Does something this important really come down to just luck? Mutta’s luck seems to have run out.  Luckily for Mutta, there is somebody with personal experience of this process that doesn’t want to see history repeated. Synopsis: Mutta tours NASA Johnson Space Center and occasionally sees his brother Hibito doing his training. Just as Mutta [...]
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Childhood’s End – Distant, Unhappy, Memories We all react to tragedy and trauma in different ways. For some, before and after might as well be different worlds. Synopsis: Continuing the focus on Kiritsugu Emiya, this episode is a flashback to The Defining Moment of his childhood where we learn of what happened to turn Kiritsugu [...]
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It’s three days to grandma’s house, and three days to the moon. All the same. Perspective counts for a lot. Synopsis: Mutta spends his first night at Hibito’s house, but it’s somewhat stressful for both. The next day Mutta was supposed to go visit Hibito at NASA, but he never went. Instead, he…sort of did [...]
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I never said I liked you. Oh, and thanks for the big knife – you probably noticed I found it useful. Kirei Kotomine finally puts his thoughts into action Synopsis: A dead father still manages to pass on his legacy to his (grieving?) son. One master and servant regroup.  One master attempts to form an [...]
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Two killers, bound by events, separated by irreconcilable philosophies The fundamental question, if the goal is to kill, do rules apply, or are they a lie? Synopsis: As Saber fights Lancer, Kiritsugu Emiya bullies Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, using Kayneth’s fiancee Sola-Ui as hostage, into a magically binding contract that would take him out of the [...]
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Two killers, bound by events, separated by irreconcilable philosophies The fundamental question, if the goal is to kill, do rules apply, or are they a lie? Synopsis: As Saber fights Lancer, Kiritsugu Emiya bullies Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, using Kayneth’s fiancee Sola-Ui as hostage, into a magically binding contract that would take him out of the [...]
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NASA is calling to me! NASA is calling to me! NASA is calling to me! NASA is calling to me! Synopsis: The final steps of the second examination process are covered, particularly Mutta’s experience with the psychological interview and the final exit interview. At first he thinks he has done well, but after comparing notes [...]
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NASA is calling to me! NASA is calling to me! NASA is calling to me! NASA is calling to me! Synopsis: The final steps of the second examination process are covered, particularly Mutta’s experience with the psychological interview and the final exit interview. At first he thinks he has done well, but after comparing notes [...]
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“I’m a hallucination. Rumors aren’t enough in the end. I’m not a part of reality” -Kanoe, Yuuko Synopsis: A flashback from before the first episode occurred, Niiya is searching around the old school building with the rumors of the ghost that lives there floating around in his head. The rumors become all too real when [...]
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“I’m a hallucination. Rumors aren’t enough in the end. I’m not a part of reality” -Kanoe, Yuuko Synopsis: A flashback from before the first episode occurred, Niiya is searching around the old school building with the rumors of the ghost that lives there floating around in his head. The rumors become all too real when [...]
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