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Fate/Stay Night is a 2004 visual novel by TYPE-MOON and written by Kinoko Nasu, in which modern-day mages summon heroic spirits from the past to do battle in order to win the holy grail. It has since been adapted into a number of manga and anime series.

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Why does Kiritsugu refer to himself as a "mahoutsukai" at the very beginning of F/SN?

From what i remember of the Translation of the game Kiritsugu introduced himself as a Sorcerer. to be a Sorcerer recognized by the Magic Association one need to have wielded one of the True Magics. I …
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How long was Saber waiting for Shirou after she died?

Avalon is the domain of fairies... the unreachable utopia that Arthur dreamed of and was said to have gone to after her death. In the Fate Route, after Saber vanished and returned to her own tim …
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How did Saber become more linked to lions than dragons?

The Lion reference can be dated back to her childhood. it's not mentioned on her page but Sir Kay's section. Sir Kay is the son of Sir Ector who Merlin left Arturia in the care of, that makes him Artu …
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Does Shirou ever learn about Illyasviel being Kiritsugu's daughter?

In the Heaven's Feel route, yes, as she says she is in the True End: In the Unlimited Blade Works route, however, she doesn't I am unsure about the Fate Route; to my recollection, Shirou doesn't …
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What did Kiritsugu do when he left Fuyuki?

Kiritsugu didn't return to his old profession, but rather he was trying to see Ilya again and his trips were him going back to the old Einzbern castle. At the end of Fate/Zero, when he was killing t …
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Who is the main character in Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works?

[...] every season has a different main character This is actually incorrect. Fate/stay night always has the same main character Shirou Emiya. In the visual novels, you always play/read in the pe …
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Can we infer how the Fifth Holy Grail War would have ended had Gilgamesh not intervened?

Scenario 1: The Einzberns cheated....again! and thus win the Einzbern family were at one point holders of the 3rd Magic, Heaven's Feel, which is what the Holy Grail War was original for, reclaiming t …
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In "Unlimited Blade Works", why did the servants choose to fade away rather than staying in ...

Because they can't stay in the world without a Master and the Holy Grail. in the Visual Novel for the Unlimited Blade Works route, in the Good Ending Saber remains in the world through her contract w …
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What was the Chant Emiya Shirou used to Enter the Reality Marble World?

actually the one posted by RNGesus.exe is the wrong one. while i have not seen the ufotable series, looking at the wikia on it you see it's Heroic Spirit EMIYA's chant as it's the one that ends with h …
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What, exactly, is "Fate/stay night" supposed to mean?

When Kinoko Nasu first wrote Fate/stay night in college, it was called Old Fate (旧Fate) and Fate Origin and was reimagined later to be Fate/Prototype. Nasu only wrote what would become the game's Fate …
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Are Archer's twin blades a bootstrap paradox?

The Archer-EMIYA summoned by Rin is different from Shirou coming from a different timeline where the results of the Holy Grail war were different; the visual novel notes 3 key differences between them …
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Do Emiya Shirou and Arturia ever meet again after Fate/stay night?

Yes they do. In the Visual Novel of Fate Stay/Night Realta Nua, once you have seen all five endings, a new ending appears accessible from the title screen called -Last Episode-. This is in two parts: …
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Why did Saber reveal to Shirou and Rin that she has participated in the previous war?

Because there's nothing to gleam from the fact that she was summoned previously, infact in the Visual Novel she doesn't say that she was summoned in the previous War but was "summoned once before", sh …
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What was Tohsaka doing watching the dojo lately?

I would assume it was because of Sakura. She knew full well of the dealing between her father and the Matous, and it's revealed in Heaven's Feel that despite Sakura's changed appearance (due to the br …
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Why was the Fifth Holy Grail War so early?

As i explained in this answer (Under Kiritsugu's Plan), it was because there was a build up of Prana in the Greater Grail. Normal Procedure would be that by the end of a War the Prana (particularly Ma …
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