[Guido]

Fate/Zero broadcasted its last episode yesterday, but, fortunately, the hype is still fresh so I know I'll be able to watch the last episode some before June runs out.


Now, the climax going forward to the conclusion of the Fourth Holy War became a banquet of men that rocked the doors of heavens.

Even if in a hypothetic scenario we took the Godspeed action going crazy between two formidable foes- Kiritsugu vs Kotomine- the will of the Grail itself offering its philosophy to tempt the one it deems worthy of taking it was not only thought provoking, but it made to realize someone as consequential and nihislistic to Kiritsugu that its supposed 'Truth' to grant any miracles around the world is ....

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a farce; nothing at all.

There's no absolute truth, but only we make.

Kiritsugu has been shackled by the burden to uphold his values and ideals to sacrifice the minority in order to save the majority in countless numbers at the expense of a small amount of victims.

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But the horrorific reality that the Grail tempted him was what if the majority continues to dissent and seed internal discord amongst themselves and start to killing each other?

What happens then to Kiritsugu, and how would he respond if the tips of the scale suddenly react in an unanticipated manner?

The cost simply outweighs the benefits, as Kiritsugu understood and willing to sacrifice his family for the sake of saving the world.

And, definitely, there was something wrong and suspicious inside the Grail.

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That foulish mud-goo emerging from within the grail, I suppose it took all of the worlds' evils and intended to offer itself to Kiritsugu to make him the vessel to all that evil personified.

Maybe the foulish mad is part of the so referenced being the Grail itself addressed as the will of Angra Mainyu.

Now, moving on with the fight:
Kiritsugu vs Kotomine match will ever be echoed in the hearts of the fans, as one of the most epic Master duels in the anals of the Fate fandom history.

The execution of the fight and choreography displayed skyrocketed far beyond "The Matrix" standards. So beautiful, sublime and yet so deadly; the Magus Killer vs the Executioner, and right now there's nothing else I could ever asked for.

That match plus the intromission of the Grail itself far outclassed and outweighed all of Sabers' scenes in this episode, simply because she's just too regretful and obsessed with the guilt for having caused such madness on her dear friend, and it doesn't let her to get a clear view of what lies ahead in front.

I'm sorry for Saber but Kiritsugu immediately used his remaining Command Spells to put an end to this theatrical charade that the Fourth Holy Grail War of Fuyuki City has spiraled down into.

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Sorry for Kotomine for not having his wish granted, but as I posted in an episode review from long ago, that he overestimated Kiritsugu and gave him too much fixed obsession and credit for.

At the end, Kiritsugu is neither a god or a champion but just a flawed human like Kirei, hence, Kirei's conclusion that he cannot understand what Kiritsugu did by refusing the Grail. Then, BAM.... his chest splatters and the priest falls dead cold on the ground with Kiritsugu replying back that he too cannot understand Kirei with disgust.

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Prophetically, everything came around full circle since the first episode when at the start of this series Kiritsugu felt restless and anxious replying to Irisviel that he'll end up becoming the cause of her death.

And, it happened both physically, and him killing the form of Irisviel that the will of the Grail took as its shape.

All masters except for Kiritsugu have either been taken down or retired, and now it's only two servants left- Saber and Archer- to move on with the conclusion and closing of the Fourth Holy Grail War in the last episode.