Is it ok to watch Fate/Zero and then this trilogy?

nimokeN said:

? They are alternate routes. It's just influenced by choices the player makes in the original FSN visual novel that branches into 3 separate routes. All 3 occur at the same event, 5th Holy Grail War yet the way they progress differ from each other. That's what an alternate route is. Each route is standalone and does not depend on other routes. I don't see the problem of watching 1 without another

Otakuunite said:

Yes and no. You cannot start UBW or Heaven’s feel if you haven’t finished the first route (Saber route) the game won’t let you, and you cannot start Heaven’s Feel without finishing Saber route and UBW. Skipping to Heaven’s Feel you will miss a lot of context and lore of Fate.

nimokeN said:

Yea that's true but to be fair, UBW doesn't really add much lore if you already watched Zero which explains a lot more and better imo. Also I found UBW really painful to watch that's why I say you can skip it, nothing really major happens that would affect how you enjoy HF. Besides, the HF movies didn't even explain some of the important parts so you would end up confused anyway

nbnt said:
Ok so I watched UBW like 6 years ago and remember nothing from it, but I don't want to rewatch it since the trilogy is an alt route of a sequel to Zero if I understand this correctly.

Question is, do I miss anything by watching Zero and then this trilogy?

Ronietheponie said:

I think it might be fine however you will be missing a lot (information about characters and specific things), I think you probably should just watch fate zero then rewatch ubw then heavens feel as imo it’s the best order to enjoying the series and understanding it. Also don’t listen to the people who say you have to watch zero last as I did that and I think the order I said is so much better.

Ronietheponie said:
that’s how ufotable wanted you to watch it and it’s the best way to. Also for the spoiler thing I think it doesn’t spoil much and the stuff that can be considered spoilers only help with making the characters we are watching better characters.

Alexioos95 said:


Ufotable didn't chose the order at all , that's not how the industry works.
They were given UBW & HF projects because they did a real buzz with Zero , and they got Zero because they did some crazy work on Kara no Kyoukai.
That's all.

As for the spoiler things , it's just that everyone forget that Fate/Stay Night is a Slow-burn mystery type of story.
I already said that in this thread , but since you are also a fan of Shingeki no Kyojin , i'll repeat it :
If you were to watch the flashback of Grisha before even starting the story of Eren , wouldn't everything makes way , way more sense ?
But wouldn't it also completely annihilate the mystery from the point of view of Eren ?
It's the same with Fate.
Watching Zero first certainly helps to understand everything directly , but it also totally annihilate the twists of the Fate Route & a huge chunck of HF. (Only UBW is more or less spared.)

Ronietheponie said:

that’s how ufotable wanted you to watch it

PresE2PayRespect said:
Ufotable "adapted" the Shirou vs Berserker and Shirou vs Kirei fights. Watch the VN clips of those fights on youtube and you'll see how much they care about the source material.

Ronietheponie said:
Like I was trying to say the mystery only harms fate stay night as you are lost for most of it and don’t understand half of what characters or doing or what they are saying. As for the attack on titan comment that is irrelevant as AOT is a self contained story where as fate has multiple stories with different routes and ect, so obviously it isn’t going to be as well done as AOT’s mystery.

I’m just saying you can watch in any order but the one I’m telling people to watch in is the best one.

I don’t understand what you are trying to exactly say. I know they adapted those fights.

Ronietheponie said:

I don’t understand what you are trying to exactly say. I know they adapted those fights.

txmmy_chan said:
this trilogy spoils fate/zero, so... don't :)

Klonz00 said:
If you have time read

VN Fate Stay Night > VN Fate Hollow Ataraxia > anime series by the release date

If you do not have time

Fate Zero > Fate UBW > Fate HF

Just watch using the release date.... Dont have to make it confusing

If you really interesting in the world then you should watch

Emiya san chi no kyou no gohan
Lord El Mellol II
Kara No Kyoukai

INSANELYWP said:
ignore everyone else watch zero then ubw then hf

while zero is technically a prequel u should watch it before bc it explains everything really well. if u don’t watch it it’ll make everything much more confusing. while yes there are spoilers in it, it’s still more valuable to watch it first

ubw next bc it gives background on each characters motives and goals. hf would be much less impactful without watching this and some characters actions wouldn’t make sense

then u can watch hf aka the best route and bask in the fate glory (lol). no but seriously if u just skip straight to hf it would make the story really bad as u don’t know any of the characters yet. there’s a reason the visual novels made you play in order

PresE2PayRespect said:
Zero is not even canon to the original Stay Night timeline. There's no point getting spoiled for HF.

Pyro said:
I'd say so. Ignore the Fate nerds overcomplicating things like always. Release order is perfectly fine. Fate is not that complex of a story where it really matters.

INSANELYWP said:

it’s not about getting spoiled it’s about getting necessary character backstory’s. i wouldn’t have cared nearly the amount i had about most of the characters if i didn’t watch zero first. at least that’s how i see it ig

nbnt said:
Extra question here.. what about Kara no Kyoukai? Should I watch this series of movies before Fate/Stay Night or is it going to spoil stuff?

nbnt said:
Ok so I watched UBW like 6 years ago and remember nothing from it, but I don't want to rewatch it since the trilogy is an alt route of a sequel to Zero if I understand this correctly.

Question is, do I miss anything by watching Zero and then this trilogy?

AnimeDownUnder said:
Fate zero is the beginning of the story...and heavens feel is basically fate stay night part 3. And i'd say fate stay night is the continuation from where fate zero ends so yes the correct order is Zero> Stay night> UBW> Heavens feel

The release order made everything confusing and annoying...but in reality the watch order is simple just follow where the story starts, continues and ends... so don't listen to anyone else just follow my comment