Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Season 2

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works is a spectacle of an anime from start to finish. Shirou Emiya is definitely one of those hard-headed protagonists you'll find yourself yelling at. But there's a reason for that, which the anime doesn't quite give you: A lot of Shirou's internal dialogue gets cut from the anime- dialogue you'll find in the original Fate/stay night visual novel, since Unlimited Blade Works is Route 2. Other than that, it's a fun series with high stakes, strong bonds between Shirou, Rin, Archer, and Saber, and great battles. I hesitate to call it an action anime because of the nuance. Overall, it's one of my favorites in the Fate series to watch!

Where do I begin! This is Shiro's route and the direction his development goes into is amazing! Finally ending this off with him fighting Gilgamesh speaks to his character on a deeper level. Real vs Fake? What is even real? Hero vs non Hero? What is a Hero? I find the duality of this end something that I dont find in a lot of media! What a journey!

What a way to end the series. Rin and Shirou go to study at the Clock Tower. Lovely epilogue, so happy to see Rin and Shirou finally together!! So cutee.

That was such an amazing way to end the fights. Gilgamesh might be powerful but he is as arrogant as he is careless. Literally Ufotable magic, the fight scenes were intense, the soundtrack was magic and the animation was top tier. Tears were shed ngl

Already intense at the start. The trio sought to reach the Holy Grail. As we reach the last few episodes of the series, we are met with amazing fight scenes with as usual, incredible sound effects. Saber’s fight ended quickly but I definitely admired how she managed to defeat him using what she learned previously.

This episode was more about how Shirou, Rin and Saber were strategising for the fight with Gil. Some cute moments here and there, awkward yet sweet moment with Rin and Shiro. Saber being adorable as always

As the fight between Shiro and Archer ends, someone makes an unexpected appearance. The lore drop about the Holy Grail was one I didn’t expect.

Finally we get to the fight between Archer and Shiro, a clash of ideals really. The dialogue was so good, you actually feel every emotions both Emiya and Archer are going through. The soundtrack at the last parts was the cherry on top.

Pretty dialogue heavy but in my opinion completely necessary for us to understand Shiro and Archer and everything that leads to the point of how Archer kinda came to be; why he hates Emiya that much.

OH my god Archer! All the puzzles are piecing together. We get to see Archer’s Reality Marble which is what I’ve been connecting to Shiro’s visions. His chant (also his voice?😍). Amazing, I can’t waitt for Shiro’s fight with Archer.

Amazing fight scene between Archer and Lancer. The sound effects was like music to my ears, i love it when anime gets loud. Rin definitely blew my expectations, loveee her

We get more dialogues this episode, along with a new alliance formed! ALSOO, the cutest moment between Shiro and Rin— she’s so flustered plss Lancer didn’t make it any better lol

This was one hell of an episode. I cried when Ilya and Berserker had that fight with the blonde servant. Gosh and we just to know themm😭😭

We got to see Caster’s backstory in this episode. Super excited to see what will happen after that confrontation in the end of the ep

ARCHER?!?? This episode broke me, the season just started and it’s already heading to something more tragic than I expected.

This serves as a epilogue for the anime as we follow Shirou and Rin together living and studying together in London in the Mage Capital in the world

The conclusion of the Grail war with the highlight being Shirou activating his reality marble that lead into one of the best fight of the entire Fate Series with also one of the best anime ost of the last decade.

This is the beginning of the climax of the anime. We get to see a glimpse of the reason why Gil is doing what he is doing. This Shirou now has as a renowned ideals after his clash with Archer.

This episode marks the last dialogue heavy episode as the last 3 participants of the Grail War plan and strategize how to deal with Gilgamesh. Shirou will gain a new power up that will be used in a later episode.

The climax of the Shirou vs Archer fight, this also features the opening notes of this tanimes remix of the Emiya theme in the original visual novel. We are now approaching the climax of the anime with the Apperance of Gilgamesh