AnimeDownUnder said: I heard someone say episode 0 and episode 1 are basically 1 hour long specials, so i'm confused can I just skip them? Yes and no. Episode 0 (Prologue) is Episode 1 from the point of view of an important Main character. Definitely good to watch it , but not mandatory. Episode 1 is 48 minutes long , and is the start of the story. You can skip it if you already watched the 1st Route , since they have the same start , but here it have a way better Animation , so no point in skipping it. AnimeDownUnder said: because I really don't want to watch almost 2 hours worth of the anime before I even get up to the 2nd episode ??? It's just 2 double episodes , if you can't endure to watch 2 hours of a story , then what will you do when the series is more than 10 hours long ? (Way more , since there is 3 Routes) |
 "Genius lives only one story above madness." – Arthur Schopenhauer. "Stupidity is a talent for misconception." – Edgar Allan Poe. "I'm tired... and hungry." – Alexioos95. |
| Episode 0 is the prologue, it is episode 1 but from a different charcters perspective. You can skip episode 0 but I wouldn’t as most of the animation is new and includes an extended fight scene which is great. The prologue has its own MAL entry just look at the prequel to this or use the search bar. |
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AnimeDownUnder said: Alexioos95 said: Yes and no. Episode 0 (Prologue) is Episode 1 from the point of view of an important Main character. Definitely good to watch it , but not mandatory. Episode 1 is 48 minutes long , and is the start of the story. You can skip it if you already watched the 1st Route , since they have the same start , but here it have a way better Animation , so no point in skipping it. ??? It's just 2 double episodes , if you can't endure to watch 2 hours of a story , then what will you do when the series is more than 10 hours long ? (Way more , since there is 3 Routes) Because i'm watching over 100 anime at a single time and I only watch about 1-2 episodes of each anime per day and I can't invest in sitting through an hour at a time I don't even watch movies for this reason I watch anime because it's 20 minute long episodes much easier to sit through but almost 2 hours for 2 episodes is way too much honestly. Maybe when I got nothing else to watch i'll come back to it, i'll pass for now though and watch something else It may be an ADHD thing too, I can't sit for that long without a break Or I can skip to episode 2 and start from there since I already seen fate/zero and I guess the story just continues from where fate/zero finishes and fate doesn't have a deep story it's just fight scenes basically with no story so it should be fine you can do that 2 episode at a time thing by just watching the 40 min long eps one at a time i would not reccomend skipping episodes at all, but you can skip episode 0 if you really cant sit through same story twice and your very wrong with the fate is just fights with no plot statement |
salad77Apr 21, 2023 8:53 AM
AnimeDownUnder said: Or I can skip to episode 2 and start from there since I already seen fate/zero and I guess the story just continues from where fate/zero finishes A little bit tricky , Fate/Zero is the Prequel to the 3 Routes. If you watch only 1 Route , the story will have a lot of holes/mysteries not resolved. Fate is a pretty big franchise , even just the Main Story demands a commitment (Around 30h in Anime format) , and in my opinion , it should be binged. AnimeDownUnder said: fate doesn't have a deep story it's just fight scenes basically with no story The story of Fate never was deep , but the characters and the lore is. (Especially the lore , it's denser than Lord Of The Rings...) AnimeDownUnder said: because if episode 0 is basically skippable and episode 1 is the same as episode 0 with a different perspective wouldn't that technically make it also skippable if the story is the same and episode 0 is skippable? I'm confused when people say "skip episode 0, but ep 1 is the same and you have to watch ep 1" that makes no sense to me really. If you skip episode 0 then you also skip episode 1. Episode 1 is the introduction of the story , it's mandatory. Episode 0 shows us how Rin summoned her Servant , and happens at the same time as Episode 1. It's not necessary at all , but it's a nice addition with cool scenes. AnimeDownUnder said: because that's a waste of time in my books watching the same story twice kinda a waste of time. Dude , it's Fate. It have 3 Routes , and each start the same , but ultimately diverge. You already watched Zero , which spoils almost all mysteries of the 3 Routes , to finally tell the same story with the same themes. If to you it's a waste of time , just stops there , to be honest. (If you planned to rush the franchise , you should have just watched the 2006 Anime , which adapt the 1st and most complete Route.) |
"Genius lives only one story above madness." – Arthur Schopenhauer. "Stupidity is a talent for misconception." – Edgar Allan Poe. "I'm tired... and hungry." – Alexioos95. |
AnimeDownUnder said: From my undertanding Fate/zero is the beginning, fate stay ubw is basically part 2 the continuation of fate/zero. So if i've watched fate/zero then i've already basically watched the start Zero is a Prequel , a story happening before the Main one , but that should be watched after. Watching it first just removes all the mysteries of the 3 Routes , that's all. It's the start of nothing , neither of the Nasuverse , nor of the Holy Grail Wars... UBW is indeed Part 2 of Fate tho , with the 2006 Anime being Part 1 & Heaven's Feel Part 3. (There is also Hollow Ataraxia , the 4t Part , but that isn't adapted yet.) |
"Genius lives only one story above madness." – Arthur Schopenhauer. "Stupidity is a talent for misconception." – Edgar Allan Poe. "I'm tired... and hungry." – Alexioos95. |
AnimeDownUnder said: Alexioos95 said: Yes and no. Episode 0 (Prologue) is Episode 1 from the point of view of an important Main character. Definitely good to watch it , but not mandatory. Episode 1 is 48 minutes long , and is the start of the story. You can skip it if you already watched the 1st Route , since they have the same start , but here it have a way better Animation , so no point in skipping it. ??? It's just 2 double episodes , if you can't endure to watch 2 hours of a story , then what will you do when the series is more than 10 hours long ? (Way more , since there is 3 Routes) Because i'm watching over 100 anime at a single time and I only watch about 1-2 episodes of each anime per day and I can't invest in sitting through an hour at a time I don't even watch movies for this reason I watch anime because it's 20 minute long episodes much easier to sit through but almost 2 hours for 2 episodes is way too much honestly. Maybe when I got nothing else to watch i'll come back to it, i'll pass for now though and watch something else It may be an ADHD thing too, I can't sit for that long without a break Or I can skip to episode 2 and start from there since I already seen fate/zero and I guess the story just continues from where fate/zero finishes and fate doesn't have a deep story it's just fight scenes basically with no story so it should be fine I'd recommend you finish some of the other 100+ anime you are watching first I have no idea why you even want to start something new you are clearly just stressing yourself out trying to skip content when there is no reason to |
GreatCarerJack said: To clarify what others are saying Fate stay night story order fate: zero (Ten year time gap occurs between stories) fate: snubw episode 0 or episode 1 fate: snubw season 1 fate: snubw season 2 then the heavens feel movies, which follow an alternate timeline and are a complete different version focusing more on sakura correction zero is not part of stay night stay nights story order is fsn 2006, ubw tv, and hf trilogy zero comes last as its a spin off and a prequal |
AnimeDownUnder said: I disagree, fate zero is the start and fate stay night literally continues from the end of fate zero. I saw the ending of fate zero and at the end you see the little kid who is the main character of fate stay night but he's grown up in fate stay night. So that just goes to show fate zero is the start because the series of events take place before fate stay night. Your reasonning is flawed to begin with. There is absolutely no need to go to the very beginning of a chronology to understand a story. Worse than that , doing such thing will just ruin all possible mysteries the series tries to establish. (Just watching Zero spoils everything in the 2006 Anime and Heaven's Feel , while leaving only 1 good plot line in Unlimited Blade Works.) Do you imagine starting Shingeki no Kyojin with the flashback of Season 3 Part 2 ? Wouldn't it not just ruins absolutely all the incomprehension creating the tension there was ? Back to the Fate franchise , how is Zero the start when it's the 4th Holy Grail War ? (Note that Zero is a fan-fiction on top of that) AnimeDownUnder said: I probably skipped that too. I guess the main reason it matters is literally the reason I already explained, I usually give an anime the 3 episode rule I aint' investing 2 hours into an anime before it's even the 3rd episode. Because that kinda defeats the purpose of the 3 episode rule the whole point of that rule is to not waste time and to weed out the anime which are either good or bad within 3 episodes so you don't waste time. It's simple , Episode 1 is in reality a double episode. So just watch Episode 1 & 2 , and you have your "3 episode rule". As said above , Episode 12 is also a double episode , and Heaven's Feel is 3 Movies of 2 hours... Just don't go deeper into a series that you can't watch. AnimeDownUnder said: It matters as well because I also want to know where do I start the anime because it confused me and I didn't know where to start if episode 0 was meant to be watched it would've been episode 1 and if episode 1 is the same as episode 0 i'm gonna assume it doesn't need to be watched either since it's the same as episode 0 which doesn't need to be watched Edit : I will also answer that. No , Episode 0 and Episode 1 aren't the same things. However , they happens at the same time , and ends at the same point. Episode 1 is the beginning , and needs to be watched. Episode 0 shows us what was hidden in Episode 1 , and reveals what the second Main character was doing. You don't need to watch it , but it's a nice addition. I hope now you understand. |
Alexioos95Apr 22, 2023 3:21 AM
"Genius lives only one story above madness." – Arthur Schopenhauer. "Stupidity is a talent for misconception." – Edgar Allan Poe. "I'm tired... and hungry." – Alexioos95. |
GreatCarerJack said: salad_farded said: correction zero is not part of stay night stay nights story order is fsn 2006, ubw tv, and hf trilogy zero comes last as its a spin off and a prequal Its canon and referenced in ubw AND heavens feel FSN was written by Kinoko Nasu Zero was written by Gen urobuchi a different author wrote it, making it a spin off its not canon to FSN due to certain inconsistencies but it does tell a 4th holy grail war simillar enough to FSNs 4th war that its somewhat passable. |
salad77Apr 23, 2023 9:00 PM
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