History Franchise / FateSeries

* ''Fate/School Life'' (2006-present) - A comedic manga that gives the students of Homurahara Academy time to shine in the spotlight. Illustrated by Eiichirou Mashin.

* TheMagicGoesAway: [[ScienceDestroysMagic As modern science develops more and more, magi gradually lose their powers]]. ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'''s Caster can canonically take on every living magi in the modern world and win because she's from [[TheTimeOfMyths the age of gods and miracles]], and science hasn't {{nerf}}ed her magic. This is also why the three [[AlternateUniverse known]] [[AnatomyOfTheSoul true]] [[TimeTravel magics]] are so powerful: they are beyond modern science and so haven't been hit by this effect at all. Given what happens in one of the possible "TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt"s, in which magic dies out completely, this could be construed as not the best of courses for humanity (although whether it was avoidable is another matter). In [[VideoGame/FateExtra another timeline]], magic went away but was replaced by SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology from an alien civilization.

* IndecisiveParody: ''KOHA-ACE'' stars characters that intentionally invoke and parody common Servant types, and creates Servants that would either be {{Joke Character}}s (like Caster) or outright impossible to exist naturally (like [[FusionDance Majin Saber]]). Its main heroines alone are foul-mouthed cute girl {{Historical Gender Flip}}s; one of them is a Saberface just because, and she is both aware and angry about it. The characters spend their days getting on each others' nerves instead of doing anything cool, living with NoFourthWall, and crossing over with other Type-Moon characters (Kohaku from ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' being a favorite). Even its attempts at a coherent story arc are riddled with in-jokes and comedy, and some parts are called out in-universe as only getting serious in case games like ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' canonize them -- yet the characters are treated sincerely enough to get completely serious elaborations,[[note]]everything from Okita's IncurableCoughOfDeath and exuberance to Nobunaga's wacky inventiveness and musket obsession is given a logic behind it consistent with prior worldbuilding, which suggests a real attempt to make them work outside of gags or parodies[[/note]] and its most famous story arc got a hotblooded, dramatic, very-much-straightforward-and-not-parodic-at-all remake in

** Myth/KingArthur was the prophecized king of Britain, proven by pulling Caliburn from the stone. After Caliburn was shattered, Arthur was given Excalibur, an even more powerful weapon forged by fairies from the magical heart of the world itself, thus symbolizing that the world approves of Arthur's rule. As Saber intones, therefore, kingship requires being both TheParagon and an InspirationalMartyr.