Recaps

Kotori stayed the night at Tomoe Gozen’s house, then flew over Uruk to find her fighting at the northern wall. After the Servants repelled one wave of demonic beasts, a new horde gathered, and Tomoe warned Kotori to stay beside her if she would not fight.

• Kotori ate dinner and accepted Tomoe Gozen’s invitation to stay the night at her house.
• Tomoe left breakfast and a note for Kotori before going out on the king’s mission.
• After breakfast, Kotori used a flame to clean the dishes and flew above Uruk to look for Tomoe.
• Kotori found Leonidas I, Ushiwakamaru, Musashibō Benkei, and Tomoe Gozen defending the northern wall against demonic beasts.
• The Servants wiped out the attacking beasts, but another horde approached, and Tomoe told Kotori to stay beside her if she was not joining the fight.

After Uruk survived two more waves of demonic beasts, Kotori Itsuka wondered why the soldiers kept fighting despite being outmatched and facing death. She settled into a quiet daily routine with Tomoe Gozen while waiting for Chaldea to arrive.

• Leonidas, Ushiwakamaru, Benkei, and Tomoe Gozen defeated two waves of demonic beasts and took turns guarding and resting.
• Kotori watched wounded soldiers and the dead being carried from the battlefield, then asked Tomoe Gozen why they fought without showing fear.
• Tomoe Gozen told Kotori that she would understand conviction when she grew up, while Kotori privately reflected that she did not understand the soldiers' willingness to die.
• The days passed in a routine of watching Tomoe Gozen defend Uruk, sharing meals, and waiting for Chaldea to arrive.
• Tomoe Gozen taught Kotori simple cooking techniques, and Kotori followed along despite insisting she did not need to learn.

Tomoe Gozen learned that Gilgamesh had killed Illya in a future Holy Grail War, though he said that act belonged to a corrupted tyrant version of himself. Days later, an emergency horn sounded in Uruk and Kotori flew toward the northern front as all six Servants mobilized.

• Tomoe Gozen asked Kotori why she hated Gilgamesh, and Kotori said he had blinded Illya and torn out her heart in a future Holy Grail War.
• Tomoe Gozen asked Gilgamesh about Illya, and he admitted that a corrupted tyrant version of himself had killed her after being summoned in a later war.
• Gilgamesh said Kotori hated the very existence of Gilgamesh, but he refused to explain himself to her.
• An emergency horn sounded in Uruk, and soldiers rushed toward the northern front.
• Tomoe Gozen, Ushiwakamaru, Benkei, Leonidas, Fuuma Kotarou, and Amakusa Shirou mobilized, and Kotori unfolded her Astral Dress and flew toward them.

Kotori watched Uruk’s defenders struggle against a huge, organized demonic beast army led by Scorpion Man Sage Kitab Lir, but chose not to intervene. Ushiwakamaru launched a decapitation strike against the commander, whose hard carapace and reinforcements left her surrounded as Benkei hesitated between helping her and protecting the wounded Amakusa Shirou.

• Kotori saw that the demonic beasts included numerous Ushumgallu and Mushussu, while Scorpion Man Sage Kitab Lir directed their orderly advance.
• Leonidas I rallied the soldiers as Ushiwakamaru, Benkei, Tomoe Gozen, Amakusa Shirou, and Fuuma Kotarou joined the defense; Kotori decided to stay out of the fight.
• The demonic beasts breached the defenders’ lines, and Kitab Lir sent Mushussu to attack Amakusa Shirou, who was wounded before Benkei moved to protect him.
• Ushiwakamaru decided to kill Kitab Lir and used Dan-no-ura: Hassou Tobi, but her blades only cracked its carapace.
• Kitab Lir summoned more Mushussu to surround Ushiwakamaru, while Benkei remained torn between rushing to her aid and honoring his promise to guard Amakusa Shirou.

Benkei left the wounded Amakusa Shirou to help Ushiwakamaru while Tomoe Gozen fought the demonic beasts on Uruk’s wall. Kotori arrived in time to save Tomoe, killed the scorpion man, and sent the remaining beasts fleeing.

• Amakusa Shirou told Benkei to leave him behind, and Benkei charged to help Ushiwakamaru.
• Tomoe Gozen fought off the large demonic beasts on the city wall and wounded the scorpion man with a powerful arrow.
• The scorpion man attacked Tomoe, but Kotori blocked its pincer with Camael and burned the beasts surrounding her.
• The scorpion man tried to flee, but Kotori cut its body in two with a flaming slash.
• The demonic beasts fled from Uruk after the scorpion man died.

Kotori killed the scorpion commander with a single axe strike, then healed Tomoe Gozen’s severe wounds with her flames. After seeing the many wounded Uruk soldiers, Tomoe asked Kotori to heal them too.

• Kotori split the scorpion commander in two with a flaming axe strike, stunning the Servants and soldiers on the battlefield.
• Kotori checked Tomoe Gozen’s injuries and warned her not to be so reckless in battle.
• Kotori healed Tomoe Gozen completely with her Flames of Regeneration and left some healing flames inside her as insurance.
• Tomoe Gozen asked Kotori to use her healing flames on the wounded Uruk soldiers.

Kotori healed the wounded soldiers and Servants on the northern battlefield after Tomoe Gozen asked her to, while Gilgamesh watched from Uruk and saw her defeat the enemy commander. The soldiers celebrated their survival as Gilgamesh wondered what Kotori really was.

• Tomoe Gozen asked Kotori to heal the wounded, and Kotori agreed to do it just this once.
• Kotori sent healing flames across the battlefield, restoring the injured soldiers and Servants, including severed limbs and serious wounds.
• Tomoe Gozen hugged Kotori to thank her, embarrassing Kotori as the soldiers watched.
• Gilgamesh watched the northern battlefield through a water mirror and saw Kotori kill the scorpion-man commander with a flaming slash.
• Gilgamesh wondered about Kotori's origins and watched the healed soldiers cheer for Uruk.

After Uruk celebrated its victory over the demonic beasts, Kotori Itsuka avoided the crowds and stayed indoors, while the city briefly enjoyed peace. Deep in the wasteland, Gorgon vowed to attack Uruk herself and claim the Holy Grail from Gilgamesh.

• Uruk's soldiers and citizens celebrated their victory, while Tomoe Gozen told Ushiwakamaru and Leonidas that Kotori had refused to join the feast.
• Kotori ate alone in Tomoe Gozen's house and went to sleep as the distant celebration continued.
• Uruk's grateful people recognized Kotori, crowded around her, and raised an awkward clay statue in her honor, prompting her to become a shut-in.
• With the large demonic beasts gone, Uruk's soldiers relaxed as the city enjoyed several peaceful days.
• Gorgon mourned Kitablil's death and declared that she would personally destroy Uruk and seize the Holy Grail from Gilgamesh.

Gorgon, accompanied by Kingu and a massive horde of demonic beasts, attacked Uruk before her forces were fully prepared. The six Servants held the northern wall against her, while Kotori arrived as their fight began to turn against them.

• Kingu urged Gorgon to wait for the second-generation demonic beasts to hatch, but Gorgon insisted on attacking Uruk immediately to prevent complications and rivals from acting first.
• Gorgon and Kingu set out for Uruk, and the six Servants on the northern wall saw her approaching with countless demonic beasts.
• Leonidas, Ushiwakamaru, Musashibō Benkei, Tomoe Gozen, Amakusa Shirou, and Fuuma Kotarou prepared to defend the city despite knowing they could not defeat Gorgon in a direct fight.
• Gorgon stopped before the wall, called herself Tiamat, the Goddess of Demonic Beasts, and declared that she would annihilate Uruk over Kitablil's death.
• The six Servants leaped down to face Gorgon, but her regenerating serpentine hair overwhelmed their defenses as she dismissed their power.
• Kotori appeared on the northern wall as the soldiers pleaded for her help and saw the six Servants struggling below.

Gorgon revealed that her earlier attacks had been bait to draw Kotori out, then trapped the battlefield in Bloodfort Andromeda, a bounded field that suppressed and eroded the Servants. Leonidas summoned the three hundred Spartans with Thermopylae Enomotia to block Gorgon’s energy beams, but the shield wall shattered and left him near his limit.

• Gorgon recognized Kotori on the city wall as the one who killed Kitablil and declared her true target.
• Gorgon expanded Bloodfort Andromeda across the battlefield, weakening the Servants and draining their magical energy; Fuuma Kotarou’s Spirit Origin eroded until he disappeared from the battle.
• Kotori saw that her healing flames protected Tomoe Gozen from the bounded field’s corrosion, while Leonidas and Benkei endured the worst of the attacks to shield their allies.
• Gorgon’s snake heads fired volleys of purple energy beams, forcing the five remaining Servants to scatter.
• Leonidas summoned three hundred Spartan warriors with Thermopylae Enomotia, and their shield wall blocked three volleys before the fourth shattered it, leaving Leonidas near his limit.

Benkei used his Noble Phantasm to shield the Servants from Gorgon’s attacks while Kotori defended herself with Camael’s flames. After Gorgon dismissed Kotori’s name and provoked her, Kotori sent the others to safety and charged at the Goddess of Demonic Beasts.

• Benkei summoned Gohyaku Rakan Fudarakutokai and deflected Gorgon’s purple beams, surprising Ushiwakamaru with his concealed Noble Phantasm.
• Kotori blocked Gorgon’s beams with Camael and warned Gorgon to remember her name.
• Gorgon dismissed Kotori Itsuka’s name as false, enraging Kotori and setting her crimson flames ablaze.
• Kotori told Tomoe Gozen and the other Servants to retreat before she fought at full strength.
• After the Servants withdrew, Kotori leaped from the wall and charged at Gorgon with Camael.

Kotori overwhelmed Gorgon with Camael and shrugged off Kingu’s Chains of Heaven, leaving the Goddess of Demonic Beasts badly wounded. As the Servants watched from the city wall, Kotori cut off half of Gorgon’s golden wing and continued her furious assault.

• Kotori charged into Gorgon and knocked the enormous beast back more than a hundred meters.
• Kotori slashed Gorgon’s torso with Camael, and Gorgon’s wound began to heal even as the burning pain remained.
• Gorgon attacked Kotori with her snake hair and purple beams, but Kotori cut apart and incinerated the attacks.
• Kingu summoned the Chains of Heaven to bind Kotori, but she shattered them because their power against gods did not work on her.
• Kotori charged Gorgon again and cleaved half of her golden wing off with Camael.
• The Servants on the city wall watched Kotori’s attack and recognized the ferocity of her Berserker class.

Kotori faced Kingu and Gorgon’s combined assault, surviving Gorgon’s Noble Phantasm, Forced Seal: Pandemonium, and healing her wounds with her flames. The chapter ended with Kotori demanding that Gorgon attack her again, her battle lust fiercer than before.

• Tomoe Gozen worried that Kotori’s reckless fighting style could leave her vulnerable to a powerful attack.
• Gilgamesh watched the battle through water-mirror magecraft and decided not to question Kotori about her identity.
• Kingu manipulated the earth into repeated spikes that struck Kotori and launched her into the air.
• Gorgon fired her Noble Phantasm, Forced Seal: Pandemonium, engulfing Kotori in a destructive beam.
• Kotori survived the beam, healed her injuries and damaged Astral Dress: Elohim Gibor with Flames of Regeneration, then challenged Gorgon to attack again.

Kotori unleashed Camael: Megiddo against Gorgon, overpowering Kingu’s chain spear and Gorgon’s Noble Phantasm before cutting Gorgon in half. Gorgon remained alive but badly wounded, her regeneration blocked by Kotori’s flames, and stared at Kotori in fear.

• Kotori charged Gorgon again, pierced Kingu’s earthen wall, shattered Gorgon’s wing defenses, and tore a deep wound into her abdomen.
• Kotori transformed Camael into a cannon and began charging Camael: Megiddo, while Gorgon prepared Forced Seal: Pandemonium.
• Kingu called on the earth’s primordial power and sent an enormous chain spear toward Kotori to protect Gorgon.
• Kotori fired Camael: Megiddo, melted Kingu’s chain spear, and overwhelmed Gorgon’s dark red beam.
• Kotori’s crimson blast pierced Gorgon’s lower abdomen, severed her body at the waist, and struck a distant mountain range, while her flames stopped Gorgon from regenerating.

Merlin intervened to stop Kotori from killing Gorgon, letting Kingu escape with her while Tomoe Gozen calmed Kotori and ended her rampage. Kotori returned to normal, and Merlin's warning explained that Gorgon had to survive to prevent Tiamat from awakening too soon.

• As Kotori prepared to fire again at Gorgon, Merlin replaced the battlefield around her with Avalon, leaving her unable to see her target.
• Kingu bound Gorgon with silver chains and fled into the sky, ordering the remaining demonic beasts to delay Kotori, but they were too frightened to move.
• In the illusion, Kotori stopped her attack when she saw a false Tomoe Gozen, then the real Tomoe Gozen embraced her from behind and told her the battle was over.
• The illusion shattered, and Kotori let Camael disappear as her Astral Dress and black ribbons reverted to her middle school uniform; Tomoe Gozen held on despite Kotori's protests.
• Tomoe Gozen explained that Merlin had warned her Gorgon's death would awaken Tiamat before Uruk was ready, and she had trusted that Kotori had not gone mad.
• Tomoe Gozen finally released Kotori, who told her not to hold her that way again.

Gilgamesh used Uruk’s King’s Cannons to annihilate the demonic beasts after Kotori wounded Gorgon, and Kotori returned home with Tomoe Gozen. Days later, Merlin brought Ritsuka Fujimaru, Mash, and Ana to Uruk, and Kotori recognized Chaldea’s Master and Servant.

• Gilgamesh praised Merlin for preventing Kotori from killing Gorgon, then ordered Uruk’s 360 King’s Cannons to destroy the demonic beasts.
• Tomoe Gozen took Kotori home to cook, and Kotori insisted she had fought Gorgon for herself rather than to protect Uruk.
• Kotori explained to Tomoe Gozen that the Goddess of Demonic Beasts was Gorgon pretending to be Tiamat.
• Uruk enjoyed several peaceful days while Kotori stayed home to avoid being mobbed by residents.
• Merlin brought Ritsuka Fujimaru, Mash, and the hooded Servant Ana to Uruk, and Kotori recognized Ritsuka and Mash.

Kotori avoided Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight when they came to visit, wanting to stay out of Chaldea's affairs. She also grew furious over strange statues of herself in Uruk, but Tomoe Gozen calmed her, and the two ended the day laughing together.

• Kotori recognized Ana as another aspect of Gorgon and decided to avoid Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight.
• Tomoe Gozen told Kotori about Ishtar's arrival in Uruk, her clash with Gilgamesh, and Chaldea's new embassy.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight visited Kotori, but Kotori pretended not to be home until they left.
• Kotori refused to explain her avoidance to Tomoe Gozen, saying she did not want to get dragged into anything weird.
• Kotori spotted several bizarre statues of herself and tried to smash them, but Tomoe Gozen stopped her and promised to ask Siduri about them.
• Kotori and Tomoe Gozen teased and tickled each other until Kotori, exhausted, leaned against Tomoe Gozen's shoulder.

Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash searched Uruk for information while grieving Mayuri’s disappearance, and Fou found Kotori, whose aura reminded him of Mayuri. Gilgamesh then sent Ritsuka, Mash, Ana, Merlin, and Fou into the southern jungle to rescue the missing Amakusa Shirou, and the party stopped after half an hour of travel.

• Ritsuka Fujimaru resolved to keep working after Chaldea confirmed Mayuri had not transferred to the Singularity, and she and Mash gathered information around Uruk.
• Fou sensed an aura like Mayuri’s near Kotori’s home, approached Kotori, and let her pet him.
• Ritsuka and Mash learned about the demonic beast army and the Three Goddess Alliance, including Ishtar and Tiamat, while Ritsuka remained confident about clearing the Singularity.
• Gilgamesh told Ritsuka and Mash that Amakusa Shirou had gone missing in the southern jungle and ordered them to retrieve him with Merlin’s help.
• Ritsuka, Mash, Ana, Merlin, and Fou traveled into the southern jungle, where Merlin led them through the dense forest before stopping.

Ritsuka Fujimaru and her companions failed to rescue Amakusa Shirou after Jaguar Man overwhelmed them, forcing Merlin to evacuate them. After reporting to Gilgamesh, Ritsuka learned the mission had been meant to show her the Singularity’s dangers; Gilgamesh then took her and Mash south to collect a water sample.

• Jaguar Man revealed she had captured Amakusa Shirou, then attacked Ritsuka Fujimaru, Mash, and Ana when they entered her territory.
• Jaguar Man easily defeated Mash and Ana, and Ritsuka ordered Merlin to evacuate the group.
• Back in Uruk, Ritsuka apologized for underestimating their opponent, while Mash reassured her that retreat had been the right choice.
• Ritsuka reported the failed mission to Gilgamesh, who explained that it was meant to reveal the danger of the Singularity and assigned her a new task.
• Gilgamesh traveled south with Ritsuka and Mash, collected a seawater sample at the observation station near the Persia Gulf, and declared the mission complete.

Ritsuka Fujimaru persuaded Ishtar to join Uruk by offering her a share of Gilgamesh’s gems. As the party prepared to approach the jungle goddess, Quetzalcoatl arrived in Uruk and began defeating its people with nonlethal wrestling moves.

• Gilgamesh sent Ritsuka Fujimaru and her party to persuade the Three Goddess Alliance’s goddesses to side with Uruk, offering gems as bargaining chips.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru’s party traveled to Mount Ebih with a cart of gems and met Ishtar at her temple.
• Ishtar agreed to help Uruk after Ritsuka Fujimaru negotiated a twenty-five percent share of Gilgamesh’s mineral treasures and secured her promise to fight the alliance.
• Quetzalcoatl arrived in Uruk atop a giant pterosaur, announced she had come to send the humans on their final journey, and began incapacitating soldiers and civilians without killing them.
• Quetzalcoatl defeated Tomoe Gozen with a headscissors takedown as Ritsuka Fujimaru and the others watched her advance through the city.

Quetzalcoatl battled Ishtar and the defenders of Uruk, then Ritsuka Fujimaru confronted her and persuaded Jaguar Man to join humanity's side. As Ishtar and Jaguar Man fought Quetzalcoatl together, Quetzalcoatl became enraged and drew an obsidian saw sword.

• Quetzalcoatl defeated Ishtar and the other defenders without killing them, then Ritsuka Fujimaru arrived and challenged her motives.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru argued that Quetzalcoatl was trying to stop Ishtar and Gorgon from obtaining the Holy Grail, and Quetzalcoatl admitted the human was interesting but did not agree to switch sides.
• Jaguar Man announced that Ritsuka Fujimaru had persuaded her to help humanity, prompting Quetzalcoatl to accept a real fight.
• Ishtar attacked with the Celestial Bow Maanna while Jaguar Man struck Quetzalcoatl with her staff, and the two managed to make her bleed.
• Quetzalcoatl's playful manner vanished as her divine pressure filled the air, Mash carried Ritsuka Fujimaru away, and Quetzalcoatl summoned an obsidian saw sword.

Ishtar summoned the Seven-Headed War Hammer and clashed with Quetzalcoatl, their fight wrecking a street before they took the battle into the sky. On the ground, Kotori protected Tomoe Gozen, Ritsuka Fujimaru, and Mash from the shock wave, while Fou attached himself to her; two translucent projections then appeared beside Ritsuka and Mash.

• Ishtar put away the Celestial Bow Maanna and summoned the Seven-Headed War Hammer, Shita, after Quetzalcoatl dismissed her ranged attacks as annoying but ineffective.
• Ishtar charged Quetzalcoatl with Shita, and their weapon clash unleashed a shock wave that reduced the nearby street to rubble and threw the Servants around.
• Kotori Itsuka stepped in front of Tomoe Gozen and absorbed the shock wave with crimson flames, protecting her and the Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash behind her.
• Quetzalcoatl leapt into the clouds to continue the fight away from the city, and Ishtar pursued her while Jaguar Man followed at a slower pace.
• Fou jumped into Kotori's arms and nuzzled her, but Kotori set him down and told him she did not know him.
• Two translucent projections appeared beside Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash after the connection finally went through.

Ritsuka Fujimaru tried to befriend Kotori Itsuka while Tomoe Gozen shielded the shy girl from her attention. Above Uruk, Ishtar and Quetzalcoatl unleashed their Noble Phantasms against each other, and the shock wave shattered the city's defensive barrier with Uruk still in danger.

• Dr. Roman and Olga Marie encouraged Ritsuka Fujimaru to get closer to Kotori Itsuka, but Kotori hid behind Tomoe Gozen.
• Tomoe Gozen asked Ritsuka to stop pressuring Kotori, and Ritsuka wondered why Fou seemed familiar with her.
• Ishtar gathered her magical energy into the Seven-Headed War Hammer: Shita and launched Heavenly Key Before Which All Creation Bows at Quetzalcoatl.
• Quetzalcoatl answered with flames that burn even the gods to ashes and charged Ishtar's attack with her Noble Phantasm.
• The two Noble Phantasms collided above Uruk, and their shock wave cracked the city's fully activated defensive barrier.

Quetzalcoatl and Ishtar’s Noble Phantasms canceled each other out, but Quetzalcoatl used her remaining power to divert the dangerous aftershocks away from Uruk. She took the exhausted Ishtar south as a captive and warned Uruk to fear or submit to her, while Kotori vanished before Ritsuka Fujimaru could confront her.

• Quetzalcoatl and Ishtar’s Noble Phantasms clashed for more than ten seconds before both attacks collapsed, leaving Ishtar too drained to fight.
• Quetzalcoatl summoned a colossal tornado that swept the collision’s aftershocks away from Uruk and into space, saving the city’s people.
• Quetzalcoatl mounted a Quetzalcoatlus and had it carry Ishtar in its jaws as she flew south toward the forests.
• Quetzalcoatl told Ritsuka Fujimaru and the people of Uruk to fear or submit to her before she departed with Ishtar.
• Jaguar Man apologized to Ritsuka Fujimaru for failing to catch up, and Ritsuka discovered that Kotori had disappeared.

Ritsuka Fujimaru tried to get closer to Kotori by befriending Tomoe Gozen, while Uruk’s leaders reviewed their defeat by Quetzalcoatl. The chapter ended with Ritsuka agreeing to lead a delegation into the southern jungle to negotiate with Quetzalcoatl.

• Ritsuka Fujimaru asked Tomoe Gozen about Kotori, then shifted their conversation toward Tomoe Gozen’s interests and asked her to teach her knitting.
• Gilgamesh convened Uruk’s leaders and Chaldea’s representatives to discuss Ishtar’s capture and Quetzalcoatl’s strength.
• Merlin, Leonidas, Ushiwakamaru, and Benkei concluded that Uruk could not defeat Quetzalcoatl in a direct fight.
• Dr. Roman and Olga Marie advised Ritsuka Fujimaru to approach Quetzalcoatl and negotiate, with Jaguar Man helping them make contact.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru agreed to lead Mash, Ana, Jaguar Man, Merlin, and Tomoe Gozen into the southern jungle to find Quetzalcoatl.