Chapter Summaries

Iskandar confronted Kenneth and challenged the other hidden Servants, drawing Gilgamesh and Berserker Lancelot into a clash. Gilgamesh withdrew under Tohsaka Tokiomi's Command Spell after Shirou provoked him, leaving Tokiomi frustrated that Gilgamesh’s identity had been exposed.

• Iskandar mocked Kenneth and declared him unfit to be his Master, then called on the hidden Heroic Spirits to reveal themselves.
• Gilgamesh appeared above the street and insulted Iskandar and Shirou as fakes and pretenders.
• Berserker Lancelot faced Gilgamesh’s Noble Phantasms and caught one weapon before using it to deflect another.
• Shirou explained Lancelot’s skill to Irisviel and warned that Gilgamesh could end the war if he fought seriously.
• Gilgamesh escalated his attack on Lancelot, but Tohsaka Tokiomi used a Command Spell to summon him away.
• Shirou taunted Gilgamesh about Enkidu before he disappeared, and Tokiomi lamented that his Servant’s identity had been revealed.

After Lancelot attacked Artoria, Shirou intervened, drove Lancelot away, and badly wounded Diarmuid. Iskandar withdrew with Webber, leaving Shirou and Artoria at the scene.

• After Gilgamesh left, Lancelot attacked Artoria with a streetlamp pole, and Diarmuid intervened to defend her.
• Kenneth used a Command Seal to order Diarmuid to help Lancelot defeat Artoria, while Shirou reluctantly revealed himself and blocked the knights with Noble Phantasms.
• Shirou slammed Lancelot into a flour-filled shipping container, and Lancelot's Master recalled him with a Command Seal after the explosion.
• Shirou wounded Diarmuid in a clash, then cut off his own injured arm and grew a new one as Diarmuid retreated in spirit form.
• Iskandar chose to leave with Webber rather than fight Shirou, and Shirou let them go.

Emiya Shirou met Matou Kariya in a sewer and offered to help him rescue Sakura and defeat the Tohsaka Family's Servant in exchange for control of Berserker. They went to the Matou estate, where Shirou entered the basement and began killing the worms infesting Sakura.

• Emiya Shirou introduced himself to Matou Kariya as a Foreigner-class Servant from ten years in the future and showed him photos of himself with Sakura.
• Matou Kariya accepted Shirou's offer to help rescue Sakura and take down the Tohsaka Family's Servant, giving Shirou control of Berserker in return.
• Emiya Shirou treated Matou Kariya's injuries with Projection and warned that the Imprint Worms would kill him within weeks without further treatment.
• Emiya Shirou kicked in the Matou Family's front door and gave Matou Kariya a projected pair of Gan Jiang Mo Ye before they descended to the basement.
• Emiya Shirou saw the worms covering Sakura and unleashed a killing force that caused huge numbers of them to die.

Shirou rescued Sakura and Matou Shinji from the Matou estate, destroyed Matou Zouken, and left the children in Matou Kariya’s care with money to start over. He called Kiritsugu to report that Berserker would not be an enemy for now, while reflecting that he might soon have to leave them.

• Shirou wrapped the unconscious Sakura in pieces of the Holy Shroud, scanned the area, and found Matou Zouken’s hidden workshop beneath the Matou estate.
• Shirou blasted through the basement floor, trapped Zouken’s swarm with Kido #73: Scattering Mountain Crystal, and destroyed it with more than a hundred Broken Phantasm Noble Phantasms.
• Shirou entrusted Sakura to Matou Kariya, then brought out Matou Shinji and gave Kariya a basket of U.S. dollars before leaving the collapsing estate.
• Matou Kariya found a note from Shirou teasing him about his Dark Swordsman Kariya book.
• Shirou called Kiritsugu and reported that Berserker would not be an enemy for a while, then wondered whether Kiritsugu would cry when he left.

Kiritsugu reunited with Natalia, whom Shirou had brought back, and asked her to help him in the Holy Grail War. Natalia armed herself and joined Kiritsugu as they prepared to face Kirei El-Melloi Archibald.

• Shirou told Kiritsugu to visit the house he had bought in Fuyuki City, where he found Natalia waiting for him.
• Kiritsugu joyfully reunited with Natalia and confirmed she had truly returned.
• Shirou called to report that Berserker would not be an enemy for a long time, and Kiritsugu sent him to protect Irisviel.
• Kiritsugu asked Natalia to help him confront Kirei El-Melloi Archibald, and she equipped herself with an AUG rifle.
• Kiritsugu and Natalia set out together, with Natalia declaring that modern warfare could give them an edge.

Kiritsugu and Maiya destroyed Kenneth’s hotel workshop with explosives, but they could not confirm whether Kenneth had died. When Kirei Kotomine confronted Maiya, Natalia arrived to help and escaped their fight by jumping from the hotel with a hidden hang glider.

• Natalia mocked the elaborate defenses of Kenneth’s hotel workshop while Kiritsugu’s team prepared to attack.
• Kiritsugu remotely detonated the explosives planted throughout the hotel, bringing down the building after its occupants had been evacuated.
• Maiya reported that Kenneth had not left the hotel grounds but that no body had been found, so Kiritsugu ordered a retreat.
• Kirei Kotomine confronted Maiya, dodged her shots, and knocked away her pistol with a Black Key.
• Natalia intervened, fought Kirei, then jumped from the thirty-eighth floor, shot at him, and opened a hidden hang glider.

After Kariya uncovered Caster’s gruesome murders and rescued abducted children, Shirou urged Kiritsugu to make Caster the team’s first target. Kiritsugu hesitated over the strategy, but Natalia backed Shirou’s proposal, leaving the group poised to act against Caster.

• Irisviel drove Artoria at high speed to meet Caster, but Gilles de Rais vanished before Shirou could shoot him.
• Shirou asked Kariya to investigate Caster, and Kariya agreed while commanding Berserker Lancelot with greater independence.
• Kariya found Caster’s workshop, photographed the murdered children, and reported that over a dozen captives had been rescued and entrusted to Nakayama.
• Shirou showed Kiritsugu the workshop photographs and proposed making Caster their first target, citing the murders as his reason.
• Kiritsugu hesitated, but Natalia urged him to accept Shirou’s proposal, and Artoria and the others reacted with anger and disgust.

Shirou, Artoria, and Diarmuid fought Caster as he used monsters and children to delay their attacks. Caster escaped after Shirou saved the children, and Artoria hurried away to help Irisviel and Maiya, who had encountered Kirei Kotomine.

• Shirou found Caster’s hideout, killed the monsters there, and burned the human-skin-filled lair before leaving to continue his hunt.
• Artoria fought Caster’s monster army outside Einzbern Castle but was overwhelmed and bound by tentacles.
• Diarmuid freed Artoria and confronted Caster, who summoned more monsters with his Grimoire of the Perverted Castle.
• Shirou arrived and prepared to attack, but Caster used children containing monsters as hostages to force him to save them.
• Shirou used Photonization and mana to kill the monsters inside the children, allowing Caster to escape after his Noble Phantasm was destroyed.
• Artoria told Shirou that Irisviel and Maiya had encountered Kirei Kotomine, and she left to help them.

Natalia and Kiritsugu ambushed Kenneth at Einzbern castle, using modern weapons and traps against his powerful Mage's Garb. They trapped him in the basement with tear gas, forcing Kenneth to use a Command Spell to summon Diarmuid for rescue.

• Kenneth entered Einzbern castle and demanded a one-on-one duel, but gunfire from six directions struck his Lunar Dew defenses.
• Kiritsugu and Natalia attacked Kenneth with submachine guns and pistols, then fled when they failed to penetrate his defenses.
• Natalia reminded Kiritsugu of their old bunker tactic, and Kiritsugu decided to use tear gas instead of his Origin Bullet.
• Kiritsugu and Natalia lured Kenneth into the basement and sealed the doors before filling the room with tear gas.
• Trapped inside Lunar Dew as bullets continued to threaten him, Kenneth used a Command Spell to summon Diarmuid and escape.

Hisau Maya and Irisviel tried to escape Kirei Kotomine, but their ambush failed and Kirei overwhelmed them. Shirou intervened by raining projected Noble Phantasms down between them, leaving Kirei alive and the confrontation unresolved.

• Hisau Maya led Irisviel through the castle, but Irisviel insisted they stop Kirei Kotomine from reaching Kiritsugu Emiya.
• Irisviel used an illusion to help Hisau Maya ambush Kirei, but he feigned defeat and injured her with a Black Key.
• Kirei attacked Hisau Maya, and Irisviel bound him with steel wires shaped into an eagle.
• Kirei broke the tree anchoring the wires through sheer strength, exhausting Irisviel and freeing himself.
• Shirou's projected Noble Phantasms rained down and separated Kirei from Irisviel and Hisau Maya.

Gilgamesh discussed Tohsaka Tokiomi’s wish for the Root and Kirei Kotomine’s lack of a wish before Shirou spoke with Kirei about finding purpose. Shirou suggested that Kirei try to become a good father to Kallen and sample Mapo Tofu, leaving Kirei’s next choices uncertain.

• Gilgamesh told Kirei Kotomine that he found Tohsaka Tokiomi’s pursuit of the Root boring and praised Shirou for recognizing himself as a counterfeit.
• Kirei Kotomine approached Shirou, who agreed to answer his questions about wishes and enjoyment.
• Shirou told Kirei that everyone had desires and suggested he start by becoming a good father to Kallen.
• Shirou recommended the Mapo Tofu at a Chinese restaurant in Fuyuki City's snack street, then wondered whether Kirei would still kill Tokiomi.

Shirou and Irisviel encountered Iskandar while shopping, and Iskandar invited the other kings to a King's Banquet. Iskandar, Gilgamesh, Shirou, and Irisviel agreed to gather at Einzbern Castle, where the banquet would give them a chance to observe one another.

• Shirou shielded Irisviel when Iskandar approached them on the street and asked where Saber was.
• Iskandar explained that he wanted to hold a King's Banquet and had come to buy wine.
• Shirou and Irisviel invited Iskandar to host the banquet at Einzbern Castle, offering century-old grape wine.
• Shirou pointed out Gilgamesh as he approached, and Iskandar invited him to the banquet.
• Gilgamesh agreed to attend so he could show the others what a true king was.

Gudako asked Shirou to Project Saint Quartz so she could summon more Heroic Spirits. Shirou created an enormous supply, leaving Ritsuka, Mashu, Da Vinci, and Dr. Roman stunned while Gudako celebrated.

• Gudako visited Ritsuka Fujimaru and asked him to introduce her to Emiya, who could Project anything.
• At Chaldea’s kitchen, Red A and Black A dragged Shirou away from the cooking and sent him to meet Gudako.
• Gudako showed Shirou a Saint Quartz and asked him to Project more, then took him to the Summoning Room.
• Shirou Projected a vast array of Saint Quartz, and Mashu, Da Vinci, and Dr. Roman arrived to find the room filled with them.
• Gudako celebrated the chance to summon more Heroic Spirits while Ritsuka questioned whether he should have helped her.

Shirou hosted Iskandar at a banquet with Gilgamesh and Artoria, where Gilgamesh supplied divine wine and Iskandar began arguing about who deserved the Holy Grail. Shirou watched as the kings’ discussion turned into a Holy Grail Quiz.

• Shirou waited outside Einzbern Castle and stopped Iskandar and Webber from riding their chariot through the grounds.
• Shirou led Iskandar and Webber to the banquet, where Gilgamesh and Artoria were waiting over a feast.
• Gilgamesh called Shirou the Lich King and gave him a cup of wine along with the other kings.
• Iskandar praised Gilgamesh’s divine wine, while Artoria eagerly ate the feast.
• Iskandar argued that the Holy Grail was not a wine cup and described the contest as a Holy Grail Quiz.

Gilgamesh, Iskandar, Artoria, and Shirou discussed who owned the Holy Grail and what they would use it for. The conversation ended with Iskandar asking Shirou what wish he wanted the Grail to grant.

• Gilgamesh claimed that the Holy Grail belonged to his treasury, while Shirou said Gilgamesh’s treasures included several items with similar functions.
• Iskandar rejected Gilgamesh’s offer to join his ranks and declared that he would take the Grail to fulfill his wish of obtaining a body.
• Shirou and Artoria described Merlin’s voyeurism and troublesome pranks in Camelot.
• Shirou explained that Frostmourne had made him the Lich King, a role he had accepted to suppress the undead scourge.
• Iskandar advised Shirou to follow his own path and asked what wish he wanted to entrust to the Holy Grail.

Shirou and the kings discussed their wishes and ideals, leading Iskandar and Artoria to argue over whether a king should serve the country or rule for personal glory. Shirou explained that Britannia had been doomed by the decline of the Age of Gods, and Gilgamesh ended the discussion by declaring that he would kill Iskandar himself.

• Shirou said he had entered the Holy Grail War to end something meaningless and had no wish beyond caring for his companions.
• Artoria said she wanted the Holy Grail to save Britannia from destruction, and Gilgamesh and Iskandar challenged her regret over her rule.
• Iskandar argued that a king should live by his own desires and that subjects should give everything to their king, while Artoria defended serving her people.
• Shirou explained that Britannia was doomed by the decline of True Ether and the course of history, and Iskandar acknowledged that his King's Path did not fit its circumstances.
• Iskandar reaffirmed his beliefs about kingship, and Gilgamesh declared that he would kill Iskandar himself.

Iskandar answered the question of whether a king must be solitary by summoning his loyal soldiers in his Noble Phantasm, Army of the King. He led them to wipe out the Hundred-Faced Hassans, leaving the other kings and Shirou to witness his army's overwhelming force.

• Dozens of skull-masked Hundred-Faced Hassans surrounded the banquet, and Iskandar invited them to join the table before they spilled his wine.
• Iskandar asked Artoria, Gilgamesh, and Shirou whether a king had to be solitary, then summoned his army and Bucephalus with Army of the King.
• Iskandar declared that a king was not solitary because the king's wish was the wish of all his people, and his soldiers answered him in unison.
• Iskandar ordered his soldiers to trample the Hundred-Faced Hassans, and they defeated them in a one-sided massacre.

After Iskandar and Gilgamesh left the banquet, Shirou helped Artoria reconsider her failures as king by showing her recordings of Tristan and Mordred. Artoria let go of her unrealistic regrets, while Shirou was left facing the cleanup alone.

• Iskandar departed with Webber after arguing with Gilgamesh, who then threatened Shirou before vanishing.
• Artoria questioned whether she had failed as king, and Shirou searched his Imaginary Space for a recording to answer her.
• Shirou accidentally pulled out Tiamat, then put her away and found the recorder he wanted.
• Artoria heard Tristan and Mordred express their true feelings about her and Camelot.
• Artoria thanked Shirou for helping her let go of her regrets, and Shirou realized he had to clean up the banquet alone.

Kiritsugu dreamed of Shirou, Illya, Sella, and Okita Souji sharing a chaotic afternoon at the Emiya household before waking to news that Caster’s Master had appeared. He agreed to let Natalia take him out, hoping to prevent Kenneth from gaining more Command Spells.

• Shirou found Illya asleep on the aired quilts, then lay down beside her despite warning her that Sella would be angry.
• Okita Souji arrived and nearly joined them, but Shirou stopped her from waking Illya.
• Sella scolded Shirou and Illya, threw Shirou into the spot where Einzbern Castle stood, and tugged Illya’s ear until she woke.
• Kiritsugu questioned whether the dream’s Shirou was really his son, then woke with a headache.
• Natalia told Kiritsugu that Caster’s Master had appeared, and Kiritsugu ordered her to take him out.

After Caster summoned a tentacled Projection of an Outer God and was devoured, Shirou, Artoria, Iskandar, and their allies joined forces to stop the monster before it reached land. Shirou’s barrage of Projected Noble Phantasms shredded it, but its regeneration outpaced the damage.

• Gilles de Rais summoned a tentacled monster with a ritual after Ryunosuke Uryu was killed, and the creature devoured him.
• Kiritsugu called for help as the monster emerged, and Shirou, Artoria, and Irisviel arrived at the scene.
• Iskandar joined them and proposed an alliance, while Irisviel explained that they had to destroy the monster before it reached land and replenished itself.
• At Kiritsugu’s request, Shirou attacked the monster by Projecting and launching dozens of Noble Phantasms.
• Shirou’s barrage minced the monster, but its regeneration quickly restored it.