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| Rewatched this. I didn't notice this before but Ufotable hasn't handled shadows well in this anime. I could hardly see what was happening in dark places. They improved significantly later in UBW and HF adaptations. I actually preferred studio Deen's art over this one! |
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| Just finished my first rewatch and boy! I loved it even more than the first time! I can't believe how good FZ is especially in comparison with the other Fate series that are not even in the same ballpark of Zero in my opinion. Characters, story and fights are amazing in this one. |
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| this was a solid 9/10 though the ed was a bit confusing well onto fate stay night ubw now |
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| Yup, this series is still as good as I remembered it being. I noticed a few extra flaws, but none of them dampened my enjoyment very much if at all. Kiritsugu is a great protagonist whose journey and conclusion really resonated with me. 10/10 for season 2 9/10 overall |
| Yes sir, they ended with the op: "to the beginning". Round of applause just for that. So obviously Kiritsugu didn't succeed in destroying the grail for good, since it comes back into play later of course. But he was able to get rid of it without anyone making a wish- unless Gilgamesh was right and that the grail really did grant Kirei's wish of showing what was inside his soul: pure destruction. I actually don't know if he was being for real or if he was just poking fun at the whole situation. I also don't know what caused the grail to cause said destruction, maybe Kiritsugu did somewhat succeed in banishing it back into the shadow realm or whatever, and that before leaving it left a big "f*ck you" to Kiritsugu, who wanted to save the world, by instead killing many. But for the first time, instead of killing for the greater good, Kiritsugu saves someone, and tells himself that saving that boy has in a way, saved himself. And said boy of course is none other than our favourite protagonist of all time, Shirou. Yay. But honestly just from this, he is presented as to what seems will be a very interesting character, hearing Kiritsugu's dream, and wanting to carry it on himself. Grail do be kind of funny though. I do like how it spits Gilgamesh back out fully nude, and apparently fully reincarnated. He states that the gods desire his return to the world, and that's mostly true probably, for the reason of needing him to wreak absolute havoc later on lol. Also I didn't know Rin's mom was still alive. I thought she got choked to death. Although part of her did die, she's mentally not all there. Poor her and Irisviel. Women in this show just can't avoid getting choked hard. Ok, re-watch done, and I liked it way more than I remember when I watched it 4 or 5 years ago as one of my first anime. Definitely far more riveting subject material here than in unlimited bladeworks, which as far as I can remember is quite shallow in terms of its narrative compared to this. Instead of just big flashy fights, the focus is the clash of morals and of ideals, and just that hits harder than any amount of sakuga. It's at LEAST an 8/10, a very high-ish 8/10. But you know what, just for playing "to the beginning" for the end credits, I think I'm going to have this join the elites as a low 9/10. This was beautiful. It was tragic for pretty much everybody but with a glimmer of hope that we see between Kiritsugu and Shirou. I'll probably re-watch unlimited bladeworks sometime soon as well, just to amuse myself with how much less weight it carries. Or maybe my memory fails me, and I'll be pleasantly surprised that it actually does carry some weight. Meanwhile, time to go look for a "fate zero ending explained" video. |
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| Brilliant. I'm new to anime. Tried watching a few series before this one and struggled to get into the genre. Fate Zero showed me why anime's amazing. |
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| Well this was a really fun anime gg 7/10 |
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| This 2nd season ended as a masterpiece with the ending despite being bittersweet feelin like XD Overall this episode finale delivered as i expected it to be delivered. Kiri is such a tragic character but at least just like he said that Ilya is the last person he would lose, but we got the Shirou cameo leading up to the next series after Zero. - Have to say Kirei giving Rin her father's dagger who kirei used to kill him with was such a savage move lmao. |
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| It's been a while since I've watched such an excellent anime. Fate is indeed in a league of its own. I have to watch the rest of the series soon. It's just too good!!! |
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