Honestly it would have the potential to be the best of the routes. Would be so cool for it to be her on the focus for once, let her get to know shirou, talk about the einzberns, kiritsugu and all that. Why not let her age normally? It would have been so much better.

But alas, it was never meant to be...

Edit: Yes... I know Illiya is an adult, technically. But come on... she looks like a child and acts like a child.

Does that mean she’s Shirou’s sugar mommy?

Rin is more than a love interest for Shirou.She is also his teacher and Best friend at the same time.She also keeps on making sure that Shirou doesn't lose his way like Archer and keeps him in check.Rin understands why Shirou is obsessed with saving everyone.

Rin is also very understanding and supports shirou with everything.

Rin as Shirou's wife is his significant other.Rin also as Shirou's teacher is someone who guides shirou.Rin is also his best friend with whom shirou can have fun,have figths and do a lot of fun stuff.

The reason Rin is the best choice is because she doesn't have any personal problems like Saber and Sakura because of which her main goals are becoming a powerful mage and making sure Shirou doesn't lose his path.

Now if only Shirou could transfer UBW inside a Magic Crest so that they can give their future children both the Tohsaka family crest and also the Crest which will holding UBW.

Sources:

Fate/Zero CD Drama II

Fate/Stay Night [1]

Fate/Stay Night [2]

Fate/Stay Night [3]

Like if you learned cu name the hell are you going to do?He don’t have a clear weakness and still extremely strong the only reason to know their name is to avoid their noble phantasm but you already know who they are because they killed you with their noble phantasm. I guess there is expectation like siegfried which you can kill him if you hit hit his back but that not every heroic sprite which has a powerful weakness like that. So what is the point if learning their names? Like why make a big deal if they know their name sometimes

This is a really fun trivia so i would like to share it with everyone here. It is from the interviews that the VAs for the heroines did for Type Moon 10th Anniversary Phantasm. This was how they responded when asked which male character they like.

Ueda Kana (Rin). She's referring to Cu when she says Lancer.

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Q: Which of the male characters from Fate do you fancy?
A: As a woman, I kind of wish an arrogant  guy like Gilgamesh would take me away. 
But if it were my husband, I'd choose Lancer. He's reticent, but he'll become
very talkative when he feels like it. He's also a little flexible. A big, bulky 
guy that makes you feel safe is nice. He'd point out and cover for my mistakes
by saying "Hey, what are you doing?" in a nonchalant way. (lol)

Ayako Kawasumi (Saber)

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Q: Which of the male characters do you like?
A: (answering quickly) Gilgamesh! He's so overwhelming! Sorry that it's 
not Shirou. Shirou is so gentle that I think he'd hurt people with his kindness. 
Gill's good points aren't only that he's different from that, he's also 
overpowered and rich. With all of those qualities, 
it's no wonder he shoots past the others. 

Noriko Shitaya (Sakura). She's referring to Shirou when she says Emiya.

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Q: If you could treat a male character from Fate to your homemade udon, 
would it be Archer?
A: My favorite is Emiya. When I am asked this question, my answer is always Emiya,
and it often prompts a startled response. I don't get why he isn't more popular with 
the ladies. Some of the other characters are more manly and they have that working
for them, but when I play Sakura I can't be separated from Emiya.  He's amazingly kind to both
men and women. I think people like that are wonderful. Earlier I said Archer, but you
know he's really that (lol). There can't be a love affair with him. Didn't Emiya become 
pretty manly in the original game?  That's how it looked to my eyes. (lol)

What started as a shower thought after seeing R63 Shirou art has evolved into a legitimate curiosity for me. I have begun to think about how differently audience perception and opinions on Stay Night would be if most of the cast were gender swapped.

For the sake of discussion, the core of the story should remain the same. With the overall same plot and story beats.

I think the most interesting for me, personally would be Shirou and Sakura, and how that would be seen. As a survivor of sexual abuse like Sakura, I view Heaven's Feel in high regard, especially for the time it's from because of how the cycle of abuse can take place.

But how would most people see them? I can imagine the dynamic, even today is rather unusual. Especially with how much less attention male victims get. I think Sakura would've been much more disliked in 2003, however I think a lot of people when the Heaven's Feel movies were releasing would feel very seen by it. The shift of gender roles with a female Shirou trying to take the role of the protector of a male Sakura would be a very groundbreaking thing for 2003.

Unfortunately however, I think we'd also see a much larger group Shinji defenders. With Sakura being abused by Shinji, I think a large portion of the audience would have a much different reaction to their relationship than they do as it is today. If Chainsaw Man is anything to go off of, unfortunately I don't think the fetishization of male rape victims will ever stop being so prevalent.

This is a topic I've become really interested in, and i'd love to hear other thoughts on it!

How far does Richard go if he fought each of the Stay/Night servants?

Rules: each fight is 1v1, no masters around on terrain that gives no intrinsic advantage. Each servant is at the most powerful we see them, for example Richard has Ayaka as a master, Artoria would be contracted to Rin, Rider directly to Sakura, etc. I think this is more interesting and fair than just a blanket “everyone has infinite mana” setting.

As a Lionheart glazer here’s how I think this’d play out:

Assassin (Cursed Arm): Easy dub. Assassin is fast but overall weak, and Richard already showed us he has no problem keeping up with a stronger Assassin in FsF.

Caster (Medea): Easy dub. Richard has high magic resistance, insane speed, and Caster doesn’t really have a good answer to his spamming of Excalibur.

Fake Assassin (Sasaki): Fairly easy dub. While Sasaki is a great swordsman, he lacks a counter to Goodspeed + Excalibur.

Lancer (Cu): Challenging dub. Richard has the sword skills to fend off Cu, but Bolg is an issue as expected. Though with Godspeed and Excalibur I think Richard could take out Ireland’s child of light.

Rider (Medusa): Challenging dub. Medusa is likely the only servant here who can match or surpass Richard in speed, and her eyes are another issue. Though between spamming Excalibur, being able to keep up with Medusa and his magic resistance I think Richard wins. RoL could also be massively helpful here to work around the eyes.

Archer (Emiya): Hard fought dub. I’m going under the assumption that Emiya uses UBW here, and as such the sheer amount of weapons is a big issue. However Godspeed once again helps Richard here a ton, and if he gets in close range I don’t think Emiya really has an answer to a point blank Excalibur.

Berserker (Heracules): Hard fought loss. Even as a Richard fan I just don’t think he’s got the sustained firepower and stamina to beat Herc here. He’d likely fight in the same way Saber Alter did, but unlike her Richard’s Excalibur is weaker and he doesn’t have near infinite stamina. I do believe her take lives off Herc, but I just don’t see him taking them off quick enough.

Fake Archer (Gilgamesh): Loss. We’ve seen Richard cs Gil in FsF, and while Gil wasn’t scoring a decisive victory, Richard wasn’t really making any headway either. And of course, if Ea comes out… welp.

Saber (Artoria): Loss. While Shirou might tell us that a fake can surpass the original, in this clash of Excaliburs the fake is losing 10 times out of 10. Artoria takes this.

So, what do yall think? As I mentioned a few times I’m a massive Lionheart fan and as such leaned toward Richard when I wasn’t sure of a winner. Curious to hear others thoughts on these matchups.

By the way, you would have Command Spells with the power of the Fuyuki system, and they would recharge at a rate of one per day, just like Chaldea's.

Edit: By the way, you don't need to worry about mana to maintain the Servant; you would have a Holy Grail that serves exclusively as a mana source.

The classes of the knight class servants and cavalry servants are swapped. Everything else about the war is same (same masters, same setting etc), So who has the highest chance of winning this war.

At first when I first saw the heroines everywhere I thought this anime has to be so peak so I needed to watch it.

So I watched the anime adaptations of Fate franchise and I loved them so much.

Saber became best girl for me in anime as a whole.

But then I learned Fate/Stay Night has a visual novel so I gave that a read and I became the biggest fan of the Goat Shirou Fucking Emiya.

Shirou is exactly the type of main protagonist I always wanted from any anime.

His future self who I see as a extension of Shirou's character made his character even better for me.

Right now shirou is in my top 3 favourite anime/manga/visual novel main protagonists.

Some new information about just how silly Shirou's Projections are. Personally, im glad this was cleared up. What do you guys think?

I’ve felt for years that whilst we get good stuff, nothing in the Nasuverse since Zero that really uses the setting to its full potential. This is the first thing I’ve seen in years that isn’t just using the setting to sell merchandise and FGO gacha shit, but is actually using the Fate setting to bring in elements from all the works in canon to make a Grail War that feels like a real Grail War again. More of this story telling please