[Electric Turahk]

I finished Fate Stay Night and its movie, Unlimited Blade Works.

Ehhhhh....

I probably should have watched those before Fate/Zero. Either way I love Fate/Zero so much more.

Stay Night was too overtly just a route from an eroge at times (especially near the end...) and just didn't seem to follow any rules for its world. I felt like effort went into explaining the magic in Zero, but in Stay Night you get suddenly magic gems, servants becoming masters, everyone trying to suck out souls all of a sudden, Rin and her finger pistol of death.

I am glad that a lot of the plot points set up in Zero were eventually addressed... which of course were probably purposefully established since it was written after. But I do wish Ilya's relationship to Shirou had been more firmly established and elaborated upon instead of just a brief flashback glimpse showing her own connection to Kiritsugu.

I still found it enjoyable, but definitely, definitely should have seen it before Zero. I just liked the tone and feel of that one so much more.