We get the conclusion of the Saber and Assassin fight, as well as the appearance of the eighth Servant out of seven and some information about the previous Holy Grail War.
Summary:
We start off with the continuing fight between Saber and Assassin. They continue to fight while we see Shirou getting his ass kicked by Souichirou who is using his fists against Shirou’s two magic swords. Caster is taunting Rin about how she will be the sacrifice for the Grail instead. Back to Saber and Assassin, they are both fighting equally well it seems but Saber seems to have made a mistake. Saber pushed Assassin up to the flat part, and because he is on flat ground he can use his special sword technique that is amazing good and deadly. Saber powers up her sword and attacks Assassin as he unleashes his attack and they zoom past each other. We see a shot of Saber, some hair in the air from the slash and Assassin, who we see blood coming from his mouth. Assassin tells Saber to go, and she runs past him as he disappears and dies.
Shirou is getting his ass kicked by Souichirou and is knocked down like two stories onto the hard floor of where Sakura and Rin are with Caster. Saber comes to the rescue and attacks Caster who easily blocks it with a force field. Caster says she will let Shirou live if Caster becomes her slave and we then see a shot of someone in gold armor. He says “You fool” and everyone looks up. He is standing on top of the arena, with thousands of blades that are surrounding him; all seem to be stuck in some field around him, half here and half not. He says he was just planning on watching but Caster just said something she shouldn’t. He points to Saber and says that, the king is mine. All of a sudden the blades around him rain down on Caster, all concentrated at her and Souichirou. She blocks them but is having a hard time as there is seemly no end to the rain of blasts. The unknown then grabs three blades at once and manually throws them, giving them a blue glow not a gold one. They are aimed at Souichirou and Caster jumps in front, getting hit. We see Caster’s face and she is up next to Souichirou saying that her desire is fulfilled in keeping him safe. Caster then dies and Souichirou collapses to the floor as we see two huge wounds in his back.
The castle and cave around them which was all created by Caster starts to disappear and Rin says they have to leave. The unknown man address Saber saying its been a while and asks her if she remembers his question from ten years ago. He said he would love to talk but this cave is too boring and disappears. Saber, Rin, and Shirou carrying unconscious Sakura run out and make it out of the cave before it disappears. At home Saber tells everyone who that was. She says he is from the last war and he was the Archer class. 2nd Archer and Saber were the last two and they fought against each other last war; however Saber was never able to win. She said that in the fight he proposed to her but she rejected him. Saber heads outside and Shirou follows and the two of them talk alone. Shirou says how if a Servant gets the grail they can stay so… but Saber stops him there and says her wish is to return to her time and die, re do the selection for king so a more suitable king is chosen for her people. Shirou argues if she wants to redo things she should stay here. Saber says that 2nd Archer didn’t obtain the grail however so there is no guarantee she even could. She says the Grail was destroyed in the last war by Emiya Kiritsugu, Shirou’s (adopted) dad. She says how he was her Master last war and when they obtained it he used his last command spell to make Saber destroy the grail which caused a huge fire and destruction. Shirou heads off to see Kotomine the overseer of the War in the church. He talks to him about the grail and Kotomine tells him that a Servant can get a second life if they drink from the grail, so Saber could stay with him since he has a thing for her if Saber drinks from the grail. Shirou then brings up the 8th Servant 2nd Archer and Kotomine acts surprised but as if he knows something about it.
Impressions:
I thought the more interesting part about this episode was the end after they escaped. The whole news that Shirou’s dad was Saber’s master in the previous war was huge. Not only that but we find out the Saber class in last war was the same Saber in this war. Saber seems to hate Kiritsugu, Shirou’s dad, for ordering her to destroy the grail but there has to be a reason behind him doing that. That brings up the idea that the Holy Grail may not be completely a super fantastic as good as it seems kind of thing and that Kiritsugu knew something we didn’t and destroyed the grail for a good reason. This also proves I was right in thinking there was something to Kiritsugu’s guilty look when he held Shirou in the flashbacks. It’s because of him the fire erupted and such so he felt responsible and took care of Shirou.
Shirou and Saber’s talk about her staying or going back really was important I think and will be a major question thought the rest of the series. Because we find out that Shirou basically likes Saber and wants her to stay with him in this time we get he mystery if she will go back or not. It is physically possibly we find out for her to stay if she drinks from the Holy Grail but they still have to acquire it. Saber however wants to use the grail to go back in time and not become king basically. She believes it’s her duty to her country for her people and because she wasn’t a good king she thinks a better one for her people should be picked.
Of course that isn’t all that was important in this episode; the big part is also that in the span of one episode, two servants died! I feel sorry for Assassin as he was so cool however I wonder if the reason he lost, I think, was that because the sun was setting. Assassin had said earlier he doesn’t have much mana because he was summoned by a Servant so he probably wont last till sunrise so when he did his attack the sun started to rise so perhaps the reason his attack didn’t go through like it was supposed to or he got his by saber was because of that. Also just cause of the hit doesn’t mean he died, it seemed more like he died because of the sun thing and I think the reason his attack failed is because of such also.
The whole thing with the new Servant, for now until I officially get his name from the anime or clues in the anime that say it I’ll call him 2nd Archer, was rather interesting. With his appearance and the news that Saber was unable to defeat him last war was interesting as it seems he will be the new main opponent, although I still feel like they are forgetting someone *cough* Lancer *cough* My guess is that the church guy, Kotomine is/was 2nd Archer’s Master in the previous war. I seem to remember him saying something abut him being in the war before. That brings the question of if he still is since Kotomine isn’t dead.
Shirou - Saber - King Arthur
Rin - Archer - Emiya Shirou
Ilya - Berserker - Hercules
Shinji - Rider - Medusa
Unknown - Caster - Medea
Caster - Assassin - Sasaki Kojirou
??? - Lancer - Cuchulain
??? - 2nd Archer - ???
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