Review of Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front - Babylonia

Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia is the single most underrated anime I have ever seen. It humanises Gilgamesh, one of the most ruthless villains in the main Fate/Stay Night series. In this show, you see an older and wiser Gilgamesh, after he has met and lost his best friend - Enkidu. The Archer Class Gilgamesh summoned in UBW and the other main fate routes is actually based on the younger, more arrogant and more self-centred version of himself. Donquixote Doflamingo will probably always stand on top as the best villain in Anime/Manga for me, but Caster Gil's portrayal in this show, as a leader andsomeone who genuinely cares for his people, moved me.

I cried when Kingu used his Noble Phantasm, and I still get emotional every time I hear Milets ' Tell Me' that plays during the scene.

In the end, Gil lost his one true friend, he lost the very thing he spent years trying to find that would make him immortal, he lost everything his life was for, his city, his people, he lost his friend again. And, after firing Melammu Dingir he lost all of his treasures and wealth. But still, he sat atop his building, no tears, he seemed unphased, was it because of his clairvoyance? No, that had shown him the destruction of the city, not the loss of everything he ever had. Gil viewed what happened as something that was good, and why was that? Because humanity had won, even if they were helped by the Gods. It was Ritsuka, Chaldeas and the people of Uruk who had emerged victorious, their struggle was not in vain.

The war was won, and no matter how much agony he himself could be going through, how could he be sad? He wasn't, he is the King of Heroes, a King whose ambition led his people, whose shoulder they could rely on, whose back they could look at and be proud of. Divine or not, god or not, the King of Heroes would fight for humanity because that is what he wanted to do.