Ritsuka's WORST Traumas Throughout FGO

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[@grapesvine]

His most traumatic moments left him with ptsd. That's right, I'm talking about him having to attend Elizabeth Bathory's concerts every Halloween. He fears it so much he learned the substitution jutsu from Fuuma to avoid going.

[@Sorcerer86pt]

More like PTED: post traumatic Elizabeth disorder

[@tamamtamam8646]

​@@Sorcerer86pt 😂😂

[@piercingmoon24]

@@Sorcerer86pt Ba dum tss

[@kylepessell1350]

Let's not forget how there are a many of his own Servants who outright stalk him or threaten his life on a near daily basis. I simply can't imagine having literally nowhere be safe to recuperate or relax. He also just barely survives an assassination attempt from a poisoned slice of cake left in the cafeteria and he regularly gets kidnapped such as what we see in Saber Wars II. The amount of stress and trauma this protagonist goes through man... it would take a hundred holy grails to grant the kind of cursed luck that seems to keep them going.

[@ousamadearudesuwa]

​@@kylepessell1350 at least now Mama Tiamat can help us properly rest with her Tiamat check

[@mistertaz94]

EMIYA: That's hell you're walking into Ritsuka: BITCH I WAS FORCED TO WIPE OUT ENTIRE TIMELINES AND UNIVERSES! I'M ALREADY IN HELL!

[@yokoyokome5281]

Out of all Mc in fate you have to give ritsuka some respect. this man went through hell

[@songokaikazerai5760]

Both literally and figuratively

[@HeartlessAlpha]

Indeed, like it's a revolving door.

[@SentinalSlice]

But didn’t he technically at least sign up for it? Unlike the other protagonists

[@JohnWick-rh1zz]

They all did tho, one of them literally bathe in the evils of humanity when he was just 8 years old

[@fubukichiba]

@@SentinalSlice He signed up for it, but he was carrying all of Chaldea on his shoulders lmao

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Honestly the fact that Ritsuka has maintained even a shred of physical and mental stability is testament to their mental and physical fortitude and the really strong support network they have

[@kylepessell1350]

Honestly, I'm always inspired by their attitude. If they can go through all this and keep on going then why can't I? Food for thought.

[@tiagobelo4965]

Bro has a support network of hundreds of historical and mythological figures (though some really are just a part of the problem) and some incredibly good and dedicated people, that alongside their own mental fortitude and personality is the only way that the absolute bs that went on in some chapters was at all survivable Oh, and let's not forget the main man who lives not so rent free in their head, Edmond Dantes, who reduces/outright blocks all the mental attacks on them

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

@@tiagobelo4965 I love whenever anyone tries to do anything funny to Ritsuka’s head, Dantés is immediately like “Oh, you came to the wrong neighborhood!”

[@josiahjacinto4156]

Meanwhile in gudako's side GACHA HELL

[@wzx6x6z6w]

@@hfar_in_the_sky And not just Dantes, they've got a football team of servants who could sneak into their dreams anytime and just clean all the bad shit for them.

[@manydoorsedboy6579]

Didn’t think it could get worse than Shuten shoving her hand in our chest, but it can always be worse.

[@Sorcerer86pt]

The sad thing is that Shuten was helping us. She shoved her hand to rearrange our guts so we could survive better on that environment

[@knightofendor8384]

Ok but like, she was kinda a baddie for that one though.

[@Sorcerer86pt]

@@knightofendor8384 well she's bad but not that kind of BAD

[@azaangeorge9552]

I don't think it can get worst than actually dying

[@Sorcerer86pt]

@@azaangeorge9552 some would say that there are destinies worse than death. That death could be a blessing. Especially in Nasuverse

[@yinyangwriter1377]

I fully agree and hope they do something. Like in Orleans, there is no doubt in my mind that we saw people burned alive by dragons and eaten by them. There is a lot of trauma we live through.

[@procrastinatingphoenix5396]

Iirc in Dante's interlude we see that the count is living in our head actively suppressing most of the traumatic memories just so we can sleep and have something other than unending nightmares

[@yinyangwriter1377]

@Procrastinating Phoenix Cool. But, I think the amount of trauma could be used to make an interesting point in a story like maybe the connection to Dante is severed for a little bit, and we are forced to deal with the wight.

[@akaguda8680]

​@@yinyangwriter1377 lb6 did that though

[@tamamtamam8646]

​@@akaguda8680 that was our fears more than travmatic nightmares Guda really built different to endure all of that fear and still didnt give up and more

[@kylepessell1350]

@@procrastinatingphoenix5396 Dante is a hidden MVP of Chaldea. He does so much for the protagonist without asking for a single reward or even acknowledgement.

[@lordblackstar3272]

I don't think is possible to go though any type of grail war without some type of trauma

[@ingram4056]

This is true because their is also wild stuff happening in those wars

[@wilt3051]

Now double that grail war trauma shit wit a singularity/lost-belt

[@nobafan7515]

Absolutely. No matter how prepared he could get, one stray rock or bullet his way and he's done.

[@jamaldavis3224]

Well it's WAR. kinda unavoidable

[@AurisMochi]

Fate is it sled traumatic wdym

[@mongooseunleashed]

Shoot, every time Rituska goes to a lostbelt and makes friendly with the locals knowing full well he has to delete their existence. I'm tired of meeting new little girls!

[@durrangodsgrief6503]

you'd think mans would stop after the first or second but he keeps doing it knowing their gonna die

[@HunterTracks]

​@@durrangodsgrief6503 That's actually a point of discussion in the game. Goredolf suggests that Mash and Ritsuka stop making friends with LB people for the sake of their mental health. Ritsuka refuses to do so.

[@aliffirdaus6986]

6 is exceptional I will never felt how happy I am completely Genocide all the fairy

[@gerardomunoz6725]

​@Hunter Trax that part annoyed me because it makes him come off a tad bit self-righteous

[@namoma4922]

​@@HunterTracks i think it was meunière suggestions

[@nobafan7515]

This really puts things in perspective in one event where one of DaVinci's creations tried to erase ritsuka's painful memories.

[@namoma4922]

Yeah. I mean when you battle being so powerful you can't go unscathed but at the same time erasing those memories would also make you forget the reason Why they are painful: because there are good moments too

[@nobafan7515]

@@namoma4922 it also depends on how it works. Erase too much and you get some kind of amnesia or become shadow the hedgehog not knowing his past, but get rid of JUST the painful parts and you'll quickly regain the trauma.

[@namoma4922]

@@nobafan7515 There are some irl hypnosis therapy that have you recall trauma while slowly chipping away at the feeling behind it: you don't necessarily forget what happened but the ptsd associated with it is lessened or disapears over time. But that's not really what mnemosyne was trying to do i think

[@kylepessell1350]

@@namoma4922 She was taking a metaphorical sludge hammer to the problem which would have been a huge issue since it would have doomed everyone. You can't simply take away the pain without removing all the growth and experiences that accompanied it along the way. It would have hard reset them. Mnemosyne probably knew that... but cared more about the life of one person than the future of humanity. It's touching in a way even if we couldn't let it happen.

[@Greybears]

One trauma that stuck out to me was right before Fuyuki began. When Ritsuka and Mash got trapped inside the rayshift room. Ritsuka had to sit beside Mash who had her entire lower body crushed beneath a huge slab of the ceiling… while she was still conscious. In the First Order movie he literally sat there with her, comforted her, all whole the entire room was filling with fire and he had accepted he was about to burn to death or be crushed. And that was what started his journey off! Ritsuka seriously has had some of the worst shit ever happen to him, like main end stuff on par with some of Stay Night’s BAD ends. And yet, he continues to work his ass off and be a source of strength and optimism for those around him. I love Ritsuka, I think he’s a fantastic MC. I would really love to see his traumas and humanity get addressed in game. I know it’s constant action and shit happening, but I’d love for someone to be like “Man, this guy is practically still a kid and has suffered through unimaginable circumstances. I can’t even imagine what he’s going through internally.” Just some recognition or something for our man, maybe get him a therapist even? Cause DAMN.

[@tamamtamam8646]

Yes its time to guda to shine And wish he/she had dialogue's like others Seriously why they have to make them blank and only for a few times speaking its sucks İ would like to see their personality more Hakuno's are too

[@spyral2708]

i mean Kiara is technically a registered therapist but im not sure if her "therapy" is what ritsuka needs

[@HunterTracks]

There are multiple people who regularly go inside Ritsuka's head and destroy or suppress some of his trauma just for the sake of his ability to normally function. Dantes is the main one, but I'm fairly sure the team also includes Abby and Parvati. Ritsuka also has unbelievable mental resilience, I'm pretty sure some LB6 thing will have him surviving magic that's supposed to kill you with despair just through his willpower.

[@passingdem0n303]

@@tamamtamam8646 I do remember that in the Atlantic Lostbelt Ritsuka was trapped in a mind loop by Aphrodite’s song where he talked with Patxi, Gelda and Asha where he talked about how tired he was of his journey and the suffering he experienced with them.

[@tamamtamam8646]

@@passingdem0n303 you are right and lb 6 too we saw their fears But even this introvations are telling us a lot its not enough for a character İf it could be like light novels it would be perfect

[@mattd889]

He and Mash seriously can’t catch a break especially after LB7… there is no breathing room. It’s just conflict after conflict.

[@Alternative_Alba]

Worst part of everything in LB7 is that Ritsuka watched his entire collection of servants be eaten by ORT, and he almost had a heart attack from the amount of SQ & SSR he lost to ORT stomach.

[@ikram1572]

@@Alternative_Alba God..... If that happened to me i would've straight up died at that spot.

[@Kaznor]

@@Alternative_Alba Do they come back in story? I know they're available again in the game but what about the story?

[@Alternative_Alba]

@@Kaznor They came back. As long as you kill ORT, all servants aren’t lost

[@Code_Lune]

LB 6 literally doubled that trauma. LB 7 tripled it.

[@vincentshadetree]

Damn, when you list all that, my man went through some heaviness. I just watched a parody video on Dragonball talk about the Sayian Saga, and while what he was saying was funny, he made a good point about Gohan. He said imagine being a small child and not only be asked to fight to the death, but also witness the others die gruesome deaths. He jokes it's no reason Gohan wanted to just go to school and be a scholar. Same here. After going through everything Ritsuka did, if that man never wanted to fight again I'd understand and leave him be. He carried the fate of mankind on his unready shoulders

[@fallendeadmanx5138]

could you throw a link for that vid?

[@vincentshadetree]

@@fallendeadmanx5138 Gladly 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYGmmpqmpchsrJo

[@Nasah-uy6ep]

Romani death. Goetia killing the servants in London. Musashi death. Must also add the death of many servants, such as those he admired, such as Ushiwakamaru. He carries the fate of all people on his shoulders, including his friends before joining Chaldea. I think only EMIYA has more traumas.

[@severren1095]

Musashi didn't just die... Her entire EXISTENCE was Erased from that point onward.

[@Nasah-uy6ep]

@@severren1095 I knew, but Ritsuka saw her dying twice, when she was still alive, and Olimp. The first time he cudn t known she wuld become a Servent.

[@severren1095]

@@Nasah-uy6ep yeah.... Lingering heat is the theme that plays and i want musashi in my chaldea damnit!

[@moltensilver8421]

"Lie back and think of Chaldea" - actual line from Shimousa.

[@joshcooper467]

Off top. America Chapter when my dude got cannonballed. Seeing Mash die. Salem what with the Outer Gods stuff. All of the Lostbelts once you realize the reality is pruned and wiped out. Dealing with beasts in general! And I know it's pre LB6 But...spoiler... In LB7 dude dies TWICE in that Lostbelt.

[@angelodavidmarabolivarela9505]

​@@cameraredeye3115 that's almost the plot of the LB, at least the second part of it, so is not that much of spoiler

[@QyTheQTpi]

I like that they showcase both Ritsuka / Gudako's *AND* Mash's trauma in the latest lostbelt trailer we have on NA (when booting the game). Most lostbelts featuring a child *we know* is gonna die is kind of a meme already, tho the trailer makes it very clear how much that actually impacts the protagonists. Killing off entire populations for your own sake gotta make you feel like actual shit, it really shows in Mash's dialogues early on. Her part in the trailer especially focuses on her former Team A members, the heaviest hitter of which was probably Ophelia's death. That shit was awful. Overall there are some really nice "hidden gems" like the descriptions of CEs you get from completing lostbelts. For example "Family Portrait", the child from lb4 who had basically all her family removed from memory by Arjuna.

[@higonakamura1236]

I also found the CE "Heretical Yaga" hurtful: "I'll never forgive you, for as long as I live. You know why? Because thanks to you, I now know there's another, happier world out there. So stand up, dammit. Stand up and fight for it. Go on and brag about how you can smile in your world, and tell us why it should be the one to survive. Be proud. Hold your head up high, and fight for your weak little world. ...Don't you dare go losing to a world like this, a world whose only virtue is strength!" Like, even after completed Lb1 a long time ago, this one still hit me in the kokoro...

[@HistoryisBoss]

Man that lb4 CE made me shed a singular tear because the father knew the whole time something was missing and didn’t know what and that’s why he was so angry at everything. For those who don’t know the CE shows a big family with at least 4 children and a mother and father (plus a dog) which were all wiped from the world.

[@HunterTracks]

One of the most important moments for Ritsuka's characterization is the end of LB1, when Ivan tells him that destroying the LB will kill all the inhabitants. At that point Ritsuka physically and mentally breaks down. His mind literally cannot cope with this information. If not for Patxi giving up his life to save him and snap him out of it, the story would have ended right then and there, because Ritsuka literally could not handle the realization.

[@namoma4922]

In Lb5 when Artemis was shooting the border they actually were certain they were gonna die

[@jhm3346]

@@HistoryisBossThat is one of the lb I legitimately have no regrets ending. All those people lost so many and the fact they subconsciously remembered made it all the worse

[@nojoke6098]

Dude has PTSD and still friendly and trusting, and he went fist to fist with a dying beast of humanity.

[@Zeffex420]

Ritsuka has been through so much that constantly being at the ready in case something happens is just a natural routine, now. There's not many opportunities where he can rest easy, and at this point, it's all he knows what to do. What hurts even more is that the future he's fighting for isn't guaranteed to be a prosperous one, either.

[@nanashilogic9256]

If Ritsuka is not made into a servant after all the sh*t he went through especially all the saint quartz he spent hands are gonna fly

[@mistertaz94]

The question then becomes would they even want to. Their very existence is suffering on a level to make Angra Mainyu go "yo, hold the fuck up here". Having no rest in the afterlife after the hell that is their actual lives would be a fate worse than death at that point.

[@Nurarihyon2i3]

I hope he goes to Avalon and hangs out with Artoria Caster.

[@tallesrodrigues5994]

​@@Nurarihyon2i3 She would have to fight Ereshkigal, Nitocris, the Valkyries and many others to get his soul 😂

[@s.m.farzana6072]

​@@mistertaz94precisely why i think he will do that kind of shit.he barely cares about himself at all.pushes himself to limits to save humanity.hes precisely the type of guy to just become a srvant with yhe wish to continue to save humanity or smthn

[@ingram4056]

I still wonder will the main character become a servant in his own way it’s just make so much sense for him to come one after all did

[@lazybuddah9639]

if does I want him in his mystic code that he used to fight solomon

[@rikajougasaki3296]

Still holding hope for Pseudoservant Ritsuka

[@JohnWick-rh1zz]

Charlemagne

[@ousamadearudesuwa]

Alaya be like: Nope. I believe you stay in the trash bin. We don't trust anyone being enemies to my Marisbury

[@ingram4056]

@@ousamadearudesuwa Heh

[@emmanueltoledo5773]

Man, he is definitely one of the kindest MC you can possibly meet, and yet he suffered a lot. I think what is heartbreaking was Olga vaporized Lostbelts 2 when that girl was unaware that she was going to be erased. Also, I do agree with you about the grinding and farming just to get a summon a spicy tofa that was soulcrushing for sure and had a good laugh. Thanks for your contents of FGO it has been fun listening and looking forward for more.

[@Ayumu31]

Don't forget the whole reason summer BB did the whole servant summer festival was to trap us inside here. Because with her own and with nyarlathotep's powers she saw our future n it was so horrible she tried to trap us. And this was before the lostbelt. She prolly saw that or what we will suffer in part 3 , after ordeal call.

[@Xwithashotgun]

I believe in the El Melloi event Reines deduces that Ritsuka has been disassociating all of his trauma. He might be just compartmentalizing all of the lost belts.

[@ShamanZ-ji9qu]

Ritsuka become Hollowed after LB 6 because of emotional trauma.

[@TsiahIV]

Feel free to toss in ones I missed. Will likely make a part 2 since there are so many

[@borislegoute4657]

Can you do Don't sleep on Mash

[@hannarowan8735]

1) The death of Patxi right after learning what getting rid of a Lostbelt entails. Add in the entire "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" ending of Anastasia 2) Not being able to save Gerda and especially Asha, the two little girls the group grew attached to. 3) Everything in Ooku, but special mention to Kama almost suffocating them in what was essentially the vacuum of space 4) Witnessing Bedivere's death 5) Charlotte. Just Charlotte. 6) Being accused of and tried as a witch themselves in Salem 7) The Death of Ana in Babylon 8) Lostbelt 6 deserves its own warning

[@Dragonsofchaos852]

​@@hannarowan8735 Should've put quotation marks around death of Ana. Becaue she ended becoming gorgon. (Though we didn't know that.)

[@ebering4.039]

ORT.....Just ORT ‘nuff said

[@hyijtgbtg3864]

Hey man, Great videos, your making the nasuvers is a bit easier to understand. Can you do a video on Zelretch Schweinorg?

[@gluttonyfang6674]

"Good" Ending: Ritsuka managed to destroy all the Lostbelt and save his own world. He was revered as a hero and different organizations gave him multitude of awards, multiple servants kept existing in their world and they give the utmost respect to Ritsuka, but the journey took a toll on his health and sanity. His eyes were lifeless, his speech was impared, he couldn't walk properly, he was shell shocked, the poor dude got vegetabled, but Mash loved him and she takes care of him. A bittersweet ending like that would definitely destroy me.

[@Dragonsofchaos852]

*Finishes the video.* You pretty much covered everything, I was aware of. As a player of fgo. And quite frankly, outside of other specific anime characters or video/movie characters. Ritsuka has gone through a lot of shit. And it only gets worse as the journey progresses. (With a potential third journey if the game does well enough.) But there are two things, you forgot to include. First: Roman aka Solomon, shortly after mash died. He literally HAD to sacrifice himself and erase himself from the world, just to ensure ritsuka got the chance of victory against goteia. The one 'human' freind ritsuka had throughout the singularities died with no way of returning or summoning him. Only to see a him(goteia) pop up during lostbelt five. Second: Now, back to the pseudo singularties. You forgot about the first one. Where ritsuka was sent to a world of evil. Where people were turned into puppets and for morality to create a bomb with a puppet. Only to give the remote to you and blow it the fuck up. Keep in mind, depending on the choice you made. You either give moriarty or he swipes back the remote from you. To ensure you don't end up being the one to PRESS THE TRIGGER. I know, this is small compared to destroying lostbelts. But considering, what ritsuka had to do, fight or work with untill then. This was a significant way to cause trauma. Because he NEVER actually truly killed someone before. It was either fighting monsters, servants. Or with "the back of the blade" if humans got involved. (Aka holding back to not kill them.) Edit: I forgot to mention, during the lotbelts. Ritsuka lost a wolf freind and two girl's. The former knew what was happening. The latter were so innocent, rituska couldn't fucking tell them. That they were going to die.

[@ferrucciocaracciuolo8139]

The back of the Shield.

[@namoma4922]

I see EOR singularities as the training room to Lostbelts because they aren't necessarily more powerful than previous singularities but we didn't have mash and there was a focus on getting ritsuka to accept more moral ambiguity The servants we got were much more ambiguous too: Salter for example say since the incineration is over she doesn't necessarily have the moral obligation to protect us which means her doing so anyway and other servant doing the same is much more out of personal loyalty than utilitarian intent

[@markangeloporcare5289]

You forgot the twins who want to see tomorrow so much, they willingly help to destroy their world

[@Dragonsofchaos852]

@@markangeloporcare5289 I knew about them, i just didn't bring them up. Because I haven't officially destroyed (beaten) the olypmus portion of the lostbelt yet. (Atlantis has fallen and i am just about to fight/kill LB aphordite.)

[@minisnakali]

I will never forget Suten Doji literally rearanging Ritsuka's insides, like sure it was to help but even then- that was absolutely horrid

[@pneukkj]

tbh i guess the worst trauma fujimaru suffered was one of the last battles in LB7, even in the mystic code between the multiple fights with the same enemy his facial expression changes slowly to something more desperate, because of the non stop fights and the insane things that happened with his servants

[@yohann3825]

This being pre LB6 and LB7 (not gonna list the extra chapters) on trauma scale shows already how deep it goes. I won’t spoil but goddamnit it just gets worse and worse for them 💀

[@mr.jamrob4505]

Reminder that being forced to hike across amarica is a massive undertaking for anyone unless you have a servant with a really convenient mount The idea that the crypters could've done it so much faster is bullshit simply for that fact alone

[@HeartlessAlpha]

Fr. And the fact the Crypters would let Mash die without a care makes me glad Lev planted the bombs.

[@AngraMango]

I also think the crypters finishing faster is bs. I don't see CasGil respecting the type of mages and people they were if they ever made it to bablyonia.

[@Dragonsofchaos852]

​​@@HeartlessAlpha Honeslty goteia was in the right in a way. I mean, it's better then some of the crypter's had planned with their lostbelts. (The first one with the animal people, the second with skadi, the one with china's emperor and alter arjuna. I mean fuck sake. First: Is the strongest and the weak die mentality. Second: You don't live passed your teens and surrounded by giants. Third: You die peacefully but don't get to experience art or old age. Fouth: Is goddess artoria's plan on a much worse scale. (She saved people, arjuna would've eventually wiped humanity fucking clean in his lostbelt.)

[@mr.jamrob4505]

@@HeartlessAlpha That's honestly why they'd never make it past babylonia And all simulated situations where they did complete anything had to have all kinds of threats like tiamet removed for them to barely scrape by Thing is that by amarica what ability you have as a master means essentially nothing since by then it's all down to endurance and charisma

[@tiagobelo4965]

​@@mr.jamrob4505 yeah, reminder that we only beat Tiamat thanks to good old gramps If he helped them in that fight at all it'd be very much against his own wishes, and only out of the absolute duty of saving humanity, Ritsuka is one of the few people that he has taken any kind of liking to, someone who is willing to go through hell for what must be done and do so with a strong moral code with which gramps agrees

[@vic4928]

There's also the time the Ooku event, Kama put Ritsuka through a blackhole

[@shuhratkessikbayev8886]

Man's went through the near incineration of humanity, people in Orléans being burned or eaten alive by dragons, people gruesomely murdered eaten and turned into a bloody pulp by Lāhmu in Babylon

[@emerald3434]

I'm damn certain that by the end, whatever is left of Ritsuka, will no longer be human.

[@manuelsosa6651]

Holmes or Da vinci warned Fuji one time to NOT BEING FRIENDLY OR TO NOT GET INVOLVED WITH PEOPLE/FOES IN THE LOSTBELTS, but that was Inevitable...

[@tiagobelo4965]

My man accepted that he must understand the weight and consequences of his actions, instead of turning a blind eye and making it no different to killing a colony of ants, he connects with the people and takes the weight of his mission onto himself, even in Astrea's bond story he is shown to be fully aware of what he's done, and what he still has to do, choosing to leave the judgement of his sins to when humanity truly no longer needs him

[@cirnotheicefairy3609]

@@tiagobelo4965 and if Ritsuka doesn't take care to remember the ones they were about to erase, who would? Who would remember that these people had existed? He ends up being friendly with the locals, so that someone would remember them even after they're gone, because someone HAS to remember them.. as such, Ritsuka takes those chains upon himself and carries them. He won't forget, because that's his sin to carry throughout his life.. and he won't end his life, because he must live as to not put the sacrifice of those who have died so he may live in vain, so he will suffer knowing what he's done, suffer living his life.

[@animemafia5988]

I would have told Ritsuka before his start of the journey:That's hell you're walking into.

[@hoangtran9065]

lostbelt 7 brought player and Ritsuka a lot of trauma by seeing your servant got erased one by one when facing ORT

[@trx_12]

Even after all of this , ORT tops them all in trauma .

[@jasminguiza6227]

Justice 4 Ritsuka! Leave them be for once in their unfortunate and possibly short lived lives! Being Ritsuka is suffering.

[@shauqiharris2772]

Worst than being Kiritsugu.

[@loyalwolf252]

It's wearing you down isn't it, Master of Humanity? How long can you keep going before you break? Before all the pressure on you, the memories of those you left behind, those you had to erase, comes crushing down on your shoulders? Can you stay strong going forward, knowing what you've done to save your own world at the cost of the others Master of Humanity?

[@loveunityandpeace]

I-I...….I keep striving forward because I have to, I have to. Even with all the blood on my hands, from friends, enemies and other worlds full of innocent people, I cant stop. I beg for there forgiveness every night in my dreams and nightmares, but I do not regret it. To regret it is to spit on their deaths. I must strive forward, unfaltering. Whether through heaven or hell, even purgatory I must carry on until this is finished. Then what will happen to me, I don't know and don't care. Peace, no matter the cost. But is it true peace anymore?

[@shards3219]

There's no turning back.... If I ever stop, EVERYTHING I'VE SACRIFICED, EVERYONE THAT DIED BECAUSE OF MY DECISIONS.... all of it will lose meaning.... Even if I know that every step I take in the future will lead me to hell .. I'll continue, until I can't anymore... Even if all hope is lost, I'll continue to walk until my very soul ceases to exist. I'll continue.... Because it is the only thing that I am allowed to do.

[@tamamtamam8646]

​@@shards3219 were are this dialogue came from

[@shards3219]

@@tamamtamam8646 Parts from in game dialogues Parts from my mind Parts from other media

[@cirnotheicefairy3609]

The ironic thing about all those chains of sins weighing him down, all those memories that have caused pain to him, is that those same memories that hurt him, are also one of the things keeping him together, he is fundamentally a broken person inside, but he cannot break, or rather, he cannot let himself be broken, because that'll put all their efforts and sacrifice in vain, all those memories that weigh him down now serve as his foundation, even if he himself knows that he can never return to a normal life now, he cannot let himself die, that he must live in honor of those who died, that he must live to tell the tale, even if nobody believes him.

[@jacklee9271]

But Ritsuka’s characteristic is built to withstand trauma. If you actually look through the setting art books and lore books. You can see that in the past Ritsuka lived next to an old man who is alone and he would help spend time with the old man and the old man pretty much set up his characteristics of how to go through traumatic things and one day when Ritsuka went to the old man he found that the old man died (I forgot if it’s illness and by old age) but as for how Ritsuka took it? He doesn’t feel sad (or at least not the dramatic kind of sad and he just went with it. Now, in LostBelt we can see that he and Mashu feel bad about destroying them but as they say they need to play the villain to save old humanity and yet as 2.7 pass we now that we are blocked out to go back into it since the shield of humanity blocks us out.

[@yeet9891]

Were did you find the info, because it's really interesting

[@jacklee9271]

@@yeet9891 go look at magazines where they talk about FGO there is also the first order book and the setting books.

[@badassproductions4734]

Kirei really said old habit of mine 💀💀

[@severren1095]

We do have the assistance of Edmond Dantes for helping with PTSD in his interludes. Which includes a certain THING in lostbelt 6

[@LordofEnd004]

Really goes to show Player Character was never meant to be a self insert (Yes, I know about Nasu's comments, its not the first time he's given us contradicting info). If you pay close attention the game goes out of its way to refer to the MC as generically as possible. It always treats the character as a minor, including in "My Room". Even our dialogue choices through out the story are more often different ways of saying the same thing, and most definitely won't have any impact in the story. Combine info and dialogue from events, story, etc and its pretty evident Nasu designed the MC to have his own identity.

[@etlogstv8488]

Now he gotta add the moment where he faced ORT the man was SWEATING so hard each time his servants gets eaten by ORT his face literally changes every 3 breaks on ORTs life, you can see the fear in his eyes bro

[@TsiahIV]

Thanks for the spoiler. I'll be doing the same from now on

[@LoboNoir-vk8wf]

Dread it ,run from it, it all arrives the same. The gacha will always be there no matter where you go not matter what you do RNGesus will have your back and screw you over at any given chance. I rest my case best of luck on your pulls my fellow Chaldeans, Shilkans, Commanders, and Dokutahs.

[@binglee8000]

Lol

[@Alexzander1989]

As if cursing us with endless tofu wasn’t bad enough, that damned priest took Mama Da Vinci from us

[@Noblehardt]

Ritsuka’s trials just make me think of a quote from the Dark Knight questline in FFXIV; “Do not seek forgiveness, for it will not ease the burden. It weighs as it should.”

[@yurineri2227]

Ritsuka facing the WORST Traumas a person can experience: Also Ritsuka: ┐( ˘ ､ ˘ )┌

[@songokaikazerai5760]

Honestly, after going through so much trauma so often, you'd see it as the norm and stop giving a fuck. I mean the fact that he can casually interact with eldritch gods without losing his sanity already says alot

[@Dragonsofchaos852]

@@songokaikazerai5760 True, especially if we consider the fact. Ritsuka has four or five of them on his side. Along with people, who had tried to kill him or died fighting with him numerous times. Not to mention having TWO of five beasts on his side by lostbelt 5. (Kiara and kama.)

[@ikram1572]

@@Dragonsofchaos852 And a literal *BEAST* servant that is Draco.

[@jeremychaffin3733]

The gachs is the one beast of humanity, Ritsika cannot overcome.

[@xanthosamoni2072]

Was not expecting that ending. Definitely a lot of trauma.

[@DeepdelverChespin]

That last part hurt too much (I will get you someday X alter)

[@isaiahgeorge906]

And let's not forget the very first Lostbelt, where he has to deal with the mental trauma of sending an entire civilization to die in order to attempt to preserve Proper Human History.

[@akhyzayd708]

really good video as always i feel like i need more nightingoat content

[@izzymosley1970]

I wonder if ritsuka will ever become a powerful combatant he's seen so much tragedy he couldn't prevent because he wasn't strong enough if he gets any free time I can definitely see him training and since he has so many powerful people around him they could definitely teach him a thing or two I think it might be possible that by the end of fgo ritsuka might become one of the most powerful characters in the nasuverse.

[@songokaikazerai5760]

The anime shows him doing push ups every night before going to bed and he canonically recieves training from leonidas, scathach and others

[@MrDibara]

​@@songokaikazerai5760Thing is, he's still a regular human at the end of the day. Maybe a few Magical Circuits to help summon and sustain Servants, but no actual Magecraft training, which EVEN IF HE GOT, _let's be honest. Either you're a monster like Ciel and Araya Souren, or you won't even hold your ground against _*_one_*_ Servant one-on-one._

[@brunocardoso6641]

@@MrDibara I mean ritsuka is not a normal mage literally summoning many servants including moon cancer rulers avengers and as of this days beasts you cant say hes normal at all

[@MrDibara]

@@brunocardoso6641 Actually, you csn thank Chaldea's Summoning System and Mash's Shield for that matter. Without those, just like any other Magus, Ritsuka would only be capable of summoning one Servant. We really shouldn't undersell the humongous help that the entirety of Chaldea provides for that matter. But regardless, what trully makes him such a great Master (aside from his sheer bravery and determination) is his ability to _really_ get along with any Servant. That way, even if he himself is not the greatest tactician ever (like, say, Kiritsugu or Waver), he can compensate for that and come up with better strategies by _working together_ with the Servants under him as a team. *Something that Magi as a whole tend to fail miserably and pathetically, often due to the Magus' own faults.* _(with a few exceptions, like Waver and Rin)_

[@MrDibara]

@@brunocardoso6641 My point is, unless Da Vinci somehows manages to craft a super powerful suit that perfectly synergizes with him, you're not gonna see Ritsuka throwing hands with fully powered Servants. Goetia was pretty much on his last legs and Ritsuka still needed Mash's shield to den the guy, something that left him pretty much gassed and spent. _(he wouldn't have gotten out, had it not been for a recently revived Mash)_

[@maxdragonslayer]

There is also him losing our good doctor Solomon during the fight with geotia

[@renzreyes292]

Ritsuka gaining trauma Gudako giving trauma

[@AllOtakuProductions]

Nasu really loves to break his own characters 💔

[@AdS-1013]

bro can swap from harem king to hardened war hero in a heart beat

[@Nikoli492]

Or war criminal given that he did destroy multiple lostbelt (worlds) even if he didn't have much of a choice.

[@pablotomasllodra4423]

The true war criminals are Marisbury and the Counter Force. Especially the Counter Force due to the genocides it does on a recurrent basis in order to preserve the Human Order and/or not destroying the solar system from too many timelines stacked up.

[@LordNightmare47]

Wow. A harem joke. So funny and original 😑

[@jamesgood5265]

that last one traumatized me too

[@whatever9900]

I don’t know if this is a theory but I feel like Ritsuka/ us at the end of the series he might turn into a beast of humanity like the beast of desperation/survivability

[@SM-cv8sv]

desperation/survivability is not a sin.

[@ingram4056]

@@SM-cv8sv true but it can be what he does with it meaning that survivability may not be a sin but killing and murdering is

[@imperatordei6615]

He might after the BS the Counter Force pulled

[@tamamtamam8646]

​@@SM-cv8sv when condution became you have to make a sin to become beast ?

[@negate4828]

@@tamamtamam8646 You really don't need much. You just need to have a twisted love for Humanity and be powerful enough to show that "love". It's not a grand status anyone can claim they are a beast if they top the power of the previous beast of a sin.

[@GabrielMichaelDels]

This kid can't catch a break...

[@JadedWarlock]

Bruh, you're too early. I was expecting a video like this during either LB7 or during the Vitch raid this year.

[@thirdplanet4471]

I like to think Chaldea has a mandatory therapy sessions after every mission and they also make use of tre recovery exercises

[@starsportscardshobbiesandm7222]

Don’t forget about being launched twice. Once by Arash and the time in Babylon

[@YUhave2Bawsome]

Ritsuka's gonna need AI therapy to get through the franchise.

[@immortalemperorwithanepicb3322]

The gacha got me crying

[@dieal2766]

Greatest traumas The Gacha Eli in concert Halloween Eli and Nero collab The Gacha again

[@goldlight1322]

And yet, in between all of this, there’s time to go to Vegas or attend idol concerts.

[@YuMikii_313]

Gacha hands down is the cruelest experience anyone can go through

[@shauqiharris2772]

Collecting all those SQ is just hell if you ask me.

[@hypocriticalbastard2179]

Gacha Addiction

[@shards3219]

Anyone else thinking that the MC will be swinging the Holy Sword or something equivalent at the end?

[@TsiahIV]

The way this is going, he will either Wield or Be Killed by Slash Emperor.

[@overlord5032]

​@@TsiahIV or both simultaneously

[@shards3219]

@@overlord5032 Using his very life to swing the blade to end all of the problems and suffering he's facing?

[@datoevans1596]

sad that it goes through 8 min... man we gotta hug the m8

[@user-vv3zs2cn7p]

Glad he got at least 3 guardian (2 of them is overpowered) to protect his mind if not, he might have long gone insane. Not to mention he got at least 7 Beasts and 2 Archetypes to protect him now, honestly I don't even know a master who can beat Ritsuka now.(considering his heavy hitter servant are like that)

[@thegamerfe8751]

Except for the "mind protecc" people and Mash, canonically Ritsuka doesn't have any servants that they can actually summon on their own, it's all done through Chaldea with them as a proxy.

[@supervegito9117]

I honestly think ritsuka sufferd the most out of every character in anime

[@Yakkolino]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@riddlearch6032]

I feel the final one

[@aldimulia7358]

8:21 Related 100%

[@DYhalto250]

On the other hand guduko is living the good life with red hare

[@user-kd5jd9rc6d]

I swear, how does Ritsuka(us) not have white hair(stress) after all this? Seriously.

[@hypocriticalbastard2179]

Probably hair dye.

[@namoma4922]

They did get magic necrosis in Babylonia But we'll they have good doctor

[@user-nd3wy5bv9e]

Dantes absorbs them--

[@ShamanZ-ji9qu]

because he will be unstoppable.

[@frankieyuen9363]

Clearly the most trauma is seeing all those mapo tofus

[@M.W.2]

And the tsiah cooking doesn't stop

[@TsiahIV]

I got the consecutive modifier on right now no bs

[@phonegamer1587]

requesting for a don't sleep on ozymandias

[@anneb.2994]

You forget the part where we get CEs in a single 10 pull and then pulling multiple copies of Shinji CE :">

[@ulquiorraschiffer1956]

Meanwhile Gudako is the embodiment of trauma 🗿

[@Ayumu31]

didnt expect the last one xD

[@qittfthegame6128]

Gudako is when the gacha betrayed Fujimaru 😂

[@Jaye3rd89]

Preach: Mental Health

[@izzymosley1970]

Is ritsuka strong enough to defeat a real life peak human on his own? And by real-life peak human I'm talking about an individual that has every current world record for physical and mental strength. In this fight both characters will be unarmed so can ritsuka do it?

[@negate4828]

Don't think that Ritsuka can't throw hands he's not lazy. Have you seen Rin and her combat shit? Ritsuka got training from legendary figures in life don't think that type of experience can be topped

[@Astin-D]

The worst is LB7 won't elaborate further let just say facial expressions as never been more dire than emotional damage lol. For me it LB5 p2 It hurt seeing that CE and losing redacted the pain still fresh in my mind.

[@Avichal-]

The Mapo Tofu really hurts my friend

[@iSpoofy0ff1c14l]

can you do dont sleep on kiyohime??? idk if she has feats tho since im new

[@be6386]

Don’t forget when he was netorare in the Babylonia hentai manga by Gilgamesh

[@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305]

Not the mapo tofu, anything but that

[@true2anime920]

The gotcha case is the one for me😂

[@mpenduloeldo7224]

Gatcha is the true evil of humanity

[@arahaitham123]

Before Shimousa, I believe the first time he is doing nothing in front people massacre is in Camelot early chapter. Before that he will jump to danger to save someone. My personal pick is Patxi last moment. It's the first time we're realising we're no longer the "hero". So instead watching people suffer, it's us the MC who will be responsibile for all the death by erasing LBs (spoiler: lb 6 & 7 are exception). Borrowing Goetia words in LB prelude pv, "In these worlds (LB) no one will be your ally. Because YOU ARE THE EVIL". Afair the 1st time we have these dilemma is in Shinjuku, but without any consequences because Moriarty gave us fake bomb trigger. It's LB1 where we face the consequence in front of our face. And this is the first I really feel when MC cried. Personally if I am in MC position, probably I am failed in here without Patxi words, more or less: just take the sins to kill us & our world, & more LB you will erase. Because it's definitely worth. Your beautiful world deserve to survive!". It's so hard Ritsuka have to wait the approval of someone who will be his "victim" to accept what we need to do even it's cruel & the opposite of everything we have done before.

[@skeletonnoise6178]

He quite literally us

[@lordtouchme77]

Ritsuka worst trauma is when he got spook during his roll

[@umumyreligion3292]

The Last one is the real deal

[@christianlarkin2632]

Can you do a video on setanta please