Fate
Stay Night anime synopsis / summary
Shirou Emiya is a
young high school student with a talent as a mechanic. Shirou
has the special ability to "trace" an object in order to determine its
composition and use that to enforce or weaken the object. It
is a type of magic he learned from his adoptive father, Kiritsugu
Emiya, a mysterious man who is secretly a magi (sorceror).
Shirou's lost his parents years ago in a devastating inferno that
engulfed their city. It was Kiritsugu who found the lone survivor and
raised Shirou as his own son. But unlike his adoptive father,
Shirou lacked the talent to wield magic, his abilities extending only
to "tracing". However, Shirou did inherit Kiritsugu's morals
and took it upon himself to fulfill his father's ambition of becoming a
Protector of Justice. In doing so, Shirou adopted a very
rigid sense of honor and self-sacrifice, often to the point of being
irrational.
After finishing up his cleaning duties
at school alone late one night, Shirou encounters two figures fighting
on the school grounds. The two fought with spear and sword,
but their movements were superhuman. Unbeknowst to Shirou, he
was witnessing the beginning of the fifth Holy Grail War. The
two battling were Servants Lancer and Servant Archer, powerful heroes
summoned by their magi Masters to battle each other. The
prize of this secret war was the legendary Holt Grail, which is said to
grant the last surviving magi in the competition any wish he or she
desired.
One of the Servants, Lancer, notices
Shirou and goes after him because one of the sacred rules of the Grail
War is that there cannot be any outside witnesses, not living ones at
least. Shirou is killed as his heart is pierced with a
spear. Archer's Master is actually a classmate of Shirou's,
Rin Tohsaka. And knowingly disobeying the rules of the War,
Rin uses magic to revive Shirou, but leaves before Shirou regains
consciousness.
Shirou stumbles home, still questioning
whether the events that transpired that night were a dream or
not. But Lancer had been stalking him from school, and
decides to finish the job in Shirou's own home. Shirou tries
to defend himself with his "tracing" power but is outmatched against
the powerful Servant. But as Lancer lunges to deal the
killing blow, another Servant is suddenly summoned before
Shirou. She is the Servant Saber, said to be the strongest
amongst all the Seven Servants. Saber easily deflects
Lancer's attacks, forcing him to retreat.
Saber asks Shirou whether he is her
Master. It seems Shirou unconsciously summoned Saber by
channeling some hidden power in desperation. Whether he likes
it or not, Shirou is now Saber's Master and therefore must compete in
the Holy Grail War. It is a secret war with a dark and
violent history. And as Shirou soon discovers, the
war of the magi may have a direct link to the fire which destroyed the
city and his parents those many years ago.
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