Chapter Summaries

Hasegawa Kaede and his allies entered a dangerous alley to rescue Kotone’s friend Rin, where Siegfried and Arong fought a blond Progenitor of Dead Apostles. The enemy survived by reforming from hidden blood pools and, despite receiving a warning that the Burial Agency was coming, decided to stay and fight them.

• Hasegawa Kaede and Sakurajima Saori agreed to help Kotone, and Siegfried entered the dark alley.
• Siegfried battled a blond young man who wielded a blood sphere while carrying Rin, and Arong joined the fight to protect the others.
• Arong trapped the blond young man with her Noble Phantasm, and he exploded in a blast powerful enough to destroy several city blocks.
• The blond young man reformed from a blood pool in his mansion and revealed that he had hidden hundreds of blood pools around the world.
• After reading a letter warning him to flee from the Burial Agency, the blond young man rejected the warning and chose to face them.

Merlin visited Michael at Babel Tower to investigate Frost’s disappearance and admitted he wanted a Magic Potion that could suppress a Dead Apostle’s blood-drinking urge. Michael confessed that he had killed Frost, then agreed to trade Merlin a dose and began sizing up the Collector’s treasures.

• Merlin visited Michael at Babel Tower and said Frost had disappeared during a pursuit mission.
• Merlin suspected Michael had killed Frost, and Michael admitted that he had.
• Merlin said he had no desire to bring Michael before the Burial Agency and explained that Frost had been troublesome.
• Merlin asked to trade for a dose of the Magic Potion that suppressed a Dead Apostle’s urge to drink blood, seeking it for the princess of Thousand Year Castle.
• Michael agreed and asked what Merlin would offer, eyeing him eagerly as a Collector.

Michael traded four items from Merlin’s collection, including Galahad’s shield, and revealed that a Dead Apostle named Raine was a Fatui Harbinger. He persuaded Merlin to join the Tarot Society by offering a possible way to revive Crimson Moon, leaving Merlin with the codename The Hermit.

• Merlin offered items from his collection in exchange for a trade, and Michael chose four, including Galahad’s shield.
• Michael confirmed that Heroic Spirits summoned in the Holy Grail War retained their own minds, then told Merlin that Crimson Moon could not be summoned from the Throne of Heroes.
• Merlin shared information about Raine, a Dead Apostle and Fatui Harbinger whose strength surpassed an Heir.
• Merlin asked about the Tarot Society, and Michael named Rita Rozayanne, Altrouge, Rizovore Sturlut, and Fina Brad Speelding as members.
• Michael offered Merlin another possible way to revive Crimson Moon, and Merlin agreed to join the Tarot Society.
• Merlin drew the Hermit card and joined the society under the codename The Hermit.

Merlin joined Michael’s Tarot Society and received a potion to suppress a Dead Apostle’s blood-drinking urges. They went to confront Raine, where Michael immobilized him and destroyed the modified girl who served him.

• Michael welcomed Merlin into the Tarot Society and gave him a blood-colored potion that could suppress a Dead Apostle’s urge to drink blood.
• Michael offered to help Merlin catch Raine, who had killed a newcomer from the Burial Agency and preyed on people in Fuyuki City.
• Raine decided to flee with his trained pets, but Merlin and Michael arrived at his mansion before he could escape.
• Michael stopped Raine from self-destructing and immobilized both him and the modified girl who rushed to his aid.
• Merlin judged the girl to be an inferior, mindless bloodkin, and Michael turned her to ashes before focusing on Raine.

Michael captured Raine for study, while Tokiomi Tohsaka planned to approach Sakurajima Saori and Kiritsugu Emiya resolved to rescue Alice despite losing his status as a Master. The chapter then abruptly shifted to Shen Changqing entering a pavilion in the Demon Suppression Bureau.

• Michael placed Raine in the Imaginary Pocket after Merlin agreed to let him study Raine's degraded Principle Blood Ring.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka considered eliminating Sakurajima Saori, then decided to approach her and seek an alliance against the Clock Tower Lord.
• Kiritsugu Emiya rested at a hideout in Miyama Town and told Maiya Hisau he would rescue Alice, then return to Snow Castle for Illya.
• Maiya Hisau reported finding Black Keys at the scene where Alice had been taken, and Kiritsugu Emiya considered whether Kirei Kotomine was involved.
• Shen Changqing entered a quiet pavilion in the Demon Suppression Bureau, where the scent of ink mixed with blood.

Kirei Kotomine received new Command Spells and became a Master again, while Gilgamesh urged him to pursue his hidden wish and warned him that Kiritsugu Emiya had arrived. Shen Changqing entered a quiet pavilion in the Demon Suppression Bureau, where the chapter left him taking in its ink-and-blood scent.

• Gilgamesh challenged Kirei Kotomine to recognize his wish and said that hesitation would lead to his death.
• Kirei Kotomine dismissed the possibility of becoming a Master again, but Gilgamesh predicted that Tokiomi Tohsaka would not win the Holy Grail War.
• Kirei Kotomine felt pain as new Command Spells appeared on his arm, restoring his Master qualification.
• Gilgamesh left after naming Kiritsugu Emiya as another person who could entertain him, and Kirei Kotomine repeated the name with renewed focus.
• Shen Changqing walked through the Demon Suppression Bureau and entered a pavilion that stood apart from its grim surroundings.

Kirei Kotomine learned from Irisviel that Kiritsugu Emiya sought the Holy Grail to save humanity, then killed her and anticipated Kiritsugu’s grief. The story then shifted to Shen Changqing, who entered a quiet pavilion in the Demon Suppression Bureau.

• Kirei Kotomine confronted Irisviel in the hidden room beneath Fuyuki Church and asked about Kiritsugu Emiya’s wish.
• Irisviel revealed that Kiritsugu wanted to end war and bloodshed and bring lasting world peace.
• Kirei Kotomine strangled Irisviel to death and looked forward to Kiritsugu discovering he could not save his loved ones.
• Shen Changqing walked through the Demon Suppression Bureau, where he worked as a probationary Demon Exorcist.
• Shen Changqing entered a quiet pavilion whose interior smelled of ink and blood.

Kiritsugu Emiya found Irisviel dead in Fuyuki Church and learned that Kirei Kotomine was responsible, but Michael Stefan Animusphere appeared before he could act. The chapter then shifted to Shen Changqing entering a pavilion in the Demon Suppression Bureau.

• Maiya Hisau reconnoitered Fuyuki Church with a Crow Familiar, and Kiritsugu Emiya and Maiya Hisau entered after finding no one inside.
• Kiritsugu Emiya found Irisviel dead in the underground chamber and collapsed in grief.
• Maiya Hisau showed Kiritsugu Emiya a Black Key, and he recognized it as evidence pointing to an Executor and accused Kirei Kotomine.
• Michael Stefan Animusphere appeared in the chamber and challenged Kiritsugu Emiya over what he could do.
• Shen Changqing greeted people in the Demon Suppression Bureau and entered a quiet pavilion amid its bloodstained atmosphere.

Michael offered Kiritsugu Emiya a chance to have Irisviel resurrected if he fused with an Unregistered Spirit Foundation, and Kiritsugu accepted despite the risk of death. The narrative then shifted to Shen Changqing entering a quiet pavilion in the Demon Suppression Bureau.

• Michael destroyed Maiya Hisau’s gun and told Kiritsugu Emiya he could grant wishes, including resurrecting Irisviel.
• Michael offered Kiritsugu Emiya an Unregistered Spirit Foundation, warning that a failed fusion would kill him.
• Maiya Hisau tried to take Kiritsugu’s place, but Michael prevented her and said Kiritsugu was the one he had chosen.
• Kiritsugu Emiya accepted the Unregistered Spirit Foundation, which entered his body as Michael’s experiment to create a Demi-Servant.
• Shen Changqing walked through the Demon Suppression Bureau and entered a pavilion where the surroundings changed and the scent of ink and blood filled the air.

Kiritsugu Emiya survived the fusion that made him a Demi-Servant, and Michael restored Irisviel before leaving. The story then shifted to Shen Changqing, who entered a quiet pavilion in the Demon Suppression Bureau.

• Michael supplied Aether when Kiritsugu Emiya's fusion stalled, and Kiritsugu completed his transformation into a Demi-Servant.
• Michael examined Kiritsugu Emiya's Servant parameters and discovered his Holy Grail's Affection A+ skill and B-rank Noble Phantasm.
• Kiritsugu Emiya realized Irisviel had been revived, and Michael departed after their deal was fulfilled.
• Irisviel woke and embraced Kiritsugu Emiya, though she had lost some of her recent memories.
• Shen Changqing walked through the Demon Suppression Bureau and entered a pavilion filled with the scents of ink and blood.

Michael gave Paracelsus the Lesser Holy Grail and explained his understanding of resurrection before joining a mahjong game with Merlin, Aika, and Aoko. At the Fierce Ghost Group hideout, Ryougi Shiki urged Satou Nigatsu to rebel against Babel Tower, and the group rallied behind the call for revenge.

• Michael handed the Lesser Holy Grail to Paracelsus, explained that the revived Irisviel was her past self, and told him to refine the Unregistered Spirit Foundation.
• Michael joined Merlin, Sajo Aika, and Aoko at the mahjong table, where Merlin confidently prepared to challenge him.
• Satou Nigatsu learned that Ryougi Shiki had come to the hideout to avenge his friend Fat Fox, whom Babel Tower had killed.
• Ryougi Shiki asked Satou Nigatsu to join a rebellion against Babel Tower, but Satou hesitated out of concern for the Fierce Ghost Group.
• Koizumi and the other Fierce Ghost Group members burst in and declared their desire for revenge, and Ryougi Shiki denied having stirred them up.

Michael’s group learned that Satou Nigatsu and a large gang force were approaching Babel Tower, and Aoko went to investigate. Outside the building, Satou and Leonidas I confronted the tower’s defenders, while Satou struggled to understand the meaning of their revenge.

• Merlin lost another mahjong hand to Sajo Aika as Michael dismissed the approaching humans and enemy Master as a trivial matter.
• Aoko went with a homunculus to help, and Michael decided the group would all go see what was happening.
• Koizumi recited a death poem as the gang members faced Babel Tower’s armed security, and Ryougi Shiki praised his courage.
• Leonidas I appeared before Satou Nigatsu and promised to protect him, sensing four undisguised Servants on the opposing side.
• Satou learned from Leonidas I that his actions showed what mattered to him, and he accepted that the group was fighting for revenge.

Achilles defeated Leonidas I and challenged Gilgamesh, who responded by unleashing a barrage of Noble Phantasms. Michael erased the weapons and treated Gilgamesh’s attack as the Tohsaka family declaring war on Animusphere, just as Gilgamesh suddenly vanished.

• Chen Gong let Achilles take on Leonidas I while Kairi Shishigami reflected on Sakura’s recovery and the loss of his child.
• Achilles fought Leonidas I and defeated him without sustaining a wound.
• Gilgamesh arrived on Vimana, mocked the fighters, and was cut on the cheek when Achilles’s javelin grazed him.
• Achilles charged Gilgamesh, who aimed hundreds of Noble Phantasms at him.
• Michael used Imaginary Space to swallow the weapons and accused the Tohsaka family of declaring war on Animusphere.
• Gilgamesh turned into golden particles and disappeared.

Gilgamesh turned against Tokiomi Tohsaka after rejecting his attempt to control him, leaving Tokiomi fatally wounded in the Tohsaka residence. Kirei Kotomine accepted Tokiomi’s Azoth Sword and killed his mentor with it.

• Tokiomi Tohsaka tried to use his extra Command Spells to keep Gilgamesh from dueling Lord Animusphere, but Gilgamesh condemned his behavior as unfit for a retainer.
• Gilgamesh impaled Tokiomi Tohsaka with a spear and waited as his connection to his Master weakened.
• Kirei Kotomine entered and found Tokiomi Tohsaka dying, while Gilgamesh offered him a drink.
• Gilgamesh showed Kirei Kotomine the Azoth Sword that Tokiomi Tohsaka had left as a gift.
• Kirei Kotomine took the Azoth Sword and stabbed Tokiomi Tohsaka.

Kirei Kotomine took Tokiomi Tohsaka’s Command Spells and formed a contract with Gilgamesh, setting his sights on Kiritsugu Emiya. Meanwhile, Waver bought supplies and reached a crowded station, where he and Iskandar prepared to board a bus.

• Kirei picked up Tokiomi’s severed hand, transferred its dimmed Command Spells to himself, and mocked his former teacher’s abandonment by Gilgamesh.
• Gilgamesh told Kirei that he had found something more interesting than the Holy Grail, and Kirei accepted him as his Servant despite the danger.
• Kirei said he knew where Kiritsugu was and expected him to recover in hiding before their confrontation; Gilgamesh looked forward to the battle.
• Waver bought supplies, complained about their cost, and heard that a yakuza riot had broken out in Fuyuki City’s New District.
• Waver and Iskandar reached a packed station as people fled the city, then spotted their target bus arriving.

Waver studied a grimoire in a secluded grove while Iskandar drew magic power from him to recover. Iskandar encouraged Waver to stop defining himself by the Holy Grail, then kept watch as Waver fell asleep, planning to fight other Servants again that night.

• Waver camped in the grove where he had summoned Iskandar and studied a borrowed grimoire while eating a cold boxed lunch.
• Waver realized Iskandar had been using his magic power and offered to let him replenish it at the grove’s Ley Line.
• Waver struggled to study, then lay down and admitted to Iskandar that he had wanted the Holy Grail to prove himself but now felt arrogant and incapable.
• Iskandar questioned whether the Holy Grail existed and told Waver that his future accomplishments would matter more than obtaining it.
• Iskandar absorbed Waver’s magic power and told him to sleep while he stood watch, intending to fight other Servants again that night.

Waver woke to find that Iskandar had recovered enough mana to materialize, but their plans for food were interrupted by Kischurche Wodime’s arrival. Waver refused Kischurche’s offer to withdraw, and the two sides prepared to fight.

• Waver woke in the woods, thanked Iskandar for covering him with a blanket, and learned that Iskandar’s mana had mostly replenished.
• Iskandar sensed an approaching Servant, and Kischurche Wodime appeared before Waver and Iskandar at dusk.
• Kischurche offered Waver the choice of becoming his enemy or relinquishing his Master status and leaving the Holy Grail War.
• Waver suppressed his anger and refused to give up his qualification as a Master, while Iskandar placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
• Kischurche accepted Waver’s choice and told Arash to handle the coming battle; Arash readied his crimson greatbow.

Iskandar brought Waver into battle atop Bucephalus and summoned his army through his Inherent Domain to face Arash and Kischurche. As the Military Formation pressed forward, Kischurche activated the Mage's Garment his teacher had given him and began releasing its ultimate form.

• Iskandar summoned Bucephalus and urged Waver to join him in the final battle, and Waver accepted his outstretched hand.
• Iskandar summoned his Servants into his Inherent Domain, forming a vast Military Formation that charged toward Arash and Kischurche.
• Arash fired a storm of arrows at the advancing army, but Iskandar led the formation onward without slowing down.
• Arash prepared to use his Noble Phantasm, but Kischurche said he had another way and drew an arming sword from his Imaginary Pocket.
• Kischurche entered his true name into the Mage's Garment, triggering the release of its ultimate form.

Waver used all three Command Spells to free Iskandar from their contract and was sent out of the Inherent Domain as Iskandar faced Kischurche’s Holy Spear. Iskandar charged into the world-destroying light with his army, while Michael watched the spear’s radiance pierce into space.

• Iskandar told Waver to leave the battle to him and urged him to live for the future.
• Waver spent all three Command Spells ordering Iskandar to seize victory, severing their Master-Servant connection.
• Iskandar called Waver his friend, then threw him through a passage back to the outside world.
• Kischurche invoked Rongomyniad and thrust the Holy Spear at Iskandar and his Military Formation.
• Iskandar charged into the blazing light with his army, and the Holy Spear’s torrent tore through the sky and swallowed a passing reconnaissance satellite.
• Michael watched the Holy Spear’s light from the mountains outside Fuyuki City and remarked that it would be more than enough to defeat a Servant.

Kirei Kotomine realized his fate was bound to Kiritsugu Emiya and confronted him at Fuyuki Church, where Kiritsugu attacked first with his enhanced Time Alter. Kirei survived the opening exchange but suffered a severe abdominal wound and prepared to continue fighting.

• Kirei Kotomine returned to Fuyuki Church, recognized Kiritsugu Emiya as the man fate had drawn him toward, and recalled his wish to understand people’s hearts and desires.
• Kirei Kotomine entered the chapel ready to fight while Kiritsugu Emiya drew his gun and prepared to end the battle quickly before his flight to Germany.
• Irisviel and Maiya Hisau waited a street away from the church and silently hoped Kiritsugu Emiya would win.
• Kiritsugu Emiya activated Time Alter - Tenfold Accel and fired at Kirei Kotomine, who used six magically strengthened Black Keys to block the first bullet.
• Kiritsugu Emiya’s second bullet tore open Kirei Kotomine’s abdomen, but Kirei pushed his intestines back in, treated the wound with magecraft, and stayed in a fighting stance.