FATE/ZERO 2x12 Reaction EARLY ACCESS

The writer actually wanted to have the ending to this show be even more gut wrenching, but the producers basically said "Do you have no heart?" so he decided to go with this ending instead.

Agnus Agnus

My reaction to Kariya was similiar. I wanted him to win the whole time. In the later parts Kiritsugo gets more and more screentime so I thought he would win but it surprised me.

Maximilian Baumann

Great reactions! Really enjoyed rewatching this with you. About the 3 orders thing, the only things Kiritsugu said directly to saber during the entire show, was the 3 command spells he used on her. Even in the scene after lancers death, he only spoke to Irisviel, and never directly to saber, which is basically because he only ever saw her as a tool, and not a person whose opinion he should consider, as well as his dislike of the typical hero character.

your reactions to f/z have been such a joy to watch! i'm very excited for ubw! oh... and ubw starts on episode 0! don't miss it because it's important!

I can’t wait for UBW. Your reactions are amazing!

Zero

Regarding Kariya... yeah, the writer (Gen Urobuchi, same writer as for Psycho-Pass) has a thing for creating "good" characters and making them go through HELL. His final scene wasn't ONLY for the sake of shitting on him one last time though. It also helped show just how broken Sakura has become by now. And yes, you're right about Aoi. She didn't die (though Kariya certainly think she did), but oxygen deprevation lead to some major brain damage. Just a heads up for UBW. You probably know this by now, but Stay Night consists of three different routes: Fate, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel. They all start pretty similarly but eventually diverge and become very different, and also have very different tones. For this reason you shouldn't expect everything to be resolved in UBW alone. There will be characters without fully completed arcs, lingering questions and so on. It's also written by a different writer that Zero and has a different story structure. So basically, don't go in expecting a "Fate/Zero 2" and your experience will probably be a bit better. Because UBW is GREAT, but I've seen plenty of people be disappointed because they went in expecting one thing and got another. In the end, I'm really glad you enjoyed Zero as much as you did! :D

Simon Ovesen

Yeah the subs were weird in this scene. A better translation would've been "How could I possible hope to understand a man.... from merely 3 commands alone?" And if you go back and re-watch the series, you'll realize that she's right and that his orders are practically the only things he's ever directly said to her. 99% of their communication was through Iri.

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when saber meant about the connection to kiritsugu was basically saying she doesnt understand why wud kiritsugu betray her after all this time despite his own wish to obtain the grail(she didnt see the grail and what kiri saw so she didnt know anything all she knew was that he is tellin her to destroy the one thing they were fighitng for this entire time) and she said "how could i understand him, the only thing connecting us was the commmand seals". basically she meant they never rly had a good talk and never actually bothered with each other. saber was with iri majority of the time and the few tiems they did talk its more like kiri was ordering her to do something she didnt want to. they didnt understand each other and the command seals are the only thing that connected them.

Danny

Justeaze was head of the einzbern family when the first holy grail war happened, you shouldn't look it up for more info.

Eric

Please don't use Crunchyroll again.

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Just a heads up because I'm not sure if you're already aware, but UBW does have an Episode 0 that needs to be watched before Episode 1. If you end up watching UBW on Crunchyroll then it's all on there and you shouldn't have a problem.

Voduu

Well, at least Lancer's wish came true...

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