Shhh , just lemme get some karma l <| sep |> Welcome to Week 4 of my FateStay Night VN thoughts ! This is the start of the Unlimited Blade Woks Route ! Still a long post but not as long as the previous ones ! Pastebin Link I suggest reading from this link if you want to read everything without having to scroll through this huge comment chain and hover over every single spoiler tagUBW Days 1 and 2 were largely the same as the Fate route # UBW Day 3 Choices mades Follow Rin , bring back Saber Day 3 s It ' s pretty disconcerting to go all the way back to the beginning after completing the Fate route . Got to remember all the development with Shirou and Saber hasn ' t happened . Immediate difference from Fate with Shirou using his first Command Spell tick to stop Saber from attacking Archer outside the home . He ' s not gonna start off injured this time ! I think that means Rin is at two Command Spell ticks since she didn ' t have to use one to save him from Saber Day 3 s Shirou and Rin have their discussion of the Holy Grail War and go to the church again to talk to that bastard Kirei . Once again Shirou agrees to take part in the war , and he and Rin are technically enemies now . But now that Archer is not injured this time , he wants to eliminate us right away , but thankfully Rin still has a soft heart due to the ' debt ' she owes Shirou for sparing her . He ' s surprised but grateful for this side of her . Day 3 s Before Shirou and Rin can split up , Illya comes to attack again . But Archer is fit to fight this time ! . but his arrows have no effect on Berserker . Saber is putting up a better fight this time around though ! Go go Day 3 s I chose to follow Rin and Saber when the battle shifts to the graveyard . Rin wasn ' t so pleased that Shirou didn ' t run away like she advised him to , still being a bit of a softie even though you were ready to be enemies girl ! Day 3 s Seeing Saber fight wiped away Shirou ' s unease at the Holy Grail War for a moment as he thinks with her he could match anything . She lured Berserker to a battlefield where she has the advantage with so many obstructions and even gets the upper hand on him ! Then Archer butts in and prepares a attack using something different than an arrow a sword . Using his Noble Phantasm ! Day 3 s Archer doesn ' t just intend to hit Berserker , but Saber as well . Trying to kill two birds with one stone eh ? I chose to bring back Saber . aka Shirou runs out and drags Saber back from Berserker . You may not be very smart but you got some balls Shirou . Archer launches his attack , causing a huge explosion , but Berserker is still unscathed . Damn monster Day 3 s Illya is somewhat impressed and decides to retreat and let us off the hook for now . How nice of her ! Shirou isn ' t totally unscathed something got lodged in his back , and Saber has to pull it out . As soon as he tries to move though , Shirou blacks out . Day 3 s One thing to note Shirou saw the sword Archer shot and had a strange fascination over it , and visualized it the same he did for Caliburn in the Fate route . Looks like something to use that projection magic for later ! Also he felt a throbbing in his head in the aftermath of Archer ' s attack , maybe it had some sort of effect on him ? # UBW Day 4 Choices mades Stay at archery range Day 4 s Shirou ' s dreaming about something different this time around a landscape filled with an infinite of swords stuck in the ground , like a graveyard of swords . Could it be related to Archer ? If so , maybe experiencing Archer ' s Noble Phantasm triggered something in Shirou , much like experiencing Saber ' s caused him to start having dreams of her memories . Shirou seems to think it ' s because he saw Saber along with the fire at the graveyard though . Day 4 s Well Rin got Shirou back home safely after he fainted , and is ready to start being enemies . But she ' s still giving him advice like not to consider the others in the war like human beings and just kill them . Being a bit hypocritical when you didn ' t kill Shirou when you had the chance Rin ! Even though he calls her out on it , she ' s set on being enemies the next time they meet and leaves Day 4 s Shirou seems a lot more determined to fight this time around , but again for the initial reason of stopping those who would try to obtain the Grail by any means possible . And he ' s a lot more confident in Saber after seeing her fight Berserker . Good , hope this means less whiteknighting of her from the onset Day 4 s Saber scolds Shirou for being so reckless last night , but at least this time it wasn ' t for stepping in front of Berserker ' s attack . The two are getting off on a better foot this time ! Day 4 s Feels a little lonely without Rin around at the house D Fujinee calls and wants lunch delivered to the archery club , and as Shirou goes to take it , Saber follows him despite his repeated protests . Gotta make things awkward huh ? Ah well , he gives in and lets her follow Day 4 s Saber senses some residual magic energy at the school . must be the boundary field that Rider set up like we learned in the last route . The two are greeted by Mitsuzuri , now that ' s a face I haven ' t seen in a while ! Come to think of it , we never learned the identity of Caster and Assassin ' s Masters last time . Could she be one of them ? Day 4 s Shirou delivers Fujinee the lunch at the archery range , and Saber attracts a lot of attention . Sakura was pretty cheerful to see Shirou at first , because she must think hes there to rejoin the club . Sorry to crush your hopes girl ! Shirou made some lunch for Sakura as well though so that cheers her up a little . At least we get to see her looking pretty in her archery clothes . Day 4 s I decide to stay and watch the archery club , and then leave with Fujinee , Sakura and Saber . Shirou has to go through explaining Saber ' s presence again , and then they all go to have dinner at his house . It ' s awkward as expected , and then Fujinee declares she ' s staying at the house from now on . And Sakura as well . And they are making Saber sleep in the same room as them ? ! They really don ' t trust leaving Shirou alone with a girl P Day 4 s Shirou goes to do his magic practice , and in the meantime there ' s a scene of Rin investigating people having their life energy drained . She deduces that the source is coming from Ryuudou Temple , and the culprit must be Caster . Archer is not pleased since if Caster has such a large range , she must surely have seen their fight last night and observed their power . Day 4 s Rin does not think Archer displayed his true power yet . She ' s deduced that his used his Noble Phantasm like a bomb and exploded it ' s magical energy on Berserker , but thinks it is strange because a hero typically wields one Noble Phantasm their whole life , so for him to have destroyed it so casually is weird . Wouldn ' t be so weird if he has an Unlimited supply of Blades to shoot , like a factory Works , right Rin ? Day 4 s She decides to go after Caster for harming innocents , and leave Saber and Shirou alone for now , which displeases Archer . She reassures him that she will kill them if they appear in front of her again , but I ' m not so sure it will be that easy for you to do Rin . You are a bit of a softie when it comes to Shirou ! # UBW Day 5 Choices mades Go see how Saber ' s doing , jump back into the hallway , can I admit defeat to Rin ? , pull out dagger in arm , say I guess that ' s how it ' ll be Day 5 s Again the dream about the night Kiritsugu passed away and Shirou promised to carry on his dream of becoming a superhero . After waking up I decide to check on Saber and find out she ' s made friends with Fujinee and Sakura . Hopefully that prevents any future awkwardness ! Day 5 s During breakfast Shirou sees on TV the news about the people that Rin found unconscious last night and deduces it must be a Master ' s doing as well . Maybe he and Rin will cross paths again if he looks into it . After breakfast he heads to school , leaving Saber at the house this time despite her protesting Day 5 s Shirou feels something strange in the atmosphere at school , if it ' s the same as in Fate then it must be Rider ' s boundary field . He runs into Rin outside of class but she just gives him the cold shoulder , and goes into class and notes Shinji ' s absence . The little shit is probably up to no good . And at lunch Issei is tired , says he ' s been fatigued no matter how much sleep he can get . Wonder if the Servant at the temple is drawing on his life energy as well ? Day 5 s The teacher in charge of student council , Kuzukisensei , comes in to talk to Issei about the fact that Shinji and Mitsuzuri are absent again . Seems Mitsuzuri didn ' t return home last night after archery club , and Shinji was the last person seen talking with her , in fact having a quarrel . Uh oh . Day 5 s After school Shirou decides to see if anyone has any information on Mitsuzuri since he ' s worried about her as a friend , but no dice . But as he ' s leaving school Rin confronts him angrily . She ' s stunned at his stupidity of coming to school without his Servant , as if just asking to get killed . That death stare Okay she ' s serious . Day 5 s She wasn ' t kidding about being enemies she ' s after Shirou ' s life right now . I don ' t like having this serious Rin not be on my side I decide to dodge her Gandr Shot attack by jumping back into the hallway # continued