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Originally Posted by Doria
I think that in a lot of ways, FSN redeems some of the more painful aspects of FZ.
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There's that too. Before it became its own story, F/Z's events were just the background story for F/SN, and those are almost always painful in nature because their purpose is usually to create the conflicts and situations which will end up being solved in the main story. So, even though lots of people blame Urobuchi for Fate/Zero's grimdark nature, it was actually always predetermined that it would be such a story, because F/SN is the one that's supposed to deliver on the conclusive and happier resolutions to the many tragic plot threads. Backstories like this can't help but be tragic in nature because if they weren't there wouldn't be a main story. Which is why I imagine the ending to Fate/Zero might not have been completely satisfying or cathartic to newcomers, especially when you think about how characters like Kirei, Gilgamesh and Zouken all got away scot-free.