What I marathoned because I had too much to drink: Fate/Stay night
Most anime I watch is watched alone. My family and most of my friends aren’t really into that sort of thing so it’s only on occasional visits to fellow fans’ places that I can enjoy the experience of...
View ArticleLet’s play master and servant: my introduction to the visual novel
The visual novel is strange creature. It’s a quintessentially Japanese medium so that alone makes it worth mentioning on this blog but this peculiar mix of ideas and storytelling is something that I’ve...
View Article“Twilight fades through blistered Avalon…” Fate/Stay Night’s Fate route
My blogging kohai has a lot to answer for. With one full story thread of the Fate/Stay Night visual novel under my belt I can see where he’s coming from in terms of the connections that hold everything...
View ArticleFate/Stay Night’s Unlimited Blade Works route: an inconvenient ideal
The first route of F/S N was the main inspiration for the TV series but what’s unlocked at its completion, Unlimited Blade Works, isn’t represented much there so came as a pleasant surprise to me. It...
View ArticleHeaven’s Feel and Fate/Stay Night retrospection make me write a long post again
I made it. The final route of Fate/Stay Night in its brutal, beautiful, painful, compelling entirety. The whole run of Heaven’s Feel after the divergence point is an experience similar to the time I...
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