Chapter Summaries

Matou Shinji and Emiya Kiritsugu were drawn into an inner space that tested their resolve with visions of family and fulfilled wishes. Shinji rejected the false Sakura and destroyed the impossible dilemma, while Kiritsugu confronted a being using Irisviel’s appearance that claimed to be the Holy Grail’s consciousness.

• Matou Shinji recognized that the Sakura in the Matou study was an imitation and stabbed her with a jeweled blade.
• Matou Shinji rejected the voice’s choice between saving Sakura or his father and uncle, destroying both bomb-rigged houses instead.
• Emiya Kiritsugu found himself on a familiar beach, where an Irisviel-like figure said he could make his wish to complete the Holy Grail.
• Emiya Kiritsugu questioned the figure’s identity and aimed his handgun at her.
• The figure admitted she was the Holy Grail’s consciousness, wearing Irisviel’s personality as a mask and claiming to have inherited her wish.

Anno faced Gilgamesh at Fuyuki Civic Hall and fought to stop the black mud from spreading, while Emiya Kiritsugu was tested with a choice between two sinking ships. Kiritsugu hesitated when the people on the ship he would abandon captured him, and an explosion and gunfire erupted outside the window.

• Anno demanded answers from Gilgamesh, then fought him amid the black mud at Fuyuki Civic Hall.
• Anno reflected on Kiritsugu’s wish for world peace and resolved to erase the outcome that would make Kiritsugu lose his ideals.
• Gilgamesh summoned the Key of Heaven, then prepared to face Anno at full strength in the final battle.
• Irisviel vanished, and a voice presented Kiritsugu with a scenario in which he could save only one of two sinking ships.
• Kiritsugu chose the ship carrying three hundred people, but hesitated when told that the other ship’s passengers had captured him.
• An explosion and gunfire sounded outside, and Kiritsugu pulled back the curtains to look.

Emiya Kiritsugu was forced to confront the brutal logic behind his choices and the wish the Holy Grail offered him. As Anno and Gilgamesh clashed, Kiritsugu rejected the temptation to kill the world for the sake of Irisviel and Illya, then raised his handgun against Illya.

• A voice showed Emiya Kiritsugu visions in which his choices to save the greater number caused others to die, and insisted that those choices reflected his true wish.
• Emiya Kiritsugu argued that he had sought a miracle to find a different way to save the world, but the voice claimed he did not know how to achieve one.
• Anno and Gilgamesh exchanged attacks, and their Noble Phantasms, Chalk Holy Sword and Ea, collided.
• The voice made Emiya Kiritsugu choose between saving Maiya Hisau or Irisviel and Illya, and he killed Maiya Hisau to save Irisviel and Illya.
• Irisviel urged Emiya Kiritsugu to wish for her resurrection and Illya's return, even if it meant killing everyone in the world.
• Emiya Kiritsugu said farewell and pressed his handgun against Illya's neck before firing.

Emiya Kiritsugu killed Illya and Irisviel after rejecting the corrupted Holy Grail, then confronted Matou Shinji and learned he wanted Archer killed as part of his plan to withdraw from the war. Shinji severed his contract with Archer, and Anno killed Gilgamesh before the Holy Grail.

• Emiya Kiritsugu watched Illya die, strangled Irisviel, and declared that he would save the world before killing her.
• Matou Shinji woke and fought off Emiya Kiritsugu’s gunfire with Liquid Jewel Magecraft, then explained that he wanted the corrupted Holy Grail destroyed.
• Matou Shinji used a Command Spell to sever his contract with Archer and ordered Saber to kill Archer, giving his reason for joining and withdrawing from the Holy Grail War.
• Emiya Kiritsugu used his own Command Spell to order Saber to kill Archer, while Anno pressed his attack on Gilgamesh.
• Anno pierced Gilgamesh’s chest with the Holy Sword, and Gilgamesh vanished in a streak of golden light.

After Anno destroyed the Holy Grail, its black mud poured over Fuyuki City, and Emiya Kiritsugu searched the burning ruins for survivors. Anno saved a red-haired boy before vanishing, leaving Kiritsugu with a final warning not to abandon the people he could save.

• Anno obeyed Emiya Kiritsugu’s final Command Spell and destroyed the Holy Grail.
• A black hole opened above Fuyuki City, and black mud spread through the city, setting it ablaze.
• Emiya Kiritsugu searched the rubble and found a barely breathing red-haired boy.
• Anno arrived critically injured and used his remaining strength to save the boy.
• Anno told Emiya Kiritsugu to save those he could and not abandon the boy, then vanished into golden particles.

After the Fourth Holy Grail War, Waver said goodbye to Kirei and resolved to follow Iskandar’s example as he returned to London. In Fuyuki, the Matou family dealt with Shinji’s recklessness and Tohsaka Tokiomi’s death, while Kirei brought Tokiomi’s widow and daughter home and apologized to Rin.

• Waver thanked Kirei, then reflected on Iskandar’s dream and his own duty as the King of Conquerors’ retainer before leaving for London.
• Matou Byakuya beat Shinji for sneaking into the Holy Grail War, and Shinji told Sakura he had helped kill her father’s killer.
• Byakuya declined to attend Tohsaka Tokiomi’s funeral because he needed to sustain Matou Zouken with Jewel Magecraft, while Kariya agreed to take Sakura.
• About a week later, Kirei brought Aoi and Rin back with Tokiomi’s will and offered his condolences at the ruined church.
• Kirei apologized to Rin for failing to protect Tokiomi, but Rin said she would neither forgive him nor like him.

At Tohsaka Tokiomi’s funeral, Rin accepted her new role as head of the Tohsaka Family while Kirei Kotomine and Matou Kariya promised to support her. After the funeral, Emiya Kiritsugu adopted the boy from the ruins as Shirou Emiya and asked Hinako Akuta to care for him if he went to Germany.

• Kirei Kotomine officiated Tohsaka Tokiomi’s funeral, where Aoi Tohsaka, Rin Tohsaka, Matou Kariya, and Matou Sakura mourned.
• Rin Tohsaka broke away from Aoi’s embrace and said she had to be strong as the new head of the Tohsaka Family.
• Kirei Kotomine promised to guide Rin in magecraft, and Matou Kariya offered the Matou Family’s help rebuilding the Tohsaka Family.
• Matou Kariya and Kirei Kotomine discussed how the Holy Grail War had changed them and agreed to help Rin as she grew up.
• Emiya Kiritsugu adopted the boy he had rescued from the ruins and named him Shirou Emiya.
• Emiya Kiritsugu told Hinako Akuta that he no longer wanted anyone to die in his life and asked her to look after Shirou if he went to Germany.

Hinako Akuta and Taiga Fujimura met Shirou after Kiritsugu left for Germany, while Kiritsugu and Waver struggled with the aftermath of the war. Kiritsugu left Illya behind at the Einzbern castle, and Waver began his travels after borrowing money from Kirei Kotomine.

• Hinako Akuta told Taiga Fujimura that Kiritsugu had gone to Germany and left Shirou in her care, and Taiga introduced herself to Shirou as Big Sister Taiga.
• Kiritsugu begged Jubstacheit von Einzbern to let him see Illya, but the barrier remained closed, so he left the castle and returned toward home.
• Waver Velvet went to India instead of returning to the Clock Tower after Kenneth's death, but thieves stole his luggage.
• Waver called Kirei Kotomine for money, and Kirei transferred it without asking for repayment.
• Waver planned to travel through India, Persia, Macedonia, and Greece before returning to the Clock Tower, but a group of punks surrounded him.

Five years after the Fourth Holy Grail War, Kirei Kotomine and Waver Velvet continued their new lives while Emiya Kiritsugu’s health declined. After Kiritsugu told Shirou Emiya he had given up on becoming an ally of justice, Shirou promised to pursue that dream in his place, and Kiritsugu died peacefully several days later.

• Waver Velvet repaid the money Kirei Kotomine had lent him and explained that he was working toward becoming a magecraft teacher.
• Kirei Kotomine continued managing Sakumura’s online account and serving as Fuyuki Church’s priest, keeping the dagger beneath his clothes as a reminder of his promise.
• Shirou Emiya noticed Emiya Kiritsugu’s worsening health and learned that Kiritsugu had entrusted something to Hinako and Taiga.
• Kiritsugu told Shirou that he had given up his childhood dream of becoming an ally of justice, and Shirou promised to take his place.
• Emiya Kiritsugu passed away peacefully several days later.

The author reflected on the completed Fourth War, describing how the seven Annos changed its characters and outcomes. The author outlined the upcoming Shinjuku, Sakumura, Shimosa Province, Fifth War, and Lostbelt Universe arcs.

• The author explained that the Fourth War grew from foreshadowing laid across earlier arcs and said its changes fulfilled the intended story.
• The author described Kiritsugu and Anno understanding each other, Diarmuid dying loyally, and Kariya fostering Sakura while supporting Rin.
• The author said the Assassin pairing of Kirei Kotomine and Sakumura became the arc’s strongest bond, with Sakumura changing Kirei and fulfilling his own wish.
• The author recapped the remaining Servant pairings, including Tokiomi dying at Gilgamesh’s hands and Ibaraki Douji serving as Berserker.
• The author announced Shinjuku, Sakumura’s Guda Guda Black River Mountain arc, Shimosa Province, the Fifth War, and the later Lostbelt Universe arc.

After returning from the Florence Singularity, Lawrence reflected on her longing for Harley and accepted that Harley would love her even if she could not become a Heroic Spirit. The next morning, Lawrence, Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mash, and Leonardo da Vinci discussed the newly detected Subspecies Singularities and prepared to investigate them.

• Lawrence struggled to sleep after returning from the Singularity, thinking about the Harley she had met there.
• Leonardo da Vinci visited Lawrence, who admitted she was sad but felt she had let go of some of her longing for Harley.
• The following morning, Lawrence reasoned that at least five Demon God Pillars had returned to Earth's history and that Chaldea had not detected every threat.
• Mash apologized for being unable to use Galahad's power, but Fujimaru Ritsuka reassured her that the group had returned safely.
• Leonardo da Vinci encouraged the group to eliminate the six Subspecies Singularities, and Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash left to prepare while Lawrence went to check on Gran Cavallo.

Anno and Black King Arthur fought their way out of a Shinjuku bar, then set out to investigate the 1999 Shinjuku Sub-Singularity. Meanwhile, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence prepared to transfer there from Chaldea.

• Anno knocked a drunk thug across the bar after the man insulted Black King Arthur, then warned the bartender not to draw his gun.
• Anno defeated the bar's attackers, and he and Black King Arthur discussed their next steps before riding off on motorcycles.
• Black King Arthur gave Anno a pistol, and the pair raced through Shinjuku to begin investigating the Sub-Singularity.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka and Leonardo da Vinci discussed the small but unusual Singularity, which was set in 1999.
• Lawrence asked Leonardo da Vinci to open the coffins, and Chaldea initiated Spiritron Transfer to the Shinjuku Singularity.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence fell into the Shinjuku Singularity, where a suspicious middle-aged man rescued them and revealed the city had become a lawless prison. He identified a vast tower as the place where the mastermind they must face was located.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence fell from the sky while Mash and Leonardo da Vinci frantically searched for a way to save them.
• A middle-aged gentleman appeared, slowed their fall, and landed them safely on a rooftop.
• The gentleman welcomed Fujimaru Ritsuka to hell and urged him and Lawrence to look at the city below.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence saw Shinjuku overrun by street punks, autonomous dolls, and armed humanoids attacking one another.
• The gentleman called the enclosed city the Quarantined Demonic Realm Shinjuku and pointed out that its western tower housed the mastermind they must face.

Fujimaru Ritsuka agreed to keep the middle-aged Servant’s True Name secret and learned that he was Archer of Shinjuku. Meanwhile, Anno and Artoria rode through the chaos of Shinjuku, waiting for Ritsuka and Lawrence before they could resolve the Singularity.

• The middle-aged gentleman warned Fujimaru Ritsuka that revealing Servants’ True Names could expose their weaknesses and get them killed.
• Ritsuka accepted his request to remain anonymous, learned his class was Archer, and agreed to call him Archer of Shinjuku while Lawrence was called Caster of Florence.
• Anno and Artoria encountered the chaotic streets of Shinjuku and avoided fighting the patrolling mad dog.
• Anno explained that they needed to wait for Ritsuka and Lawrence, since Servants could not fully resolve the Singularity without handing its Holy Grail to Ritsuka.
• Anno and Artoria challenged each other to a motorcycle race through Shinjuku.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, Archer, and Lawrence surveyed Roppongi while the enemy forces discussed how to attack Chaldea. The Archer revealed himself as Emiya Alter and left to inspect his sniper positions, tasked with keeping an unexpected opponent from interfering.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka questioned Archer's suggestion that he call himself the Archer of Roppongi while Lawrence tried to identify him.
• A shadow-like being and Assassin discussed Rider's eagerness to fight after sensing Chaldea's arrival.
• The shadow ordered Berserker to cause a commotion, Rider to attack the target, and Assassin to strike if the target survived.
• The shadow told Emiya Alter to watch an unexpected opponent and prevent him from interfering.
• Emiya Alter rejected the shadow's interest in brainwashing and Phantom Spirit implantation, then left to check his chosen sniper positions.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, Lawrence, and Archer agreed to work together while building trust, then faced an ambush by Coloratura Singers. Chaldea detected two powerful enemies, including a Berserker-class Phantom of the Opera, and the group prepared for a difficult battle.

• After defeating three waves of punks, Archer asked Fujimaru Ritsuka to trust him and proposed exchanging information for trust over time.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka agreed to keep working with Archer, noting that their interests were aligned.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka noticed the suddenly quiet street, and the group encountered Coloratura Singers.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka used Lawrence's gem dagger to draw the dolls toward a sound, allowing Archer to shoot them.
• Mash warned that two powerful magical energy readings were approaching, and the group fled but was caught by the enemies.
• Lawrence boosted the group with magecraft as the Berserker-class Phantom of the Opera and a Servant-like Coloratura Singer flew toward them.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, Lawrence, and Archer escaped Phantom of the Opera and Christine with Lawrence’s Noble Phantasm and an explosion, but they ended up on the national highway, the territory of another dangerous Servant. A beastly roar warned them that their next enemy was near.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka ordered Lawrence and Archer to find a way to stop Phantom of the Opera and escape from him and Christine.
• Lawrence unleashed her Noble Phantasm, weakening Phantom of the Opera and Christine long enough for Archer to shoot a gas station and trigger a huge explosion.
• Archer led Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence away while the blast and smoke delayed their pursuers.
• Lawrence realized they had reached the national highway, and Archer explained that it belonged to a terrifying Servant.
• A beastly roar sounded nearby, prompting Archer to warn that they had entered the Servant’s territory.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, Lawrence, and Archer encountered a giant wolf and headless rider formed from two Phantom Spirits, but two motorcycle-riding Servants arrived before the beast could kill them. One woman rammed the wolf while the other covered the group with smoke bombs, and Mash recognized the woman who removed her helmet.

• Archer led Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence east as a huge Spirit Origin rapidly pursued them.
• Archer explained that the approaching Servant was an unnatural fusion of two Phantom Spirits: a man-eating wolf and a Headless Horseman.
• Lawrence's gemstone shield and Archer's magical bullets failed to stop the beast, which charged at Fujimaru Ritsuka.
• Lawrence shielded Fujimaru Ritsuka, and the two rolled clear as the wolf crashed into the ground.
• Two Servants arrived on motorcycles; one woman rammed the wolf while the other threw smoke bombs, and Mash reacted in recognition when the first woman removed her helmet.

Fujimaru Ritsuka formed contracts with Artoria Alter and Anno Alter, gaining two Sabers in the Singularity. As the group prepared to head to their base, Ritsuka noticed a white stray dog.

• Artoria Alter rescued Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence on her motorcycle, then invited Ritsuka to travel with her and formed a contract.
• Artoria Alter spoke with Mash through the communicator, hinting that their reunion held special significance.
• Anno arrived with the defeated Archer, surprising Mash, Ritsuka, and Lawrence with his altered appearance.
• Anno introduced himself as Anno Alter and formed a contract with Ritsuka.
• Anno proposed that the group head to the base he shared with the King, but Ritsuka stopped after spotting a white stray dog.

Artoria and Anno brought Fujimaru Ritsuka’s group to their Shinjuku base, where they discussed the Phantom Demon Alliance and the Archer they had encountered. Anno revealed that he was now half-fairy, bringing Mash face to face with one of the legends about his origins.

• Artoria named the white stray dog Cavall II and fed it dog food at the underground base beneath a burger joint.
• Anno knocked out the Archer and warned the group that the Archer he and Artoria had fought was far more powerful and calculating than the one Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence described.
• Anno explained that four Servants, including the Archer and a Rider, had formed the Phantom Demon Alliance in Shinjuku.
• Artoria said the Archer had genuinely tried to protect Fujimaru Ritsuka, then asked why Anno had knocked him unconscious.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka noticed Anno’s pointed ears, and Anno revealed that he had become half-fairy.
• Leonardo da Vinci described theories that Anno had been raised in the Fairy Realm, was a fairy disguised as a human, or was half-human and half-fairy.