The Untold AGONY That Came With EMIYA's Arm

[@wolfsmane1728]

Honestly one of the biggest flaws of the HF movies was not showing just how much pain Shirou was in the entire time. It simply doesn't convey Shirou's inhuman determination; having his body being pierced by swords from inside, having his brain melt every time he projects as he loses his precious memories. And he still kept fighting to save Sakura. Also, it's such a shame that Ufotable didn't animate Sparks Liner High as an OVA. Shirou's most badass moment in the VN, where he pushes the strength borrowed from Archer's arm to the absolute limit to defeat Saber, even if he dies.

[@flowersandcheesecake1710]

I’m noticing a sad pattern when it comes to Shriou’s character with ufotable

[@lenleon3699]

Plus the fact he lost so much is what hurts the most when he sees Ilya sacrificing herself and breaks down yelling her name over and over.

[@ObviousHUN]

I think the rushed ending, for both HF and Solomon is the more outrageous one. Important information is skipped because of the damn timelimit. Fate should stick to Seasonal format. I take bad animation over, than leaving essential information out.

[@deuce5546]

@@ObviousHUN Same. I don't understand why this had to be a trilogy. For the life of me, why 3 movies? Didn't they literally make 8 movies for KnK when they were a starting studio, had less budget and experience? I appreciate the great animation but honestly coming from the novel I'd rather have great storytelling than great action scenes, unfortunately Ufotable when it comes to Fate thinks otherwise.

[@flowersandcheesecake1710]

@@ahmeterkal3211 It was like a 3 times to conformation for me to go “Huh they’re just not trying to make Shirou’s internal character clear for anime only audience”

[@charlesmoit5902]

Priest, Executioner, Chef and also a Doctor. Kirie is a talented man after all

[@fangthefabulous1132]

He's... he's starting to take up enough jobs to rival Johnny...

[@darkartsninja]

And don't forget a world-class runner! He's able to run 50km/hr (31 miles/hr)

[@Oof-wn3zl]

The power of super spicy mapo tofu

[@mikedanielespeja6128]

He's also a cook, a babysitter, and an accountant.

[@deuce5546]

He's also probably into BDSM for obvious reasons

[@RodolfoNR20]

The scariest part of Archers arm for me was when Shirou would just go into a mini-coma for hours and wake up without remembering what happened.The memories deterioration was such an awesome factor for using the arm,like ''The greater the power,the greater the cost'' and thats why HF is my favorite route,Shirou's action has extreme consequences!

[@deuce5546]

Ikr? Nasu does a great job into making you feel in Shirou's shoes. It's less like a coma and more like he's doing all these things consciously but when he's done he forgets all about it, and IMO it's way scarier that way than just losing consciousness. It really is a terrifying moment for the reader, it's like actively losing and taking back control of your grip of reality, only to lose it again in a cycle that deteriorates your brain more, and (maybe) unintentionally makes you experience how Alzheimer's is kind of like.

[@rexinfernal6556]

That was one of the scariest parts for me i literaly feelt shivers ...amazing!

[@AllOtakuProductions]

The true meaning of "Steel is my body and fire my blood"

[@Uxmaset]

In FATE Route Shirou pass through emocional pain,in UBW extreme indentity crisis and in HF extreme physical damage that fuck with his mind as well It sure take a lot of pain and suffering to be the best of a franchise

[@darkartsninja]

Forget meguka, being Shirou is literally suffering

[@amayaproductions1711]

@@darkartsninja Subaru Natsuki: first time?

[@stupidbodoh597]

@@amayaproductions1711 talk about diavolo in jojo or kars

[@virtuallylightblue]

@@stupidbodoh597 jojo mid

[@johnlloydkalata1962]

@@stupidbodoh597 Well, considering multiverse or nasuverse theory, all bad ends are canon and non-canon until stated. So in a way, shirou is diavolo.

[@mafercarias851]

It really hurts that some people didn’t know that while Shirou was fighting Berserker he was literally destroying his mind and after that he had to go to a point where he had to hurt himself to stay conscious so he wouldn’t fall asleep afraid that he wouldn’t wake up.

[@tsurugi5]

ufotable is a pure trash studio. They can't into art, they can't into music, they can't into writing and thay can't into character relationships. And their animation is nothing but 3D trash with flashy effects and crazy camera movement. They're the epitome of the soulless meme.

[@BigBismark]

I'm 90% sure that Kotomine purposely botched the surgery when reattaching the arm just to fuck with Shirou.

[@TsiahIV]

interesting take, might have to do a video on this

[@BigBismark]

@@TsiahIV Seriously though we are talking about the same person who gave Rin the knife he killed her farther with.

[@majerjines7726]

Honestly shirou is just the best main character in fate, I need a "how strong shirou could have been if everything went right" video

[@skeletonnoise6178]

Everything went right when he won the war

[@erenkruger5760]

EMIYA is Shirous strongest version of himself so all of EMIYAs feats are what Shirou can do at his peak so getting clapped by Cu,Herc,Kojiro,Artoria and Medusa 😂

[@darknessknows1235]

@@erenkruger5760 lmao on ignoring that fate matchups are never simple and can have more than one result unlike DBZ. Besides, EMIYA without master support can still clap Heracles more than most servants, and clap Kojiro, Arturia, and Medusa just as many times as they can him(or more, really). Extraverse also reminds people why Fate is still more than just rock paper scissors.

[@erenkruger5760]

@@darknessknows1235 still got clapped by the servants I mentioned For extraverse nameless is not the same as EMIYA and also EMIYA and Tamamo is not a canon choice for that since Nero is the canon servant considering Last Encore a sequel to a bad ending has Nero in it

[@darknessknows1235]

@@erenkruger5760 I've never seen such a LMAO take before. Imagine looking at the Fate universe and suddenly deeming a portion non canon. What, next you're gonna say that FSN is no longer canon because Apocrypha exists. Please educate yourself on the meaning behind multiverse lmao.

[@derpi3438]

One of the best parts about Nine Lives Blade Works is the aftermath. As they're going home, the music changes erratically and feels unfitting, the time of the day progresses really rapidly which made me think my game was bugging out. I soon realised that the game wasn't bugging out, this was Shirou's mental state collapsing due to the feat he just accomplished with the tax that projecting with that arm had on him.

[@tsurugi5]

god heaven's feel was too good for it's own right, such a shame that nasu pussied out from the original normal ending

[@sumohamsters200]

With all that's happened and the context clues I genuinely think Archer's consciousness was still there with Shirou and he could only control the arm and occassionally spoke. ex: when he obtained the gem necklace.

[@TsiahIV]

There was a part where the arm batted away kirei's hand when he tried to help but shirou looked confused after he did it. The arm knows that kirei is full of it lol

[@sumohamsters200]

@@TsiahIV Archer out here like "I may just be an arm but you're still catching these hands"

[@ObiC]

@@sumohamsters200 that mf archer was like “these hands rated P for Priests!”

[@mr.unculturedswine2744]

Lmao that got me

[@shawnwarrynn8609]

​@@TsiahIV Frankly, I absolutely hate and Despise the UBW Route, as well as Rin Tohsaka and Archer himself.

[@pacifierjunkee6016]

So many emotional beats are lost in the movie adaptation of the route because it didn't give enough focus to the mental deterioration caused by Archer's arm. It's for this reason, among other things, that I don't think Ufo could have done Sparks Liner High justice. Shirou's "last ten percent" disappearing wouldn't have the same weight because they didn't truly hammer home the weight the arm had on his mind throughout the latter part of the route.

[@deuce5546]

Yeah it's kind of like how Illya's death could have been so much more impactful if she had actually had scenes in this trilogy.

[@CroakingBroking]

@@deuce5546 Can't blame Ufo though. All movies have a time limit to how long they can play in the cinema. If it surpass that limit, then it can't be aired. Same thing happened to Justice League, which is why the first version is 2 hours long while the Snyder's cut is 4 hours long

[@deuce5546]

@@CroakingBroking Okay but why did it have to be movies tho

[@weedmantrudeau5783]

I think they could have made 4 movies easily, considering Kara no Kyoukai was 8 or so

[@CroakingBroking]

@@deuce5546 Cuz movies make more money. Other than the money they get from ticket sales the Bluerays and DVDs for movies sell way more. UBW sold 43k units while both Heaven's Feel movies sold more than 100k units each. When you count that both HF movies have also made more than $19 million worldwide each (which is huge for movies based on/building on existing anime TV shows) it's easy to see why they'd decide that they wanted to cash in a little more. Releasing as a TV show and the revenue from streaming isn't going to match that. Fate was already pretty popular before but UBW and (especially) Zero did most of the advertising as accessible TV shows to reach a wide audience (including newcomers) and the HF movies were probably made to cash in on the popularity.

[@Josnaci0]

The real pain Shirou suffered because of the arm was having to choose who was his "master" shortly afterwards receiving it in the VN. If he chooses Tohsaka, he will be denying one of the last moments of satisfaction Illya wil have. If he chooses Illya, he wil be forever branded as a lolicon and waste of human space in Tohsaka's mind. Truly the duality of men.

[@deuce5546]

Another great moment taken out

[@PurpleRupees]

@@deuce5546 the choices in heaven's feel destroyed me.

[@Josnaci0]

@@deuce5546 Yeah. Even though it has been years since I read the VN, Rin's reaction if you pick Illya still amuses me to this day.

[@kennichigatchalian6710]

One of the hardest choices in the VN including when they made you choose if you wanna punch Shinji or not.

[@PurpleRupees]

@@kennichigatchalian6710 that was the easiest one. Punch that asshole

[@Fgtr4Life]

Random aside for anyone in the comments: in the Visual Novel, Archer was such a baller that he forced himself to stay alive during the transplant surgery to make sure it was a success or else the arm would have disappeared along with him when he died. Understand, that arm came from a 100% certified G, but already from the jump was given to Shirou through an act of suffering. That arm was already a curse before Shirou knew it was even there.

[@ryanshelton3410]

I relate to this so much, lol I have had shingles 25 times in 4 years. My entire right upper half is covered in severe nerve damage, right arm dominate. The pain is unreal. Just would’ve been cool to project weapons lol

[@ideal5535]

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[@w1nther930]

"If im gonna suffer hell, atleast let me be able to use powers in exchange"

[@elgatto3133]

25 times?!

[@joaopedrogomesalexandrino3243]

Oh no

[@ryanshelton3410]

@@elgatto3133 up to 81 now

[@death17dead50]

The power is always in one arm for protagonists, I don't know why.

[@EliyahDaBoss]

Thats the arm they beat with

[@anomitas]

@@EliyahDaBoss kek

[@vincentshadetree]

I busted out laughing at this 6:25 you said that so casually, "he'd have no legs" 🤣

[@ironoakstudios2026]

Kotomine: don’t use that arm, it’s too dangerous. Shirou: fine, I won’t. Shirou: *winks at Sakura* I wonder if Shirou still has the powers of the arm after getting a new body, let alone access to magic circuits.

[@deuce5546]

He doesn't, it's a whole new body, so none of the magic circuits he had in his previous body get passed over. This also goes for Archer's arm as the power only came from that arm. They explain the magic circuits part in the epilogue iirc.

[@ironoakstudios2026]

@@deuce5546 Oh OK I gotcha, thanks friend!

[@trashbeen7622]

@@tatocezar1 nope touko made the body and he still have the dong wahahahahaha

[@DukeGrandier]

@@deuce5546 The magic circuits are in the soul not the body, it was mentioned in the end of HF true ending He is still able to use his magic but he is very damaged from the arm

[@thegamerfe8751]

Rin says in the true ending (another dialogue cut from the VN) that Shirou with enough practice can use and master Unlimited Blade Works so he can still project in that body.

[@adamchu2001]

I'd love to see an evaluation of the concepts surrounding Demi-Servants but be loose with the classifications of what makes one and how that affects the persona and container for these servants like Mash, Shirou (HF), Oath Under Snow Cards?, Gray & Sieg possbily ?

[@lenleon3699]

Mash was created from birth to be one. Her body was made with a set expiration date and modified so she could handle the output of the spirit. She was also supposed to have a very detached or in existent sense of self, allowing the spirit to take more control. However Romani meddled and taught her what being human means, however he could in his own limited understanding. That is why Mash is capable of being herself as a Demi-servant, while Strange Fake Ishtar is just Ishtar, while Sieg struggles to be human at all. Gray is more explored in Case Files. Her case is similar to Shirou in HF where her body is being taken over by another being. In her case the more certain conditions occur, the closer she becomes to being King Arthur, and losing her own individuality as Gray. And Sieg’s biggest issue has to do with the Spirit that merged with him since Siegfried is cursed to become Fafnir.

[@adamchu2001]

@@lenleon3699 I know all of this tbh i just thought it would be a great video and the problem with Demi-Servants or moreso using a Living being as the vessel for a Servant. Mash was born modified to contain Galahads Power without complete Self Destruction and loss of Fighting ability, Gray similarly was born to withstand the influences of Artoria Pendragon and be able to use the Holy Lance. With Shriou and Sieg they are Demi-Servants through operation and transplanting a Servants organ/limb to the physical form this is practically suicide due to the Servant would bleed over into the person, one thing that seperates the two is the fact that Sieg has his Siegfried powers blocked from his persona via Command seals which theoretically would allow him to live somewhat of a normal life (except he is still being corroded by Siegfried and Fafnir) and Shirou is wearing a Shroud to isolate the arm from his magical circuits, only because he is a novice and cannot block the arms influence without help.

[@primordial-chaos00]

Who know getting a arm replacement from yourself could bring so much pain.

[@NamelessCth]

I mean its like puting a RTX 3080 TI on a PC with a low budget font and not expect it to explode

[@zainiikhwan9405]

@@NamelessCth This is probably the most appropriate comparisons of Archer arms 😅

[@redlamper]

Even though the transplant comes from your future self with same circuits and all.

[@jackmesrel4933]

@@NamelessCth As well as putting imcopatible pieces together and expect the computer to not bug the fuck out

[@JeSt4m]

Shirou who basically 100% compatibility match with Archer needs to have super specialized spirit doctor powered by tons of command seals to get the arm transplant even happening.. and it still kills him when he even use it for a bit Meanwhile Sieg : "Imma shove this heart to your chest and you'll be OP Ez." Like srsly the shitty transplant procedure retcon aside.. Shirou will literally dies after few minutes of using a third rate heroic spirit ARM. Sieg on the other hand.. he got the HEART of none other than Siegfried which basically is a dragon heart. I don't care about sieg plot armor. I dropped the LN at this point due to the ridiculousness of the retcon

[@louis-stephane1391]

It does make sense to an extent as Sieg wasn't really human. And using the full extent of his power was killing him.

[@JeSt4m]

@@louis-stephane1391 that made as much sense as if you shove Heracles heart to Illya she'll be able to transform to Heracles. Or if you shove Saber heart to Iri she can become Saber. Can you imagine that? Well thanks to Apo now you can! Einzbern is an idiot and should've made super hommunculus soldier instead by shoving servant heart left and right. As context Illya and Iri is way way more superior Hommunculus than whatever Musik can make with scrap technique they stole from Einzbern. However no matter how superior they are as hommunculus they're nothing compared to servant. It is impossible for them to receive a transplant from even third rate servant and not somehow suffer a backlash from the organ invasion. Much less receive a dragon heart from first rate servant. Why? Because it's been established before in Shirou case. The reason why the Archer transplant is great plot point is due to how severe the backlash is on Shirou yet he march forward nonetheless. Now sieg made him looks dumb. I mean come on!! It's Fafnir heart!! Fafnir should've eroded Sieg like archer arms to Shirou, THEY EVEN SHOW THAT THE HEART HAS PERSONALITY just like Archer arm!! For fuck sake. But no, Sieg will boom became a dragon and Fafnir will say "Yas Queen" and just concede the whole body to Sieg.. fuck that shit Narita done my boy Fafnir dirty

[@louis-stephane1391]

@@JeSt4m Iri and illya purpose is to be the grail so obviously it won't work on them. While I do agree with most of what you said. I found the symbolic of the transplant to be good because sieg had no identity and was granted one. It was similar (to me) to tsubasa reservoir chronicle. I hated the asspull I saw afterwards of course but I still feel that the transplant was a good plot point

[@JeSt4m]

@@louis-stephane1391 and sieg is just literal human battery. Neither of them are servant vessel material and neither should be able to became servant. Until apocrypha that is. Either way I don't really have problem with the general plot Apo wanted to tell. The concept of servant transplant by itself is not unheard of and it can be interesting. And contrary to what I sounds before I believe that Sieg being hommunculus made him somewhat able to take on Siegfried heart is the most convincing aspect of this plot point. My problem is how apo decided to do that. All the BS centered around Sieg has huge repercussion on how we interpet previous and latter works in Nasuverse going forward. And they did it terribly. For example they can make it so that Gordlof actually make heart surgery on Sieg under threat by Astolfo. I mean GORDOLF IS ALREADY THERE FFS!! Or that each time Sieg transform he got eroded by Fafnir, maybe becoming more violent, or weird or whatever. Well anyway I understand that we're both agreed that Sieg is just generally badly written character. I just want to vent my frustration

[@deuce5546]

@@JeSt4m Apocrypha wasn't written by Narita thank god, Narita wrote the infinitely better Strange Fake

[@iceysan.]

I need a vid where the arm quite literally takes over his mind, like in the movie when he wakes up and tohsaka walks around to him clutching her necklace. And archers arm just decides to spew out that he needs to keep it until the end.

[@joecroft4274]

So, if Shirou didn't use the arm in that moment to save Ilya and just kept allowing the strength to flow into him naturally and safely (safer than what happened) then he would actually just become archer for the rest of his 10 years. And it seems that he would have the equivalent to servant strength without needing magic enhancement too. Thats insane. Also Sparks Liner High is the most badass shit to ever exist, Ufotable need to get on that rq.

[@joecroft4274]

@@MajorLawliet Okay makes sense, but hypoethitcally speaking is there a way where Shirou could increase the rest of his body's strength to match that of Emiya's arm so that he can avoid death or is it like a certain thing.

[@joecroft4274]

@@MajorLawliet Its always the bitches preventing him from thriving, feels bad.

[@jackmesrel4933]

@@joecroft4274 It was a certain thing. As Shirou said, the UBW cointained in Archer's arm was imcopatible with him on a fundamental level, so the death by skewering would've happened sooner or later. The only way he could've survived is to just cut the thing off.

[@joecroft4274]

@@jackmesrel4933Yeah that makes more sense, I feel like the only way that he could've survived with the arm is for him to speedrun Archer's torment and journey within 13 years. Which isn't really possible but if he wanted to keep the arm he would in essence have to become archer.

[@b4thunt3r]

Finally someone tells the truth behind Shirou's skills. Congrats, bro. As a VN reader, you nailed it.

[@lordblackstar944]

the man is one of the best mages of all time hands down anyone who can take corrupted herc block Excalibur Morgan and run the ones with the dang near marital artist master priest is the G.O.A.T

[@dragonized9758]

He is one of the strongest mages around but not one of the best at all. It's been stated time and time again that he is a 3rd rate magus because of his over specialization and mages normally being more like scholars and professor instead of fighters and combatants.

[@lordblackstar944]

@@dragonized9758 fair enough I mean most mages or horrible people anyway I don't think shirou would be able to agree with half the stuff they do in the pursuit of there goals.

[@dragonized9758]

@@lordblackstar944 So true, most mages don't have any morals and would do anything to reach their goal, the best way I know how to describe it is "They would sacrifice even a baby if it will push their research even just a millimeter". Of course there are also those with a moral and are only shaded but not monster like Rin, Waver, Luvia, etc.

[@anonnyanonymous4800]

He’s not really a mage. He can only do like three spells and relies on his reality marble.

[@lordblackstar944]

I guess it makes sense he became a servant he may not as strong as a lot of servants but a lot more like them than a mage. Also I just realized he stopped the creation of a beast of humanity even tho he's a noob with like three spells and a reality marble. Give this man a trophy cause he has masted EX rank BS he somehow beats demi god's, kings and stopped angria all while pulling all the girls.

[@Astin-D]

Counterforce Emiya is the strongest version of Shirou while Archer Emiya is peak Shirou.

[@TheAnimenia]

id say kalied is strongest shirou

[@baphumer7176]

How do we know its his peak.

[@spiralspural8806]

Peak shirou is muramasa vessel not archer

[@Astin-D]

@@spiralspural8806 That is not Shirou instead that is Sengo Muramasa possessing the body of Shirou Emiya.

[@Astin-D]

Kaleid Shirou is stronger than post UBW and post FATE Shirou but slightly more better than HF Shirou because of HF demerit that killing him if he didn't have the debuff would be equal in strength and skill. Emiya is a template for every Shirou that reach servant status. When I mean Archer Emiya I mean Nameless from the Extra series that is peak Shirou . A good contender is FGO Emiya which might still be actually Nameless lol. EMIYA Alter I would say he stronger than normal Emiya but not as powerful as peak Emiya still pretty cool np tho. Counterforce Emiya is the strongest because that is pretty much Shirou on crack with Alaya boosting his parameters and giving him enough mana depending on the situation to deal with threats but only the appropriate amount. Let say the threat possesses an amount of power equal to X(like True Ancestors), then the Counter Force will deploy an amount of power just enough to snuff out X and eliminate the threat. The amount of power can be as small as nudging individuals into place through "coincidences", but it can also be as great as sinking an entire continent.

[@adrian7741]

That one ep of Rick and Morty where Morty gets a new arm gave me HEAVY Heaven's Feel Shirou vibes

[@usernotfound1191]

Yooo whenever this man uploads I know it's a instant click loving the content man 100 percent quality channel

[@rafaelsa6064]

NLBW was that moment in the novel I thought: holy sh*t how I wish this was animated. I waited 10 years to see that moment and despite not being how I remembered, It was epic. This is a problem with FSN: the novel and the anime are two separated pieces of art. It is epic to see Shirou fighting Berserker or Gilgamesh (in UBW) but these other moments make the novel way more interesting to see.

[@r.k845]

It wasn't particularly epic :(

[@t0uchme343]

Now, months later, Kirei's surgery game has been upgraded.

[@048-s8b]

Favorite version of shirou fr

[@FerociousMit]

It's kinda crazy Unlimited Blade Works had Shirou getting stronger on his own, without suffering as much as he does in Heaven's Feel. Shirou definitely suffered in both timelines, but the Archer's arm seemed to be more agonizing.

[@tansengchuan9797]

Holy crap this is awesome dude. I had no idea it was that damaging

[@r.k845]

Kinda annoying though. It's the entire point behind the arm to begin with.

[@ARandomGuy24]

Happens all throughout the VN. Any time he fights on par with any servant he's pushing his body beyond his limits and getting f#cked up just to hold his own on the level those servants can fight on as their regular standard.

[@ThatRandomDude204]

All of us know the true identity of Shirou as the God of Kitchen and Housewives it's no wondef he handled the arm

[@animemafia5988]

does kirei have a doctrine or something he should be called Dr.Kotomine😮.

[@demod2080]

Shirou certainly got a *hand* on magecraft after having the literal most fanfic idea of getting a graft of Archer's arm; a spirit body that constantly needs mana so it isn't rejected by the world. The pain of feeding it mana while also dealing with as a foreign object must have been immeasurable.

[@TheNapster153]

I imagine it's like having a prosthetic being powered by the electrical impulses in your nervous system. Only, the prosthetic comes equipped with a fabricator and an onboard AI that deems it necessary to override the host to better bring out efficiency.

[@ValiantStranger12]

Shirou's sheer will and determination borders on insane. But all good heroes are a little insane

[@gogeta4850]

crazy i was just watching fate/heavens feel III

[@mitey2294]

damnnnnnnnnnnn bruh i didnt know my boy shirou was enduring all that pain. thanks for making it clear

[@tsurugi5]

That's why you should read the vn. The anime are a great example of an adaptation failing the source material while looking competent(hat's putting it mildly) superficially since they technically follow the plot of the VN fairly closely (ufo does at least), but they still barely resemble the source material in so many ways because there's so much more than just the basic plot skeleton that they do not try to replicate or even cannot replicate.

[@LDub01031994]

I love how UBW Shirou and HF Shirou go through totally different kinds of struggles which makes both of them badass in their own way

[@deuce5546]

Fate Shirou and Miyuverse Shirou too. The beauty of Emiya Shirou.

[@cassiojunior208]

Great analysis! Unfortunate that your channel didn‘t get the recognition and traffic it deserved.

[@mattheusspoo]

ive read the novel way before they made the series so i already knew how much suffering he went thru

[@2_Elaias_4]

So PEAK🙌😭

[@darkartsninja]

Amazing video! I'd love to see you talk more about HF. I would also really love to see you continue your series where you talk about all of the bad endings in FSN

[@SotheAlbion]

2 things: when he jumped from the castle he used strenghtening magic on his feets. And about projection it is said that there is always a risk for you to project the sword INSIDE yourself.

[@VictorF0326]

IF I LOSE IT ALL, SLIP AND FALL

[@JGood007]

Yes. This. I agree much of his pain was omitted. HF Shirou is actually my favorite, because of his ungodly levels of determination and of course alot of the cool as fucc inner monologue was left out for 9LivesBladeWorks

[@alamo134]

I would add HF's three potential endings are such remarkable stuff. Satisfying but heartbreaking on defeating Saber before his death, Illya's line before she sacrificed herself for Shirou, and Sakura's ignorance of her beloved Senpai's death before she screamed for him.

[@deuce5546]

I like HF Shirou the most because he's the most vulnerable I think. It really makes me empathize with him. Unlike Fate or UBW he loses Saber fairly early, he also loses Archer midway through the travel, instead of being protected he has to PROTECT someone this time (two people actually, Sakura and Illya), Tohsaka turns her back on him for a while because of Sakura, Sakura herself is the whole reason this is happening so he feels the guilt and responsability for allowing her to live, the only servant with him is on Sakura's side and doesn't really care about him (at first), he's so helpless and alone he has to rely on his mortal enemy Kirei and he's being led around and lied to by Zouken who's behind all this madness.

[@deuce5546]

@@MrInuhanyou123 I say it's more 50/50 tbh. They've got each others' backs. I don't think there's a moment where Shirou is onesidedly protecting Saber, except maybe under the bridge fighting Gilgamesh

[@jamesgood5265]

god damn heaven’s feel is that nuts??? i wish i could play this game or atleast watch the movies damn, i used to not care for Shirou so much but this easily changed my perspective

[@calebgoodman3028]

The movies were seriously rushed in all honesty. A shame since it’s the fan favorite route in the VN.

[@r.k845]

@@calebgoodman3028 Actually that would be UBW

[@calebgoodman3028]

@@r.k845 Really? Most of the VN readers I saw including myself consider Heaven’s Feel the best. UBW has the best anime though.

[@r.k845]

@@calebgoodman3028 It’s ties essentially. HF actually still has the better anime surprisingly.

[@calebgoodman3028]

@@r.k845 That’s really strange to hear. The anime rushed so much of Heaven’s Feel’s story and changed some details unnecessarily so I am surprised to hear that.

[@Mackatack22]

If I'm going to be honest, I hoped the movies would use the ending where Shirou traced the Mimic Excalibur. To ultimately show the agony, but great power he carried and display the fortitude he had, mich like for Nine Lives Blade Works. The monologue he has where his mind is slowly shattered by tracing Excalibur alone, and using the last ounce of his will to push out the words and slashing downwards. Which ultimately creates three extremes per route we can see Shirou's potential. The Fate route, which is him playing it safe, and he traces Caliburn after understanding the meaning of Archer's words. The UBW route let him achieve his reality marble after coming to mental and physical blows with his future self, and gaining enough knowledge and power to give Gil a temporary run for his gold. Then we have Heaven's Feel, the ultimate test, and push of Shirou's ideals and strength, forcing him to take unimaginable pain, but granted him the power to create miracles. For each minute of suffering bought him moments of explosive glory, and showed that Shirou can adapt to stressful environments. He just needs help and time to cultivate his potential, and do what he feels is right.

[@Eflame301]

the shroud is drip af ngl

[@therealestrealistpessimist]

Glad to see you making content again

[@hrgaming4plebs570]

I guess the hill of swords, unlimited blade work, and even Shiro getting an arm transplant sort of inspired by Hong Kong comic Storm Riders. Or was it just pure coincidence?

[@maku3857]

Just watched heaven's feel 2 days ago This was crazy

[@asurashun9695]

Why, in all these years, didn't I notice that muramasa was a reference to this?

[@ironlegion1580]

I guess that's how senji Murasama was born

[@succcsroya1776]

Been waiting for a video like this

[@TheArcSet]

Thanks for this.

[@whyteofficial]

This is one of the most fascinating videos regarding Fate/stay night I have ever seen. Finally we get to dive deep about Archer’s arm.

[@Oxygen1004]

As someone who has only experienced Fate through an abridged series like a year ago, this video makes me wanna get into the rest of the series

[@ARandomGuy24]

The animation don't really carry how gritty and how much suffering Shirou puts himself through in most of his fights sadly.

[@Str1ker9876]

Wait if Shiro lost his memories everytime he used an projection so that means that he even forgotten who Sakura was at some point but something inside of him told him to save Sakura no matter what

[@r.k845]

Yes. He forgets who sakura is during the final battle with Kirei

[@Str1ker9876]

@@r.k845 dang...

[@GABBERSLUT]

for the whole latter half of HF i was thinking about how because of the arm wrap shirou probably wasn't showering in between all of the combat and sex w/ sakura he probably smelled musty AF and was probably very odorous and unpleasant to be around and i wouldn't let him make me miso soup

[@leonkaidos9059]

Shirou is the real Cursed Arm

[@DANSTER999]

Hey Tsiah just a small thought and potential idea for a video...ever thought about talking about the many Fanfic Shirou's? like From Fake Dream's Shirou?

[@thirdplanet4471]

l prefer me Chaos Theory Shirou

[@windwood7168]

oh no, the rabbit hole I can't escape since 2017 🤣

[@watchinghat3153]

Can we get a “don’t sleep on Arcuied?” Please. She one of the most broken nasuverse characters

[@OrionoftheStar]

"I pour determination into my dying body."

[@r.k845]

Extremely kino

[@arhumkammran7658]

Brilliant video, I love Emiya Shirou.

[@ZAIDII0]

That just shows how much archer emiyas is strong and he holds back his power

[@lazharsassi6573]

Just a thought but projecting heracles weapon? I don't get it. His klob is literally just a stone, how can he project his whole np 9 lifes. It is a technique not bound to a weapon but to Heracles himself, because he mastert such a move when he slayed the Hydra. But on the other side he got access to some of his memories, I guess 🤔

[@thirdplanet4471]

Apparently, when Shirou projects a weapon he also replicates its history (seems to be some type of clairvoyance) and special abilities so he can do whatever the previous users could with the weapon.

[@klusternider6540]

@@thirdplanet4471 wait so does that mean if he were to replicate, say, Medusa's chain daggers he could use her Mystic Eyes?

[@thirdplanet4471]

@@klusternider6540 I don't think so but he could replicate Medusa's skill and technique with the chain and also any special powers that the chain has. For example, if he projects excalibur he can also do the golden light laser blast.

[@Lucas61616]

@@thirdplanet4471 I'm not versed enough to know if this counts as the same "history replication," but in the fate route I'm pretty sure he projects Caliburn, which drives off Berserker with Saber's help actually using it right? And doesn't it take a massive toll on Shirou immediately afterwards?

[@thirdplanet4471]

@@Lucas61616 I think thats about right

[@DongbaekEGOSpicebush]

to me it seems like all the pain comes from gaining all the strength of a counter guardian servant while still being in his young vulnerable body, making it so the magic that he uses and the speed that which his body uses destroys him since its too strong

[@chrisjulien7698]

Christ bless you, Shirou really just be moving forward after getting stabbed in the brain thats just crazy

[@justinvirola2084]

I want to see "don't sleep on emiya alter "

[@envaris12]

Do a video on the solo fight against Saber Alter! Now that's peak Shirou!

[@ashsama672]

shirou is my favourite character in anime after yusuke

[@akai3974]

Bro went through a lot with the arm

[@_n9913]

I have been reading the fate stay night vn but because I have yet to get to heaven's feel (day 10 of UBW) I am just gonna like the video and take my leave. love your content

[@swampydaswampert]

What's the BGM between 8:02 and 10:11? That track just added to your explaination of Shirou being a badass during HF.

[@kingnothing5678]

Someone finally answered the question after like a decade.

[@kenshinbattousai374]

People don't realize that how insanely broken it would be if shirou had entered the shed with the knowledge to summon an alter ego. He could have summoned muramasa into his descendent's body, putting a servant just short of having divinity, into a body capable of becoming a counter guardian, with a nascent reality marble, partly fused with a last phantasm....oh yeah, a body with (mixing widely accepted fancanon) a matching origin and element, making him an incarnation of sword. Shirou as a consciously summoned pseudo servant is so incredibly busted, it's mind blowing. Then again, Rin's closest compatible servants are all divine. And Sakura has such an inhuman well of energy that she literally can't summon a stronger version of herself from the throne without interacting with a Moon Cell

[@sidrezig4449]

I have a question so what exactly happens to archer when he cuts his arm? dose Shirou end up becoming archer at the end of heaven feel with the arm fusion to him more? There was theory that archer is coming back threw Shirou slowly growing back his body and coming back as him

[@MacBEASTyo23]

Archer died after cutting off his arm to save Shirou, after which Shirou becomes what you could consider a "pseudo-servant." Not like Mash in Grand Order where the power was granted through magical means, but on a literal physical level. As for Archer coming back through Shirou's body, I'd say it's not very plausible. As explained in the video, Shirou died in the bad ending of HF after projecting Excalibur and destroying the grail. In the real ending, Shirou's body completely destroyed itself (something about his body becoming swords), and he would've died had Illiya not created a puppet of his original body and transferred his soul into it.

[@thegamerfe8751]

@@MacBEASTyo23 Corrections: 1_ It's not the bad ending, it's the normal ending. The bad endings are whenever Shirou dies (or something as bad/worse happens). 2_ Illya only used Heaven's Feel to transfer Shirou's soul to Rin's pendant that he had on him, Sakura and Rin then found the pendant and met with a puppet maker (who is a character in Tsukihime) who made the body for Shirou.

[@deathoftheoldme8645]

Yeah that shit sounds RIDICULOUS

[@2centswanted113]

OK brother you've really helped me appreciate Shirou Emiya. For the longest I was like, I hate Shiro but I love EMIYA. Now I'm starting to appreciate him, still can't stand his ideology in UBW tho😒.

[@r.k845]

What's the issue with UBW Shirou?

[@lordtouchme77]

@@r.k845 well for me in ubw anime adaptation ufo cut a lot of monologues that justified shirou (questionable) action and that hurts his characters a lot. Ufo make shirou looks like just your typical naive and stubborn MC in ubw route, which is not true if you read the novel they failed to do his characters justice.

[@r.k845]

@@lordtouchme77 Yes but I'd like to here what he thinks to clear up his confusion.

[@mandaloretheultimate4175]

Bro, from what I understand EMIYA archer has only been explained through another youtuber vid. What route did the original do? You explain it best and to the point my man! If it were ever animated it would probably be the most tragic of all time. Thoughts? Id love to see a vid exploring that.

[@ssjokg4952]

Archer is basically Fate route Shirou if he failed to save Saber from her regrets, which also stops himeslf from accepting his flaws and limitations.

[@EliyahDaBoss]

@@ssjokg4952 also nasu (the creator of fate) said "something was missing" in that time line. Im pretty sure the thing that was missing was archer being summoned. Rin probably summoned another servant in my opinion. While servants can be summoned from the future, they do have to exist in the throne of heros, which is why a belive that for u too summon a servant from the future there has to be a timeline where they had already become an heroic spirit

[@ssjokg4952]

@@EliyahDaBoss The throne exists outside the time axis so it doesn't matter when Shirou became a HS. And in Fate route Archer has no interaction with Shirou that shapes his ideals.

[@ShizukiShirano]

@@EliyahDaBoss Archer is always summoned to Rin in all FSN (and close to it)timelines. Numerous Emiya Heroic Spirits existence is already recorded in Throne of Heroes that is outside of space time so he is fated to be summoned in all variations of this Holy Grail War (confirmed by Extraverse), especially to Rin cus of pendant.

[@ShizukiShirano]

Archer is from the alternative timeline that is close (and parallel) to Fate, but in which he (didnt get close and) couldn't save Artoria and who knows what else in FSN verse. Something indeed was missing as Nasu said. The other details are mostly left unsaid.

[@davidalacabo4298]

Arm be like: Be that High jump kid

[@rosiemerry4797]

Heaven’s Feel route definitely hits different then the previous Routes combined.

[@walker2955]

Out of all of the characters in the fate series shirou emiya is the best character

[@deuce5546]

Based

[@avinashsubhash5582]

after watching this video, i went back and played the sparks liner high chapter

[@fateanddanganronpafanatic5212]

I played the fate route and might like it more than ubws anime but heavens feel is my favorite route

[@sauravistheascended7161]

At the end of the final HF movie, he can barely form sentences. That was so sad to me

[@Theonewhogoesbothways]

We need a servant shirou/emiya who became a hero in a age of gods and heroes he’d be on the level of top tier hero with powerful but tragic legend like King Arthur

[@ARandomGuy24]

How is he going to become world famous a legendary warriors in the modern age when the guy doesn't reveal his magecraft, always lets others take the credit for things he does and never seeks attention.

[@whocares0503]

You should watch the AMV, I need a Shirou...

[@AA-hx8rl]

Does it implies that , because Archer cutting his Arm, Shirou choose not to be a Hero, means that Archer/ Shirou is got removed form Throne of Heroes ?

[@Mizore2008]

No basically Akasha/Root of all things basically everything, every timeline, every person, object, etc so Archer is doomed forever to train different versions of Shirou during the grail war which is why Shirou has E ranked luck Alaya has had its finger on him from the beginning. The Throne of heroes is more or less a sub repository hell all of the servants summoned aren't even copies but half assed copies.

[@AA-hx8rl]

@@Mizore2008 Then, what makes it different with Solomon ? He destroyed his ring right ?

[@AA-hx8rl]

@@HachannEinzbern @Gordoxr Then, what makes it different with Solomon ? He destroyed his ring right ?

[@Mizore2008]

@@AA-hx8rl that's a unique case with his noble phantasm he actually erased himself from the throne the reason people still remember Solomon is because he exists in akasha but he actively erased every version of Solomon from the throne

[@emiyavalentine5969]

Archer is outside of time and space Shirou not becoming a hero dosent affect archer being recorded in the throne In HF after the arm was implanted archer just vanished and absorbed by illya like what the other servants usually do in the grail

[@sweetcheey]

I agree, The move didn't do much Justice And I'm kinda disappointed because I've been waiting all this time for Heaven's Feel just to see that

[@andrewauriemme8568]

What is the watch and read order I’ve seen a bunch of the fate series but I’m looking forward to getting deeper into fate I just have to figure out how to go about it any help would be appreciated

[@deuce5546]

Sorry to be that guy but I would really encourage you to play the videogame first, the animes are a bit of a mess and it's an incomplete experience overall. All of the details explained in this video don't make it into the movies that adapt this parr of the story just for an example.

[@johnbzn6508]

That’s why he’s the greatest

[@DYhalto250]

Still need an illya route.. no lewd only happy family time win

[@EliyahDaBoss]

They should only have a brother sister relationship. Also i heard somewhere that illya cant survive to long after the holy grail war since the grail is her core

[@shadymann9468]

There is fate hollow Ataraxia it isn't focused on Illya but the moments we get from both Shirou and her are so wholesome.

[@thirdplanet4471]

The fanfic Chaos Theory is the closest we'll get

[@dominicwiltz689]

ARCHER: Shirou, Kotomine fucked up the surgery on purpose!!! This wasn't the plan! ShIrou:* in a coma

[@ohthere6487]

*Do "don't sleep on Sanzang"*

[@strayorion2031]

Pretty sure that everyone figured that archer was future shirou by the sole fact that he even could have his arm

[@Jamir-gy1li]

Only Rin and Illya know in HF. Illya cuz she’s the grail and she also knew in the Fate route and Rin cuz of obvious reasons

[@finnanimations1334]

I still want to know what true heroic spirit shirou would be like

[@ARandomGuy24]

I mean how would he be world famous hero in the first place when he has to hide his magic?

[@finnanimations1334]

@@ARandomGuy24 that i know the answer not to, but that is why i said i wanted to know what he would be like

[@ARandomGuy24]

@@finnanimations1334 Probably a bit cynical but still chasing his dream in a grim determined way. Archer didn't turn back on his dream at the time of his death but after years of being a counter guardian and Nameless died content after being framed for war crimes and hanged by people he saved.

[@JaimeKing1989]

.....midoriya should ask to borrow that shroud

[@zhcultivator]

cool video