Gilgamesh is many times stronger than him. He could have destroyed him at any second. But his arrogance blinded him completely, refusing to take him seriously to the bitter end. End result? Shirou completely bulldozed him in on of the most epic fights of the franchise.
@@GohanLSSJ2 It's actually very stupid but completely plausible if you think about it. Gil could've used Ea like he did against iskander but he refused to. Iskander was a king with ambition while shirou was nothing more than a "faker" which led to gil's downfall. More so than his arrogance, I would say gil's downfall was his pride.
Casual reminder that Unlimited Blade Works was never canonically deployed outside of the UBW route in the Fate/stay night visual novel, and yet Archer still took 6 of Berserker's lives in the Fate route without support. It was Studio DEEN's decision to bring in UBW for the 2006 anime because reasons.
We are never shown how Archer achieved killing berserker 6 times, we are just told he did it. Studio Dean Used the reality Marble as a possible explanation to how he pulled it off.
As much as I love DEEN's FSN adaptation(not the UBW movie), I feel like they could've done more by actually showing Archer's full fight against Berserker. Let us see how he brought the giant down six times(rather than the anime's five) and let us see how he was finally brought down rather than letting it happen offscreen.
Doesn't take away from the fact that it was a good fight in the anime since entire choreography was original. It feels like you didn't like UBW in Deen's adaptation and that's ok but would you have liked it if it was simply off screen just like the VN ? At least they made something cool.
We can't know. It's possible he used a few Noble Phantasms to take a few life from Berserker. Still, I think it's most likely that he used his Reality Marble. What is certain is that, in the VN, the UBW is only shown to us in the UBW route.
@@ecanoya Hopefully it's more in line with the one from Extra and not Extella cause the latter one sucks a bit cause imo the theme is worse and I don't like how he's faster in the chant like instead of saying half the chant he'll say two words then the next chant starts unlike the one in Extra where he says more. Hopefully you got what I mean.
I see so many people complaining shiro won what shiro lacks in power, it makes up for determination Gil is too cocky but rightfully so, he underestimated shiro till it was too late
Technically, the so-called Earth's surface of Nasuverse is also a gigantic reality marble. That's why EA can tear it down, reveal its real form of pure hot magma where no lifeform can exist. That's why previous world of Age of God can be inversed into reverse side of the world, leaving the surface for new Age of Human world.
And Reality Marble are technically just an advanced form of projection. That's why Shirou's reality marble exists in the first place, he realize the truth behind his Projection magecraft: It is giving form for what inside a magus' mind. Reality marble are the whole inner world manifestated.
The issue is that it technically isn't canon, the UBW from the VN has a circle of flame surrounding Shirou/Archer and then flame going up from it and the UBW world manifesting. Not something that looks like it's destroying reality, DEEN Fate did it well.
You know when in unlimited blade works emiya or shirou could just spam the swords from all directions instead of just one so the opposing servant won't be able to avoid it.
Yep. That's how it should be. The concept of omni directional sword spam is why UBW is so broken. Also Fate Kaleid Oath Under Snow shows how UBW could be used.
I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death. Nor known to life. Have withstood pain to create many weapons. Yet, those hands will never hold anything. So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works!
Say what you want about Fate Stay Night but Studio Deen definitely outdid themselves in Archer Vs Berserker. They even made an entirely original scenario since in the VN the fight happens off screen.
7:04 i have to say, out of all of them i think this is my favorite. If only because we get to see him actually use other noble phantasms not just a bunch of random swords. He even creates gae bolg which is cool since he usually only does swords when he has the ability to do more.
I've always been able to... see objects in my mind. In the VN, where he explains how he see's the air conditioner... that's how I see things. I was put into Auto Desk CAD in middle school and was a savant at it. In real life, unlimited blade works translates to 3d modelling skills. I am proficient at blender now.
Studio DEEN may not have the most stellar fights(especially compared to Ufotable) but the character designs, expressions and overall atmosphere of the 'world' it paints just hits different y'know? With a few exceptions here and there of course.
Just yesterday I bingewatched season 3 of Netflix's He man and the masters of the universe... In it He man and Rampage teamed up to do a combo super move against King Skeletor... The end result was a very cool variation of the UBW sword spam
Wouldn't fit. The Visual Novel explicitly says that because Shirou set himself on a different path (letting others die to save Sakura), his world becomes incompatible with Archer's.
Well, Shirou obtained a 9 lives blade works instead, and Archer's left arm, correct? I never watched the movies, I only got some tidbits of knowledge, all I know is Grand Order 1
@@Kenny056 Shirou can use UBW just not the reality marble itself, only the abilities that come from UBW (like inheriting the skills of the original wielder of the weapon he traced, yes he also inherits the knowledge of using their special techniques like excaliblast and nine lives and also a weird healing ability that stitches shirou with swords)
Well you can also count Emiya Alter's Unlimited Lost works and Muramasa's Tsumakari Muramasa, since these versions of the UBW combined every weapon inside one thing, a bullet in Unlimited Lost Works and a katana that can cut anything in Tsumakari Muramasa
I think the funniest part of the UBW movie was the dead pan over to archer just fuckin’ standing there in the middle of unlimited blade works compared to Ufotable’s where he stands menacingly on a hill
To my knowledge we never actually see his fight against Berserker in the VN? Besides, why wouldn’t he have used UBW against him given that he can use and sustain it without mana as a result of his status as a counter-guardian?
@@Skel_fgc we don't see him fight Berserker, correct, however Nasu stated either in an interview or something that he didn't use UBW during his fight, but still killed Berserker 6 times. As for why he didn't use it A.) He was still injured from fighting Artoria, B.) Probably didn't want to kill Illya, which was a real possibility, and C.) Probably didn't have the energy to manifest it. It's expensive after all
@@Skel_fgc For information , EMIYA that we see in each route also not in his Counter Guardian form. The counter guardian didn't require master because as we all know Alaya (Will to protect humanity )will support him with enough mana to finish the job. Maybe if Berserker or Gilgamesh become threat to Humanity Alaya will support EMIYA to fight them.
*Emiya archer is better than Chinese unlimited swords technique. Emiya didn’t use cultural hand signs to control weapons. Emiya is the sword himself while others are not. He can defend and attack while controlling weapons. That is very big advantage.*
@@dudedude7846 Actually in a normal war he wouldn't be able to. I assume the whole Moon Cell thing allows him to. Divine Constructs are impossible to copy.
Okay quick question. How did Emiya lose to Hercules when Shirou was able to defeat Herc Alter by creating 9 Lives. Shouldnt his skill, experience and power allow him to do create better replica more easily?
It the difference situation, In stay night route Berserker is in his best form even EMIYA project nine lives , Beserker can counter it. In Heaven Feel Berserker is blackened by mud his body is rotten no sense, can't see and his ability is not working ( God hand ). When shirou attack with nine lives , only 8 blows are land berserker continue to attack but stop because illya then shirou can land his last attack to finish the job.
Archer was still wounded, and from what we know of the fight in the vn, it seems like he did not use ubw or his broken phantasms. It's unknow why, but from what we know from heaven feel's and fgo it seems like he has a soft spot for illya. Also he takes part in the war in order to break and then kill shirou, in the fate route shirou main priority is to save saber heart which is something that even he couldn't do. In ubw he say to artoria that one day someone will save her and that he will most likely be here too. So i suppose he decide to sacrifice himself so that his younger self, rin and artoria can have a threesome and become closer together.
From the wiki: "The version of Miyu's brother is a dark winter scenery with blowing snow whose only light is the large, full moon in the sky; the reflection of this inner world symbolizes how lifeless Shirou's being has become by losing everything he had, yet still choosing to disregard himself and the lives of others for a single person's happiness, with the moon representing his connection with Miyu."
@@kodakazu8 on top of the wiki one could argue that its to mirror the night that scarred him even deeper than losing Miyu, the night in oath under snow that shinji- yeah
Does Emiya Shiro perfected all those fake weapons?...If he perfected it maybe He'll be strong as a Gran class or maybe more than that.... Well you know he's a wandering heroic spirit for a very long time and fought many battles..... I saw many variants of him too but this is the one i love most because it was very cool....
3:30 the transition is kinda trash I won't lie and that spinning before the generic flame is really just wonky, to think people say this is the best out of all of it is kinda something
Now that I think about it why didn’t archer just make it so that berserker gets rained on by swords instead of charging at him? I’m pretty sure he at least has some weapons that can kill berserker or he intentionally did it so it wouldn’t end quickly so shirou can get that saber action if you know what I mean:))
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