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Old 2008-05-20, 11:46   Link #1841
iamandragon
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Originally Posted by Village Idiot View Post
Just think of it like those fake designer clothing/bags all over the place.

They look like the original in appearance only, but the materials/construction is inferior.

Or copys of paintings. They might look the same, but when you analyse it, you can note the flaws in its design.

Shirou/Archer can make Noble Phantasms that not only looks like the originals, but the material composition and memories/history are exactly the same. The problem is, a Noble Phantasm is a super-natural phenomenon and Shirou cannot fully preceive it, and thus the copy isn't as pure as the original.

Something like that anyways.
That's infinitely close to the truth I think. The final bit about Shirou not understanding super-natural phenomenon has no reference, but it is the only rational reason why tracing is imperfect. Thanks Village_Idiot for coming up with this great idea!
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