Recaps

Shirou introduced himself to the other Masters and demonstrated his devastating Cero to Caules. Darnic recognized Shirou as a powerful modern-era trump card and warned that the enemy Masters should also be watched.

• After Caules agreed to reveal their identities, Shirou introduced himself and described his willingness to use any means necessary.
• Gordes refused to reveal Siegfried’s true name, and Shirou declined Astolfo’s request to disclose it.
• Shirou projected a copy of Siegfried’s sword, prompting Chiron to recognize that his Projection Magecraft likely had restrictions.
• Caules asked Shirou to demonstrate his strength, and Shirou’s Cero blasted apart powerful golems.
• Darnic judged Shirou’s attack comparable to a weak Anti-Army Noble Phantasm and resolved to watch the enemy Masters as well as their Servants.

Shirou ambushed Mordred and Kaijiri Shishigami as they entered Touletifas, then fought Mordred in his first battle against a Heroic Spirit. Their clash continued fiercely, with neither fighter backing down.

• Shirou sensed two souls entering Touletifas and used Resonance Turn to approach them.
• Mordred bragged to Kaijiri Shishigami about defeating the city's patrolling Golems and homunculi.
• Shirou fired a Cero-enhanced shot at Mordred and Kaijiri Shishigami, but Mordred dodged and sent her Master to hide.
• Mordred charged Shirou with Clarent, but he evaded her strike and knocked her back with his Zanpakuto.
• Shirou and Mordred exchanged blows, clashing their swords amid crimson lightning and Cero as their battle damaged the ground.

Shirou fought the Red Faction Saber, recognized her as Mordred, and warned Caules that she likely wielded an Anti-Army Noble Phantasm. Mordred retreated rather than use it near civilians, while Shirou set off to investigate another discovery.

• Mordred intensified her attack on Shirou but decided to retreat after learning his side had a Master watching.
• Mordred vanished, and Shirou told Caules that the Red Faction Saber was likely Mordred and possessed an Anti-Army Noble Phantasm.
• Shirou and Caules discussed the female identities of Mordred, King Arthur, and other famous figures before Shirou mentioned finding something interesting.
• Caules reported Shirou's identification of Mordred to Fiore, Vlad III, and Darnic, who accepted the information as reliable.

Jeanne, the Ruler of the Holy Grail War, encountered Karna on a highway outside Touletifas, where he attacked her under orders from his Master. Shirou interrupted to photograph Karna, but when Karna threatened him, Shirou realized he had to face the powerful Lancer himself.

• Jeanne got out of a truck after warning its driver to leave the dangerous area.
• Karna revealed himself and attacked Jeanne, who dodged his strike and changed into her battle attire.
• Shirou appeared with Ulquiorra and repeatedly photographed Karna, then took a picture of Jeanne.
• Karna said his Master had ordered him to prioritize killing Black Faction Servants and prepared to attack Shirou.
• Shirou called Ulquiorra back as a Zanpakuto and readied himself to fight Karna alone.

Shirou fought Karna despite knowing he could not defeat him, hoping to survive until dawn, while Ruler refused to interfere. After Karna severed Shirou’s arm and sent him crashing into a hill, Siegfried joined the battle, and Shirou returned to help him face Karna together.

• Shirou confirmed that Ruler would not intervene, then attacked Karna with Ceros and tried to keep him at a distance.
• Karna saw through Shirou’s plan to rely on Ruler as an excuse for losing, and the two exchanged attacks until Karna severed Shirou’s arm and kicked him into a hill.
• Siegfried ambushed Karna, but Karna blocked his strike and prepared to fight him.
• Gordes found Shirou’s severed arm and ordered Siegfried to attack Karna.
• Shirou returned with Ceros and Void Bullets, then joined Siegfried to make the fight a two-on-one.

Shirou, Siegfried, and Karna fought a destructive battle that ended when daylight forced Karna to withdraw. Afterward, Shirou gave Jeanne keys to a base in Fattolis, leaving her to realize her belongings had been destroyed in the blast.

• Karna announced he would fight seriously, and Shirou and Siegfried joined him in battle.
• Karna unleashed powerful Flame Projectiles that flattened the mountain range, while Shirou moved Gordes to safety and Jeanne protected him with her Noble Phantasm.
• Siegfried and Karna exchanged respectful words after surviving the attack, and Karna withdrew as the sun rose.
• Gordes complained that the enemy had escaped, but Shirou explained Karna's strength and turned to speak with Jeanne.
• Shirou gave Jeanne keys to a base in Fattolis, and Jeanne realized the battle had destroyed all her luggage.

Shirou reported on his battles with the Red Faction and warned the Black Faction not to underestimate its Servants. Afterward, he visited Okita Souji and asked her to teach him swordsmanship.

• Shirou shared his vision of the battles with Vlad III and warned that the Red Faction might have other powerful Servants.
• Vlad III praised Shirou's analysis, while Gordes privately worried about his encounter with Karna and considered apologizing to Saber.
• Shirou visited Okita Souji and found her coughing up blood from her Weak Constitution.
• Shirou cleaned up the blood and asked Okita Souji to teach him swordsmanship, and she agreed.

Shirou trained with Okita Souji's sword techniques and told Caules that he intended to destroy the Heaven's Feel. He learned that Caules might use the Grail to save his sister and asked to examine the deformity in her Magic Circuits.

• Shirou practiced the sword techniques Okita Souji had taught him, preparing for the Red Faction's attack that night.
• Caules approached Shirou to learn about his background and wishes, and Shirou agreed to answer.
• Shirou told Caules that he planned to destroy the Heaven's Feel because it was an incomplete Third Magic that could threaten the world.
• Caules said he still hoped to reach the Root but might use the Grail to revive his sister if she died.
• Shirou asked Caules about his sister's paralyzed legs and requested to examine her Magic Circuits, and Caules agreed to ask her.

Shirou examined Fiore’s legs and apologized because he knew how to treat her but could not help while she remained committed to being a magus. Fiore and Chiron shared their wishes for the Greater Grail, leaving the group reflecting on the bonds behind those desires.

• Shirou asked Fiore whether she intended to give up being a magus, then apologized because he could not treat her legs while she kept her Magic Circuits.
• Fiore said she wanted the Greater Grail to heal her legs so she could stand and continue as a magus, and Shirou insisted that no wish was too small or selfish.
• Chiron revealed that he wished to reclaim the immortality he had surrendered, explaining that it represented his bond with his parents.
• Shirou told Chiron he had no right to judge his wish and admitted that he also wanted to learn the identities of his true parents.

After failing his college entrance exam, a nineteen-year-old man drunkenly saw the girl who had dumped him in the path of a speeding truck and sacrificed himself to save her. As he lay dying, she reached his side and asked why he had rescued her.

• The nameless man reflected on his failed relationships and narrowly missing his chosen university by two points.
• On his birthday, he drank for the first time, stumbled into a pothole, and spotted the girl who had dumped him near a speeding truck.
• The man rushed over and shoved the girl out of the truck’s path, but the truck struck him and left him mortally wounded.
• The girl crawled to the man’s side and tried to call an ambulance, but he told her he could not be saved.
• The man said his body had moved on its own when she asked why he saved her, then thought that he had not been such a loser after all.

A homunculus escaped his incubation tank and collapsed before Astolfo rescued him and brought him to Shirou's room. After Shirou warned him that his life would last only three years, the homunculus chose to live.

• The homunculus woke in a Yugdomirenia incubation tank, broke out, and collapsed in a castle corridor.
• Astolfo found the homunculus and carried him to Shirou's room, where Shirou nearly attacked Astolfo with his Zanpakuto.
• Chiron appeared and stopped Shirou and Astolfo from escalating their argument.
• Shirou explained that Caster was searching for the homunculus to use as an engine for his Gundam.
• Shirou told the homunculus his body would likely survive only three years and asked what he wanted to do.
• The homunculus said he wanted to live, and Shirou urged him to live on as a human.

Shirou confronted the homunculus about his unusually powerful soul and learned that he was a reincarnated person who had forgotten his original name. They settled on calling him Sieg, and Shirou left him alone in the room after Caules summoned him.

• Shirou told the homunculus that his soul was far stronger than those of the other homunculi and asked him to reveal his identity.
• The homunculus confirmed that he was a reincarnated soul, but said he had forgotten his original name after dying in a car accident.
• Shirou revealed that he was the Black faction's Berserker, Emiya Shirou, and explained that he had not yet participated in the Fifth War.
• Shirou suggested calling the homunculus Sieg, and the homunculus accepted the name despite joking that it carried an unwanted association with Siegfried.
• Caules summoned Shirou, who told Sieg not to open the door for anyone and left the room.

Shirou assessed Spartacus as a nearly unstoppable opponent whose damage-fueled Noble Phantasm made restraint the only viable strategy. Black Faction sent Astolfo to fight him, but the battle quickly showed how dangerous Spartacus was.

• Shirou recalled Spartacus's history and explained that his Noble Phantasm converted damage into magical energy, eventually causing a powerful self-destruction.
• Darnic and Vlad III decided to use Spartacus's arrival as an opportunity to bolster Black Faction, while Astolfo suggested that talking to him might work.
• Vlad ordered Astolfo to attack, and Astolfo charged Spartacus with his lance.
• Spartacus cut down a large tree with his shortsword and charged Astolfo as he tried to deliver his introduction.
• Astolfo abandoned his speech to avoid being stabbed, then complained as Spartacus continued attacking.
• Shirou watched from spirit form and concluded that Astolfo and Avicebron were Black Faction's only possible counters, while worrying that their plan was tempting fate.

Astolfo used Trap of Argalia to knock Spartacus down, but the Red Faction Berserker kept fighting until Vlad III and Avicebron restrained him. Vlad then left Siegfried and Shirou to deal with the remaining enemy.

• Astolfo tapped Spartacus with Trap of Argalia, causing him to fall, but Spartacus quickly resumed his attack.
• Avicebron sent stakes through Spartacus’s arm, interrupting his attack as Astolfo withdrew.
• Vlad III confronted Spartacus, who rose despite his injuries and challenged him as an oppressor.
• Avicebron’s Golems disrupted Spartacus, and Vlad III impaled him repeatedly while avoiding his Spirit Core.
• Vlad III left the enemy to Siegfried and Shirou after restraining Spartacus.

Shirou and Siegfried confronted Achilles, whose defenses made him nearly impossible to injure, while Shirou searched for a way to overcome them. The Red Faction's Archer, Atalanta, joined the fight by shooting Shirou through the shoulder and pinning him to a tree.

• Chiron guided Shirou and Siegfried to Achilles, who challenged them and chose to fight without his chariot.
• Shirou taunted Achilles about his concealed weakness, and Achilles charged Siegfried, who blocked his attack and was knocked back.
• Shirou used a Cero against Achilles, but Achilles recovered unharmed and Siegfried's Balmung could not pierce his defenses.
• Siegfried and Achilles traded blows, while Shirou struck Achilles's shoulder and realized he might need an attack with Divinity to hurt him.
• Atalanta fired an arrow from the forest, piercing Shirou's shoulder and pinning him to a tree.

Shirou pursued Atalanta through the forest and unleashed a barrage of Cerós, forcing her to use her Noble Phantasm to counter it. He prepared to double his attack after identifying her, leaving Atalanta facing another wave.

• Achilles fought Siegfried while Shirou changed targets and chased Atalanta.
• Shirou caught up with Atalanta using Sound Transmission and sealed her escape routes with a barrage of Cerós.
• Atalanta released Arrow Complaint Letter (Phoibos Catastrophe), whose rain of arrows canceled out Shirou’s attack.
• Shirou recognized Atalanta from the clues in her Noble Phantasm and raised both hands to launch a doubled barrage.

Achilles and Siegfried fought in the forest while Gordes tried to force Siegfried to use Balmung, but Darnic interrupted the Command Spell before it could take effect. Darnic then saw the devastation on the magical image and suspected Berserker had unleashed his unusual attack.

• Achilles and Siegfried clashed, and Siegfried defended himself while searching for a weakness in Achilles's protection.
• Gordes used two Command Spells to order Siegfried to defeat Achilles with Balmung.
• Siegfried began to unleash Balmung, but its sword energy shattered and he fell to one knee after Gordes's order was interrupted.
• Darnic seized Gordes's wrist, stopped the Command Spell, and ordered Siegfried to retreat.
• Darnic changed the magical image to show Shirou and noticed the devastation, suspecting Berserker had used his powerful attack.

Shirou nearly defeated Atalanta, but Achilles arrived and shielded her with Achilles Cosmos. After Atalanta escaped, Shirou prepared to fight Achilles by exploiting the weakness of his invulnerability.

• Darnic told Chiron to support Berserker after the Red Faction's Rider retreated.
• Shirou unleashed Infinite Reload Cero at Atalanta, but Achilles intercepted the barrage with Achilles Cosmos.
• Achilles and Atalanta teamed up against Shirou, who blocked Achilles's spear and countered Atalanta's arrow with projected swords.
• Shirou used Sound Transmission and Broken Phantasm to attack Atalanta, after which Amakusa Shirou Tokisada recalled her.
• Shirou identified Karna's Golden Spear as a way to overcome Achilles's Andreas Amarantos.

Shirou fought Achilles, using a projected God-forged weapon to pierce the Rider’s immortality and prove he could be killed. Achilles summoned his flying chariot, and Shirou pursued him with a spear accelerated by Cero before unleashing Broken Phantasm.

• Shirou evaded Achilles’s high-speed charges and endured repeated collisions, relying on Super High-Speed Regeneration to recover from his wounds.
• Shirou projected a golden weapon and slashed Achilles, drawing blood and revealing a way past his immortality.
• Achilles recognized the weapon as Lancer’s and eagerly welcomed a battle against someone who could kill him.
• Achilles summoned his chariot and three famous horses, while Shirou retrieved and hurled the golden spear after him.
• Shirou accelerated the spear with Cero and detonated it with Broken Phantasm as Achilles called him a madman.

Shirou and Chiron discussed Achilles’ escape and prepared to pursue Astolfo, who had fled with Sieg. Gordes and Siegfried also confronted them, while Sieg waited confidently for Shirou’s promised reinforcements.

• Achilles escaped after surviving Shirou’s attack, and Shirou confronted Chiron for watching without intervening.
• Chiron decided he would face Achilles himself, saying only he knew how to exploit his former student’s weakness.
• Caules and Fiore ordered Shirou and Chiron to pursue Astolfo and the Homunculus, so Shirou sent Ulquiorra ahead to help.
• Darnic ordered Gordes and Siegfried to retrieve Astolfo and Sieg as punishment for Gordes wasting two Command Spells.
• Gordes demanded that Astolfo hand over Sieg, but Astolfo refused and told Sieg to run; Sieg said his name was Sieg and expected Shirou’s reinforcements.
• Gordes ordered Siegfried to restrain Astolfo.

Sieg worried that Astolfo would take him away and make him the key to Avicebron’s Noble Phantasm, so Shirou arranged for Ulquiorra Cifer to protect him instead. Astolfo arrived first and led Sieg out of the castle, where defensive golems blocked their escape.

• Sieg recalled Shirou’s advice to run if Astolfo came for him and learned that Shirou had arranged Ulquiorra Cifer as another rescuer.
• Astolfo burst into Shirou’s room, grabbed Sieg, and announced that they would run away together.
• Astolfo dragged Sieg out of the castle while Sieg resolved to prioritize staying alive and leave Yugdomirenia behind for now.
• Sieg and Astolfo found themselves surrounded by defensive golems, and Astolfo stood in front of Sieg with his Noble Phantasm ready.

Ulquiorra appeared to help Sieg escape and confronted Siegfried and Gordes, buying Astolfo time to flee with the homunculus. After Sieg and Astolfo got away, Ulquiorra explained that he had helped because he wanted to.

• Astolfo gave Sieg his sword and faced Siegfried so Sieg could escape.
• Ulquiorra introduced himself as the Cuarenta Espada and intimidated Gordes, while Siegfried defended his Master.
• Gordes ordered Siegfried to kill Ulquiorra, and Astolfo seized Sieg and ran.
• Ulquiorra blocked Siegfried's attack with one hand, then Siegfried withdrew to Gordes's side.
• After Sieg and Astolfo vanished, Ulquiorra told Gordes he had helped Sieg simply because he wanted to.

Ulquiorra escaped after the Black Faction moved to surround him, while Astolfo and Sieg fled without knowing where they were going. Gordes accepted Siegfried's explanation for the escape and asked him to assess Ulquiorra.

• Ulquiorra detected the Black Faction closing in and retreated after Shirou's goal of stopping Siegfried had been met.
• Astolfo and Sieg realized they were lost, and Sieg's human body began to suffer from hunger.
• A stranger asked Astolfo and Sieg what had happened, leaving them hopeful that they might get help.
• Gordes blamed himself for holding Siegfried back and accepted that Siegfried could not catch Ulquiorra, who was faster.
• Gordes asked Siegfried to describe Ulquiorra, and Siegfried replied that he understood.

Jeanne met Sieg after Astolfo explained how he had helped him escape, and she agreed to protect him and keep him out of the Holy Grail War. After Astolfo left, Jeanne and Sieg awkwardly introduced themselves before sharing food made by Shirou.

• Jeanne revealed that she was Ruler and asked whether Sieg was the Black faction's Rider's Master.
• Astolfo explained Sieg's situation to Jeanne and asked her to protect him and grant him freedom.
• Jeanne agreed to protect Sieg, and Astolfo returned to the Black faction.
• Jeanne and Sieg introduced themselves, with Sieg explaining how Berserker had given him his name.
• Jeanne offered Sieg a biscuit from Shirou's shop, and Sieg recognized it as food made by the Black faction's Berserker.

Shirou and Chiron visited Astolfo in the dungeon after Astolfo was imprisoned for losing track of the homunculus. Shirou predicted Astolfo would be released by the next day, then teased him and gave him a cookie before leaving.

• Sereinik questioned Astolfo about the homunculus, but Astolfo repeatedly said he did not know where it was.
• Darnic stopped Sereinik from wasting a Command Spell, and Vlad III ordered Astolfo punished for treason.
• Vlad III and Avicebron had Astolfo nailed to the dungeon wall, where Shirou and Chiron visited him.
• Shirou predicted Astolfo would be released by the next day because he would not reflect on his actions.
• Shirou gave Astolfo a cookie and left, while Astolfo praised its taste.