Chapter Summaries

The Servants gathered at the port clashed after Black Haired Saber attacked Golden Flash, and Berserker Lancelot joined the battle. Tohsaka Tokiomi recalled Golden Flash with a Command Spell, while the other fighters withdrew and Higashino Kanade left with Ryougi Shiki.

• Tohsaka Tokiomi watched the battle and sent Kirei Kotomine a message as he considered stopping Golden Flash from provoking more enemies.
• Black Haired Saber attacked Golden Flash with Excalibur Morgan after he insulted the other kings, and Lancelot charged onto the battlefield from the sewers.
• Lancelot deflected Golden Flash's Noble Phantasms with Knight of Owner, but Black Haired Saber struck both him and Golden Flash during their fight.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi used a Command Spell to recall Golden Flash just as he prepared to use Gungnir, and the badly injured Lancelot dematerialized after Matou Kariya lost consciousness.
• Higashino Kanade left the port with Ryougi Shiki as the remaining Servants withdrew from the battlefield.

Cú Chulainn found the dying Matou Kariya, and Kirei Kotomine wrestled with whether to kill or save him before choosing to help him. At the Higashino Residence, Higashino Kanade awakened Add and secured his cooperation, then received Kirei’s urgent call.

• Cú Chulainn discovered Matou Kariya and Lancelot in the sewers, and Kirei recognized Kariya’s connection to Tohsaka Sakura and his hatred of Tohsaka Tokiomi.
• Kirei Kotomine saw a crow that Cú Chulainn could not see, followed its guidance, and ordered Cú Chulainn to heal Matou Kariya.
• Kirei Kotomine contacted Higashino Kanade to arrange for Matou Kariya to be taken away without exposing their alliance to Tohsaka Tokiomi.
• Higashino Kanade shook Add until he admitted he had awakened, and Add agreed to help him on the condition that he would not use him against the King of Knights.
• Higashino Kanade received Kirei Kotomine’s call asking for urgent help.

Higashino Kanade saved Matou Kariya and went with him to the Matou residence to rescue Sakura and kill Matou Zouken. Kariya rebelled against Zouken, but Zouken’s hidden insects mortally wounded him; Kanade then tracked down Zouken’s revived form, which Lancelot destroyed.

• Kirei Kotomine asked Higashino Kanade to spare Matou Kariya, and Kanade agreed before deciding to save Sakura as well.
• Higashino Kanade and Ryougi Shiki found Matou Kariya in the sewers, where Cú Chulainn had treated him, and Kanade replenished Kariya’s Mana with his blood.
• Matou Kariya led Higashino Kanade and Ryougi Shiki to the Matou residence, where Matou Zouken ordered him to have Berserker kill Assassin.
• Seeing Sakura, Matou Kariya used a Command Seal to order Lancelot to kill Matou Zouken, but Zouken’s insects stole Kariya’s hand and ruptured his heart.
• Higashino Kanade tried to treat Matou Kariya, who died after asking him to save Sakura and kill Zouken; Kanade then found Zouken’s insect swarm and Lancelot destroyed the revived Zouken.

Higashino Kanade killed Zouken and helped Ryougi Shiki defeat Lancelot, then granted Lancelot the death he had wanted by appearing as Artoria. After Lancelot vanished, Kanade received a Gold Treasure Chest containing Sage Fukasaku, and some of Lancelot’s spirit particles filled Kanade’s unregistered Spirit Core.

• Zouken tried to escape with Matou Sakura, but Higashino Kanade chased him into the Matou residence while Ryougi Shiki fought Lancelot.
• Higashino Kanade used a Massive Rasengan to destroy Zouken and his insects, and his Shadow Clones found Matou Sakura, Matou Tsuruno, and Shinji.
• Ryougi Shiki defeated Lancelot by cutting his Line of Death, and Higashino Kanade arrived after the battle had ended.
• Higashino Kanade transformed into Black Haired Saber and sentenced Lancelot to death, fulfilling the knight’s wish before decapitating him.
• Higashino Kanade opened a Gold Treasure Chest and received Sage Fukasaku, while Lancelot’s departing spirit particles entered his unregistered Spirit Core.

Kanade used Lancelot’s gift to reinforce Kuji-kane Sada, then rescued Sakura from the Matou residence and had Ryougi Shiki kill the worms inside her and Shinji. After Kariya’s spirit said goodbye to Sakura, Kanade left with her, intending to take her as his disciple and return her to Tohsaka Tokiomi for treatment.

• Lancelot gave Kanade part of his Spirit Core, granting him Knight of Owner, and Kanade used it to reinforce Ryougi Shiki’s Kuji-kane Sada.
• Kanade examined Sakura and Shinji, and Ryougi Shiki used the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to kill the worms inside them without harming their hearts.
• Kanade decided Sakura needed surgery and planned to take her to Tohsaka Tokiomi, while Ryougi Shiki agreed that Kanade could make Sakura his disciple.
• Kanade summoned Kariya’s spirit so he and Sakura could say goodbye, and Kariya’s spirit later dissipated after fulfilling his wish.
• Kanade told Tsuruno that he was now head of the Matou Family, then left the residence with Sakura and Ryougi Shiki.

Higashino Kanade returned Sakura to the Tohsaka Family and revealed the truth about her abuse, leaving Tokiomi to face his guilt. Later, Kanade witnessed the Hyatt Grand Hotel collapse, while Finn sensed a coming danger during his meeting with Director Keneith.

• Tsuruno embraced Shinji and promised to become a better father, and Shinji reconciled with him.
• Higashino Kanade brought Sakura to the Tohsaka Family and gave her a scroll explaining Matou Zouken's abuse and Sakura's condition.
• Tokiomi learned that Matou Zouken and Kariya were dead, welcomed Sakura home, and arranged for her to stay with her mother and Rin.
• Higashino Kanade saw the Hyatt Grand Hotel collapse and realized Emiya Kiritsugu had attacked Director Keneith.
• Director Keneith and Finn discussed their plans to target Emiya Kiritsugu, then Finn felt pain in his thumb and sensed danger.

Director Keneith decided to evacuate the hotel with Sola, but Emiya Kiritsugu began his attack after the civilians fled. Meanwhile, Higashino Kanade mastered Sage Mode on Mount Myōboku, but his Nine-Tails Jinchuriki status forced him to abandon cooperative training and ask the Nine-Tails for help.

• Finn warned Director Keneith that Emiya Kiritsugu could destroy the hotel's unprotected lower floors, so Director Keneith insisted that Sola relocate with him despite her objections.
• Sola agreed to leave after Director Keneith stood firm, but a fire alarm sounded and Finn warned that the Magus Killer had arrived.
• Emiya Kiritsugu confirmed that the hotel’s civilians had evacuated and ordered Maiya to detonate the bombs.
• Higashino Kanade successfully maintained Sage Mode for five minutes without transforming, and Sage Fukasaku explained the next stage of training.
• When Sage Fukasaku tried to train on Higashino Kanade’s shoulder, the Nine-Tails attacked and nearly sent him into the stone forest, so Higashino Kanade caught him with help from his Shadow Clones.
• Higashino Kanade entered the Nine-Tails’ sealed space to ask for cooperation, but the Nine-Tails refused.

Higashino Kanade persuaded the Nine-Tails to cooperate with him and returned from Mount Myōboku to learn that Director Keneith had defeated the Einzbern team with Finn’s help. After discussing Kirei Kotomine’s betrayal and confusion, Kanade left him questioning his motives, while Kirei discovered that the thought of betraying his friend brought him pleasure.

• Higashino Kanade asked the Nine-Tails to cooperate, and it agreed after he sincerely begged; he entered Sage Mode with its help.
• Higashino Kanade returned to Fuyuki and learned from Ryougi Shiki and his summoned toad that Director Keneith and Finn had defeated Emiya Kiritsugu and Black Haired Saber, while Kirei Kotomine had helped Kiritsugu escape.
• Higashino Kanade decided to target Director Keneith and called Kirei Kotomine to ask why he had intervened.
• Higashino Kanade told Kirei Kotomine that Matou Kariya had died peacefully and advised him to abandon Cú Chulainn rather than risk opposing Tohsaka Tokiomi.
• Higashino Kanade told Kirei Kotomine that he and Emiya Kiritsugu were not alike, leaving Kirei struggling to find an answer and wondering whether the Holy Grail was worth betraying his friend.
• Kirei Kotomine considered betraying Higashino Kanade and realized he was smiling at the thought.

Higashino Kanade and Ryougi Shiki encountered Irisviel and Black Haired Saber while out on a date, and learned that Emiya Kiritsugu had lost to Kaineth, leaving Saber at a disadvantage against Lancer. The chapter ended with Irisviel revealing that the Lancer team had moved into her family's castle.

• Kirei Kotomine wondered whether his joy came from betraying Higashino Kanade and from Matou Kariya's peaceful death, then encountered Gilgamesh in his room.
• Ryougi Shiki took Higashino Kanade on a date to ease his worries about the Holy Grail War.
• Higashino Kanade and Ryougi Shiki met Irisviel and Black Haired Saber at McDonald's, where Saber ate a large pile of hamburgers.
• Irisviel enthusiastically tried to befriend Ryougi Shiki, who withdrew from her advances.
• Black Haired Saber explained that Kiritsugu's defeat by Kaineth had left her without enough Mana to overcome Lancer.
• Higashino Kanade asked about the Lancer team's base, and Irisviel revealed it was in her family's castle.

Higashino Kanade spoke with Emiya Kiritsugu and agreed to an alliance against Lancer, while Black Haired Saber revealed she wanted to leave Kiritsugu and become Kanade’s Servant. Kanade refused to abandon Ryougi Shiki but gave Saber his Mana-rich blood, then accepted Kiritsugu’s plan to attack Lancer’s group and retake Einzbern castle that night.

• Irisviel connected Higashino Kanade to Emiya Kiritsugu, who proposed joining forces to eliminate Lancer and his Master, Kaineth El-Melloi Archibald.
• Higashino Kanade distrusted Emiya Kiritsugu but agreed to consider an alliance while privately weighing how to use him.
• Black Haired Saber discovered the Command Spells on Higashino Kanade’s hand and demanded that he become her Master, offering to spare Irisviel.
• Higashino Kanade refused to abandon Ryougi Shiki, whom he called family, and gave Black Haired Saber a bottle of his Mana-rich blood as a gesture of goodwill.
• Higashino Kanade and Emiya Kiritsugu agreed to attack Lancer’s group and retake Einzbern castle that night, with Saber and Irisviel joining the battle.

Higashino Kanade allied with Irisviel and Emiya Kiritsugu to attack Kaineth’s team, while Black Haired Saber and Higashino Kanade faced Finn and Cú Chulainn. In the forest, Cú Chulainn explained Kirei’s alliance with Kaineth and revealed that Tokiomi had ordered him to assist, leaving Higashino Kanade to suspect Tokiomi’s plan was to use one side to kill the other.

• Emiya Kiritsugu outlined a plan for Saber and Higashino Kanade to fight Lancer while Irisviel and Kiritsugu confronted Kaineth, and Higashino Kanade agreed to cooperate.
• Irisviel, Black Haired Saber, Higashino Kanade, and Ryougi Shiki drove to Einzbern Castle, where Finn confronted them and summoned Cú Chulainn as his ally.
• Irisviel and Kiritsugu drove toward the castle to face Kaineth while Black Haired Saber engaged Finn and Higashino Kanade followed Cú Chulainn into the forest.
• Cú Chulainn told Higashino Kanade that Kirei had allied with Kaineth after Tokiomi ordered him to accept the offer and provide support.
• Higashino Kanade suspected Tokiomi intended to use the alliance to have one side kill the other.

Higashino Kanade prepared to kill Cú Chulainn while Ryougi Shiki rushed toward Kaineth’s castle, where Irisviel crashed and learned Kiritsugu had launched missiles at the battlefield. Irisviel realized the attack would kill their allies and left her questioning whether Kiritsugu’s ruthless plan could truly save the world.

• Higashino Kanade deduced why Kaineth had allied with Kirei Kotomine and told Cú Chulainn he had to die, while Cú Chulainn demanded a worthy fight.
• Cú Chulainn attacked Higashino Kanade with a fireball as Irisviel crashed her SUV near the castle while carrying Ryougi Shiki.
• Irisviel urged Ryougi Shiki to deal with Kaineth, then recovered from her injuries and prepared to support the battle.
• Hisau Maya arrived and tried to take Irisviel away, but Irisviel collapsed as her body began to fail after absorbing another Servant.
• Irisviel persuaded Hisau Maya to reveal that Kiritsugu had launched intercontinental missiles to destroy the forest, castle, and everyone fighting there.
• Irisviel grieved for Ryougi Shiki and the others and questioned Kiritsugu’s methods as Hisau Maya urged her to leave.

Irisviel withdrew from the battle while Kiritsugu arranged a missile strike and urged Black Haired Saber to conserve his dwindling Mana. After Black Haired Saber replenished herself with blood and unleashed Excalibur Morgan, the story shifted to Kaineth, who reflected on his injuries, debts, and reasons for attacking Einzbern Castle.

• Irisviel accepted Kiritsugu’s decision, left with Hisau Maya on her motorcycle, and Kiritsugu used a hypnotized U.S. officer to launch missiles toward the battlefield.
• Kiritsugu warned Black Haired Saber that his Mana was nearly exhausted, and she berated him for risking Irisviel and failing to support her.
• Black Haired Saber weakened her assault on Finn, who wounded her and forced her back as her Mana ran low.
• Black Haired Saber drank a bottle of blood to restore her Mana and fired Excalibur Morgan at Finn, whose waterskin had run dry.
• Kaineth recalled how Kiritsugu’s attack destroyed his base, crippled his left leg, and damaged his Magecraft circuits, leaving him burdened with debt and fearing the loss of his status.
• Finn encouraged Kaineth to pursue the Holy Grail so he could restore his health and fortune, and promised to support him.

Ryougi Shiki defeated Kaineth and left him alive after cutting off his hand and destroying Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid. Meanwhile, Higashino Kanade copied Cú Chulainn’s rune magic, prompting Cú Chulainn to end their exchange of spells and summon his Noble Phantasm, Wicker Man.

• Finn told Kaineth that he wished to lose his appearance and escape the misfortune it brought, restoring Kaineth’s confidence in him.
• Ryougi Shiki confronted Kaineth, cut through his mercury defenses, severed his hand, and left after he surrendered.
• Higashino Kanade copied Cú Chulainn’s rune magic with his Sharingan and used it to raise an oak tree against an attack of ice crystals.
• Cú Chulainn realized Higashino Kanade had learned nearly all his combat rune spells and proposed they settle the fight with their Noble Phantasms.
• Cú Chulainn summoned the flaming willow-wicker giant Wicker Man and sent it toward Higashino Kanade.

Higashino Kanade defeated Cú Chulainn and joined Black Haired Saber against Finn, who summoned a vast lake of water and empowered his healing Noble Phantasm. As Kanade and Saber prepared to sever Finn’s hands, Kanade spotted Sister Shiki arriving at the battlefield.

• Higashino Kanade used a Shadow Clone to escape Cú Chulainn’s Willow Giant and struck him with a Great Fire Spiraling Sphere, leaving him mortally wounded.
• Cú Chulainn accepted water from Higashino Kanade, said his wish had been fulfilled, and dissolved into spirit particles.
• Higashino Kanade reached Black Haired Saber’s battle with Finn, and Finn realized his Master Kaineth’s connection to him had been severed.
• Black Haired Saber and Higashino Kanade cornered Finn, who gathered the falling snow and used Mac an Luin to form a lake that strengthened his healing Noble Phantasm.
• Higashino Kanade proposed killing Finn in one blow or cutting off his hands, and Black Haired Saber chose to sever them.
• Sister Shiki appeared in Higashino Kanade’s field of vision as the two prepared to attack Finn.

Higashino Kanade rescued Ryougi Shiki, helped her walk on water, and joined her and Black Haired Saber against Finn. Ryougi Shiki wounded Finn in a way that stopped his healing, and after hearing from Kaineth that they had lost, Finn realized his fight was nearing its end.

• Higashino Kanade carried the waterlogged Ryougi Shiki to safety, and she gave him the severed hand bearing Lancer's Command Seals.
• Higashino Kanade summoned Sage Fukasaku, who taught Ryougi Shiki to walk on water and dried her clothes.
• Higashino Kanade and Black Haired Saber attacked Finn while Ryougi Shiki prepared to strike, and Kanade explained that Finn healed himself with the lake.
• Higashino Kanade and Black Haired Saber drew Finn's attention, allowing Ryougi Shiki to cut off his left ear with Kuji-kane Sada.
• Finn discovered that Ryougi Shiki's blade had prevented his wound from healing, and he cut away the damaged flesh before using the lake to stop the bleeding.
• Kaineth told Finn that Assassin's Master had taken his Command Seal-bearing hand and that they had lost, while Finn vowed to defeat the enemy despite recognizing his desperate position.

Higashino Kanade defeated Finn’s final attack and learned that Emiya Kiritsugu had launched missiles at the battlefield, then agreed to protect Kaineth and Sola in exchange for Finn’s Spirit Core fragment. He rushed to Einzbern Castle as missiles approached and began forming a barrier to shield it.

• Finn revealed Saber’s and Higashino Kanade’s identities, then unleashed Mac an Luin’s enormous water dragon as his final attack.
• Ryougi Shiki used her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to cut apart the water dragon, destroy Finn’s spear, and kill him.
• Finn foresaw incoming missiles and asked Higashino Kanade to protect Kaineth and Sola; Higashino Kanade accepted and received part of Finn’s Spirit Core.
• Emiya Kiritsugu used a Command Spell to force Black Haired Saber to attack Higashino Kanade, while Ryougi Shiki intervened to protect him.
• Higashino Kanade learned that Finn’s Spirit Core fragment had given him the Peerless Beauty skill, then left Ryougi Shiki and Sage Fukasaku to hold off Black Haired Saber.
• Higashino Kanade reached Einzbern Castle as missiles neared and used four clones to begin casting the Four Red Yang Formation.

Emiya Kiritsugu’s missile strike devastated the mountains but failed to damage Einzbern Castle, leaving him shaken and searching for allies and weaknesses. At the castle, Higashino Kanade protected everyone with the Four Red Yang Formation, received the Reaper Death Seal, and faced Ryougi Shiki’s teasing observation that he had changed.

• Higashino Kanade summoned Ryougi Shiki back with a Command Spell, while Emiya Kiritsugu recalled Black Haired Saber to his side.
• Emiya Kiritsugu’s missiles struck the mountains near Einzbern Castle, setting off alarms across Fuyuki City and frightening its residents.
• Irisviel urged Emiya Kiritsugu to abandon the Grail War and return to Illya, but he refused and reaffirmed his resolve to obtain the Holy Grail.
• Irisviel revealed that Ryougi Shiki had called herself Assassin’s wife and suggested Higashino Kanade was not a Heroic Spirit from the past.
• Emiya Kiritsugu saw that Einzbern Castle had survived the missile strike untouched and began investigating Higashino Kanade and Ryougi Shiki while seeking an alliance.
• Higashino Kanade’s Four Red Yang Formation held against the missile barrage, and he received the Reaper Death Seal before Ryougi Shiki remarked that he looked different and more handsome.

Higashino Kanade let Kaineth and Sola go after Kaineth resolved to atone for abandoning Finn and reform the Clock Tower’s treatment of familiars. During breakfast, Rider and Waver found Kanade’s home and came in to speak with him, but Waver’s question was interrupted when Rider asked for food.

• Higashino Kanade woke beside Ryougi Shiki, hid his face behind a mask, and prepared breakfast for their guests.
• Kaineth asked whether Kanade would let him and Sola leave, and Kanade explained that Finn had saved Kaineth by pleading for him.
• Kaineth showed Kanade his proposal defending familiars’ rights and said he planned to teach in the Department of Modern Magecraft.
• Rider and Waver arrived at the Higashino home after Waver tracked down its location, and Ryougi Shiki made Kanade put on his mask before he opened the door.
• Kanade welcomed Rider and Waver inside and served them breakfast while preparing another meal for Kaineth and Sola.

Waver visited Higashino Kanade to ask about Kaineth, who urged her to abandon the Holy Grail War and leave Fuyuki City with him, but she refused. Meanwhile, the King of Conquerors invited Higashino Kanade to a Banquet of Kings, and Waver left after thanking him for sparing Kaineth.

• Waver nervously asked Higashino Kanade about Kaineth, and he told her that Kaineth was upstairs.
• Kaineth urged Waver to withdraw from the Holy Grail War, praised her potential, and warned her that the Assassin team was overwhelmingly strong.
• The King of Conquerors declared that Higashino Kanade had the qualities of a king and invited him to a Banquet of Kings.
• Higashino Kanade reluctantly agreed to consider the invitation, and the King of Conquerors asked where to find Saber.
• Waver thanked Higashino Kanade for sparing Kaineth, then left with the King of Conquerors.