History Recap / FateGrandOrderS2E3TheTournamentOfTheSevenBladeMaster

-->''Not the Master Swordsman Jubei, neither the highly praised Emissary Hanzo, nor the famous Onmyouji Abe no Seimei. More than anything, just a blacksmith. But unpreparedness spelt your defeat. Once seeking for the ultimate blade. A blade of steel cutting no flesh, nor bones and neither life. What I seek for is the clearance of resentment. The cutting of bonds, fate and destiny. That is, to free oneself from Karma. Upon one's arrival are countless tools. Carved over a thousand blades, forming a pile of swords. This is the place where all paths cross This is the place where all desires flow. This is the place where all deaths await. My whole life was for this single swing. The heart of the blade is right here! Take this, this is my Tsumugari Muramasa!!''

** All of the Seven Heroic Spirit Swordsmasters barring Caster of Limbo, Saber of Empireo and Berserker are this, but several stand out:

* WouldNotHarmAChild: Contrary to her [[WouldHurtAChild companions]], Raikou's motherly instincts are so strong that she refuses to harm children despite the Curse of Annihilation making her loathe the world and sadistically slaughter any adult in her way.

* WontHarmAChild: Raikou's motherly instincts are so strong that she refuses to harm children despite the Curse of Annihilation making her loathe the world and sadistically slaughter any adult in her way.

* WholePlotReference: To the historical fantasy novel ''Samurai Reincarnation.''

* TheCorruption: The Curse of Annihilation that Caster of Limbo casts on the other six Heroic Spirit Swordsmen make them bloodthirsty monsters that desire the death of everything living. It turned Inshun from a noble monk into a psychopath that only wanted to kill everyone in his way for fun, [[spoiler:and Assassin of Paraíso gets a double-dosage of corruption courtesy of her {{Orochi}}-cursed blood]].

-->''Not the Master Swordsman Jubei, neither the highly praised Emissary Hanzo, nor the famous Onmyouji Abe no Seimei. More than anything, just a blacksmith. But unpreparedness spelt your defeat. Once seeking for the ultimate blade. A blade of steel cutting no flesh, nor bones and neither life. What I seek for is the clearance of resentment. The cutting of bonds, fate and destiny. That is, to free oneself from Karma. Upon ones arrival are countless tools. Carved over a thousand blades, forming a pile of swords. This is the place where all paths cross This is the place where all desires flow. This is the place where all deaths await. My whole life was for this single swing. The heart of the blade is right here! Take this, this is my Tsumugari Muramasa!!''

** All of the Seven Heroic Spirit Swordsmasters [[spoiler:barring Caster of Limbo, Saber of Impireo and Berserker]] are this, but several stand out:

** Assassin of Paraíso is shown to be relatively kept together barring a few moments where she loses her temper despite the Curse of Annihilation on her mind at first. However, she fully falls into this when [[spoiler:her cursed blood is fully awakened against her will]], where-upon she becoming a ranting madwoman determined to complete her mission that splits between desiring to kill the heroes and [[spoiler:bemoaning her ancestral curse and how everything she did to be free of it was AllForNothing.]]

* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Musashi loses one of her eyes when Danzo self-destructs.]]
* EyepatchOfPower: [[spoiler: After losing her eye, Musashi uses one of her katana's tsuba as a makeshift eyepatch. This is supposed to be a reference to UsefulNotes/YagyuJubei's own signutare EyepatchOfPower since Musashi is playing the role of Juubei in this Literature/SamuraiReincarnation reenactment. Jubei's father Dajima-no-Kami lampshades their similarities.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The entire chapter turns out to be a prototype Lostbelt caused by [[ManBehindTheMan Caster Of Limbo,]] who takes orders from a being he calls [[GreaterScopeVillain God]].]]

* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:Yagyu Munenori works as a strategist for the Tokugawa against the Seven Heroic Spirit Swordsmen that he's part of]].
* ThePowerOfHate: Tomoe as Archer Inferno can only remember her hatred when her husband, Yoshinaka was betrayed and killed. Tomoe even questions why she can only feel hatred. [[spoiler:After being defeated, she remembered that in life she was able to get past her hatred when she remembered Yoshinaka wanted her to live and even lived a long life and died peacefully]].
* RunningGag: A Lancer is still unlucky, this time [[spoiler: its Inshun, who not only is corrupted by Caster of Limbo and is the first of the Seven Corrupted Servants to fall.]]

** All of the Seven Heroic Spirit Swordsmasters [[spoiler:barring Caster of Limbo]] are this, but several stand out:

* RunningGag: A Lancer is still unlucky, this time its Inshun, who not only is the first to fall, he is also corrupted by Caster of Limbo.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The protagonist and Musashi first meet Inshun as an affable servant who spent two days killing all the evil spirits he could find. He is forced to fight off the enemy so the protagonist, Musashi can protect the two children that was with them and is transformed into an enemy as a result.

* TheCorruption: The Curse of Annihilation that Caster of Limbo casts on the other six Heroic Spirit Swordsmen make them bloodthirsty monsters that desire the death of everything living. It turned Inshun from a noble monk into a psychopath that only wanted to kill everyone in his way for fun.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Musashi is your main companion and has an arc of reaching zero throughout the singularity.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: At first the protagonist can only use Musashi and for a brief time Inshun due to not being connected to Chaldea. But after meeting Inshun, he can call upon them in battle again but they don't seem to be with them, Kotaro briefly brings this up, comparing Servants only appearing in battle to shadows that can only manifest for a brief time.

* TagalongKid: At the start of the pseudo-Singularity, the protagonist and Musashi befriend Onui and her little brother Tasuke. A lot of the group's decisions early on is protecting these two before they can get the kids safely to their grandfather.

The protagonist ends up in a subcategory parallel world in their sleep, where things are a bit... off. While wandering, they run into vagabond swordswoman Miyamoto Musashi and decide to travel with her. Then they run into Inshun Hozoin, a little girl and her baby brother, and a horde of ravenous monsters. Things really, ''really'', escalate from there.

The protagonist ends up in a subcategory parallel world in their sleep, where things are a bit... off. While wandering, they run into vagabond swordswoman Miyamoto Musashi and decide to travel with her. Then they run into Inshun Hozoin, a mother and her baby and a horde of ravenous monsters. Things really, ''really'', escalate from there.

* TagAlongKids: At the start of the pseudo-Singularity, the protagonist and Musashi befriend Onui and her little brother Tasuke. A lot of the group's decisions early on is protecting these two before they can get the kids safely to their grandfather.

* CarnivalOfKillers: The main villains are the Seven Heroic Spirit Swordmasters which are 7 heroic spirits that were empowered and corrupted by the their summoning and the Caster of Limbo.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Musashi is implied to be one of the protagonist's few Servants on hand this chapter, but other Servants have the ability to participate in battles. Kotaro briefly brings this up, comparing Servants only appearing in battle to shadows that can only manifest for a brief time.

* {{Forshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The entire chapter turns out to be a prototype Lostbelt caused by [[ManBehindTheMan Caster Of Limbo, who takes orders from a being he calls [[GreaterScopeVillain God.]]]]

* WholePlotReference: To the historical fantasy novel ''SamuraiReincarnation.''

* WholePlotReference: To Literature/SamuraiReincarnation.

%%* EyeScream
%%* EyepatchOfPower

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: A Japanese instrument version of "Emiya", "Unoriginated (Unsourced) Blade Works" makes its debut here.

->''Not the Master Swordsman Jubei, neither the highly praised Emissary Hanzo, nor the famous Onmyouji Abe no Seimei. More than anything, just a blacksmith. But unpreparedness spelt your defeat. Once seeking for the ultimate blade. A blade of steel cutting no flesh, nor bones and neither life. What I seek for is the clearance of resentment. The cutting of bonds, fate and destiny. That is, to free oneself from Karma. Upon ones arrival are countless tools. Carved over a thousand blades, forming a pile of swords. This is the place where all paths cross This is the place where all desires flow. This is the place where all deaths await. My whole life was for this single swing. The heart of the blade is right here! Take this, this is my Tsumugari Muramasa!!''
-->-- '''Sengo Muramasa'''

Miyamoto Musashi and the protagonist go on an adventure.

* BadassCreed: Since Emiya has become a Demi-Servant, his elegy has been updated to match the mindset of the Heroic Spirit that controls him. Refer to the quote above.

* DuelToTheDeath
* EyeScream
* EyepatchOfPower
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Mash joins the MissionControl staff because she lost her powers as a Servant, but she is still playable in-game.
** Musashi is implied to be the protagonist's only Servant on hand this chapter, but other Servants have the ability to participate in-game.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: A Japanese instrument version of Emiya makes its debut here.
** Leitmotif

* DebutQueue: Yagyu Munenori, Tomoe Gozen, Inshun Hozoin, Mochizuki Chiyome, and Kato Danzo are added to the summoning gacha after completing the episode.

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* BadassCreed

* EyepatchOfAwesome