He legitimately defeated Gilgamesh since quantity can have its own quality. His rate of fire exceeded that of Gil's and that's the key to his victory.
Linger: Complete. August, 1995. I met him. A branch off Part 3. Mikiya keeps his promise to meet Azaka, and meets again with that mysterious girl he once found in the rain.
Shinkai: Set in the Edo period. DHO-centric. As mysterious figures gather in the city, a young woman unearths the dark secrets of the Asakami family.
The Dollkeeper: A Fate side-story. The memoirs of the last tuner of the Einzberns. A record of the end of a family.
Overcount 2030: Extra x Notes. A girl with no memories is found by a nameless soldier, and wakes up to a world of war.
Last Episode is the best finale.
Um, Shirou didn't defeat Gil. The angry Grail black hole did, and then Archer nailed him while Gil tried to pull himself out with his chains.
HF finale was best.
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But Shirou contributed to his ultimate demise.
1. Shirou's roundhouse kick and blasting Kirei with the Azoth Dagger was mental as fuck
2. Saber VS Gil is enough to trump the other finales on its own. Seriously, if the Kirei VS Shirou fistfight in HF True didn't exist, this argument wouldn't even be happening right now, for it's the only close contender.
My attempts at being a (fanfic) writer:
Eclipse - a Saber Alter oneshot
Requiem for a Race - Altrouge and Ortenrosse hunt the TAs ( 1/3 chapters, discontinued )
Memories of a King - a 'Saber Origins' story ( 8/? chapters, discontiuned )
A Small Warmth - a post UBW-Good oneshot, Saber/Rin
Devil's Thrill - Narbareck hunts down a DAA Blackmore ( 10/10 chapters, finished )
Boundary of Loneliness - Ryougi Shiki/Alphard Al-Shua oneshot. Lemon-flavoured
I especially loved that part with Avalon, with both arms reaching out toward it.
Linger: Complete. August, 1995. I met him. A branch off Part 3. Mikiya keeps his promise to meet Azaka, and meets again with that mysterious girl he once found in the rain.
Shinkai: Set in the Edo period. DHO-centric. As mysterious figures gather in the city, a young woman unearths the dark secrets of the Asakami family.
The Dollkeeper: A Fate side-story. The memoirs of the last tuner of the Einzberns. A record of the end of a family.
Overcount 2030: Extra x Notes. A girl with no memories is found by a nameless soldier, and wakes up to a world of war.
Wait, GG, are you seriously saying that the UBW fight was more Shonen than Shirou AKA "My body and brain are practically dead but I can still go on because I'm a determinator who wants to save my love" vs Kotomine?
My point is that the fight stretched my suspension of disbelief too far for me. HFShirou vs Herc I guess did as well, but at least him using the skills inherited from Archer's arm is something I'm able to take with a more of a straight face than UBWShirou quickly mastering his magecraft skills from copying Archer for a couple of days and then using some prana supply boost he got from Rin to beat the most powerful Servant in the Fate universe.
Saying Gilgamesh lost because he grossly underestimated Shirou is a bit redundant considering that's his attitude for 90% of the people he fights.
Aye, it trumped them all in how improbable and downright retarded it was. Archer turning out to be alive after all that and even assisting was even richer.
It's like someone said: Nasu wrote it like playing an RPG or something, and the dice rolled "Shirou bangs Rin, Shirou beats Gil" and Nasu had no choice but to cry and then write it down.
( also, I might be exaggerating my opinion for comedy purposes so don't take this to your heart )
My attempts at being a (fanfic) writer:
Eclipse - a Saber Alter oneshot
Requiem for a Race - Altrouge and Ortenrosse hunt the TAs ( 1/3 chapters, discontinued )
Memories of a King - a 'Saber Origins' story ( 8/? chapters, discontiuned )
A Small Warmth - a post UBW-Good oneshot, Saber/Rin
Devil's Thrill - Narbareck hunts down a DAA Blackmore ( 10/10 chapters, finished )
Boundary of Loneliness - Ryougi Shiki/Alphard Al-Shua oneshot. Lemon-flavoured