Recaps

Shirou discovered that Lady Avalon could remain visible to him while hiding herself from Taiga, then convened a Holy Grail War strategy meeting. Lady Avalon revealed that she had altered Shirou’s Command Spells to transform him into his eighteen-year-old self for three minutes at the cost of his lifespan, and Makiri opposed the dangerous plan.

• Shirou found Lady Avalon sitting openly at breakfast, but Taiga Fujimura could not see her.
• Shirou accidentally pinned Lady Avalon and touched her breasts while trying to make her become spirit-form.
• At a strategy meeting, Shirou explained that the Amamiya faction had no Servant capable of fighting and that Lady Avalon could enhance him temporarily.
• Lady Avalon revealed she had modified Shirou’s Command Spells to transform him into his eighteen-year-old body for three minutes, with each use consuming his life.
• Makiri warned that the transformation was a curse that borrowed against Shirou’s future, but Shirou accepted the cost and Makiri opposed the strategy.

Shirou killed Ryunosuke Uryu after the murderer lured him to an apartment, but Ryunosuke later awoke as a corpse and began preparing a summoning ritual. Shirou then left the apartment at dusk and called out to his unseen big sister.

• Shirou and Lady Avalon argued with Makiri about which faction to ally with in the Holy Grail War, but Shirou made no final decision.
• Three days later, Shirou bought supplies in Fuyuki and encountered Ryunosuke Uryu, who invited him to his apartment as a potential sacrifice.
• Ryunosuke bound Shirou, but Shirou escaped and stabbed him in the chest, killing him.
• Ryunosuke woke in the dark, mistook his death for a strange dream, and used fresh blood to begin a summoning ritual.
• At 5:50 p.m., Shirou left the apartment and whispered to the empty space beside him, asking if his big sister was there.

Shirou explained that he had turned the dead Ryunosuke Uryu into a Living dead so he could summon a Servant and serve as an experimental subject in the Holy Grail War. Two nights later, Lady Avalon showed Shirou a live view of an attack at the Tohsaka mansion, where he noticed something strange about Assassin.

• Shirou revealed to Lady Avalon that he had modified Ryunosuke Uryu's corpse, removing part of his brain and reviving him as a Living dead who could participate in the Holy Grail War.
• Shirou said he had made Ryunosuke Uryu a test subject and believed that having him summon a Servant would give them an advantage.
• Lady Avalon agreed to help with similar experiments, though she felt sad watching Shirou calmly work with a corpse.
• Two nights later, Lady Avalon showed Shirou a crystal-ball broadcast of a golden Servant standing over a pinned Assassin at the Tohsaka Family mansion.
• Shirou learned that three other factions were monitoring the scene and questioned whether the Einzbern Family had reached Japan.
• Shirou sensed that Assassin's presence and soul seemed unusually weak, while Lady Avalon appeared to recognize something and denied noticing anything.

Shirou watched Gilgamesh destroy one of Assassin’s bodies and left to find the surviving Hassan, hoping to make her an ally. At the Fuyuki Church, Kirei and Rin maintained their cover while Assassin revealed how her divided selves enabled her to survive and continue the Tohsaka faction’s reconnaissance.

• Lady Avalon praised Gilgamesh’s strength, but Shirou ignored him and realized the slain Assassin might still be alive.
• Shirou put on his coat and went out, believing Assassin could become an ally.
• Gilgamesh rebuked Tokiomi for summoning him over a trivial matter and declared he had no interest in the Holy Grail.
• Tokiomi worried about Gilgamesh’s independence and ordered Kirei to intensify the search for the undetected Servant and Master.
• Kirei and Rin staged Kirei’s withdrawal at the Fuyuki Church, where the surviving Hundred-Faced Hassan appeared and explained that the slain Assassin was only one of her eighty-eight bodies.
• Kirei questioned Hassan about Zayd’s death, and she said the loss mattered despite his average abilities.

Shirou found Hundred-Faced Hassan’s hotel hideout and proposed that they cooperate, arguing that Kirei Kotomine and Tokiomi Tohsaka had used her as part of their scheme. Hundred-Faced Hassan was impressed by his insight but remained guarded, and Shirou underestimated how many of her selves survived.

• Kirei Kotomine sent Hundred-Faced Hassan to continue investigating the unknown Servant and Master, while privately feeling weary and confused by the Holy Grail War.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan returned to her hotel base and discovered Shirou watching anime with Loli Hassan.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan confronted Shirou, who admitted he was a Master and said his intelligence network had traced her to the hotel.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan tested Shirou by appearing behind him and pressing a dagger to his neck, but he asked her to cooperate instead of attacking him.
• Shirou guessed that Kirei Kotomine and Tokiomi Tohsaka had conspired to send another of Hundred-Faced Hassan’s selves to die, and she was shocked that he had seen through their plot.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan dismissed Shirou’s estimate that only ten or twenty of her selves remained, knowing that eighty-seven were still alive.

Shirou used a recording of Hundred-Faced Hassan’s doubts about her Master to pressure her into considering an alliance, then defeated her in a brief fight and persuaded her to surrender. The chapter left Shirou pleased that she had agreed to become his companion.

• Hundred-Faced Hassan refused Shirou’s offer but promised to conceal his visit and spare him for Zayd’s sake.
• Shirou played a recording of their conversation, and Hundred-Faced Hassan attacked him to seize it.
• Shirou defended himself with the Blades of Chaos, then tripped Hundred-Faced Hassan with a chain and pinned her down.
• Shirou threatened to send the recording to the Tohsaka Family and argued that her Masters were wasting her abilities.
• Shirou pointed out Loli Hassan was nearby, and Hundred-Faced Hassan dropped her dagger and surrendered.

Shirou recruited Hundred-Faced Hassan and learned that Tokiomi Tohsaka controlled both the Church overseers and Kirei Kotomine, while Gilgamesh was the Tohsaka faction’s overwhelming Archer. Shirou vowed to deal with Gilgamesh himself, then learned that Tokiomi was searching for information about his mysterious Servant.

• Hundred-Faced Hassan explained that only she and Loli Hassan would cooperate with Shirou, and Shirou reassured her that he would protect the child.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan revealed that Kirei Kotomine and Risei Kotomine had joined Tokiomi Tohsaka’s faction years earlier and that Kirei served as Tokiomi’s puppet.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan told Shirou about the other Masters and identified Gilgamesh as the golden Archer with an enormous treasury of Noble Phantasms.
• Shirou declared that he would defeat Gilgamesh himself, despite Hundred-Faced Hassan’s belief that no Heroic Spirit could beat him.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan asked about Shirou’s Servant, and Shirou said he did not know her class or parameters, only that she claimed to belong to the Extra faction.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan explained that the Church’s Spiritron Dresser could observe Servant parameters and that Tokiomi Tohsaka was searching for information about Shirou.

Shirou strengthened his covert cooperation with Hundred-Faced Hassan and went to Shinto to buy supplies, where he noticed the Einzbern pair Irisviel and Artoria. After losing sight of Artoria, Shirou encountered Irisviel alone and followed her to a fast-food restaurant, leaving the fate of the missing Saber pair unresolved.

• Shirou left Hundred-Faced Hassan's hotel room before dawn, and they agreed to cooperate while Assassin gathered information for him.
• Shirou refused Lady Avalon's suggestion to use Suggestion Magic on Sister Fujiwara and arranged for Avalon to guard the Amamiya Residence while he went shopping with Makiri.
• Shirou spotted Irisviel and Artoria on the streets of Shinto and wondered why Lady Avalon had failed to refuse his summoning.
• Irisviel and Artoria drew attention as they shopped, but Artoria lost track of Irisviel near the changing rooms.
• Shirou followed Irisviel from a distance, approached her when she was alone, and ended up eating with her at a fast-food restaurant.

Shirou posed as an orphan named Shinji and befriended Irisviel, who bought him a hamburger and nearly invited him home. After realizing Irisviel was separated from Saber, he considered killing her but left before Saber arrived, planning to meet them again with her Servant present.

• Shirou tugged on Irisviel’s coat and claimed he was hungry, so she took him to a fast-food restaurant and bought him a hamburger.
• Shirou told Irisviel that he had no parents and lived with unkind relatives, prompting her to offer to take him home before she withdrew the invitation.
• Shirou recognized Irisviel as an Artificial Lifeform and considered killing her after learning Saber was not nearby, but he decided the public setting made the risk too great.
• When Irisviel asked him to wait for her friend, Shirou excused himself to use the bathroom and disappeared into the crowd.
• Saber arrived and scolded Irisviel for wandering off, then forgave her and listened as Irisviel excitedly described the cute boy she had met.

Shirou learned that Irisviel was likely the Lesser Holy Grail and recognized Saber during her battle with Lancer. The duel continued with Saber dominating Diarmuid, who struggled to identify her invisible sword.

• Makiri explained that Irisviel was likely the human container serving as the Lesser Holy Grail and described how it absorbed defeated Servants' souls.
• Shirou recalled the mysterious blond bodyguard beside Irisviel and wondered whether all Einzbern women were perverts.
• Shirou returned home, then Lady Avalon showed him Saber and Lancer fighting through a crystal ball.
• Saber overwhelmed Diarmuid with Mana Burst, while Irisviel watched the battle from nearby.
• Diarmuid retreated after a feint and questioned the true form of Saber's invisible sword, whose collisions felt blunt.

Shirou watched Saber defeat Lancer with Avalon and recognized her as Morgan. At the Amamiya Residence, he asked Lady Avalon whether she knew Morgan, leaving her startled by the question.

• Saber defeated Lancer by blocking his attacks with Avalon, then overwhelmed him with a burst of power.
• Shirou recognized the golden-haired Saber and wondered if she was Morgan.
• Lady Avalon excitedly praised Saber while Shirou remained transfixed by the crystal ball.
• Shirou asked Lady Avalon whether, as Merlin's younger sister, she knew Morgan, and she reacted in surprise.

Shirou suspected that Einzbern’s Saber was Morgan, so he rushed with Lady Avalon and Meli to confirm her identity. Meanwhile, Saber and Lancer’s duel was interrupted by Rider, who announced himself and invited the other heroes to join his conquest, leaving the battlefield in chaos as Shirou approached.

• Shirou compared Saber’s appearance, fighting style, and Holy Sword to Morgan’s Savior Ash aspect, then decided to investigate in person.
• Saber and Lancer recognized each other as Arthur Pendragon and Diarmuid, and prepared to finish their duel despite Lancer’s severe wounds.
• Rider arrived in a thunderous chariot, declared his identity, and ordered Saber and Lancer to stop fighting.
• Rider offered the gathered heroes friendship and a share in conquering the world if they yielded the Holy Grail to him.
• Shirou hurried toward the warehouse district with Lady Avalon carrying him across the rooftops, while Meli followed.

Shirou found Hundred-Faced Hassan gravely wounded by a sniper near the warehouse district and began healing her while Lady Avalon watched the battle. He suspected the shooter had left Assassin as bait and was observing them, so he stayed calm rather than flee.

• Shirou received no answer from Hundred-Faced Hassan’s communicator and ordered Lady Avalon to take him to the pier.
• Shirou found Hundred-Faced Hassan beneath a crane, unconscious and bleeding from a gunshot wound near her Spirit Core.
• Shirou ruled out the battling Servants as likely attackers and began healing Assassin, while Lady Avalon reported the fight from afar.
• Shirou and Lady Avalon realized the sniper may have left Assassin as bait and could still be watching them.
• Shirou continued healing, reasoning that the cautious enemy would not attack while suspecting a Servant was nearby.

Shirou rescued Hundred-Faced Hassan from a sniper and brought her back to the inn, while both agreed to keep their connection secret. After returning home, Shirou watched a recording of the warehouse battle and saw Saber, Rider, and Archer clash, leaving him wondering whether the Saber was Morgan.

• Shirou healed the critically wounded Hundred-Faced Hassan and carried her away openly while the hidden sniper watched but did not attack.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan woke on the way to the inn, and Shirou told her about the dangerous, unidentified assassin who had attacked her.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan and Shirou agreed not to tell her Master about the rescue or let Kirei Kotomine discover their relationship.
• Shirou returned home, found Lady Avalon withdrawn, and watched her crystal ball's recording of the warehouse battle.
• Shirou recognized the blonde Saber as possibly Morgan, then watched Rider identify himself as Iskandar and withdraw with his unconscious boy Master after the battle.

Shirou followed a familiar aura to the Hyatt Hotel and discovered a Phantasmal Beast whose Mana Core carried Melusine’s scent. As Kaineth entered the room with Lancer, Shirou hid nearby, leaving the reason for the beast’s connection to Melusine unresolved.

• After recalling a warm seaside dream with Melusine, Shirou tracked her familiar aura to the Fuyuki Hyatt Hotel.
• Shirou infiltrated Kaineth Archbold’s heavily guarded magical workshop on the hotel’s top floor.
• Shirou found three stone-like Spiritron Dresses representing a heart, torso, and Wings, and sensed that they held a living soul and an aura like Melusine’s.
• Shirou hid behind the curtains when he heard Kaineth and Lancer approaching.
• Lancer asked Kaineth whether it was wise to lock Sola in a room after she threatened to break off her engagement.

Kenshinnes lost his temper with Sola, confined her, and resolved to win the Holy Grail War to prove himself. He then used a Command Spell to force Lancer to abandon his code of chivalry, leaving Diarmuid in agony as he struggled to resist.

• Sola blamed Kenshinnes for failing to attack Saber's Master, and Kenshinnes shouted at her before putting her to sleep and ordering Lancer to confine her.
• Kenshinnes feared Sola would break off their engagement and vowed to win the Holy Grail War and establish his superiority.
• Shirou secretly watched as Kenshinnes showed Lancer the Triple Magic Furnace and explained that he had created Volumen hydrargyrum to replace it.
• Lancer accepted responsibility for losing to Saber and pledged to do anything within his power to help Kenshinnes obtain the Holy Grail.
• Kenshinnes used a Command Spell to order Lancer to abandon his code of chivalry, and Lancer writhed in pain as he resisted.

Kenshinnes used the Mana Cores to corrupt Diarmuid into a dark fiend, and Shirou later stole the dormant stones with help from Hundred-Faced Hassan and Loli Hassan. As Hundred-Faced Hassan reported that the Assassins had encountered Caster while tracking Irisviel, Shirou realized all seven Servants had gathered and became excited about the unknown attacker from the previous night.

• Kenshinnes forced Diarmuid to relive Finn MacCool’s betrayal, then used the Mana Cores to transform him into a dark fiend.
• Shirou emerged after Kenshinnes and Demon Diarmuid left, contacted Hundred-Faced Hassan, and enlisted her and Loli Hassan to carry off the three dormant Mana Cores.
• Shirou and the two Hassans hid the stones nearby, then secretly brought them to the Amamiya Residence.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan told Shirou that Tokiomi was searching Fuyuki for the unidentified seventh Servant and that Kirei had ordered her to investigate Miyama Town.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan reported that the Assassins had encountered Caster while following Irisviel, and Shirou realized all seven Servants had gathered and that the previous night's attacker was someone else.

Shirou learned that Caster, Gilles de Rais, was draining Fuyuki residents’ life force in a failed attempt to restore his Master, Ryunosuke Uryu, who had become a Corpse-person. Caster decided to visit Saber again, while an intruder approached Einzbern Castle, where Saber and Irisviel were staying.

• Hundred-Faced Hassan told Shirou that Caster had mistaken Saber for Jeanne d’Arc, then followed him to his base and identified his Master as Ryunosuke.
• Assassin reported that Caster was draining life force from people across Fuyuki to restore Ryunosuke, rather than to stockpile magical energy.
• Caster recalled that Ryunosuke had become a Corpse-person the morning after they summoned him, and that his efforts to restore him had failed.
• Caster resolved to bring Jeanne to Ryunosuke so she could heal him, and agreed to intensify their blasphemy after Ryunosuke urged him on.
• At Einzbern Castle, Saber noticed Irisviel’s shoulders tremble and told her that an intruder was present.

Shirou interrupted Caster’s attempted sacrifice of a class of children, cut off his arm, and led most of them out of the forest. Caster unleashed a growing horde of monsters against Saber and Irisviel, leaving Saber separated from her Master as Irisviel struggled to hold out.

• Caster brought hypnotized schoolchildren into the Einzbern forest and began a sacrificial game, but Shirou cut off his arm before he could kill a boy.
• Shirou charged Caster with Lady Avalon’s enhancement, then abandoned the attack to rescue the children when Caster’s ritual transformed victims into monsters.
• Shirou carved through the monster horde and led most of the children out of the forest, though several were seriously injured.
• Saber and Irisviel arrived to find the forest strewn with monster remains, but Caster regenerated his arm and summoned more creatures from the corpses.
• Saber blasted away the tentacles that trapped her and fought toward Irisviel, while Irisviel used Einzbern alchemy to resist the overwhelming monster horde.

Shirou Amamiya returned in undead form and rescued Irisviel with Excalibur Morgan, shocking Saber and drawing Caster’s attention. With monsters closing in, Saber joined Shirou in battle and revealed her Holy Sword, leaving Irisviel holding its scabbard.

• Shirou appeared in black robes and a skull mask, destroyed the monster attacking Irisviel, and crushed a tentacle beneath his foot.
• Saber recognized Shirou’s black blade as the Holy Sword of the Lake transformed into Excalibur Morgan, and Shirou warned her not to get distracted.
• Caster mistook Shirou for an angel sent by God and unleashed a horde of monsters, while Shirou concealed his identity with Avalon’s spell.
• Saber blasted open a path through the monsters, returned to Irisviel, and agreed to fight alongside Shirou.
• Saber dispelled the Wind King Barrier, drew her Holy Sword, and handed its scabbard to Irisviel.

Shirou and Saber fought through Caster’s endless monsters and destroyed the Grimoire sustaining them, killing Gilles de Rais. Afterward, Shirou examined the surviving Grimoire with Irisviel while Saber objected to their impromptu book reading.

• Shirou and Saber cut down hundreds of monsters while Irisviel watched, then realized Caster’s Grimoire was generating them endlessly.
• Saber cleared a path with Gale Force Hammer, and Shirou followed with Vortigern, devastating the monsters and burning most of Caster’s body away.
• Caster crawled toward the Tome of the R'lyeh, but Shirou pinned his hand and took the Grimoire before Caster died.
• Shirou discovered the Grimoire had not vanished with Caster, and Irisviel offered to read its Italian text aloud.
• Saber interrupted Shirou and Irisviel’s reading and challenged Irisviel’s teasing suggestion that she was jealous.

After defeating Caster, Shirou discovered that the Saber before him was Artoria rather than Morgan, despite their identical appearance and matching Holy Sword. He revealed his face and name remained unknown, while Irisviel recognized him and clung to him, prompting Saber to suspect he had bewitched her Master.

• Irisviel took the Tome of the R'lyeh from Shirou, and he ordered her to destroy it because it was dangerous.
• Shirou realized Saber was not Morgan and asked whether she was really King Arthur.
• Artoria identified herself as Artoria Pendragon and demanded Shirou state his identity, but he removed his mask instead.
• Saber saw Shirou's young face, and Irisviel recognized him as Shinji-kun and hugged him.
• Saber grew suspicious of Shirou and ordered Irisviel to move away, while Irisviel defended him and refused to let go.
• Shirou asked Saber and Irisviel to calm down and promised to explain, as Lady Avalon watched their argument with amusement.

After Caster’s death, Ryunosuke Uryu’s lingering Command Spells and shared life force let him inherit the Tome of the R'lyeh and summon a colossal Sea Monster. As the creature rose over the Einzbern forest, Kenshinnes and Demon Diarmuid headed toward the disturbance, with Diarmuid focused on killing Irisviel.

• The Tome of the R'lyeh burst from Irisviel’s coat, absorbed the scattered monsters, and began swelling with magical energy.
• Shirou realized that Ryunosuke Uryu, Caster’s Master, was likely activating the Noble Phantasm.
• In the darkness, the dead Ryunosuke consumed his three Command Spells to avenge Caster, then finally died.
• Kenshinnes learned the Church would award a Command Spell to whoever eliminated Caster and set out toward the Einzbern forest with Lancer.
• Demon Diarmuid declared that Irisviel was his sole target, while the Tome’s growing monster became a hill-sized Sea Monster above the forest.

Shirou explained that the summoned Sea Monster intended to devour the city, and Saber needed his help to lure it away from Miyama Town so she could destroy it safely. After Shirou helped Saber regain her composure, they agreed to fight together again, leaving Irisviel teasing Saber about her interest in him.

• Shirou explained that Caster's Grimoire had summoned the Sea Monster to feed, and it began moving toward the city.
• Saber realized she could destroy the monster with her Noble Phantasm but needed Shirou to lure it away from Miyama Town first.
• Saber apologized to Shirou for suspecting him, and Shirou reassured her and reminded her that a king should not show hesitation in front of others.
• Shirou and Saber agreed to fight together again, and Saber regained her confidence.
• Irisviel teased Saber for looking as if she wanted to eat Shirou, and Shirou asked Big Sister Avalon whether she had tried to make him think Saber was Morgan.

Shirou, Saber, and Lancer joined forces to draw the Sea Monster away from civilians so Saber could destroy it, but Shirou suspected Lancer was not himself. Lancer attacked Irisviel, and Shirou intervened; Lancer then revealed a demonic boar hide as Saber realized something was wrong.

• Shirou prepared to fight the Sea Monster with magical energy supplied by Lady Avalon.
• Lancer appeared, claiming Lord El-Melloi had saved him, and agreed to fight alongside Saber and Shirou.
• Saber explained that the Sea Monster had to be destroyed completely with her Anti-City Noble Phantasm, while Lancer offered to lure it away from the residents.
• Lancer suddenly drew Mor-alltach and attacked Irisviel, but Shirou intercepted him and wounded him.
• Lancer admitted he had attacked Irisviel to eliminate her as a Master, then produced a demonic boar hide as Saber questioned his identity.