“Shirou, untalented sorcerer, joins deadly Holy Grail War, summoning legendary Saber to fight for wish-granting Grail.”
Fate/stay night
Fate/stay night
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Synopsis
Shirou, untalented sorcerer, joins deadly Holy Grail War, summoning legendary Saber to fight for wish-granting Grail.
The story takes place in an ordinary Japanese town, Fuyuki City. Hidden from society, there has been a deadly war going on in this town. Seven sorcerers known as "Masters" summon a powerful familiar called "Servants" and they all fight each other till the last one. The last one is said to attain the Holy Grail which will grant them a wish. Only a few know when this War started and what the Holy Grail is, but the war was about to begin again this year. The main character is Emiya Shirou, who lost his parents in a fire and was adopted by a man who called himself a sorcerer. Admiring his stepfather, he has been training himself to be a sorcerer. However, he had no talent and he could barely use one type of sorcery. His stepfather has already passed away, and today he's a sorcerer without any skills or knowledge. He is involved in the War of the Holy Grail when he accidentally summons Saber, who is said to be the strongest servant of all... (Source: MU)
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Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
What 2 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Feb 2018 → Oct 2020
- 8 “Fate Stay Night is a pretty good manga I wouldn't say it's the best it does run into some of the cliche tropes that are rampant in Shonen type mangas but it does the story pretty well. If you read...”
- 5 “This manga is an adaptation of a highly acclaimed VN (a type of text-heavy game) by the same name. I recommend playing the VN before reading this or touching anything else in the Fate franchise, as...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 87 × 20 ch × vol
- Total read 11h 36m approx
- Published Dec 2005 – Oct 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0671 catalog