Recaps

Illya lured Ereshkigal, Matou Shinji, Emiya Shirou, and the others away from the Matou Household after destroying their meal, leading them toward Mount Enzou. The group caught up with her outside Ryuudou Temple, where Illya prepared to explain herself before springing her trap.

• At the Matou Household, Matou Shinji argued with Ereshkigal about the damage to the dining room before Archer served a meal.
• Illya hurled a rock through the wall, smashed the food, and provoked the group with an obscene gesture before fleeing.
• Ereshkigal and the others pursued Illya, while Rider and Archer argued over carrying Matou Shinji.
• Emiya Shirou carried Matou Shinji on his back so she could recover as they continued toward their destination.
• At Mount Enzou, Illya stopped before the stairs to Ryuudou Temple and said she had something to tell the approaching group.

Illya tried to recruit Ereshkigal by offering to erase the Tohsaka Household’s enormous debts and fund her magecraft, asking only that she lend her power. After Matou Shinji challenged whether Illya could ever inherit the family business, Aozaki Touko arrived and assured her that she could inherit it whenever she wanted, leaving Illya to turn back toward Ereshkigal.

• Illya offered to forgive the Tohsaka Household’s debts and provide Ereshkigal with generous magecraft funding in exchange for a few conditions.
• Ereshkigal and Tohsaka Sakura wavered at the offer, while Matou Shinji objected and revealed that the Tohsaka Household owed three hundred billion dollars.
• Illya asked Ereshkigal to lend her power but not interfere in the battle, and Matou Shinji argued that Illya could not inherit the family business while Aozaki Touko remained ageless and deathless.
• Aozaki Touko arrived with a girl in a cherry-blossom-colored kimono, embraced Illya, and confirmed that Illya could inherit the Einzbern family business whenever she wanted.
• Illya asked whether Touko would be lonely if everyone else died, and Touko promised that she would not let Illya leave her before Illya turned toward Ereshkigal.

Illya and her allies fought Shinji’s group inside Touko’s Reality Marble, where Medea used its abundant magical energy to support their attack. As Illya faced Shinji in a duel, Shinji revealed the stored power of her katana and prepared to fight back.

• Sakura agreed to sign a contract with Ereshkigal to clear the Tohsaka Household’s debts, and Shinji returned to the group to help fight Illya.
• Illya transported the group into Touko’s Reality Marble, where Medea welcomed the battlefield’s abundant magical energy.
• Archer and Medea clashed while Berserker fought Shinji’s Servants; Medusa’s petrifying Mystic Eyes failed to stop Berserker, so the blue-haired Servant drew Harpalyce.
• Touko watched the battle with Shiki and said she was interested in seeing her daughter grow, while hinting that the Holy Grail War held other things worth anticipating.
• Medea showered the battlefield with Magic Bullets as Shinji dodged them and saw his allies struggle against Berserker.
• Illya confronted Shinji with her blade, and Shinji revealed that her katana had stored years of excess magical energy for a powerful release.

Illya and Matou Shinji fought until Medea’s gravity magecraft and Illya’s attack left Shinji vulnerable to Berserker. Berserker seized Shinji’s katana and began crushing it, while Medea stopped Rider from intervening and Shinji’s other potential allies refused to help.

• Matou Shinji overwhelmed Illya with rapid sword strikes, but Illya escaped into the air and answered with magic cannons and compressed-mana slashes.
• Medea increased the battlefield’s gravity, letting Illya catch Shinji off balance and charge at her.
• Berserker ambushed Shinji and tore her katana from her grasp as Illya’s attack served as bait.
• Berserker squeezed the katana until it began to crack, while Shinji begged him to stop.
• Matou Shinji ordered Rider to intervene, but Medea threatened him with a Magic Bullet and the white-haired Archer turned away.

Matou Shinji learned that the samurai sword whose destruction left her unable to live as a male had been replaced by a stronger Noble Phantasm. Her Servant revealed himself to be her future self, leaving Shinji demanding an explanation.

• Archer rescued Matou Shinji after Berserker broke her samurai sword, and Shinji cried over the loss while Emiya Shirou comforted her.
• Aozaki Touko explained that Shinji had traded her male identity for magus abilities ten years earlier, and the sword embodied that price.
• Matou Shinji questioned Shirou's promise to protect her, then demanded to know why her Servant had not come to her aid.
• The blue-haired Servant gave Shinji a Noble Phantasm with the same ability as her broken sword, and Shinji used it to regain her magical enhancement.
• The Servant transformed into a mature woman resembling Shinji and revealed that she was Shinji's future self, prompting Shinji to demand an explanation.

Remilia defeated Cú Chulainn in a battle he accepted as the ending he wanted, while Bazett struggled to understand his acceptance of death. At Mount Enzou, Ryougi Ori joined Aozaki Touko’s group, and Mordred fled after Touko openly expressed her wish to protect her.

• Remilia admitted her victory over Cú Chulainn came from her True Ancestor immortality, but Cú Chulainn told her to take pride in winning before dissolving into light.
• Bazett watched Cú Chulainn vanish, and Scathach told her to seek her own answer to why he accepted death.
• Scathach praised Remilia, then carried her away to rest after the battle.
• Ryougi Ori cut open a spatial gate near Ryuudou Temple and entered it, followed by Shishigou Kairi and Mordred.
• Aozaki Touko told Mordred she wanted to protect her as a father, and Mordred hurried off to fight the enemies.
• Shishigou Kairi chased after Mordred, while Aozaki Touko praised Ryougi Ori for joining the battle.

Ryougi Ori arrived at the battlefield, prompting Archer to trap her in a Reality Marble and send the others outside. After Tohsaka Sakura fled with Ereshkigal and Medusa, Emiya Shirou spent both Command Spells ordering Archer to fight, then revealed Archer was his future self.

• Ryougi Ori approached the battlefield, and Matou Shinji withdrew after recognizing the danger of her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
• Archer explained that Ori's eyes could bring death, then deployed his Reality Marble and sent Emiya Shirou, Matou Shinji, Tohsaka Sakura, Medusa, and the Heroic Spirit Shinji outside.
• Ereshkigal met the group outside the Reality Marble, and Tohsaka Sakura retreated with her and Medusa.
• Matou Shinji asked Shirou to summon Archer back, but Shirou used both Command Spells to order Archer to fight the enemies.
• Shirou told Matou Shinji that Archer was his future self.

Aozaki Touko revealed that the Holy Grail War was part of her attempt to save the world from an unavoidable apocalypse. As Archer fought three Heroic Spirits inside Unlimited Blade Works, Touko and the others left, while a half-crow monster descended on the little girl at the Hyatt Grand Hotel.

• Emiya Shirou took over the fighting after Archer departed, and Matou Shinji led the group away from Mount Enzou.
• Aozaki Touko summoned Archer’s consciousness and sent him back to fight Berserker, Caster, and Rider inside Unlimited Blade Works.
• Aozaki Touko left with Ryougi Shiki and Ryougi Ori, then explained to Medea that seven Heroic Spirits had to be sacrificed to activate the Holy Grail.
• Aozaki Touko told Medea that she intended to save the world from its coming apocalypse for her daughter and lover.
• A half-crow monster descended onto the Hyatt Grand Hotel rooftop, and the little girl there readied her red magic spear.

Remilia welcomed Van Fem, who had come to reinforce her in the Holy Grail War, and learned that Empress Altrouge had arrived in Fuyuki City. She expected her mother to praise her, while Van Fem doubted Altrouge would still support Crimson Moon’s return now that she had power and a happy family.

• Black Wing Lord told Remilia that Crimson Moon had sent him to help her win the Holy Grail War and offered to fight Heroic Spirits.
• Kishimo Arcueid and Bunbyo Rei prepared for the Savior’s descent as believers around the world welcomed it, while a Black girl and her blond boyfriend suspected Umbrella Corporation was controlling the media.
• Remilia, Black Wing Lord, and Izayo Sakuya waited atop a high-rise as Van Fem arrived by helicopter to reinforce the Princess.
• Van Fem told Remilia that Empress Altrouge had arrived in Fuyuki City, and Remilia happily expected her mother to praise her.
• Van Fem privately questioned whether Altrouge would welcome Crimson Moon’s return now that she possessed great power and a happy family.

Altrouge confronted Remilia about her plan to resurrect her grandmother and warned her that the Holy Grail War was too dangerous, while Artoria arrived in Fuyuki with Aozaki Touko. Artoria reunited with Bedivere at Touko’s house, as Mordred waited anxiously for news of her arrival.

• Altrouge embraced Remilia, spanked her, and tried to dissuade her from joining the Holy Grail War, but Remilia insisted she would resurrect her grandmother with help from the Black Wing Lord and Van Fem.
• Emiya Kiritsugu left Artoria and Aozaki Touko at a bus stop, and Touko told Artoria that Kiritsugu would eventually retire and his adopted son Emiya Shirou would take over his work.
• Artoria and Aozaki Touko discussed Mordred, the throne, and Touko’s jealousy before heading to Touko’s house together.
• Gray welcomed Artoria and Touko into the living room, where Bedivere knelt and greeted Artoria with excitement.
• Mordred waited nervously with Shishigou Kairi for a phone call announcing Artoria’s arrival, then rushed to answer when the landline rang.

Mordred confronted Artoria about her past and asked whether she was happy with the life she had chosen beside Aozaki Touko. Artoria said she was happy, leaving Mordred reassured but still unsure how to approach their relationship.

• Bedivere introduced himself to Aozaki Touko, who praised his decisive choice and criticized Mordred for resisting her.
• Mordred greeted Artoria as her king, and Artoria calmly told her to rise instead of punishing her for the rebellion.
• Touko insisted that Mordred address her as her mother or Father King, while Artoria said she intended to remain by Touko's side after Britain was saved.
• Mordred accused Touko of making Artoria sacrifice herself for Britain, then asked Artoria whether she was happy.
• Artoria said her years with Touko had made her happy, and Mordred admitted she would have drawn her sword against Touko if Artoria had been unhappy.

Emiya Shirou confessed his feelings to Matou Shinji while she stood outside the rooftop railing, despairing over a dream in which she died from overwork. Shinji insisted they could only remain friends, but Shirou vowed to pursue her and even considered transforming himself if necessary.

• Mordred gave Artoria a limited-edition mousse cake, and sharing it eased the tension between them.
• Matou Shinji stood beyond the rooftop railing and warned Shirou not to come closer, saying that magecraft could not help if she did not want to survive.
• Shinji told Shirou about her dream of dying from overwork and recalled dreaming that they were married and happy together.
• Shinji asked how much Shirou liked her, and he confessed that he had loved her for a long time.
• Shinji blamed Shirou and the others for letting her sword be broken, and Shirou offered to ask Touko and Kiritsugu to reforge it.
• Shinji said they could only remain friends, but Shirou promised to pursue her and joked that he could ask Touko for a Soul Gem to transform himself.

Aozaki Touko explained why Mordred had not been chosen as Camelot’s heir and offered to send her back in time for training and a longer life, giving her a clear goal and earning her trust. Later, Remilia and two True Ancestor Dead Apostles confronted Matou Shinji and Emiya Shirou, leaving them trapped and badly outmatched.

• Aozaki Touko told Mordred that her youth, short lifespan, and lack of experience had made her an unsuitable heir, rather than her parentage.
• Aozaki Touko offered to return Mordred to Camelot for training and grant her a longer life, and Mordred eagerly accepted.
• Mordred thanked Aozaki Touko and went with Shishigou Kairi to the library to study how to become a king.
• Artoria told Aozaki Touko that she had considered giving Mordred the throne if she proved capable, and admitted she had erred by entrusting the kingdom to an immature child.
• Remilia, accompanied by two True Ancestor Dead Apostles and a force of Dead Apostles, surrounded Matou Shinji and Emiya Shirou in the commercial district.
• Emiya Shirou vowed to protect Matou Shinji, but Remilia recognized Shinji and her remark about Shinji's magecraft talent crushed her newly gathered fighting spirit.

Matou Shinji pledged himself and Emiya Shirou to Remilia, then ordered Rider to kill herself. Later, Remilia confronted Illya at Einzbern Castle with a powerful Dead Apostle army, but a terrifying future vision of Illya’s transformation left her questioning whether they were truly sisters and whether the future she saw was reliable.

• Matou Shinji accepted Remilia’s offer of service and pulled Emiya Shirou down to kneel with him.
• Matou Shinji used two Command Spells to make Rider commit suicide, while Rider joked that Shinji feared she would steal her man.
• Remilia brought her Dead Apostle army to Einzbern Castle and demanded that Illya order Berserker to commit suicide.
• Illya refused and prepared to fight, while Remilia revealed that her Fifth Magic sword had no restrictions and could amplify her Power of Fate.
• Remilia saw a possible future in which Illya became a radiant, rampaging figure who destroyed Fuyuki City and killed more than a billion people before surviving humanity’s nuclear attack.
• After Remilia recoiled from the vision, she claimed that one of them might be adopted and wondered whether the future was false because their father never appeared in it.

Aozaki Touko appeared before Remilia and Illya, warned Illya not to overuse the Life Tree, and left them with the Dead Apostles. Remilia called off the fight for the day, then redirected the Dead Apostles toward new Holy Grail War targets after consulting the future.

• Aozaki Touko reassured Remilia that her potential was immense, warned Illya against overusing the Life Tree, and vanished after speaking with Van Fem.
• With Touko gone, Van Fem and the Dead Apostles blocked Illya, but Remilia suspended hostilities for the day and led her followers away.
• Illya collapsed in relief after the Dead Apostles departed without attacking her.
• In the convoy, Remilia chose the Tohsaka sisters as the next targets, but Van Fem urged her to check the future, where a powerful underworld goddess appeared.
• Remilia changed course and asked Van Fem and the Black Wing Lord for another target; they recommended Bedivere and noted that Touko's associates had faced little danger in the war.

Aozaki Touko’s world-saving ritual began as an angel appeared across the world and the Golden Holy Grail manifested at Ryuudou Temple. Remilia rushed toward the Grail, while Touko asked the temple’s head priest if he would sell the rebuilt temple.

• Gray encountered Remilia and her Dead Apostle followers in an empty supermarket, and their confrontation ended in a violent explosion.
• An angel sounded the Trumpet of Doom across the world, prompting believers to pray and magi to react with alarm.
• Karen caused the Pope to stab himself, and he vanished in golden light as she returned to the cathedral.
• Remilia sensed the Golden Holy Grail appearing above Mount Enzou and ran toward it.
• At Ryuudou Temple, Aozaki Touko revealed the Holy Grail and asked the head priest whether he would sell the temple.

At Ryuudou Temple, Aozaki Touko gathered the Holy Grail War participants and proposed a quiz to decide who would receive the Grail. Remilia remained committed to resurrecting her grandmother, while Sakura found love with Touko; the chapter ended as Arcueid realized Remilia had won the Grail and wished for her resurrection.

• Aozaki Touko paid the monk to leave Ryuudou Temple, and Ryougi Shiki joined her to view the Lesser Grail.
• Remilia, Illya, and the Tohsaka sisters raced to the temple, where Touko proposed a Holy Grail quiz instead of a fight.
• Illya and Sakura said they had no wishes for the Grail after Touko discussed their desires, and Sakura confessed her love for Touko.
• Remilia declared that she wanted to resurrect her grandmother, so Touko offered her the Holy Grail if nobody else had a wish.
• At Kaiyue Hotel, Arcueid sensed that Remilia had obtained the Grail and wished for her resurrection, and she realized the Counter Guardian was not stopping it.

Crimson Moon was resurrected above Fuyuki City, where she confronted Aozaki Touko and agreed to a battle to the death. As Crimson Moon’s Moon Fall threatened the city, its desperate residents prayed to the promised Savior, who appeared and stopped time.

• Crimson Moon descended over Mount Enzou, struck Berserker down, and learned from Touko that she intended to use the moon’s life force to save the planet.
• Crimson Moon and Touko decided to fight, despite Remilia’s pleas to stop them.
• Crimson Moon unleashed Moon Fall, summoning a second moon that battered Fuyuki City with a devastating hurricane.
• As residents faced the descending moon, some remembered Christianity’s promise that praying to the Savior would spare them from the apocalypse.
• The Savior appeared in response to the believers’ prayers, and time stopped while the people of Fuyuki City remained able to move.

Aozaki Touko held up the falling moon while fighting Crimson Moon, and Waver realized that her worldwide savior ritual needed more than belief to become real. As the old Pope reached Heaven, the second act began: civilization collapsed around the world, driving people to pray to Touko.

• Aozaki Touko pushed the moon back into space, dodged Crimson Moon's attack, and declared that the second act had begun.
• Waver watched the battle and concluded that Touko's worldwide savior ritual needed evidence to support its claims.
• The old Pope followed a summons to Heaven after the defeated Heroic Spirits departed.
• A skeptical girl in Tokyo dismissed the savior broadcast as a scam, but an earthquake destroyed her residence and sent the city and its people floating into the air.
• The girl prayed to Aozaki Touko, and people around the world began offering their faith as human civilization collapsed.

Aozaki Touko defeated Crimson Moon, then revealed she had only pretended she planned to sacrifice her to secure her surrender. The Counter Guardian appeared and took the form of a blue-haired girl at Touko’s request, while observers below reacted to the strange encounter and spies reported it to the factions.

• Aozaki Touko subdued Crimson Moon and claimed her control over the world’s laws made her invincible, then admitted she had lied about sacrificing Crimson Moon to drain the moon’s life force.
• Aozaki Touko urged Crimson Moon to abandon her plan to conquer Earth, but the Counter Guardian descended to communicate with her.
• Aozaki Touko asked the Counter Guardian to become a blue-haired little girl, and it complied so she could understand it.
• At Mount Enzou, Medusa identified the Counter Guardian for Tohsaka Sakura and Tohsaka Rin, while Remilia proudly called Aozaki Touko the world’s savior and Illya mourned Berserker.
• In Fuyuki City, infiltrating magi spied on Aozaki Touko, Crimson Moon, and the Counter Guardian and sent their report to various factions.

Aozaki Touko began carefully adjusting the membrane over the ruined world while Gaia-chan and Crimson Moon watched. As the Atlas Institute and the United States moved to attack her, Crimson Moon intercepted the nuclear missiles aimed at Fuyuki City.

• Gaia-chan tried to persuade Aozaki Touko to side with her, but Crimson Moon dismissed Gaia-chan as lacking self-awareness.
• Aozaki Touko ended their argument and sat atop a cross to adjust the membrane’s physical parameters, while Gaia-chan and Crimson Moon discussed the world’s destruction.
• At the Atlas Institute, a purple-haired girl secured agreement to prepare the Black Spear and attack Aozaki Touko if necessary.
• At the White House, a priest coerced the United States president into ordering a nuclear strike against the supposed heretic called the savior.
• Gaia-chan warned Crimson Moon that a hydrogen bomb could disrupt Aozaki Touko’s work, and Crimson Moon used her Mystic Eyes to destroy that missile and thirteen more.

During Judgment Day, Aozaki Touko began moving humanity into her world-sized Reality Marble while Suigintou took some people to hell instead. Altrouge confronted Touko about her godlike outlook and Arcueid’s pregnancy, leaving Touko explaining that the child was intended as Crimson Moon’s resurrection vessel.

• Gems appeared in ruined Fuyuki City, avoided Crimson Moon’s attack, and later witnessed Touko’s Reality Marble spread across the sky.
• Touko reshaped the world and revealed her vast Reality Marble, while Illya, Tohsaka Rin, and Tohsaka Sakura recognized the new world above them.
• Angels descended to guide humans into the new world, but Suigintou arrived to take some people to hell, and the angels ignored the white president.
• Altrouge challenged Touko over leaving nonhumans behind, and Touko said all intelligent life would eventually be moved into her Reality Marble.
• Altrouge told Touko that Arcueid was pregnant with a pure True Ancestor, and Touko said the child was meant to be Crimson Moon’s resurrection vessel.

Aozaki Touko and the blue-haired loli restored the dying world’s vitality by pouring in stored magic power, while humanity’s survivors began worshiping Touko as their Savior. After seven days, Touko reset the planet to its primordial state and began asking seven survivors what kind of world she should create, leaving their wishes still under consideration.

• Altrouge left to approach the new world after the blue-haired loli warned her not to obstruct salvation, and Touko began the restoration early.
• Touko poured ten years of stored magic power into the collapsing planet, while the blue-haired loli absorbed it and extended her life; the apocalypse accelerated as a result.
• Survivors in the new world watched Earth collapse, and a blond woman and a priest urged the crowd to worship the Savior.
• Over seven days, Touko reclaimed the old world’s life and features until the planet returned to its primordial, lifeless state.
• Touko asked seven summoned survivors what they wanted from the new world, and they offered wishes including happiness, peaceful death, eternal life, justice, and freedom from overwork.

Aozaki Touko heard seven people’s wishes for a new world and began recreating the original world through an act of creation. Witnesses at the Atlas Institute and Clock Tower struggled to understand her power, with Waver speculating that Touko was a descended deity—or a future version of God who had manifested in the past.

• Aozaki Touko listened to the final two people’s wishes, including a little girl’s hope to see her family and friends again, then decided that copying the original world would be easiest.
• Aozaki Touko invoked a colossal Kabbalah diagram, transforming the primordial planet into a new world over billions of years in an instant.
• Atlas Institute magi witnessed the creation and one man repented for having tried to kill Touko, declaring her the Creator.
• Clock Tower magi watched the projected creation as Lidell discussed her friendship with Touko and her adoptive father urged her to pursue Touko’s bloodline.
• Waver told the Clock Tower that Touko might be a savior who descended from a great existence, then proposed that she could become God in the future and manifest in the past.

Aozaki Touko restored the reshaped world, leaving humanity with greater potential while erasing ordinary people’s memories of the catastrophe. After discussing the ritual and the Second Magic with Gems, she faced Crimson Moon and Altrouge, then fled as Altrouge confronted her.

• Aozaki Touko explained to Gaia-chan that she had given humanity more potential but would not control its future, then restored the world and altered ordinary people’s memories.
• An Executor and Medea remembered the world’s destruction and rebirth while the people in the Vatican celebrated Kishimo Arcueid’s birthday.
• Gems visited Aozaki Touko in Fuyuki City, borrowed her world-saving Grimoire, and concluded that only Touko could perform the ritual.
• Aozaki Touko warned Gems that Crimson Moon was coming, and he escaped to a Parallel World using the Second Magic.
• Crimson Moon arrived and asked why Touko had let Gems leave, but Altrouge appeared with Arcueid and called herself Touko’s mother-in-law, prompting Touko to flee.