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Not going into depth with this episode, but basically it’s a breather episode after the rollercoster ride of the previous 4 episodes.

Highlights of the episode include:

- Taiga-nee getting pwned by Saber, then complaning that her beloved Emiya has been taken away by a *gaikoku-jin*
- Rin and Emiya’s little game of tag around the school. Go Rin!

Other than that, Emiya’s still pretty unlikable as usual and I keep thinking of Asa everytime Taiga-nee opens her mouth. Ayako-sama doesn’t seem to be flexing her vocal talent that much, we need her to talk more =.= and Kana Ueda’s Rin would be sooo perfect if she did her Kansai-ben ala Hayate style. I find Kana Ueda + Kansai-ben gives me a boner incredibly sexy.Rider’s the next on the list of characters to appear, and I hear that she’s quite a woman ;).

Ilya introduces herself and Berserker. Sicking him on them, Saber rushes to defend Shirou. Saber puts up a valiant fight while Rin deduces that Berserker is Hercules, thanks to hints from Ilya. However, Lancer’s wound on Saber slows her down and she takes a critical hit. Berserker tries to deal the final blow, but Shirou takes it instead, severely injuring him. Everyone is shocked and Ilya loses her interest in the battle and withdraws.

The next day, Shirou wakes up to find himself bandaged and Rin drinking tea. He seems to have forgotten what happened until Rin reminds him of yesterday’s events. They have a little chat about Shirou’s almost nonexistant powers and how the Servants are forced to eat human souls if their master aren’t powerful enough to recharge them. Rin takes her leave and on the way back home meets Sakura, who detects a smell from Rin, making her wonder why she’s there.

Back to Shirou, he searches for Saber and finds her in the dojo. They have a chat and Saber reassures that she won’t eat human souls as it’s contrary to her chivalry. Shirou says that he doesn’t have much of a chance to win the war, but Saber counters that she’ll create those chances herself. Both feeling hungry now, they both head inside the mansion to get breakfast.

A nice episode, with half devoted to some nice fighting and the other for character development. I kinda felt a bit bored though, I think it was because of Shirou. But it’s more than made up by Rin and Saber. I’m kinda disappointed to see that Ayako hasn’t had much chance to flex her talent in Saber, but the next episode seems pretty promising, as I spotted SD Rin and Saber smiling :).

I’m getting some serious Rin and Saber obssesion though. My 93 screencaps could’ve been easily cut into half… :P.

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So far so good… F/SN is showing signs of great promise. In balancing action and plot development, episode 3 is a good one as the first half is devoted to fights, which is Saber facing off Lancer and subsequently Archer, while the 2nd half focuses on more explanation about the War of the Holy Grail and the introduction of the particularly influential character, Kotomine Kirei, the Manager of the War.

I have to admire Ayako-sama for bringing out Saber’s stoicness in this episode. Part of the beauty of Ayako-sama is that she is really talented at bringing out the characters that she voices. She can use the same voice over and over again and yet, I still can differentiate the individual characters she plays from Mahoro right down to Fuu.

Production values remain high and the BGM arrangement continues to awe me. I’ve also developed an big liking for the ED too, which really has great dreamy quality to it, added with the awesome accompaniying visuals of Saber in a wide open field, enhancing the dreaminess of it.

Next up is the appearance of Ilya and Berserker, with some nice moves by Saber shown in the preview.

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Well, later than usual,but at least I did watch it :)

Emiya gets suckered by his friend, Matou Shinji into cleaning up the kendo dojo while he pimps around with his girlfriends. Cleaning up right into the night, Emiya stumbles upon Lancer and Archer’s fight and gets fatally wounded by Lancer. Rin-chan (she’s my favourite right now), feeling regretful, heals Emiya with her mana stone, and Emiya manages to reach home later. Lancer, however is a neat and tidy type, and upon discovering that Emiya’s not dead, decides to finish him off. Emiya desperately fends him off and the fight continues into a storeroom, where a summoning circle completes and Saber appears, saving Emiya in the nick of time. Saber then asks Emiya, if he’s her master.

A pretty impressive second episode after the slow first one, with tons of action and Saber finally appearing. I have to admire the BGM’s for bringing out the dramatic atmosphere of Fate/Stay Night. So far, F/SN is meeting fan expectations and hopefully will right up to the final episode. Screencaps as usual.

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Frankly, I was quite underwhelmed by this episode, after high expectations from watching the Curtain Raiser. A bit of note, I haven’t played the games yet :P.

This episode was quite slow and more of an introduction to all the characters, particularly on Emiya as we get to see him living a peaceful and ordinary life. He is living alone after the death of his stepfather but he has the company of Fuji-nee, his guardian and teacher in school, and Sakura, the younger sister of his best friend, Shinji. The only real exception is that he knows about the existence of magic in this world because his stepfather was a sorcerer but Shirou himself doesn’t have any real talents in learning magic and applies what little magic he knows into his hobby of fixing items. But in a sense, the episode also feels kinda rushed to introduce all the characters.

They haven’t touched into the War of the Holy Grail yet in this episode, which kinda makes it quite boring. The only Servant around this episode is Archer, under Tohsaka Rin. Based on the preview too, it seems that the next episode only introduces Lancer in, with Saber( the main reason I’m watching) nowhere in sight. I’d guess she’ll probably appear only the ending of the episode for dramaticness.

Artwise, the quality isn’tas good as in the Curtain Raiser, but it’s still acceptable. The OP and ED sounds good, especially the ED, with the song fitting in with the visuals of Saber standing in a field.Really makes me want more Saber :P.

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