Quite frankly, we got deceived!
One of the shocking truths behind the kidnapping of Irisviel is that it wasn’t Rider who actually committed that act. Believe it or not, it seemed rather fishy since he spent most of his time recovering mana and wouldn’t do a dishonorable act like that. Still, it was quite impressive that Berserker had transformation powers as his Noble Phantasm. This can literally trick anyone. From what Kirei had Kariya to do, it seems that he really wants the Holy Grail so badly. On the other hand, this isn’t the only favor he told to him since the tragedy he set up is also his doing.
On the other front, the scene where Saber chases the “real” Rider looked awesome. It felt like a hybrid of Need for Speed and Final Fantasy VII. Even so, her ability to use her powers to instantly soup up the motorcycle to higher speeds looked awesome. While it results in Rider losing his chariot as she uses her trump card, watching him and Weaver say some lines was enjoyable since their appearance got reduced in the second season.
As most guess, Kirei purposely set up Tokomi’s death at the church so he can lay the blame on Kariya. From there, the following events that unfold between him and Aoi getting upset over the actions he done felt emotional. When I saw her putting all the blame on him and accuses him for not loving anyone, it felt more like a Shakespearian Tragedy. The problem I saw with Kariya is that love, jealousy and revenge blinded him. This causes him to strange his love interest. In addition he lost his original focus of saving Sakura from the Matou family since he wanted to kill Tokomi. Even so, he could have prevented it off the bat had he became a magus a first place and forgot about Aoi. Not only that, he never let her voice what she thought about the whole thing before diving in. I suppose Kariya should be happy now since he effectively gave Rin to Kirei as her guardian.
From the look of things, I think Kirei purposely set up Kariya’s tragedy just for the sole purpose of enjoying his suffering. As shown in Episode 12, it’s obvious that he had some interest on Kariya’s situation, which drags him back to the war. He seemed to enjoy it although Gilgamesh finds the whole thing as a “terrible play” from watching it at the balcony. Knowing him, he might end up reviving Aoi just for the sole purpose of watching her suffer from not remembering her husband and Sakura. Yeah, nobody can match Kirei’s level of evilness, except for Zouken since he is scum of the earth… although both agree on one thing: they love suffering.
Kirei wasn’t exactly amused by the whole happening, I wonder if its because he created such a situation and its boring to see something planned from the boring…:P
Then again, he has to place the blame on someone since if Aoi found out that it was him that killed Tokomi, that wouldn’t be good. But still, it seemed that he was curious on Kariya even though it doesn’t turn out what he had expected. As they say, curiosity killed the cat.
That was a Very nice chase scene, and I have no ideal that Invisible Air can do that! Image what will it be look like if a car get that kind fashion.
Zoken, why can’t you die soon? Like very soon. You ruin both Kariya and Sakura’s life.
Rider is such a bro. His love for modern vertical and its competition are just awesome. Gee, why are you so awesome Rider
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Believe it or not, I feel the same way about Zoken… He is a horrible man that needs to get killed and I’m pretty sure other bloggers hate him, although there a few who views him as the “father of the year.” But don’t worry, he will get what he deserves in Fate/stay night.
See, told you.
It seems that Waver finally got the essence of Rider’s character. To conquer isn’t to humiliate or to destroy/kill. It’s to best someone in a way you can win them over to your side. Killing them would be a waste, right? Humiliating them would only win their hatred and not their admiration.
Maybe it would have been clearer if the anime didn’t gloss over Waver’s dreams about Alexander’s life. Because it exemplificated this. His former enemies, willingly joined his sides.
This was the lord, Diarmuid would have been happy to follow, alas. Alexander wanted both of them to give them happy outcomes. He didn’t want to see them suffer…
Oh yeah I forgot, anime didn’t make it clear, but Saber realized he wasn’t the culprit because he was heading towards the castle (internal dialogue), it really made no sense for an abductor to do that. Waver and co never knew they moved. She really wanted to kick herself for thinking that someone like Rider would actually resort to that.
Also, how Rider sacrificed a chance of victory to save Waver’s life. He realized the beam would endanger his Master, so he choose to ensure his survival. It was a little important since it showed he was serious about not wanting more sacrifices. ;_;
It’s very apparent as he don’t want a repeat of sacrificing people for something that isn’t real… but still, I respect him for taking a sacrifice instead of risking Weaver’s life… It shows how much kingship he has.