Originally Posted by
Mizukume
The event literally was set in a new year AFTER LB3 and AFTER Chaldea got their new base. It cannot be in 2018 or earlier. The event itself even started with Chaldea began to resummon their servants into their new base and Goredorf giving out lucky money to Guda. In fact, the event itself literally set up for events that came after it by giving the fact that singularities are still there, just frozen, and it is now the best time to try and clear as many of them as possible. You're not gonna convince me with that "lul events are jokes" kind of logic, nuh uh, not when the fucking mushroom is the one writing it and intentionally tied it to the main story and set up foundation for later events that can happen in part 2.
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TLDR, No more excuses FGO, I've defended you long enough.