The final episode with the conclusion of the battle between Gil and Saber as well as Kotomine and Shirou as well as seeing how everything turns out after the events of the war are over.
Summary:
We start off seeing Shirou surrounded by evil and darkness and spirits chanting Kill, Kill Kill. He is being held onto by dozens of hands and seems to be in pain. He remembers his dad, and that he must have had to suffer through this and he realizes that if he is really to be the protector of justice like he said he would be to his dad when he was little, he had to be strong. He breaks free of the evil and stands facing Kotomine, who is shocked he was able to escape. Kotomine says it doesn’t matter, and Shirou rushes at him with the Azoth Dagger. He gets incased again however in the goo. We then see Gil and Saber fighting. Gil fired off his Enuma Elish and Saber tried to counter it with Excalibur but was blown away and severely wounded. They are both in a bad situation, Shirou struggling in pain as he is trapped in darkness and Saber wounded and unable to do much against Gil as he powers up another blast. Gil fires his blast and they both Shirou and Saber see a light. Saber remembers that Shirou is like her scabbard and Shirou begins to trace something. They both have Avalon appear before them. They are empowered by it and Shirou breaks free and Saber shoots back Gil’s blast with ease. Saber then charges Gil and as she does she starts to glow and her sword powers up. Gil tries to fire a blast but Saber closes the gap and slashes him, using Excalibur as a blast and the sword and nails Gil directly, harming him. Shirou charges Kotomine, dodging the goo he throws and stabs him in the chest with the Azoth dagger, and yells “release” and it creates a blast, wounding Kotomine even more.
Gil stands there before Saber, blood from his mouth and hair down. He says, “Avalon. The utopia the king will enter after his death…..That’s your true Noble Phantasm.” Gil holds onto Saber’s cheek as he disappears saying she is an abominable woman, defying him till the end. He says there are things that are beautiful because no one can touch them. He tells Saber farewell, he had fun and he disappears. Kotomine asks Shirou where he got this dagger from. He says from Rin and Kotomine says he sees, ten years ago he gave it to a young girl. Kotomine then falls over into the goo dead. Ilya is released and Shirou catches her, as Saber walks slowly up to him. Saber says she will destroy the Holy Grail, but she needs his orders. He has to use his command spell and have the grail destroyed. Shirou hesitates for a bit, knowing Saber will disappear. He says to himself, ““I love Saber. I want her to be happier than anyone. I’ve been hoping that we could be together forever. However… If I really do love her, then that’s wrong. I loved Saber, who bore many wounds yet still fought through everything… I cannot allow myself to stain her pride.” He tells Saber to do it and she destroys the Holy Grail. We see the two of them alone, with a mountain range behind them. Saber with her hair down is looking out across the land and says to Shirou she has something to tell him. She tells him she loves him, and disappears.
We see Shirou being awakened by Sakura at his house. She wakes him up for breakfast and it seems everything is normal. Ilya and Fuji seem to be getting into trouble together, as they fight with each other a bit. Shirou heads for school and on the way sees Rin. He walks with her, and she says how she is surprised how well he is doing, that he isn’t acting down or anything. He says he is fine, he says that one day his memories may fade and he may forget her face, actions, and voice but he will always remember that he loved her. We see back in King Arthur’s time someone placing Saber against a tree. Saber awakens and says to the knight in front of her, Bedivere, that she has awoken. She says that she has been dreaming, although rare for her it was an invaluable experience. Bedivere says that she will be able to see the continuation of her dreams if she wishes for it enough. Saber tells Bedivere to take her sword and cross through he forest and fields and throw her sword into the lake. Bedivere rides off. We see back in Shirou’s time, everything seems to be normal. Sakura is in the archery club, we see Ilya cleaning the house, Fuji working on her bike, Rin sitting in class. Shirou is out of school, on a bridge looking out over everything. Shirou seems fine, saying that he will run forward now. If he sets his goal far enough, then someday he’ll be able to reach what he aimed for. We see Bedivere returning to Saber under the tree, saying he has done what she asked. Saber says she will sleep now, this time it may be a bit longer then before. Bedivere seems really sad, but keeping his composure. After Saber is asleep or dead, Bedivere says, “Do you behold, King Arthur, the continuation of your dream.” After the credits we see in Shirou’s house the stuffed lion he bought, sitting on the table.
Impressions:
I loved the ending. I think that if they had done it any other way it would have turned out badly, because not only was this the ending they were originally following the path for, it just fits. However, I do not think it is a sad ending. There were sad parts in this episode, sure. Hell, I’ll admit I even cried when Saber disappeared but overall the ending is not sad I do not think. Shirou came to terms with Saber being gone, even as Rin said he isn’t as down as she thought he would be, he has come to realize that even if his memories of her face, actions, and voice fade, he will always remember that he loved her. I think Shirou’s speech before the Grail was destroyed is important, how he said, “I love Saber. I want her to be happier than anyone. I’ve been hoping that we could be together forever. However… If I really do love her, then that’s wrong. I loved Saber, who bore many wounds yet still fought through everything… I cannot allow myself to stain her pride.”
I thought the battles were handled nicely in this episode. I think it’s kind of ironic, and they have it this way in the game that Kotomine was killed with the dagger that he gave to Rin. It was cool seeing Shirou kill him, and not have some sappy thing where he too lets him go. Gil and Saber’s battle was nice, although all in all the battles took up about 1/3 of the episode, they were still nice. It was cool seeing Saber kick so much ass and Gil just standing there with his hair down and blood coming from his mouth. The part where they both used Avalon at the same time was neat, seeing both of them reach for it.
The epilogue overall was really nice. Even though Saber disappearing was sad and all, the epilogue really made the series end with an overall good feeling, without cheapening Saber’s memory and why she disappeared. I thought the scene with Saber during the epilogue was important. How she died, and had Bedivere throw her sword into the lake. I thought it was interesting, how all while Saber was gone she was in her world asleep and it was as if her time with Shirou was a dream, like they had said before. When she died I thought it was interesting how Bedivere said if she closes her eyes again, she will be able to continue out that dream. Now, I don’t necessary think that means that now that she is dead she will come back to Shirou, if you really really wanted to you could interpret it that way but more or less I think it just means that now she is dead it will be blissful and such and it will be just like the unfulfillable dream that was her time with Shirou. Or, however this could mean that Saber really does go to sleep and is just sleeping for a long time but I really think she dies. Because Avalon is also the place where Kings go when they are dead, and I think that’s one of the reasons this episode is called that. Not just because they use it in the fight. Either way it was very touching when Bedivere said at the end, “Do you behold, King Arthur, the continuation of your dream.”
There are several things that can be left up to interpretation, and the story can be shaped any way you want if you are creative enough to not make it stupid. They never clearly state she dies, although I still think she does. If she didn’t, she could wake up in present day where Shirou is. Or, if she did die the “continuation of her dream” could mean that since her dream is to be with Shirou, she will appear again with him. You can go along those lines or you can just say that in the future Shirou gets over Saber, always remembering her but learning to love someone else and spend his life with them such as Rin or Sakura. The ending is not finite. Most anime aren’t, you can interpret this to fit your own style all you want.
One thing I want to point out, TOLD YOU SO. This is about the stuffed lion; I knew it would have to appear in the epilogue of the last episode. I said it since episode 20 that if she disappears, they will show the lion on a shelf or table somewhere and it will kind of symbolize Saber, and her memories. Even if Shirou does forget her, he will always look at that bear and know something about her, about feelings he had. I don’t necessary think he will always remember her, even he said so, but I think he will always know that he loved her and the lion could remind him of that in the future.
Fate/Stay Night was truly an incredible anime for me. The ending turned out pretty much like I expected, and it had sad moments. I even cried when Saber died peacefully at the end, but all in all it seemed to have a happy ending, one that I am extremely satisfied with. Saber’s speech in the final episode before Saber left was touching and really expressed well about why he had to let her go and how it wasn’t a bad thing necessary. He said, “I love Saber. I want her to be happier than anyone. I’ve been hoping that we could be together forever. However… If I really do love her, then that’s wrong. I loved Saber, who bore many wounds yet still fought through everything… I cannot allow myself to stain her pride.” Although many people say how Saber and Shirou should have been together, I think it’s fine they aren’t. Part of me wanted them together too, but it just wouldn’t have fit as well as an ending. As Shirou said, he will go on with his life. Hew won’t become some single hermit not ever loving again because he lost Saber or anything, but also he will never forget he loved her. As he said he may forget her actions, her face, and her voice, but he will never forget that he loved her. One of my favorite quotes from the last episode is, “Do you behold, King Arthur, the continuation of your dream.” Now, alone that isn’t much of a quote but in context it was extremely touching. Saber’s time with Shirou was like a dream. When she died, it’s as if she can continue that dream because she is dead. This does not mean she gets back together with Shirou; it means that now that she is dead, she can be happy in heaven or Avalon or wherever. That she holds Shirou in her heart.
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talking about SAD at least this ending was pretty good. I confess I cried a bit (darn I tought I wouldn’t cry after Aria….) but it wasn’t a sad ending it’s not the sad ending I expected actualy it was pretty god, not a happy but pretty god ending after all.
BEDIVERE man! Noto voice rocks! and that phrase really leaves you wondering, it kinda feel a BIT as an opening ending ^^
well, that’s a bye foe now, it seems there won’t be a second season so bye at atraxia (sorry 4 the spelling)
anyways this was good and yes,
Sber, she dies…. god for her anyways btw do you know which song is played at the end? b/c it rocks big time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry for double posting but Gilamesh loks good without that Super Saiyan hairstyle ^^ ROTFL BIG TIME^^
I was certain she died too! But I kept hearing people on different messege boards saying crap about how she is just sleeping althought hat makes no sense to me. It kind of cheapens it if she jsut slept. I put it in there becuase people talked aobut it but I too beleive she actually died.
Of course she died. Heck, she had her sword returned to the lady of the lake, and she even instructs her knight that this time, she may slumber… a little bit long. In other words, she feels her impending death.
Exactly, and I think it’s better that way.
Well i’m not arguing she didn’t die in the anime, but in the original story of king arthur, after he was mortally wounded he was taken to the lake where he got excalibur from, and the sword was indeed returned. However, Arthur was also taken by the lady of the lake and two others… i believe Morgause (The mother of Mordred who had betrayed Arthur but returned to being good by the time he died) and there he sleeps as the “Once and future King” that would return when Britain was threatened.
In fact, i think thats where the entire idea for Fate/Stay came from with the heroes returning and all. The central idea of the story is King Arthur (i.e. Holy Grail, and this might be a far one but in my opinion Rin is based on Morgan la Fey =D )
In the anime (and in the game) they decided not to introduce the bit of Arthur going to Avalon (well not in the way of him just sleeping, not dying) so i assume Saber is actually dead
Saber died at the very end. If you read into the actual story of King Arthur, Arthur (saber) is fatally wounded at that part when he tells Bedivere to throw the sword away (for the last time which is why Bedivere looked a little pissed when Saber was still smart enough to figure him out.) It’s such a sad ending ;_; and she really died.. she’s not sleeping b/c she was mortally wounded like I said before. And, Saber’s last scene is weird b/c it has many connections to the story of FSN and Shirou’s world. I think Saber in Shirou’s world is the Saber after that last scene of her death, when she is telling Shirou that she wants to redo the selection of the King, and you can’t be a heroic soul if you haven’t already died. Yet, somehow she had a dream about Shirou’s world and woke up back in her past time world, saying she had a dream that would be irreplaceable which was obvioulsy her time in the world of Shirou.
u know wat guys?? i think there SHOULD be a second season of fate stay night, the anime was good, but it left me with a sad heart that saber has died and shirou doesn’t get to be with her, no matter how u look at it, its just not right….at least that is what i think. Now does anybody think protesting this against Geneon or anybody affiliated with fate stay night will make a difference?? because i think if we try hard enough, we might be able to push a second season of fate stay night. Afterall, doesn’t everyone want to make money??….
Fate/Stay Night was based off of a game. The anime closely followed the Fate path in which the same ending happened. There wasn’t much of anything they could have done to change the outcome without enraging people for not following how the game played out. If anything the only hope is for another Fate/Stay Night series that follows the Unlimited Blade Works or Heaven’s Feel story lines in which things play out much differently throughout.
Just because its a sad ending doesn’t make it horrible. Most anime end up having some bittersweet ending and at least they handled this ending well for its outcome. This ending wasn’t really that bad I don’t think, sure it was sad but its supposed to be. As for trying to get another retelling of the Fate path that would be impossible. Plus, a actual second season that follows this one would be out of the question and end up rather crappy. Its based on a game, any further telling of this arc would be made up and have no content to base it on. Fate/Stay Night wasn’t popular enough to warrant a remaking of the same path, UBW or HF is only hope for more FSN anime.
I really cried in the ending especially when the stuff toy was shown sitting. What if you were Shiro and Saber dissappeared . And you went home one day and saw the Lion thee idly. I’d cry. Though, the ending was good though sad for me. Imagine, your girlfriend, you’ve been though alot, in life and death situations, and finally she dissappears. And one part the made me cry was when, Saber slept longer to try to see the continuation of the dream. She wants to see Shirou again. But their love was under alot of concenquences. I mean, Damn, that’s really hard.
*sob
I know it`s kind of strange to ask this but did Shirou got Saber out of a technicality because all other servants were summoned???
No, he got Saber because of his huge connection with her. He had Avalon inside him which connected himself to Saber so he summoned her. If he didn’t have that he may never have summoned anyone or if he did it could easily have been a different hero as the Saber class, or another class. Although only seven at a time, there have been shown to be other classes like Avenger.
Haiz….the ending is quite sad.Is quite nice to watch,but I really strongly unsatisfied with the ending.They love each other so much but in the end,end up like this.I was wondering if Shiro ever try to find a way to get her back?Some more is there any new season of Fate/Stay Night?
Although this ending is a good one, in some kind of way, it is really sad. Just like in the game, Saber ends not being with Shirou, and that’s a very sad thing for people like me, that always cheers for the main characters be together in the end. Yeah, i know this may looks childish thing… but watching the anime to the fullest, it’s really too bad they can’t be together, althought it is reasonable. Anyway, FSN is one of my favorite animes.
I do have a question, however… In Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, Saber is back, just like almost of the servants… Can someone explain that to me? i don’t know japanese (yet), but i really want to know why they are back, specially Saber, because i’m one of her great fans…
Thanks to all
I don’t really know too much about Atraxia either, but from what I remember a lot of it is like some kind of time loop. I’m not sure how permanent the servants staying there are. Mirror Moon is a good site for F/SN info. Just search for it in google or something.
Thanks, Xebek. I’ll try to look at Mirror Moon site, then. See ya!
i think that they will be another becouse itnt say THE END like all anime serie….
like chrono crusade i know it will be another… chrono will sure reborn like another aion exemple but not rosette…becouse shes a human..
Where to get Fate/Hollow Atraxia?Is this the latest show?That means all the character is the same?just that saber comes back?
when will have the fate/hollow ataraxia anime?i dont want to know about the game.I just want the anime.Who will know when will have the anime?Who can kindly tell me,pls…….I am the fans,I really want to know.
Natsumi: Hardly any anime actually say The End. I don’t have the exact number with me, but I’ve seen about 400 anime series and a “The End” isn’t common so that alone doesn’t mean anything.
What you seem to not be figuring is that the anime was based off a game. There is no real sequel to the Fate route. It gets a little iffy when talking about Hollow Ataraxia so for now I won’t.
The game has three routes, but they are more like three smaller games. They each have their own story and aren’t really connected. The anime is based off the Fate route, and the other routes are Unlimited Blade Works where Rin is the main love interest and Heaven’s Feel in which Sakura is. In UBW it addresses the fact that Archer is Shirou from the future, and in Heaven’s Feel it deals with Sakura’s latent magic and her family history. I won’t spoil too much.
Shuan and Natsumi: As far as Hollow Ataraxia, its not an anime. The only anime that has been made is the Fate path and I’d MUCH rather them make another one from Unlimted Blade Works or Heaven’s Feel rather then Hollow Ataraxia. HA was really like a bonus disc that eventually came out. It’s not really official at all and I doubt they will make it an anime.
does any1 have good fsn wallpapers
I heard the fate/hollow ataraxia show is in progress,is it true?the game already got,so now is waiting for the show.
That doesn’t mean anything. The game was made long before the first anime was released, and like I said they still have all the other routes they could do which game wise came out before Ataraxia. You guys can complain about the ending al you want, I liked it, but Ataraxia isn’t going to make everything all storybook ending for things.
But about the ataraxia,the summary is it is half a year after fate stay night.That means it is continuation,it say that it appear a new master after the war.So i think it should be a new story.Then some of the master in fate stay night remain and they just add new master.If they use those story in fate stay night and put into ataraxia then the story is no logic d.I read some of the forum d,mostly likely will got the show.But not sure when published.So if got any news about it,pls tell me.Thx.
Ok, first off why the fuck are all of you so damn obsessed with having a different ending? You do realize that Ataraxia is a bonus disk for all three routes. It is NOT a continuation of what the anime showed. The anime ended fine. My god, people need to get over some notion that a good ending has to be all fairy tale like. The anime ending was fine and it doens’t need something else.
Second, Ataraxia is a BONUS DISK. Some even consider it to not be canon to the real story. The real game Fate/Stay Night has three routes. The anime covered one of them. Ataraxia is a bonus story for the whole game, for all three routs. Some even say if anything its a continuation of Unlimited Blade Works which means that it would make absolutely no damn sense for them to make an anime of Ataraxia.
O.o and how do you know is a continuation of unlimited blade works?but the story stated there half a year after fate stay night.that means the 3 kinds of ending in fate stay night cannot include already la.If include inside,it make no sense and no logic.IT IS HALF YEAR AFTER FATE STAY NIGHT,and why say that it is a continuation of unlimited blade works.the 3 kinds of ending is in fate stay night but not fate hollow ataraxia ma.=.=
Guys..Err….anyone here know any news about ataraxia?Is is a continuation.If dont believe,go to youtube and watch the game opening.My friend told me that the show is in progress but not sure when will know the news.If anyone know,pls inform me.Besides that got which website can check the latest information about it?Can tell me?thx.
Fate/Hollow Ataraxia is a story about all the seven servants in Fate/Stay Night including Saber. But this time, they collide in the ancient underworld named Ataraxia. The winner of the battle will become the King Of Ataraxia. It is a story after they died. They have no master, they are just theirself. That is why they put the title ‘Hollow’,the same phrase used in ‘Bleach’ anime refers to the evil soul.
In Fate/Stay Night, all the seven servants is actually dead. They died in their era. When they meet their masters, they are in spirit or ghost form. That is why man can’t see them. It is not resonable for the great king, knight, warrior and legend in the past want to be servant to ordinary man unless they are dead. When Shiro see Lancer dueling with Archer, he can see them because he has Avalon in his body. Normal pepople also can see Saber because Shiro does not know the spell to make Saber invisible. So all the seven servants are spirit or ghost including Saber. In the last episode, when it showed Saber was dying besides Bedivere and asked Bedivere to throw Excalibur into a lake, it actually Saber in human form in his era. Then she died under a tree. Before the scene, after Saber destroyed Holy Grail and she and Shiro has to be seperated, Saber DID NOT come back to her era (which show she was under a tree with Bedivere). She just vanished to underworld or Avalon, the place for the dead king. The only way to return to her era is by the Holy Grail. But the Holy Grail has been destroyed by her. So she cannot return to her era. The scene with Bedivere under a tree showing the event before Saber in her human form was about to dying in her era. She said she had a dream, but the dream was not about her love journey with Shiro, maybe about something else like she was in Avalon. At that time, she did not know who is Shiro. After she died and became spirit, then she know Shiro.
I’m sorry but you’re wrong. Saber was an exception to the servants being dead. She was severely hurt and when passed out and almost dead is when she had the “dream” with Shirou. She died for the first time and final time after her dream with Shirou and under that tree. She did know Shirou after the dream. She was alive, had the dream with Shirou which was real for Shirou’s time line, and then she returned and died.
The other servants of course are dead, as it talked about that but in the game they do distinctly point out that Saber was an exception to the rule.
But if she just had a dream with Shiro, how could she become the servant for Shiro’s father? Is it because she had a dream with Shiro’s father too?
Well, all of this is a little subject as some of its not ever distinctly said. I was thinking of that same thing, and I’m not sure as I didn’t remember it saying in the game and its certainly not stated in the anime, as going by just the anime its unsure about her status of being in a dream or not. I would guess that it was all one long dream for both Shirou and his father, after all time span doesn’t have to be the same. She could be passed out/sleeping in her time for 10 minutes during which all this takes place.
In any event, its never distinctly said, but I’m sure that she wasn’t dead when she became a servant for Shirou. I’ve even heard some say that is the reason she couldn’t go invisible, she couldn’t go into a spirit mode because she wasn’t dead. It didn’t seem like a spell at all to make the servants go invisible, and it would make sense that the reason she can’t go invisible is because she’s not dead.
It also doesn’t seem to fit in a timeline for her to be dead. After all she died after she woke up from the dream, if she was dead it would mean she had her dream after…her dream, or that when she was dreaming she was dead and somehow came back from the dead to die again.
****I’ve even heard some say that is the reason she couldn’t go invisible, she couldn’t go into a spirit mode because she wasn’t dead. It didn’t seem like a spell at all to make the servants go invisible, and it would make sense that the reason she can’t go invisible is because she’s not dead.***
If u see in episode 1 and 2 when Saber showed up for the first time to protect Shiro from Lancer, Rin asked Shiro to do a spell to make Saber become invisible but Shiro did not know how to do it. Both Rin and Saber were shocked because assuming Shiro as a master, he must has that ability. It proved that Saber can be invisible and totally have died.
First off, that doesn’t prove anything. How do you even form this logic. Because she Shirou doesn’t know the spell means she is dead? That just isn’t good deducting skills.
How does it even begin to make sense that she is dead. As I said before, did she somehow die for her dream and then come back to life and then die? In her time line she was alive, was injured and passed out/slept and dreamed, then she woke up from that dream that was obviously about Shriou, then died again. It makes no sense to say she died because that means she would have actually came back to life.
None of this can be proven so don’t act like you know this for sure, but from putting the pieces together it just doesn’t match up at all that she would be dead.
Errr….Dont quarrel about that.Now who knows when got ataraxia?Your can go and watch the game opening at youtube.Saber is back.Just let it be natural.Since my friend knows that the show is in progress,just hope that the story is good.Dont care about the show title,watch the content inside is more important.But i can gurantee is a continuation.In ataraxia,got a new master and new servant name Avenger,the summary there stated that it is half a year after fate stay night.Just go to youtube and watch 1st about the opening.He He.But anyone knows where to search for the latest information?
Actually, Saber not being dead really goes to help explain one of the mysteries of Fate/Stay Night. Of all the servants of all the Holy Grail Wars, Saber is the only one who cannot assume “Spirit Form.” You see Archer do this a couple of times; it’s the turning invisible thing. Servants are able to do this because they are spirits. Only Saber is the exception. If she was really not dead, then it would make sense, as she isn’t a pure spirit yet.
Just a thought. Maybe it’s clarified somewhere else.
Hmm….who got any idea when fate hollow ataraxia will be released?As I watch in youtube,it is a continuation of fate stay night.My friend told me the show still in progress but I don’t no when only got.I also don’t no where to check the latest news.If anyone got news about it,please inform me.THX.I really cant wait to watch the continuation.
Ok guys…..after seeing your replies….i wanna add my few bits.
We all cried in the end!!! did not like the ending too much but that cannot be changed.
After destroying the holy grail….saber is shown to be in her own era…..what i think is that …when Saber is shown to wake up…she has already come out of a near death….and at that time he becomes the servant of shirou…cuz she was almost dead….then she said to throw the sword away….and she she goes dead again….but for this time she goes to avalon!!!
Plz dont apply any logic cuz this is just an anime and we do not have to be so serious abt it…..although i said this but i did cry.
Hmmm….then how to explain about the Ataraxia?You can go youtube and watch 1st then only consider again.ha ha.