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Summary:
In a series of flashbacks, Caster remembers her past. She had collapsed and lay outside of Ryuudoji one night until Kuzuki took her in. After helping her recover, he had told her that it was ok for her to leave, but she elected to stay with him. The current Caster is nostalgic about that time, since it’s raining now much like it was then. At that time, Fuji-nee is watching over Ilya while Rin, Shirou, and Saber are approaching the temple. Rin is sure that Sakura is ok because Caster wouldn’t kill her sacrifice so easily. Saber is unsure why Caster targeted Sakura since she isn’t a mage, but Rin knows that it’s because Sakura has a magical circuit and is part of a family of mages. Rin then finds a secret passage to a different temple. While running through it, she smells blood and gets a vision of Sakura.
The three reach a small underground city, but are forced to fight hordes of summoned monsters. After burying most of them by destroying a nearby structure, they start climbing a long set of stairs to the temple area, but are then stopped by the appearance of Assassin. He only wants to fight Saber though, so he lets Rin and Shirou pass. The two of them reach the top of the stairs and find Sakura in the middle of a pit. As Rin starts running towards her, Shirou notices something to the side. He protects Rin, in the process bringing out Kanshou and Bakuya, from an attack from Kuzuki. While the two men start fighting, Rin approaches Sakura and calls for Caster to come out. The servant scares Rin by appearing right behind her. Caster seems to know all about Sakura and Rin after having taken a peek inside Sakura’s head.
Caster also thinks that Rin is misunderstood, and claims that she has no intention of fighting Rin. Rin can take Sakura away if she wants, but Caster doesn’t know if Sakura herself still wants to continue on living. She then proceeds to tell Sakura that the person she’s been waiting for has come. This triggers a memory and a painful reaction in Sakura. As a result, dark whip-like tentacles spring forth from beneath her and attack Rin. Shirou notices that Rin is in danger, but that distraction leaves him wide open to Kuzuki’s fists. After taking cover behind a pillar, Shirou asks Kuzuki why he became a master if he’s not a mage and has no interest in the Holy Grail. Kuzuki surmises that perhaps he’s the same as Shirou, since they both aren’t doing this for their own desires. Kuzuki then smashes through the pillar, but Shirou blocks his fist with both swords.
Below them, Rin’s attacks are having little effect on Sakura. She knows that the most important thing to mages is not their life, but rather it’s defending the dignity of the soul. And since Sakura is from a family of mages, she should be able to understand that. Rin decides to make use of her jewels in a final charge against Sakura. She remembers a scene from their youth where she confirmed that Sakura’s name was Matou Sakura. The current Sakura tries to attack her with a dagger, but Rin gets out of the way and lands her magic squarely on Sakura’s abdomen. She then remembers the two of them being separated, with the young Sakura in tears. Rin had also cried later when she was by herself, apologizing for leaving Sakura alone. Back in the present, everyone notices that the magic underneath Sakura’s feet has receded. Rin has Sakura in her arms, and there is a bloody dagger on the ground. The real Sakura manages to regain consciousness and Rin tells her something (we see mouth move, but no words). She asks Sakura to forget everything – the bad dream has ended – and then kisses her on the forehead. Sakura smiles and the two girls hug. Floating above the two, Caster laughs and says that the sacrifice only needs one mage with a magic circuit.
Preview:
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Ahhh, so that was Sakura in the preview last week. They don’t explicitly state it, but it’s heavily hinted that Sakura and Rin are related (i.e. sisters) who were separated when they were young. I assume that one scene from the past was of Rin telling Sakura that her new name is Matou Sakura. The two then get separated as Sakura is taken to the Matou household and Rin laments letting her sister go. It seems that Caster was manipulating whatever repressed grudge Sakura had against her sister, which is why Sakura attacked Rin.
Well, it’s fitting that the Sakura episode had a lot of Sakura fanservice. Not only did she get a topless shot, Sakura also wears that dominatrix outfit and her seiyuu (Shitaya Noriko) got to do some rather orgasmic-style screams.
I hate to sound wishy-washy, but I think FSN is now going a slightly too fast in terms of how fast the plot is moving. The first ten or so episodes moved at a snail’s pace, but now we appear to be covering entire arcs in 2-3 episodes. For example, Sakura and Rin have had their connection hinted at several times before, but they pretty much show what it is and resolve whatever conflict through this one episode. And although bits and pieces of Caster’s past were shown in the flashback, they don’t make much sense unless you know the story of Medea. Having said all that though, I would much rather watch it go by a little on the fast side than a lot on the slow side, so I can’t really complain.
Next week, the introduction of a new (kinda) character!
Note: Large versions of screencap 13 and screencap 26 are courtesy of 2chan’s FSN thread.
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Damn, I think my ecchi levels are reaching critical. When I see “dark” Sakura I don’t think “Scary!!!!”. I’m actually a little turned on in spite of the fact that I’m not into S&M. Oh man, this can’t be good. Fate has way too many fetish elements into it.
wow!!… thats ome leather…
In my mind when i see this pictures I think:
NINTENNNNNDOOOOOO 666666444444444444444444!!!!
this joke is very old but I am feeling like that kid who got his console for the first time with this new animes season with very nice stuffs!!
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Can’t wait.
Sakura + Dominatrix = HEAT!
Is this then a major deviation from any of the three original plotlines?
O__O sakura fanservice
sorry for double submission, but who are those two little girls? is one of them rin?
one is rin, one is sakura
i think the part where rin didnt kill sakura, it’s from the HEAVEN storyline, anyone agree?
did Sakura die?!?!
Wow then how did sakura get that purple hair?
And yes… Sakura reveals her true S&M self!
@jj: i agree
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WTF
S&M Bondageslave =/= Dark, evil, murdering. >_> Kinda disappointed that we don’t see the latter.
Is this then a major deviation from any of the three original plotlines?
Well, from the summaries I’ve read of the plotlines, I suppose it is.
You can check the summaries of the three plotlines here:
http://www.geocities.com/max3075/fate/index.htm
It doesn’t fit in any plotline, but mixes things from them, I suppose.
convenient placing of that petal on the 6th picture.. :O
Ahh, poor Sakura, hope she will survive. Everbody who’s wondering why I always say soemthing about her, I have a special connection to that name, it’s holy for me, so I have often special feelings for characters named Sakura^^
Again Fate/stay night proves it’s high quality, even without watched this episodes or read the summary.
Just the pictures alone are very strong.
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Shirou looks damn cool with this twin blades, ok, maybe because I’m a swordfighter myself, ah, mentioned it? COOL!^^
Omni, do you know when Fate/stay night was published (game) ?
I see dagger and blood…
I don’t like the combination of dagger and blood. =(
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Ah ok thanks iamandragon
And I don’t think sakura died… IM GUESSING not sure if im right or not.
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what a surprise to see para from HF oh well ,god i can’t found a raw yet
I for one, wholeheartedly approve of Dominatrix Sakura
Omni, do you know when Fate/stay night was published (game) ?
FSN was released by TYPE-MOON on January 30th, 2004.
@ spammer
I read here from time to time but this one was like “whoa I have to comment on this episode” It seems the ecchi levels keep going up notch by notch when there’s an opportunity.
hehe i know what you mean but i was thinking that you were too busy with PSO or doing some work on HF ,LOL i never did expected to see a S&M sakura neither the “hug” :p
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Thank you Omni!
Ah, Rin and Sakura together, just cute *-*
Now the second opening also makes a sense, for those who don’t know the storyline yet.
Hehe, nice episode. Didn’t expect anything like this to happen, especially the Rin/Sakura flashbacks.
We even have a R-15 ecchi pic of Sakura. The third pic from the second row, left to right.
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saber>rider>caster>rin… sakura as a substitute!!!!!!!!lol
“Scary!!!!”. I’m actually a little turned on in spite of the fact that I’m not into S&M.”
I must say, I’m not a S&M fan either, but that leather looks good on her. Normally Sakura’s character would conflict with that outfit, but she played such a miniscule role so far in the series that the two personas don’t really clash.
Of course… we could turn it up a notch by saying those black energy whips as hentai tentacles :p
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Wait if Sakura is the sister of Rin then that’s mean Rin has a brother too and it’s Shinji right?
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Wait if Sakura is the sister of Rin then that’s mean Rin has a brother too and it’s Shinji right?
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Dear god is Sakura hot in that dark outfit O_O
Wow. She’s… eh.. o.O
I wonder if the dominatrix suit was required >.
The King of Gold is the strongest. Period.
He just happens to have bloated ego.
Gil-sama!!!!!!!! *fangirl screams* Finally!! My favourite male character of the series is making his appearance!! Can’t wait for next week’s episode!
Anyone else see a resemblance to Sakura (Da Capo one) with young Rin? And young Sakura looks like someone from To Heart 2. Just me maybe.
Lol, they REALLY just wanted to push our buttons with all the Sakura fanservice in this episode. She doesn’t show up for like ten episodes and now she’s the main attraction.
on sakura and Rin
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i’m still wondering why sakura’s hair is purple if the young sakura’s hair is black =P
she’s done a good colouring job.
i so wanted to see Rin kiss Sakura
Eh… Looking at those pics from next episode.
May I ask what the las picture is?
The part from down right seems to be Saber’s head… So what are those things in the upper part?
he’s name is the king of heros!
he’s name is the king of heros!
Well… That isn’t actually his name….
His name is Gil… 😛
some people dont wanna getting spoiled, that’s why i didnt say… ^^
iamandragon spoiler post (second one to the bottom on the first page)
explains how sakura’s hair is purple.
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says something to which i dont get why and why doesnt it affect other people.
Sakura looks like an X-Man to me.
What should we call her,? Hmmm
Magus. That’s it. The new addition to the X-Men, Magus.
You know, for the guys who have no idea about the game, everything that is shown so far, would look like there is yuri btn Rin/Sakura. The second OP included and now this. Not even the truth has been revealed yet.
But I don’t care either way. Be it siscon or yuri or loli, I LOVE.
Ok this is dumb. The animators decides to give a topless shot to Sakura, while they decide to give SaberxShirou a sex-on-air scene. Yay!
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I like the pacing, it shows like a book. Slow start…builds up…them BAM!
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I think this is where the story diverges… and Rin becomes the sacrifice to become the holy grail
Hmm silverfish, why is that incest when two sisters kiss on the cheek or forehead?
So I have incest too because I did similar with my older brother? Ahh, to mention it, I’m from a polish family, we have the tradition to kiss 3 times on the cheek to say hello and bye, is that also incest? 😀
Sister or brother love is nothing bad after all, I define incest as sexual thing which is disturbing.
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i think what he means is matou shinji, sakura’s old “brother”, rider’s “former” master so to speak, who got crushed by berserker.
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On Matou Jiji
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That’s enough, Matou, prepare to die.. !
The more I read about Medea in my Greek mythology book, the more I dislike her. But as I mentioned a few episodes before, it’s really a good idea with this Greek heroes.
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hell can’t wait to see the next ep!!!
That was quite a good episode. There’s three fights going on at once and it’s always exciting to see the main characters storm the opposition’s stronghold (well, in this case, a temple)
That was some nifty and well-animated fight scenes between Saber and Assassin. It’s nice to see well-animated fights in Fate/Stay once in a while
Well, if Shirou would just use UBW against Kuzuki, now that would be cool
Kazuky, I just watched the episode, it’s Rin’s blood. She injured her left arm.
I’m curious about the next episode, in the preview there was neither Rin or Sakura.
I wish a happy end for the two, their story is really sad..
Judging from the way the series is going, they’re probably gonna try to fit at least something from every scenario into the anime. So I’m guessing that Shirou has to use his reality marble and Saber uses Excalibur again to end the battle with Gilgamesh or something. Of course this is just speculation, so if people think this is a spoiler, please don’t.
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I agree with you KiraTakuto, but I think they present us something new at the end, otherwise it would be boring^^
I see a lot of ppl play the games… I downloaded it and tried playing it, once before i watched fsn and once after i started watching hoping to learn more about the stories… but I don’t really do anything except click thru and hope i pick the right choice.
Omni-how are u getting raw feeds? by sat?
I deeply apologize for this double post!
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The more I watch this series, the more I like it! Long time ago ( Last Exile to be exactly) that I was so fascinated by the story, animation, characters and setting in a anime. Now I know definetely what I’ll gonna do after my final exams (last next thursday). Buy the F/SN Game, 😀
Ok, to be fair, Ouran High School Host Club is also top 😉
So what’s next, right history history hirstory, arghhh, damn that Weimar Republik :/
Do you want to read my theory about the preview?
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For “Chi”
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Definitely, Shirou have to use UBW at the end, at least one time. He has to.
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@ ctjanus
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Yeah! It’s a common mistake indeed with him…
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I wanr so see another subarashi kenka between those two.
rin better still be alive even though she’s not seen in the previews…. sakura too…
I don’t know about anyone but I think the writer must have mistaken the role of Assassin and Rider, come on the assassin here doesn’t do surprise attack, doesn’t backstab and prefer to fight honorably against Saber 1 vs 1, hes more of a knight or even Rider, more so than the Rider Meduse that do sneak attack, use cheap trick, and all those things that the role of assassin are known for. 😀
Hey! Mike May
I call that the spice of life
Is much interesting this assassin than the one you described, at least is fine with me.
I guess next week begins the last arc with you-know-who and then Mr. Allay of Justice will create you-know-what for you-know-who#2. I’m looking forward to it.
Rider (Medusa), Archer (you-know-who#3) and Berserker (Hercules) well done.
ehem… this is a anime with a very deep philosphy though i advise u not to go to crazy looking into it atlest take a look wikipedia is a good start and theres also an crapload of other websites…
lmfao… kkk mike thats very interesting medusa probably should be and assasain especialy with those eyes of hers(WHICH SHE DIDNT USE AT ALL) and kojirou man that guy is like walkin honor man also theres archer(who uses swords) and then theres also besurker who doesnt seem to be all that angry at all hes more like…a rock….that moves…and bashes ppl with a sword…
Spoilerish….well sorta
possible stuff to happen
– next ep: caster gets snuffed by gilgamesh or saber / or rin / or shirou either way shes gonna die
– ep after that: got lancer in there after like 15 eps
– ep after that:this would be ep21 have the obligatory evil guy gilgamesh say his plan yada yada
– ep after that: sorta planin ep with revelations and stuff
– ep after that: big battle thingy part 1
– ep FINAL: gilgamesh pushs up daisys and we get a happy ending???? no way im so not gonna bye that if the writers read this DONT DO THAT!!!! if u are gonna kill someone off get into the heavens feel thing and have illya sacrafice herself…which could actually happen seeing as shes just sleeping…
lmfao if sakura dies im gonna be laughing not cause i hate her but cause after like 10 eps she gets some scenes then shes dead man…talk about crappy charactor management fuji-nee got more scenes lol…heck i think illya even got more scenes then sakura…and she was f-in awesome in heavens feel dark sakura pwned…didnt like her eyes tho creepy…
dumass, use the spoiler tags goddamn it!
After to many changes in the anime, I don’t know how thisi s going to enf…
It’s a damn shame that FSN is not a full blown hentai anime. Type Moon and some good publisher of hentai anime titles please take note. Alternative universe, wafer thin plot but hiding a clever plot twist somewhere in between. Subtle references to FSN the tv anime series/game and cameo appearances by other Type Moon characters. Hot harem action with all sorts of fetishes thrown in. Get talented voice actresses for the moans and groans.
It will sell good. Believe me.
O_o
Ok, got it..
>> Fate/Stay Night
I give my support for that idea, but NVER involve Ayako Kawasumi on that idea please!
Ahh only 6 episodes more to go
This series gets more interesting after the first few episodes. I really want to know what happens next though. Dark Sakura and Dark Saber made their first appearance. Isn’t Lancer supposed to be there later because he appeared in what the first two episodes? I think Rider will come back as Sakura’s Servant.
Don’t know about Shirou but isn’t he supposed to gain UBW from Archer like the OP song? I’ll be surprised to see Saber as Rin Tosaka’s Servant because Shirou learn how to use UBW from Archer and has no need for a servant.
A few minutes ago, I read something interesting over ANN. The titles for episodes 20, 21 and 22 are up!
2006-05-19 – 20 Distant Trace of a Dream / 遠い夢跡 / Tooi yume ato
2006-05-26 – 21 Separation of Heaven and Earth and the Creation of a Star / 天地乖離す開闢の星 / Tenchi kairi su kaibyaku no hoshi
2006-06-02 – 22 Result of a Wish / 願いの果て / Negai no hate
Very, very interesting indeed
Six episodes more to go!
Thx for the titles of the next episodes, but do you know what will happen in those next ? I mean do they publish the summaries ? If not what do you think that will arrive in the next episodes ? Does Saber is going to turn into the darkside ? Will Archer come back .. I hope so 🙂 !
I don’t know man, I only was the mailman ^_^
BUt I have big hopes for good things
The same could be said for Yugioh GX, which had several episode titles listed in advance. Can someone tell me how to set up spoiler tags? I’m a newbie when it comes to this.
This episode wasn’t all that good honestly.