Fate Lore - The Tale of Shirou Emiya 

Archer Emiya Origin: Sword Element: Sword Class: Archer Ability: Use swords as projectile Yup...

Using swords as projectiles. Get on my level. - Abridged Archer

Way too many idiots hate on him without understanding his character at all. Shirou is honestly one of the most interesting and badass characters in the entire Nasuverse. He is the ideal Fate protagonist

I don't care what people say, Shirou is one of my favorite protagonists. I can understand why people don't like him, but his growth and change is immense throughout all 3 routes and in the visual novel. He's deeper than most people think and he changes a lot in the routes in awesome ways. To think I found him annoying at first.

I am the bone of my whale Saints quartz is my body And FP is my blood I have finished over a thousand banners Unknown to lost belts Nor known to singularities Have withstood pain to summon many servants But these hands will never hold a SSR servant And so, as I pray *UNLIMITED WHALE WORKS*

Funny, when I started playing Fate GO, I got Archer via special event ticket. I didn’t Max him out, but he was my go to guy. Few months later I accidental deleted my file due to my phone’s memory being full and lost everyone. Filled with sadness and regret i started new game, wishing i have everyone back but i knew that wouldn’t be possible. Once the tutorial for multi summon started i thought it’ll be the same summons i got last time, but the last summon got me. ...It was Emiya.

"the holy waifu wars" is my new favorite thing ever xD

**Somewhere within the Nasuverse.....** "Your summoning Call has been ans-" He stopped mid-sentence as his golden brown eyes caught sight of the girl infront of him... "I see... So this is that kind of world line...Looks like I've been called to an unexpected place..." He said before he smiled and begand to stand up from his kneeling position "Now...I wonder if this is the right way to say it...." He asked himself as he now stood staring down at the blond girl infront of him "I ask of you...Are you My Master?" Ahhh Fate can be so cruel sometimes...Servant Emiya and Master Artoria...

Shirous origin wasn't Sword at first. It was something else. The fire and drawback erased his origin and he was blank both mentally and impulsively. This is why his ideals are so concrete. Though his ideals were borrowed it replaced the blankness and carved the Shirou we know today and over time Avalon changed his origin to Sword.

In all 3 routes, i position the notion that Shirou is a very nuanced character who's journey is finding his reason to live and fight, regardless of whether or not he follows an ideal or discards all ideals.

If Type Moon would grace us with a Fate Route remake and the Last episode. I could die happily.

I imagine how emyia would be as a heroic spirit if he achieved great fame and created his own legend maybe he would be different from archer,maybe there's a timeline like that

One of favorite fictional characters, he doesn't deserve any of the flak he gets.

Shirou : I am can't be like him Counter force : I can help you Archer : noooOOOOOOOOOO

This makes so much sense and ties up all of the loose ends when it comes to Shirou especially the part about his hair. I think it was kinda ironic because "shiro" in Japanese means "white" and that's the color of Archer(Emiya's) hair.

my favourite character in type-moon :D

Can u guy imagine if Kiritsugu truly trained Shirou for the up coming Grail War just how powerful would he be?

The true savior has arrived

Shirou Emiya has become my second favorite character of all time. Thanks for making this video, man. Appreciated.

I don't know if OtakuDaikun would be fanboyed so hard if he found out about Miyuverse Shirou. A baddass Shirou w/o Avalon, a complete retconed past, used his life and story as a catalyst instead of Rin's pendant to SUMMON ARCHER DIRECTLY INSIDE HIM through a card. The funniest part was that he didn't even carry Rin's pendant until MUCH later on. Miyuverse Shirou's life was rough dude.

I was wondering which Story route you was going to use, but I agree with the *Unlimited Blade Works* Arc. People might argue with you to put *Heavens Feel* because Shirou is more level headed and somewhat grown up but this arc was focusing on Archer's/Emiya's and Shirou's story on who ideals is correct or wrong. And one will have to break the cycle. Good Video BTW.

8:43 that is what I call true love(he kept it til his death) and very well written plot.

- Archer Class (Shirou. He was a natural at archery.) - Fights with swords (Saber. She taught him sword fighting through full contact sparring. Thus developing a self-taught style.) - Wears red (Rin's favourite color. Still carries her father's pendant.) - Rho Aias. A flower shaped shield. (Sakura. Specifically the keychain on her duplicate keys to Shirou's house.) - English poem. (Fuji-nee. She was Shirou's english teacher.) Archer, ya damn softie, you unconsiously still value your memories!!

The battle between his self and then Gilgamesh in UBW, are two of my favorite fight scenes in pretty much any anime. His perseverance and determination are awe inspiring.

My favorite Fate character, he even beats out Saber.

"I am the bone of my sword."

Now I am loving your fate lore videos just really put you in depth with the whole idea of fate of

I've been waiting for this video, thanks! 😊

This was an amazing video and your voice is so soothing

Thank you for this great videos! More people will be able to understand Shirou's character. Sadly..there are many who miss understand his personality :/

No one gonna talk about how he stitches his wounds with literal swords? He literally uses healing swords to keep himself from dying along with Avalon.

amazing as always

Archer from Heaven's feel was one of my favorite moments of him. When he sacrificed himself to save rin, and then gave his arm up to shirou who lost his. Then that created one of the best moments, if not THE best, in the entire Visual Novel. Nine Lives Blade Works.

Best hero of justice.

These are amazing!! Keep up the great work!!

Thank you for making this video.

Jeanne D'Arc next. Or Mordred maybe.

Kiritsugu couldn't give Shirou his crest, you need to be blood related for it to pass down.

This video was good! I learned a lot more about Shirou and his character!

Great as always.

Unlimited blade works is in my opinion one of the coolest anime final attacks ever

Love your Fate Lore series ! Please keep it up ! Consider doing Darmuid O'dyna, who has a rich mythical story. Also Siegfried and Iskandar for epicness

I was waiting for this one

ty for this i was waiting

Shiro's tips to be a hero of justice (aka having a harem): be good at cooking practice high jumps learn archery ??? profit?

U all know why we are here for - archer

OtakuDaiKun: but alas those are for another time. me: ... hah!! those are for another TIME. that was the perfect way to end a video for shirou, especially because of the fact the kaleidoscope magic deals with alternate realities which are basically different time-lines. good job for that ending

Omg thank you. I am interested in Fates but never saw enough to understand the,two Emiyas so thank you

We need the Umu at some point

Shiro Emiya! Omg thx Otaku Daikun

Great info. Thanks. Love Fate Lore

Im glad i watched this it helps understand the fate series a bit better

i dont want to be the one to nitpick but there was a flaw such as he didnt find out that he had a talent in projection magic during the 5th grail war, kiritsugu taught him projection magic first but since he was told projection magic can only mimic the form of objects not the substance and he was also told by kiritsugu that it was useless so he then kiritsugu taught him strengthening magic after he had already mastered projection

I still wonder how Archer is in Fate/Extra, like how does that even work. Does that mean there was another Shirou in the extra timeline that had the exact things happen to him? Except instead of the counter force it was the moon cell?

New subscriber, love the vids keep them coming.

small correction: Shirou's origin wasn't "Sword" at first, it just got changed to that by having Avalon in him.

In one universe Shirou, upon his death hears two voices. One is the voice of the planet saying "become my guardian and you shall continue to be a hero after your death." The other is Saber saying "Shirou, your fight is over, it's time to rest, come to me, I am waiting for you." Shirou takes Saber's hand and joins her in Avalon.

shirou emiya the badass goody two-shoe.

Great job!

wow thanks for the video :D

Bro, Shirou didn't fractured his arm at the bar, he fractured his arm at the construction place he has been working on. Also the grail didn't ignite the fire, it just expanded it and Shirou beat the shit out of shinji when he discovered he has been abusing of sakura.

"At first, he looks no different from everyone else, from his clothes to the way he operates, can honestly be seen as tedious on a common note. But it is that same misconception of him being mundane that makes him exponentially more fascinating." ~Tsiah IV, on Shirou Emiya as a character. (Go check out his analysis of Shirou if you haven't already)

I loved this video!

neat lore analysis, from zero to stay/nite and till ubw. i always see/think that emiya and the other emiya shirou's interact with each other through the different stories/media. i liked his character even at most people say he's silly and overrated, maybe because of his struggle in his different iterations.

Shirou Emiya and Artoria Pendragon in couple it's like Kirito and Asuna of sword art online. Shirou (two swords) and Artoria (one sword).

Shiro you will always be my Hero😍

I love how the song “EMIYA” is played. Great touch.

thanks DaiKun

This is gold can't wait for more I always liked the magic shirou is good at which is projection being it a overpowered magic Also are you going to continue shirou in heavens feel route ?

I wanna see a Jeanne d'Arc or Sakura Matou lore vid

You earned my like :3

I loved this!!!

When I first watched fate/series I hated Emiya Shirou but my favorite character was Archer in all three route hmm. Would this Irony after watching UBW?

People hate on Shirou because they haven't read the VN which literally explains his character in each route with his monologues which the anime cut out making him a damn good protagonist but all they know is p0epLe dIe wHenN tHeY aRe kIllEd and thus hate him

Love the videos

I’d honestly love to see a series on emiya and rin going on some adventure or stopping some other holy war of sorts. Thought it was so awesome how fate zero carried characters and plot lines over. Give Me Moar!!

BTW can you do True Assassin next plz ? Thx

My body is made of swords!!!

I love these videos! Could you please make a Lore video about Diarmuid Ua Duibhne? Or maybe even an entire history of the Einzbern family (like a video discussing Kiritsugu, Irisviel, and Illya, as well as the history of their family in connection with the Holy Grail Wars)? I would love to see both of these.

Love it, wonderful work. Since you DID say for another time.... at some point, please do No Name Archer's story from the Fate Extra world XD

I appreciate you making this video but there are a few mistakes. You bring up that Akasha changed Shirou's origin before mentioning Kiritsugu saving him, implying this is the order. Shirou's origin was changed after Kiritsugu saved him because it's Avalon that changes his origin to a sword, not Akasha. Kirei did not make a wish prior to Kiritsugu ordering Saber to destroy the grail. When Kiritsugu ordered Saber to destroy the grail, the Greater Grail is left and that is what caused the mud to spill out. Coming in contact with the mud of the grail it is then that Kirei makes his wish which causes Shinto to burn. The last thing can be confusing due to Shirou saying that his training was not complete. While Kiritsugu did choose to limit Shirou's training, the details are not known. However because Shirou's origin was changed to a sword by Avalon he is unable to use any of the five elements. So it's not so much that Kiritsugu didn't choose to stop training Shirou that made him an incomplete Magus, it's that he was unable to use most magecraft due to his Origin. Kiritsugu might have realized that Shirou was unable to use the elements but we won't ever know if he did or not. Otherwise, great video.

We need a vid on Nero. UMU

Have you ever thought of doing a hypothesis video series of talking about heroes and villains in history and seeing what there powers could have been?

my first time seeing a video from otaku daikun but despite my nitpicking its gud to c tales of xilia in ur intro

Hopefully Daikun doesn't find out about Archer Emiya Alter

My boy getting the spot light. 82nd comment

Great work, though to my understanding Shirou didn't born with Sword as his origin, but he lost his former origin, memories, and identity when we was truck by the black mud, and had to create a new personality from then on. He acquired the Sword Origin thanks to having Avalon inside of him. Another nitpick would be that it wasn't Kirei who wished for humanity's destruction, but the spirit of the Angra Mainyu that was summoned and killed on the third war, since that war didn't had a winner and no wish was made, Angra took advantage and "corrupted" the grail. His wish would manifest him as a BEAST, and would proceed to destroy humanity. The black mud is just the first part of his manifestation, but that spilled due to Kiritsugu's attacking the grail and spilling its content.

Not gonna lie but your narration of Shioru's life made me tear up a little bit :(

Shirou shirtless with white hair and glasses: I’m not gay but.... OH MY

Nope. Shirou's true talent is not in projection. It's in the even more simple and basic magic Structural Analysis. His ability to completely record the true history and legends of any bladed weapon and even shields and armor is what makes him as powerful as he is. After Analyzing so many Noble Phantasms, he even gains the insight to improve them beyond their original power, resulting in Gilgamesh's defeat in Stay Night or "Fate" route and in UBW. This analysis ability and the resulting reality marble are due to his soul being 'damaged' by Angra Mainyu's mud and the cursed flames. His identity is destroyed an the origin and element changes to match the sheath that saved his life. It also makes him an open and honest person as a side effect, as well as quite a tool, but most importantly it allows him to record perfect blueprints onto his soul with an ease that almost any other person would never be able to achieve. Nasuverse souls have infinite ability to store information, and are thus OP as fuck unlike how actual brains work. So Structural Analysis is the key ability of Shirou Emiya, and it is mostly due to his pure and honest nature that he can take this simple skill to its theoretical limit. Assumptions and preconceptions are incredibly important both in most actual occult practices and in magecraft. So much so that if you study the lore you realize many magi use self hypnosis in their casting to overcome these things temporarily in order to force a spell to work that otherwise they wouldn't be able to do because it defies logic. This is one of the many reasons some Magi go insane. It's also partly why the magus society disdains technology, because its reliance on pure natural knowledge to accomplish 'miracles' is in direct opposition to their path, they also see it as working alongside Gaia's rules even if Gaia unconditionally hates humans anyway. Anyway, point is, Projection/Tracing is the utility skill and the main skill is Analysis.

This is epic but man i cant stop thinking about the abridged version and the satan shinanigans

You have a very nice voice, especially for something like this.

Nothing says the fake can't surpass the original .

This is more like the tale of FSN archer than shirou. You should gone in detail how all three route contrast and build on each other to better understand shirou 's story.

I think dai Kun almost laughed at the high jump part of his lore video

We so need a lore video on Vlad III.

Kinda disappointed that it didn't lead to the true ending as the thumbnail kinda suggest or aleast cover heaven's feel Shirou but it was still a good video

great job but u missed A LOT more info about HF and Last Episode

The cronologic order of the routes is: Fate -> UBW -> Heaven's Feel

Shirou is the embodiment of ' because swords ' and much more.