daxs4 said: You can watch it in any order you want, but watching fate zero first will help you understand the story and the characters better and also it’s chronologically the correct way of watching it (this doesn’t really matter that much tho), since ubw takes place 10 years after fate zero. Please don't spread this misinformation |
| Yes, ideally, one would watch Unlimited Blade Works before Fate/Zero, as it gives more context into the world, lore, and characters of the series. Unfortunately, it isn't the best introduction to Fate as a series, as it assumes you have watched Fate 2006 or read the Fate route in the visual novel. This issue could easily be fixed if Ufotable were to give Saber's route a readaptation which isn't low quality and would serve as the most apt starting point to delve into the franchise. |
Sidelink said: nagars said: I've heard a lot about fate series but I am more interested in stay night ubw than fate zero and considering that fate zero has 25 episodes I don't want to watch zero just so that I can watch UBW, so can you tell me if I can watch this before zero, and please don't give me that you should watch zero cuz it is better or some shit I'm just asking a simple question can I understand UBW without watching zero or not. And then if I like fate stay night I might watch zero later. I mean you can, but I don't think Unlimited Blade Works is the best place to start... it's suposed to be the second route, so I would recommend to start with Fate/stay night (2006), it's not as good as UBW, but it's the only adaptation of the first timeline... I highly encourage you to start with that one, it will enhance your enjoyment and understanding of Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel, the second and third timelines... It's also a bad adaptation of the first timeline, so maybe OP is better off not watching it unless they're a completionist and/or they don't want to read the Visual Novel. |
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| Yes you can, Zero is mean to be watched later after you've finished UBW and HF. |
| I made the mistake(?) of watching fate zero before unlimited bladeworks, simply because that seemed to be the recommendation at the time since I was looking to get into the fate series via chronological order, in hopes of maybe being able to understand it as best as possible. Now I enjoyed it, but probably would've enjoyed it more if I started with unlimited bladeworks first. Ubw is just easier to get into imo and is more welcoming to a newcomer to the series. Fate Zero seems to be a better watch if you have some understanding of the world, because it seems that fate zero fleshes out unlimited bladeworks and the rest of the story, and not vice versa. I'm no expert in the fate series but that's just how I feel. As for the heaven's feel movies, again I'm no expert, but I watched those last since 1: it came out last, and 2: it has the best animation yet, so it's kind of like saving it last for a treat, for dessert. All 3 movies are exceptional in the visuals department, but the 3rd one especially, Spring Song, wow'ed me just as much as episode 10 of demon slayer S2. I didn't understand the ending at all, but it's still totally worth it watching it just for the sake of pure sakuga. |
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| yeah you can start with ubw do hf next and then zero all 3 stay night anime are bad adaptations anyway |
| Read the visual novel nerd |
Because Zero is a Prequel. Everything you listed is slowly revealed through the 3 Routes of Stay Night , as it's originally a slow-burn mystery story. Zero then used all of those pieces and filled the blanks to get a new full bonus story for the fans of the original. So you just spoiled all of that. |
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| Yeah you definitely could. I watched both seasons of UBW before Zero and it didn't affect my experience at all. It's recommended to watch Zero first because it's a pre-quel and sets the tone for the rest of the series. But it's fine if you don't. However, if you watch UBW first, you will miss out on the context of some characters and the world building from Zero. You will get spoiled about Shirou Emiya's childhood past as a result of the fourth Fuyuki holy grail war. |
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| Yes. Starting with UBW still isn't my recommended watch order, but its better than Zero. Ideally you should read the vn and if you don't have the time, watch Fate/Stay Night, UBW then Heavens Feel. |
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daxs4 said: Fate zero explains the mechanics and the rules of the war in the first episode, also it shows us a lot of saber’s past and kiritsugu’s ideology which helps you understand both saber and shirou in ubw much better. It also shows us the motives behind kirei and gilgamesh’s actions and their personalities. I don’t see why this would be a misinformation. No, literally everything you've mentioned us a spoiler. From the fact that |
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Taguri said: All the people are saying that F/Z spoils F/UBW tho I personally didn't notice anything being spoiled, but I did make a pause of a mount or so between F/Z and F/UBW so it might be just me. All in all, there is just not a single reason to skip F/Z as it's better than F/UBW and is supposed to be watched F/UBW so there you go. After that you can watch Heaven's Feel but you don't have to. After all that I recomend Fate/Extra Last Encore and Apocrypha. its not that it spoils ubw, its that it spoils hf and you cant start with hf because its the last route so thats why its better to do ubw hf then zero |
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| Sure you can, don't worry, your life your choice ;) |
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Naroomaki said: It's recommended to watch Zero first because it's a pre-quel and sets the tone for the rest of the series. Prequels are meant to be watched after the main series/films though. |
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| forget what to watch before. Key thing is starting point. But realistically the only starting point is deen stay night. If you watch zero first, every route is basically ruined and you don't have the basic context. If you watch UBW first, the first half is good introduciton but the second half will lose all meaning since it is meant for you to be familiar with the fate route. |
| Yes that how it's supposed to be watched |
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