FRIEND OR FOE? - Fate/Samurai Remnant - 6 

Sorry for the late upload. I may or may not be moved into my new place. ;)

Aria terrorizing Nico is the highlight of this let’s play for me

*Nico at the start of the game:* "Why would you not just tell us your name, Saber?!" *Nico now:* "Why would you just tell us your name, Archer?!" My, how the turn tables, huh?

Zheng is a real guy. So are Dayu and Yui. Chiemon is not a real guy, but he is related to a real event.

Iori: I don’t trust you, you kidnap up out of nowhere and try to ally with us? What’s you end game in all this? Zheng: I just wanted a friend ;-; Iori: Oh..........

Nico, its funny how you talk about Aria eating all your miso soup, because that is also an euphemism for being a married couple.

Tamamo: "If you were to give me magical energy, that would be just fine" Nico: "Why is she looking at me like that?" Those who know: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa--

The Orihime and Hikoboshi that Aria mentioned is based on the story that was the basis of the Tanabata festival, in which the Milky Way separates the two lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on a specific day. You've actually seen it in a previous LP before, its what Mayuri referenced in Steins;Gate 0 when talking about her relationship with Okabe that is slowly drifting apart from what it was ever since Kurisus death, that she became unable to see the real Okabe. Its also the namesake of the Bleach character Orihime, as Ichigo is basically her Hikoboshi.

Zheng doesn't ask for Saber's true name because it would defeat the point. Zheng is coming to Iori for help. He's asking Iori, his rival, for a favor. So Zheng has to do something to make it worth his while, a show of trust to show that he is legitimate about wanting an alliance. Thus, giving Archer's true name freely. If he asked for Saber's true name in return, that would defeat the entire purpose of the show of trust. The deal would then be made uneven again, Zheng would be asking for assistance while giving nothing in return.

Zheng Chenggong is indeed a real figure from history much like Iori. He is famous for being a Ming general who fought against emerging Qing empire. He was born from a Chinese father and a Japanese mother. In addition to fighting the Ming, he also came into conflict with the Dutch, specifically targeting the island of Taiwan. Notably, his unique parentage and accomplishments make him revered by the communist People's Republic of China, the Republic of China in Taiwan and the Japanese at the same time, an honor held by very few. In mainland China he is recognized for combating the Qing, fighting imperialism and taking over Taiwan. In Taiwan, he is remembered for being a patriot who reclaimed Taiwan, bringing culture to the island and his opposition to the Qing is often paralleled with Taiwan's conflicts with the mainland. In Japan, his maternal link to the islands are expanded upon (he actually has living descendants in Japan today) and is regarded as an exemplar of samurai ideals. Also notable: in parts of costal China, he is actually regarded as something of a minor deity with several shrines dedicated to him. Fun fact: he also very likely had syphilis. Zhou Yu is, as with most servants, also a historical figure, specifically from the three kingdoms era of China. He fought for the Wu kingdom and was a close personal friend and blood brother to the warlord Sun Ce. Particularly notable is Zhou Yu's participation in the Battle of Red Cliffs, where an alliance of Wu and Shu met the warlord Cao Cao's army. Zhou Yu led the Wu navy which was notable as the Battle of Red Cliffs was likely one of the largest naval battles in the ancient world. The alliance of Shu and Wu were able to route Cao Cao and prevented him from leading his followers south of the Yangtze river, stalling his efforts to reunite the Han empire. Zhou Yu's strategies were a key to victory as the alliance was actually outnumbered but Zhou Yu along with Huang Gai devised a plan involving Gai faking a defection then setting the defecting ships on fire. Zhou Yu's record as a strategist however led him into conflict and rivalry with another notable three kingdoms strategist Zhuge Liang (though it should be noted that this rivalry was likely ahistorical and invented by later writers). Sadly, Zhou Yu would eventually die after Zhuge Liang managed to troll him three times (no I am not joking).

There is a reason behind why they paired up Zheng with Zhou Yu. It is essentially a reference to Koei’s longest running grand strategy game franchise “The Romance of the Three Kingdoms” based on the actual Chinese historical epic of the same name. In these games there is usually a fantasy scenario where you can recruit anachronistic characters from different time eras, with Zheng Chenggong being one of them. And for some unknown reason, Zhou Yu and Zheng Chenggong have the best synergy match in these games, and it has become a running trope in the series.

Here's a bit more to why knowing someone's true name could lead to having an advantage over them. By knowing their true name, you can find out other things about them, not just the way they died. Like what're you gonna do if they died of old age historically? Pray they grow old again? Well, fortunately, you can get more value with a true name than just that. Take Gilgamesh, for example. Guy seems fairly cocky in his origin story, just a tad bit, a teensy tiny bit. Maybe you could talk some mad shit at him and lure him into an ambush you set up. Who knows? How about Archer? Well, he's a strategist, and we have lots of records. Is he more of the patient type, or is he more about going all out right off the bat? Does he prefer tried and true tactics, or is he more of an unorthodox thinker? You can get all that, and more, just by knowing their true name.

when he said 'genderbent medusa' about assassin, i immediately thought 'who's gonna tell him that she's already a servant?'

Zheng Chenggong, also known as Koxinga. Of all the real masters in this game, Koxinga is probably the most famous and the biggest deal. In the Fate universe there's possibly a Servant version of him out there. Long story short: He ruled Taiwan in the mid 1600s after liberating part of it from the Dutch. It was known as Tungning until 1683. He didn't live very long after establishing his kingdom, dying of Malaria in 1662.

So to elaborate on the noble phantasm info in this episode- "NP" on the stats screen is referring to a servants Noble Phantasm. And when you see a description for them they tend to get descriptions like "Anti-personel" or "Anti-army" etc. And these labels give a pretty good idea of how strong or destructive the attack would be, for example an anti personel attack is great for attacking a singular target, whereas anti fortress could blow up a castle, and anti army could take down an army. Or for a more specific example, Musashi's was listed as anti-causality which to put into simple terms means she can cut or damage pretty much anything, even concepts like fate or karma. And if that sounds like complete nonsense, then the easiest takeaway I can give you in regards to the power of servants in fate is that the longer an explanation is required for an ability the more absolutely batshit insane it is. And Musashi is absolutely bonkers. 😂

Archer was probably talking about Sun Ce when his master was acting impulsive, who was his best friend and lord, he is described as a gregarious man who was generous and laid the foundation for the Wu dynasty which was established by Sun Quan, Sun Ce's younger brother following his death, which Zhou Yu would fight for before his own death from illness. The two are often described as sworn brothers and were said to be brother in laws, so they were very close. So, it is likely a big praise from Archer even if he said it in a sort of backhanded way.

Fun Fact: Just to let you know, Edo, the setting of Fate/Samurai Remnant, is actually the former name of the current Japanese Capital, Tokyo, during the Edo Peiod, prior to the Meiji Restoration. It was initially a fishing village which developed after Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa Shogun is bestowed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi the Kanto Region, after the Siege of Odawara, in exchange of not living in his ancestral lands of Mikawa Province (currently a part of the Aichi Prefecture where Nagoya is) However, during the Edo Perild, the Seat of th Emperor is still in Kyoto despite the Shogunate being de facto Head of Government of the country. The Emperor moved their seat to Edo, now renamed Tokyo shortly after the Meiji Restoration In case you didn't believe it, evidences can be seen from several places in the game having the same name as the one in Tokyo. From where Iori lives in Asakusa (famous for the Temple Senso-ji), Ueno, Kanda (Yes, the same Kanda where you meet Hifumi in Persona 5), and so on. A notable exception to this is Yoshiwara, which is a famous Red Light District in the Edo Period, but damages from Great Kanto Earthquake and later the Outlawing of Prostitution in 1958 brought that to an end.

"Why is she looking at me like that?!" Well Nico, the OG Fate visual novel is an eroge (As in, it contains sexual content), so it _is_ canon that bodily fluids contain mana. A Master will supply mana to their Servant continuously but in small quantities just by being contracted with them, but if you're in a situation when you need a lot of magical energy quickly, the Master could share a bit of blood, kiss them, or just straight up bang them. That being said, ever since Fate has become more and more mainstream, they've kind of distance themselves from this concept, so instead of actually seeing it in action, it's more likely you'll see it being hinted at in a joking manner, like here.

I think my favorite thing about this LP is because I'm blind to Fate, I will pretty much have the same reaction as Nico to Fate stuff like "Oh this famous person known throughout history? Yeah they're a hot waifu now!", its pretty great honestly.

I never realized how much I'd love to hear Nico talk about fate stuff. Hearing him say Lancer's NP and try to guess who she is, watching him react to Noble Phantasms, and seeing him react to all the different designs of the servants. It's so cool man.

55:45 to answer Nico, that instrument is called an Er Hu (二胡 or the two-stringed fiddle), a widely-used instrument in Chinese/Oriental orchestra and ensemble. Also another fun fact, for Zhou Yu's (周瑜) name pronunctiation, The "ou" in Zhou sounds like jow/joe or similar to a Japanese ou (ō or long o), and the "u" in Yu is simlilar to the German -ü.

Damn, this game has the spot the main protagonist meme on extreme difficulty. Everyone looks like it, except the real main protagonist.

28:30 this is what causality is. so a anti causality attack is pretty insane 1.the relationship between cause and effect. 2.the principle that everything has a cause.

Nico, some advice for this game and a person who completed 100% of this game. I posted some tips back in episode 2 and episode 5 but I will post it here again in case you missed it and some newly added tips. 1. Affinity (Servants) and valor are broken. It can interrupt enemies' attacks (glowing in red) and can gather enemies (like a magnet, you will see enemies gather together in your minimap) for them to hit with the skills. Try to get stats that build those. Especially affinity as it's useful in spirit font missions where Saber or getting rogue servants to help you in capturing territories. 2. There are some missable logs. One of them is "key areas" (most of them are recognizable either as big buildings or areas that look unique and you did one "key area" back in episode 3). You have to press R3 (near the important site) and then see a blue pillar of light. There are 20 of them and one is missable at the beginning of chapter 2 (the red gate at Akakasa), so watch out for it. 3. Build statues in your workshop (home), it's good money to be sold to Boss. Also, you should save scum if you messed up the QTE. There will be statue that will have a difficult QTE. 4. Constantly check your map for Digression (like some picky penguins mentioned before). Some are missable if you progress the story (ritual). So be careful before going to Sprit Font (layline). 5. Try to buy all building materials (if possible) from all merchants in each chapter. The shop reset each chapter but gets more expensive in each chapter. There's another Commission where you have to buy at least one item from all merchants and one of the merchants will be missable if you progress in the story (ritual). 6. Try using Iori's skill Riposte though it has a tight window. It's extremely helpful, for boss fights and certain monsters. Especially a skill in the skill tree that increases damage buff after a successful riposte and significantly reduces shell gauge. 7. The Local Trial (map objective) will make you beat a certain enemy. Some of those enemies only spawn in certain areas. If you check your map, and see the enemies not in that area (highlight in red of the specific area). You should leave and enter another map and reenter for that specific enemy to appear. 8. The way Spirit Font works is basically Othello. Try to surround the enemies(red) or blank(white) spirit font with your spirit font (blue) to capture it without going there, but it can ONLY CAPTURE ONE at a time. ie, White/White/Blue and you capture one of the white like this Blue/White/Blue, it will turn Blue/Blue/Blue. It will NOT capture if it's like White/White/White/Blue and capture the piece in the beginning Blue/White/White/Blue WILL NOT TURN all of them Blue. The red/white spirit font has to be SURROUNDED by your Blue spirit font. Hope it makes sense.

There's actually a number of Japanese snake monsters, gods, and even people associated with both in Japan's history. Though, Saber mentioning a Snake God specifically is... kind of a big deal, especially for Fate. Fate (and the Nasuverse as whole) works of a sort of hierarchy system. For example, Humans are normally weaker than mages, Mages are normally weaker than magical beasts, magical beasts are normally weaker than Servants/Heroic Spirits, etc. Gods (also known as divine spirits) are at least a step or two above servants. That means if Saber has encountered a something able to claim itself as a god, Saber is STUPIDLY strong, more so than most Servants would be anyways. It's also why servants that have divine blood or association are REALLY strong, like Gilgamesh. The more divine blood you have in you, the closer you are to teh next tier basically. It's a decent peak both into Saber's potential past as well as just how crazy strong Saber is. Also, magical circuits are basically the veins of Mage. It's what allows someone to focus mana and use magic to begin with, meaning that yes, Iori has them. The Quality and Quantity are basically just how good they are at doing their job and how many of them you have. Quality dictates how well you can handle magic and quantity helps with output. Composition basically just means how their set. Normal means they aren't tangled or arranged in any weird ways. Oh, side note, what Aria was proposing is a bit of a meme based on some lore. Servants gain mana from their masters naturally, but can also be gifted extra via something called mana transfer. This is done by have a servant absorbing something from the master charged with mana into their body. Normally this is done by offer for them to drink your blood. However, there are.... other methods that can be used. Do with that info what you will

Something interesting I learned playing this game is that Chinese names when in Japan are pronounced with the Japanese saying of the characters and vice versa. This is also why Zheng Chenggong is called Tei Seiko by everyone.

53:22 "Maybe all the servants are this way, they're like "yeah my master sucks...." Now I'm imagining all the servants hanging out in a bar after fighting all day venting to each other about their horrible bosses like regular people do.

1:23:50 the screams from seeing the fox girl are way funnier with the echoing from the empty room Nico is recording in.

I should mention that the form a Noble Phantasm takes is never always a clear defined things. Sometimes it's a weapon like Saber's, sometimes it's an attack like Lancer's sometimes it's a piece of armour or a mount or a living entity or a fighting technique or sometimes it's something abstract that recreates the most infamous event of a hero's legend. And some servants can have either just the one or multiple. This is usually what makes the whole true name thing important, especially when most of the competitors of the ritual are full blown mages who have prepared for and understand the functions of magecraft better than a normal civillian.

It's not that the Servants are, like, resentful of their Masters for being weak. When Zhou Yu says that Zheng is powerless, he's stating it as a matter of fact. He's doing it in a different way than Saber is. Saber saying Iori is powerless is basically them being cocky, because they're so good at what they do. Zhou Yu saying Zheng is powerless isn't the same at all. The difference is in respect. Saber doesn't really respect Iori, at least at the start. They just want to fight and they think Iori is deadweight. Zhou Yu, however, DOES respect Zheng, he says that he might be able to entrust his dying wish to Zheng and he resolves to help Zheng get his desires. He doesn't see Zheng as deadweight, he just knows that Zheng is going to be less able to win the war on his own, because he can. Most Servants aren't really like that. Most Servants don't really care if their master is weak because they know their role in things is to be the warrior, and they're fine with that. Saber says it because they're arrogant, and Zhou says it out of concern. It's not really the norm.

Nico should definitely know who Orihime and Hikoboshi are considering he played S;G0 and how those themes were interconnected with Mayuri and Okabe's story 😅

I see You have yet to realize Tamamo’s greatness! You Don't even realize how OP it is to get a Second turn in a game with a timer. You were about to die last episode! And in battle she's best support. You are like a child in a candy store who met his first crush there and then despises her, because she took your favorite candy in front of you and then she gave it to you out of goodness of her heart!

The funny thing is I feel like the way the original Fate dealt with having a battle royale while also letting everyone show off what they could do is freaking splitting the timeline into three separate stories where certain guys get to be the main villain this time.

Random Fate Trivia #5 Rogue Servants (or Strays) are quite the enigma for those who aren't used to the series. After all, they are basically Summoned to a ritual with no Master and are heavily reliant on the leylines to gain power, and even then their power is restricted without a proper Master. So one might be asking "so what would be the point of summoning Strays?" Thing is, having Strays directly summoned to the ritual is not common in this series. In fact, aside from this game, there's only been one true instance where Strays are normal. If you ever think of Stray Servants, that usually means their Master is dead or they have forcibly cut ties with their previous Master (in both cases, they only have a limited amount of time before they are truly gone). So why are they Summoned? It's usually different on a case-to-case basis. Stray Servants are not a normal occurence, they really just refer to Servants without a Master. There's rarely a chance for extras to be summoned through a ritual.

Let me explain the Archer and Assassin class Archer: an heroic figure who where know for they expertise in shooting and may or may not have wielded a bow. While an "Archer" sounds like someone who definitely wields a bow, they don’t necessarily use, the only criteria to be an Archer is to just have great precision. Also an unique trait of the Archer class is that they have Independent Action in which if their master dies they can survive by their own for some days without mana. Assassin: an heroic figure who have killed many people or where renown assassins. They have the unique trait of presence concealment which lets them hide even from the keenest magic sensing. Their fighting prowess can sometimes be average but they excel and are mostly used on killing Masters unguarded from their Servant

I'm not sure about this game, but in Fate/Stay Night they say you need to kill the seven servants, but since they are terribly strong, it'd be easier to kill the master, thus cutting off the servant's mana supply.

8:20 - it's important to know that *food* is an incredibly important theme for the Fate series. In fact, it's so important, almost every piece of Fate media features cooking and cuisine in some aspect, but there's even a spin off manga and show that is dedicated to Fate characters making food from scratch that you can actually follow along with. It's the idea of a 'home life' in the day that is cut apart by the dark world of servants fighting in the night. Nothing is more peaceful than a meal with loved ones, and so great effort is given to it. If you bought the special edition of the game, you'd actually be given an English novel of the characters from this game describing and eating a variety of food. So Saber's love of food isn't so much a reference to anything of their past, but moreso just a continued tradition started with the original visual novel that continues to this day. Fun fact, it's what encouraged me to start cooking myself!

Mana transfer refers to the process of using human bodily fluids to act as a substitute for a Servant's mana. It can be blood, saliva and maybe even sweat but given the kind of person Aria is, she's obviously referring to a very specific human bodily fluid.

Btw NP in the servant stats means Noble phantasm. The higher the rating is usually the crazier the effects will be.

God help us all the day Nico gets into FGO

Since the giant fox showed up again, I wanted to mention that your guess of Amaterasu wasn’t completely wrong. I believe the original legend or lore of Tamamo No Mae is somewhat connect to Amaterasu, so at least one of your guesses were fairly accurate in some way.

"Bring me a beautiful life." My thoughts: Like an elderly married couple who are still in love after 50+ years? Game's answer: Shiny dead fish

Tamamo no high makes her demon face Nico: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT FACE!? MODS! THERES A WEIRD FOX OUTSIDE! that would be the demon fox part of tamamo coming out nico, and iori is her target. (Kind of reminds me of a face thay original tamamo would make in Fate extella or tamamo vitch face)

Nico, since you asked, the Chinese instrument that plays during Archer’s theme is known as an “erhu”. The shamisen is a Japanese instrument, also influenced by a Chinese instrument known as a “sanxian”. There was a lot of cross cultural pollination going on between Japan and China back then and their influence on modern Japan is still in effect today, especially in the language department

Since you brought it up, most of the Masters we've seen so far have been actual historical figures. Aside of Iori, who you already know, Zeng is a famous Chinese general, Yui is one of the "Three Great Ronin" of the era, and Takao is part of a linege of renowned courtesans of the same name. The only exception so far is Chiemon, though if we're counting non-Masters as well, we can also count Kaya as well (while Iori did have adopted siblings in real-life, there is no report of a Kaya among them).

Fun fact about the bro master who just rescue you Zheng Chenggong, alternative name was Koxinga. He was one of china two famous pirates who cause a lot of commotion to the Qing Chinese Empire. He was kicking all the asses: Quing Chinese, Dutch, and Japanese. He was the one who liberated a very very special island: Famusa or as recently known as Taiwan.

Think this is as good a point as any to talk about a specific meme in the Fate fandom "The Archer class truly is made of archers". Its a line from the og fate game, in context it makes sense, but the fandom uses it as a way to mock the fact that the class has soooooo many heroes that dont fight with a bow and arrow. Some times it makes sense, Billy the Kid is an Archer but he uses a revolver ( a modern bow). William Tell is an Archer and he fights with...a high-tech crossbow that fires laser arrows and dubs a sniper rifle... still a form of bow and arrow though. Then you have heroic spirits like...Nikola Tesla. How is he an Archer? Well, he "tamed" lightining and electricity, so as a heroic spirit he can...fight by summoning and firing lightining like a Sith Lord (and thats downplaying what he can do btw). Also, Gilgamesh is usually an Archer, no, he also doenst have a bow or anything that looks like one Yeah, the Archer class truly IS made of archers lol.

I loved the "KITTY!" at 44:54

21:09 Really funny Nico joked about Dynasty Warriors here, because Zhou Yu IS ON DYNASTY WARRIORS.

Shout-out to Kaya, somehow thinking Iori has so much game to sleep around all the time when the man just got pulled into funky mage adventures.

Tamamo Aria - It's harem time (but said really slowly) Iori, Saber, and Nico - NO!

Iori is building a really awkward harem

i love nico reaction to aria whenever she shows up

So uhhh… Nico, you know how the original Fate/Stay Night was a Eroge Visual Novel? (Most likely not but I’m gonna to say it anyways) “Mana Transfer” is basically… You guessed already, The birds and the bees. So when Tamamo Aria suggests using Iori’s Mana as her source instead, let’s just say that line made some of us long time fate fan physically recoils backwards in real life.

That detail in Musashi's Noble Phantasm about the revelation of " " is referencing Kara no Kyoukai, a web novel series that series creator Kinoko Nasu wrote during the mid-90s. The main character, Shiki Ryougi, has a unique relationship with the void after having awoken from a two-year coma where one of her personalities had died. This makes her the target for a magus who intends to use her to reach the Root of Alaya, the source of all magic in the world. Regarding its relevancy to this game, it just means that Musashi Miyamoto is really powerful for having access to a portion of the void.

The reason they said it like "that", and implied "that", is because that is also what "that" is. And by "that" they meant "That fr". They mean SEX. I'm not explaining further, ask your mom.

What the statue carving tutorial DOESN'T tell you is the real reason you carve them. It says you gain EXP, which you do, but that's not the main reason you do it. There are two main reasons to do it. First, there are some skills that require you to carve a few of the statues. Second, and most importantly, you can sell them to Gilgamesh for a fuck ton of money. It is a very good way to make money, and the primary way you make the big bucks.

aria make the evil tamamo smile because one of the ways to transfer mana that is as old as the original fate is that the master and servant get intimate in bed

So basically Noble Phantasm's are an artifact, ability, or manifestation of a significant event in a Servant's life. For instance, if King Arthur was a Servant, their Noble Phantasm would likely be Excalibur. Also, Servants can have multiple Noble Phantasms if they're known well enough for multiple things.

I thought I was tripping but apparently Zheng is voiced by the same guy who voices Zhongli in genshin, thats kinda fun. And he also wields a polearm lmao

The NP stat in a Servant's bio refers to the power of their Noble Phantasm. Also the TEC stat can basically be read as the Luck stat of this game. Increasing that will provide a number of benefits.

Fate/Samurai Remnant The story of a young man whose sister's think he is getting laid with all the ppl he meet. And also Saber, his servant, beeing extra jaleous everytime.

I think Saber has an addiction to Miso Soup and Rice. God help the soul that tries to start an intervention for them.

My favorite Japanese history edutainment let's play on the whole wide internet!

Fun fact about Zhou Gongjin, he is one of the many talented tactitans in the three kingdom civil war: the other being Sima Yi and Komeng. His rise to fame was coming up with a genius plan to catch Cao Cao involving burning his fleets and crash into the Cao Cao ship. Also he is one of two tactician who get to show their face. Also: NP means Noble Phantasm.

if chiemon has a known historical counterpart it'll most likely be revealed in the season pass this game has, otherwise he's more famous to fate fans due to his association to another popular character and the revolution he incited which was mentioned at the beginning when he met with yui

Of all characters to have do it why is Aria the one to insinuate that the sharing of spiritual energy through skin on skin action can still be canon

I freaking love Iori and Aria's interactions, they are so amazing

To use a Noble Phantasm(np), servants have to reveal it's true name, not their own. Like saying the name of their sword/technique, or in William Tell's case, what their legendary deed/move was known to do

The classic Dynasty Warriors “Cow Cow” pronounce for Cao Cao. Brings back memories of how hilarious it was playing DW as a kid. If his name appear again, try “Chow Chow” instead. It’s the closest proper Chinese pronunciation for English speakers.

If I remember correctly magical circuits are what allow people to use magic. The more they have the more they can cast spells without it backfiring. The higher the quality its easier to cast the big stuff.

a mage family's magic crest is basically the equivalent of a coat of arms surgically implanted into their chosen inheritor, magic circuits (how mages can perform magic in this universe) strengthen as they grow older, and realizing this, mages developed some truly advanced techniques meant to transfer it down, as you might expect, the process is arduous and painful so it is a slow and gradual overtime project

Well, her "sisters" did say she was a weirdo.

You make fun of Tamamo a lot, but you're going to use her a lot! She's the best support!

1:23:50 YOU CAN RUN NICO BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE! YOU WON'T ESCAPE THE ADORABLENESS!!!

When it said “true name” it meant the name of the Noble Phantasm(NP). Think of it like how Shonen characters call out their special attack names, except here a Servant needs to call out the name of their NP to activate it or use its full might unless it’s a passive type. And if a Noble Phantasm has a super obvious name like say Excalibur, you are definitely gonna figure out who the owner of that NP is. Keep in mind a Noble Phantasm isn’t always a weapon or object. It could be an ability, an event, or action that that Servant had performed and/or experienced in their life that is part of their legend. For example, say I’m a hero who once survived jumping into lava fighting a dragon or something. That event is recorded in my legend, and I gain a NP based on it. The name of the Noble Phantasm will be in reference to it, and calling out the name could say give me the power to use the lava I had once jumped in, while also granting a passive fire resistance even without calling its name.

*nicob summarizing how most fate plots play out:* 11:07 - 11:19

No, the ritual doesn't have to end in death for the Masters. The Servants do have to kill each other, that is inevitable. But you don't have to kill the Master, that's not a necessary part of the ritual. It can make things easier, because if you kill the Master you kill the Servant, but strictly speaking every Master can walk away from the ritual with their lives intact. The Servants are the only ones whose deaths are necessary.

I remember Zhou Yu from Dynasty Warriors 9. Guy destroyed my fleet behind me with flaming arrows. He had planned it all from the beginning. Guy is a fucking genius, and I got a grudge against him.

When they talk about NP in the Servants stat they are talking about Noble Phantasm. Meaning Lancer and Archer have POWERFUL NPs

Bro this LP is so good, one of my favorites already

Aria seems to be Nico's biggest nightmare.

This game is already giving me Okami meets Zatch Bell vibes with the inclusion of Japanese and foreign lore/mythology, along with the partners in competition setting, with the grand prize being what everyone is fighting for

At the very least Iori isn't a dense protagonist.

Congratulations on moving in Nico and thanks for this nice long episode to start off with in the new office! I hope you and Bernie make many happy memories at your new house!

So, now that you're a little ways into the game and have gotten your feet wet with the juicy lore, I think this would be a good time to delve into the fundamentals of magecraft, the core magic system used in Fate (and all of Type-Moon's franchises, actually). Today, we're going to answer "What the heck is a magic circuit?!" The wiki will tell you it's a "pseudo-nervous system." That's accurate, but to the layman it's nonsensical gibberish. Kind of like how a physical body has genes that define how it grows and functions, the soul has components as well, concepts that define who the person is. A magic circuit is basically a component that is inscribed onto a person's soul, and describes how well they can use magic. Because they're part of the soul, they cannot be naturally modified. Key word there being "naturally." Circuits function by transmuting either Mana (energy created by the world), or Od (energy created by one's body) into magical energy, which is sometimes called "prana" depending on the translation. Magical energy is then used to, well, cast spells and whatnot. The idea for Od actually stems from a real-life 19th century pseudo-scientific concept called the Odic Force. The telluric energy you get from the spirit fonts in the game is Mana, it's just called by a different name. As for why, well, the best answer I can come up with is "Because." Regarding "quantity" and "quality," to put it simply, the "quantity" stat represents the number of circuits you have. The "quality" is how efficiently they work - how much energy your circuits can hold, how easily they can channel said energy, and how much effort it takes to actually use it. The terms have another meaning as well, but that doesn't apply to anything in this game so you don't have to worry about it. It's also kind of complicated, and frankly I'm too lazy to go into it. Now, it's possible to use your physical nervous system as a supplemental magic circuit. Lots of mages throughout the franchise do it, but you need to be extremely careful doing so, as it can seriously mess you up. If you don't know what you're doing it's extremely easy to wind up severely injured, permanently crippled, or just straight up dead as your body burns itself out. I'll stop here as I feel this is all that's really relevant at the moment. Besides, this comment is already getting a bit wordy and I don't want to overwhelm a newcomer to the franchise. At least not yet. I hope you found this helpful and/or informative, though! PS: The reason everyone has paper in their mouths during the katana maintenance is so they avoid getting saliva on the blade during the process, as it can potentially corrode the metal or cause other issues. This is one of the reasons swords are usually coated in a thin layer of oil during maintenance.

It would be really entertaining to see a Reaction Abridged of Fate/Zero (generally regarded as the other best entry point for a new Fate fan, other than the original visual novel F/SN) after playing through this game. The dichotomy of the two works (both how they differ and are similar) while still being familiar with how things generally work in the universe would be funny. Just don't jump immediately into FGO. Please, I beg of you.

1:47:09 Nico, you missed part of the Wind Stance codex, the second one of the three. Unless you saw it and just decided to not leave that part in, I dunno.

Ooooh, archer is voiced by Kensho Ono? Another archer in his collection of characters... Where my Dr stone fans at?

I want one of these intro gonna be "Well excuuse mee Saber"

I'm worried for Kaya I don't know why

The instrument in the digression, and generally as the theme of team Zheng, is an Erhu. It's a traditional Chinese string instrument similar to a violin and it is my favorite instrument in the world.

Alright to explain what Aria means by giving her magical energy we got to do some mage biology so every mage has something called a magic circuit which is basically an organ that channels magical energy exclusive to mages because of this organ every fluid in a mages body contains magical energy their blood, sweat, saliva and even the white stuff mages have this ritual called mana transfer which’s to transfer the magical energy of one mage into another there are three ways to do this one mouth to mouth, two blood transfer, and three segs just straight segs the third option is considered the most pragmatic of the three because its quick and apparently the crotch juices contain a lot of magical energy that is supposed to turn into the baby’s magic circuit

for god sake saber we have had more than enough miso soup this week lets go get some meat buns I just noticed that a new shop called ameterasu buns just opened up and people are going mad for them

Fate series doesn't miss with the banger OSTs

1:39:20 saber just name dropped the series name

I'm no swordsman or anything like that but I'm pretty sure the paper or cloth it help absorb the moisture in there breath to help prevent damaging the blade

Man, that soundtrack for Zhou Yu is amazing!

Yes nico, a servants noble phantasm is more or less an ultimate in most games now

As it was explained in order to win the ritual you must either destroy a servent or kill their master