Recaps

Tohsaka Tokiomi summoned the Hero King while other summoning rituals began, including one that brought the female King of Knights to Irisviel. The chapter left the Holy Grail War underway, with the identities and consequences of the other attempted summons still uncertain.

• Tohsaka Rin and Luviya prepared to summon Servants, each intending to join the Holy Grail War and prove herself, while Fujino considered what wish to request from her brother.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi summoned the Hero King as an Archer, and Kotomine Risei’s Spiritron detector reacted as though an eighth Heroic Spirit had appeared before it shattered.
• Kotomine Risei knelt and apologized to the Hero King, while Tohsaka Tokiomi placated him and privately planned to use the king before discarding him at the war’s end.
• Irisviel summoned a female Saber using a golden-and-blue scabbard and was astonished to recognize her as the King of Knights.
• The King of Knights asked Irisviel whether she was her Master, and Irisviel assured her she was not offended by Irisviel’s surprise.

Artoria encountered Bai Yue, another Heroic Spirit who claimed to be King Arthur and carried a scabbard identical to hers. After recognizing him, Irisviel and Bai Yue reunited, while Bai Yue challenged Artoria to consider the consequences of changing Britain’s fate.

• Artoria sensed an enemy near Illya’s room, and she and Irisviel rushed there to confront the person entering.
• Bai Yue revealed himself as Arthur Pendragon, and Artoria tested his sword against her own before confirming that their scabbards matched.
• Irisviel recognized Bai Yue and kissed him, while Illya made a promise with him to share such affection when she grew up.
• Bai Yue told Artoria that he knew her true name and desire to change Britain’s fate, then questioned whether she was prepared to alter the futures of countless people.
• Artoria fell silent as she considered the consequences of changing the past.

Bai Yue arranged to upgrade Alice into a Third Magus and secured Justeaze Lizardo’s support, then gave Alice the Heaven’s Feel dress. Meanwhile, Artoria remained convinced Bai Yue was an impostor, even after their intimate ritual left her flustered.

• Artoria challenged Bai Yue about his purpose, and he said he intended to change her fate after she fell in love with him.
• Bai Yue explained how he hid his identities from the Counter Force and delivered a completed plan to upgrade Alice into a Third Magus.
• Bai Yue revealed that multiple Casters could manifest using magical energy accumulated by the Masters through Soul Materialization, and Justeaze Lizardo asked him to fulfill the Eizenbern family’s wish.
• Bai Yue left the castle with Mrs. Irisviel, Illya, and Artoria, and gave Alice a box containing Heaven’s Feel.
• Artoria performed a purification ritual with Bai Yue’s Holy Sword but still believed he was a special Heroic Spirit copying King Arthur’s identity and Noble Phantasm.

Artoria struggled to make sense of Alice and Bai Yue’s Holy Sword Purification Ritual, then arrived near Fuyuki City with the group and remained wary as they explored. At another airport, a black-haired man arrived carrying a shy, hungry silver-haired girl.

• Artoria suspected Bai Yue had deceived Alice and Irisviel, but could not detect Bewitchment Magic or persuade Irisviel to distrust him.
• After Illya fell asleep, Artoria witnessed Alice perform the Holy Sword Purification Ritual and was too shocked to stop it.
• Artoria landed with Bai Yue, Illya, and Irisviel, noticed a suspicious gaze, and warned Irisviel while they were at the airport.
• Bai Yue took the group into the city, where Alice held Artoria’s hand and explained that they were getting familiar with the coming Holy Grail War battlefield.
• A black-haired man arrived at another airport carrying a silver-haired girl, whose stomach growled as they prepared to leave.

Jeanne met Bai and Karen at the airport, accepted a ride to Fuyuki, and agreed to stay with them after Bai offered to hire her. She accidentally agreed when Bai asked her to become his wife, then tried on a school uniform at a mall while he stared at her in fascination.

• Jeanne gave Karen snacks and accepted Bai's offer of a ride to Fuyuki.
• Bai introduced himself as Bai and introduced the child as Karen, while Karen teased Jeanne about being a famous French village girl from the Hundred Years' War.
• Jeanne explained the historical Jeanne's deeds and admitted she had no money or place to stay in Fuyuki.
• Bai offered Jeanne temporary lodging and a job, then asked her to become his wife; Jeanne agreed before realizing what he had said.
• At a mall, Jeanne emerged from the fitting room in a school uniform and asked Bai why he was staring at her.

Jeanne worried that the man’s feelings for her were serious, then agreed to split up the work at their new house while he prepared dinner. Shiki and Ori investigated a suspected murder, and Ori attacked a mysterious figure at a clinic, only to discover that her pen had pierced his hand through the lines in her vision.

• Jeanne stopped the man from buying more clothes, chose to clean their new house, and noticed he had bought a special outfit.
• Shiki heard that a witness had reported seeing her near a murder scene and denied leaving home, while Ori also insisted she had been asleep.
• After realizing neither of them had gone out, Ori suspected she had lost control, took over the body, and ran to a clinic, where she found evidence that he had returned.
• Ori confronted an Onmyoji-dressed man who smelled of blood, beheaded him, and fought a second figure who appeared from the air.
• Ori’s short blade shattered against the second figure, but a pen she threw pierced his palm, and she realized the lines in her vision had affected the attack.

Shiki and Shiki confronted Bai Yue after he returned in the form of a Servant, and learned he had joined the Holy Grail War to change their fates and reach the Root. Shiki realized a third personality had influenced Bai Yue’s choice of Master, while he explained that involving either Shiki could expose Root Shiki and endanger the world.

• Shiki attacked Bai Yue with her steel pen, but he trapped her with paper-doll chains and kissed her until her murderous impulse faded.
• Shiki and Shiki switched control of their body, argued over Bai Yue’s intimacy with them, and found Asagami Fujino on the stairs with a Command Spell.
• Shiki recognized Bai Yue as a Servant and learned he had joined the Holy Grail War to change people’s fates and reach the Root.
• Shiki angrily asked why Bai Yue had chosen Fujino instead of her, and he explained he had wanted to keep Shiki out of danger.
• Shiki asked whether Bai Yue’s decision was because of the third personality who had met him on the overpass, and he confirmed it.
• Bai Yue explained that involving Shiki in the war could bring her into contact with the Root, merge her with Root Shiki, or allow her wish to destroy the world.

Shiki learned that her third self may have made a deal that turned him into a summoned Heroic Spirit, and she left to seek answers while wrestling with jealousy. Tohsaka Rin secretly summoned Archer to help her father in the Holy Grail War, but Archer forced her into a magical-girl disguise and demanded she pose for a camera.

• Shiki asked about the corpse and learned that Araya Souren had tried to abduct Fujino before he was killed.
• Shiki left to find a way to speak with her third self, while Ori teased her for being jealous.
• Tohsaka Rin secretly prepared to assist her father after summoning Archer with a gift she had received.
• Rin called for Archer on a deserted street, and he appeared only after grabbing and kneading her cheeks.
• Archer changed Rin into a flashy magical-girl outfit and threatened to leave the war if she refused to wear it.
• Archer took out a camera and ordered Rin to copy a magical-girl show's signature pose.

Assassin infiltrated the Tohsaka residence to kill Tohsaka Tokiomi, but Archer confronted him and another golden figure intervened, sparking a fierce clash between two nearly identical Archers. The battle drew several participants toward the mansion, where the identities and strength of the combatants began to come into view.

• Assassin entered the Tohsaka residence to kill Tohsaka Tokiomi, unaware that Kotomine Kirei and Tokiomi had arranged for him to serve as a decoy.
• Archer attacked Assassin and nearly killed him, but a second golden figure knocked Archer's weapons aside and called him a counterfeit.
• The two golden Archers exchanged barrages of weapons, producing magical energy that Waver Velvet sensed through his familiar.
• Waver described the clash to Rider, who carried him out to the battlefield in his chariot.
• Irisviel and Saber drove toward the Tohsaka mansion, and Saber took the wheel using her Riding skill.

Artoria and Irisviel discovered that this Holy Grail War had fourteen participants, including duplicate Servants, while Jeanne revealed she was the Ruler assigned to supervise them. Tohsaka Rin’s Command Spell ended the clash between the two Gilgameshes, and Jeanne announced that the fourteen participants belonged to Red and Black factions, leaving Rin to realize she stood against her father’s side.

• Artoria and Irisviel watched two Archers exchange powerful attacks, and Artoria suspected that the war contained duplicate Servants and fourteen participants.
• Jeanne appeared before Artoria as Ruler and explained that she would supervise the war and punish rule-breakers.
• Gilgamesh and the opposing Archer escalated their barrage until Tohsaka Rin used a Command Spell to stop the confrontation.
• Gilgamesh withdrew his attack after realizing that his opponent had also been forced to stop by a Command Spell.
• Jeanne declared that the Holy Grail War had two factions of fourteen participants, and Rin recognized that her father belonged to the Red faction while she belonged to Black.

Luviya Serlinta learned that the Holy Grail War had fourteen participants split into factions, then realized her Rider was someone she knew who had become a Heroic Spirit. Elsewhere, Lainas rode in a plush version of her favorite cartoon character and looked forward to seeing her uncle’s reaction.

• Luviya Serlinta considered the faction rules and wondered whether the Tohsaka father and daughter were both participating.
• Rider revealed that he knew Luviya’s secret cartoon and was the person she suspected, though he warned her not to expose his identity.
• Luviya discovered that the cartoon was not airing because of the time difference and the date, then prepared for bed.
• Rider returned in a plush cartoon costume, swept Luviya into a princess carry, and delighted her with his cuteness.
• Lainas, carried by a brown-skinned man, said she wanted to see her uncle’s reaction and was curious about him.

Lainas sensed a mysterious connection between the man who summoned her and another King Arthur, and accepted his offer of an extraordinary life if she uncovered their secret. At the Eizenbern villa, Saber became wary of Yue but was tricked into inspecting Alice after a purification ritual, then sampled Yue’s breakfast under the pretext of protecting her.

• Lainas used her Mystic Eyes to sense that the present-day man shared a special connection with the person who gave her the qualifications to summon him, and he offered her a wish if she discovered their secret.
• Yue promised Lainas the chance to challenge gods, manipulate myths, and travel to other worlds, even if she lost the Holy Grail War.
• On the drive to the Eizenbern villa, Saber warned Irisviel to be cautious around Yue and resolved to investigate his origins.
• After Alice’s purification ritual, Yue claimed that the Holy Sword had left something problematic inside her, prompting Saber to rush in and examine Alice herself.
• At breakfast, Alice persuaded Saber to taste Yue’s food for safety, and Saber ate half the lavish meal while insisting she was only inspecting it.

Artoria learned that the Holy Grail War would sacrifice its Heroic Spirits and agreed to let Caster work under Jeanne’s supervision to save Alice. As Caster began separating the Lesser Holy Grail and elevating Alice, the ritual reached a critical stage and another spell appeared.

• Artoria confronted Bai Yue and questioned whether he intended to harm Alice or Illya, then grew alarmed when he arrived with Fujino and a Black Faction Servant.
• Irisviel explained that the Holy Grail War used Heroic Spirits as sacrifices to open a path to the Root, and Artoria comforted her after she apologized for hiding the truth.
• Bai Yue asked Jeanne to supervise the effort to separate the Holy Grail from Alice, and Jeanne agreed that the plan did not violate the war’s rules.
• Artoria watched Caster begin a complex ritual around the sleeping Alice and recognized its transcendent nature, like Merlin’s Magic.
• The shrinking Magic Array attached itself to Alice, then a different spell appeared.

Alice separated Irisviel from the lesser Holy Grail, while Caster warned Jeanne that Red Faction’s Caster might be an old acquaintance. Jeanne investigated a remote location and found Ryunosuke Uryu with his summoned Caster, who recognized her as Joan of Arc and believed she had been resurrected.

• Alice separated the Holy Grail mechanism from Irisviel, leaving her feeling relieved as she began her path toward becoming the Third Magus.
• Jeanne questioned Caster about his spells and heard his warning that Red Faction’s Caster might be an old acquaintance who could break the rules.
• Jeanne cooked dinner at Bai’s home, rejected his confession by claiming she liked someone else, and left at night to investigate Red Faction’s Caster.
• Jeanne found Ryunosuke Uryu and his Caster performing grotesque experiments on a child, and Caster recognized her as Joan of Arc and rejoiced that she had been resurrected.

Jeanne tried to stop Assassin from executing Caster, but the attack killed Caster’s child hostage and left Caster injured before he escaped. Rider, Iskandar, then challenged Assassin and charged at him with his fully released chariot Noble Phantasm.

• Assassin appeared beside Jeanne and attacked Caster, while Jeanne realized the Black Faction had used her to lead him to his target.
• Jeanne restrained Assassin with a Command Spell and stabbed him, but his sword pierced the child and wounded Caster before Caster escaped with his Master.
• The dying child thanked Jeanne, and she confronted Assassin before following him outside.
• Rider, Iskandar, used lightning from his Divine Might chariot wheels to reveal Assassin and chose to fight him rather than let him pursue Caster.
• Iskandar introduced himself and offered Assassin a place beneath his rule, then charged with his fully released Noble Phantasm as Assassin prepared to meet him.

Artoria and Irisviel arrived at the site of a battle between Rider and Black Saber, where they witnessed Black Saber kill Assassin with a single counterattack. Rider identified Black Saber as a swordsman of extraordinary skill and reflected on how narrowly he had survived their clash.

• Rin sensed the magical battle, while Kirei watched it through Assassin’s shared senses and saw Rider confront Black Saber inside a Reality Marble.
• Artoria and Irisviel rode to the scorched battlefield and saw Rider and Black Saber emerge from the vanished Reality Marble.
• As Black Saber passed nearby, Assassin attacked from hiding, but Black Saber severed his head before the strike landed, cutting off Kirei’s shared senses.
• Rider arrived in his chariot, introduced himself as Alexander the Great, and named the Black Knight Black Saber.
• Rider recalled that Black Saber had nearly killed him with a single slash and described every strike as sure to reap a life.

Iskandar recounted his battle with the Black Knight, who had cut through his Army of the King, and explained why he had ended their fight. Alice identified the Knight as Assassin, and Iskandar later learned that the Old Man of the Mountain was the inherited title of the Assassination Cult’s leader.

• Iskandar recalled how the Black Knight survived the Army of the King and advanced toward him, but Iskandar stopped the fight after noticing the Knight’s existing wound had reopened.
• Iskandar told Saber that the Knight had been wounded while pursuing Caster, and Ruler Jeanne revealed that she had injured him to stop him from killing innocent children.
• Iskandar argued that the Knight had broken no rules and questioned Saber’s ideals, while Jeanne admitted her intervention had been unfair.
• Alice revealed that the Black Knight was Assassin, not Berserker, and Iskandar later asked his Master about the Old Man of the Mountain.
• Iskandar’s Master explained that the Old Man of the Mountain was the inherited title of the Assassination Cult’s leader, also known as Hasan-i Sabbah.

Kotomine Kirei confirmed that the Red Faction Assassin’s apparent death had concealed the survival of Hundred Faces, while Matou Zouken’s attack on the Tohsaka estate exposed a new threat to Tokiomi’s family. The chapter ended with Zouken demanding Tokiomi’s younger daughter and Tokiomi refusing.

• Kotomine Kirei reported to Father Risei that witnesses believed the Red Faction Assassin had been killed, and he warned Hundred Faces that the Black Knight could detect her concealment.
• Kotomine Kirei learned that a Black Faction Heroic Spirit had killed Matou Zouken’s body at the Matou estate, while Zouken’s true soul had escaped elsewhere.
• Matou Kariya sent Berserker to attack Tohsaka Tokiomi, and Berserker fought Archer while turning Archer’s weapons into his own.
• Tohsaka Tokiomi restrained Matou Kariya with Magic and prepared to attack him, but redirected his spell when Matou Zouken appeared.
• Matou Zouken offered Tohsaka Tokiomi a deal and demanded his younger daughter, but Tokiomi refused.

Matou Zouken tricked Tohsaka Tokiomi into signing a binding contract concerning Sakura, but a mysterious black Berserker destroyed Zouken’s body and took the document. The black Berserker survived Archer’s assault thanks to his Noble Phantasm body, and Archer prepared a devastating attack that threatened everyone nearby.

• Matou Zouken offered Tohsaka Tokiomi a contract promising Sakura proper training and protection in exchange for her future descendants joining the Matou family, and Tokiomi signed it.
• A figure with Double Pupils destroyed Matou Zouken’s body and seized the contract, intending to use it as evidence against him.
• Archer blasted the black Berserker with a golden beam, but the Berserker survived and advanced through Archer’s volleys by deflecting them with his battle halberd.
• Iskandar and Waver arrived, while Artoria and Alice were also nearby; Artoria recognized Archer as the Hero King of Babylon.
• The black Berserker caught Archer’s weapon with his hand, revealing a steel body that Artoria identified as a Noble Phantasm.
• Archer summoned five powerful Noble Phantasms and prepared to make them self-destruct, prompting Artoria, Iskandar, and Tohsaka Tokiomi to react to the danger.

Archer’s attack failed to kill the Black Berserker, who then turned on Artoria and wounded the Black Saber while he protected Alice. Later, Sakura asked Rin to translate a Self-Geas Scroll, and Rin’s mistaken reassurance left Sakura suspecting that Tokiomi valued the Root more than his daughter.

• Tohsaka Tokiomi used a Command Spell to stop Archer from pursuing the Black Berserker after Archer’s exploding Noble Phantasms failed to hit him.
• The Black Berserker attacked Artoria and nearly struck Alice, but the Black Saber intervened and was wounded while protecting her.
• The Black Saber kissed Alice and explained to a bewildered Iskandar that he loved his wife.
• Tohsaka Rin complained about her Archer’s pranks, then answered Sakura’s knock and translated a Self-Geas Scroll describing a marriage arrangement involving the Matou and Edelfelt families.
• Rin guessed that the scroll concerned a secret deal during the Third Holy Grail War and reassured Sakura that Tokiomi would never agree to such a thing.
• Sakura privately concluded that Tokiomi cared more about pursuing the Root than about her.

Artoria dreamed of another King Arthur defeating a seven-headed monster with a radiant Holy Sword, then woke to find Alice and Bai Yue performing their Holy Sword Purification Ritual. At breakfast, Illya and Irisviel worried about Artoria’s exhaustion while she remained wary of Bai Yue and the ritual.

• Artoria watched a vision of a male King Arthur ruling a prosperous Britain and fighting a seven-headed monster in Avalon with a radiant Holy Sword.
• Artoria woke from the vision and wondered whether she had seen Bai Yue’s past, then discovered that Alice and Bai Yue had begun another Holy Sword Purification Ritual.
• Artoria watched the ritual take an unfamiliar and shocking form before Illya brought her breakfast.
• Illya admitted that her concern for Artoria’s health had also been motivated by selfish reasons, and Irisviel blamed Bai Yue for encouraging Illya’s picky eating.
• Bai Yue and Irisviel urged Artoria to rest, while Artoria glared at Bai Yue and remained suspicious of the new ritual.

Artoria questioned Bai Yue about his past and why unfair treatment had produced better results than her strict fairness, and he agreed to explain if she danced with him. Dressed in formal attire and dancing with Bai Yue, Artoria began answering a battle-strategy question he posed, leaving their lesson underway.

• Irisviel realized that Artoria shared her dream of Yue’s past and explained that Yue had accepted the Holy Grail summoning partly to experience love.
• Artoria confronted Bai Yue about the dream and asked why his unfair handling of a plague crisis had worked better than her fair enforcement of the rules.
• Bai Yue explained that people’s emotions, needs, and jealousy shaped their reactions, and that Artoria had not understood the people’s state of mind.
• Bai Yue asked Artoria to dance with him in suitable formal clothes in exchange for explaining his approach, and she reluctantly agreed.
• While dancing, Bai Yue described a battle scenario and asked Artoria to devise a strategy, and she gave him her response.

Artoria learned from Prince that understanding people required balancing reason with emotion, and he kissed her to demonstrate love’s effect on her. Jeanne discovered that Gilles had become a feared black mage after her death, then left Mr. Bai and Karen to seek him before he could endanger them.

• Prince explained how emotion and reason could lead to different outcomes, and Artoria accepted that she needed to understand love better.
• Prince kissed Artoria, leaving her overwhelmed and unable to think clearly.
• Jeanne learned from records that Gilles had become a black mage who murdered children after her death.
• Jeanne realized the child she had encountered might have been Gilles’s victim, but the child’s body had already been cremated.
• Jeanne apologized to Mr. Bai and Karen and said she had to leave to confront Gilles, demonstrating her ability to protect herself.
• Mr. Bai suggested arranging a meeting with Gilles, and Jeanne agreed with his mistaken assumption that Gilles might be someone she loved.

Jeanne told Mr. Bai about the danger posed by Gil and agreed to stay with him to keep him safe. Meanwhile, Tohsaka Rin and Luviya Serlinta fought with magic, then discovered their Servants had secretly joined forces to embarrass them.

• Jeanne explained that Gil might harm Mr. Bai because she had lived with him, and Mr. Bai renewed his pursuit of her.
• Mr. Bai worried that Gil might target them, so Jeanne agreed to stay and protect him.
• Tohsaka Rin and Luviya Serlinta recognized each other, challenged one another, and arranged to duel in an abandoned park.
• The girls traded magical attacks until their spells backfired and their own gemstones bound them.
• Tohsaka Rin and Luviya Serlinta ordered Archer and Rider to photograph and attack each other, but the Servants instead exchanged embarrassing photos of their masters.
• The girls tore up the photos and agreed to a truce until they had disciplined their Servants.

Kayneth sent Diarmuid Ua Duibhne to meet the Black Faction’s Lancer, Romulus, and their duel became the Holy Grail War’s first major battle. As Romulus unleashed powerful Spears of Light and Diarmuid countered with his red spear, the watchers recognized Diarmuid and waited to see what Romulus would do next.

• Kayneth decided to send Lancer out to draw an opponent into battle, and Lancer sensed a Black Faction Servant deliberately revealing his presence.
• Diarmuid Ua Duibhne met Romulus in the warehouse district, where Romulus revealed his True Name but Diarmuid obeyed Kayneth’s order not to reveal his own.
• Waver and Iskandar watched the duel from Fuyuki Bridge, and Iskandar recognized that Romulus’s hands served as his spears.
• Romulus launched waves of Spears of Light, but Diarmuid’s red spear erased them and broke through Romulus’s magical armor.
• Artoria and Irisviel observed the fight, identified Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, and wondered what effect his second spear had as Romulus’s next move approached.