Chapter Summaries

Rin Tohsaka encountered Sakura Matou on her way home, unaware that Sakura had received Command Spells and was being abused by Shinji Matou. Sakura’s forced summoning brought Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto to the Matou estate, where he unleashed a massive blade of crimson flames.

• Rin Tohsaka ran into Sakura Matou, then continued home thinking about summoning a Saber Servant.
• Sakura Matou returned to the Matou estate with Command Spells on her hand, and Shinji Matou discovered them and attacked her.
• Sakura’s Command Spells erupted with power, summoning a crimson pillar of light that drew the attention of Rin Tohsaka, EMIYA, Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia, and Mordred.
• Lu You recognized the summoned figure as Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, who appeared in the Matou estate and ordered Sakura to stand.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto released a wave of heat that engulfed the Matou Family Estate in a towering blade of crimson flames.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto destroyed the Matou mansion, killed Zōken Matou, and healed Sakura Matou. He explained that he had come to claim the Holy Grail and told Sakura that they would win the war together.

• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s flaming slash destroyed the Matou mansion and reduced Shinji Matou to ash.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto pulled the Crest Worm from Sakura Matou’s chest and crushed it, causing Zōken Matou to dissolve and die.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto used healing Kidō to restore Sakura Matou’s wounds.
• Sakura Matou asked whether the Holy Grail could change the past, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto said he did not know.
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto told Sakura Matou that he had come to win the Holy Grail War and gave her Medusa’s mirror so she could summon a second Servant.
• Sakura Matou admitted she did not know what to do, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto promised to teach her.

Sakura summoned Medusa under Yamamoto’s guidance, while Shirou Emiya unexpectedly summoned both Artoria and Haschwalth during Cú Chulainn’s fight at the school. Other Masters summoned their Servants across the city, and the Holy Grail War began with several new alliances and rivalries forming.

• Sakura followed Yamamoto’s instructions and summoned Medusa, then left with him as he warned that someone was already approaching.
• Shirou Emiya stumbled upon Cú Chulainn fighting a red-coated swordsman at school, and his Command Spell appeared as he narrowly avoided Cú Chulainn’s attack.
• Shirou summoned Artoria, while Haschwalth was forcibly summoned beside him; Cú Chulainn and the red-coated swordsman withdrew.
• At Ryuudou Temple, Souichirou Kuzuki and Medea faced a newly summoned silent swordsman.
• Kirei Kotomine watched Sōsuke Aizen emerge from a summoning circle, while Illya looked at the two Servants summoned before her.
• The Holy Grail War officially began.

Ichigo summoned Nel as his second Servant, while Rin found the Matou estate destroyed and feared Sakura had died. Sakura was safe at Shirou Emiya's home, where she told him she had caused her family’s deaths.

• Ichigo and Rukia summoned Nel, who asked to use the Holy Grail to heal her injuries and promised to help Ichigo.
• Rin visited the burned Matou estate, found no sign of Sakura or Shinji Matou, and worried that her sister was dead.
• Rin called Sakura and Shinji Matou, but neither answered, so she went to school still uncertain what had happened.
• Sakura sat safely at Shirou Emiya's home and told him that she had caused everyone in her family to die.
• Shirou Emiya reassured Sakura that the deaths were not her fault.

Shirou refused Sakura’s plea to avoid the Holy Grail War, leaving her consumed by despair, while Yamamoto battled Haschwalth in the mountain forest. After discovering how Haschwalth’s shield transferred damage, Yamamoto unleashed Bankai to overwhelm him with an attack too swift to transfer.

• Shirou told Sakura he might have to fight in the Holy Grail War, and Sakura wished she could keep him from leaving her.
• Yamamoto confronted Haschwalth, while Medusa fought Saber to defend Sakura.
• Haschwalth used his shield to transfer damage and wounded Yamamoto during their prolonged fight.
• Yamamoto recognized the shield’s mechanism, activated Bankai, and raised the surrounding temperature to an extreme level.
• Fuyuki residents complained about the sudden heat and blamed another gas explosion.

Yamamoto defeated Haschwalth with Bankai, then helped Medusa pressure Saber until Shirou Emiya used a Command Spell to summon Artoria away. Yamamoto and Medusa returned to Shirou's house while other Servants headed toward the disturbance.

• Haschwalth provoked Yamamoto, who activated Zanka no Tachi and killed him with Tenchi Kaijin.
• Yamamoto joined Medusa's fight against Saber, forcing Saber to defend against two opponents while Shirou watched.
• Shirou used a Command Spell to summon Artoria to his side and fled with her.
• Yamamoto and Medusa returned to Shirou Emiya's house, where Sakura worried about Shirou's safety.
• Other Servants noticed the disturbance and began heading toward the area.

Lu You, now invincible with Saitama’s full power, blocked Souichirou Kuzuki, Medea, and Starrk from joining the fighting while Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto faced the Holy Grail War. After Medea’s spell and Starrk’s Cero failed to harm him, the three realized how formidable he was.

• Lu You reflected on his Saitama template, his observations of the Nasuverse’s many worldlines, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s participation in the Holy Grail War as Sakura’s Servant.
• Lu You encountered Souichirou Kuzuki, Medea, and Starrk as they headed toward the fighting, then stopped them and asked them to wait until Yamamoto was finished.
• Medea attacked Lu You with a beam of magical energy, but it shattered against an invisible barrier before reaching him.
• Starrk fired a Cero at Lu You, who caught and crushed the beam with his fingertips.
• Starrk studied Lu You in shock, realizing that even a Vasto Lorde-class Menos Grande could not withstand the Cero so effortlessly.

Lu You defeated Medea and Starrk after using Limiter Removal to awaken new abilities, then confronted Souichirou Kuzuki about his lack of interest in the Holy Grail War. Starrk was destroyed, while Kuzuki remained calm and gave no indication that he wanted to fight.

• Medea attacked Lu You with compressed magical energy, but he appeared in front of her and absorbed the blast, sparing her and Souichirou Kuzuki.
• Lu You manipulated his body and genes to activate Limiter Removal, then used Hollow Technique: Purple to swallow Starrk’s Ceros and badly injure him.
• Medea attacked Lu You while Starrk fought, but his barrier blocked their assaults, and Medea urged Kuzuki to retreat.
• Kuzuki told Lu You that he had never cared about the Holy Grail War, and Lu You questioned why the Grail had chosen him before summoning Susanoo-no-Mikoto.
• Starrk decided he did not belong in the fight and tried to return to Hueco Mundo, but Lu You’s Susanoo struck him down and he dissolved into white light.

After Medea dissolved, Lu You and Souichirou Kuzuki left together, while Kirei Kotomine investigated the three Servants who died and set a trap for Illyasviel von Einzbern. On Fuyuki Bridge, Heracles fought Cú Chulainn as Shinji Hirako confronted Sōsuke Aizen, and the chapter ended as Hirako released Sakanade.

• Medea dissolved voluntarily, her Command Spells vanished, and Lu You invited Souichirou Kuzuki to get ramen.
• Kirei Kotomine examined three remnants from the dead Servants and decided to leave the cause of the Grail’s connection to other worlds unresolved for now.
• Illyasviel von Einzbern set out for the Emiya house with Heracles and Shinji Hirako, who sensed that Fuyuki Bridge was unnaturally quiet.
• Kirei Kotomine revealed that he had cleared the bridge and sent Cú Chulainn to fight Heracles.
• Sōsuke Aizen appeared before Shinji Hirako, and Hirako drew his Zanpakuto and called, “Collapse, Sakanade!”

Aizen used Kyōka Suigetsu to deceive and kill Shinji Hirako despite Illya’s Command Spell briefly seeming to free him from the hypnosis. With Aizen joining the fight, Heracles’s battle against Cú Chulainn entered its final stages.

• Hirako attacked Aizen with Sakanade’s reversed senses, but Aizen countered with Kyōka Suigetsu and overwhelmed him with Hadō #90-Black Coffin.
• Hirako began to release his Bankai, but Illya used a Command Spell to interrupt him and warned that Aizen had hypnotized him.
• Aizen revealed that Hirako still remained under Kyōka Suigetsu, pierced him, and killed him with Hadō #88, Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō.
• Illya remained occupied by Kirei Kotomine while Heracles fought Cú Chulainn, whose spear attacks drove their battle toward its conclusion.

Cú Chulainn and Aizen wore down Heracles until the Twelve Labors ran out, but Kirei Kotomine moved to claim Illya’s Lesser Grail before Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto intervened. Kirei withdrew with Aizen and Cú Chulainn, while Yamamoto took Illya to Sakura as the remaining teams continued the Holy Grail War.

• Cú Chulainn pierced Heracles’s heart with Gáe Bolg, and Aizen’s Dankū shield gave him time to escape Heracles’s counterattack.
• Aizen found that Kyōka Suigetsu could not mislead Heracles’s combat instincts, and he and Cú Chulainn continued fighting until the Twelve Labors’ resurrections were exhausted and Heracles vanished after looking toward Illya.
• Kirei Kotomine approached Illya and demanded the Lesser Grail, but Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto arrived and stopped him from killing her.
• Yamamoto ordered Aizen to return to the Soul Society, but Kirei used a Command Spell to keep Aizen in the war, and Kirei withdrew with Aizen and Cú Chulainn as other Servants approached.
• Yamamoto took Illya to Sakura, and the chapter listed the five remaining teams after two Servants had died.

Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya agreed to join forces in the Holy Grail War, bringing their Servants together. After learning that Sakura was alive and had become a Master, Rin’s worry eased, though Sakura’s intentions remained unclear.

• Rin Tohsaka, accompanied by King Solomon and EMIYA, went to meet Shirou Emiya and proposed an alliance.
• Shirou Emiya accepted Rin’s proposal after Artoria agreed, and Rin introduced King Solomon to her.
• Rin learned that Artoria was King Arthur and realized their alliance had three Servants.
• The group exchanged information, and Rin learned that Sakura was alive and had become a Master.
• Shirou Emiya said Sakura seemed reluctant to participate in the Holy Grail War and did not want to let her companions down.

Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya found Sakura Matou at Fuyuki Bridge, where Sakura challenged Rin and sent Medusa to fight. Yamamoto faced King Solomon while Artoria fought Medusa, but Mordred suddenly arrived and attacked Artoria, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Rin Tohsaka, Shirou Emiya, and their companions headed to Fuyuki Bridge and encountered Sakura Matou, Medusa, and Yamamoto.
• Sakura told Rin she intended to win the Holy Grail and change everything, then sent Medusa to fight.
• Yamamoto confronted King Solomon, who sealed the battlefield behind a defensive barrier before Yamamoto released Ryūjin Jakka.
• Artoria fought Medusa and wounded her, but Sakura warned Medusa just as Mordred charged onto the bridge.
• Mordred attacked Artoria with Clarent, and Artoria retreated rather than risk a battle near Shirou and Rin.

Ichigo Kurosaki and Nel joined the Holy Grail War battle, turning its fragile balance into a chaotic melee. As Yamamoto unleashed his Bankai, Solomon summoned a worldline-destroying Noble Phantasm, leaving the battlefield on the brink of catastrophe.

• Ichigo and Nel reached the battlefield, where Mordred fought Artoria, Yamamoto fought Solomon, and EMIYA fought Medusa.
• Rukia told Ichigo to find the enemy Masters and protect Mordred, while Nel spotted Sakura Matou, Shirou Emiya, and Rin Tohsaka.
• Nel faced Medusa and Ichigo attacked EMIYA, prompting the other battles to resume as a chaotic melee.
• Yamamoto activated his Bankai, compressing his flames onto his blade and placing increasing strain on the barrier.
• Solomon reinforced the barrier and summoned a vast ring of light, revealing the power of his Noble Phantasm to destroy a worldline.

Yamamoto lost to Solomon’s overwhelming Noble Phantasm, but Sakura Matou used a Command Spell to teleport him out before he was destroyed. Solomon then trapped the remaining fighters beneath his sacred halo and demanded their surrender as millions of devastating rays gathered overhead.

• Yamamoto charged Solomon, but Solomon used his foresight and Demon Gods to evade the attack and unleash a bombardment from his sacred halo.
• Yamamoto admitted defeat as tens of thousands of rays descended, while reflecting that Heaven’s advantages and Sakura Matou’s betrayal had cost his team the battle.
• Sakura Matou used a Command Spell to teleport Yamamoto to her side, and he urged everyone to retreat.
• Solomon emerged from the barrier and expanded his sacred radiance into a vast field around the battlefield.
• Solomon prepared to end the fight while sparing the opposing Masters, and Ichigo Kurosaki protested that his power was outright cheating.

Ichigo Kurosaki and Sakura Matou conceded the Holy Grail War, while Artoria and Mordred continued their personal duel. Before the Masters could send their Servants away, a mysterious swordsman broke through the barrier, and Yamamoto sensed that his technique surpassed even his own.

• Ichigo Kurosaki regretted that he could not restore Rukia's Shinigami powers, but Rukia assured him she could recover them herself.
• Yamamoto advised Sakura Matou to withdraw from the war, and Sakura thanked him and embraced Medusa as they prepared to part.
• Artoria told Mordred that she was unfit to be king, and Mordred challenged her to prove her worth with her sword.
• Rin Tohsaka and Ichigo Kurosaki signaled their teams' surrender, while Rin decided to let the duel between Artoria and Mordred continue.
• A black-haired young man cut an opening through the barrier and entered, prompting Solomon to sense danger and Yamamoto to recognize his exceptional Swordsmanship.

Lu You effortlessly destroyed Solomon’s Noble Phantasm and defeated his demons with a single punch, forcing Solomon to withdraw from the Holy Grail War. Lu You then asked Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto why the Soul Society had become involved, and Yamamoto explained that the Holy Grail’s connection to it might threaten the Soul King Palace and the Three Realms.

• Rin Tohsaka asked who Lu You was, and Solomon said he could not see Lu You’s past or future.
• Lu You shattered Solomon’s Holy Ring and erased his world-line-resetting Noble Phantasm with a touch.
• Solomon summoned the 72 Demons, but Lu You’s Normal Punch destroyed them and broke the barrier.
• Solomon judged that he could not risk fighting Lu You, then left the Holy Grail War and told Rin Tohsaka to give Lu You the Holy Grail if he wanted it.
• Lu You asked Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto why the Soul Society was involved, and Yamamoto said the Holy Grail’s connection to it might endanger the Soul King Palace and the Three Realms.

After Lu You departed, the remaining teams withdrew from the devastated bridge, and Yamamoto deduced that Ichigo Kurosaki was human despite his Shinigami powers. The Holy Grail War continued, while Kirei Kotomine arranged a cover story for the destruction.

• EMIYA rejected Shirou Emiya's plan to ally with Sakura Matou, and Shirou used a Command Spell to summon Artoria back before his group retreated.
• Ichigo Kurosaki and his allies withdrew with Mordred, while Yamamoto questioned Ichigo and realized he was human; Sakura Matou then led Yamamoto away.
• Kirei Kotomine arrived with Aizen and Cú Chulainn and decided the damage had to be concealed as a gas leak.
• Fuyuki officials announced that a massive gas leak had caused an explosion near the old bridge and apologized on camera.

On the fifth day of the Holy Grail War, Rukia recovered from her despair and planned with Ichigo Kurosaki to capture Sakura Matou and force her to withdraw, while Ichigo sought help finding her. Kirei Kotomine meanwhile faced scrutiny from the Church over the war’s damage and his failure to report Solomon’s appearance.

• Sakura Matou spent the previous two days with Illya, while Ichigo Kurosaki worried that Captain-Commander Yamamoto knew he was human and Rukia spiraled after learning who Yamamoto was.
• Mordred rebuffed Ichigo Kurosaki’s attempt to comfort her, but Rukia took heart and gathered the group to revise their battle plan.
• Rukia proposed restraining Sakura Matou and preventing her from using her Command Spells, with Mordred and Nel holding off Yamamoto and Medusa while Ichigo rushed to capture Sakura.
• Ichigo Kurosaki suggested asking the person who defeated Solomon for help, but Rukia rejected the idea and told him to find Sakura with help from his friends.
• Kirei Kotomine dealt with negative reports and Church questions about the Holy Grail War, the damage to two of the Three Great Families, and his failure to report Solomon’s appearance.

Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia set out to subdue Sakura Matou, while Mordred and Medusa engaged the defenders at the riverside park. Ichigo reached Sakura and moved to seize her Command Spells, but she suddenly froze and an unseen speaker warned him that Yamamoto would have struck him otherwise.

• Ichigo Kurosaki used information from Tatsuki Arisawa and Keigo Asano to locate Sakura Matou, and Rukia joined his plan to subdue her.
• At the riverside park, Medusa sensed two approaching Servants as Sakura Matou watched Illya play.
• Mordred attacked Sakura Matou, and Medusa blocked her strike before Mordred challenged Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.
• Mordred unleashed Clarent Blood Arthur, and Yamamoto countered with Ryūjin Jakka while she kept him occupied.
• Ichigo Kurosaki rushed toward Sakura Matou and Illya as Medusa fought another Servant, but Sakura suddenly froze just as Ichigo reached for her Command Spells.