Hello,
Today we'll talk about the 23th episode (10th of the second season) of the anime series named Fate Zero that killed off another servant and is approaching at high speed the final story arc.
I extremely liked the "battle" between Rider and Gilgamesh, especially for the great personality and courage shown by Rider even when facing certain death. He simply charged right against Gilgamesh showing his "disciple" how life should be lived!
Gilgamesh was also extremely serious for once and even decided to spare Waver out of respect for Rider's courage. It was a touching scene watching Waver gaze the King of Heroes right into the eyes like his old "master".
Saber's battle on the other side was a bit strange, especially because it seems that Saber lost the will to fight as soon as she recognized the identity of the enemy.
Yes, the enemy is the famous Lancelot of the Lake, one of Arthur's most trusted knights and the protagonist of the most popular story revolving around Arthur.
Ufotable is doing an awesome job with all the animations in here, especially the ones in the battle between Saber and Berserker. Watching Saber use a truck to defend herself from Berserker's attacks was simply outstanding!
This is the real full-power of the most powerful noble phantasm owned by Gilgamesh and the most powerful noble phantasm ever shown in the whole Fate franchise. Yes, even more than the already overpowered Excalibur that we already know about.
Being an anti-world weapon, Ea cannot be used on Earth otherwise it would provoke the immediate reaction of several counter guardians trying to stop Gilgamesh from "killing" the world. Using it in a reality marble is totally fine though, being a separate bounded field.
It's sad that he didn't got to use it against Shirou while inside the Unlimited Blade Works reality marble. I mean, the difference in raw power between Shirou and Gilgamesh is ABSOLUTE, the first simply couldn't have won. That's what you call "plot armor" right?
Next episode will feature the conclusion of the battle between Berserker and Saber (well, we all know that the latter will win) and the beginning of the battle between Kiritsugu and Kirei.
Judging from the voices in the episode preview, Iris will be featured and will somehow talk to Kiritsugu. It'll likely be a warning needed to make Kiritsugu understand the true nature of Fuyuki's Grail.
I really wonder what will happen as soon as the two arch-enemies will clash with their skills. Kirei is an expert executor and I don't think he'll be defeated that easily...
Concluding, Fate Zero is now entering the final climax arc with only three battles remaining before the end of the war. I'm extremely excited and looking forward to cover next week's episode.
See you soon,
feal87