Fate/Stay Night – 19

And I'm in awe of your…hawtness?

Saber and Assassin are still at it, while Emiya and Kuzuki fight on in the background (is it just me, or did Emiya suddenly become pimp daddy sword master in a span of 3 episodes?). Saber manages to bend Assassin's blade with one hit of her own, but Assassin finally gets his feet on flat ground and is able to use his Noble Phantasm, "Tsubame-Gaeshi". Caster closes in on Rin and Sakura, both of which seem to be alive after the events of the last episode. Assassin unleashes "Tsubame-Gaeishi" at Saber, who hurries to retaliate. The two end up in the classic Samurai-style "after slash" stance.

Dum dum duuuuuummmmmm!

Saber looses a few hairs, and Assassin looses his life. 4 down, 2 to go :p. Kuzuki manages to bust Emiya's swords with his bare hands (this guy isn't normal) and hits Emiya hard enough to throw him down into the pit below where Caster is confronting a very defenseless Rin and Sakura. Caster asks her Master to stand back while she takes care of Rin and Emiya (Sakura being the sacrifice for the Grail). Caster charges up a spell, and Saber arrives just in time to stop her. Caster taunts Saber with the fact that she can no longer use Excalibur's power due to her being cut with Rule Breaker and that she's not strong enough without it to defeat Caster. She offers Saber a deal: she'll spare Emiya if Saber joins her. Before Saber has a chance to answer, a mysterious man calls Caster a fool for trying to take what is his. The man, who is dressed in golden amour and has about a billion swords and other sharp pointy objects that are used to kill people floating in the air behind him, points at Saber and says that she belongs to him, the "King". The swords behind him then streak towards Caster, who casts a shield to protect herself and Kuzuki. The man grabs 3 swords out of the air and targets Kuzuki, throwing them into a small spot that Caster's shield wasn't protecting. Caster jumps in front of the swords and takes the brunt of the attack for her Master. She flashes back to when Kuzuki accepts her as his Servant, and how happy she was to be wanted (even though Kuzuki didn't really look like he cared). Caster limps over to her Master and asks if he's alright, because it would be very bad for him to die now that she's found what she was searching for. He promises to achieve what she desired in her stead, and as she fades away, she says that that's impossible, because her desire has already been fulfilled. Kuzuki watches Caster's cloak and dagger fall to the ground, and after staring at them for a bit, collapses right next to them, two very large gashes marring his back.

How the hell…?

Goldie looks pissed…

Aw. She isn't evil, just misunderstood. Bitch.

5 down, one to go! Where the hell is Lancer anyway? Gold Guy disappears after asking if Saber remembers the question he asked her, so the gang runs out of the cave before it collapses due to Caster's death. When they get back home, Saber reveals the identity of Goldie…kinda. All she can say is that he is actually a Servant, Archer class, which makes him number 8. Ouch. 5 down, 2 to go. She says that she fought him in the last war 10 years ago, and that she lost before she could learn his identity. Even if she hadn't lost, she wouldn't have known his name anyway, because he has thousands of Noble Phantasms. She also says that he proposed to her during the fight (hence the "question"). She answered him…with her sword. Heh. Rin surmises that Goldie won the War ten years ago and used the Grail to let him live in this world without a master. Rin runs off to tend to Sakura, and Emiya asks Saber about Goldie staying in this world by using the Grail. Emiya gets excited at the prospect, but before he can say what he was thinking, Saber cuts him off and says that she has no intention of staying in this world. Emiya finally figures out why she wants the Grail: to change the selection of the king so that she would never have become the Arthur of legend. Her reasoning was that because she wasn't strong enough to protect her kingdom, a new king must be chosen that can change the course of history and govern the people better. Emiya gets mad and says that that's all in the past, that she should change herself now instead of going back. Saber blows him off, and says that even if they got the grail, it doesn't guarantee that she can stay in this world, because there is no way Goldie got ahold of the grail last time. The Grail was destroyed ten years ago by Saber on orders from her former master: Emiya Kiritsugu, Emiya's adoptive father. Emiya gets pissed and asks why she never told him. It was because Emiya's dad betrayed her by using his last command spell to force Saber to destroy the Grail, which caused the fire that killed Emiya's real parents. She didn't believe the stories that Emiya told or the dreams she saw about how nice he was, because his father was a cold and uncaring man, although he wasn't evil. Emiya eventually goes to see the priest guy from the beginning, and asks him about the 8th Servant, much to the priest's surprise.

Well now, isn't that interesting? I've heard stories of a guy named "Gilgamesh" in the F/SN storyline, although I have no clue as to if that's Goldie or not. Now it's just down to Lancer and Goldie…let's hope that Saber gets a happy ending this time . Next week we get to see the uber cute side of Saber, because she finally gets the plushie I've heard so much about. Yay for more harem action! Emiya almost has th perfect harem, even mirroring everything that Keitaro had (girl with sword, outgoing girl, shy girl…loli girl) except for the "crazy as shit inventor" and "random strange girl". Ah well.