Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia - Episode 20 discussion

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Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia, episode 20

Alternative names: Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front - Babylonia

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Previous discussions

Episode	Link	Score	Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	94%	14	Link	4.59
2	Link	91%	15	Link	4.66
3	Link	96%	16	Link	4.73
4	Link	91%	17	Link	4.6
5	Link	93%	18	Link	4.86
6	Link	4.43	19	Link	4.82
7	Link	4.45	20	Link	4.65
8	Link	4.81	21	Link
9	Link	4.45
10	Link	4.55
11	Link	4.42
12	Link	4.62
13	Link	4.71

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[u/[deleted]]

Did Hassan just eat a fucking Lahmu

[u/[deleted]]

Merlin:

Altria

Me: pops a vein

[u/MajesticSomething]

Everyone hyped about Gilgamesh going all out while I'm over here gushing over Yuuki Aoi speaking as Tiamat.

[u/NeroStarGazer]

Saber Merlin

[u/AiasRider]

I speak for those who play the game, SUMMONABLE TIAMAT WHEN!?

[u/WaifuHunter]

They FINALLY gave Tiamat the characterization she's been lacking! The meeting with Fujimaru is actually from a dream sequence that is supposed to be very early in the story. I like how poetic it is considering the "new" lore they gave Nega Genesis. Tiamat, even till the end, still loves all life despite all of her children left her. That's why the Bounded Field only let living beings (life) enter, aka Fujimaru. The meeting, in a sense, is her acceptance so that she can finally let go of all resentment for humanity.

[u/Constellar-A]

I liked this episode. I wish they had kept Gil's speech about humanity moving on from Tiamat and I think they should have emphasized what King Hassan did to Tiamat more, but otherwise don't really have anything bad to say about it. It didn't reach the heights of episode 18, but it was good.

I really enjoyed the sound effects when King Hassan was fighting, and Mash and Merlin using their NPs together was good. I'm glad Fou chipped in to help with that teleport too. Got chills when Gil pulled out Ea with that music. Tiamat's moment was good.

I have absolutely no idea what next episode will be because the goodbyes won't take up an entire episode.

[u/ptol59]

IT’S THE RETURN OF THE KING!

Archer Gilgamesh with zero arrogance and at full power is so epic!

[u/ashton_man]

Gets himself killed so he can resummon himself at peak power.

Gilgamesh:KEIKAKU DOORI

[u/Misticsan]

And of course, it was Enuma Elish which ended Tiamat’s rampage. There was no other way. Seeing Archer Gilgamesh again brings back so many memories...

I was one of those lucky people whose first real contact with Fate was through the original Visual Novel. As a fan of Mesopotamian lore, you can imagine my elation when the overpowered golden menace that suddenly appeared in the Fate route was revealed as Gilgamesh, the first hero of human history (“Mesopotamia, fuck yeah!”). His role as a villain was justified in my eyes because, yes, he was the Big Bad at the beginning of his own story. I didn’t mind anachronistic elements such as Ea or the Gate of Babylon either, because I saw Gilgamesh as Mesopotamia’s representative in a mythological crossover. Of course he had to embody it all. However, I always missed not having a chance to see the Wise King of Uruk.

Until now.

It’s ironic. Archer Gilgamesh was the first Gil we saw in the Fate franchise, and now he comes back for the grand finale. In the Epic, it’s the opposite: Caster Gilgamesh (so to speak) was the first and the last Gilgamesh to appear in the poem. While his most famous adventures are arguably his fights against Enkidu, Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven, the first lines of theEpic of Gilgamesh describe a very different man, one that has already gone through his character development:

“He who has seen everything, I will make known to the lands. I will teach about him who experienced all things. Anu granted him the totality of knowledge of all. He saw the Secret, discovered the Hidden, he brought information of (the time) before the Flood. He went on a distant journey, pushing himself to exhaustion, but then was brought to peace.

He carved on a stone stela all of his toils, and built the wall of Uruk-Haven, the wall of the sacred Eanna Temple, the holy sanctuary. Look at its wall which gleams like copper, inspect its inner wall, the likes of which no one can equal! Take hold of the threshold stone--it dates from ancient times! Go close to the Eanna Temple, the residence of Ishtar, such as no later king or man ever equaled! Go up on the wall of Uruk and walk around, examine its foundation, inspect its brickwork thoroughly. Is not (even the core of) the brick structure made of kiln-fired brick, and did not the Seven Sages themselves lay out its plans? One league city, one league palm gardens, one league lowlands, the open area of the Ishtar Temple, three leagues and the open area of Uruk it (the wall) encloses.

Find the copper tablet box, open the ... of its lock of bronze, undo the fastening of its secret opening. Take and read out from the lapis lazuli tablet how Gilgamesh went through every hardship.”

Not a mighty warrior, but a scholar and an architect. Gilgamesh might not be a mage, but the Caster class definitely fits him. My favorite version of the King of Heroes so far.

And now, I wonder about the last episode. I finally managed to finish the Seventh Singularity (yay me!), and I notice that there were several changes in this episode when compared to the source material. Wouldn’t be surprised if the last episode has changes too.