Wonderfully Animated
Jordan Clark | CA, USA | 08/29/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I loved it. This is one of the better story lines/ fight scenes i've seen.
If you love fighting with magic then this is a series for you."
THE TIDES OF WAR
Anime Lover | Parma, OH | 07/20/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"WELL THE GRAIL WARS HAVE TAKEN THEIR FIRST CASUALTY....RIDER. BUT THE RESULTS IS THAT SABER IS HANGING ON BY A THREAD BY USING HER NOBLE PHANTASAM, HER MANA NEARLY COMPLETELY GONE. AS SHE TRIES TO RECOVER, REN AND ARCHER TRY TO CONVINCE SHIRO TO HAVE HER ATTACK NORMAL PEOPLE TO REGAIN HER STRENGTH, WHICH HE ADAMANTALY REFUSES TO DO. AT SABER'S BEDSIDE, SHIIRO GETS A GLIMPSE INTO SABER'S MIND AND DISCOVERS HER TRUE IDENTITY (WHICH I WILL NOT SPOIL FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO FIND OUT). THEN HE GET CAPTURES BY ILYA, BERSERKER'S MASTER, LEADING REN, ARCHER AND A WORRIED AND EXHAUSTED SABER TO ILYA MANSION ON A RESCUE MISSION. TO STALL FOR TIME, ARCHER REMAINS BEHIND TO TAKE ON THE BRUTAL HERCULES WHILE THE REST TRY TO ESCAPE, WHICH OF COURSE HE LEARNS WHAT BERSERKER'S WEAKNESS IS. AFTER ARCHER FALLS, REN PROPOSES A TACTIC TO TRANSFER SOME OF SHIIRO'S MANA CIRCUTS TO SABER TO HAVE HER REPLENISH HER MANA ON HER OWN IN A MOST INTERESTING AND COMPROMISING RITUAL. THEN THE TRIO MUST FACE DOWN A ANGRY BERSERKER, WHERE SHIIRO FINALLY STARTS TO USE HIS MAGIC IN A WAY NEVER REALLY BEFORE TRIED, AND CREATES SABER'S NOBLE PHANTASM. MEANWHILE THE REMAINING MASTERS (CASTER, ASSASSIN, AND LANCER) COME UP WITH A WAY TO CHEAT AND CAPTURE THE GRAIL BEFORE THE WAR IS OVER.....AND SHIIRO'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND IS THE KEY.
THE STORY HAS STARTED ITS RUN TO THE EXPLOSIVE CONCLUSION. IT HAS NOT DISAPPOINTED YET AND I CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE END (ESPECIALLY SINCE SABER IS STARTING TO HAVE FEELINGS FOR SHIIRO). UNTIL NEXT TIME....."