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MANGA ActionFate/strange Fake
NOVEL ActionFate/strange Fake
SPECIAL ActionFate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn-
ANIME ActionFate/strange Fake (Zoku-hen)

REVIEWS

• 

  yawwning

  80/100
  Fate/strange fake has high stakes fights, incredible animation and well thought out characters.

  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS (also this is my first review so.. hi)

  Besides Frieren season 2, Fate/strange fake was my most anticipated anime of the year. For the record, I haven't read any of the light novels and prior to this I had watched fate/stay night, heaven's feel, and ubw, so when I heard a new fate was slated to be coming out this year I was pretty surprised. I honestly never thought I'd see a new fate in my lifetime.

  The prequel movie, or extended episode or whatever explosively launches the show off with a battle between the goat (Gilgamesh) and an apparent rival/old friend of his Enkidu, whom I was unaware of before watching. Although, I'm sure any fan head deep drowning in Fate lore probably pissed himself of excitement upon seeing this character. It also sets up new characters like Ayaka, a quiet, softspoken girl who has a bizarre past, and the "master" of this Grail, Faldeus. Episode 0 also introduces the viewer to this Grail's setting, Snowfield USA. A city with a mysterious background, where all is not as it seems. With the introductory episode out of the way, the show sets the stage for possibly the most climatic Grail War yet.

  I'd say Fate/strange fake's biggest strong suit is it's ability to tie thrilling fights and stellar animation, with strong character writing and dynamics. Let's just touch on the animation for a second. It's great, better than any previous Fate titles in my opinion. This is A-1 studios showcasing it's highest degree of talent, everybody on the staff team probably came to work whilst caffeinated to high hell. The animation makes the action scenes such a joy to watch, every battle is eye candy. Speaking of the action scenes, they are all intensely paced, expertly choreographed, and skillfully directed. Characters movements and decisions during fights make sense and align deftly with the environment. It's just so fun.

  Some of the fights also serve as great character growth moments, like Sigma killing Tsubaki's parents, and the true Caster duo showing Saber the previous Holy Grail War in Fuyuki. The way Fate/strange fake is able to weave these characters storylines together so effortlessly is extremely impressive. The iconic Ayaka and Saber duo, who through repeated struggle finally accept each other mutually as being master and servant is beautiful, and Sigma's heartbreaking past eventually leading him to face his sense of morality in a defining moment by killing Tsubaki's parents. I loved the way Sigma was able to recognize a bit of himself in Tsubaki, and the way she was being used, leading him to make the first decision that was not driven purely by logical reasoning, but out of a sense of righteousness. I'm sure this will drive him to become more in touch with his emotions in future seasons.

  The brutal and chaotic dynamic between Jester and Assassin fuels a portion of the shows conflicts, with Jester playing a large role in the final act, manipulating the impressionable Tsubaki into causing chaos. However, Jester's sadistic desire to see Assassin fall into the deepest pits of despair, while understandable within his character portrayal, seems a bit unwarranted. At no point in the show is it really... clearly explained what has motivated Jester to steer such hatred Assassin's way. I understand that he is supposed to be.. naturally evil? But to me, that's just such a cop-out and tropey character archetype. Along with that, I don't believe Assassin was spent enough time on for this dynamic to have substantial weight. Assassin's motives and thoughts are unclear, and overall with her feud with Jester being such a large point of contention in the plot, I just wished she was more fleshed out.

  This brings me to my next point being that generally, this show goes too fast. It would do some good for the quiet character moments, interactions, and backstory to have more screentime. It feels like a lot of the developmental arcs of characters are either rushed, or were skipped entirely. You can see this in Ayaka, who's backstory remains murky and unclear even through to the defiant moment where she walks past the Little Red Riding hood figure that's been haunting her the whole series. I'm sure this was supposed to come off as a defining character decision, but in reality, it didn't have much gravity and was just kind of.. confusing..? Although, the scene following right after that where she confronts Saber and declares her will to fight along side him was great and carried a good chunk of emotional weight. The brisk pacing again sacrifices a lot of time spent with the characters favoring action sequences and overall plot progression. I noticed this affected Flat, Orlando, Faldeus, True Caster, and Enkidu the most. All of these characters I would have absolutely loved to see more characterization of, but I'm not going to say this is terrible grievance because I'm sure they will be expounded upon more in following seasons. Oh and speaking of Flat.. wtf is he dead?? That was a crazy cliff hanger damn..

  In conclusion, this show is exactly what I want from a Shounen battle anime. It has god-tier animation and sick ass fights but also doesn't forgo it's duty to pay attention to it's characters and expand upon their initial characterizations. The biggest negative the show has is it's brutally fast pacing which leaves a bit more to be desired in it's fleshing out of characters. Not to say it doesn't flesh them out, because it actually does quite well with a decent portion of the cast. If my tone came off rather degrading of it's development of characters, then sorry, I probably meant to give it more praise. But yes, that's actually one of it's specialties, especially in contention with other Shounen battle anime. It's just some side characters and certain backstories felt like they needed more attention. Overall, this show is extremely enjoyable and resonates well emotionally for a battle shounen. 8/10

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• 

  GustavoSchiavon

  100/100
  Parece ser uma boa entrada para a franquia de fate, talvez depois desse eu assista o resto

  Eu tava pensando em fazer o Review do anime junto ao "filme", o Whispers of Dawn, mas não anotei coisa sobre ele, ele é bem legal, e muito necessário para o anime, porque o anime literalmente começa logo depois só continuando diretamente e não dando muita info de oque aconteceu nele kkkkkkkk.

  Mesmo o filme sendo legal, não anotei nada do "filme" que assisti só depois do primeiro episódio ter lançado. Vai ver tenho sorte de me lembrar dela e juntar ao Review do anime.

  Gostei bem mais do filme doque o que teve no primeiro episódio, e ainda bem que assisti ele antes, porque ele não explica quase nada dê o que aconteceu no filme que foi tipo logo antes do anime.

  De resto acho que esse é parece ser bom para começar com a franquia de fate, tipo coisas que eles pegam de outros fates é bem explicado até, menos as coisas da Sajyou Ayaka, que aí acho que é meio que para ter uma desculpa para ter outra temporada kkkkkkk

  

  Eu sempre tive vontade de assistir essa franquia pela animação, que esse também tem, mas peguei esse para assistir porque foi escrito pelo Narita Ryougo, o mano do Baccano e Durarararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararararara(ia fazer até repetir uma letra, mas aparentemente eu fiquei muito bom em fazer isso porque eu treino toda vez que eu vou falar de durararara kkkkkkkkkk), e dá de ver bem a influência nesse, mais pelo fato de cada episódio apresentar 30 personagem ao mesmo tempo. Eu não faço ideia de como um anime de 13 episódios conseguir enfiar tanta pessoa kkkkkkkkkk, quando tu acha que parou ele vai e enfia mais um.

  Ele também tem aquilo de não ser linear também, mas aí é mais pelo começo que vai apresentando os personagens e tal, para dai do nada ter um "main conflict" entre todo mundo e a porrada soltar louca de um jeito mais linear.

  Incrível o quão aleatório ele se taca no "main conflict", para um anime que demorou tanto para apresentar todos os personagens, só do nada começou uma puta de uma luta entre todos. Bem rushadão

  Parece que só se esqueceram que o anime era para só ter 13 episódio kkkkkkkkkkkk, tirando isso a maioria das coisas que eu tenho para falar são positivas e oque não foi muito legal eu acho que é na mesma lida da Ayaka que só vai ser mais explorado em alguma temporada futura.

  Oque fode em questão de personagem, nem é fato de ter tanta pessoa, mas em questão de cada um ter um servant só pega e dobra a quantidade personagem do dia para noite; pelo oque eu intendo, nas outras guerras era para ter um limite de quantos servants e nessa só usam trinta mil exploit e backdoor para invocar cada vez mais kkkkkkkkkk, todo mundo com seu motivo próprio e ninguém entendendo que porra que tá acontecendo e o engraçado, o "fake" no nome era para ser em referência a guerra não ser de verdade por faltar uma classe e dai vão e invocam a porra toda sem algumas limitações que tinham em outras temporadas, pelo menos é isso que entendi sendo que essa foi a única temporada que assisti kkkkkkkkkk.

  De personagem a gente tem a Sajyou Ayaka, que nem ela sabe oque tá fazendo ali e um das unicas que não é uma mestre, pelo menos nos "primeiros" 12 Episódios kkkkkkkkkkkk

  Lionheart, o saber, ou pelo menos um dos saber, seila se teve outro, um servant sem mestre que usa a magia da Ayaka por algum motivo, pelo menos eu acho que foi isso.

  

  Gilgamesh, o archer, volta daquele anime que acho que veio do gacha de fate pelo oque eu entendi, que também não vi. Acho que ele é pego direto de lá, a mestre dele é tão fofinha.

  

  Uma pena que não teve muito da Tine, gostei muito dela, muito fofinha a bixa

  Muito fofinha a Tine

  

  Enkidu também volta do anime lá, só que aqui acredito que ele virou mulher, bacana que ela é dublada Kobayashi Yuu, uma dubladora que eu gosto muito, mas ela não fala muito no anime infelizmente.

  O mestre dela é um cachorro (lobo)

  

  Um desses genderbend louco engraçado que teve nesse é da Prelati Francesca que é dublada pela Uchida Maaya, outra dubladora que eu gosto bastante; ela literalmente se invoca, dai tem a versão homem e a versão rapariga kkkkkkkk.

  

  Um dos personagens que ancoram esse anime como "canon" (continuação) é o Velvet Waver voltando, engraçado como que nesse ele tá veio e fiquei surpreso que era ele vendo pelo anilist, conheço ele por causa de doujin dele twink ahh kkkkkkkkkkk

  

  Um que gostei bastante, mas mal apareceu foi o Flatt, cara é dublado pelo Kirito e é bem legal no começo, mas depois ele meio que perde a importância um pouco porque ele não é muito batalhador e fica mais pelo fundo das coisas.

  

  De resto tem um policial que é chefe de metade dos personagens que tem, um deles sendo o John, um cara que só se fode;

  John só se fode o coitado
  — 01-03-2026

  Tem um padre que é quase um franky do One Piece da vida kkkkkkkkk, com o Flatt os dois são o Luffy e o Frankie kkkkkkkkkk.

  

  • Luffy e o Franky kkkkkkkk

  Tem um mano chamado fucking SIGMA, espero que numa próxima temporada eles coloquem o nome dele de Balls

  E tem um vampiro que é o bixo mais chato possível.

  O anime é muito bonito e bem animado, tanto no filmezin quanto no resto, tem bastante cena que é só conversa e acho que isso ajuda muito as cenas de luta a terem a maior qualidade possível.

  

  • Print de cena que só faz sentido em movimento kkkkkkkkkkkk, é assim que o anime diz que tá nos Estados Unidos, metendo bala.

  A ending dele é bem boa, e a animação dele é bem legal, eu gostei mais da primeira, mas a segunda não é ruim; estranho isso de mudar só o visual da ending, pelo menos eu acho que só mudou isso. Já a opening eu odiei kkkkkkkkkkkk.

  A opening tem uma das piores músicas que eu já ouvi com um monte de clip que parece só ter tirado do anime que até são bonitos.

  Esse é um dos únicos animes que eu sempre skipo a opening, muito bosta

  Agora o batebola:

  Legal que por causa do jeito não linear, o anime sempre tá no modo de ação
  — 01-03-2026

  4chan, internet explorer e windows vista aparecem no episódio 12
  — 22-03-2026

  Episódio 9 inteiro foi cheio de sonoplastia e animação foda, até o episódio inteiro teve black bar

  Agora meu veredito final: Bacana até, o anime foi muito bom, mas meio bosta o último episódio começar um negócio novo assim e se teve 3 ano de diferença para o "piloto" só imagino o quando que vai demorar para ter uma continuação.

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• 

  Keima1987

  80/100
  Complex, chaotic, and sometimes overwhelming, but incredibly rewarding once all the pieces begin to fit together.

  As someone who has always enjoyed the Fate universe and, more specifically, the entire concept of the Holy Grail War, I went into Fate/strange Fake with very high expectations. The idea of seeing yet another variation of the Grail War, this time with its own rules, servants, and mysteries, was more than enough to get me excited. At the same time, I did have one major concern before starting the series: the sheer number of servants and masters involved.

  Unfortunately, that concern turned out to be completely justified.

  There are so many characters, relationships, factions, and overlapping storylines that following everything can become quite difficult at times. The series constantly jumps between different groups, flashbacks, and character interactions, and there were definitely moments where I felt somewhat lost trying to keep track of who was connected to whom and what everyone's true objectives were. This is not a TV show that you can casually watch while doing something else. It demands your full attention, and even then, there are moments where it can feel overwhelming.

  That being said, once the story starts clicking and you begin to understand how all the different pieces fit together, Fate/strange Fake becomes a genuinely rewarding experience. The complexity that initially feels intimidating eventually turns into one of the show's greatest strengths. The feeling that multiple stories are unfolding simultaneously gives the Holy Grail War a scale that very few entries in the franchise have managed to achieve.

  As expected from the Fate franchise, the cast is one of the biggest attractions. Some characters definitely stand out much more than others, and not every servant or master managed to leave a strong impression on me. However, the characters that do connect with you tend to do so in a very meaningful way.

  For me, Saber was unquestionably the highlight of this first season and easily my favorite character overall. Every time Saber appeared on screen, the series immediately became more interesting. There was something about the character's presence, personality, and interactions that constantly drew my attention, and many of my favorite scenes involved Saber in one way or another.

  If I had one major criticism, it's that I genuinely believe the series could have benefited from having more episodes. There is simply so much happening that, at times, it feels as though the story doesn't have enough room to fully explore all of its ideas, characters, and conflicts. With such a large cast and so many moving pieces, a longer season would have allowed certain relationships and storylines to breathe a little more.

  Even with those issues, I found the anime extremely entertaining from beginning to end. The animation is excellent, the action scenes are spectacular, and the voice acting is exactly what you would expect from a Fate production: absolutely top-notch. The seiyuus once again do an incredible job bringing these characters to life and elevating many of the emotional and dramatic moments.

  From everything I've seen and read, Fate/strange Fake has been considered one of the strongest anime of the 2026 season, and after watching it, I can completely understand why. Despite some pacing and structural issues, this was a very enjoyable experience and one that reminded me why I love this franchise so much.

  I'm definitely looking forward to Season 2, and I sincerely hope it can maintain, or even surpass, the level established here.

  ████████□□ (80 / 100)

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