Fate/strange Fake (Light Novel)

[Nayim]

Fate/Strange Fake is a novel series by Ryohgo Narita, most known as the author of Baccano and Durarara!!. Fate/Strange Fake was announced on April 1st 2008. Originally a single bonus novel included with TYPE-MOON Ace, with an afterword by the author and illustrations by Shizuki Morii.

Until 2014 September, it was recently announced that Fate/Strange Fake would finally be officially published as a light novel series.

Spoiler for Synopsis:

The story centers around a Grail War faultily copied from the 3rd Grail War in Snowfield, a small town in California, ten years after Fate/Hollow Ataraxia. When the 3rd Grail War occurred two centuries ago, a group of mages separate from the London based Mage Association decided that they would copy the ritual. They completely lost the Saber template, the definition of "Hero" gets even more blurry, and the participants are less sane. So the rebel mages infiltrated the the U.S. Government and for 200 years manipulated events in Snowfield, California to replicate the Sacred Land needed to generate a Grail.

The light novel with comic illustration of first volume will release on next year 10 January 2015.

Official video.

[hinode]

That is the cover for V1 of the manga incidentally, not the LN.

[Nayim]

Originally Posted by hinode

That is the cover for V1 of the manga incidentally, not the LN.

Actually it's both. The first volume will included comic illustration of prologue from original novel of F/SF TM ACE 2008 version. From TM official website categorized F/SF as “comic” only, not "novel and comic" or "novel" but Narita himself confirmed this from his twitter stated there is both a novel and comic in one book.

https://twitter.com/ryohgo_narita/st...41287367725056

[hinode]

http://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/pn/...29/pd/1306566/

http://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/pn/...ke/pd/1306423/

First link is for light novel, second one is for the manga. You'll notice that they have different cover art, different prices, and different publishers even.

[Nayim]

Huh, I didn't know about that.

Now I curious about what's difference between novel and manga.

[Nayim]

Comic preview.

Spoiler:

[Brother Coa]

So it's basically another Fate Universe alternate Holy Grail War.... hooray I guess?

And it's set 10 H/A? I cannot wait to see how will they sort 5'th Grail War in it...

[MeisterBabylon]

Its not so much a Grail War but rather what happens when every Servant is a sick joke of the class. I wonder that's why these guys appeared in the States?

Still, the very concept of the Black Death being a Rider class totally blew my mind. On the other end of the spectrum, a certain Black Ops Servant is on so many levels of cool.

None of them fit the classification of a traditional hero.

[corefire]

do thay keep mc as Player and does the mc have ten Servants or has it changed since the original.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by corefire

do thay keep mc as Player and does the mc have ten Servants or has it changed since the original.

The player was replaced by

Spoiler:

Ayaka Sajyou

The rules are the same as far as I know. She has five command spells that can summon five temporary different servants.

[Shyni]

Spoiler for part of Enkidu's sheet:

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Enuma Elish?

[Nayim]

Spoiler for Spoiler:

Yes, both Gilgamesh and Enkidu has Enuma Elish. Which means we'll see Double Enuma Elish in next futute.

[corefire]

Originally Posted by Kanon

The player was replaced by

Spoiler:

Ayaka Sajyou

The rules are the same as far as I know. She has five command spells that can summon five temporary different servants.

if she can only sommon five that means four got thaer walking papers with out geting named and one named Servant got axed one of these Scathach, Jason, the Hydra, Scylla, and Dong Bai.

[corefire]

[QUOTE=corefire;5400042]if she can only sommon five that means four got thaer walking papers with out geting named.the five of these Scathach, Jason, the Hydra, Scylla, and Dong Bai are thay the servents she sommons?

[Shyni]

Originally Posted by corefire

if she can only sommon five that means four got thaer walking papers with out geting named and one named Servant got axed

Originally Posted by corefire

one of these Scathach, Jason, the Hydra, Scylla, and Dong Bai.

There's exactly five in that list.

[Nayim]

But this time

Spoiler:

Ayaka summons Saber servant.

You have to wait next volume then.

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by Nayim

But this time

Spoiler:

Ayaka summons Saber servant.

You have to wait next volume then.

Jason could easily be a Saber. And even though she is known primarily as a spear-wielder, Scathach would have been proficient in many weapons. After all, at some point she gave away her prize spear...

[Nayim]

Originally Posted by quigonkenny

Jason could easily be a Saber. And even though she is known primarily as a spear-wielder, Scathach would have been proficient in many weapons. After all, at some point she gave away her prize spear...

Sadly...

Spoiler:

This new servant has "Excalibur", yes another Knight of The Round

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Nayim

Sadly...

Spoiler:

This new servant has "Excalibur", yes another Knight of The Round

Spoiler:

Actually, it's most likely King Richard the Lionheart. The text apparently says Saber has blond hair, bestial eyes, and a lion's heart. There are accounts of Richard possessing a sword named Excalibur in history.

[shmaster]

Originally Posted by Shyni

Spoiler for part of Enkidu's sheet:

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Enuma Elish?

Spoiler:

Enkidu and Gil's Enuma Elish are two seperate things though.
Enkidu's version is pretty much "Gaia and Araya, HELP ME!"