expended upon, etc...
But then again it doesn't really matter. The VN still exists, as long as it's not a complete butchering, I don't think fans should really care. Seeing some scenes animated is good enough and the anime isn't bad, just not as good as it could have been with more monologues in first season and better directing.
>>336646314
Episode 21. Say no more.
>>336625091
>>336625776
>post shitty argument
>gets refuted
>resorts to personal attacks
Typical /a/ and /v/ retardation.
>>336646271
No, Fate's MC is a strawman you scum use as a generalization for every moralistic character in the history of human history because you just regurgitate Archer's arguments without a ounce of original thought on your own part. Don't pretend anything otherwise because you are not nearly clever enough to present a convincing argument to support yourself.
This is a Japanese computer ghost
>>336646265
You didn't pay attention.
>>336646436
Ah i see, thats why Archer in the end turns back into a moralfag
?????
>>336646314
I thought they handled it just fine. The pacing is no worse than the first season.
People need to realize the first season literally spent over the equivalent of four 30 minute episodes on the first three days up to Saber's summon.
I thought, as a whole, the second season was superior. Episodes 17, 20, 24, and 25, are my favorite out of the entire series. Only episode 0 really lives up to those in my opinion.
>>336646271
>Akagi
How fucking pathetic is your life that you have a edgelord tripfag's cock so far up your ass you're basically his sockpuppet condom? Does he personally pay you money to rehash his arguments?
>>336646436
残念、俺は日本語わかるよー
プロジェクチンッグがやめて下さい、本物のせコンダリくん
>>336646436
What are you talking about?
Archer is wrong. Shirou is right.
Even Archer learns this.
>>336646614
>Everyone is as big a degenerate as I am! S-survival of the fittest! L-law of the juh juh jungle just like Fate taught me!
This is an English King Arthur.
>>336646571
>>336646659
it's bad writing
the fans ignore it because everyone knows Shirou's a retard like all moralfags
>>336646512
How it isn't?
Archer plays hard to get, but Shirou only needs to give some push and suddenly his smile is back.
>>336646715
How do you even take that from Fate?
>>336646797
shirou isn't driven by morality. read the vn
>>336646436
I don't need to make an argument against a completely wrong assumption
Most FSN fans don't take Archer's side
>>336646715
I think you misunderstand a lot of things, my friend.
Archer's argument is presented as being wrong. Shirou beats him because he himself realizes his dream, the life he lived, it wasn't as wrong as he thought.
>>336646797
But Shirou's not a retard. He knows he can't save everyone, but what matters to him is doing the best he can. He might stumble, he might do things that could have gone better, but in the end, his dream isn't a mistake.
>>336646797
Nasu's a bad writer? You don't say
>>336646593
>barely mention him
Wew lad fate/stay triggered
>>336646868
>>336646873
>>336646903
>>336646905
>amoralcuck astroturfing
>>336646409
You mean 20. That was the one with "You're walking into Hell" scene. And that was good. If the rest of the show, had at least a little bit of that good directing, it'd be far better. Miura did better here. Seems like a broken clock can be right twice a day.
>>336646592
Yes the standard 13ish episodes for a cour wasn't fit for UBW. That route needs 18-20 at most. With that said, there was things they could have expended that they didn't include like Caster's mythical past. If they're going to screw up the pacing, they might as well include important info and monologues from the VN.
>>336646715
>retardation: The post
>>336647030
I don't even know what you're trying to say.
I think you're misunderstanding something though.
>>336647030
Wagecuck.
>>336646905
>He might stumble, he might do things that could have gone better, but in the end, his dream isn't a mistake.
like I said everyone in the audience knows Shirou's retarded and wrong about everything, the bad writing doesn't reflect the fans thoughts since most Fate fans hate moralfag characters as a general rule across fiction because of Shirou
>>336647030
I guess i got baited, but i'm mostly confused than anything else.
>>336647178
aight sure m8
>>336647030
>anyone who disagrees with me is an amoralfag
You are: not justice.
>>336647178
>everyone in the audience knows Shirou's retarded and wrong about everything
But he's not wrong, though, and his beliefs aren't dumb.
Shirou wants to take up a path of helping others, even if it means he doesn't live a particularly happy life himself.
That's a choice made by many people who want to make the world a better place.
>>336647281
When the opposition is boldfaced hateful and derisive towards the concept of morals and heroic deeds then yes I think it's objectively true
>>336647339
>That's a choice made by many people who want to make the world a better place.
And Fate fags consider them lesser people worthy of only ridicule. Thanks for dragging out my point further.
>>336647474
Who says this? No one in this thread is saying this.
You're just propping up a very confusing strawman.
Many people consider UBW Shirou to be the best Shirou simply because of his willingness to hold up to his beliefs in the face of adversity.
>>336647178
>>336647474
Most Fate Stay Night fans don't hate morally inclined characters.
Fate Zero fans is who you should hate, but considering your shitty arguments, you could be one. Fate/Zero fans and Stay Night fans mainly disagree with each other based on that. Further F/SN fans are divided on which Shirou they prefer.
>>336647061
>UBW episode 20 was from Miura.
You're a moron for suggesting Suhara's work could even compare to Miura
>>336647584
>FSN fans vs FZ fans
This fandom is a joke
>>336647636
Hey man, Suhara does good work. I guess we all can't be comparable to The Best Director, though.
>>336647759
Trying too hard to be funny.
>>336647724
The only joke here is the idiot who talks about something he knows nothing about (you).
Anyone have the original smug version? Thanks in advance
>>336647584
>>336647561
Damage control all you want buddy.
I'm sure all see you proudly at the head of the next thread bitching about how Kenshiro ruined fiction for you.
>>336647061
>If they're going to screw up the pacing, they might as well include important info and monologues from the VN.
>Miura wasn't the guy for it. Now, if Sudou delivers a proper HF adaptation, I will rage to no fucking end.
>Mark my fucking words, I will literally go to Japan to kill Miura.
>Fucking Miura hinted how Shirould could feel Archer's presence in ep3 and never used it again. The fucker forgot that Shirou found Rin in ep12 because he felt Archer.
>MIUUURAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHH
>I'm rewatching the UBW movie just because and I love how they added key lines for the viewer to understand better the plot. It makes me appreciate it even more now. UBW anime failed in this, Miura failed because he is a hack. If HF turns out to be a better product, I'll be mad as fuck. Fortunately Miura got kicked out HF directing. The guy is a hack.
>Nasu saying he didn't want UBW and F/Z to be treated as part of the same story because they are not, then Miura saying he wants it to be a Zero follow-up.
>Nasu wanted to add new scenes and change stuff, but Miura handled it badly and it felt disjointed. The HF manga is a great example of adding new stuff that makes sense to add.
>The problem was in general that they tried to please both sides and came out wrong. They should have gone with Nasu's idea of a Fate route over UBW but Miura is a stubborn bull and wanted his Rinfag pandering. They had a bad call about the chosen route, HF would have been better too, but it was stuck for now after they tried that incoherent and inconsistent UBW mess.
>The japanese booklet has Nasu version of some pivotal episodes and is far better than what Miura came up about at the end. It's kind of a shame really.
>Okay, I get why you guys said 6 is the worst KnK now. Haven't seen 7 yet, but jesus, that shit was really irrelevant and trite.
>>336647891
The truth is always the funniest, I know.
I weep for HF, it's not being blessed by the God King.
>>336644440
WHERE'S MY S2?
>>336648025
I'm not reading your autism, Cooking Priest.
>>336647997
You revealed my ruse. I actually hate people who strive to do good
you sure got me good man.
>>336646409
Episode 21 was the worst episode, particularly because it had to follow up on the best episode and it just ended up crashing and burning. Fuck Miura.
>>336647997
Are you some kind of /fgo/ memer? I've never seen anyone bring up Kenshiro in a Fate thread before.
>>336648117
Easy now, Nick Creamer.
>>336619989
Looks like anime to me.
>>336647636
You're a moron for thinking Suhara is a good director to begin with.
Just begin one piece of shit is less smelly than the other, doesn't mean it's not a piece of shit. I'd use a better analogy, but you don't have the cognition for it.
>>336648190
Episode 21 was not "the worst episode". It stumbled a bit here and there, but there were some essential scenes. This bit in the pic here is from 21 >>336641225. Plus there was an entire second half that had some good stuff involving Gil and Shinji.
If you wanna talk worse episodes, then maybe like, 4? 9? Just stuff that didn't really have a lot going for it.
>>336648025
You're trying so hard and still manage to come off as an idiot. Congratulations.
>>336647997
I don't have any opinion on Kenshiro. I could care less. He's insignificant and so is his series.
>>336648389
Rin's reaction here is the most notable thing to come out of episode 9.