Fate/strange Fake

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Fake/states night

Japanese: Fate/strange Fake

Information

Type: Light Novel

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Jan 10, 2015 to ?

Genres: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural

Serialization: None

Authors: Narita, Ryohgo (Story), Morii, Shizuki (Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.35¹ (scored by 2,391 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #257²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #2052

Members: 10,039

Favorites: 399

Resources

Wikipedia

8.35

Ranked #257Popularity #2052Members 10,039

Light NovelNarita, Ryohgo (Story), Morii, Shizuki (Art)

Add to My List

Volumes: /?

Chapters: /?

Edit
Synopsis

The plot centers around a Grail War faultily copied from the Third Holy Grail War in Fuyuki. After the end of the third Grail War, an organization from the United States that has magi separate from the London-based Mage Association as members took data from Fuyuki's Grail War and planned their own ritual. After seventy years, they used the city Snowfield as the Sacred Land for their own Grail War. They were unable to successfully copy every aspect of the ritual, which lead to it acting only as an imitation that has lost the Saber class and allowed for the summoning of strange Servants due to the definition of a "hero" being blurred.

(Source: Type-Moon Wikia)

Edit
Background

Originally conceived as an April Fools joke on Narita's homepage, the text, titled Fake/states night, was removed following April 1, 2008. It was later released in a revised novel format included with the second volume of TYPE-MOON Ace (2009). In 2015 it was officially published as a light novel by Kadokawa under Dengeki Bunko label.

Edit

Related Entries

More characters
Characters

Gilgamesh

Main

Enkidu

Main

Saber

Main

Sajou, Ayaka

Main

Escardos, Flatt

Main

Sigma

Main

Chelc, Tine

Main

Assassin

Main

Berserker

Main

Reeve, Orlando

Main

Reviews

Apr 19, 2022

g4r4nd0u

Recommended

Preliminary (50/? eps)

So, I'll keep it short first. What if Fate/Zero is actually great and was able to draw out it's full potential. That is basically what Fate/Strange Fake is.

Started as a Fanfic of Ryohgo Narita(Durarara, Baccano) in about 2008 and officially becoming one of the entries in the Fate series, Fate/Strange Fake is one of the best Fate spin-off we had and could be the best of them all depending on how Narita does it's end.

Shizuki Mori's art is good and I want to see more of it.
Just like what people say about Fate/Zero, it pretty much have almost no main character.
And just like his other ...

Open

Gift

May 21, 2016

HumbertoZero

Recommended

Preliminary (1/? eps)

[No spoilers review]

While reading the first volume (the 2009 version) I found myself enjoying it, quite a lot.
The first time I read about this Strange Fake novel, it did not wake any interest in me, I mean, I did not find even the title very appealing at the moment, but I am glad that I did read it now because it is just a fantastic piece to read. I found myself wanting to read more, chapter after chapter, really interesting. I fell in love with it.

It’s to be noted that you should watch or read Fate/Zero or Heaven’s Feel before reading Strange Fake, not only ... to avoid spoilers but to understand better the concepts and catch all the references (there are references to Fate/Zero, FSN, and Fate/Apocrypha, among the ones I could catch)

I was hyped to read this because of Gilgamesh, I wanted to “see” him in action once again, and when he appeared it was awesome. I’m impatient to see how he develops in this Fake Holy Grail War.

There are moments of fun, suspense, drama, action, all of them mixed but at the same time very distinguishable throughout the chapters. A great amount of this war’s servants are really bizarre, and “strange”. They differ a lot from what we have previously seen in other wars. That itself is amazing, it gives this particular story a different feeling, a different setting, a different soul and that’s amazing. There were many moments when I thought to myself “hey, this novel is really living up to its ‘strange fake’ title… awesome”

To the current date, this became more than an April’s Fool joke, or a fake prologue to a “game” (I’m glad it did not become a game, I hate those stories in where YOU are the main character…that’s why I prefer LN, manga and anime over games/VN). In any case, the translation of the LN volumes is very slow (Currently 2 volumes are published, and I think not even the first volume is translated) and the manga seems to be translated further but not by that much compared to the novel.

Anyway, this was a GOOD read.

Story: 8
I enjoyed reading, I gave it complete attention, it entertained me, kept me wondering what was about to happen, and made me pass page after page. It looks like a dark story like Fate/Zero in terms of how dense the plot is, and those a great news!

Art: 8
Each art used was beautiful, I can't complain.

Character: 8
Both Servants and Masters seem to be very interesting. You have to read to understand, but I know they all have great stories, and hell, you will may even spot familiar faces.

Overall: 9
I enjoyed this so much, again, I'm glad this did not end as a joke, and by the time I'm writing this, it became a full real story being published in Light Novel format and Manga format. The problem is the translation jaja.

Open

Gift

Sep 9, 2014

JennaJayfeather

Recommended

Preliminary (8/? eps)

As a person who just recently got into Fate series, I never thought I'd ever dig up this little gem--and fall in love with it no less.

I'm sure most are aware already but in case you aren't, Fate Strange Fake *as of now* is only a prologue that will soon be adapted into another Light Novel and into a Manga--so take that into account as I review this.

----
Story 8/10- Very Good

What the story has is great potential. It's one of those that could either be really great or fall flat.

...

Open

Gift

More stacks

Interest Stacks

Best of: Novels

by abystoma2

35 Entries · 116 Restacks

[六] Mangaka and Shousetsuka

by OverHitMan

20 Entries · 42 Restacks

TYPE-MOON/Nasuverse Manga/Light Novels Part 2

by Counter_Force

36 Entries · 33 Restacks

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

Light Novel 'Fate/strange Fake' Gets TV Special in December 2022

The Aniplex Online Fest 2022 event announced a television special anime for Ryohgo Narita's Fate/strange Fake light novel on Saturday. Aniplex simultaneously o...read more

Sep 24, 2022 12:45 AM by Vindstot | Discuss (26 comments)

Japan's Yearly Manga and Light Novel Rankings for 2017 (First Half)

Here are the manga and light novel sales rankings for the first half of the fiscal year of 2017 (November 21, 2016 - May 21, 2017). Manga Sales by Series *1.　5,969,8...read more

May 31, 2017 4:32 PM by Snow | Discuss (64 comments)

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

How much do you think the TV series will adapt vp787 - Jul 4, 2023	2 replies	by Mdraj6996 »» Sep 8, 4:15 PM
Poll: Fate/strange fake Volume 1 Discussion -Karoshi- - Aug 2, 2014	10 replies	by TheMangaManiac »» Aug 26, 9:02 PM
"Fate/strange Fake" will end with the next volume 10 deg - Mar 15	3 replies	by sung_jinzero_69 »» Mar 15, 11:22 AM
Volume 8 Discussion abystoma2 - Mar 2	0 replies	by abystoma2 »» Mar 2, 8:50 PM
Volume 6 discussion abystoma2 - Feb 25	0 replies	by abystoma2 »» Feb 25, 5:00 AM

Fate/strange Fake
Edit

What would you like to edit?

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Resources

Edit
Synopsis

Edit
Background

Related Entries

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

More characters
Characters

Reviews

Interest Stacks

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Fate/strange Fake Edit What would you like to edit? SynopsisBackgroundAlternative TitlesPictureChapters/VolumesPublishing DatesRelationsTypeExternal Links

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Resources

EditSynopsis

EditBackground

Related Entries

Visit MALxJapan MALxJapan -More than just anime-

More charactersCharacters

Reviews

Interest Stacks

More recommendations Recommendations

More newsRecent News

More discussionsRecent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Fate/strange Fake
Edit

What would you like to edit?

Edit
Synopsis

Edit
Background

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

More characters
Characters

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion