Fate/Zero 2nd Season (Fate/Zero Season 2)

As the Fourth Holy Grail War rages on with no clear victor in sight, the remaining Servants and their Masters are called upon by Church supervisor Risei Kotomine, in order to band together and confront an impending threat that could unravel the Grail War and bring about the destruction of Fuyuki City. The uneasy truce soon collapses as Masters demonstrate that they will do anything in their power, no matter how despicable, to win.

Seeds of doubt are sown between Kiritsugu Emiya and Saber, his Servant, as their conflicting ideologies on heroism and chivalry clash. Meanwhile, an ominous bond forms between Kirei Kotomine, who still seeks to find his purpose in life, and one of the remaining Servants. As the countdown to the end of the war reaches zero, the cost of winning begins to blur the line between victory and defeat.

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Adaptation:	Fate/Zero, Heart of Freaks
Sequel:	Fate/stay night, Fate/stay night Movie: Unlimited Blade Works, Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Prologue
Prequel:	Fate/Zero
Side story:	Fate/Zero: Onegai! Einzbern Soudanshitsu

Kadowaki, Mai
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Mori, Yasunori

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Doi, Yoshinao

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Oota, Katsushi

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"to the beginning" by Kalafina (eps 1-4, 7-11)

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	1: "Sora wa Takaku Kaze wa Utau (空は高く風は歌う)" by Luna Haruna (eps 1-4, 7-11)
	2: "Manten (満天)" by Kalafina (eps 5, 6)
	3: "to the beginning" by Kalafina (eps 12)

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Jan 28, 2023

fritzcis

Recommended

I recently had the pleasure of experiencing the second season of Fate/Zero and I must say that it did not disappoint. The story picks up right where the first season left off and dives even deeper into the complicated relationships between the Masters and their Servants. The animation is stunning for it's time and the action scenes are some of the best I've ever seen, creating an unforgettable experience. The soundtrack (which is something I usually don't care about) was also pretty nice. Although I wasn't the biggest fan of the OP, I can't be taken seriously on that as the only OPs I really ...

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Sep 29, 2023

Manthors

Mixed Feelings

The only reason I gave it a 6 for the second season is because the art style is gorgeous, the animation is top-tier, and the soundtrack is amazing; otherwise, it would be a 4 or a 3. Note that I gave it a 9 for the first season, so what went wrong? Simple: 0 levels of satisfaction regarding all storytelling decisions. I will not give any spoilers, but will make some analogies for you to understand what I meant. And YES, I KNOW, Fate/Zero is a prequel to the story. I get it. But every anime has to provide you with some level of satisfaction ... without the need to start a new anime. This one left me with bad taste.

Story: They messed up. Everything that was detailed, built, and explained will just explode into something that you will think: "Really? I watched 2 seasons for this?". My level of satisfaction went as low as it could. Uninspiring, hopeless, no glory, loveless, lame. The conclusion will make a lot of you feel the entire anime was just a filler arc. Some of you will enjoy it, but if you like to pay attention to the storytelling aspects of this anime, you will feel the same as me. Considering that this anime WANTS to have an intricate and complex story, I can't ignore it. They built one and decided to finish in the most "Yeah, cool, we don't really care about all we tailored so far, let us just shock people with the ending!"
Imagine that you are watching Lord of the Rings, with all that character building for Frodo and how he goes through Hell by bearing the One Ring. However, in the end, when Frodo is in Mordor, an orc comes behind a rock and stabs him. He dies, and the orc laughs and leaves. That's how the climax storytelling aspect of Fate/Zero felt for me.
Now, how did I perceive the ending? Imagine the same scenario I pictured above but now imagine that Aragorn dies in his final charge, Gandalf is corrupted by Sauron, Sam gets depressed and develops agoraphobia, Legolas betrays the elves and turns into an Orc, Galadriel becomes an alcoholic, and Gimli just goes into some tavern and drinks some beer while thinking "yeah, things were grim, but I love my axe". Yeah, I am not kidding, that's the feeling I got. The feeling of "I watched all of this, for this conclusion".

Characters: Rider is the best, with the best, and probably only, development among the Heroes. Saber is boring, stays boring, learns nothing. Archer starts as a prick ends as one, and nothing changes. The humans? Same thing, static development, except for the Rider's master. Word of advice, do not expect anything interesting regarding the humans.
Note about Saber: I have no idea why, among all the cool personalities they came up with for the heroes, they chose the one they gave Saber to be the protagonist's personality. The most cliche, boring, lifeless, and annoying of all (aside from Archer). Saber's personality prevents you from developing any emotions, you do not like her, nor do you hate her, nor do you feel close to her in any way. It is the definition of a default-neutral-frozen personality. She will only glimpse a potential development for 1 minute at the end. Archer is, by far, one of the most disgusting characters in Fate, but at least he makes you feel something (as is expected from a written character).

That's it. You will see the second season because we need to know the ending. Some of you will think "WOW, this is so awesome", and it is OK, it is your taste. But a lot of you will feel the same as me, for those, just keep your expectations really, really low.

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Mar 11, 2019

GloriousCount

Not Recommended

Funny

This review covers both seasons because they're both parts of the same story and reviewing them individually is stupid.

Fate/zero is yet another badly written anime by the shitty writer gen urobuchi and this review explains why.

I'll talk about the good aspects of fate/zero and then the majority of the review will be the bad aspects (because there are too many) the mediocre aspects are anything that i don't end up mentioning

The Good:-
1- Great Visuals that make the scenes and the backgrounds in the anime look great, but the anime doesn't have alot of animation in it.
2- high quality instruments and sound effects, but the soundtrack ...

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