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| This is great. No clear protagonist, no clear antagonist, just factions with their own goals. I'm wondering who Francesca is and what are her plans, tho. The Servants are really interesting, especially No Name Assassin. Enkidu vs Gil was hype as fuck. Seeing El Melloi II, Zelretch, Alcatraz, Ayaka and a new Einzbern lady is pure fanservice for every Type Moon fan. I can't wait to read more. Narita x Nasu all the way. |
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| [2008 April Fools version - Read] While reading the first volume (the 2009 version) I found myself enjoying it, quite a lot. The first time I read about this Strange Fake novel, it did not wake any interest in me, I mean, I did not find even the title very appealing at the moment, but I am glad that I did read it now because it is just a fantastic piece to read. I found myself wanting to read more, chapter after chapter, really interesting. It’s to be noted that you should watch or read Fate/Zero or Heaven’s Feel before reading Strange Fake, not only to avoid spoilers but to understand better the concepts and catch all the references (there are references to Fate/Zero, FSN, and Fate/Apocrypha, among the ones I could catch) I was hyped to read this because of Gilgamesh, I wanted to “see” him in action once again, and when he appeared it was awesome jajaja. I really felt sorry for his “master” when he acted all arrogant towards the King of Heroes. I’m impatient to see how he develops in this Fake Holy Grail War. The Berserker Chapter was one of my favorites because it made me laugh of joy so much jaja. Weaver, you absolute bastard, you are the best xD You became a gamer! Oh god, I really laughed a lot in this chapter, how he was angry about his blunt pupil, Flatt, and how of a hardhead he is, all the references to Fate/Zero (I LOVE F/Z references) all the blunders, and the delivery of the package… All the fun aside, it really surprised me at first, but the logic behind Jack not being a “mad warrior” was actually plausible… It makes sense in a way (something like that, but in different level happened in Fate/Apocrypha). I just hope “its” design is the same here and there, so there’s consistency. It goes without saying that I want more of Weaver suffering with his pupil jaja. PD: Alexander’s catalyst… Weaver…you still have it *_* And then all the other chapters… I can say by now that this Fake Grail does not only not care about the summoning –since it gives a crap, you only need to be accepted by it and boom, you have a catalyst? Here’s your servant. You don’t have catalyst? Boom, here’s a random servant- The requirements for this war seem to be less. While you can still perform a formal summoning, it seems to be utterly unnecessary since Flatt, Tsubaki and Wolf summoned their servants- well, they were auto-summoned… It’s like this Fake Grail doesn’t care at all, not only about range of age but formality. You have a command spell and you are good to go. Another thing I did notice, is that a great amount of this war’s servants are really bizarre, and “strange”. They differ a lot from what we have previously seen in other wars. That itself is amazing, it gives this particular story a different feeling, a different setting, a different soul and that’s amazing. There were many moments when I thought to myself “hey, this novel is really living up to its ‘strange fake’ title… awesome” To the current date, this became more than an April’s Fool joke, or a fake prologue to a “game” (I’m glad it did not become a game, I hate those stories in where YOU are the main character…that’s why I prefer LN, manga and anime over games/VN). In any case, the translation of the LN volumes is very slow (Currently 2 volumes are published, and I think not even the first volume is translated) and the manga seems to be translated further but not by that much compared to the novel. Anyway, this was a GOOD read. |
| read the extra that not have on 2008 version. Overall, It is kinda interesting how some fake servant not have to much greedy for Grail, like Pale Rider who only want to take care his master or Jack that only want to know his name or maybe the assasin who want to destroy the grail or Caster that only want to be observer. :D |
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| [F/SF Chapter 9, Prologue and Extras from the new version – Read] After reading the extras and the chapters 9 and 10 of the new version of Fate/Strange Fake, that are placed after the old 2008 novel alongside new scenes within the first volume (in the Caster chapter), my hype increased more than it already was. The clash of powers between Gilgamesh and Enkidu was brutal. This time Gilgamesh has an opponent worthy of fighting at his fullest. Hell, he even used Ea right from the beginning, and 3 times! So early in the game. That makes me wonder, what obstacles we may get in this story? All servants that have been summoned so far seem to differ a lot from what previous wars had. The concept of hero has never been so twisted (again, this Grail doesn’t seem to care) and the fact we have servants like the Pale Rider -a horseman of the apocalypse-, a demonic Assassin (not demonic per se, but she’s scary), a mud pupped molded by the gods to punish and correct the King of Heroes… This story seems to be painted with dark colors, like Fate/Zero, again, I compared because I’m feeling the same thrill, emotion and excitement while reading this as when I read Fate/Zero. So far, I am liking the characters, almost all of them. The narrative, the pacing, the change of perspective. Doesn’t seem to exist any particular protagonist, even tho we know Gilgamesh is the star here, I don’t know if he’s gonna win. In fact, I want to see how his character develops in this war. Ayaka was a good surprise! Glad she is here (originally from Fate/Prototype) and I am really curious what’s the connection with this Holy Grail War, to F/Prototype (if there’s any, at all) and her Servant… This Saber, is it a Fake? Or the real one? Or both? Again, this Grail is making some twisted summonings, making my hype go up and up! Glad to see him, but he’s some kind different now… I want to read more. This war promises to be a Holy Grail Mess! If someone somehow is lost about the order to read the content of the first volume and further volumes, go to this link, that’s all you need: |
HumbertoZeroJun 25, 2017 12:26 PM
| any pdf available? |
| "Why do I always realize it... when I've already lost it..." -Guts, Berserk "Some things are beautiful because they cannot be obtained." -Gilgamesh, Fate/stay night "We are constantly living in a peaceful world that somebody else won for us. Even if it were only a day of peace, I will be grateful for its value." - Minashiro Tsubaki, FAFNER "Screw you, future me!" -Makise Kurisu, Steins;Gate "We used to show off by waging wars and whatnot." -Watashi, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita "Call me Moses. I'm going to part the sea of students before your eyes." -Moses?, Valvrave "Time is guilty." -Andō & Tomoyo, INOU-Battle |
ernst said: any pdf available? There's only a pdf of the first version of volume 1 (2008), everything else translated so far is on forum posts. Here's the pdf. |
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| --Gilgamesh had a new emotionless Native American loli Master. --Flatt summons Berserker Jack the Ripper (which is sane and can transform into anything) using a toy knife without a chant or summoning circle in a public park. --Assassin, the Super Hassan, killed his Master, which unfortunately won't die when he's killed. --Caster can produce stronk NPs, so his master use him to make NP for his police army. The police sure is scary. --Rider is literally death incarnate, which was summoned in a dream world of a comatose girl. --Enkidu has a wolf Master. Gilgamesh : "Enkidu! long time no see, have Ea to the face!" |
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| Such a great read, it really does feel like a fanfiction, but not a humiliating way, in a good way- if someone played/watched original Fate and Zero, loved it and decided to turn things to 11. I have no idea where it's all going and I am all here for the crazy ride. Very well-written, I mean, expect no less from Durarara author. |
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