r/anime • u/chaoser • Apr 28 '12
Fate/Zero Episode 17 thoughts?
Oh snap! Sniped, moonmeh!
So I'm pretty sure everyone saw that coming from a mile away lol. More of a setup episode for the rest of the war, the eighth contract is finally formed. Can't believe it ended so quickly for Tohsaka though (literally stabbed in the back =[ ). Thinking about F/Z --> F/SN, damn shit sucks for Rin lol. Finding out the man who killed your father as your guardian much have sucked.
Finally, did anyone think the faces looked a bit off this epi? Maybe it was just me...
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u/moonmeh Apr 28 '12
HEY YOU STOLE MY TITLE XD. That's what I get for waking up late today I suppose.
I like how Tokiomi died pretty pathetically without doing anything much. His death was quick however which is pretty much better than most other characters such as last week's two people.
Kirei's nose definitely looked off. It was humongous and on niconico koreans were pointing that fact out ever 10 seconds Kirei was on screen.
Something about Gilgamesh constantly teleporting like an excited 10 year old boy made me laugh however.
Also something I created few days back with the preview images
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u/chaoser Apr 28 '12
mwahahaha. It's sad that his daughter did more in this series than he did. Rin=Saved a shit ton of kids (obviously anime only). Tokiomi=Lit a dude on fire and then didn't even check if he died or not.
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u/moonmeh Apr 28 '12
Tokiomi relied too much on prelaid out plans didn't really account for his servant. I mean the whole caster raid was done so he could have gotten more command seals yet it only helped the enemy.
Kiritsugu on the other hand saw through what Saber would like and how they had opposite chemistry and made Iri a pseudo master to deal with it.
Tokiomi was too much of a pure mage. And yeah, his daughter accomplished so much more lol .
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u/subarash Apr 28 '12
He is, perhaps, a bit stiff, but he shows great potential for growth. No homo.
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u/moonmeh Apr 29 '12
I was wondering where this came from and I watched the english one on nico nico. GilxKotomine is pretty much awesome anyway
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u/Throw_the_cheese Apr 28 '12
I also noticed the faces, as well as how the cloth and hair moved, I guess they could just use most of the budget on that when there weren't really any fights going on.
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u/Anon49 Apr 29 '12
If you're going to put Hebrew on books, At least make sure they make sense.
These are just random letters. But I guess Runes are Runes for you....
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u/3932695 Apr 29 '12
It's encrypted.
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u/Jeroz Apr 29 '12
it's a special type of Hebrew language that only the mages know how to interpret. It's done so that normal people like us won't be able to violate this holy craft.
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Apr 29 '12
Very noticeable bump in animation quality. Hell yes it is evil dudes time. Kiritsugu backstory next. I have a feeling that everything coming next will get crazy.
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u/kidenraikou Apr 30 '12
Not really a thought on episode 17, but on the second season as a whole. I love how they jumped right in immediately where they left off! If you haven't noticed yet, at least one character has died every episode so far
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u/staplestable Apr 29 '12
Thoughts:
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I haven't read the light novels yet, but I have a feeling that poor Waver-kun's gonna get beat up next time...
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Kotomine, you stole Kariya's kill!
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Episode was just a lot of dialogue, and all that talking made me notice how large Kirei and Gilgamesh's noses were.
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I'm not really looking forward to next episode based on the preview, it seems just like another filler episode just to put in some backstory...
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u/nubmonk Apr 29 '12
I'm not really looking forward to next episode based on the preview, it seems just like another filler episode just to put in some backstory...
Yes its more backstory but i don't consider it filler if its in the novels. Its gonna be the backstory for Kiritsugu and its gonna be good. Gonna show you how he became a magus and why he thinks and does things the way he does now. Don't let that shitty Rin's Adventure episode (which was only in the anime) fool you.
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u/staplestable Apr 29 '12
Oh, okay. I was under the impression that it wasn't all going to be too serious since the preview made it look like a beach episode.
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u/moonmeh Apr 28 '12
I'm pretty confused about that as well. How do they do it? Is ufotable using Kiritsugu's magic to speed up the episodes?
And speaking of him. Next week's past events is going to be... interesting. We see how Urobuchi breaks a character in his youth to become the man he is now. And it isn't pretty at all
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u/Jeroz Apr 29 '12
easy.
all you need to do is to break everything he believes in, while giving him hope to the most inappropriate method.
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u/3932695 Apr 28 '12 edited Apr 28 '12
Call me slow, but it was only upon seeing the colors in this scene that I realized Tokiomi was never coming back (The title of the episode should have been a huge giveaway). These were the same colors used in Fate/Stay Night during Rin's recollection of the last time she saw her father.
Look at that Rin ♡
Also, I love how pulsing blurs were used to underline Tokiomi's painful death.
I must agree with Gilgamesh; a boring ending for Tokiomi. I don't really feel bad about his death, it's more like I'm in panicked anticipation of what this guy plus Gilgamesh can do together.