The protagonist in the game "Fate: Stay Night" finds himself in a strange situation - his parents are dead, and he himself learns that he has magic. Of course, the news is not pleasant, since the character himself is a calm person, and he does not need such surprises. However, he is forced to learn more about magic, and ends up in a special secret academy where magic is studied and practiced. There is one relic there that controls the consciousness of each student and promises the fulfillment of any wish to the winner. That is, a competition is organized in which summoned creatures are used, and civilians can be killed to fuel their strength.
It’s a little scary for the hero to realize that he has become a part. This nightmare, moreover, is constantly maimed. The girls here are extremely harsh, and their hearts have long become stone, and at the same time, one cannot hope for normal communication with them. So the protagonist suffers a lot of trauma, experiences terrible pain, and then recovers. And he still manages to master his abilities. He hopes to get to the sacred relic in order to fulfill his desire - to destroy all magic so that ordinary people They lived peacefully, and so did he.
All the events that happen tell us about the hidden war of magicians for the Holy Grail, capable perform absolutely any desires. Each of the seven magicians is a Master, assisted by a ghostly entity - a Servant. And only one pair of winners can survive.The novella covers two weeks in the life of one of the main characters - Emii Shirou. He lost his parents in a terrible fire and is adopted by mysterious man– Emiya Kiritsugu, from whom the main character learns that he is in fact a magician.
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After this news, Shiro decides learn magical skills from his adoptive father, but is not able to master even simple actions. Of course, all this disappoints the hero, and he decides for himself that he has not mastered magic enough to do good deeds.
One day, after an attack, Shirou Emiya, against his will, summons a Servant - the swordsman Saber. After this, the hero makes a decision anyway take part in the War.
Characters
| Emiya ShirouShirou Emiya is the main character of the novel. Economical guy: likes to cook and fix things household appliances. He does not want to participate in the War and tries to protect everyone else from it, even his Servant. |
| Tohsaka RinTohsaka Rin is one of the most popular students in the school, and at the same time a magician. (Represents one of the oldest magical dynasties). She is fluent in magic, although she has never been specifically trained in it. Archer's Master. |
| Ilyasviel von EinzbernIlyasviel von Einzbern is a young aristocrat with an angelic face and a very powerful magician, who specially came from Germany to take part in the War and get the Holy Grail. Berserker Master. |
| SaberSaber is a servant who belongs to the sword class. Dissatisfied with Shiro's tactics, which are aimed only at defense. She is reserved and serious, which helps her concentrate better during battle. |
| ArcherArcher is a servant who was mistakenly summoned by Rin Tohsaka. Due to an erroneous ritual, an archer was called up instead of a swordsman. He is cynical and considers Shirou's reluctance to participate in battles inappropriate and stupid, as well as his desire to save everyone. |
| LancerLancer is a servant who masterfully wields a spear. One of the first people the main character encountered. A knight of the blood, that is, he values battles for the sake of battles and participates in all this only for the sake of entertainment. |
As the story progresses, the player will also meet other Masters and Servants, as well as ordinary people who may suffer in this War.
Peculiarities
- Fate/Stay Night contains a lot of text: character dialogues, thoughts of the main character, the player will not have to constantly be at the choice point.
- The novella has several story arcs, represented by different short stories. In addition, the series was adapted into an anime series, OVA and manga.
Epilogue
An exciting novel where the hours spent completing it are called happiness. Well-thought-out characters that are revealed throughout the game do not leave anyone indifferent, so many discover all possible endings for themselves.Game screenshots
Subsequently, the two friends decide to move up a level and write their first visual novel, Tsukihime (2000). The visual novel turned out to be as dark and philosophical as KnK, but on the plus side there were elements of comedy and hentai. The visual novel received fairly high praise in the press, and three years later it was filmed as a TV series.
Thanks to Tsukihime Type-Moon they earned more more money and threw all their energy into creating their Opus Magnum - Fate/stay night (2004). The experience gained from past projects was not in vain. FSN had everything at once. Philosophy, darkness, comedy, as well as a huge, well-developed universe, with its own laws and history. The success was phenomenal. The sales record was broken on the first day. Type-Moon resurfaced and created a franchise, releasing sequels, prequels and spin-offs. Since then, three anime series and one film have been released in the universe, which in essence is a brief retelling events of the second route. In 2017 they promise to release a series based on the PSP game Fate/EXTRA and a film based on the third route of the original novel.
The plot of all works takes place in the same universe, which fans nicknamed “Nasuverse” in honor of the main screenwriter of Type-Moon. The world of Nasuverse is very similar to ours, but with one difference - it contains magic and enchantment, carefully hidden from ordinary people. Some characters from various short stories are interrelated with each other.
Student high school Emiya Shiro becomes an unwitting participant in the so-called “Holy Grail War”, which takes place from time to time in the Japanese city of Fuyuki. This is the struggle of seven magicians for the possession of a legendary artifact - the Holy Grail, which will fulfill any desire of the winner and, thus, change his fate.
Every mage, from the moment he begins to participate in the war, summons a servant - one of the great heroic souls of the past or future - to fight on the side of his master. The battle is fought until only one pair of master and servant remains. Emiya Shiro vs. of one's own will calls upon a swordswoman who has set herself the goal of getting to the Grail by any means. However, he does not want to participate in the battle. Emiya begins to be helped by Rin Tohsaka, a powerful magician who studies at the same school as Shiro. But the rules of the Holy Grail War indicate that sooner or later they will have to fight each other, and the most likely outcome for the loser is death.
Characters
Shiro Emiya (Japanese: 衛宮 士郎 Emiya Shiro:)
A second year student at Fuyuki City High School. Lost his parents in the last Grail War that took place in the city 10 years ago. His adoptive father, Emiya Kiritsugu, was a magician and participated in the war as a master. He became a role model for young Shiro, as he strived to help all people using his abilities. At the same time, Kiritsugu did not dare to teach Shiro any spells, with the exception of a single technique. After the death of her father, Fujimura Taiga, the granddaughter of an old friend of Kiritsugu and a teacher at school, began to look after Shiro. Having become a participant in the next war for the Holy Grail, Emiya does not want to fight with anyone, but learns that the catastrophe that orphaned him is a consequence of the War. If the artifact falls into the hands of a madman, the disaster may repeat itself.
- Fate: Accepted Saber's disappearance and continued to live a quiet life. In the true ending, Realta Nua lived his life as a hero and, after his death, met Saber again in Avalon.
- Unlimited Blade Works: Good ending - began to live with Rin and Saber. True ending - leaves with Rin for London.
- Heaven's Feel: Normal ending - sacrificed himself to destroy the Grail. True ending - received a new body and began to live with Sakura and Rider.
Rin Tohsaka (Japanese: 遠坂凛 To:saka Rin)
A girl from Shiro's parallel class. A representative of the hereditary dynasty of magicians, the founders of the Grail War. Rin is determined to participate in the war and prepares to summon Saber, but by mistake (in fact, this is not a mistake, as stated in the Unlimited Blade Works thread) summons Archer instead, which confuses all her plans. At first, having met Shiro, she sees him as an enemy, but over time she becomes his reliable ally and friend. Sakura's sister.
- Unlimited Blade Works: Good ending - began to live with Shiro and Saber. True ending - leaves with Shiro for London.
- Heaven's Feel: Normal ending - started a family and stayed in Fuyuki. True ending - went to the Association. Later visits Shiro, Sakura and Rider.
Sakura Mato (Japanese: 間桐桜 Mato: Sakura)
Shiro's close friend, who had been taking care of him for the last year and a half before the events described, was originally assigned to Shiro by her grandfather as an observer. Representatives of the Makiri dynasty (now called Mato) were strong magicians, but over time their family lost the ability to perform magic, that is, Sakura’s magical skills were suppressed. She loves Shiro very much, but is afraid to admit it to him. Sakura was the victim of cruel magical experiments by her grandfather, Zouken Matou. Because of them, she became the container for Angra Mainyu, a servant of the Grail and a member of the eighth class who could not be summoned normally. Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Matou are sisters from the Tohsaka clan, separated in childhood. Sakura is the youngest. To save eldest daughter and to maintain friendly relations with the Matou family, the girls' father and mother gave Sakura to be raised by Zouken. The Matou family gains their power by controlling the worms and allowing them to live in their body.
- Fate: Continued to live a quiet life.
- Heaven's Feel: Normal ending - moved into Shiro's house and waited for him until his death. True ending - lived happily with Shiro and Rider, but she is still connected with Akasei and has a huge supply of magical energy.
Illiyasviel von Einzbern (Illya) (Japanese: イリヤスフィール・フォン・アインツベルン Iriyasufi:ru von Einzuberun)
A little girl participating in the war on behalf of the Einzbern family, whose representatives were one of the initiators of the Grail Wars. At the beginning of the series, he lives in the forest castle of Einzbern, where family members stay during wars. A very powerful magician. Illya managed to summon Berserker - the most physically powerful servant - and easily control him, converting her magical powers into energy for his servant. A homunculus, destined to serve as a vessel for part of the Grail at the end of the War and, as a result, die. Likes to pester Shiro and call him "brother". At first he acts as the main opponent of Shiro and Rin. Daughter of Emiya Kiritsugu, Shiro's adoptive father. Initially, she had an ambivalent attitude towards Shiro: on the one hand, she envies the boy for whom her father abandoned her, but she believes that if Kiritsugu found something in him, then there must be something. She is actually eighteen years old. After the death of Berserker, he remains with Shiro.
- Fate: Moved to Fuyuki and started living normal life, but its lifespan will not exceed a year.
- Unlimited Blade Works: Killed by Gilgamesh.
- Heaven's Feel: The normal ending is unknown. The true ending is that she sacrificed herself for Shiro, revealing to him the truth about her birth before disappearing.
Shinji Mato (Japanese: 間桐 慎二 Mato: Shinji)
Member of the Matou family, Rider's temporary master, Sakura's half-brother. Since childhood, he dreams of becoming a strong magician. From the moment Sakura became a member of the Matou family, Shinji tried his best to support her. On her birthday, he overheard a conversation between his family and Sakura, which stated that Sakura should become their representative in the Holy Grail War. Shinji decided that Sakura had been mocking him all this time. Since then they have been in a very tense relationship. Shinji often hits Sakura for some small thing. He tries to surpass Shiro Emiya, but fails. He entered into a fake contract with Ryder, which he does not provide with mana and treats it like a thing. Later, when Sakura made a contract with Rider, she saved Shinji in his battle with Shiro.
- Fate: Killed by Illya after being defeated.
- Unlimited Blade Works: Survived and was able to establish a relationship with Sakura.
- Heaven's Feel: Brutally killed by Sakura.
Soichiro Kuzuki (Japanese: 葛木 宗一郎 Kuzuki Soichiro)
A teacher who teaches at the same school that Shiro and the others attend. His servant is Caster. He is cold-blooded, ruthless, and fights his opponents dispassionately.
- Killed in all arcs.
Kirei Kotomine (Japanese: 言峰 綺礼 Kotomine: Kirei)
Priest of the Fuyuki Church, mentor of Tosaka Rin. Observer of the Fifth War, participated in the Fourth War, in which Gilgamesh was his servant. It was he who was to blame for the fire ten years ago, from which only Shirou Emiya escaped. Having killed Master Lancer, he himself became his master.
- Fate: Killed by Shirou during the Grail Summoning.
- Unlimited Blade Works: Killed by Lancer.
- Heaven's Feel: After the battle with Shiro at the Grail, he dies after his black heart is stopped by Dark Sakura.
Each servant belongs to one of seven classes:
Swordsman – “Saber”;
Archer - "Archer";
Spearman – “Lancer”;
Rider – “Rider”;
Warrior – “Berserk”;
Killer – “Assassin”;
Caster - "Caster".
There are also non-standard Servant classes:
Defender - "Shielder".
The ruler is "Ruler".
The class of a servant is given in accordance with his “noble phantasms” - distinctive features the hero, important reasons for his fame (the Gorgon Medusa, for example, is able to turn people to stone, although not literally). Each servant is interested in obtaining the Grail no less than the master, since the fulfillment of a desire awaits everyone. Each artist has a three-part pattern on his arm that resembles a tattoo (the pattern depends on the personality of the artist). These are command spells. They allow you to overcome the limitations of servants: with their help, you can give orders that contradict the intentions of the servants, even suicide, or their physical capabilities. The command spell can be used three times until the last part of the pattern disappears, in which case the person ceases to be a master. He can sign a new contract, but usually this does not happen.
Saber (Japanese: セイバー Seiba:)
Shiro's servant. He considers obtaining the Grail his main goal and duty. She seems cold-blooded and selfish, although she also has human feelings, which she carefully hides. She was summoned by Emiya Kiritsugu in the last, fourth war, but lost the last duel. Real name: Arturia Pendragon, King Arthur. Saber believes that another person, less soulless and callous than herself, is worthy of the title of King of England. Participates in the War for this purpose. Considered to be the strongest servant. Rin Tohsaka wanted to summon her, but Shiro Emiya accidentally did it by mistake.
- Fate: Destroys the Grail and disappears.
- Unlimited Blade Works: Good ending - continues to live as Rin's servant. True ending - destroys the Grail and disappears.
- Heaven's Feel: Killed by Shadow in the middle of the War, later turned into Saber-Alter and finally destroyed by Shiro and Rider.
Archer (Japanese: アーチャー A:cha:)
Servant of Tohsaka Rin. Claims that he does not remember his real name. In Unlimited Blade Works, he is revealed to be Emiya Shiro from a possible future.
- Fate: Dies at the Hands of Berserker after killing him 5 times.
- Unlimited Blade Works: Disappears in the ending after asking Rin to take care of herself.
- Heaven's Feel: He was mortally wounded by a shadow while protecting Rin. Later he asked for his arm to be transplanted into Shiro, after which he disappeared.
Lancer (Japanese: ランサー Ransa:)
The first opponent of Archer and Saber, the first servant Shiro encountered. Appreciates beautiful fights, participates in war only for his own entertainment. He lost his master on the fourth day of the War and became a servant of Kotomine Kirei, a priest of the local Fuyuki church. True name Lancer - Cuchulainn, hero of Celtic myths.
- Fate: Died at the hands of Gilgamesh near the end of the story.
- Unlimited Blade Works: Committed suicide on Kirei's orders, but managed to kill him too, protecting Tohsaka Rin.
- Heaven's Feel: Killed by the Shadow early in the War, then devoured by the True Assassin.
Rider (Japanese: ライダー Raida:)
A servant summoned by Matou Sakura, but placed under the control of her brother, Matou Shinji. Rider is secretive, taciturn and cautious, hates her temporary master, but has sympathy for Sakura and tries to help her whenever possible. Since Shinji Mato is not a magician, he is not able to supply Rider with energy and support her in battle, and her characteristics themselves are reduced, so she has to attack people, absorbing the energy of their souls. Real name: Gorgon Medusa. Rider is able to control her eyes, paralyzing all living things within sight, but wears a blindfold as a precaution.
- Fate: Died in a fight with Saber.
- Unlimited Blade Works: Killed by Soichiro early in the War.
- Heaven's Feel: Attacked people and was defeated by Saber, later saved Shiro from the True Assassin. When Shinji kidnapped Sakura, it was revealed that it was Sakura who summoned Rider and created the “Book of Command Spells” for Shinji. She cares about Sakura very much, but goes against She is protected by Shiro at the last conscious request of Sakura. On the last day of the War, together with Shiro she fights with Saber-Alter and wins, in the true ending she lives calmly with Sakura and Shiro, but in the normal ending her fate remains unknown.
Berserker (Japanese: バーサーカーBa:sa:ka:)
Servant of Elijah. Real name: Hercules famous hero Greek mythology. His colossal physical strength and endurance are supported by the Heavenly Phantasm "Hand of God", which gives Berserker an additional 12 lives - one for each feat he has accomplished during his life. This Phantasm also gives the servant protection from any low- and medium-rank damage and immunity to weak magic. Servants of the "berserker" class are usually wild and uncontrollable, but Hercules unquestioningly obeys his little mistress and obeys her in everything.
- Fate: Killed by Saber and Shiro.
- Unlimited Blade Works: Killed by Gilgamesh while protecting Illya.
- Heaven's Feel: Defeated by Shadow and Saber-Alter, turned into a dark Berserker and defeated by Shiro with the help of his own True Phantasm (Nine Lives: The Shooting Hundred Heads).
Caster (Japanese: キャスターKyasuta:)
The servant who tricked his master into wasting all his command spells and killed him. Without calculating, she was left with practically no energy and on the verge of extinction. Found by Kuzuki Soichiro (the teacher of the Fuyuki school where Shiro studies) and became his servant. In love with Kuzuki. Real name is Medea.
- Fate: Killed by Gilgamesh when she attacked Shiro's house and demanded Saber become her servant.
- Unlimited Blade Works: The main antagonist of the arc, managed to take control of several servants at once (Assassin, Archer, Saber). But she was betrayed by Archer and died protecting Soichiro.
- Heaven's Feel: Killed by Saber at the beginning of the War, but resurrected by Zouken as a puppet. Defeated by Saber and Archer.
Assassin (Japanese: アサシン Asasin)
Sasaki Kojiro. He was summoned not by a human magician, like other servants, but by Caster. Because of this, he is limited in movement and limited in combat abilities. He does not occupy the position of a Servant in war and serves solely as a gatekeeper guarding the entrance to the Ryudoji Temple.
- Fate: Defended the gate to the temple. During Sakura's liberation from Caster, Saber was defeated.
- Unlimited Blade Works: Defended the Temple Gate to the end, defeated by Saber.
- Heaven's Feel: A mysterious ritual was performed on him, and a True Assassin escaped from him, who later devoured his body to restore his personality.
Gilgamesh (Japanese: ギルガメッシュ Girugameshu)
A cursed servant from the last (fourth) Holy Grail War, Archer class. Two-thirds god and one-third man, the ruler of ancient Uruk. Arrogant and mysterious, his desire is to obtain the Saber. At the end of the last War, he was partially exposed to the influence of Angra Mainyu, which made his body material. Gilgamesh is the strongest participant in the Holy Grail War.
- Fate: Defeated by Saber with the help of Avalon.
- Unlimited Blade Works: One of the main antagonists of the arc, planned to bring Angra Manya into this world. Defeated by Shiro.
- Heaven's Feel: Devoured by Sakura when he tried to attack her.
"I have a secret that I haven"t told you... I"m a Magi"
-Emiya Kiritsugu
Fate/Stay Night is a graphic (visual) novel from the Type-Moon studio, also known for Tsukihime, Kara no Kyokai, and the Melty Blood series of fighting games. The novella was published in 2004 and became the beginning of a whole series of works.
Everything starts somewhere
So, an Ordinary Japanese Schoolboy...
... but no, the schoolboy is still not quite ordinary, but with an interesting ability to see things from the inside and fix them without taking them apart. Repair a heater, for example, or a kettle. Hard to call it a superpower, right?
So, this schoolboy was driven by some incomprehensible impulse to go to school at night and stumble upon two big guys who had just decided that school yard at night is the best place in the world to find out who is the toughest. Naturally, Emiya could not help but get the first number, from which he suddenly died on the spot... WOULD HAVE, if he had not been revived in time by a student of the same school who arrived in time. After which a blonde in shining armor appeared to the already rather stunned hero and suddenly declared that she would fight on his side, and that he was her Master.
This is where the novella itself begins. And everything above is just a backstory, nothing more.
Are you my Master?..
Characters
Almost all the heroes of the game have one thing in common: they are Masters. Overlords. Magi.
Each of them is subordinate to one of the seven Servants: Saber, Archer, Berserker, Rider, Lancer, Caster, Assassin. All Servants are the spirits of great heroes of the past, present, and sometimes the future.
Main character, part-time is not at all an ordinary Japanese schoolboy -
Servant -
By chance (or was it not by chance?) who found herself next to the defeated Emiya, an equally unusual schoolgirl -
Servant -
A sweet little girl who came from nowhere and is clearly obsessed with bloodlust -
Servant -
But not all heroes are Mages; there are also ordinary people among them. For example, Emiya's friend, the personification of kindness, modesty and purity,
Gameplay
Graphic novels can quite rightly be compared to picture books: the entire gameplay consists of reading text on the screen, which is accompanied by images illustrating it. The text is also often spoken out loud, and the images are animated, but this depends on the specific novel. Graphic novels are usually distinguished from books by several components:
Firstly, this is the plot. In short stories, sometimes everything is so twisted and confusing that not every book can stand it. (an exception, perhaps, is "Game of Thrones...")
Secondly, it is interactivity and, as a consequence, nonlinearity (some short stories, however, are quite linear).
And thirdly... this is hentai. Erotica. Historically, many people equate the genre of graphic novels with erotic novels: this is not entirely fair, but it is often justified.
Specifically, now we are talking about Fate/Stay Night: the volume of text in it, according to translators’ calculations, exceeds the volume of all three volumes of The Lord of the Rings. The text is accompanied by beautiful illustrations and perfectly chosen voices of the actors (naturally, the characters speak Japanese). Interactivity is manifested in the fact that at certain moments in the narrative the player needs to choose the hero’s action from several options. In practice, almost all choices in the game come down to the same thing: the hero either safely moves on to the next episode, or gives up his life... and ends up in Tiger Dojo- an unusually executed system of hints, where they popularly explain to him, as a poor student, what he did wrong this time. There is eroticism in the game, and it is very organically woven into the plot.
Plot
Intrigues are woven around the hero; among the Masters there is a struggle for life and death, with the simplest idea: winner takes all.
The plot of the novel revolves around the servant Emiya Saber(that blonde in shining armor), as well as the events taking place in the city. The hero finds out what is happening, who the magicians and Servants are, and why he himself became a Master. As the story progresses, it will become clear who Saber really is, why she became his Servant and her goal and role in everything that is happening.
Thump-thump-thump, in reality 10 hours have passed, and there are several days and fights in the game, and it seems like it’s already over.
By the way, an anime series was based on the game and it ends at the same place
But! After the ending, the hero suddenly finds himself in the already probably familiar Tiger Dojo, where he learns that if “you try to replay everything again, but at one very specific moment choose not option A, but option B...”
... unknown to death; not known to life...
... and this is where the game blossoms in all its glory, because it begins completely different story. The plot and characters are the same, but the events develop, one might say, perpendicular to the previous story: the emphasis shifts, the characters demonstrate different character traits. The focus suddenly comes into focus on the hero Rin Tohsaka (a girl with a very bad character) and her Servant Archer. And the main antagonist becomes... become... no, I won’t do any spoilers here.
After reading the second story, the player will receive answers to many remaining questions: a deeper and more detailed history of the battles will open before him, the essence of Archer will finally become clear (oh, how many topics about this have arisen on the Internet after the release of the anime), and much more. And, of course, the constant scenes of the hero’s death due to a wrong choice.
The second story, by the way, is no longer entirely linear: it has two possible endings.
Anime OVA based on the second part, like separate work It's almost pointless to watch. But the anime performs the role of illustrating the events taking place in the novel 10 out of 10.
I"m going to hurt you, Senpai
And now, after reading the second story, it becomes clear that Fate/Stay Night is actually a matryoshka game. Because after the second, a third story opens, this time the last one, but also with two endings.
I won’t say anything about the third story, except that in it everything that the player already knows is turned upside down. Things are revealed that were difficult to even think about, but it finally becomes more or less clear what kind of mess is brewing here and who is really the instigator of all this disgrace.
If after reading the first two stories it seems that the game is dark, don’t even start the third - it will plunge you into the depths of cruelty, hopelessness and despair. But everything will end... well, either well or not so well (in the third story, unlike the first, the player’s actions throughout the story are responsible not only for the hero’s survival, but also for the ending he will come to). As usual, the emphasis is shifted, new character traits are revealed... and... read.
Resume
I learned about the Fate/Stay Night novel quite by accident after watching the anime - wondering who Archer was, because he was the only Servant whose story was not revealed in the anime. Fortunately, at that time the novella had already been translated into English...
Almost a week was lost from my life. I woke up, read, went to bed, woke up again and read further: it was summer and I was on vacation. Having already completely read the entire novel, I found a time counter in it: it showed three days and an hour and a half, for a total of almost 75 hours. It was impossible to break away.
This novella is without a doubt the best I have ever read in terms of execution; the plot in it has no equal. Fate/Stay Night is a true masterpiece that I highly recommend checking out if you consider yourself a fan of anime, graphic novels, or just fantasy stories.
The story of Fate/Stay Night is closely related to two works:
Fate/Hollow Ataraxia is a graphic novel, a continuation of the story of Fate/Stay Night. Translation of the game to English language close to completion.
Fate/Zero is a prequel to the story, released in the form of a light novel, which was adapted into an excellent anime.
Description
You can download Fate/stay night via torrent here, it is a fantastic game that takes place in modern Japan. The game is one of the most popular and most famous visual novels ever created in the Country cherry blossoms. The Type-Moon studio, specializing in adventure production, is responsible for its creation. Fate/stay night was the third installment of the developer's career and her first major commercial success, resulting in numerous spin-off projects as well as books, comics, serial and corporate adaptations.
Fate/stay night stay can be classified as an urban fantasy. It is set in modern times, mostly in the fictional Japanese city of Fuyuki. The script draws ideas from Celtic, Greek, Japanese, Persian mythology, etc., which are combined in an original way, giving players a vision of a world inhabited by magicians. The main character of the title is a student high school Shiro Emiya, who accidentally becomes one of the participants in a particular magic tournament. In fact, this is a ceremony to create the grail, a powerful artifact that can satisfy all wishes. This traditionally happens every few years in the city of Fuyuki, and its initiators are three powerful families of magicians. All participants must recruit a magical servant belonging to one of seven classes, who is a hero from myths or legends around the world. The assistant must then eliminate competition to gain the right to use the artifact. During Shiro's rivalry, he gains allies, dangerous enemies, knowledge of his past and future, as well as the secrets and nature of the grail.
Fate/stay night is a typical visual novel in which gamers spend most of their time reading script scripts enriched with music, illustrations, animation and recorded dialogue. At critical moments in the action, we are asked to make a decision for the hero, which will result in one of many paths being chosen, leading to different goals. The game consists of three individual parts, entitled Fate / stay night, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel, depicting three alternative versions of the same story. The complete indifference of the text contained in them corresponds to several hundred pages, and if we add to the fact that the authors made several dozen different goals in the title, we can be sure that it will provide entertainment for long hours. Another highlight is the Destiny World Encyclopedia, which includes, among other things, hero profiles as well as a graphics gallery.