Chapter Summaries

Aozaki Touko defeated Cú Chulainn’s Gáe Bolg by enduring it, then left him with Bazett to talk. She praised Bazett and gave her the acknowledgment she desperately wanted, leaving Bazett flustered and unsure whether Touko was joking.

• Cú Chulainn used Gáe Bolg against Aozaki Touko, but she withstood the strike with her strengthened body.
• Aozaki Touko punched Cú Chulainn into a shop and invited Bazett to talk, and Bazett reluctantly agreed.
• Karen arrived and took responsibility for covering up the battle’s damage, telling Cú Chulainn to fight where fewer people were present.
• Aozaki Touko told Bazett she had wanted to meet her and challenged her self-deprecating view of herself.
• Aozaki Touko called Bazett Fraga McLachlan an excellent woman and affirmed that people who spent time with her would recognize her worth.

Lainis teased Mordred about calling Aozaki Touko “Dad” and revealed that Artoria would arrive in Fuyuki City the next day, asking Mordred to share her past so she could judge what the news meant. After school, Illya heard a high-school girl call her over.

• Lainis tried to tempt Mordred with information, but Mordred suspected her of scheming like Morgan.
• Shishigou Kairi revealed that Mordred had called Aozaki Touko “Dad,” and Mordred denied having truly acknowledged her as a father.
• Shishigou Kairi explained that Lainis was rumored to be Aozaki Touko’s lover, and Lainis admitted she had spread the rumor herself.
• Lainis told Mordred that Artoria would arrive in Fuyuki City around noon the next day and asked her to share stories of her past.
• Illya left school and heard a beautiful high-school girl in a Homonculus Academy uniform call her over.

Illya was lured into an alley by Tohsaka Rin and cornered by Matou Shinji and Tohsaka Sakura, but her Berserker appeared and sent Shinji crashing into a bakery. Emiya Shirou helped Shinji, whose concern over his question about her sword turned into a tense, flustered exchange.

• Tohsaka Rin led Illya into a deserted alley, where Matou Shinji and Tohsaka Sakura trapped her and demanded that she make Berserker commit suicide.
• Illya refused to sacrifice Berserker and shouted at the group for tricking an elementary school student.
• Matou Shinji attacked Illya, but Berserker appeared and struck her with a Stone Axe, hurling her through several walls and into a bakery.
• Emiya Shirou arrived and helped the injured Matou Shinji, asking whether her sword was all right.
• Matou Shinji challenged Shirou over his concern for her sword, and he admitted that he wanted to try breaking it before helping her leave the bakery.

Archer and Illya fought while Rider and Medusa tried to keep Berserker from reaching his Master, and Aozaki Touko had Bazett model increasingly embarrassing outfits. The chapter ended with Illya suddenly inside Suigintou’s Reality Marble, where Suigintou rebuked her for being chased around.

• Archer pursued Illya, planning to use Rule Breaker to sever her connection to Berserker.
• Rider and Medusa restrained Berserker on the highway to keep him from reaching Illya, but he broke free of Medusa’s chains.
• Archer asked Illya why she would not withdraw from the Holy Grail War, and Illya said she would not surrender because Berserker would die.
• Archer attacked Illya with Gan Jiang Mo Ye as she raised her Magic Wand to defend herself.
• Aozaki Touko made Bazett wear a Bunny Girl Outfit, then ordered a Fallen Angel Succubus Maid Outfit brought for her.
• Illya found herself inside Suigintou’s Reality Marble, where Suigintou called her pathetic for being chased around.

Suigintou warned Illya that overusing the Life Tree could erase her human self, then lent her power so she could return to the battle as a Fallen Angel. Archer prepared to fight Illya, but Irisviel appeared and brought Beo into the confrontation, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Suigintou explained that Illya's inherited Life Tree power could transform her consciousness until Illya ceased to exist, and warned that only overwhelming willpower could prevent the loss of self.
• Suigintou lent Illya her power and sent her back to the underground garage, where Illya appeared in black clothing with wings and a silver sword.
• Archer prepared to fight Illya, but Irisviel revealed herself after taking a photograph, and Illya flew to protect her mother.
• Archer challenged Illya's ability to protect Irisviel, and Illya stood her ground as her will to fight strengthened.
• Irisviel summoned Beo, who welcomed the chance to fight Archer and promised to finish the battle quickly.

Illya summoned Berserker to help confront Archer, who escaped before the fight could turn against him. As factions prepared for a more dangerous night in the Holy Grail War, the Church learned that Van Fem and the Black Wing Lord were heading toward Fuyuki City and ordered the Gravekeepers to stop them.

• Illya used a Command Spell to summon Berserker, who attacked Archer, while Beo prepared to join the fight.
• Irisviel noticed Archer drawing nearer to the exit, and he fled the underground garage rather than face Illya, Berserker, Beo, and the threat of Aozaki Touko's intervention.
• Aozaki Touko bought Bazett revealing clothes and teased her before leaving; Bazett then set off to rejoin Cú Chulainn.
• At the Tohsaka Household, Archer explained his failed operation against Illya, and Matou Shinji proposed eliminating at least two Heroic Spirits that night, matching their existing plan.
• Karen informed the Pope that Van Fem and the Black Wing Lord were heading for Fuyuki City, and he ordered the Gravekeepers to stop them or keep them away from the city.

The Pope worried that elevating Kishimo Arcueid had given her dangerous influence over the Church, while Van Fem fought priests who tried to stop him from reaching Fuyuki City. Illya returned safely to Einzbern Castle after her day of danger, but Rieses’s enthusiastic injury check was interrupted by Sella.

• Karen warned that Kishimo Arcueid’s growing influence over the Church might become dangerous, but the Pope could only pray that she was a true saint.
• A half-crow, half-human monster flew toward Fuyuki City to help Lady Remilia resurrect Crimson Moon.
• Priests blocked Van Fem at a New York airport and refused to let him travel to Fuyuki City, so he attacked them.
• Illya returned to Einzbern Castle and told Rieses she was unharmed, though she had used a Command Spell and gained new abilities during the day.
• Rieses tried to check beneath Illya’s skirt for hidden injuries, but Sella stopped her and scolded her.

Mordred and Shishigou Kairi discussed Aozaki Touko and prepared to seek out their next opponent, but a purple-haired woman ambushed them on Fuyuki City's bridge. Mordred rushed to confront her while Shishigou Kairi stayed behind to deal with the car's frightened owner.

• Mordred ate Gray's cake while Shishigou Kairi told her what he had learned about Aozaki Touko.
• Mordred reflected on how people developed feelings, and Shishigou Kairi stopped worrying about Touko's relationships.
• A purple-haired woman attacked Mordred and Shishigou Kairi on the bridge, and Mordred pulled her Master to safety.
• Mordred ran toward the purple-haired woman while Shishigou Kairi faced the driver of the car they had landed on.
• The driver asked Shishigou Kairi to compensate her for the damaged rental car before he erased her memories.

Mordred fought Ryougi Ori while Ryougi Shiki chose not to fight Shishigou Kairi, then reunited with Aozaki Touko to discuss their future daughter. As the pair’s happiness drained Ori’s fighting spirit, Scathach and Remilia tracked down a man in a blue bodysuit, whom Remilia called her senior brother and challenged.

• Asagami Fujino introduced Ryougi Ori as Mordred’s next opponent, and Mordred attacked her with the Rebellious Sword.
• Shishigou Kairi encountered Ryougi Shiki on a bridge, but Shiki sensed he lacked fighting intent and left without fighting.
• Ryougi Shiki met Aozaki Touko by the river, where they discussed names, surnames, and plans for their future daughter.
• Ryougi Ori stopped fighting Mordred because Shiki’s happy feelings had weakened her fighting spirit.
• Scathach and Remilia found a man in a blue bodysuit in Fuyuki City Park, and Remilia greeted him as her senior brother before pointing her magic spear at him.

Cú Chulainn and Remilia fought in the park while Scathach watched Remilia’s growing potential as a True Ancestor. Elsewhere, Archer challenged Emiya Shirou’s ideals, and Medea approached Illya with a proposal to cooperate against the Tohsaka sisters and their allies.

• Cú Chulainn met Remilia in a quiet park and fought her while Scathach observed their skills and Remilia’s spiritual growth.
• In the Matou Household kitchen, Archer cooked with Emiya Shirou and asked about his wish to become a champion of justice.
• Archer urged Emiya Shirou to protect his family before trying to save the world, prompting Shirou to ask whether Archer was his future self.
• Archer encountered Rider at the doorway, and Rider said he did not dislike him before leaving.
• Illya found the Tohsaka Household dark and was approached by Medea, who offered to help her find the Tohsaka sisters.
• Medea proposed that she and Illya cooperate against the Tohsaka sisters, Matou Shinji, and Emiya Shirou, explaining that she was a Caster.

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.