Recaps

Higashino Kanade saved Irisviel, took Black Haired Saber as his Servant, and fought the King of Conquerors and Golden Flash while the Holy Grail War devastated Fuyuki. After Golden Flash fell, Kanade was swallowed by the Grail’s Black Mud and trapped in an illusion where he killed those he believed were false.

• Higashino Kanade saved Irisviel from the Lesser Grail’s collapse, made Black Haired Saber his Servant, and separated her from Emiya Kiritsugu.
• Higashino Kanade hosted the Banquet of Kings, challenged the King of Conquerors over his ideals, and killed him after Kurama’s power broke the king’s army.
• Higashino Kanade received a Nagato-version bloodline modification agent, while Kirei Kotomine became Tohsaka Tokiomi’s Master and inherited Golden Flash.
• Aozaki Touko replaced Irisviel’s heart, and Irisviel left Fuyuki with Emiya Kiritsugu while Black Haired Saber remained with Kanade.
• Higashino Kanade, Ryougi Shiki, and Black Haired Saber fought Golden Flash as he unleashed a flood on Fuyuki, and Kanade sent clones to rescue civilians while Kiritsugu helped refugees escape.
• Higashino Kanade called on Kirei Kotomine and Ryougi Shiki to defeat Golden Flash, and Ryougi Shiki killed him under Kirei’s Command Spells.
• Higashino Kanade and Ryougi Shiki reached the Great Hollow, where Little Angra swallowed Kanade and The Sayings of Hiruzen Sarutobi shielded him from the Black Mud.
• Higashino Kanade recognized the wedding with Mei Terumi as an illusion, killed its false inhabitants, and remained trapped as he began killing Konoha’s villagers.

Higashino Kanade rebuilt his life after the Fuyuki Holy Grail War, gathering disciples and uncovering the Clock Tower’s plans for another war. As his family and responsibilities grew, he reunited with Luvia and received a declaration of love from Root Shiki.

• Higashino Kanade escaped the Great Hollow with Emiya Kiritsugu, who died after mistaking him for Shirley, then defeated Little Angra and used the Greater Grail to restore Fuyuki and revive its dead.
• Higashino Kanade reunited with Ryougi Shiki, healed Fujino and awakened her abilities, then hired Aozaki Touko and welcomed Grea as a disciple.
• Higashino Kanade reunited with Emiya Kiritsugu and his family, hired Kiritsugu, and learned that Illya had developed feelings for him despite his engagement to Ryougi Shiki.
• Higashino Kanade questioned Tohsaka Tokiomi about the Clock Tower’s plans, then adopted Sakura into the Ryougi Family as Ryougi Sakura while Rin vowed to bring her sister back.
• Higashino Kanade rescued Bin-kura Kōryū from a trap and reunited with Luvia, who had searched for him for a year and six months.
• Ryougi Shiki and Luvia met and competed over Higashino Kanade, who claimed to love them both, while Sakura settled into his home.
• Kaineth informed Higashino Kanade of a planned Holy Grail War in Romania in 2004, the system revealed that his manga could summon its characters as Servants, and Root Shiki confessed her love.
• By October 2000, Higashino Kanade was sixteen and busy with work, while Ryougi Shiki led the Ryougi Family and his disciples advanced, and he organized a signing event in Misaki Town.

Higashino Kanade teamed up with Arcueid and the Tohno Family to hunt Roa and Nero Chaos, while uncovering secrets surrounding Tohno Shiki and the Tohno bloodline. After defeating Nero, Kanade began investigating the family’s past and prepared to test Edo Tensei.

• Higashino Kanade met Arcueid at his signing event, joined forces with her to hunt Roa, and began searching Misaki Town for Dead Apostles.
• Kanade recruited help from the Tohno Family and Kallen, learned that Nero Chaos had arrived in town, and hunted Dead Apostles alongside Arcueid and Akiha’s group.
• Kanade discovered that Yumizuka Satsuki had become a Dead Apostle, then had Ryougi Shiki restore her to human form using her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
• Nero Chaos attacked Akiha’s group, but Kanade defeated him with the Eight Gates and Morning Peacock, completing his Dead Apostle Hunt mission.
• Kanade investigated Tohno Shiki’s past and learned from Yumizuka Satsuki’s memories that Roa had attacked her, while the word “Nanaya” on Shiki’s knife raised questions about his origins.
• Kanade searched the Tohno Family records and learned about their Non-Human Blood, then discovered that Kohaku had been abused by Tohno Makihisa and planned to manipulate Shiki and Akiha into killing each other.
• Kanade received the Chidori Series Ninjutsu, took Tohno Makihisa’s head from the family cemetery, and prepared Nero’s remains and a doll for an Edo Tensei experiment.

Higashino Kanade saved Ciel and Tohno Akiha, returned to the Tohno past to secure Kohaku’s future, and trained his disciples before traveling to Britain to enter the Fifth Holy Grail War. As the war’s participants gathered, Kanade summoned Uchiha Kanade and learned that his system missions might force him to revive the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.

• Higashino Kanade learned from Tohno Makihisa that Tohno Shiki was a surviving Nanaya and that SHIKI had stolen his life, then tortured Makihisa for abusing Kohaku and Hisui.
• Kanade joined Arcueid and Ciel in hunting Roa, but Roa possessed Tohno Shiki, killed Tohno Akiha, and escaped Kanade’s sealing chains.
• Kanade used the Reaper Death Seal to remove Roa from Tohno Shiki, then spent his life force to save Ciel and revive Akiha before reviving himself with Izanagi.
• Kanade traveled eight years into the past to alter Kohaku’s memories and Tohno Makihisa’s actions, then returned to the present as Kohaku left the Tohno estate to serve him.
• Kanade’s disciples Fujino, Grea, and Sakura passed his bell test and became genin, then defeated Araya Souren as their Chunin Exam assessment.
• Darnic seized the Greater Grail and began preparing the war, while Kanade left Japan with Arcueid and Kohaku for Britain to learn about the conflict.
• Kanade summoned Uchiha Kanade as his Servant and received system missions to kill four Servants and activate Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Arcueid and Luvia promised to support him.
• Kanade met Lorelei and recognized her Servant, Arthur Pendragon, while Kallen traveled toward Romania with Child Gilgamesh and Hozuki Mitsuru was captured in Cairo for a planned sacrifice.