Rider is Awesome
‘Nuff said. And he hasn’t even drawn his sword yet. Just trampled people.
The way he defended Waver from his teacher was pretty cool as well.
Get Going Already
This episode (and show) have been entertaining, don’t get me wrong. But it is quite slow. I’m not all that patient with multi-episode battles. This one last two and a half, I think? And most of it was just Saber and Lancer talking to each other and acting honorable.
The actual battles are pretty sweet. The animation is spectacular. Even CG Berserker looked good this episode. But most of the time is spent sitting around and talking. Even Rider wasn’t enough to entirely save the scene where he interrupted the fight, as Saber and Lancer both get insulted, start issuing threats and posing. I do not understand Saber’s appeal.
The interruptions of Rider, Gilgamesh and Berserker were definitely an improvement, though. Being honorable is boring. I can’t wait until Caster gets involved. I guess he’s going to have to duke it out with Gilgamesh for Saber.
Gilgamesh getting cut off the pole was nice. Rider trampling Berserker was amusing as well. I like how Rider has kicked ass so far without even drawing his sword.
And we’ve already had two command seals used! Waver’s teacher’s command was not well thought out. And… why didn’t Berserker just kill Lancer too? I thought he was, well… berserk. I guess the worm guy was controlling him before through sheer willpower, but he claimed to have lost control when it attacked Saber. Why not Lancer too?
Berserker has a pretty convenient Noble Phantasm. It’s quite effective against Gilgamesh.
Tohsaka’s use of his command seal against Gilgamesh was also not a good idea. I predict he’ll get killed by his own servant soon.
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Genial episodio Fate/Zero se pone cada vez mejor. Y tenes razón cuando lleguen Caster y Akira Ishida se va a poner más interesante. A tú pregunta sobre Berseker cuando se revele su identidad tendrá sentido su ataque a Saber, pero es uno de los caballeros de Arturo
Ah, muy interesante! Tal vez es Mordred? Pero no me digas, quiero estar sorpresado!
Okey, no spoiler >.<
A wild BERSERKER appeared!
GILGAMESH uses GATE OF BABYLON!
It’s not very effective…
BERSERKER uses NOBLE PHANTASM!
It’s super effective!
GILGAMESH, return!
You got away safely!
…Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.
RIDER uses THUMBS UP!
Waver fainted!
Oh, Caster sure is creepy recently…:P
He hasn’t done much recently… he was really only creepy on his first appearance. Hopefully we’ll fix that soon though. 🙂
Rider, really is awesome, isn’t he.
I didn’t find the fights too long, but that probably says less about the anime, and more about the tolerance I have built by reading Shonen.
The King of Conquerers, the King of Hero’es, and the King of Knights..I really like all the kings. 😛
As for what people like in Saber? Well, she isn’t anything special. I guess it’s because she is noble, wields a sword and is a she?
Oh, and you know, it also helps that she is KING FREAKING ARTHUR, who is meant to be liked by default.
I am really enjoying this anime, it’s a pity that I have heard bad things about Fate/Night, I kind of want to check it out now…
Heroes*
Oh, and you probably already know this, and chose to not use it on purpose, but just in case you don’t know, and want to know:
If you don’t want the full blog post to appear on your front page, then, while you are writing/editing a post, click on the html button, and look for a more button. If you click this button, then it will insert a more tag(?) and on the front page, this more tag will be where the “Click here to read more part will be”.
Yeah, I know, my assumption is that people would rather click less to read stuff than more. Not sure if that’s a correct assumption though…
Ok, King Arthur is awesome, that’s a given, but Saber’s portrayal doesn’t grab me much. Mainly because she’s so noble. I much prefer the portrayal from the Once and Future King. Or Monty Python. We need a Lancelot to cheat on Saber’s wife.
Well, if you want to you might like to think that Saber and her feminine charm have made “what’shername” cheat on her sniper husband (though, he might have cheated on her to) 😛
But, I get where you are coming from with the whole noble thing, though I will say that true nobility is a bit rare these days.
I know it used to be very common to have noble “super good” heroes, but the current anime trend is more towards balanced/slightly mad characters. I am not criticizing your taste or anything, just making a side comment about shifting trends. 🙂
Also, is The Once and Future King a good read? I am always up for a good tale of fantasy. 😛
Yes, I definitely do have a preference for mad characters. 🙂 If Saber started chopping some random limbs off I would be good.
The Once and Future King is a great book. You can’t go wrong with reading it.
Methinks Caster’s mistaken Saber for Joan of Arc.
Interesting theory, Gilles de Rais and Joan d’Arc did fight together after all. You’d think that would mean he would recognize her though, no?
Well, he is quite crazy…and who knows how this will end up.
True, true, true. Either way it’s going to be fun!
Lots of posturing but still awesome. It doesn’t feel slow because character interactions are great. Maybe the best show of the year except for Penguindrum…
and Gintama and Nichijou.
I’m still reserving judgement until things get further along. I’m underwhelmed so far, but it does have potential.
& Natsume Yuujincho