Friday, October 21, 2011

Fate/Stay Night

 
Rating: 9/10

3 seasons
Fate/Stay Night
Fate/Zero
Fate/Zero 2nd Season

The anime revolves around the concept of where a war, known as the Holy Grail War where people fight each other for the Holy Grail that grants any wish one desires, which takes place once every decade. The main character, Emiya Shirou, lost his parents in a huge fire during the previous Holy Grail War. He admired the man who had adopted him, for saving him. One day, he witnessed for the first time a fight between 2 Servants. Servants are Epic Heroes that are summoned by their Masters to fight for them and the Holy Grail. There are only 7 Masters and 7 Servants, the servants are split into different classes according to their abilities. The 7 classes are : Assasin, Berserker, Caster, Rider, Archer, Lancer and Saber. Shirou found himself dragged into the War and summoned the most powerful Servant, Saber, without any knowledge of anything other than reinforcement magic.

Fate/Zero takes you back into the past events of the previous Holy Grail War, where Emiya Shirou's father is the main character with Saber (the very same one), battling off the other 6 Servants, including the extra Archer which appeared in Fate/Stay night.

Official Summary
When he was young Shirou had lost his parents in a large and unexplained fire. He was rescued and later adopted by a man named Kiritsugu Emiya who revealed himself to be a magus, a person capable of using magic. Through their conversation, Shirou learns of his foster father's failed life ambition to become a 'Hero of Justice', a guardian of mankind who could protect the weak and innocent. Touched by Kiritsugu's conviction, Shirou affirms to his foster father that he intends to devote his life to achieving that distant ideal. To do this, Shirou pleads with a begrudging Kiritsugu to teach him magecraft, but Shirou proves to be talentless in almost all the fundamental magecraft disciplines.

One day however, he witnesses a conflict between two unbelievably powerful beings and inadvertently summons one of his own in order to protect himself. He then finds out that this conflict, known as the 'Holy Grail War', involves a series of battles among seven 'Masters'. Masters are magi who can summon 'Servants', Heroic Spirits from throughout time, to fight for the possession of a relic that will grant one's wishes, the Holy Grail.

This story revolves around Shirou and his entanglement in the Holy Grail War along with his own personal battle to uphold his ideal.

 Categories
Action, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural

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