Recaps

Shirou fought to save Irisviel and defeat the corrupted Greater Grail, confronting Tokiomi, Kirei, and Gilgamesh along the way. His memories of Britain revealed his life with Morgan and the future they tried to build, while Merlin searched for a way to avert the Pruned Event.

• Shirou learned that Cernunnos had corrupted the Greater Grail, and his memories of Morgan’s pilgrimage recalled how villagers sacrificed Bavag after a calamity attacked.
• Shirou rejected Emiya Kiritsugu’s choice between sacrificing one person and saving many, then showed Tokiomi recordings of Sakura’s abuse and brought him to the Matou residence.
• The red-haired girl took control of the Holy Grail War, Saber resisted her command, and Shirou set out with Irisviel and Hundred-Faced Hassan to destroy the Greater Grail.
• Shirou fought Gilgamesh across Unlimited Blade Works, copied Ea’s power, and left the King of Heroes mortally wounded after defeating him.
• Kirei killed Irisviel, but Archer’s soul entered her and Avalon revived her before Emiya secretly killed Kirei with a dagger.
• Merlin made Shirou Uther’s adopted son and disciple, and Shirou and Morgan secretly planned to rule Britain together before marrying and creating Gawain through magecraft.
• After Shirou defeated Vortigern and revealed his relationship with Morgan, she rejected his plan to make her queen because Merlin had warned her of the Pruned Event.
• Shirou married Morgan and Guinevere, and Britain prospered over the next decade as Merlin searched for a way to avert the Pruned Event.

Morgan recovered Shirou’s memories and reclaimed his soul, while Shirou returned to the Fourth Holy Grail War and helped end the Grail crisis. Afterward, he returned to Fuyuki and traveled to Misaki City seeking Touko Aozaki, but instead spent a quiet afternoon with Arisu Kyōnoji.

• Morgan remembered Shirou, learned he had become the world’s Counter Force to save her, and used her influence to retrieve his soul despite Alaya’s warning.
• Morgan gathered power across Parallel Worlds, took Shirou’s soul to create a new world, and Merlin was summoned to the Far East as Shirou’s Servant.
• Shirou and Lady Avalon restored their strength, then fought Black Saber in Fake Unlimited Blade Works until Shirou defeated her and restrained Avenger.
• Avenger remembered Bavag, sacrificed herself beneath the Grail, and ended the Greater Grail crisis as Shirou collapsed from exhaustion.
• In his final moments in Britain, Shirou proposed to Morgan, died in her arms, and left her to become Queen of the Fae Kingdom.
• Shirou recovered at Einzbern Castle, returned to the Amamiya Residence with Irisviel and Lady Avalon, and found a message of thanks from Assassin.
• After Kenneth recommended Touko Aozaki as a possible solution to Shirou’s injuries, Shirou traveled to Misaki City and learned from Arisu Kyōnoji that Touko had died.
• Shirou helped Arisu weed her garden and left without asking more about Touko, while Arisu realized she had enjoyed his company.

Shirou traveled back to 1989 to prevent Touko from taking Misaki and to change the sisters’ past. As Aoko and Shirou left for a hot-spring trip, Arisu faced Touko’s assault on the mansion alone.

• Shirou asked Aoko to send him eight years into the past to save Touko, and Arisu eventually agreed despite fearing the consequences.
• Aoko sent Shirou to 1989, where he joined Aoko and Arisu in fighting strange intruders and revealed that he came from the future.
• Shirou warned Aoko and Arisu that Touko had returned, and they recognized her dolls and let him stay at the mansion.
• Shirou grew closer to Aoko and Arisu as he helped around the mansion, while Aoko speculated that he might be her future lover.
• Shirou met Touko at Shuze Ritsuka’s apartment and agreed to accompany her if she defeated Aoko, while asking her not to target Arisu.
• Touko’s dolls destroyed three of the five anchors protecting Aoko’s control of Misaki, and Shirou cared for Aoko and Arisu at the mansion.
• Aoko and Shirou left for a hot-spring trip after Arisu refused to leave the mansion’s defenses, and Arisu saw monstrous shadows gathering around it in her Mirror of Naps.
• Touko sent more than fifty dolls to attack the mansion while Aoko and Shirou ate dinner and entered the inn’s hot spring together.

Shirou and Aoko entered the Fae Domain to rescue Arisu and stop Touko, and Shirou died before Arisu revived him with the First Magic. After returning to his original timeline, Shirou began helping the awakened Ryougi Shiki and met Asagami Fujino.

• Lug challenged Alice in the mountain, while Shirou and Aoko grew closer at a hot spring in Tokyo.
• Shirou and Aoko reached Misaki as a Fae Domain swallowed Alice’s mansion, then agreed to face Arisu and Touko separately.
• Shirou defeated Beowulf and joined Aoko’s fight with Touko, stopping Aoko from killing her after defeating Arisu’s alter ego at the cost of his own life.
• Alice revived Shirou by becoming the First True Magic User, and Shirou returned to stop Aoko from killing Touko and confess his feelings.
• Shirou cared for Aoko and Arisu through their colds, began dating Aoko, and later returned to his original timeline with souvenirs.
• Shirou started working for Touko and visited the awakened Ryougi Shiki in the hospital, where he helped protect her from a nightly ghost.
• Shirou intervened when youths harassed Asagami Fujino, brought her to his office, and offered to examine her after questioning her account of her condition.