Recaps

Shirou and his allies confronted Araya Souren’s plot to take Shiki’s body, while Fujino faced the consequences of her actions and reconciled with Shirou. After Irisviel’s lifespan reached its limit, Shirou learned that pregnancy and childbirth might let her live longer and resolved to discuss it with her.

• Shirou examined Fujino and discovered that drugs had concealed her loss of pain sensation and the abnormality behind her Mystic Eyes, then promised to help her control them.
• Shirou introduced Shiki to Fujino, and the three investigated the Wutiao Building incidents as Fujino confronted Kirijo Misaya and defeated her.
• Fujino killed five men after they lied to her, while Shirou and Shiki investigated Ogawa Apartment and uncovered its connection to the Corpse-people and Shiki.
• Touko battled Arba while Shirou rescued her, and together they identified Araya Souren as the likely creator of Ogawa Apartment and the one pursuing the Root.
• Shirou confronted Araya, who revealed his plan to take Shiki’s body, then healed Shiki and Fujino before Shiki and Fujino fought Araya and Shiki defeated him.
• Shirou carried the unconscious Fujino from the apartment, and Fujino thanked him for believing in her as Shiki returned to her own apartment.
• After recovering from a fever, Shirou resumed work with Touko, Shiki, and Fujino, then attended the Fireworks Festival with Shiki and Fujino.
• Irisviel’s condition worsened, and she told Shirou that her lifespan had ended, and Makiri and Lady Avalon explained possible ways to extend it, including having a child, and Shirou resolved to discuss that possibility with Irisviel.

Shirou helped Irisviel take control of Einzbern and agreed to help her have a child, then returned to Japan as she confirmed her pregnancy. When Rin vanished, Shirou faced Ye Sizhen, Atram, and Aoko, defeating Aoko’s attack while the danger to his friends remained unresolved.

• Shirou and Irisviel traveled to Germany, where Irisviel confronted Ahadon, took control of Einzbern, and was chosen as its Ninth Head.
• Shirou helped Irisviel treat the injured homunculi, and she announced that she would abandon the Greater Grail plan and work to extend their lifespans.
• After Irisviel begged him to help her become a mother, Shirou agreed, and the two grew closer while she reorganized Einzbern.
• Shirou and Irisviel returned to Japan, where Irisviel confirmed she was pregnant and named their daughter Illyasviel.
• Ye Sizhen fought Rin over Shirou, defeated her, and was later found injured by Shirou, who secretly treated her and took her in.
• While searching for the missing Rin with Ayako and Sakura, Shirou was ambushed by Atram’s men and confronted Atram himself.
• Aoko Aozaki attacked Shirou on Atram’s behalf, but Shirou used Trigger Galatine to overpower her Light Cannon and leave her unable to use her right arm for a while.

Shirou rescued Ye Sizhen from Kiz, Wu Zhiqi, and Latio, then returned to his family as Irisviel gave birth to Illya. He was summoned into a different Holy Grail War, where he joined Sajyou Manaka and became an unknown factor in the conflict.

• Sakura bound Atram’s lightning with Imaginary Numbers magecraft, and Shirou defeated him and his subordinates before Tsuruno Matou and Kariya handled the aftermath.
• Shirou spent the night with Aoko, while Ye Sizhen waited at his home with pastries and later learned that Shirou was actually Shinji Amamiya.
• Ye Sizhen left Shirou a letter revealing Rin Tohsaka’s imprisonment, then confronted Kiz, Wu Zhiqi, and Latio after refusing to betray Shirou.
• Shirou arrived to save Ye Sizhen, fought Wu Zhiqi, rejected Kiz’s plan to sacrifice millions to create a new planet, and agreed to Kiz’s wager about whether suffering would change his justice.
• Shirou brought Ye Sizhen home, where Irisviel accepted her apology, Rin accepted her stay, and the household welcomed Illya after Irisviel gave birth.
• Sajyou Manaka killed Hyoma Sagara, summoned Shirou as Saber with the Golden Scabbard, and fell in love with him at first sight.
• Shirou learned that this world’s Grail had vanished during the Third Holy Grail War, traveled to Romania with Manaka, and met Shirou Kotomine at the church.
• Shirou Kotomine sent Karna to eliminate Ruler and ordered Red Assassin to watch Shirou, while Shirou decided to use the name Faker, Artorius, after learning this world’s Arthurian legend.

Shirou battled the Black faction, saved Siegfried and the homunculus Sieg, and helped Rokudo Rinkha make Jack the Ripper flesh. After Mordred confronted him, memories revealed how Arthur chose her as his heir and gave her the recognition she had always wanted.

• Mordred revealed herself to Kaijiri Shishigami and declared her intention to draw the Sword of Selection, while Shirou and Sajyou Manaka arrived in Tuliphas to confront Yggdmillennia and retrieve the Greater Grail.
• Shirou carried Aika through the Black faction’s assault, destroyed its golems and homunculi, and escaped Tuliphas before its Servants arrived.
• Shirou fought Karna to protect Jeanne d’Arc, then took Jeanne back to his lodging, where Sajyou Manaka reluctantly agreed to let her stay.
• Shirou overwhelmed Astolfo and clashed with Siegfried, releasing Excalibur against Balmung, after the battle, he placed Avalon inside the dying homunculus and saved him.
• Siegfried thanked Shirou and vanished, while Vlad III captured Spartacus and spared the homunculus after Astolfo pleaded for him.
• Shirou confronted Rokudo Rinkha, defeated Jack the Ripper, and used Rule Breaker to sever her connection to the Holy Grail, and Rinkha then spent all three Command Spells to make Jack flesh.
• Shirou sent Rinkha and Jack to Finland to seek help from Luvia Zeleta Edelfelt, but Mordred burst in and stopped when she recognized Shirou as her father.
• Mordred remembered Arthur giving her Clarent and naming her his heir, then recalled that she had always wanted his recognition.