Chapter Summaries

Fujimaru Ritsuka’s group rested after encountering the unidentified Headless Horseman and giant wolf, while Lawrence and Anno discussed the Singularity and Lawrence’s grief over Harley. The group still lacked a way to identify or keep their enemies from escaping, and Lawrence explained that she could not change her established Saint Graph.

• Mash struggled to adjust to Anno’s casual Alter personality, and Lawrence explained that he was one aspect of Anno.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka decided the group should recover before attacking the Singularity and asked Leonardo da Vinci to identify Rider, but she had no clues about the Headless Horseman or wolf.
• Anno explained that he and Artoria could fight the wolf but could not prevent it from escaping into the western tower.
• Lawrence joined Anno outside and discussed how this Singularity differed from the London Singularity and its Phantom Spirits.
• Lawrence told Anno that her experience in Florence had helped her come to terms with Harley, but she could not alter her Saint Graph because its form was already fixed.

Lawrence lamented that Fujimaru Ritsuka had to keep fighting after saving the world. In Shinjuku, Archer explained that he was a powerless remnant discarded from the man who had fought Anno and Artoria, though his identity remained unclear.

• Lawrence worried that Fujimaru Ritsuka had borne too much hardship and still could not rest.
• Anno and Artoria confronted Archer at swordpoint and demanded to know his True Name and connection to their opponent.
• Archer said he had saved Fujimaru Ritsuka on instinct and did not remember fighting Anno and Artoria.
• Archer revealed that he was a clone-like remnant discarded to preserve a particular trait in another man's Spirit Origin.
• Leonardo da Vinci confirmed that Archer's Spirit Origin was incomplete, and Archer concluded that he might be the good part.

Archer convinced Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others that he had lost his True Name, then deduced the identities of Artoria and Anno as Reversal King Arthur Artoria and Reversal White Knight Anno. With the group’s suspicions settled, they began planning how to get around Shinjuku and decided Lawrence needed a change of clothes.

• Archer explained that he had lost his True Name and agreed to reclaim it by defeating the other Archer, while Fujimaru Ritsuka accepted him as an ally.
• Archer identified Artoria and Anno as Reversal King Arthur Artoria and Reversal White Knight Anno, prompting them to draw their swords until he explained his deductions.
• Archer reasoned out Artoria’s identity from her Holy Sword, class, and bearing, then identified Anno as her retainer from his matching sword and position beside her.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others discussed adapting to Shinjuku, noticed Lawrence’s conspicuous formal gown, and decided to take her to change clothes.

Lawrence returned to the group dressed as a gal, and a strange phone call connected Fujimaru Ritsuka with Edmond Dantès. Edmond warned that Emiya and Phantom Demon Alliance soldiers were heading to attack Jeanne d'Arc Alter, and Ritsuka immediately decided to save her.

• Leonardo da Vinci dressed Lawrence as a gal, and Ritsuka brought him back to the residence to discuss their next move.
• Archer tried to win Cavall II over with dog food, but the dog rejected it and ran to lick Lawrence's thigh.
• The basement phone rang, and Ritsuka answered while the others remained on guard.
• Edmond Dantès secretly told Ritsuka that Emiya and Phantom Demon Alliance soldiers were heading to Jeanne d'Arc Alter's stronghold to hunt her down.
• Ritsuka agreed without hesitation to go save Jeanne d'Arc Alter.

Anno, Artoria, Fujimaru Ritsuka, and Lawrence raced to rescue Jeanne d'Arc Alter, who had nearly exhausted herself using a massive explosion to escape Emiya Alter. Lawrence revived Jeanne with a potion, and she was stunned to find the group had arrived.

• Archer complained about rescuing the Dragon Witch as Anno drove toward the battlefield with him, while Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence raced alongside Artoria.
• Jeanne d'Arc Alter fought Emiya Alter, then unleashed La Grondement Du Haine and engulfed the block in flames.
• Emiya Alter escaped the explosion and left Jeanne d'Arc Alter exhausted and collapsing in the street.
• Lawrence gave Jeanne a jewel potion, and Artoria and the others arrived as Jeanne recovered and recognized them.

Jeanne d'Arc recovered and met Fujimaru Ritsuka's group in Shinjuku, where she argued with Artoria and questioned Archer's identity. After agreeing to travel with them, she noticed their modern outfits and went looking for clothes of her own.

• Artoria taunted Jeanne d'Arc about having a Master, and Jeanne learned that Fujimaru Ritsuka was the Master she had insulted.
• Jeanne d'Arc offered to become Ritsuka's Servant, but Anno and Artoria challenged her while Mash tried to calm everyone down.
• Anno stopped Jeanne d'Arc and Artoria from arguing, and Jeanne lunged at Archer over his earlier kick.
• Archer explained that he and the other version of himself were different people, and Da Vinci vouched for his efforts to protect Ritsuka.
• Jeanne d'Arc agreed to travel with the group, then searched Shinjuku for a women's clothing store after seeing their modern outfits.

Anno, Artoria, Archer, and Lawrence confronted Rider, the enormous wolf carrying a headless knight, and began fighting to stop him from roaming Shinjuku. The battle left Anno matching the wolf’s brute strength while Fujimaru Ritsuka recognized that its techniques were made for killing.

• After Jeanne d'Arc left, Anno sensed the approaching beast, and Artoria readied her Holy Sword and armor.
• Anno and Archer planned to keep Rider there, with Anno engaging the wolf, Artoria attacking from the flank, and Archer targeting the headless knight.
• Lawrence strengthened the group with magecraft and shielded Fujimaru Ritsuka as the enormous wolf charged.
• Anno struck the wolf with his Holy Sword and fists, but its fur remained unmarked and it matched his strength.
• Artoria attacked from the side while Archer fired at the headless knight, who blocked her strike and deflected every bullet.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka observed that the wolf's techniques seemed designed solely to kill, while Lawrence marveled at its strength.

Anno and the others drove off the wolf after Jeanne d'Arc struck it with her Noble Phantasm, then returned to their base to identify it as Robert, the Wolf King. They left the wolf badly wounded, while Jeanne d'Arc and Artoria resumed their quarrel and Anno disciplined them.

• Artoria and Anno fought the wolf while Archer pinned down the Headless Horseman, and Jeanne d'Arc set the wolf ablaze with her Noble Phantasm, forcing it to flee.
• Archer said Jeanne d'Arc's attack had likely left the wolf gravely wounded, and Artoria argued with Jeanne d'Arc over her unannounced attack.
• Anno led the group back to their residence and punched Artoria and Jeanne d'Arc to end their quarrel.
• Artoria, Archer, and Anno concluded that the wolf controlled the Headless Horseman and was driven by hatred of humans.
• Lawrence suggested the wolf was Robert, the Wolf King whose wife Blanka had been killed by humans, and Anno agreed.

Jeanne d'Arc struggled to understand her unexpected need for Fujimaru Ritsuka's approval as the group relaxed after battle. A call from Edmond Dantès revealed that the tower in Shinjuku was the Barrel and that Archer of Shinjuku planned to destroy the Earth.

• Jeanne d'Arc questioned why she wanted Fujimaru Ritsuka's approval, while Lawrence and Anno discussed her innocent nature and her impression of Ritsuka.
• Anno teased Artoria about her past, and Lawrence reflected on the relief she had felt after returning from Florence to Chaldea.
• The phone rang, and Fujimaru Ritsuka answered as Archer asked what they should do.
• Edmond Dantès told Fujimaru Ritsuka that the tower was the Barrel and that the evidence pointed to Archer of Shinjuku.
• Edmond Dantès revealed that Archer of Shinjuku was not the Archer beside Ritsuka and intended to shatter the Earth.

Fujimaru Ritsuka chose to attack Shinjuku’s Berserker, the Phantom of the Opera, and Archer explained Kabukicho’s defenses before suggesting they capture a Coloratura Songstress for reconnaissance. As the group set out, Fujimaru kept his suspicions and thoughts to himself.

• Edmond Dantès advised Fujimaru Ritsuka to target the Phantom Demon Alliance members one at a time and warned him not to trust Shinjuku’s Archer blindly.
• Fujimaru chose to attack Berserker in Kabukicho, and the group agreed that Archer’s trustworthiness was doubtful.
• Archer described Kabukicho’s defenses, including its leyline-powered base and hundreds of Coloratura Songstresses, then proposed capturing one alive to help them plan a way in.
• Anno left with Fujimaru and several Servants to capture a Coloratura Songstress while preparing materials for possible modifications.
• Artoria, Jeanne d’Arc, and Lawrence discussed whether Archer might betray them as Fujimaru followed silently, keeping some thoughts to himself.

Anno and Lawrence captured a Coloratura Songstress and discovered it was a doll made from human remains, controlled only within Kabukicho. Archer explained that its creator had made it as a personal hobby, leaving the group to consider whether the victims could be saved.

• Anno helped Lawrence subdue a Coloratura Songstress without destroying it, and Lawrence explained that it relied on magical energy directed from within Kabukicho.
• The group returned to their residence with the captured Songstress, and Artoria broke its gemstone prison without provoking a reaction.
• Archer returned and had Anno open the Songstress's head, revealing brains, eyeballs, and part of a nervous system inside.
• Archer explained that the Berserker had stripped humans of their skin and skeletons and placed the remaining flesh and nervous systems inside the dolls.
• Lawrence and Leonardo da Vinci concluded that the dolls reflected their creator's disgust toward human forms and obsession with nonhuman beauty, while Archer asked whether the victims could still be saved.

Archer proposed using a bomb hidden in a puppet to cause chaos and assassinate Empress Christine, forcing Fujimaru Ritsuka to confront the bloodshed involved. Anno destroyed the puppet and led Artoria into battle, while Fujimaru and the others moved to engage Phantom of the Opera and Empress Christine.

• Lawrence said the puppetized Coloratura Songstresses could not be saved because their selves had vanished.
• Archer proposed planting a bomb inside a Coloratura Songstress and detonating it to create an opening to assassinate Empress Christine.
• Anno crushed the puppet, rejected making Fujimaru face that choice, and left with Artoria to attack Kabukicho.
• Anno and Artoria fought the Coloratura Songstresses, setting off a massive explosion as Fujimaru and the others rode toward the battle.
• Fujimaru reflected on whether he could fight Shinjuku's evil without staining his hands with blood, then ordered Mash to locate the hostile Servant and told the others to engage without holding back.

Phantom of the Opera and the broken Christine led the Coloratura Songstresses in a frenzy through Shinjuku, while Anno and Artoria fought them back with their Noble Phantasms. Archer and the others confronted the pair, and Phantom of the Opera declared that he would transform the entire city into an opera house for Christine.

• Christine commanded the Coloratura Songstresses to increase their numbers and hunt, while Phantom of the Opera praised her as a princess worthy of ruling everything.
• Anno and Artoria noticed the Songstresses moving faster and unleashed their black holy swords in opposite directions, wiping out the frenzied enemies in the street.
• Archer, Lawrence, and Jeanne d'Arc arrived and questioned which of the two Berserkers was the real one.
• Phantom of the Opera explained that Christine was a doll-like Phantom Spirit who had broken when his dream was destroyed, and said he would turn Shinjuku into an opera house for her.

Fujimaru Ritsuka’s group learned that Christine was a Phantom Spirit trapped in a doll, while the Phantom of the Opera had become whole by joining with her. They began fighting both enemies, with Anno and Lawrence battling Christine as the others targeted the Phantom.

• Lawrence explained Christine’s nature and why she had become a Berserker.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka condemned the Phantom of the Opera for sacrificing hundreds of people and assigned the group their targets.
• Anno attacked Christine while Lawrence used magic mirrors and gemstone blades to support him.
• Artoria shouted at Anno to control his flames as the battle continued.

Phantom of the Opera fought frantically to reach Christine while Chaldea’s Servants held him back. Lawrence sensed an emotion beneath Christine’s fury and discovered that the Phantom Spirit inside the doll was crying.

• Jeanne d'Arc and Artoria fought Phantom of the Opera as Fujimaru Ritsuka used a shell-like bullet to repel a Coloratura Songstress.
• Lawrence sensed a hidden emotion in Christine Daaé and asked Anno to restrain her so she could investigate.
• Phantom of the Opera unleashed his Noble Phantasm, and Christine answered with a song.
• Anno struck and restrained Christine, allowing Lawrence to drive a scalpel-like tool toward her head.
• Lawrence realized that the crying voice came from Christine, the Phantom Spirit trapped inside the doll.

Erik and Christine died after acknowledging the end of Christine’s duty, and Erik questioned Archer about his desire before Emiya Alter shot him. Emiya Alter confronted Chaldea and revealed that he knew Archer’s true identity.

• Erik and Christine lay wounded, and Christine asked whether she could stop singing; Erik told her her duty was over and confessed his love before she vanished in golden light.
• Lawrence asked Erik why he had not told Christine that she loved singing, and Erik admitted he had ignored the corruption of his desire.
• Erik addressed Fujimaru Ritsuka and asked Archer what he desired, but Emiya Alter shot Erik and killed him.
• Lawrence, Anno, Mash, and Archer recognized Emiya Alter, who dismissed their past connections and called them his prey.
• Emiya Alter questioned Archer about his identity, and Archer realized that Emiya Alter knew his true name.

Emiya Alter confronted Archer and Anno but withdrew when Mash detected another Servant approaching. An apparent Cursed Arm Hassan appeared, but Anno saw through his disguise and exposed Yan Qing.

• Emiya Alter threatened Archer from a rooftop, but Anno and Artoria kept him from attacking.
• Mash warned that another Servant was approaching, so Emiya Alter departed and promised to kill Fujimaru Ritsuka another day.
• Cursed Arm Hassan appeared and approached Fujimaru Ritsuka, claiming he had come to help eliminate the Singularity.
• Anno attacked the apparent Cursed Arm Hassan, explaining that his Fairy Eyes had revealed the deception.
• The disguise vanished, revealing Yan Qing, who was astonished that Anno had uncovered his identity so quickly.

Fujimaru Ritsuka's group identified Yan Qing as an enemy and reviewed the Phantom Spirit Servants they had encountered in the Shinjuku Singularity. Lawrence then took Anno aside to ask how his Fairy Eyes perceived Archer.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka recognized Yan Qing as the Wanderer from Liangshan Marsh, and Yan Qing retreated after warning him not to get separated from the fairy gentleman.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka decided the group should return to their lodgings and organize the information they had gathered instead of pursuing Yan Qing.
• Lawrence listed their encounters with Berserker, Phantom of the Opera, Christine, Assassin Yan Qing, Archer Emiya, Rider Wolf King Robert, and an unidentified Archer.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka noted that most of the Servants they had met bore signs of being Phantom Spirits and asked Leonardo da Vinci to search Chaldea's database.
• Lawrence called Anno outside and asked how his Fairy Eyes saw Archer.

Anno shared his suspicions about Archer with Lawrence and worried that Fujimaru Ritsuka was carrying the burden of another world-saving crisis without showing how it affected him. Meanwhile, Emiya returned to Gunshaft Tower, where Archer revealed that the events were part of a crime prepared for Charlotte Holmes.

• Anno told Lawrence that his intuition made him distrust Archer and warned her to stay near Ritsuka during battle.
• Lawrence returned to the residence to rest and plan, while Anno stayed outside smoking and reflected on Chaldea’s progress.
• Anno noticed that Ritsuka seemed strangely unaffected by shouldering a new crisis and hoped he and Mash would be well.
• Emiya returned to Gunshaft Tower and told Archer that Assassin had arrived, making his presence unnecessary.
• Archer said the stage was set and described the scheme as the ultimate crime prepared for Charlotte Holmes.

Archer investigated an unknown presence in Shinjuku while the group relaxed at their residence, where Lawrence explained how Phantom Spirits were created. Mash sensed a familiar enemy from the London Singularity approaching, leaving the group on alert.

• Archer told Emiya to observe Yan Qing and patrol Shinjuku while he investigated an unknown presence in the city.
• Archer identified Charlotte Holmes as his sworn enemy and said the Phantom Demon Alliance and its allies were a stage prepared for her.
• At the residence, Anno drank whiskey with Archer while Lawrence spoke with Leonardo da Vinci and Artoria maintained her sword.
• Lawrence explained that Phantom Spirits reflected what lay in people's hearts and were created by those who imagined them.
• Mash sensed a powerful presence approaching and recognized it as an enemy the group had encountered in the London Singularity.