It mostly an introduction the characters, though the first few minutes did show a really nice battle scene between what looks like Saber and Archer. We got to know Emiya Shiro who has the ability to see the internals of any object; very useful for repairing broken things. He lives with two girls: Sakura who's at first your typical cute, nice girl (for now, I think), and there's Fuji-nee who's Emiya's teacher who's pretty hyperactive and gets pissed off if she gets called "Tiger" for some odd reason (it's about time we have a comic relief teacher who isn't all busty and such). There are a few moments that happened like Rin summoning Archer and the mysterious gas leakage and homicides in the town.
What happened is that while Emiyo Shiro was cleaning the archery dojo, Rin and her servent Archer were battling against their first opponent Lancer. Archer and Lancer put up a hard fight, but then Shiro noticed the battle. Lancer noticed Shiro as well and left the battle to kill him (they're not supposed to be any witnesses during the battle).
Lancer succeded.
Then Rin came and used her magic jewel to revive Shiro back to life. Shiro became dumbfounded on how he survived and went back to his place. Rin and Archer just realized that Lancer will know that Shiro is alive so they quickly went there, but Lancer got to Shiro's place first. Shiro tried to defend himself against him, but Lancer cornered him again. Just as he is about to kill him, a magic circle appeared and a blonde-haired warrior named Saber came about. Saber was supposedly the most powerful servent there is so she was able to repel Lancer off the vicinity. The episode ended where Saber asked Shiro whether he's her master.
The fight between Saber and Lancer (and then later Archer) only lasted a few minutes, but it's seriously freakin' sweet! Lancer nearly beaten Saber, but then retreated becasue Saber figured out his "True Name". Throughout most of the episode, Rin brought Shiro to Kotomine Kirei who's going to explain him the rules of the War of the Holy Grail.
angelx03 wrote:Now here's one aspect of Fate/stay night that might prove to be interesting especially for you who likes legends and historical figures. Each of the 7 servents (Saber, Lancer, Archer, Berserker, Caster, Rider, and Assassin) has something called a "True Name". The names represents the servents' past famous warriors throughout history (and yes, these people are REAL).
I'm thinking of King Arthur and the sword Excaliber if that's what you're referring to. Funny (though not surprising) that couple people thought Saber's True Name was Joan of Arc.
angelx03 wrote:I'm thinking of King Arthur and the sword Excaliber if that's what you're referring to. Funny (though not surprising) that couple people thought Saber's True Name was Joan of Arc.
I'll keep that in the back of my mind until it gets revealed.
SPOILER-GARD (TM) wrote:According to a plot synopsis of the game I read on some random fansite, that is so.
The battle between Berserker and Saber was REALLY brutal. I mean....GEEZ. Saber did her best to fight him, but in the end she got pummeled to a bloody plup. As Saber tried to get up, Berserker was about to swing his sword for the final blow. Shiro pushed Saber out of the way, and he took the hit. Ilya seemed to have gotten bored with the battle so she and Berserker retreated. Interestingly enough, a shadowy person in robes was watching the battle through a crystal ball; I'm guessing that's Castor. Oh yeah, Berserker's True Name has been revealed; it's Hercules!
The next day Shiro seemed to be fine because Saber used her healing abilities to help him (well that's what Rin said to him). Few moments happened like how Shiro feels he's not up to the task so Saber is making sure he's ready. Also Sakura's expression turned rather dark when she smelled blood off of Rin. Could she be involved in it somehow (well, duh)?
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