Shinji: The Comedy Fate Is Too Popular. Let's Make a Horror Movie

The three knights responded by giving a thumbs-up as a coded signal.

What are these guys up to?

Red A's eyelids twitched twice; he felt these guys were up to no good.

Sure enough, after Rin and Luviya were caught off guard and attacked by Black Saber, falling to the ground on the television screen, these knights began their performance.

"Hahaha!"

First, Cú Chulainn burst into maniacal laughter, as if deliberately retaliating against Luviya for looking down on him earlier. He pointed at the screen and grinned, saying, "So this is what a superior Magecraft is? Can't even dodge a sneak attack?! Hahahaha!"

Compared to the nitpicking Cú Chulainn, the Knights of the Round Table are much more straightforward.

They rushed to the television, stretched out their arms, and introduced their king to everyone present.

"Celebrate!"

Gawain's face beamed with a smile as bright as the sun, "This is our king! He shines far brighter than the sun in the sky!"

Tristan followed up with Langsong, saying, "Why do you, Your Majesty, make such simple black clothes look so captivating!"

Lancelot, not to be outdone, offered his own blessing. "A king is a king, even with an eyepatch, he's more beautiful than me!"

[Are these three guys performing some strange ritual? Their flattery is quite elaborate.]

Red A's lips twitched, and his forehead was covered in speechless black lines.

"Um..."

Just as the three idiots were showering Black Sabre with compliments, Mordred voiced a different opinion. "It looks good, but I feel there are still some things that need to be revised."

"What!!!"*

The three idiots were stunned, glaring at Mordred and roaring defiantly.

"Wang is already perfect!"

"Mordred, are you blind?"

"Is your brain functioning properly now, you android? Huh?"

Faced with the questioning from Gawain and the other two, Mordred calmly coughed.

"No, there is indeed one place that needs to be changed. That is—"

"--My heart!"

As he spoke, Mordred clutched his chest and collapsed, a glistening liquid dribbling from the corner of his mouth.

"Ah... Father's black SM outfit... Sigh... Sigh... I can't take it anymore... Master, give me some quick-acting heart medicine..."

That's true.

"Me too..."

"Mordred, you actually have a moment of speech now."

The three idiots beside him nodded in agreement, completely agreeing with Mordred's statement.

"..."

Not wanting to deal with these brainless guys, Red A silently turned his head to the other side of the room, where he saw Rin and Illya pressed together, and Cú Chulainn being blasted to the ceiling by Luviya's gem.

Red A took a deep breath, then said in a resigned tone, "Fine, as long as you're happy."

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Compared to the harmonious (?) and friendly (?) Type-Moon Company, there weren't as many outrageous things happening in the Tokyo clubs.

Everyone looked on with surprise at Saber's sudden appearance.

Because no one expected that Saber, as Type-Moon's most important signature character, would appear on the third card.

Shouldn't such a heavyweight character be the last card played?

Azu rubbed her forehead and sighed at "Qing San Sui's" previous remarks. "Aoko, you really have a talent for jinxing things."

"What 'jinx'? I'm a prophet!"

Aoko disagreed with Azu's words, brandishing her DX Knight Sword and retorting, "Isn't it a good thing that Saber is appearing early? According to the theorem of Fate stories, if Saber appears, there's bound to be a great fight scene!"

Azu shook her head slightly. "This card robot that only knows how to launch sneak attacks? She must be the least prestigious Saber in the entire Fate series."

Facing two Magecraft and their unsportsmanlike sneak attacks, Azu didn't have high expectations for Saber's fighting ability.

Then the classic anime series "[Azu Gets Slapped in the Face]" started airing.

Unable to use Class Card consecutively, Miyu and Illya decide to adopt a roundabout tactic.

One person draws Saber's attention from the front, while the other goes around to rescue Rin and Luviya.

This plan isn't perfect, but it's at least passable.

Unfortunately, Miyu, who devised the plan, was still too young. The premise for her plan to be executed was that she, as the one who started the taunts, could hold off the enemy.

But this time, their enemy is Saber, the strongest Class Card enemy in terms of overall strength, excluding Noble Phantasm.

"Rapid fire!"

Miyu fired a series of light bullets at Saber, attempting to achieve the effect of "Hey, grandson!"

A black storm unfolded on the ground, and before Miyu's Magic Bullet could even hit Saber, it was blasted away by Saber's materialized magic.

"..."

Saber looked up at Miyu, who was attacking her. Despite the blindfold, Miyu was still frightened by Saber's gaze and took a step back.

We can't win.

Just as a mouse knows it is prey to a cat, Miyu, sensing the predator's gaze, clearly understands her status as the prey.

This is an enemy that I cannot defeat alone, no matter what.

"Never mind, at least buy more time... Quick fire!!"

The Magic Bullet were fired at Saber once again, but were deflected by the same method.

But this time, Saber wasn't going to sit idly by. She raised her Magic Sword with both hands and aimed it at Miyu in the sky—

Whoosh!

The black sword energy shot straight into the sky, attacking Miyu.

Miyu instinctively used her staff to block.

However--

"Hmm, the barrier has been breached!"

Miyu looked at the barrier around her that had been cut open and felt fear.

"Miyu!!"

Seeing Miyu in danger, Illya instinctively cried out.

Her response was a black sword aura from Saber.

"Oops!"

Illya was blasted away by the sword energy, leaving a gash on her shoulder from which blood flowed continuously, dripping onto the ground.

Standing before her was Saber, clad in black armor, like a demon god!

Chapter 290 Shinji: Comedy Fate is too popular, let's make a horror movie!

On the television screen, Saber exuded a black magical power that even a god descending to earth might not possess.

Tense background music begins, and the crisis facing the main characters reaches its peak.

And then, that's the end of the episode.

There's no way around it; tokusatsu shows have limited runtime, and every episode is incredibly tense.

Although the entire program is 40 minutes long, after cutting out the beginning and end and removing commercials, the production team only has about 20 minutes left to tell the story. Every second counts.

Even so, the flaw of plot twists in Tokusatsu has always been a common problem, because the length of the series forces the production team to force the story to unfold.

In fact, even in the masterpieces of the Ultraman series, people can still feel the limitations imposed on creators by the length of the episodes.

This is why the episodic format of Tokusatsu is becoming increasingly less popular, and the three major tokusatsu series are starting to move towards a serial drama format.

After all, to tell a good story, you first need enough time to tell it.

Without the constraints of a single episode having to tell the whole story, the traditional TV series format naturally allows creators more room to maneuver.

Although viewers know that tokusatsu episodes are short, when this episode of <Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya> ended, they were so engrossed in the story that they didn't even realize it.

"It's over so quickly? That's way too damn fast! It's always like this; I'm just getting into it and it's over!"

"As expected of our My King, his aura is so powerful! I want to see more of our My King's action scenes; we haven't had enough yet!"

"It died at a crucial moment again! Why can't they air two episodes back-to-back?!"

"It's a Type-Moon production after all. It doesn't feel like a TV series at all; it feels more like watching a movie... So why couldn't it be released all at once like a movie?!"

At the same time, Azu glanced at Aoko beside her and, seeing that she was about to have an outburst, quickly asked, "Aoko, what are you doing?"

I'm angry!

Aoko waved the DX toy in her hand and complained in an exaggerated tone, "That Shinji Matou! He deserves to have his little dick cut off!"

"Hiss~ Why is it a little cold?"

Shinji shivered as he felt Aoko's blessing from a thousand miles away.

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There are quite a few viewers like Aoko who are dissatisfied with Shinji's excessive use of disjointed narratives.

Perhaps because the first time two episodes were aired back-to-back, everyone enjoyed watching it so much, and now they always hope that Shinji can do another two-episode back-to-back for <Magical Girl Prisma Illya>.

To be honest, many viewers initially rejected <Magical Girl Prisma Illya>, a Tokusatsu that was somewhat of a mishmash.

With HF and FSN having concluded perfectly, it would be a bit much to create another story about the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City.

To put it bluntly, this is just too obvious a scam to rip people off.

However, after <Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya> aired its pilot episode in prime time, viewers watched it and found, "Hey, this show is kind of interesting!"

After that, viewers became completely hooked and have been following the series ever since.

Despite many people dropping out for various reasons, its average viewership rating of 10.45% makes it the brightest star in the tokusatsu genre this year.

It's worth noting that among the three major tokusatsu series, Kamen Rider, the newest installment this year, <Kamen Rider Kabuto>, only achieved an average viewership rating of 7.72%.

The popularity of "Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya" has surprised industry insiders, who never expected that such a rehashed and low-quality work could become so popular.

What's wrong with Fate? Why is every installment so popular? Is it some kind of religious creation?

Some Magecraft even suspect that Shinji Matou invented a kind of Suggestion Magic, a technique that can give audiences hints through his works, making them pay unlimited amounts for his creations.

Ordinary people would naturally not think of such an evil idea, but astonished by the incredible performance of this Tokusatsu, they also seriously explored <Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya>.

They later discovered that there was a reason why this Tokusatsu achieved such great success.

First, the appeal of the Fate IP attracts a large audience to watch the premiere during prime time, which puts it ahead of many unknown works.

Secondly, the story's nonsensical humor initially shocked many Fate fans with its exaggerated comedic plot.

It's important to understand that while the main Fate series may have a few comedic moments, they are merely used to lighten the mood; all Fate stories are serious, plot-driven works.

However, these fans also admit that "Devil May Cry" is a TV series that can make people laugh from beginning to end.

After everyone turned off the TV and had laughed enough, they no longer had the energy to argue about whether the drama series conformed to the usual style of Fate.

This is all thanks to the excellent comedic plots of Hiroyama's first two volumes of the manga. Although there are indeed a tiny bit of inappropriate content involving young girls, the first two volumes of the manga mainly focus on lighthearted and funny comedy.

In comparison, the third season of the manga was much worse. I don't know if it was Hiroyama's personal ambition, but he actually steered the story of <Fate/Alicization> towards the direction of a traditional serious drama.

Admittedly, many Fate fans prefer story-driven narratives, but for them, Fate works with plots are no less valuable than <Fate: Prisma Illya>.

Not to mention that Hiroyama's passionate creative level can't compare to Nasu's, which ultimately caused <Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya> to lose its original characteristics and become a mediocre work.

This is the fundamental reason why Shinji doesn't plan to adapt the manga into a third season; forcibly opening up serious plot holes in "Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya" would only cause the work to lose its original characteristics.