Chapter Summaries

Saber and Caster reunited at the Tohsaka Residence while Irisviel brought Sakura and Berserker there by car. After Lancer challenged Berserker to a duel, Caster gained Irisviel’s trust as her Master and prepared to reveal the truth about the Holy Grail War.

• Saber and Caster greeted each other as old friends, leaving Kiritsugu baffled by their easy conversation.
• Irisviel drove Sakura and Berserker near the Tohsaka Residence, where Sakura led them toward her former home.
• Lancer appeared and let Irisviel and Sakura continue, then accepted Berserker’s challenge to a duel as Lancelot and Diarmuid.
• Jizi explained to Kiritsugu that the Servants had to address a threat to the world, but Kiritsugu doubted her account.
• Irisviel showed Kiritsugu her genuine Command Seals and ordered Caster to tell the truth about the Grail and her plan.
• Kariya kicked Tokiomi awake and called him over to hear Caster’s explanation, while Sakura watched with relief.

Jizi revealed the Holy Grail’s corruption and gathered the surviving knights to help her destroy All the World's Evils. After she summoned the Holy Grail using her magical energy, Kirei arrived and demanded it while holding Rin hostage.

• Caster explained that the Holy Grail had been corrupted by Angra Mainyu and that she had come as the Counter Force’s pawn to deal with it.
• Jizi arranged for Lancelot and Diarmuid to fight; after Lancelot urged him to change his fate by helping save the world, Diarmuid agreed to join the plan.
• Jizi used Three Ahoge and the ley lines to summon the Holy Grail, while Irisviel lay unconscious on the table.
• Kirei appeared at the Tohsaka Residence, ignored Tokiomi, and demanded the Holy Grail from Kariya while holding Rin hostage.

Jizi traded the Holy Grail to Kirei Kotomine to rescue Rin, then revealed that the Grail’s black mud delighted Kirei because of his evil nature. After Jizi killed him, the Greater Grail’s Hole began to open, and Gilgamesh emerged from the mud to join the coming battle.

• Jizi negotiated Rin’s release by giving Kirei Kotomine the Holy Grail, then led the others away from the exchange.
• The Holy Grail poured black mud over Kirei, and he reveled in its evil while Jizi explained that it suited his nature.
• Jizi shot Kirei through the heart, and his body sank into the black mud.
• As the Hole to the Greater Grail began opening, Jizi told the others to fight the corrupted Assassins while she handled the mud.
• The corrupted Assassins rose from the mud, and Gilgamesh appeared, resisting its corruption through sheer will.

The knights fought off the Assassins and then struggled against Archer, whose corrupted Ea threatened to destroy them. Elsewhere, Jizi helped Rider recover his strength so he could confront Archer and help purify the Holy Grail.

• Saber, Lancer, and Berserker drove the Assassins into retreat, then faced Archer as he summoned Noble Phantasms from the Gate of Babylon.
• Jizi explained that linking Lancer’s Spirit Core to Irisviel would restore his strength but bind his existence to her, and Lancer agreed.
• The knights endured Archer’s barrage, with Berserker stealing Noble Phantasms and preventing Archer from retrieving them.
• Archer unleashed a corrupted Enuma Elish against the three knights.
• Jizi met Rider away from the Tohsaka Residence and used her magical energy to help Weber replenish Rider’s strength.
• Rider prepared to take Jizi near the battle in his chariot so she could use her power against the world’s evil.

Saber, Berserker, and Lancer fought to stop Archer, who drew power from the Holy Grail’s black mud, until Rider returned and led a charge against him. Jizi appeared to strike Archer with her final attack, while Lancelot’s disguise held Archer in place.

• Berserker realized the black mud was feeding Archer power from the Holy Grail, and the knights planned to break through his attack with Excalibur and a barrage of captured weapons.
• Saber released Excalibur while Berserker and Lancer hurled Noble Phantasms at Archer, but Archer escaped their assault with the Chains of Heaven and resumed Ea’s attack from above.
• Rider returned and forced Archer to halt Ea, then accused him of being corrupted by the black mud and charged with Lancer and Saber protecting his chariot.
• Lancer caught Archer’s Chains of Heaven with his spears as Saber accelerated the chariot, creating an opening for a silver-haired figure to attack Archer.
• Archer struck the silver-haired figure, but she was Lancelot in disguise; Lancelot seized Ea and held Archer in place while Jizi opened a gateway to hell with Meidō Zangetsuha.

Sakura Matou recalled the end of the Fourth Holy Grail War and the people whose lives Caster had saved, then used the newly appeared Command Seals to summon the person she still longed to see. As Jizi heard a mysterious voice calling her from the nothingness, Sakura’s summoning circle flashed and revealed a glimpse of silver hair.

• Uncle Kariya finished telling Chloe and Sakura the story of the Fourth Holy Grail War, including how Caster and Archer vanished into the wound in space as the Grail’s evil was purified.
• Sakura met her sister Rin and learned that she, Rin, and Kiritsugu Emiya’s daughter had been chosen for the next Holy Grail War.
• Sakura welcomed Lord El-Melloi and Iskandar to Uncle Kariya’s home, where they discussed the coming war and their roles as Mage’s Association overseers.
• Sakura found Command Seals on her hand and resolved to summon the silver-haired woman who had rescued her and saved the world.
• Jizi remained suspended in nothingness until a voice called her to come, while Sakura completed the summoning incantation and glimpsed silver hair in the circle’s light.

A memoryless woman awakened in the Matou Residence and discovered that Sakura had summoned her as a Heroic Spirit, though she remembered little beyond Sakura’s name. After El-Melloi confirmed she was the same Heroic Spirit who had once fought alongside Sakura, Sakura asked her to make new memories together, and she agreed to stay by Sakura’s side.

• Sakura greeted the woman as big sis Caster, and the woman recognized Sakura but could not remember her own name or past.
• The woman’s body completed a summoning contract with Sakura, identifying her class as Archer before she collapsed.
• After waking in the Matou Residence, the woman struggled with her identity and learned that Sakura had changed her clothes while she was unconscious.
• El-Melloi examined the woman and explained that she was the actual Heroic Spirit, not a Servant copy, and that she was unusually weak.
• Sakura learned that the summoned Heroic Spirit was the same person she had known ten years earlier and asked her to make new memories together.
• The woman agreed to stay beside Sakura, comforted by Sakura’s affection despite her missing memories.

In a dangerous age, the young youkai Yukari Yakumo was caught stealing buns but was rescued by the mysterious Mr. Ji, who revealed herself as Jizi. Jizi invited Yukari to stay with her, leaving Yukari surprised and unsure what to expect.

• A crowd cornered the young youkai after she vanished while being caught stealing buns.
• Mr. Ji arrived, took Yukari away from the townspeople, and brought her to her home.
• Mr. Ji told Yukari to wash, then revealed she was a female youkai named Jizi.
• Jizi asked Yukari for her name, and Yukari revealed it was Yukari Yakumo.
• Jizi introduced herself as Jizi and asked Yukari to stay and keep her company.

Jizi met Rin Tohsaka after Rin mistook her for a thief, then became her daytime bodyguard and school escort. The chapter ended with Jizi reluctantly showing her face around Rin after Rin traded one “onii-chan” for that promise.

• Rin caught Jizi in the Tohsaka courtyard and held a gemstone to her forehead, but Tokiomi identified Jizi as the Assassin he and Kirei had invited.
• Jizi praised Rin’s talent and exchanged polite compliments with Tokiomi, winning his approval; Rin then challenged Jizi for hiding her face, and Jizi removed her mask.
• Jizi warned Tokiomi that Qiegao might threaten Rin during the Holy Grail War and persuaded him to appoint her as Rin’s bodyguard and escort.
• Rin left school with Jizi, who carried her bag and waited beside the school gates in a butler’s uniform.
• Jizi recalled that Rin had used her promise to grant one request to make Jizi show her real face whenever she was with Rin.

Jizi met Rin at Fuyuki Station and agreed to help her search for her missing classmate, Kotone, after Rin explained her plan. As they followed an orange-haired young man leading children through Shinto, Jizi and Rin prepared to investigate a dark alley, while Irisviel's cell was broken into by an unknown visitor.

• Jizi found Rin at Fuyuki Station, scolded her for coming to Fuyuki, then relented and asked what she wanted to do.
• Rin showed Jizi her magical-energy detector and jewel fragments, and explained that she wanted to rescue Kotone.
• Rin's detector pointed toward a dark alley, and she insisted on entering with Jizi's help.
• Earlier, Aster dismissed Anzer's concerns about letting an enemy escape and ordered him to focus on fighting.
• Asashin smoothed the sharp jewel fragments in Rin's hand, and Rin and Asashin decided to follow an orange-haired young man who was leading children.
• Someone forced open Irisviel's cell door and approached her, but the visitor's identity was not revealed.

Jizi reunited Rin with Aoi, then returned to the Holy Church and gained Kirei's support for an operation at the kings' banquet. She revealed herself at the gathering, where Rider invited her to play music for the three kings.

• Rin apologized to Aoi for running away, and the two embraced as Jizi reflected on maternal love and her own family.
• Rin accidentally kicked Jizi, then felt guilty; Jizi comforted her and asked her to consider how her family would feel before taking risks.
• At the Holy Church, Kirei told Jizi about a banquet hosted by Rider, Saber, and Archer, and Tokiomi agreed that her plan could expose her presence.
• Jizi persuaded Kirei to provide her with mana before heading to the banquet in the ruined courtyard.
• Archer exposed Jizi's concealment, and Rider welcomed her to drink with the kings; Jizi accepted his wine and began playing her guitar.

Archer restrained Eva-01 with the Chains of Heaven, but the monster broke through and threatened the kings’ banquet. Rider summoned his Reality Marble, Army of the King, and led his former companions into battle against Eva-01.

• Archer bound Eva-01 with the Chains of Heaven and attacked it with golden weapons, but its AT Field blocked them and its strength dragged the chains along.
• Jizi watched from hiding and discussed with Assassin how the powerful familiar could have been summoned by Caster.
• Weber urged Rider to summon Gordius Wheel and flee, but Rider struck him and declared that he would fight the intruder.
• Rider released his Reality Marble, transforming the courtyard into a desert and summoning the Heroic Spirits who had fought beside him.
• Rider proclaimed that a king did not stand alone, and his army charged Eva-01 as it raised its AT Field against their arrows and javelins.

Aster summoned a gigantic Sea Demon in Fuyuki, forcing Saber and Rider to fight it while Tokiomi urged Archer to intervene. Archer refused to use Ea, and Tokiomi turned to Kirei and Assassin as the battle continued.

• Jizi followed Ryunosuke out of the Workshop and watched as Aster began his summoning on the river.
• Saber and Rider arrived to fight Aster's Sea Demon, while Archer watched from Vimana and Jizi stayed near Ryunosuke.
• Saber and Rider damaged the Sea Demon, but its vast body regenerated faster than they could injure it.
• Tokiomi asked Archer to destroy the creature with Ea, but Archer refused and threatened him for his insolence.
• Tokiomi contacted Kirei and decided that Assassin should break the deadlock.

Jizi weighed Kirei’s false orders against her plans to protect Rin and eventually kill Ryunosuke, while Kariya and brsrkr crossed paths with Anzer. The chapter revealed that Jizi had secretly healed Kayneth and used Geass to make him her servant, and she ordered him to keep brsrkr occupied without defeating him.

• Kirei told Jizi to search for the missing Servants instead of attacking Ryunosuke, and she agreed while planning to finish the assignment and return for him.
• Kariya staggered toward Tokiomi, but Anzer blocked his path and challenged brsrkr to a rematch; Yanye summoned brsrkr, and the two Servants began fighting.
• Jizi ordered Kayneth to keep brsrkr and his Master occupied without defeating them, and Kayneth obeyed.
• Several days earlier, Jizi had healed Kayneth after Kiritsugu’s sniper shot and used Geass to make him her slave.

rir and sabr struggled to hold back the Sea Demon while searching for a way to defeat it, and Jizi devised a plan to let sabr strike as it emerged from rir’s Reality Marble. She contacted Kiritsugu and went to find sabr, while Irisviel realized that Aster’s impersonation had been exposed.

• rir and sabr drove the Sea Demon away from the riverbank but recognized that a prolonged fight would favor Prelati's Spellbook.
• rir proposed trapping the Sea Demon in his Reality Marble while sabr prepared [xaibr], but sabr warned that the attack could destroy rir’s soldiers and barrier.
• Weber complained that rir had tasked him with finding a strategy, and Irisviel admitted she could not devise one on the spot.
• Jizi took Irisviel’s phone, called Kiritsugu, and identified Aster’s red-haired figure on the embankment as the target.
• Jizi asked Weber whether rir could release his Reality Marble at a chosen location, then agreed with Irisviel to use it to position the Sea Demon in sabr’s line of fire.
• Jizi left to find sabr, and Irisviel realized Aster’s disguise had been exposed and decided she should tell Kiritsugu.

Saber destroyed the Sea Demon with Excalibur, while the battle left Weber and Irisviel reflecting on what they had witnessed. Afterward, Jizi confronted Kirei over his claim that Tokiomi had given her different orders, leaving his response unknown.

• Ryunosuke Uryu died peacefully on the riverbank after finding fulfillment, while Tokiomi wondered why Aster and Assassin had disappeared from view.
• Saber released Excalibur, and Rider dismissed his Reality Marble so the holy sword could annihilate the Sea Demon and Aster inside it.
• Weber witnessed Excalibur's power, while Irisviel questioned whether her desire for ordinary family life was truly her own.
• Rider spoke with Archer about Saber and challenged him to a future battle, and Archer laughed at the tragedy of her life.
• Jizi confronted Kirei near the Holy Church and demanded to know whether he had lied about Tokiomi's orders.

Jizi tested how far Kirei Kotomine’s rebellious streak had developed, while Kayneth defeated Kariya Matou and later attacked the church with Anzer. The chapter ended as Kayneth confronted Kirei and Risei, leaving his motive unresolved.

• Jizi asked Kirei Kotomine what he wanted, and he began to explain himself.
• Kayneth defeated Kariya Matou and left him unconscious after Anzer overcame Berserker.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka failed repeatedly at making magical gems while distracted and exhausted.
• Jizi approached Tokiomi from behind and struck him with an object.
• Kayneth and Anzer burst into Fuyuki Church, and Kayneth challenged Kirei and Risei to guess why he had come.

Kariya Matou used his remaining life force to turn a mercury mystic code against Zouken Matou, while Tokiomi Tohsaka woke to Jizi’s report and decided to contact the Einzberns. The chapter left Kariya dying and Tokiomi unaware that Jizi had altered her account and was amused by his reactions.

• Kariya Matou dreamed that Berserker blamed him for Saber’s glory and drained his blood, then awoke chained in the Matou Worm Pit.
• Zouken Matou tried to force a worm into Kariya’s mouth, but mercury from a mystic code covered Zouken and attacked his soul through his body.
• Kariya poured his remaining magical energy and life into the Mercury Dress, resisting Zouken until he faded while thinking of Sakura.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka woke on his sofa and listened as Jizi falsely reported that Anzer and Berserker had interrupted her attempt to eliminate Aster.
• Tokiomi decided to send a letter to the Einzberns, and Jizi hid a playful smile as he hurried to write it.

Kayneth confronted Risei and Kirei at the church, then provoked Gilgamesh into a battle while using Risei as a shield. As the fight left Kirei with an opening to attack, Kayneth redirected him into striking his own father, and Kirei stood frozen over Risei’s body.

• Kayneth accused Risei of using the Church’s authority to help Tokiomi and questioned Kirei about his motives.
• Kirei struggled to understand Kayneth’s odd behavior and discovered an unfamiliar emotion when he considered his father’s death.
• Gilgamesh arrived at the church, and Kayneth provoked him while holding Risei in front of himself as a hostage.
• Kayneth ordered Anzer to teleport behind Gilgamesh, but Gilgamesh stopped the spear with the Chains of Heaven and blasted Volumen Hydrargyrum apart.
• Kirei charged Kayneth, but mercury twisted his footing and redirected his punch into Risei, crushing the old priest’s heart.

Kariya Matou's battle with Zouken ended when Berserker rescued him, while Kirei Kotomine discovered that killing his father brought him fulfillment. Kirei asked Archer to reveal the malicious truth behind the Holy Grail War.

• Zouken used information from his Surveillance Worms to summon Berserker and have him rescue the dying Kariya Matou from the Worm Chamber.
• After Kariya became brain-dead, Berserker drank his blood and consumed his worms to replenish his magical energy, leaving Kariya dead as he rushed toward Saber.
• Anzer broke free of Archer's Chains of Heaven and escaped with Kayneth while Archer turned his attention to Kirei Kotomine beside Risei's body.
• Kirei realized he had killed his father and felt fulfillment, recognizing that his nature was evil.
• Kirei asked Archer to tell him the malicious truth behind the Holy Grail War.