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“Fate/Zero depicts the Fourth Holy Grail War, where seven mages and heroic spirits battle for the omnipotent wish-granting Grail.”
Fate/Zero
Fate/Zero
8.55
148 rank · 30,680 readers · 993 favorites
Urban Fantasy
Action
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Fate/Zero depicts the Fourth Holy Grail War, where seven mages and heroic spirits battle for the omnipotent wish-granting Grail.
The Holy Grail War is a ritualistic battle fought to determine who is worthy of commanding the Holy Grail: an omnipotent wish-granting device. The war is held between seven mages, each armed with their own familiar, an ancient heroic spirit of legend. The Einzberns, a major contender in the grail war, have recruited the infamous mage killer Kiritsugu Emiya as their representative in the Fourth Holy Grail War. Though armed with his own arsenal, Kiritsugu is faced with six other mages vying to win. From bettering humanity to garnering respect, all opponents have their own reasons for seeking the Holy Grail. Taking place 10 years before the events of Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Zero illustrates the events of the fateful Fourth Holy Grail War.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
9.4
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 1.20
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.20 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.60
Running avg · Apr 2011 → Jan 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This is the best story I have ever read. It will be difficult to find the most psychologically revealed characters with whom you sincerely empathize. story -10/10- suffering, pain and hope. the...”
- 10 “Fate/zero Is the prequel of Fate/Stay Night. I only watched the anime series , but there's a manga and a few eletronic games named Fate/Stay Night. Fate/Zero has a different mood compared to FSN,...”
- 10 “After hearing that Fate/Zero will be made into anime. I decided to read its novel and in the end I was very impressed with the storyline and the characters in here. The storyline of Fate/Zero takes...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 0%
Long · 80%
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 18 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 24m approx
- Published Dec 2006 – Dec 2007
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M3113 catalog