Uncle Hai: I Haven't Been Nerfed Yet!

Leaving Mordred aside as she served her father, Irisviel gently stroked Illya's head.

"Oh dear, oh dear~ Illya, you're so naughty~"

Irisviel didn't seem angry about Illya's "rude remarks," or rather, she didn't show her emotions.

She simply kept stroking Illya's head, looking like an ordinary, loving mother.

"Hmm... I feel like this scene is a real-life Projection of what's shown on a television screen."

Cú Chulainn, having opened another can of beer, glanced at Irisviel and Illya beside him, then at the mother and daughter on the screen.

While not exactly identical, they are at least exactly the same.

However, only Illya, nestled in Irisviel's arms, knew that her mother was choking her so badly she could hardly breathe.

"Ugh... Mom... Mother... Ugh..."

"Illya, you miss your mother, don't you? I miss you very much too!"

As she said this, Irisviel pressed Illya's head tightly into her arms, tightening her grip even more.

[Hmm... it seems I've pushed myself into a hole again! Or is this Mom's revenge?!]

Illya found herself having difficulty breathing.

"Mom... Mom..."

Illya tried to call for help, but no sound came out.

She tried to struggle to get attention, but the others present mistook it for her being affectionate, and they didn't want to interrupt this heartwarming mother-daughter moment.

And so, filled with deep regret, Illya felt her consciousness drift away on a small boat towards the distance on the river.

[Help!...]

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Compared to the murderous embraces in real life, the mother-daughter embrace on television can be considered a truly heartwarming moment.

Of course, just like the previous scene where Illya and Ruby met, the scene that was supposed to be them getting intimate in the bathroom in the original manga was changed by Shinji a mother and daughter having a heart-to-heart talk under the moon.

There's no way around it. Whether it passes censorship or not is another matter. If the whole nation were to watch his wife and daughter bathe, Kiritsugu wouldn't just want to fill Shinji with cement and sink him into Tokyo Bay; he would definitely Shinji to the ancient Egyptian torture of being eaten by insects.

Yes, it's the punishment from the movie The Mummy.

However, if they used the Matou Family's Winged Blade Insects, Shinji would probably be eaten alive and wouldn't even have a chance to become a mummy.

Therefore, for the sake of their own lives, and to prevent <Magical Girl Prisma Illya> from becoming a vulgar work that sells fan service to boost ratings, they decided to...

Shinji arranged for Irisviel to counsel Illya in the hallway of his house.

Of course, Shinji's revisions to this scene went beyond simply changing the location of the conversation; he also specifically emphasized the lighting design in the script.

Since the setting is under the moon, the moonlight, being the most important element of the set design, should naturally be utilized effectively.

At the beginning, when Illya and Irisviel were embracing and talking, the moonlight was far away from them.

This symbolizes Illya's resistance to herself, but as Irisviel enlightens her, the moonlight begins to draw closer to Illya until she is completely bathed in its light.

The interplay of light and shadow in a shot is undoubtedly an artistic language, allowing viewers to understand a character's psychological state simply through changes in light and darkness. This depends on the on-set coordination of the cinematographer and Director.

Fortunately, Tsuburaya Productions' Director and cinematographers are among the top tier in the Japan industry, so this kind of metaphorical lighting is child's play for them.

Under the long corridor, Irisviel hugged Illya from behind, gently poking her daughter's cheek with her finger and teasingly saying, "Hmm~ Illya -chan, are you so nervous because something terrible is wrong and you're afraid I'll find out?"

Illya guiltily turned her head away. "N-nothing... it's nothing..."

The little girl's hesitant manner made it obvious to anyone that she had something on her mind.

But Irisviel was no ordinary person. Instead of asking her daughter what had happened, she explained why she had returned.

"Well, I'm just going back to my country temporarily."

Irisviel said softly, "I came back on my own after completing the first phase of the work. Kiritsugu is still working over there, so I won't stay here for long."

"I see..."

Illya visibly relaxed upon hearing that her mother wouldn't be staying at home for long.

Unfortunately, she relaxed too soon.

Irisviel suddenly grabbed Illya and hugged her, stroking her soft, slender waist.

"So I want to take this opportunity to get as much close to you as possible, Illya- chan! Have you grown up? Have you grown up?"

The playful Ryougi Shiki between the mother and daughter left Ryougi Shiki speechless, only able to express her feelings with the caption, "[I don't understand, but I'm deeply moved. JPG]".

"Shinji, I was watching a children's program on a weekend morning, right? Why...?"

In response to Shiki's question, Shinji waved his hand dismissively, saying in a tone that implied she was making a fuss over nothing, "What's the big deal? It's just innocent playful banter between mother and daughter. If you've ever watched 'Good Morning, Kids!', you'll know how outrageous Japan children's programs can be."

"Besides, I still have even more outrageous scenes in my mind that I haven't filmed yet."

"Eek~"

Ryougi Shiki scoffed with two words: "Pervert."

"I'm just stating the truth," Shinji shrugged. "Why don't you believe me?"

Shinji's words weren't entirely unfounded; compared to the original manga, he had already toned it down considerably.

It's worth noting that in Hiroyama's storyline, Irisviel touched Illya's chest and asked, "Have you grown?"

Honestly, Shinji didn't know whether to praise Hiroyama, this like-minded pervert, for upgrading his XP system or to criticize him for leaving behind a bunch of plots that couldn't pass censorship in real life.

Hiroyama! What are you doing, Hiroyama?!

Shinji let out a helpless cry in his heart.

Chapter 317 Uncle Hai: I haven't uninstalled the version yet!

While Hiroyama likes to inject his own personal touches into the storyline, he is remarkably professional in his handling of XP (Female Characters).

Shinji is so professional that when he adapted the script for "Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya," a large portion of the work involved modifying the fan service scenes to make them acceptable for a live-action adaptation.

Even so, some plot points still recklessly flirted with the edge of censorship.

Even without playing in the bath, the scene of Irisviel hugging and vigorously rubbing Illya can still make some people with thin skin blush.

Unfortunately, just when people thought the mother-daughter storyline would develop further, Irisviel stopped playing with her daughter.

If Hiroyama is very professional in his understanding of XP, then Shinji is very professional in his understanding of the review process.

He always manages to apply the brakes just before the screen crosses the line, preventing <Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya> from becoming something that can't be shown on the children's channel on weekend mornings.

"Tsk, so close, just a tiny bit more."

Fujita complained regretfully, extremely dissatisfied with Shinji Matou's sudden stop.

Such remarks naturally made him the public enemy of women in the room, but Fujita was already the epitome of a dead pig that doesn't fear boiling water.

The disdainful looks and contemptuous remarks from women were nothing to Fujita.

These women won't lay a hand on him directly, so what does Lord Fujita have to be afraid of?

If it weren't for the fear of being thrown out by the eldest sister, Miss Kuonji Azu, Fujita would definitely have stood in front of the girls and yelled, "Come on, increase the intensity!"

Unfortunately, his good comrade Shibamatsu, with whom he could joke around, was sent to buy toys, Fujita helplessly realized that he didn't even have a single good friend with whom he could talk about girls.

"Get back here right now, you bastard!"

Achoo!

Shibamatsu, who was queuing up in the autumn wind, sneezed again.

On the television screen, after teasing her daughter, Irisviel's expression turned serious, and she began to ask Illya what kind of person her new friend Miyu, was.

Meanwhile, Miyu, Tohsaka Rin, and Luviya finally encountered their final enemy—Berserker Heracles— in the final mirror dimension!

As the only designated unit of measurement for god-level combat power in the Fate series, Uncle Hai is a very special existence.

As is well known, although the standard for ordinary Servants in the Fate setting is to use a gun.

However, in order to increase the story's interest and create suspense for the main characters, most of the Servants appearing in the story, except for a few Heroic Spirit, start with gun-based combat power.

In contrast, to highlight the opponent's abnormality, enemies that exceed the specifications of ordinary Servants often appear.

In FSN and FZ, it's Gilgamesh; in FEX, it's the Velber Weapon, Ada-no-Kami; and in FSF and FGO, it's a battle of gods, with all sorts of awesome characters emerging one after another.

In this new era of chaotic power scaling in Fate, where gods are everywhere and Shuage are less valuable than dogs, Uncle Hai has replaced Shuage as the new Combat Power Unit.

This doesn't mean that Uncle Hai has been reduced to a grunt; rather, he has become the benchmark for measuring a character's combat strength.

Uncle Hai's character is somewhat similar to Cheng Yaojin in "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties," who only knows three basic axe moves.

In the novel "Sui and Tang Dynasties," only those who could defeat Cheng Yaojin were eligible for ranking and were called "characters"; those who couldn't were just "minions."

Uncle Hai is similar; anyone who can defeat him deserves to be called a monster, or at least a boss-level existence.

If even Uncle Hai can't beat it, then at most it's just an elite monster.

Moreover, like Cheng Yaojin, Uncle Hai also has the so-called three-pronged attack: extremely high base stats, wild fighting skills, and 12 lives.

Of course, the Uncle Hai mentioned above refers to the B-rank Uncle Hai, which is a different concept from the bug-level Archer Sea in FSF.

Shinji is actually quite hard to understand. Since the Einzbern chose to summon Uncle Hai, why did they use Berserker's Spirit Origin instead of Archer's?

Aside from having slightly stronger base stats and 12 health bars, the B-rank Uncle Hai is significantly weaker than the A-rank Heracles.

The most obvious example is that when facing Gilgamesh, Uncle Hai using Berserker class and Archer class are completely different levels of difficulty.

After all, Narita created the character of Yumi because he needed a Heroic Spirit who could fight against Gilgamesh.

This shows that the Einzbern Family truly doesn't understand combat; every time they draw from the Heroic Spirit pool, they always end up drawing the wrong one.

Most importantly, these people are not only incompetent, but also have huge addictions, terrible tempers, and an arrogant attitude. They look down on everyone and act as if they are always right and everyone else is trash and should listen to them.

Therefore, there is a reason why the Einzbern will never obtain the Holy Grail.

Getting back to the main point, although Uncle Hai had become a passable fighter by the time of FGO, he was almost invincible in the early stages of <Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya>.

Unlike the previous boss, Artoria, who was a Noble Phantasm maniac, Uncle Hai's difficulty lies in his extremely high base stats and incredibly thick health bar.

This allows Uncle Hai to handle both one-hit kill tactics and slow, whittling tactics with ease.

More importantly, this time the mirrored space is a building.

The cramped battle arena made it impossible for Miyu to dodge Uncle Hai's charging ability, which had the speed of a Ferrari and the power of a bulldozer.

This raises the difficulty of defeating the final boss in Miyu to another level.

Even though Miyu is already a qualified Magical Girl, she still has no idea how to fight this kind of monster.

How would you describe Miyu's current predicament?

It's like she just finished the FGO tutorial, and then the first official stage of the game turned out to be the Nero Festival's 12th battle, Uncle Hai!

At this moment, Miyu's feelings, expressed in vulgar terms, were. "I'll carry you guys? Seriously, I'm the one carrying you guys?!"

In stark contrast to Miyu's predicament, Illya's narration in the TV series at this moment is also noteworthy.

When Irisviel asked who Illya was, she lavished praise on her friend.

"Miyu is number one in both sports and academics; no one can beat her."

"Miyu always planned to handle everything on her own, and when I was unreliable and wanted to run away, she didn't blame me."

"If it's Miyu, she definitely won't have any problems even if she's alone."

As if to confirm Illya's huge promise, Miyu from the Mirror World pierced Uncle Hai's heart with a single shot.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly; the reliable Miyu defeated Uncle Hai and successfully retrieved the card.

How could that be!

Any longtime Fate viewer knows that Uncle Hai is not someone you can defeat so easily.

It's not difficult to kill Uncle Hai once, risking your life for him; the real challenge is to kill him 12 times in different ways.

Although this setting was changed due to a certain red-haired protagonist, it was changed so that if a single attack could exceed the maximum lifespan, it could take away multiple lives of Uncle Hai in one blow.

However, this is clearly a plot-driven death and has nothing to do with Wang Jiang's Luck E. Miyu, who uses the Big Dog's Noble Phantasm, also inherited the Doggy's tragic luck.

Bang!

The moment Miyu pierced Uncle Hai's heart, she was smashed away by the stone axe.