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Sep 3, 2018 9:58 AM

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What an episode. This turned out to be very dark in the end.
Nov 18, 2018 10:12 AM

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Every single father in this anime is an awful human

Poor shirley but what she did was pretty stupid tbh
Nov 21, 2018 2:01 PM
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Jul 2018
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Kiritsugu's dad is basically a mix of Kayaba and Bondrewd? Nice 20 minute zombie horror movie. It's a generic backstory( Just introduced love interest dies horribly, a lot of schlock violence, MC kills someone he cares about). Yet, it was still fun. The introduction of the island came out of nowhere. I wonder if it will play a larger role in later episodes. Natalia seems interesting.
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Dec 4, 2018 2:48 PM
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Kalafina <3
Side note: Natalia Kaminski is a polish name, to be correct it should be Kaminska(feminine form). Unless it's a mistake made by the authors, this implies she was not born in Poland, her parents are expats and probably she doesn't speak Polish. Since action takes place on Pacific, she's a descendant of migrants to U.S or Australia or Polish freedom fighters exiled to Siberia/far east Russia (like Wilk from Golden Kamuy, who was introduced just last week).
We might see next ep how much I was right about.
Jan 28, 2019 1:53 AM
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Jul 2018
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Wow, did not expect the Dead Apostles bit, now I see how Tsukihime ties into the Nasuverse lmao.
Feb 27, 2019 4:32 AM

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Aug 2018
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Now that was some dark shit. Damn man, Kirgitsu is a cold mf.
May 31, 2019 12:28 PM

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Sep 2017
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At first I thought I was watching the wrong anime lmao
yikes
Jun 13, 2019 10:26 AM

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Dec 2018
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Lesson to be learned: Ask a permission to borrow someone's things.
He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame.
Aug 7, 2019 8:17 AM

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Jul 2019
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Awesome origin story.

Kiritsugu murdering his dad like that kind of meeeh. Especially him being able to handle a gun.
I kind of feel sorry for his dad since he did not have bad intentions.But him using an outsider as assistant was breaking the rules, so he kinda had it coming...
Aug 11, 2019 8:23 AM

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Killing off such a nice choco like that goddammit, not the beach episode I was looking for! Was sad to see Shirley turn like that.
Kiritsugu's father really reminds of that bastard Tokiomi, at least lock your stuff if it's dangerous smh.
Sep 27, 2019 9:54 PM
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Dec 2017
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No wonder why i so obsessed with this anime. Have done watching this way back ago but still re-watching it and giving me same enjoyment. This is one of my favorite Episode. I remember Kiritsugu's Past clearly and the devotion for his father. Suddenly changed it to hatred. Young Kiritsugu made so many choice at one episode. Loved it.


CHilDFrickerSep 27, 2019 10:00 PM
Jan 13, 2020 1:08 AM
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So this is his backstory, so Kiritsugu and his Father lived in an island in the Philippines.

They had their basketball court, their church and their clothes, very Filipino.
Jan 30, 2020 2:13 AM
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Kiritsugu's past and the reason his eyes are dead! I can't say I agree with his decision to kill his father...
Apr 11, 2020 12:54 AM

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Fuckign shirley is the worst. She deserves to rot in the pits of hell for 1000 times.
Bitch started this whole bullshit.
Shirley just had to snoop around in things she had no place in. And calling Emiya as Kenny just nails her position as the worst character in Fate zero. Even Ryuunosuke and Caster were levels better than her.

Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate.


I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death.


Dec 24, 2020 2:51 PM
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Basicly,in ep 3-4 of s2 we killed Lancer,disscused a contract, and now in ep 5 we have nothing related. Young kiritsugu (guy with a cute wife),i Always mix him with the priest guy. We see his backstory which is fine but,the ep makes sense until this girl he never seen before rescues him, does the classic "no time to talk,follow me to live" and kiritsugu is like: yeeah...il kill my dad and live with this girl who i never seen before. Doesnt make sense at all but fine,the rest of the ep was good,it all made sense,Shiya ate the pills to try prove to the villagers that kiritsugu's dad is good,it backfires,zombies/vampries are controling the village now bcz of it,and then ppl come kill them to hide it from the world
Overral its a solid 6/10
Jun 11, 2021 2:41 AM
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Mar 2018
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shirley was a fucking dumbass to take the potion. what a low iq move jesus. and then kiritsugu somehow logically decides to kill his dad because of that, which makes no sense to me. sure his dad was researching dead apostles, but what if it was for the good of humanity like creating a new medicine? he just kills his dad cuz his assistant was a retard and drank a prototype bottle and he does it so quick and without remorse too wtf. rip my boy kiritsugu with the bs backstory.
Jun 27, 2021 4:12 PM
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Kiritsugu backstory finally. This was amazing, I could tell from the start things would go south but that was brutal. A lot of kiritsugu's actions make sense now
Nov 2, 2021 2:21 AM

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Kerry?
Dat jump.
Shirley.
Noritaka.
Shirley is his assistant.
Someone went into Noritaka's atelier.
Dat bottle.
Dat bite.
Shirley is eating it.
Dat eye.
Oh shit! They ate the Reverend.
Oh snap! Executors.
Mages. Oh snap! Its Cornelius!


KALAFINA SLAYED!!!!! DAT MANTEN! As a Kingdom Hearts fan, hearing Miyu voice little Island boy Kiritsugu is great. Damn. I didn't really appreciate Shirley 9 years ago. I saw her so different this time. She was fine. Had nice oppai that needed to be sucked on. I can't even say why'd she have to die because we didn't see her death, she's just a rabid failed experiment and most likely got killed and burned by a Mage/Executor and that sucks. Funny how the last episode had Gil asking Kirei if he'd enjoy killing his father then the next episode has Kiritsugu killing his father.
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Nov 8, 2021 10:24 AM
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Aug 2017
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Best episode of Fate/Zero I've seen so far

Love Kiritsugu's backstory

Shirley is cute but retarded

Ending song so good
Nov 17, 2021 5:34 PM

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kiritsugu bin epicly gaming since he wuz a lil shouta 💀💀💀💀💀
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Feb 6, 2022 1:16 AM

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vampires!? op they're pretty much like zombies
ijumi_kookieFeb 12, 2022 9:48 PM
deep fried lettuce


^i snitched this from a dude's forum signature^

May 1, 2022 4:56 AM

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Man... this episode was so fucking dark and sad. Poor Kiritsugu had such a horrible past. I loved Kerry as well. It's so sad to see all of them die like that. Sad shit.
May 1, 2022 12:14 PM

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Feb 2021
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Kid's village gets destroyed by zombie apocalypse? Ok I guess, I don't like how it focuses on 1 character at a time
Jun 13, 2022 10:12 AM
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Nov 2020
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Mood changed quickly...a normal happy life to zombie apocalypse in few hours
Oct 4, 2022 12:05 AM
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Aug 2021
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This is the greatest flashback episode ever conceived
Oct 17, 2022 1:45 AM

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May 2020
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that was a pretty solid back story


Feb 18, 2023 2:21 AM
scientia exitus

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Mar 2020
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I barely remember this episode, did I perhaps skip it before, thinking it was something like that Rin-filler from season 1? Big mistake if I did.

What a great main lead we have for Fate Zero. And then for everything else we get.... Shirou....

Oh they are making us feel for this character Shirley here, yeah she is going to die by some dumb accident or maybe perhaps even murdered for some dumb reason, inciting rage within young Kiritsugu and making him the killer he is today- or at least that's what it looked like how it was going to be.

Instead, Shirley had voluntarily taken the serum that Kiritsugu's father was testing, due to her faith in his abilities, wanting to prove to everyone that his research is for something good. Sure didn't turn out that way, as by the end the whole village is on fire. This leads to a young Kiritsugu's first kill: his father. Part angered by the death of his closest friend, and part realizing the evil that his father is working with and wanting to end it before he causes anyone else more pain, he executes him, by blade and by gun. Committing an evil... for the greater good. 


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whiskey tango foxtrot

Mar 20, 2023 2:34 PM
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Jan 2023
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And just as I thought it couldn’t get any better! It just keeps peeking⭐️
Mar 24, 2023 12:40 PM
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Nov 2022
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better than expected
Firefly_02Apr 9, 2023 7:24 AM
Apr 6, 2023 7:54 PM
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Feb 2021
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Typical for fate to drop a banger episode like this. Though, this did border on overly tragic backstory. Idk why the girl tried to turn herself into an immortal, especially because she didn't really seem to give much of a fuck about being a good mage. Still a great episode, it was fucked that Kiritsugu's dad just didnt give a singular fuck about anything, but that's also how Kiritsugu is during the war. He seems to mostly be on the same path as his father, completely disregarding any sort of morality for a "good purpose". Their goals are kinda different, and though Kiritsugu is a good father, he's also a murderer even though his father can't be 100% blamed for the girl dying.
Jul 26, 2023 5:52 PM
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Ooo, a Kiritsugu backstory! The episode felt out of place, but was pretty well done.
- Aww, lil Kelly is cute
- I completely understand Kelly's actions. i would have killed him too.
- Zombies? They felt a bit weird to see but it was super interesting
- That mage guy looked pretty awesome
Sep 18, 2023 9:06 AM

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A certain mc's backstory and it's as good as i expected it to be.
Why must Kiri's closest ones turned out to be dead or tortured along the way this guy is just full of tragic energy and his father doesn't rlly help that much :v

Anyways liked the Manten by Kalafina yeh.

Oct 18, 2023 2:12 PM
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Apr 2020
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He is more evil than Kirei
Oct 18, 2023 2:20 PM
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Apr 2020
148
After this episode Kiritsugu become the character deatest most in this series
Dec 1, 2023 7:25 PM
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Jul 2018
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Damn that woman is something else she is very cute
Jan 17, 6:14 AM
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Mar 2023
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muy bueno el pasado de kiritsugu pero como k fue medio random
9 hours ago
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Oct 2023
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interesting background story
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