In fact, at times it get's kind of ridiculous. It's clear that it tries to build a world yet it never makes use of any of it, often coming up with exceptions and contrivances to favor the heroes through Deus ex Machina's and endless amounts of Plot Armor. In fact, the novel can fill exposition dumps completely out of the blue for even the smallest of things. Characters like to state that Kotomine is a walking exposition factory, but I'd say the other characters are far worse. The moment to moment writing is just painful to read and that's before even getting into the endless amount of filler and numerous pointless exposition dumps. The overall writing doesn't fare much better. I know they are character traits, but with how they are shoved in your face and with how they are put together just makes him absolutely insufferable who just seems to win fights cause the writer said he did so.

And that's before even getting into his annoying idiocy, stubbornness and sexism. Made worse by the fact that what it shows and what it tells are often in contradiction with each other. It's about as subtle about as a brick to the face and yet it can't seem to hold it consistent of whether it wants to pick apart or embrace him. While I can see what the writer tried to do with him, the execution just fell on it's face more often than not. and then the perspective flips to Shirou, perhaps one of the most obnoxious and unlikable protagonists I have seen in a long while. The prologue starts promising enough with Rin as the main character and there is some decent setup for what's to come. VisualNovel Good ideas marred by horrid execution.įate/Stay Night is one of those things that start out promising but then only ends up dragging it's feet.

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