Thread: Fate/Grand Order Story and Lore (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

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    Quote Originally Posted by rxrx View Post
    1 is done by Sakurai, 2 by Minase(?)
    These sound absolutely correct to me, dunno about 3 tho
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    Quote Originally Posted by Magikewl View Post
    I just think it's funny that for every EoR chapter i've seen people in this thread go "Yeah Higashide totally did this one"
    He's a machine. He just cranks them out like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rxrx View Post
    It is currently agreed by the Japanese fandom that 1 is done by Sakurai, 2 by Minase(?) and 3 by Higashide. 4 should be Meteo.
    But Agartha had Astolfo, and Hydras, and other Greek things, and Astolfo. Aren't those all Higashide keywords? Also Minase did C^3, so he's a shoe-in for Salem.
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    canon finish apo vol 3

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    Quote Originally Posted by rxrx View Post
    It is currently agreed by the Japanese fandom that 1 is done by Sakurai, 2 by Minase(?) and 3 by Higashide. 4 should be Meteo.
    I really think Meteo should have been 2
    and Minase 4.
    Because Agartha's that type of Adventure Quest like Fire Girl
    While Salem seems like well C^3 stuff would be really useful in writing it
    But I haven't read Fire Girl. Maybe ED could tell us if Agartha read like Meteo
    Quote Originally Posted by FSF 5, Chapter 14: Gold and Lions I
    Dumas flashed a fearless grin at Flat and Jack as he rattled off odd turns of phrase.
    "And most importantly, it's me who'll be doing the cooking."
    Though abandoned, forgotten, and scorned as out-of-date dolls, they continue to carry out their mission, unchanged from the time they were designed.
    Machines do not lose their worth when a newer model appears.
    Their worth (life) ends when humans can no longer bear that purity.


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    People love Higashide and wants to show that he isn't that bad since F/Ap is being bashed for forced romantic hookups. Well, more like he did pretty good for Amakusa and Semi, but flunked Jeanne and Sieg. In terms of partnership, Fiore and Horseguy+ Mord and Necro guy is done pretty well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magikewl View Post
    I just think it's funny that for every EoR chapter i've seen people in this thread go "Yeah Higashide totally did this one"
    It is well known that everything to have happened in FGO after part 1 ended is shit and Higashide can obviously only write shit, ergo

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rafflesiac View Post
    But Agartha had Astolfo, and Hydras, and other Greek things, and Astolfo. Aren't those all Higashide keywords? .
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    Yeah I don't see anyone else doing penny other than higashide since he's the one who wrote her into apo
    Rider of Resistance seems like a higashide thing too


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    Quote Originally Posted by rxrx View Post
    People love Higashide and wants to show that he isn't that bad since F/Ap is being bashed for forced romantic hookups. Well, more like he did pretty good for Amakusa and Semi, but flunked Jeanne and Sieg. In terms of partnership, Fiore and Horseguy+ Mord and Necro guy is done pretty well.
    Chiron and Fiore is actually p meh
    Caules and Fran tho
    Quote Originally Posted by FSF 5, Chapter 14: Gold and Lions I
    Dumas flashed a fearless grin at Flat and Jack as he rattled off odd turns of phrase.
    "And most importantly, it's me who'll be doing the cooking."
    Though abandoned, forgotten, and scorned as out-of-date dolls, they continue to carry out their mission, unchanged from the time they were designed.
    Machines do not lose their worth when a newer model appears.
    Their worth (life) ends when humans can no longer bear that purity.


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    I think it speaks to the quality of the EoR Chapters, if I'm being honest, they haven't been particularly good. They've had good individual characters or arcs but on the whole they're not as good as Camelot, Babylon, or Salomon. This is the best one to me, and the only one I wouldn't have said was written by Higashide.
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    Quote Originally Posted by You View Post
    I really think Meteo should have been 2
    and Minase 4.
    Because Agartha's that type of Adventure Quest like Fire Girl
    While Salem seems like well C^3 stuff would be really useful in writing it
    But I haven't read Fire Girl. Maybe ED could tell us if Agartha read like Meteo
    Yeah. I haven't read Fire Girl as well so I can say much about Agartha, though I think agree with the guess that 1 is Sakurai and 3 is Higashide. C^3 went a little out of hand at the later parts but is pretty fun read and the sex and gore in 2 just reminds me of Minase. Any good guess?

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    Yeah I don't see anyone else doing penny other than higashide since he's the one who wrote her into apo
    Rider of Resistance seems like a higashide thing too


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    Chiron and Fiore is actually p meh
    Caules and Fran tho
    Chiron and Fiore is more like a good teacher guiding his student in life, so I like that relationship. Not too close but not too far.

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    Well if Higa really did EoR 3 then props to him. He make good stuff for once, homage notwithstanding.


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    Quote Originally Posted by savepoints View Post
    E: from /fgog/

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    they were talking about how Musashi died at the end, and then
    So Musashi went from a samurai vagabond to an udon critic vagabond. Approved.


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    So do we have any hints about what part 2 is about, or has it all been pretty self contained to EoR so far? I've read the translations that are out, but I might have missed something elsewhere.

    edit: explanation
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    I'll TL his voice lines when we get the data I guess, lol.
    You could always translate the Bond CE

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    Quote Originally Posted by BleachedGears View Post
    I think it speaks to the quality of the EoR Chapters, if I'm being honest, they haven't been particularly good. They've had good individual characters or arcs but on the whole they're not as good as Camelot, Babylon, or Salomon.
    I think that's more because from Camelot onwards there's been this formula where guda starts small, and are against an overwhelming opponent and an alliance, gathers a team and then beats the slightly overpowered antagonists one at a time. Convert some of the previous antagonists and fight together against the big bad.
    In EOR they added a betrayal in the mix but the general formula was the same.

    EOR3 is the first time that it's 1 vs 1 fights basically. It breaks that formula which imo was getting stale.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BleachedGears View Post
    So do we have any hints about what part 2 is about, or has it all been pretty self contained to EoR so far? I've read the translations that are out, but I might have missed something elsewhere.

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    EOR3 is probably the most different out of all the EORs so far including the CCC event. This is evident in how it's called a subcategory parallel world, rather than singularity. Because it's not really a singularity at all. The main antagonist, Amakusa is from a different world like Musashi and his Reality Marble is a look into that parallel world that was hell. So then Part 2 seems like its going to be about parallel worlds, compiled events, pruning and incorrect history invading the "proper history." And the groundwork seemed to be laid down for that New Years right after Salomon where Musashi came from a parallel world.

    So what's up there is p much fact and set in the story. What's next is purely my speculation.

    After Solomon's death and because of Goetia's attempt of Genesis Light Year, Humanity is undergoing the restructuring that's mentioned in the story. It's possible that because of this restructuring and because the flow of history isn't completely settled yet people from parallel worlds can make their way into this world. As seen with Musashi and now Amakusa.

    Caster Limbo serves someone, so I'm pretty sure we'll be seeing more of him. But if the goal of Beast I is revert everything back to the beginning and recreate the world, then I think a good guess for Beast 7 is something that wishes the end the world and history and that means setting up circumstances for every parallel world to be pruned. That is, setting up the final QTL ever, a QTL that says Humanity has ended. If that is so I'd hazard its goal is to stop Humanity and see its conclusion because what is a greater love than the wish to see something fully run its course?

    If that's the case, or even if it's not. I don't think its a stretch to say that Part 2 is going to be investigating parallel worlds that pop up with antagonists like other-world Amakusa who are "incorrect" history of parallel worlds that have been pruned and stop them from trying to carve their history in the GO-world's history.

    Comments and feedback appreciated.
    Quote Originally Posted by moi
    Caster Limbo at the end says:
    "Having it appear in Chaldea was a failure; however, it left behind some good sample data.
    Anyway, finally, finally I succeeded in discovering the lost history.
    This Shimosa is distorted compared to the original.
    A world that is terminated without being destroyed, a pruning event. It is not that.
    Then a parallel world? Ish. It's close but not the same.
    So this is different. This is something else.
    This Shimosa is human history but not human history.
    It is a different world that a different earth's god observes with their different eyes.
    An otherworld that is falsely similar to a singularity!
    Fuhahahahahah, no no no no.
    Using that temporary name was too funny and even more so using Satan!!
    I intended it to be a joke, but it went quite well.
    It was one of that Necromancer's favorite things. Even so, Doman, you were supposed to be above practical jokes right.
    So I was rude, my dear ally
    ----- sama"
    .
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    Dumas flashed a fearless grin at Flat and Jack as he rattled off odd turns of phrase.
    "And most importantly, it's me who'll be doing the cooking."
    Though abandoned, forgotten, and scorned as out-of-date dolls, they continue to carry out their mission, unchanged from the time they were designed.
    Machines do not lose their worth when a newer model appears.
    Their worth (life) ends when humans can no longer bear that purity.


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    I remember the writers saying you should be able to tell who wrote Agartha based on the fetishes it appeals to. Which of them are known for being big on femdom? I mean, if you're saying Higashide, I guess Apo had Celenike and Ayakashibito had bitchy fire girl.

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    Quote Originally Posted by You View Post
    I think that's more because from Camelot onwards there's been this formula where guda starts small, and are against an overwhelming opponent and an alliance, gathers a team and then beats the slightly overpowered antagonists one at a time. Convert some of the previous antagonists and fight together against the big bad.
    In EOR they added a betrayal in the mix but the general formula was the same.

    EOR3 is the first time that it's 1 vs 1 fights basically. It breaks that formula which imo was getting stale.
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    I agree, and I think they were also starting to fall into some of the worse habits from Part 1 with regard to servants appearing just because they're popular and it cluttering up the story. It still happens in Part 3, but they're kept to smaller cameos and don't really disrupt the story.

    And apparently I did miss somethings. That actually makes a lot sense, even in Shinjuku, CCC, and Agartha there were parallel worlds appearing, and characters who were similar but different, like the two Moriarties, Emiya Alter, everything with Seraphix and the Alter Egos, Drake, and Shez's plan. Now that I type that out there are a lot parallel world hints through out EoR. Props to them for spotting it.
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    I've always thought eor 2 was Higashide because of how the cast was handled

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    Quote Originally Posted by Master of Chaos View Post
    Okay, I managed to get this done earlier than expected.

    Tomoe


    Tomoe Gozen

    She will probably smile gently.
    So long fury does not completely fill her heart.

    As a scion of ■■■■, she is conspicuously endowed with a savage disposition, but by containing that to the brink thanks to her feelings towards her beloved one, she has acquired individuality as a calm human woman.
    ---or so it seems.

    Her years of birth and death are unknown. An individual from the late Heian・early Kamakura periods.
    The beloved concubine of Kiso no Yoshinaka (Minamoto no Yoshinaka), the famous general who earned the title of Seii Taishogun(1) and was defeated by Minamoto no Yoritomo.
    Constantly by Yoshinaka’s side, a brave woman who frequently accomplished military achievements.
    Excelling in military prowess, she was famed as a mighty warrior.
    The daughter of Nakahara no Kaneotoo, the younger sister of Higuchi Kanemitsu and Imai Kanehira - both regarded as part of the Kiso Big Four - and a milk sibling of Yoshinaka.

    In “Kiso’s Last Moments”, the 9th chapter of “The Tale of the Heike” written by Kakuichi, she was portrayed as “of lovely long hair, of truly outstanding features. Exceptionally strong with a bow, a soldier that matched a thousand, always ready to face even a demon or a god, be it mounted or on foot”.
    In other words, fair-skinned, of long hair, a great archer with outstanding features. A beautiful, mighty warrior - that is Tomoe Gozen.

    Despite continuing to love her lord Yoshinaka, she was not able to be with him in his last moments---
    A woman warrior that keeps concealing that single regret in her chest.
    That gentle sadness was transmuted into flames of resentment by Ashiya Doman during the “Seven Contests of Master Swordsmen Heroic Spirits”, turning into an aberration of wild flames(2) that burned the Sagami Province to ashes.
    Originally, she is a willowy maiden. Shunning the conflict between people, and preferring the beauty of nature.

    Tomoe Gozen’s view on life and death is clear-cut. She unquestionably believes that a transient guest called Servant such as herself should silently disappear from the world eventually. In “Absolute Magical Beast War Front - Babylonia”, she had no hesitations in chosing a simultaneous kill with the enemy general Girtablulu.

    Height/Weight: 162cm・50kg
    Source: Historical fact
    Region: Japan
    Alignment: True Neutral
    Gender: Female
    The physical strength to pluck a human head barehanded--- is there. And the anecdote of twisting off the head of Onta no Hachirou Moroshige, an enemy warrior known for his great strength, is also real.

    Guidelines of a Meele: B
    A methodology regarding crowd-combat, in which friends and foes are all jumbled together.
    Not the ability to take command of a military force, but combat techniques to persevere as a single warrior within an army troop. Tomoe is well familiar with battles of many against many, one against all.

    Blood Vessel Excitation: A
    A type of self-suggestion that Tomoe unconsciously performed while alive.
    Upon manifesting as a Servant, it has been defined as a skill that temporarily amplifies her powers as an oni kind.

    NOBLE PHANTASM

    On Arorikiya Sowaka - Mantra・Aryavalokitesvara Bodhisattva
    Rank:
    B
    Type: Anti-Unit
    Range: 1~12
    Maximum Targets: 1 person
    Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm. The grief and sadness of not being able to meet her last moments together with Yoshinaka were coupled with her inborn abilities over flames and the monstrous strength of the oni kind and sublimated into a Noble Phantasm.
    The Aryavalokitesvara Bodhisattva that acts as the honzon of the Gichuji, the temple that held the memorial services for her beloved Kiso no Yoshinaka--- after confirming “the love towards Yoshinaka within herself” by chanting its mantra, she grabs and hurls the enemy, and fires an incandescent arrow into him, causing damage with a magical energy that resembles the sun that symbolizes her feelings for Yoshinaka.


    (1) think of a unifying military leader. Something akin to generalissimo.

    (2) in this context, the original Japanese term can also be seen as a synonym for passion/intense emotions.


    Mochizuki Chiyome


    Mochizuki Chiyome

    Curse, this blood of mine.
    Curse, this sin of mine.
    No matter how much time passes, there is something here that cannot be washed away.


    A woman of the late Warring States period whose name was recorded in the documents of Netsumura, Shinshu(1).
    She is regarded as a female ninja (kunoichi) that served the Takeda clan of the Kai Province and a descendant of Mochizuki Izumo-no-Kami, but it is unsure whether she was actually a ninja.

    In a sense, her existence--- may be a sarcastic answer to the proposition called “renowned ninja”, which is a contradiction for a ninja that should make a principle to keep his activities covert.

    In this work, Chiyome is an existence endowed with grotesque powers, having inherited a curse cast by a god from her ancestor Kouga Saburou.
    At the same time that she works as a shinobi for the sake of her lord... she dedicates prayers as a single miko of serpent in order to appease the aramitama of a god.

    Height/Weight: 154cm・46kg
    Source: Historical fact
    Region: Japan
    Alignment: Chaotic Evil
    Gender: Female
    Warring States・widow・young girl・kunoichi・miko.
    Apparently, a few Servants are worried about her in regards to “having too many attributes”...

    Curse of the Serpent: B
    A grotesque power that has been inherited generation after generation.
    A jinx from “a certain Great God” that is deeply related to the ancestor of the Kouga Mochizuki clan. It torments the mind and body of the owner, but becomes a powerful weapon as an invisible poison if it can be put under control.
    On each generation, one individual of the Kouga Mochizuki clan will invariably be endowed with this power.

    NOBLE PHANTASM

    Kuchiyose・Ibuki Daimyoujin Engi
    (2)
    Rank: C
    Type: Anti-Unit
    Range: 1~30
    Maximum Targets: 1 person
    Via the curse associated with the legendary Kouga Saburou, who considered to be the ancestor of the Kouga Mochizuki, she temporarily borrows the divine power of a terrifying Great God.
    To be specific, by means of channeling, she enslaves on a limited fashion a bunrei of the Great God Ibuki of Mt. Ibuki - in other words, the serpent deity that cast a curse on Kouga Saburou through his clothes in the “Suwa’s Omen (Shintoushuu)” and the “Avalokiteshvara Shrine’s Omen of Daikouji”, Yamata no Orochi - casting a deadly curse on the target.
    He who became a target of this lose his life by having magical power in the shape of a serpent twine around him.


    (1) present day Nagano Prefecture.

    (2) roughly “channeling・omen of the Great God Ibuki”


    On a side note, her whole background makes me think of King of Fighters.....

    Houzouin Inshun


    Houzouin Inshun

    It can be a spear to thrust, a naginata to cleave, a sickle to slash; in any case, it never fails to hit the target--- such is the famous cruciform spear of the Houzouin.
    Houzouin Inshun is the second generation master of the Houzouin-ryuu spearmanship, and a man whose skill is extolled as reaching gods and buddhas.

    Houzouin Inshun, born as Mitsuta Gennosuke(1). As the successor of the Houzouin, he received lectures in the ways of monks and spearmen from In'ei, founder of the Houzouin-ryuu spearmanship.
    At the time, the Houzouin spear was already widely known thanks to In'ei. That is because, the one who improved the base spear that until then served only for thrusting - bringing forth the ground-breaking cruciform spear that could slice, sweep and knock, in addition to thurst - was this In'ei.

    However, In'ei abandoned the spear.
    It is not proper for one who serves Buddha to learn spearmanship”.
    If you intend to serve Buddha, you should abandon the spear”.
    He died at the age of 87, while leaving such words for his successor, Inshun.

    However, Inshun did not gave up on spearmanship.
    A member of the Houzouin should walk on both the path of Buddha and the path of the spear--- like this, he revived the Houzouin-ryuu spearmanship.

    Height/Weight: 177cm・79kg
    Source: Historical fact
    Region: Japan
    Alignment: True Neutral
    Gender: Male
    I don’t need alcohol. For my mowing down becomes dull. I don’t need meat. My thrusting becomes blunt.

    Martial Asceticism: B
    A skill granted to those who purely, wholeheartedly their martial arts, ignoring social position, prestige, riches and women.
    So long Houzouin Inshun holds on to the cruciform spear, his combat abilities improve and resistance to mental attacks will be acquired to some extent.

    NOBLE PHANTASM

    Oboro-urazuki Juuichi-shiki
    (2)
    Rank:
    C
    Type: Anti-Unit
    Range: 1~5
    Maximum Targets: 1 person
    A Noble Phantasm that sublimated the cruciform spear’s martial arts that Houzouin Inshun mastered. It indicates the 11 unofficial techniques that Inshun established, which contrast with the 15 official techniques that his predecessor In'ei established.
    The forms of the techniques devised by Inshun, which were extolled as “a spear that reaches gods and buddhas”, it makes possible to cope with any and all enemies with those techniques.
    Also, this Noble Phantasm can cancel out disadvantage derived from fighting against opponents that he is seeing for the first time, or even against those whose weapon is too much strange.

    (1) not sure, but I believe that is how you read this name.

    (2) roughly “hazy opposite moon, eleven styles”


    Yagyuu Munenori


    Yagyuu “Tajima-no-Kami” Munenori

    One of the strongest swordsmen of the Edo Yagyuu.
    A demon of rationality that gaze at everything with a reasoning of ice, unswayed by emotion.
    Methodology equals rationality; in other words, by mastering the sword, everything will naturally be fulfilled without any futility---

    Never speaking of his passions, he does not become impetuous or impatient.
    Thoroughly carries out the optimal, shortest measures in order to achieve an objective with the utmost coolness. A man of ice and steel who is reliable as an ally, but extremely terrifying once he becomes an enemy.

    A genius of the sword known as the child of Yagyuu Sekishuusai and the father of Yagyuu Jubei.
    It has been said that, during the siege of Osaka (1615 AD), he protected the Shogun Hidetada by cutting down seven warriors in an instant.
    After his death, Shogun Iemitsu extolled him as “peerless in swordsmanship”.

    A strategist and politician. Not only he instructed many daimyou and their younger relatives in the Shinkage-ryuu, but also sent his disciples to serve influential daimyou as swordsmanship intructors.
    In historical novels and historical plays, he is often regarded as an extraordinary plotter.
    This is probably out of the notion that, in the early Edo period, it would be impossible to raise the Yagyuu clan up to a social position of a daimyou with 12,500 koku just by being honest and upright.

    With excellent foresight, it has been said that he quickly saw through the expansion of the Shimabara Rebellion.
    In the 14th year of the Kan'ei era (1637 AD), right after news of a rebellion by Christian believers arrived, Munenori frantically tried to hold back Itakura “Naizen-no-Kami” Shigemasa, who was tasked with leading a punitive expedition. It has been said that, when asked why by Shogun Iemitsu, Munenori answered “religious wars are always a serious matter” and “Mr. Shigemasa will likely die in battle”.

    The situation progressed as Munenori predicted. Shigemasa - a daimyou of 15,000 koku - was lacking in strength despite leading all the western daimyou and found himself forced into a hard fight as a result. As he saw the situation turn grimmer, Shogun Iemitsu dispatched his chief vassal, Matsudaira Nobutsuna, to act as supreme commander, but Shigemasa became impatient upon learning that and attempted an assault on the enemy camp before Nobutsuna arrived, dying tragically in the process.

    There are anecdotes of Munenori having criticized Musashi’s existence during his lifetime. He said things such as “Musashi is a member of the Western Army” and “an enemy of Tokugawa”.

    In his lifetime, Munenori never clashed with nor even met Musashi, but was in fact mindful about him---
    or so has been established in this work. Thus, he was fixated with showdown with Musashi during the “Seven Contests of Master Swordsmen Heroic Spirits”. Despite knowing that she was a different person than the “Miyamoto Musashi” from his own world.

    The Munenori who was summoned to Chaldea as a Heroic Spirit has recognized Musashi’s skills and way of being. As for what he thinks of the “Miyamoto Musashi” of his own world... that remains unknown for now.

    Height/Weight: 181cm・71kg
    Source: Historical fact
    Region: Japan
    Alignment: Lawful Neutral
    Gender: Male
    It has been recorded that the Third Shogun・Iemitsu would call Munenori by the nickname “Ryutan”. A nickname formed by taking one kanji character each from “Yagyuu” and “Munenori”.

    Shinkage-ryuu: A++
    Has completely studied the secrets of the Yagyuu Shinkageryuu.
    From infancy until he was 24 years old, Munenori was raised while learning about the sword directly from his father, Munetoshi (Sekishuusai).
    Being endowed with over A Rank in this skill, Munenori possesses not only sword techniques, but also resistance to mental attacks. An expert of the Shinkage-ryuu - which views zen meditation as indispensable - has no doubts nor hesitates.

    Mutou-dori: A
    A secret elucidated by Yagyuu Sekishuusai, first deviced by the master swordsman Kamiizumi Nobutsuna.
    It is said that, even without holding a blade, an expert of the Shinkage-ryuu wins over an armed opponent.(1)

    NOBLE PHANTASM

    Kenjutsu Musou・Kenzen Ichinyo(2)
    Rank: A
    Type: Anti-Unit
    Range: 0~10
    Maximum Targets: 1 person
    Be free while possessing an unshakable heart---
    The deepest level of the sword that Takuan Souhou once spoke of have, finally, achieved perfection within Yagyuu Menenori.
    A sword shows its true worth in the threshold of life and death, while Zen reaches enlightenment during meditation.
    The single sword brandish of kenzen ichinyo, released from a state of being free from worldly thoughts, accomplishes sure-kill while being just a single attack.


    (1) in simple terms, this is a more advanced version of that trick of “catching” a swinging sword barehanded

    (2) roughly, “peerless in swordsmanship・the ultimate mental state of the sword and the mental state free of worldly thoughts from zen meditation are one and the same”


    Katou Danzou


    Katou Danzou

    A thief, spy whose name can be seen in Kanazoushi, military sciences documents from the early Edo period---
    In other words, a ninja.
    Known by the alias “Flying Katou” or “Kite Katou”, while her activities in the Kai and Echigo Provinces have been reported, her origins and objectives are wrapped in mystery, with various theories existing about it.

    There are legends about how Katou Danzou operated puppets, karakuri dolls, but those are legends derived from the fact that “Danzou herself was a doll”--- so is the setting in this work.

    A ninja descended from the Fuuma, who was mostly active during the late Warring States period.
    However, her true identity is that of a karakuri doll manufactured by the sorcerer・Kashin Koji. An artificial female ninja (kunoichi) molded with the cooperation of the first Fuuma Koutarou, and not a living human. However, as a result of accomplishing many duties and being talked about even in later literature, her existence was carved in human history as a Heroic Spirit.

    A karakuri ninja of few emotions, quite mechanical.
    Karakuri girl.
    She did not possessed free will in her lifetime, and was just a mechanical doll that just abided by the orders inputted in her--- or so she defined herself. But, upon being carved in human history as a Heroic Spirit and manifesting as a Servant, she began to consider that maybe she might be allowed to think - and have feelings - just like humans. She wants to do so, if allowed.

    Height/Weight: 165cm・45kg
    Source: Historical fact, “Kouyou Gunkan”, “Hokuetsu Gundan”, “Otogi Houko”, “Kouetsu Gunki (Picture Book)”, etc.
    Region: Japan
    Alignment: True Neutral
    Gender: Female
    She has a second Noble Phantasm called, “Youjutsu Zanhou・Yuugao”(1), but it is fundamentally not employed in FGO. It seems that she does not want to use it due being too much of a murderous technique.

    Artificial Limbs (Karakuri): A++
    The flesh became a man-made mechanism - particularly, a wooden machinery (karakuri).
    Bonus modifiers are added to action checks related to combat and success checks.
    At A Rank, not only the limbs, but her entire body is an artificial “karakuri doll”.

    Ninjutsu: A
    The general term for the secret intelligence techniques, combat techniques, larceny techniques, torture techniques, etc., employed by ninjas.
    Its system differs between each school. Since Katou Danzou was loaded with the skills of Fuuma Koutarou (First), her school would be that of the Fuuma party.

    NOBLE PHANTASM

    Karakuri Genhou・Dongyuu
    (2)
    Rank:
    C
    Type: Anti-Beast
    Range: 0~20
    Maximum Targets: 50 heads(3)
    Producing a vacuum blade and, after drawing the target in, pulverizing him by compression. An application of the illusion of swallowing up a bull that was described in “Otogi Houko”.
    Thanks to a Mystic Code that Kashin Koji himself included, this is endowed with demonic-slaying properties.
    Just like the anecdotes, it also possible to employ illusions of “erasing objects from before people’s eyes” and “make erased objects appear before their eyes again”, but those are fundamentally not employed in FGO.

    (1) roughly, “black arts decapitation method・moonflower”

    (2) roughly, “karakuri illusionary arts・swallowed bull”

    (3) as in “cattle heads”
    Does anyone have any info about Kashin Koji (Kato's creator)? All I can find on him I'd that there's a Boruto character named after him.
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    just finished. omg that was so good.

    FGO hasn't given me feels like this since Solomon and CCC.

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