![]() ![]() Most, however, come with more talking than swinging of swords and are thrown in just to fill space. #FATE ANIME SERIES#Instead of fighting, our wonderful prodigy for a protagonist seeks to win his battles through friendship, and as such the whole concept of death gets thrown completely out the window.That's not to say, though, that the series is devoid of action on the contrary, there are actually quite a number of fight scenes. Sounds interesting, no? Well, take out the whole "fight to the death" concept of the storyline, and you have Fate/Stay Night in a nutshell. When only one remains, that fighter and his spirit are given the right to make their request. ![]() To decide the person worthy enough to make this wish, it binds the spirits of seven of the world's champions to seven humans and forces them to fight to death. The basic idea revolves around an object of great power, known as the Holy Grail, materializes itself every few years in order to grant humanity a single wish. This resulted in an utterly pointless watch, as the complete lack of story-driven substance coupled with non-existent character development removed any inkling of my interest.Perhaps the only intelligent aspect of Fate/Stay Night is its opening sequence, as right off the bat the story seems to take a bold stance. Save the incomprehensibly retarded lead, Shirou, whose ignorance and stupidity remained consistent throughout, every other character's personality varied from scene to scene, which made it immensely difficult to acquire even the most trivial amount of sympathy for the entire cast. While the series had a given premise and a pre-determined end, the actual content turned out to be utterly shallow and haphazard. Yes, there is a loose central theme that drives the series yes, the series does progress in a fairly linear fashion ultimately, however, none of it makes much sense. StoryOf my many problems with Fate/Stay Night, none irks me more than the fact it boiled down to be only superficially coherent. ![]()
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