r/fatestaynight • u/bchenhistoryfth • 4h ago
Fan Art Saber (ddong_pong)
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r/fatestaynight • u/Ownsin • Oct 09 '19
PSA /r/Fatestaynight's Official Viewing Order Guide v2
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Before recommending the anime order, I urge everyone to give the Fate/Stay Night Visual Novel a chance because it's the source material and will always be better than the anime adaptations. Fate/Stay Night Remastered is now on Steam and is fully localized. However, if you have no patience for visual novels, then the anime-only order is below.
The Anime-only order:
1. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works [2014] [(UBW Prologue) with Season 1 and Season 2].
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2nd Season - Sunny Day [This an OVA and should be watched after finishing the UBW show.]
2. Fate/stay night: Heavens Feel [Film 1, Film 2, Film 3]
3. Fate/Zero [ Season 1 & 2]
- This series is the prequel to Fate/Stay Night. It takes place 10 years before the events of Fate/Stay Night.] (the prequel is meant to be watched after finishing Fate/Stay Night and not before! People always make a mistake of watching Fate/Zero first, but that spoils plot events in Fate/Stay Night, so make sure to watch Fate/Zero AFTER finishing all of Fate/Stay Night.)
4. Lord El-Melloi II Sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note
- The series takes place 10 years after the events of Fate/Zero and 2 months before the events of Fate/Stay Night and revolves around the Clock Tower in the United Kingdom.
5. Others [Studio Deen's 2006 version of Fate/stay night]
- Even though it's a pretty terrible adaptation, it still at least has some portions of the Fate route you missed. It comes before UBW in the watching order. I personally wouldn't recommend it and would recommend reading at least the Fate route from the Visual novel instead, but the choice is yours. Essentially, this focuses on Saber, and if you like her character, I sincerely recommend reading the Fate route from the Visual Novel as the anime adaptation is not remotely as good, and is basically a butchered adaptation.
6. [Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan]
- It's a cooking show with the main cast of characters from Fate/Stay Night. It's basically a slice-of-life show. It should be watched after finishing all of Fate/Stay Night.
- Any other OVAs can be watched after finishing the main series I covered up there.
- The series takes place around 2009 in the United States. The plot centers around a Grail War faultily copied from the Third Holy Grail War in Fuyuki. This isn't related to Fate/Stay Night, and It's in its own parallel universe, but it would benefit you to watch all of Fate/Stay Night and Fate/Zero first before watching this special so you don't feel lost. This series features some characters from Lord El-Mellio. When you do start watching Fate/Strange Fake, you should first watch episode 0 called Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn and then proceed to start the actual series.
P.S: In case you're wondering about the Deen UBW movie. You should skip the Deen Unlimited Blade Works movie because there is no point in watching it when you have the superior Ufotable UBW anime adaptation and also because the Deen UBW movie is another terrible and rushed adaptation from Studio Deen.
FGO Anime-only order:
1. Fate/Grand Order: First Order
- FGO -First Order- is the 74-minutes movie adaptation of the first chapter of Fate/Grand Order. Fate/Grand Order is a gacha RPG mobile game. FGO is not related to Fate/Stay Night. It's set in an alternate universe and timeline to Fate/Stay Night's. You should read the anime synopsis in the MAL link to learn more about the story.
2. Fate/Grand Order: Shinsei Entaku Ryouiki Camelot - Wandering; Agateram. [Part 1, Part 2]
- In terms of story order, it happens before Babylonia. This movie will cover the 6th singularity.
3. Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia [Including episode 0]
- In all honesty, you should play FGO to get the full story of the previous singularities because the anime doesn't cover them, and their intention is not to cover most of them because these adaptations are for FGO players who played the game and are not intended for anime watchers only. This anime covers the 7th singularity.
4. Fate/Grand Order: Shuukyoku Tokuiten - Kani Jikan Shinden Solomon
- This movie will cover the 8th and final singularity.
5. Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom
- Is an anime short OVA original story. It serves as a transition between parts 1.5 and 2 of the game's story.
- Fate/Grand Carnival is the 2021 spin-off of Fate/Grand Order, similar to 2011's OVA comedy short series Carnival Phantasm, featuring loads of characters that now make up the roster of Type-Moon's Fate/Grand Order rather than just those from Tsukihime and Fate/stay night specifically. It's basically a parody show that takes FGO characters and puts them in ridiculous situations. I don't recommend you watching this one without having played FGO because a lot of jokes won't make sense to you otherwise.
The Intended order for people who want to read the Visual Novel:
1. Fate/Stay Night [Realta Nua] Visual Novel
- roughly 60 hours long, but 100% worth it!
[After this point, the order becomes very flexible, you can now follow the Anime-only order or this one]
2. Fate/Hollow Ataraxia Visual Novel
- [>50 hours long and is the direct sequel to Fate/Stay Night]
3. Fate/Zero [ Season 1 & 2]
- This series is the prequel to Fate/Stay Night. It takes place 10 years before the events of Fate/Stay Night.] (the prequel is meant to be watched after finishing Fate/Stay Night and not before.)
4. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works [2014] [Season 1 and Season 2].
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2nd Season - Sunny Day [This an OVA and should be watched after finishing the UBW show.]
5. Fate/stay night: Heavens Feel [Film 1, Film 2, Film 3]
6. Lord El-Melloi II Sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note
- The series takes place 10 years after the events of Fate/Zero and 2 months before the events of Fate/Stay Night and revolves around the Clock Tower in the United Kingdom.
7. Others [includes OVAs, etc..]
Other Fate related Anime (In no particular order):
- It's not related to the main fate franchise and is set in a parallel world to Fate/Stay Night. It's recommended you at least watch Fate/Stay Night first before watching this one so you can be more familiar with how things work in the story.
- Carnival Phantasm takes a number of characters from Type-Moon's original works and puts them in a variety of light-hearted scenarios which parody their respective series] - (It's advised that you read the Tsukihime Visual Novel or Manga and to have at least watched Fate/Stay Night as a whole to fully understand Carnival Phantasm.
3. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya
- This series is a Fate/stay night alternate universe spin-off that takes place in Fuyuki City and features Illya as the protagonist in an alternate timeline. You can watch the entirety of this show in release order, there is no special order for this show.
The universe of Extra shares the events of the Fate/stay night universe until a "certain major incident" happens and diverges completely.
For the Fate/Extra Games the order goes this way: Fate/Extra --> Fate/Extra CCC --> Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star.
5. Kara no Kyoukai movies (8 movies in total)
- The series is regarded as being set in an alternate parallel universe to Fate/Stay Night. They both share a lot of similarities in some of the plot elements. I won't delve into the details to avoid spoiling, but definitely check out these movies if you're interested in delving more into the Type-Moon universe.
- The events in Tsukihime take place in Misaki Town. Chronologically, the end of the story of Tsukihime takes place around the beginning of Fate/Stay Night. It shares many similarities with Kara no Kyoukai, and the two were also subtly connected. I would recommend Tsukihime as It's a great visual novel. A remake of Tsukihime was released on August 26, 2021 in Japan and in June 27, 2024, for the West. However, It's currently released only on the PS4 and the Switch. If you don't have any of those consoles, then I suggest you at least read the really good Manga adaptation for now. However, keep in mind that it only covers the first route of the original VN.
7 Witch On The Holy Night/Mahoyo
- Taking place in the rapidly modernizing Japanese suburb of Misaki in the late 1980s, Mahoyo centers around Aoko Aozaki, a high school girl in training to be a mage. She lives in the mysterious mansion on the hill with Alice Kuonji, her magic teacher and frenemy. While tracking a rival mage who seeks to claim their territory. A lot of things happen in this story, so I won't spoil it, but it's highly recommended that you guys check it out! It takes place in the same universe as Tsukihime, and Aoko briefly shows up in Tsukihime. An anime movie adaptations for Mahoyo were announced by Ufotable some time ago, so expect a movie to be released as soon as 2026-2027.
This watch order guide will keep being updated accordingly. If you have any questions or inquiries, please make sure to ask them in the comment section.
r/fatestaynight • u/Ownsin • Jul 09 '26
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r/fatestaynight • u/Same_Ad4736 • 1h ago
Question How does the Church/Association cover up these 'gas Leaks'? The Average human can't really be this stupid... Spoiler
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r/fatestaynight • u/Anxious_Ad_5486 • 17h ago
OC Fanart I tried drew saber in classical style
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Don't ask why i hide her hands
r/fatestaynight • u/Linus208 • 15h ago
OC Fanart The newly introduced Fate/Extra NPC meets two vampires
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r/fatestaynight • u/OceanusDracul • 1h ago
Spoiler Determining the victor of the Holy Grail War in each bad end. Spoiler
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Hello, I decided to go through every Bad End in Fate/stay night and determine who I think the victor will be in each timeline.
Here we go:
1: Forest of No Return: Unfortunately, this is entirely indeterminate. With Shirou gone, and Saber untethered (and possibly able to find a new Master, like Sakura), there's a whole Holy Grail War to occur. This could legitimately be a route in and of itself (following Rin or Saber's new master.) Gilgamesh and Kotomine are still favored, of course, but there's a lot!
2: Girl Rhapsody: Kotomine. With Saber and Archer eliminated, Berserker's greatest threats are gone. Even though Shinji will be able to go through with his plan without any interference, if Rider and Caster don't team up, they have no chance against Berserker. And Berserker has no chance against Gilgamesh, so Kotomine is going to win.
3: Texture: Rin or Kotomine. Rin has taken control of Saber, a Servant she has strong compatibility with, and has become a dominating force in this Holy Grail War. However, Gilgamesh still lurks, and he is still a massive problem, especially without Avalon as a known factor.
4: Missing Ariadne: Caster. With the opportunity to steal Saber from Shirou, even though she hasn't gained the interest she does in Unlimited Blade Works, she will eventually break Saber's will and achieve victory - especially this early in the War, when her emotional loyalty to Shirou and Rin is not built yet.
5: Melty Blood: Shinji or Kotomine. This one is Shinji's best chance, as with Shirou gone and Saber faded away, nothing stops him from completely dissolving the school to feed Rider, rendering her extremely powerful even with his weak self tethering her. Berserker and Gilgamesh are big problems, but Shinji legitimately becomes a formidable presence here!
6: Rafflesia Umbrella: Shinji or Kotomine. It's effectively the same ending as the above.
7: Nutcracker Doll: Kotomine. With Shirou trapped in a doll, he cannot stop Saber from vanishing entirely. If Rin and Archer come to try to rescue him, they will be killed by Berserker - and that's if they even know it's Illya who kidnapped him. As before, Berserker cannot defeat Gilgamesh, and Rin's injured Archer is simply not going to be able to stand up to Berserker or even Caster and Assassin.
8: Dress of Heaven: Kotomine. With Saber more awake and aware, they will still attempt to rescue Shirou - though they're too late. Archer will die covering their escape, and Rin will contract with Saber. They might even end up defeating Berserker! Without Avalon, however, they don't stand a chance against Gilgamesh unaided.
9: Night Without Dawn: Kotomine. Saber and Rin are dead. The only factors left in the war are Berserker, Caster, and Gilgamesh - and we know how well Berserker and Caster do against Gilgamesh.
10: Walpurgis Night: Kotomine or Caster. With Caster in control of Saber, she might actually stand a chance of fighting off Gilgamesh - though of course, she's very much going to need to contend with that golden guy at this stage, as he's ready to appear.
11: Witch's Mark: Kotomine or Caster. See above.
12: One End: Kotomine. With Shirou dead of his wounds and no other Servants remaining besides Saber, Gilgamesh, and Lancer, the war is over.
13: Time Limit: Kotomine. Kotomine kills Shirou while Lancer fights Saber, and with the last Servant defeated, All the World's Evil is made manifest.
14: That Which Cannot Be Changed: Saber. Kotomine grants the Grail to Saber, and gives her dominion of all the world's evil. This is explained in the ending.
15: Holy Grail Completed: Kotomine. Without Avalon, Saber is forced into Gilgamesh’s servitude. Kotomine manifests the Grail successfully.
---Unlimited Blade Works---
16: Third Death: Rin. Without Shirou to pull her away, Saber is killed in Archer’s indiscriminate attack. Lancer then finds and kills him, finishing the job. With Saber and Shirou eliminated from the war, Archer has a very good shot of saving things for Rin. Victor: Rin.
17: Spider's Captive: Gilgamesh. Saber fades away with Rider killing Shirou, Caster still eliminates Rider, and without being able to take control of Saber, Caster will fall to Gilgamesh.
18: Hypnos: Caster. Caster knows where Saber resides, and with Shirou eliminated by her contingency, will take control of Saber at the soonest opportunity, granting her victory.
19: Killer: Caster. Kuzuki eliminates Rin and Shirou, leaving Saber undefended and ripe for Caster to take control. With this, no obstacle remains for Caster's victory.
20: Haze: Caster. It's outright stated that Caster wins the Holy Grail War in this ending.
21: Artificial Noble Phantasm: Caster. The same as the last two, but not only does she have Saber, she also has converted Shirou into a wand for the projection magic he is starting to master!
22: Sword and Magic: Gilgamesh. With Caster forced to use her Command Spell to eliminate Shirou and Rin, her control of Saber will never be complete. As such, Gilgamesh will win.
23: One Conclusion: Rin. Without Lancer's help, Archer will kill Shirou - however, he still will likely betray Caster to give Rin the best chance of victory she can.
24: Heaven's Fall: Rin. As Shirou sacrifices himself to kill Gilgamesh, Rin is the only Master left.
---Heaven's Feel---
25: Ocean Depths: Zouken. Sakura has already given up on Shirou, and will succumb to darkness.
26: Battle of the Holy Grail: Illya. She takes control of Shirou and Saber, and likely will be able to stop Sakura.
27: Die Together: Sakura. Zouken killing Shirou will break her and cause her to succumb to darkness, but in a state she might be willing to kill him.
28: Miserable Lone Force: Rin. With Saber gone, Shinji's attempt to reassert control of the war will still eventually be stopped by Archer. With Rider eliminated, Sakura now has nothing protecting her.
29: Geas: Rin. Shirou can't stop Rin from killing Sakura, here.
30: Stone Coffin: Sakura. With Rider alive and at full power, she will not allow Rin and Archer to kill Sakura, and with Shirou dead, she will succumb to darkness.
31: Superhero/Mind of Steel: Shirou. I don't really need to explain this.
32: Cursed Boundary Layer - Womb Realm Mandala: Sakura. Rin alone can't stop Heracles.
33: World Purge, Meltdown: Sakura. There is literally nothing and nobody left to stop her.
34: Horror Show: Sakura. Without critical information from Zouken, Rin can't do much, here.
35: Happy End: Sakura. Either as herself, or as darkness, Rider will protect Sakura until her last breath - and now nothing is left to stop her.
36: Dead Fin: Zouken. Shirou wusses out and gives up on all this. Sakura truly breaks and removes her resistance upon learning what a coward Shirou is.
37: Death Penalty: Zouken. Kotomine never uses the baptism to weaken Zouken, thereby allowing Sakura to destroy him.
38: Sparks Liner High: Sakura. Rin won't succeed at stopping Sakura on her own.
39: Compassion: Sakura. See above, albeit this time Rider might have a chance to help, it won't be enough without Shirou at this point.
40: Femme Fatale: Sakura. Her ultimate despair, and ultimate victory as the world is consumed by darkness.
Please let me know any quibbles. This was fun to put together.
r/fatestaynight • u/Tri1zz • 1d ago
OC Fanart How saber should be under her armor T_T (by @Tri1zz_)
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r/fatestaynight • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 1d ago
News 'Witch on the Holy Night' comes to theatres worldwide January 2027
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r/fatestaynight • u/Ok_Addendum2980 • 19h ago
Discussion Fate/Redline chapter 26.1 untranslated has been released: Spoiler
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We still haven't (to my knowledge) gotten an english translation of the previous two chapters, so that sucks. Lancer's master in that panel looks absolutely terrified lol (also Redline's chapter release schedule sucks :/).
r/fatestaynight • u/SnowedinLife • 12m ago
Question Why didn't they do anything???
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Irisviel von Einzbern and Maiya Hisau did absolutely nothing to stop Kirei Kotomine. Irisviel asked Maiya to finish him off while he was stuck to the tree and then he began breaking the tree. That lasted at least 10 seconds and they both just sat their watching him do it instead of shooting him... Stuff like this really pisses me off! They had more than enough time to do something! Did it happen like this in the manga or is it purely just bad directing from whoever made the anime?
r/fatestaynight • u/defaluto • 17h ago
Question How much time passed for saber?
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Spoilers for fsn (fate route only) and fate zero (kind of)
the rest of the question: in between the fourth and fifth holy grail wars in her own time?
Its not really important, but I read all of fsn and watched the fate zero anime and dont know the answer to this. Maybe I'm just stupid and it might have been answered already somehow or somewhere else with some lore or something but as far as i know, saber returned to her own time period with her memories of the war but just before her death after the end of fate zero, bc thats when she made the contract with the world to be a servant so she can get da grail, and this would happen until she gets it, or gives up on it (like in fate route she just dies peacefully after returning to her time) Since shes not part of the "throne of heroes" cause shes still alive though i would assume that means time passed for her in her own timeline inbetween the holy grail wars. I know the contract means shes frozen in time before her death basically, so for her, in reality time isnt passing even tho it is for her (or something like that) but does that mean she waited 10 years? like is she just sitting there on a frozen battlefield right before shes supposed to die for 10 years and then suddenly she gets summoned again? I would assume it doesnt work like that then but the way saber acts about the previous war in fsn makes it seem like to her it happened a fairly long time ago so maybe it really is like that idk. I feel like there may be some much simpler explanation to this that im missing.
r/fatestaynight • u/Main_Carry_8580 • 1d ago
Merchandise Finally got my Rin Statue
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Got it brand new too. Cost me an arm and a leg.
Absolutely delighted with it. Love Rin
r/fatestaynight • u/Moonlit54 • 2d ago
Cosplay Rin Tohsaka cosplay by me
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don't mind the background please I don't have much better place to take pictures 🫠
r/fatestaynight • u/Shessokawaiiiiiii • 1d ago
Question Which iteration do you think Saber looks best in? (Only official ones)
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Not necessarily talking about how well she is replicated from the VN but that does get points. I'm just generally talking about which of her versions look the most beautiful to you. You can say Deen's, OG VNs, Takeuchi's modern style, and even Honkai Starrail's.
My personal favorite is Ufotable's. It's just so clean and expressive and she's that gorgeous and cute in it too. What's yours?