Ah, the Fate series. No doubt the largest component of the Nasuverse and probably the most famous and well-regarded as well. I already looked at Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works (an adaptation of one of the three routes in the original Visual Novel) and the first season of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (the magical girl alternate universe spinoff) but the franchise is much, much larger including broadly acclaimed Fate/Zero (a prequel to Stay Night), parody Carnival Phantasm, just plain bizarre entries like Hollow Ataraxia, games and stories that are beloved despite a lack of official translation like Extra and CCC… the list goes on but right now the biggest single title might be its gacha game entry Fate/Grand Order.
For those not familiar with the game, the basic setup can be got either from “Episode Zero” of Babyolnia here or through a double-length special called Fate/Grand Order: First Order, which doesn’t really have enough meat to it to warrant its own review.
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