Chapter Summaries

Kairi Shishigami and Chen Gong rescued Sakura from Zouken Matou, but the insects inside her made her condition difficult to treat. Kariya Matou used Chen Gong’s Noble Phantasm to make himself a living bomb and destroy the Matou Mansion, leaving Kairi and Chen Gong staring at the ruins.

• Kairi Shishigami shot Zouken Matou, and Chen Gong burned the swarm of insects that formed his body.
• Kariya Matou woke after Chen Gong gave him a Magic Potion and tried to reach Sakura, but Zouken Matou reappeared and held her.
• Kairi Shishigami attacked Zouken Matou with an Alchemical Bullet while Chen Gong rescued Sakura and put her and the insects inside her into a coma.
• Kariya Matou asked Kairi Shishigami to take Sakura away and give her to Tokiomi Tohsaka after the Holy Grail War.
• Chen Gong enhanced Kariya Matou’s Mage Circuits with his Noble Phantasm, and Kariya Matou rushed into Matou Mansion and exploded.
• Kairi Shishigami and Chen Gong survived the blast behind a defensive barrier and saw that Matou Mansion had been destroyed.

Kiritsugu Emiya, wounded and shaken by the Holy Grail War, asked Irisviel whether she would flee with him and their daughter, Illya. He began telling her a story about a Hero of Justice.

• Irisviel treated Kiritsugu Emiya while he worried that he had only one Command Spell left and that his preparations had failed.
• Kiritsugu Emiya left his room despite Irisviel urging him to rest, and she followed him to the balcony.
• Irisviel saw Kiritsugu Emiya trembling and tearful as he asked whether she would flee with him and take Illya from the castle.
• Kiritsugu Emiya vowed to give everything for their family and began telling Irisviel a story about a Hero of Justice.

Kiritsugu Emiya decided to abandon the Holy Grail War and focus on rescuing Illya, but an enemy's arrival in Einzbern Forest forced him back into battle. While Lancer fought Saber in a duel, Michael broke his agreement with Kishō and noticed a familiar person at the forest.

• Kiritsugu Emiya told Irisviel about his past and said he wanted to be a Hero of Justice for her and Illya rather than save the world.
• Irisviel agreed to withdraw from the Holy Grail War, but she sensed an enemy invading Einzbern Forest, and Kiritsugu prepared to fight.
• Lancer asked Paracelsus to let him duel Saber alone, and Paracelsus agreed to stand aside.
• Saber arrived and fought Lancer while Paracelsus watched from a distance.
• Michael used Displacement Magic to transfer Kishō's signature to a new self-geas document, voiding their original agreement.
• Michael spotted someone familiar on the projection of the battle at Einzbern Forest and wondered why she was there.

Aozaki Aoko reunited with Michael while scouting Einzbern Castle and told him how she had been pulled into the Holy Grail War. Michael learned that Kiritsugu Emiya had attacked her, while Aoko remained wary of Michael’s reasons for appearing in Fuyuki City.

• Aozaki Aoko used her Familiar to scout Einzbern Castle and considered waiting for the fighting Servants to weaken each other before attacking.
• Michael stopped Paracelsus from shooting down Aoko’s Familiar, then appeared behind Aoko and was nearly struck by her magically enhanced fist.
• Michael used time magic to return Aoko to where she had been a minute earlier, and Aoko berated him for leaving without saying goodbye four years earlier.
• Aozaki Aoko told Michael that she had come to Fuyuki City for a concert, been drawn into the Holy Grail War, and survived a sniper attack by Kiritsugu Emiya.
• Aozaki Aoko said she had captured Maiya Hisau, Kiritsugu Emiya’s assistant, and Michael praised her.

Michael reunited Aozaki Aoko with Achilles and revealed that he was also a Master seeking the Third Magic, Heaven's Feel. Meanwhile, Kishō pursued Kiritsugu Emiya through Einzbern Castle and turned his attention toward Lancer's battle with Saber.

• Michael returned Achilles from another parallel world, and Aozaki Aoko introduced him as her friend.
• Achilles noticed Michael's Command Spell, and Aozaki Aoko realized Michael was a Master in the Holy Grail War.
• Michael explained that Heaven's Feel could materialize souls and provide immortality, though he said it was now useless to him.
• Aozaki Aoko and Michael saw that fighting had damaged Einzbern Castle, where Kishō was hunting Kiritsugu Emiya.
• Kiritsugu Emiya used Time Alter: Double Accel to escape Kishō's mercury attacks, but Kishō tracked him through the castle.
• Kishō spotted Lancer fighting Saber and decided he would deal with Lancer after finishing with Einzbern and its allies.

Kiritsugu Emiya used an Origin Bullet to cripple Kishō, but a second, uninjured Kishō ambushed him and severed his right hand. As Kishō suspended Kiritsugu with a mercury whip, a starlight figure appeared and said she had won the bet.

• Kiritsugu Emiya shot Kishō through Moon Cell Liquid with an ordinary Contender round, wounding his shoulder.
• Kishō drove Kiritsugu backward with the mercury whip while Kiritsugu prepared an Origin Bullet.
• Kiritsugu fired the Origin Bullet into Kishō's mercury fortress, severing Kishō's Mage Circuits and leaving him convulsing in a pool of blood.
• Kiritsugu replaced his submachine gun magazine and aimed to kill the crippled Kishō, but an uninjured Kishō appeared and cut off his right hand.
• Kishō pierced Kiritsugu with a mercury whip and lifted him into the air, while a figure formed of starlight appeared beside Kishō and declared that she had won the bet.

Kishō took Kiritsugu Emiya’s remaining Command Spell and, furious at Lancer for disobeying his orders, forced him to kill himself. He then tried to claim Saber as his Servant, but she rejected him as her mortal enemy.

• Kishō inspected Kiritsugu Emiya’s severed hand and transferred its remaining Command Spell to himself after Michael demanded an additional fee.
• Hohenheim and Lancer brought the bound Saber to Einzbern Castle, where Saber tried in vain to reach Kiritsugu Emiya.
• Kishō berated Lancer for choosing a knightly duel with Saber instead of following orders and helping Caster attack her.
• Kishō used a Command Spell to make Lancer stab himself through the heart, and Diarmuid cursed him and his wish before fading away.
• Kishō offered to become Saber’s new Master, but Saber rejected him and called him a beast who insulted chivalry.

Michael offered Kishō a way to bind Saber for fifty million pounds sterling, then corrupted her with the Greater Grail’s black mud until she became an obedient, merciless version of the King of Knights. Meanwhile, Kirei Kotomine confronted Irisviel and her guards after Kiritsugu had been taken away.

• Michael demanded fifty million pounds sterling from Kishō in exchange for making Saber form a contract with him, and Kishō signed a Self-Restriction Contract.
• Michael covered Saber in black mud from the Greater Grail, transforming her into a dark version who would obey Kishō without hesitation.
• Kishō’s Command Spells regained their brilliance after Saber’s contract formed, and he used Healing Magecraft to keep the captive Kiritsugu alive for future torture.
• Kirei Kotomine found Irisviel and her two homunculus guards after discovering that Kishō had already taken Kiritsugu from Einzbern Castle.

Irisviel, Hanna, and Cecil fought Kirei Kotomine to stop him from reaching Kiritsugu, but Kirei overcame them one by one. He killed both homunculi and knocked Irisviel unconscious, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Irisviel summoned a Silver Thread Eagle while Hanna and Cecil attacked Kirei Kotomine with their halberds.
• Kirei Kotomine blocked the halberds with a Black Key, then wounded Hanna and killed Cecil with Baji Quan and Black Keys.
• Irisviel’s Silver Thread Eagle cut Kirei Kotomine’s face and bound his arms, but he snapped the silver threads and threw Hanna aside.
• Kirei Kotomine killed Hanna with a Black Key and kicked Irisviel unconscious.

Aozaki Aoko agreed to stay at Michael’s Magecraft Workshop for safety during the Holy Grail War and discovered that Sajo Aika was his fiancée. The group gathered at Babel Tower, where Aika welcomed Aoko and prepared a lavish meal.

• Aozaki Aoko watched Kiritsugu Emiya being beaten at Einzbern Castle, then accepted Michael’s offer to stay at his workshop.
• Michael brought Aoko to Babel Tower and revealed that he had also bought Mount Enzou and the surrounding land.
• Sajo Aika greeted Michael and introduced herself to Aozaki Aoko as his fiancée, leaving Aoko shocked and suddenly angry.
• Aozaki Aoko decided to vent Alice’s anger on Michael, while Sajo Aika and Aoko unexpectedly became friendly.
• Michael learned that Kischurche had kept Aika’s arrival secret at her request, then joined the group as Aika presented the meal she had prepared.

After his father’s death, Kirei Kotomine struggled with the joy and desires he had tried to suppress, then prayed and reported the night’s events to Tokiomi Tohsaka. Tokiomi learned that the Einzbern and Matou families had been attacked and decided Kairi Shishigami should be eliminated first.

• Kirei Kotomine found his father’s blood-written message, inherited his Command Spells, and wept as memories of his wife’s death brought his disturbing desires back to mind.
• Kirei Kotomine resisted the devil’s whispers, prayed for his father, and concealed Irisviel’s capture when he contacted Tokiomi Tohsaka.
• Kirei Kotomine reported that the Einzbern Master might have withdrawn from the war and that Kairi Shishigami had destroyed the Matou residence with a powerful bomb.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka considered Kishō’s strength and his own family’s unfinished Jewel Sword, then resolved to eliminate Kairi Shishigami first.

Kirei Kotomine questioned his own desires until Gilgamesh’s taunt made him admit he had been pretending not to know what he wanted. Meanwhile, Maiya Hisau escaped from an abandoned warehouse and drove toward Einzbern Castle, hoping Kiritsugu was safe.

• Kirei Kotomine handled the church’s affairs and wondered whether he had a wish of his own.
• Gilgamesh visited the ruined Fuyuki Church and told Kirei Kotomine he was pretending to sleep.
• Kirei Kotomine covered his face as his suppressed emotions surfaced and he recognized the truth about himself.
• Maiya Hisau woke bound in an abandoned warehouse, cut her restraints, and used reinforcement magecraft to escape through a skylight.
• Maiya Hisau hotwired a car and drove toward Einzbern Castle, thinking of Kiritsugu.

Maiya Hisau returned to Einzbern Forest and found the castle devastated, learning from its surviving surveillance footage that Kishō had captured Kiritsugu Emiya and taken Saber. She discovered that Lady Irisviel had also been abducted and set out to find Kishō’s new base and rescue Kiritsugu.

• Maiya Hisau entered Einzbern Forest and found signs of a magus attack and a battle that had destroyed much of the area.
• She searched the ruined castle, retrieved firearms from her room, and identified the site of Kishō and Kiritsugu Emiya’s battle.
• Maiya Hisau reviewed the surveillance footage and learned that Kishō had survived, taken Kiritsugu Emiya, and forcibly taken Saber.
• She followed the evacuation route and found the dead homunculi who had protected Lady Irisviel, but no sign of Lady Irisviel’s body.
• Maiya Hisau resolved to locate Kishō’s new base and rescue Kiritsugu Emiya.

Hasegawa Kaede and Sakurajima Saori discovered in an old notebook that the Holy Grail War involved seven magi and their Heroic Spirits fighting for an Omnipotent Wish-Granting Machine. The notebook also revealed that Saori’s great-grandfather met a girl named Nora Edelfelt during the war, and Saori suspected Nora became her great-grandmother.

• Hasegawa Kaede complained that the news had falsely described the previous night’s destruction as a gas explosion, and Sakurajima Saori explained that magi handled such incidents.
• Sakurajima Saori found an entry about the Holy Grail War in her great-grandfather’s notebook while Hasegawa Kaede leaned close to read it.
• Sakurajima Saori and Hasegawa Kaede read that seven magi and their summoned Heroic Spirits fought for the Holy Grail, which could grant the victor’s greatest wish.
• Hasegawa Kaede and Sakurajima Saori learned from the diary that Sakurajima Nanami had fallen in love with Nora Edelfelt.
• Sakurajima Saori recalled that Nora was listed in the Sakurajima family genealogy and suspected that her great-grandparents had met during the Holy Grail War.

Kirei Kotomine sent Hundred Faces Hassan and the Assassins to attack Sakurajima Saori and Hasegawa Kaede’s hidden residence. Siegfried and Miss Eirin fought to protect them, and the chapter ended as Miss Eirin prepared to unleash her Noble Phantasm.

• Katsushika Hokusai and Siegfried sensed intruders as more than twenty black-robed Assassins surrounded the residence.
• Kirei Kotomine watched the attack from afar after a Familiar discovered the house, while Tokiomi Tohsaka ordered Hundred Faces Hassan to test its Masters.
• Siegfried cut down Assassins while Katsushika Hokusai drew a barrier to protect Sakurajima Saori and Hasegawa Kaede.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka used a Command Spell to force Hundred Faces Hassan to launch a desperate, intensified assault.
• An Assassin attacked Arong, but Miss Eirin hurled ink and an octopus at him, disrupting his strike as Sakurajima Saori’s barrier blocked his dagger.
• Miss Eirin gathered magical energy and prepared to release her Noble Phantasm against the remaining Assassins.

Arong’s immense Noble Phantasm drove off the Assassins, prompting Tokiomi Tohsaka to reconsider his strategy in the Holy Grail War. Waver woke after researching the war and rushed downstairs when he learned Alexander was visiting, only to lose his footing on the stairs.

• Arong summoned a painted world of Mount Fuji and unleashed the Great Wave, forcing the Assassins to retreat.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka learned from Kirei Kotomine that Arong and the Saber possessed Noble Phantasms beyond classification, and he regretted sending Assassin into a frontal attack.
• Tokiomi decided to seek allies and investigate Michael while summoning Kirei to his residence to plan their next move.
• Waver reflected on the growing number of Servants and his Familiar’s report of the battle at Einzbern Castle, where he had witnessed his teacher Kishō’s strength.
• Waver heard that Alex was visiting, recognized Alexander’s booming laughter, and rushed downstairs in his pajamas before stumbling on the final stair.

Waver discovered that Iskandar had charmed his elderly hosts with a story about being Waver’s friend and had used Waver’s money to buy clothes. Iskandar then showed Waver a map of Fuyuki and decided they would scout Lord Animusphere’s Babel Tower, leaving Waver alarmed as Iskandar carried him out.

• Iskandar caught Waver when he fell and joined Waver’s elderly hosts for a cheerful breakfast.
• Waver realized he had used Suggestion Magecraft to make the couple believe he was their grandson, while Iskandar claimed to be his friend from England.
• Iskandar explained that he had bought clothes for reconnaissance and returned Waver’s wallet with only a small amount of money spent.
• Iskandar marked sites of Servant battles on a map and identified Babel Tower as a likely Magecraft Workshop belonging to Lord Animusphere.
• Iskandar announced that he and Waver would scout Babel Tower, then carried Waver out despite his protests.

Waver and Iskandar abandoned their reconnaissance of Babel Tower after sensing the danger there, then found Einzbern Castle empty. While browsing a game shop, Iskandar became fascinated with a strategy game, and Waver was startled when a tattooed man recommended its collector’s edition.

• Waver and Iskandar watched the guards at Babel Tower, but Iskandar sensed the danger and decided they should leave without entering.
• Hohenheim reported their departure to Michael, who said they were lucky and learned that Paracelsus had created stable blank Pseudo-Spiritrons.
• Waver and Iskandar searched the deserted Einzbern Castle, found nothing, and continued to a game shop.
• Iskandar spotted Admiral's Grand Strategy 4 and went into the shop to look at its war-themed games.
• Waver picked up a copy of the game, and a tattooed man recommended that he buy the collector’s edition, making Waver nervous.

Satou Nigatsu followed Waver and Iskandar after spotting them at a game store, intending to learn their strength and attack if an opportunity arose. Iskandar noticed him, and Waver chose an alley where they could ambush their pursuer.

• Iskandar admired an Admiral's Grand Strategy 4 T-shirt and persuaded Waver to buy two collector's editions, a console, and controllers.
• Satou Nigatsu recognized Waver as a possible Master and Iskandar as a likely Servant, then decided to follow them and strike if he found an opening.
• Iskandar spotted Satou Nigatsu tailing them and told Waver they were being followed.
• Waver confirmed Satou Nigatsu was not a magus and suggested setting an ambush in a nearby alley.

Satou Nigatsu abandoned his pursuit of the Master after Koizumi called for help with a clash between the Fierce Ghost Group and the Fire Crow Group. He reached the New District and faced the Fire Crow Group’s skilled swordsman, but Koizumi’s loud remark about Nigatsu’s game drew everyone’s attention.

• Koizumi called Satou Nigatsu for help after the Fire Crow Group injured several Fierce Ghost Group members, and Nigatsu headed to the New District.
• Waver and Iskandar followed Nigatsu’s taxi in Iskandar’s conspicuous ox cart.
• Koizumi told Nigatsu that a swordsman hired by the Fire Crow Group had badly wounded several of their men.
• Nigatsu approached the front line and saw the tall swordsman with two katanas, who was said to hold a Menkyo Kaiden in an Ancient Style.
• Koizumi opened Nigatsu’s bag and loudly revealed his game, prompting the swordsman and the gathered crowd to look over.