Chapter Summaries

Saber watched over Irisviel as Avalon restored her, and the two considered Tokiomi Tohsaka’s invitation to an alliance at Fuyuki Church. Their discussion of Tokiomi and Kirei Kotomine was interrupted when Berserker burst into their hideout and attacked Saber.

• Irisviel woke after absorbing a Servant’s soul, and Saber saw her recover with Avalon’s aid.
• Irisviel and Saber received Tokiomi Tohsaka’s proposal to negotiate an alliance at Fuyuki Church that night.
• Irisviel, Saber, and Maiya Hisau discussed Tokiomi’s information network, Rider’s hidden whereabouts, and Kirei Kotomine’s threat to Kiritsugu.
• Irisviel decided that Saber should attend the meeting to learn what information Tokiomi possessed.
• Berserker smashed through the entrance, threw Assassin into the room, and attacked Saber.

Saber fought Berserker through the building and into the courtyard while Maiya and Irisviel watched from the storehouse. Assassin’s grenade blast shattered Berserker’s helmet, and Saber recognized him as Sir Lancelot.

• Jizi narrowly dodged a door panel Berserker hurled through the entrance, then fled as the fight moved deeper into the building.
• Saber drew Berserker into the courtyard, where he recognized Excalibur and attacked her with a magically empowered pillar.
• Maiya prepared an anti-tank grenade, but Assassin stole it and attached it to an arrow aimed at Berserker.
• Berserker caught the arrow, but the grenade exploded; Assassin shielded Maiya and Irisviel from the blast.
• The explosion shattered Berserker’s helmet, revealing his face, and Saber recognized him as Sir Lancelot.

Jizi rescued Saber from Berserker’s attack and tried to hold him off, but he summoned Arondight and left Saber shaken by memories of Lancelot. Saber regained enough resolve to fight again, while Maiya contacted Kiritsugu for help as Berserker pressed the attack.

• Jizi pulled Saber away from Berserker’s strike and carried her back to Irisviel, then went to delay Berserker herself.
• Jizi used fireballs and her twin blades to distract Berserker and cut apart his weapon, but he summoned Arondight and overwhelmed her.
• Irisviel woke Saber from her daze, and Saber returned her attention to Berserker despite her fear of Lancelot and Arondight.
• Maiya read Jizi’s silent request for Saber to hold Berserker off while Jizi sought an opening, then called Kiritsugu for help.
• Saber struggled against Berserker as Jizi failed to find a chance to intervene, and Maiya waited anxiously for Kiritsugu to answer.

Jizi and Saber fought Berserker until Kiritsugu’s Command Seal empowered Saber, but his order made her kill both Berserker and Jizi. Jizi vanished, realizing Kiritsugu had commanded Saber to eliminate every other Servant.

• Berserker pinned Saber down and caught Jizi’s thrown blade in his teeth, turning it toward Saber’s neck.
• Jizi destroyed [Strip] with Broken Phantasm, saving Saber from the blade but only lightly injuring Berserker and Saber.
• Kiritsugu used a Command Seal to strengthen Saber, who drove Berserker onto the defensive.
• Jizi moved behind Berserker to attack, but Saber thrust [Excalibur] through him and into Jizi.
• Jizi and Berserker dissolved into light as Jizi deduced Kiritsugu had ordered Saber to eliminate all other Servants.

After learning of Assassin’s reported death and the Church’s destruction, Tokiomi Tohsaka went to visit his family before his meeting with Einzbern. At the ruined church, Kirei revealed the Grail War’s true purpose to Archer and began plotting a dangerous meeting at Einzbern Castle.

• Tokiomi learned that Assassin had fallen, Risei Kotomine had died, and Kirei was temporarily acting as head of the Church.
• Tokiomi decided to let Kirei withdraw from the war and traveled to Zenjou to see Rin and give his family instructions.
• Archer learned from Kirei that Tokiomi intended to use Command Seals to make him kill himself, and he found the plan amusing.
• Kirei suspected Assassin might still be alive, though he kept that premonition from Archer.
• Kirei told Archer that Tokiomi’s meeting with Einzbern had moved to Einzbern Castle, and the two considered using the gathering for a new plot.

Rin Tohsaka struggled with the weight of being named heir and feared for her father as she learned more about the Heroic Spirits in the war. Just as she was trying to fall asleep, Assassin arrived at her bedroom carrying a bloodied, unconscious Tokiomi Tohsaka.

• Rin stood at the entrance after Tokiomi left, replaying his instructions and realizing he had entrusted her with the Tohsaka Family.
• Rin recalled her encounter with Bluebeard and researched Heroic Spirits, concluding that Assassin was likely one of them and wondering whether her father could win the war.
• Rin spent the evening worrying about Tokiomi, remembered his rough gesture of affection, and decided not to wash her hair before bed.
• A crash shattered Rin’s window and woke her, so she used a Gem to see what had happened.
• Rin found Assassin kneeling in her room with Tokiomi on her back; both were covered in blood, and Tokiomi appeared unresponsive.

Tokiomi and Irisviel negotiated a temporary ceasefire, but Irisviel demanded that Kirei Kotomine leave Japan because he had made an enemy of the Einzberns. Before she could explain further, Kirei appeared and launched a Black Key at Tokiomi.

• Tokiomi reviewed Assassin's report on Kiritsugu Emiya and decided that an agreement with Saber’s team could benefit both sides.
• Irisviel and Saber arrived at the Einzbern castle, where Tokiomi proposed that they cooperate against the other Masters before fighting each other.
• Irisviel agreed to treat the Tohsakas as enemies only after the other Masters were defeated and requested detailed intelligence on Rider's team.
• Irisviel demanded that Kirei Kotomine leave Japan by the next morning, and Tokiomi questioned her reasons.
• Kirei suddenly attacked through the window with a Black Key aimed at Tokiomi's heart.

Jizi revealed that she had survived by hiding her mask inside Tokiomi and used his magical energy to reconstruct her body. When Kirei tried to command her to kill Irisviel, a concealed Red Spear pierced his hand and erased his Command Seals, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Kirei launched a Black Key at Tokiomi, but Jizi appeared and blocked it with her mask.
• Jizi revealed that she had secretly embedded her mask in Tokiomi’s Magic Circuits and used his magical energy to return.
• Jizi accused Kirei of betraying Tokiomi, while Saber and Irisviel realized Archer had sided with Kirei and Jizi remained loyal to Tokiomi.
• Jizi ate a magical gem from Tokiomi’s cane to replenish her energy as she and Kirei exchanged taunts.
• Kirei began using a Command Seal to order Jizi to kill Irisviel, but a Red Spear pierced his hand and erased his Command Seals.

Jizi and her allies cornered Kirei and Archer, but Gilgamesh stopped their attack with Ea and revealed that he had seen through Jizi’s control of Kayneth. The chapter ended with Anzer and Saber turning their attention toward Jizi.

• Anzer wounded Kirei, but Kirei cut off his right hand and escaped the follow-up attack as Jizi’s Kayneth arrived.
• Jizi, Anzer, and Kayneth formed a united front against Kirei and Archer while Saber held back to protect Irisviel.
• Jizi ordered an attack on Archer, but Gilgamesh drew Ea and blocked the arrow, Anzer’s charge, and the advancing mercury.
• Gilgamesh praised Jizi’s performance and revealed that she had controlled Anzer’s Aster, causing Anzer and Saber to look toward her.

Jizi tried to keep Kirei from turning Anzer against Kayneth, but Archer and Kirei used the confrontation to seize Tokiomi and take his Command Seals. Kayneth killed Anzer while obeying Jizi’s order to stop Archer, leaving Jizi facing Saber’s fury as the chapter ended.

• Kirei listed Kayneth’s history and suggested Anzer had only been summoned as a replacement, but Kayneth reassured Anzer of their bond.
• Kirei accused Jizi of healing Kayneth after Kiritsugu shot him and pointed to Archer as a witness; Jizi denied responsibility.
• Kirei argued that Kayneth’s attack on the Church exposed a traitor, while Jizi redirected the conversation and persuaded Anzer to stay loyal to Kayneth.
• Archer used the discussion as cover to bind Tokiomi, and Kirei forcibly took Tokiomi’s remaining Command Seals.
• When Jizi ordered Kayneth to stop Archer from killing Tokiomi, Kayneth instead killed Anzer and took his final Command Seal.
• Anzer cursed Jizi as he vanished, and Saber drew her sword and confronted Jizi.

Jizi rescued the wounded Tokiomi from Kirei and Archer, then brought him to Rin and told her that Kirei had betrayed the Tohsaka family. After telling Rin about Sakura and Kariya, Jizi accepted Rin’s magical energy and left to return to Fuyuki.

• Jizi used Kayneth’s Volumen Hydrargyrum to collapse the castle, escaped with Tokiomi, and drove him to Rin’s home in a stolen car.
• Jizi healed her wounds by drawing magical energy from Rin, then told Rin that Kirei had betrayed the Tohsaka family and wounded Tokiomi.
• Jizi revealed that Kirei and Tokiomi’s Servant had conspired against Tokiomi, and Rin realized Jizi had betrayed Kirei to save her father.
• Jizi told Rin that Sakura was with the Matou family and that Kariya had been killed by the head of the family.
• Rin gave Jizi more magical energy, and Jizi left through the window to return to Fuyuki.

Jizi returned to Fuyuki and hid at the Tohsaka Residence to recover, while Kiritsugu and Maiya assessed the threats posed by the surviving Servants. As night fell, Tokiomi’s warning barrier woke Jizi, signaling that someone had approached the house.

• Jizi ranked the factions in Fuyuki, judged her own combat prospects bleak, and drove back to the city.
• Maiya reported that Jizi’s car was parked outside the Tohsaka Residence, and Kiritsugu reviewed their escape from the collapsing castle and the deaths of Kayneth and the others.
• Kiritsugu and Maiya discussed the dangers posed by Assassin, Archer, and Rider, while Kiritsugu resolved to keep fighting.
• Jizi returned to the empty Tohsaka Residence, sent her Mask to absorb magical energy, and went to sleep in Rin Tohsaka’s room.
• At dusk, Tokiomi’s warning barrier sounded and woke Jizi, alerting her that someone had approached.

Weber and Rider attacked the Tohsaka Residence, but Jizi escaped and headed toward the Church after seeing signal flares. At the Church, Saber fought Archer while Maiya fled with Irisviel after Kirei attacked them, and Jizi spotted their approaching car.

• Weber concluded that the Tohsaka Family was the only enemy whose location they could confirm, and Rider agreed to attack them.
• Rider and Weber reached the Tohsaka Residence, where Weber struggled to break its defenses; Jizi escaped through a rear window and saw signal flares from the Church.
• Saber reached the Church ruins and began fighting Archer, while Maiya narrowly survived Kirei's attack at the Einzbern residence.
• Kiritsugu confronted Kirei, giving Maiya time to carry the injured Irisviel away in a stolen car and drive toward the Church.
• Jizi saw the car carrying Irisviel approach as Saber dodged Archer's weapons and Chains of Heaven.

Irisviel returned Avalon to Saber, allowing her to withstand Archer’s attacks, but Rider’s arrival halted their fight. As Irisviel began transforming into the Holy Grail, Jizi used Kayneth’s hidden mercury spell to delay the process, then abducted Irisviel to keep the spell working and disrupt the kings’ stalemate.

• Irisviel ordered Maiya to give Avalon to Saber, and Saber used it to survive Archer’s attacks and fight back.
• Rider arrived in his Gordius Wheel, leaving Saber, Archer, and Rider in a tense stalemate.
• Maiya discovered Irisviel was turning insubstantial, then coughed up Volumen Hydrargyrum that had been hidden inside her and released from an illusion.
• The mercury covered Irisviel and temporarily halted her transformation into the Holy Grail, but Jizi realized it would soon lose its effect without magical energy.
• Jizi appeared beside Maiya, took the mercury-covered Irisviel, and fled, declaring she would present the vessel to the true king.

Jizi took Irisviel to Fuyuki Civic Hall and began drawing magical energy from her, but Saber arrived and interrupted her. Jizi then told Saber she would explain the truth about the Holy Grail, while Archer and Rider entered a Reality Marble to resume their fight.

• Jizi brought Irisviel to Fuyuki Civic Hall and maintained the Mercury spell while struggling to replenish her magical energy.
• Jizi forcibly drew magical energy from Irisviel, and Saber arrived at the civic hall after Kiritsugu Emiya and Maiya Hisau helped locate them.
• Jizi held a blade to Irisviel’s neck to stop Saber from approaching and challenged her to choose between Irisviel and the Holy Grail.
• Jizi began explaining the Three Families’ conspiracy and the connection between the Lesser Grail and Greater Grail to Saber.
• Archer and Rider entered a Reality Marble and prepared for a fight to the death.

Jizi revealed the Holy Grail War’s true purpose and offered Saber a possible way to save Irisviel by replacing her heart with a Servant’s spirit core, though she admitted she could not ensure the procedure would work. Irisviel began transforming into the Holy Grail after Rider’s soul was absorbed, as Kiritsugu Emiya and Kirei Kotomine arrived.

• Jizi explained to Saber that the Holy Grail War was meant to open a path to the Root and that Tokiomi Tohsaka was the only one pursuing that original goal.
• Jizi asked Saber to choose between the Holy Grail and Irisviel, then suggested using a Servant’s spirit core to replace Irisviel’s heart.
• Jizi warned Saber that the transplant might fail and told her to hurry after the approaching battle; Saber left the hall to face the presence outside.
• Jizi admitted to Irisviel that she could not save her, and Irisviel lost consciousness as Rider’s soul triggered her transformation into the Holy Grail.
• Kiritsugu Emiya and Kirei Kotomine appeared at the hall’s emergency exits as the Grail began to manifest.

Saber fought Archer while Jizi weighed whether to intervene, then Jizi killed Archer with a powerful dagger and discovered that her body was drawing in All the World's Evil. As the black mud consumed her mind and body, Jizi expected to be erased, leaving this ending on her apparent death.

• Saber told Archer she wanted to use the Holy Grail to save Britain, and Archer mocked her wish before attacking her.
• Jizi considered helping Saber but chose to wait, while Irisviel's body turned to ash and left behind the Holy Grail.
• Archer wore down Saber until she nearly gave in, but Jizi appeared and killed him with a dagger charged with power from the Sea of Chaos.
• Jizi celebrated defeating Archer until she realized All the World's Evil was gathering around her and seeping into her body.
• Jizi understood that the World Administrator had altered her body to attract the black mud, and she began losing herself to its pain and malice.

Jizi was pulled into the Holy Grail’s black mud and discovered that All the World’s Evil had transferred into her as its new vessel. As Saber destroyed the Grail, Jizi’s body began to disintegrate, leaving her fate unresolved before an epilogue.

• Irisviel transformed into the Lesser Grail, and its black mud swallowed Kirei Kotomine, Kiritsugu Emiya, and Jizi.
• In a void, Jizi met a double who revealed that she was All the World’s Evil, then took the form of a mask and merged with Jizi.
• Jizi awoke holding the Lesser Grail, with black hair and eyes, while All the World’s Evil’s power and torment were sealed inside her.
• Saber and Archer stopped fighting when they sensed Jizi and the Grail, and Kiritsugu Emiya ordered Saber to destroy the Grail.
• Saber unleashed her Noble Phantasm, and Jizi’s body began disintegrating in its destructive light.

Jizi split off the least contaminated part of her soul before the holy sword destroyed the Holy Grail, leaving her memories and emotions behind as her original body vanished. The new, amnesiac Jizi was rescued alongside Shirou and grew up as part of the Emiya household, while her former self’s fate remained unresolved.

• As the holy sword approached, Jizi could not accept dying and used her last strength to separate a relatively uncontaminated part of her soul into a new body.
• Jizi’s original body took the broken Mask to the Tohsaka Residence basement, then went to Zenjou and kissed Rin Tohsaka before collapsing; Rin noticed a change in her left eye.
• After the Holy Grail’s destruction, the new Jizi awoke among the ruins with no memories and was rescued by a middle-aged man alongside Shirou.
• Jizi and Shirou chose to live with their rescuer, Kiritsugu Emiya, and became part of a household with Maiya Hisau.
• Years later, Jizi lived as Shirou’s younger sister, practiced swordsmanship, and helped with household life while Kiritsugu’s health declined and he remained troubled by the name Illya.
• Jizi and Shirou went to wake Kiritsugu for breakfast, and Jizi continued living without knowing what future awaited her.

Rin Tohsaka returned to Fuyuki after eight years to prepare the Tohsaka Residence and its defenses for the Holy Grail War, while remembering a mysterious girl she had once known. Her visit to the Fujimura Group introduced her to Taiga Fujimura and the nearby household whose young cook was about to meet her.

• Rin Tohsaka reactivated the barrier around the Tohsaka Residence with one of her treasured gems and reflected on how she had surpassed her father in magecraft.
• Rin used her Mystic Eyes of Replication to inspect a nearby house, found only basic magecraft defenses, and considered the family there as a possible ally.
• Rin visited Leihua Fujimura, who agreed to arrange her school transfer and help find people to clean her home.
• Taiga Fujimura arrived, met Rin, and learned that Rin would be transferring to her school; Leihua invited Rin to stay for dinner.
• Leihua explained that the cooks were children from the neighboring household and offered to introduce Rin to Jizi, who could show her around Fuyuki and help clean her residence.
• Jizi arrived, and Rin recognized the face of the girl who entered.