History Characters / FateTypeRedline

* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Mori's rampage through the military encampment and his soldiers being murdered trying to save him, despite [[MoreThanMindControl the effect of the mind-controlling cigars having long gone]], alongside the Nazi General's speech, is what breaks Magatsu as he realizes how much his hubris has costed him and his well-crafted army. He ends up pleading for someone to kill him over the sight of all the corpses of his followers.]]

* PoweredArmor: Magatsu was given a special set of armor by his Third Reich allies for Berserker to wear, allowing the Servant to be used fully without the Master dying from the mana strain.

* UnskilledButStrong: He subscribes to this philosophy, mocking Lancer for using martial arts and saying skill is useless on a real battlefield because strength is what matters.

* NonActionProtagonist: As an IneptMage whose one spell lets him slow down falling objects, Kanata is way out of his depth in a Holy Grail War and can't contribute to fighting. He mainly gets by through protection from Tsukumo and Saber, who have a vested interest in his survival. He tries to subvert this by getting proper lessons in magecraft from Tsukumo [[spoiler:and learns that he possesses his family's Magic Crest. He starts graduating to ActionSurvivor territory when he learns how to disarm magical traps, with the implication the he has far more potential than he ever dreamed of.]]

* PinballProtagonist: Kanata has no particular wish for the Grail or a conviction to live by, as he was unexpectedly thrown by in time by accident. His main goal is to just survive the Holy Grail War and return home, getting dragged every which way by Tsukumo and the threats they face. But as the story goes on, he becomes more interested in learning about what his grandmother was like as a mage and the circumstances leading to his current predicament. He later tells Saber that he wants to get to help Tsukumo achieve her wish and avert the destruction of the Imperial Capital.

* GreenEyedMonster: At the end of Chapter 35, as he’s turned away from Kaname, we see his eyes darting about furiously, his face twisted in a hidden mask of hatred. He had pleaded in his mind earlier for Archer to pick him as her new Master, and is clear livid inside she chose Kaname instead. He is genuinely surprised when Caster's Master tells him that all he seems to want is Archer's attention.

* TemptingFate: Before awakening Berserker, Magatsu thinks about how he doesn't need to understand how Servants think and how they really should only exist to serve their Masters. Those who know Berserker beforehand knows that he is a weird mixture of madness and loyalty that not even the people from his time truly understood fully.

* PetTheDog: Her selection of the meek, powerless Kaname as her new Master, [[KickTheSonOfABitch right after blowing the head off of her arrogant original Master]], is by all appearances thus far, one of her kinder acts to date.

* EmptyShell: According to Assassin, he doesn't sense any fear, anger, or exaltation from Saber, only the smell of blood and iron. He feels nothing coming from her and she's like an empty husk.

* LivingBattery: She was originally just plugged into a device meant to fuel Archer's summoning in the previous Third Holy Grail War, but Archer killed the officer meant to be the Master, leading to her becoming Archer's Master.

* LethalJokeCharacter: Tsukumo lambastes Kanata for summoning a member of the Shinsengumi as the "strongest class", claiming that a random pile of dirt would summon a stronger Servant. While she isn't completely wrong, Saber is at her strongest in her home country and nearly kills Archer, who is monstrously strong and famous in Japan.

* TheMenInBlack: His and the Church's role is to cover up damages that occur during the Grail War due to Servants and magi.

* LevelGrinding: Lancer notices that he absorbs blood and energy from his victims and becomes stronger with each kill.

* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Lancer pierces through his helmet and split his head. He just squeezes his head back together.

* AmbiguousSituation: To anyone InUniverse and out who knows how Servants work, Ryouma's claim to be a Stray Servant is a minefield of red flags. Even factoring in his [[PowersThatBe Counter Guardian]] nature from the ''KOHA-ACE'' source material, the fact that he occupies the Rider seat for the Holy Grail War suggests that he was summoned as a Servant and has to follow their rules: he ''must'' have an anchor to the world in order to exist. The question thus becomes whether he's merely lying to protect his Master's identity, or if some serious monkeying around was done with his Servant contract.

* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:In Chapter 19, Kanata takes Tsukumo's advice to be more open with Saber and admits that he's FakingAmnesia. Although Saber is bewildered by this at first, she takes Kanata at his word and promises to help him if he tells her more about the future he came from. She also helps him keep said secret when he's about to spill suspicious information to Tsukumo]]

* SurpriseIncest: Before he got a good comprehensive look at and learned her name, he blushed when Tsukumo Fujimiya grabbed and pulled him by his hand. The reason for the trope is that after getting a good look at her and learning her name, he recognizes her as his grandmother when she was young.

* FakingAmnesia: In order to hide the fact from Tsukumo that he is from the future and that he is also her grandson, Kanata tells her that he has amnesia. [[spoiler:Chapter 19 suggests that he actually got LaserGuidedAmnesia around the time his grandma (the aged Tsukumo) collapsed and that something was done to him which resulted in him not feeling discomfort when using his magic crest which the young Tsukumo deemed what happened to him dangerous.]]

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: He admits that the sole magecraft he's able to use is lame and only wants to be an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: She's actually shocked at how famous UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi have become when both Kanata and Tsukumo instantly recognize her haori.[[note]]That said, [[JustifiedTrope it's actually understandable]] considering a StateSec / black ops group such as them is ''not'' supposed to be a famous organization. Then again, their defeat was pretty vital for the UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration, so clearly WrittenByTheWinners is at play.[[/note]]

* HorrifyingHero: Saber is Kanata's greatest ally in the war next to Tsukumo, but others note that Saber is extremely creepy in battle. She has a complete LackOfEmpathy for her enemies and is will massacre anyone who opposes her or threatens Kanata without hesitation. Her SugarAndIce personality only heightens this, as [[DissonantSerenity she can sweetly wipe Kanata's face even while soaked in the blood of her victims.]] Even the AxCrazy Assassin is thoroughly unnerved by how he can't feel any sort of emotion from her while she's chasing him down, calling her an EmptyShell.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Saber barely flinches after getting a chunk of her arm sheared off by Assassin, merely tying a string around it so she can keep swinging.
* MundaneObjectAmazement: She's astonished to learn that confectioneries like ice cream exist, and is even more amazed by Kanata's apparent ability to simply have them after a bath.

* IneptMage: Kanata's magical potential is mediocre at best and he can only use one, admittedly lame, spell. His lack of formal schooling in magecraft also means that he has to have basic things explained to him on a regular basis. Though he learns how to detect Saber's presence, he is unable to figure out how to communicate with her telepathically.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. [[spoiler:When Tsukumo is held captive by Assassin, she receives a broken nose, a head injury, and the loss of four of her left fingers from Assassin.]]

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: She's actually shocked at how famous UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi have become when both Kanaka and Tsukumo instantly recognize her haori.[[note]]That said, [[JustifiedTrope it's actually understandable]] considering a StateSec / black ops group such as them is ''not'' supposed to be a famous organization. Then again, their defeat was pretty vital for the UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration, so clearly WrittenByTheWinners is at play.[[/note]]

* {{Expy}}: She is the manga's counterpart to Caren Kotomine from ''Fate/koha-ace'', being Lancer's Master who is not associated directly with the other factions.

* LovableRogue: She is an eccentric girl who would steal toilet paper for a quick buck, and is properly introduced as having stolen a clump of mana crystals for the Third Reich before deciding to take part in the Holy Grail War herself. But considering that it’s the ''Third Reich'', she comes off more heroic than outright backstabbing.

* ItGetsEasier: Everyone participating in the Holy Grail War advises Kanata to get used to the idea of committing murder for the sake of winning. [[DefiedTrope But Kanata flatout refuses]] and tells Saber to rush to help Tsukumo. [[spoiler:After recovering from being nearly RetGone, it becomes the basis of his resolve to order Saber to kill Assassin with a Command Spell as his first real action as a Master in the Holy Grail War.]]

* PeekABangs: Her hair covers her left eye. [[spoiler:At least whatever is left of it as she is seen with terrible bruises across her face after the end of the previous war.]]