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Part two of our celebration of Fate/Stay Night's 15th anniversary! This time we talk about how the Fate series has changed since the original VN, the de-emphasis of the Holy Grail War itself in recent Fate stories, the importance of balance between Servant and Master characters, and more.

Timestamps

1:50 - Hollow Ataraxia

9:15 - Fate/Extra

17:00 - Fate/Extra: Last Encore

20:15 - Extella, Grand Order, and the de-emphasizing of the Holy Grail War

28:52-31:51 - Fate/Requiem (no spoilers, just talking about the setting)

33:52-35:29 - Grand Order first arc and Prisma Illya spoilers

36:21-40:25 - Strange Fake spoilers as we have our obligatory-every-episode non-sequitur gushing about how good it is

41:00 - Intertextuality, cultural context, and why the series needs Masters

48:08-50:45 - Minor Cosmos in the Lostbelt spoilers through Russia

52:07 - Do we need the Holy Grail?

57:13 - Random Page