The essential episodes of Fate/Stay Night
Watch these 11 in order and you've got Fate/Stay Night — each pick states its reason.
- 01
A silver-haired girl warns Shirou Emiya of the Holy Grail War. Rin Tohsaka summons her Servant Archer and goes to look for other Masters to fight.
- 02
Shirou gets killed by Lancer, but Rin brings him back to life. When Lancer tries to kill Shirou again, Shirou summons Saber.
- 03
Saber and Lancer do battle briefly. Shirou meets Rin and learns about the Holy Grail War.
- 04
The silver-haired girl, Illyasviel von Einzbern, summons her Servant, the Berserker hero Heracles, to attack Shirou and Saber.
- 05
Shirou introduces Saber to his close friends. Later on, he is attacked by Rin, but a female Servant appears.
- 06
Shirou and Rin form an alliance to track down the female Servant, Rider.
- 07
Saber is furious that Shirou did not get her involved to track down Rider. Later on, Shirou encounters Rider and her master, Shinji Mato.
- 08
Shinji directs Shirou to Ryudo Temple, citing there is a powerful Servant there. Shirou and Saber continue to clash. Rin moves in with Shirou.
- 09
With victory all but won for Caster, an unknown Servant appears and kills her and her Master. Saber tells the story of this new Servant.
- 10
Illya is abducted by Kirei.
- 11
Shirou and Saber defeat Kirei and Gilgamesh, but what will they do with the Holy Grail?
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