In which order do i need to watch to understand it better?

AyumiVk said:
I saw that topic already but that person only said it wasn't necessary to watch Fate/Stay Night because the adaptation is not good. (which i don't care at all) She doesn't say if it actually has something that gives a better understanding when watching the other ones after that, and that i want to know because i don't want to get into something that is going to talk about things i didn't see or something like that.

AyumiVk said:


I saw that topic already but that person only said it wasn't necessary to watch Fate/Stay Night because the adaptation is not good. (which i don't care at all)
She doesn't say if it actually has something that gives a better understanding when watching the other ones after that, and that i want to know because i don't want to get into something that is going to talk about things i didn't see or something like that.

mira-pyon said:


In reply to your OP, it depends on whether you want to simply easily understand without achieving 'maximum enjoyment', or whether you want to both understand and fully enjoy yourself.

If its the former, then, in terms of anime-only, the direction should be:

1. Fate/Zero -> Fate Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works(TV) -> Fate Stay Night: Heaven's Feel -> anything else.

This route isn't really recommended as it means the main story - Fate Stay Night - ends up being spoiled by Fate/Zero, which should normally be watched last. It's kinda like watching the Star Wars Trilogy in the chronological timeline instead of order of release. I only recommend watching Zero first here because the introductory route, Fate route, which helps you initially understand the plot and world, does not have a proper adaptation. The only adaptation it has is a) terrible and b) very confusing for anime-viewers and can pretty much fuck up your knowledge. Hence, it's a very bad starting point. Zero can act as an introduction because it has a ton of world-building and exposition at the beginning but, as I said, it'd spoil the main story.

Now, if you want to both fully enjoy and fully understand the whole story, it's gonna be a bit harder, and I'd suggest:

2. [Fate route, VN ->] Fate Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works(TV) -> Fate Stay Night: Heaven's Feel -> Fate/Zero -> anything else

Fate route is the proper introduction and it fills you in on the universe without spoiling future events. The reason I've put it in brackets, and the reason why this order is harder, is because it requires you to read the first part of a rather lengthy VN to fully understand. Imo, this is probably the best and most intended route given out by the creators for anime-onlies; before UBW(Unlimited Blade Works) aired, Fate route was released on PS Vita in order for anime-onlies to have a better introduction than Fate/Zero, as it wasn't going to get another adaptation. Moreover, Fate route gives you Saber's story, which isn't fully explored in neither UBW nor HF(Heaven's Feel), nor Fate/Zero.
You can also skip out Fate route from this order, but it would mean you don't get a full understanding.

In conclusion, order 2 is by far better. However, I'd understand if you're not willing to shed out 20 hours for something you've only just decided to get into.

Tripl3R said:

Is fate/zero --> stay night(2006) --> blade works--> heaven
A good watch order? Or does it spoil a lot of things?
And where can I read the vn?

Dieshouri said:

You can get the VN Fate/Stay Night here https://www.reddit.com/user/Dusty_S/comments/eqn5a2/typemoon_visual_novel_light_novel_links/
This guy has complied a bunch of Type Moon stuff.

The dude you're replying to explained it all pretty well if you watch Zero first you're spoiling huge parts of Stay Night but the first adaptation of Stay Night is botched and full of anime only spoilers. So the only real way to start anime only and be spoiler free is UBW -> Heavens Feel -> Zero but starting at UBW is literally starting at the 2nd part of a 3 part story so obviously there will be some things you miss.

TLDR The only perfect answer is read the VN but thats a big time investment and some people don't wanna do that. If you don't wanna read it then personally I would say UBW -> Heavens Feel -> Zero -> whatever you want.

Tripl3R said:

so I started reading the vn , it starts with rin and she tries to summon saber but fails , how do I select routes and am I supposed to read the full novel?

Dieshouri said:

If you downloaded it from the link I sent then how you open the game should select the route. The icon with Saber is the Fate route the first one, the one with Rin on it is UBW the second one, and the one with Sakura on it is Heavens Feel the third one.

Normally certain choices would choose how you get into each route but the newer version made it like this for convenience. I mean ideally you read the whole thing but remember you're not on any kind of time limit and its a long ass VN breaks are normal.