Questions, questions and more questions (READ THE OP FOR ANSWERS)

[Siriel]

The Fuyuki grail is the 726th Grail. There could be more than 726 Grails. And they may find more in the future.

Hence "that were investigated by the Church".

[You]

We have to investigate the 726th Holy Grail that has appeared in this far eastern land. We must recover it if it is real, and dispute it if it is not."

"726th… that many Holy Grails?"

Who knows? It just means that there have been at least that many things that seemed like one.
And one of those is the Holy Grail from the Holy Grail War observed in this town.

The Holy Grail (聖杯, Seihai?) is the Christian holy relic that received the blood of Christ, considered to be a Noble Phantasm.[1] There have been many claims of its existence, 726 of which were investigated by the Church, and many conflicts for such artifacts have happened around the world throughout history.

The VN suggests that the church may have investigated more than 726 Grails. Shirou's just saying "wow 726th? That's a lot of grails." To which Kotomine agrees with. While TM wikia suggets that the church has only investigated 726 of which the Fuyuki Grail is the most recent.

[Cruor]

Oh, lololol. Cruor, he translated this like a year before you said all that in the Questions thread. No wonder he told you off!

what are we talking about

I do remember when he first posted this TL I said something dumb because I got confused on who was arguing what about the discussion (we actually literally were discussing whether or not she actually can cut the distance between herself and something in this specific argument) and I barely glanced at the TL and just asked if that meant he thought/said she can cut the distance which got me laughed at by some people. In previous arguments in other threads I was actually the one arguing she couldn't (I was also purposely trying to feed argument admittedly).

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Oh looked further back. Now I remember.

[Seika]

Since we're on this, I remember someone posting months ago a non-coke translation of the bit at the end of Paradox Spiral where Touko talks Araya before his death but I couldn't find it on mobius space or fuyuki. Does someone have it?

Just go read Paradox Spiral: as much as you can get from Baka-Tsuki, fill it out with coke, and then look at the corrections. It's not a long book.

Fairly sure it's in the link.

[Seika]

People's memories tend to be curiously good at remembering that sort of thing on BL (and then curiously bad at remembering specifics of translation or powerlevels). It's very possible someone did a longer translation, but I wouldn't know where it is.

[Nuclear]

If someone were to hypothetically use the Grail to reach Akasha, could it be used again for the same purpose?

[Seika]

even if you get to the Root with the same route, the same method, if you're not first, you won't reach magic.
However good you are, if you're not number one, you're out.

Nein.

Or actually, that talks about Magic instead of the Root, so maybe. But since you can close the path behind you if you did it first, probably not. Or maybe. Mahoyo is weird.

[Tobias]

Nein.
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see what aoko is saying here is according to akasha, if you are number two...


*puts on shades*

you're shit.

[Renko]

Question: Is the usage of Unlimited Blade Works useless?

[Christemo]

Question: Is the usage of Unlimited Blade Works useless?

In what context?

[GaRbS]

Question: Is the usage of Unlimited Blade Works useless?

Against enemies at the level of Servants, yes, pretty much. It only lasts a few minutes and consumes a lot of magical energy.

It's possible that a Hassan who has mastered the Snake fighting style exist?

[Siriel]

There is no such fighting style, if by Snake you mean what Kuzuki does.

[GaRbS]

There is no such fighting style, if by Snake you mean what Kuzuki does.

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8b65ea77.jpg

[Renko]

In what context?

In combat? I just read an opinion that Shirou is better off not using it because of the large amount of mana requirement, that it just exist just to be fancy....

[Christemo]

In combat? I just read an opinion that Shirou is better off not using it because of the large amount of mana requirement, that it just exist just to be fancy....

Its a minor issue for any decent Servant but it'd probably mess up most modern people.

[Siriel]

I forgot Nasu's distinction between martial art and fighting style.

How shameful.

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Its a minor issue for any decent Servant but it'd probably mess up most modern people.

Some random NP would already do that though so it's kind of silly.

[Seika]

Unlimited Blade Works beats Gate of Babylon because it turns into a prideful battle of 'owners' where the difference is that UBW's faster.
Gate of Babylon beats Servants because spamming Noble Phantasms is outrageously powerful.
Servants beat UBW (mostly: byeee, Caster) because they are 'wielders' instead of 'owners' and their mastery outdoes UBW's fake NPs.

This is the rough consensus currently.

(Also, Issei has a weird reptile affinity. Dragon temple and Snake kung fu).

[JetKinen]

Logic dictates that Issei with Saber means that her dragon reactor is working at full force!

[castor212]

I have a basic (and maybe silly) question about how Independent Action works. My understanding until now is that:

It acts when the Master is eliminated -> no more anchor to this world -> Gaia demanding that dead people (Servants) went back to dead -> Those with IA was shielded from those "Gaia's demand" for a period of time, depending on the ranks. However, said Servant still uses his/her own saved up prana reserve to materialize/do stuffs.

Am I so far correct? If yes, then:

In the case of the Servant is still connected with the Master, and thus is still anchored to this world, and the Master simply stopped the prana supply, how does the skill IA contribute in such case?

If I am completely wrong, however, please enlighten me of the right way IA works.

Much obliged.

[Mcjon01]

They go over that in Zero. Basically it just frees up the Master's ability to use larger-scale spells since the Servant can stay materialized and fighting even without being sent magical energy.