History Recap / FateGrandOrderS2E3TheTournamentOfTheSevenBladeMaster

* AndThenWhat: After beating Raikou and Shuten, Musashi muses to herself she's actually close to completing her swordsmanship but is anxious as a result. She reveals her determination to complete her swordsmanship was simply to surpass her father even happy to continuously traveling to other worlds if she can get stronger. But now that her goal is within sight, something she admits she never though was possible, she's honestly confused on what to do afterwards since she no longer has a home nor someone to settle down with.
* BackFromTheDead: At the end of Shimousa, Musashi dies after winning her fated duel with Kojirou. But due to her achievements, she becomes a servant and makes a contact with the protagonist.

** Shirou Emiya is once again chosen to be a Counter-Guardian, but [[FateStayNight it's not exactly like in that other story.]]

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Downplayed. Danzo is present and futilely protesting when Shuten and Raikou decide to destroy the entire province of Sagami. When the other protagonists hear about it, she feels the need to specify that she absolutely hadn't known either.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The entire chapter turns out to be a prototype Lostbelt (though it's called [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness a Missing Belt]] by Limbo) caused by [[ManBehindTheMan Caster Of Limbo,]] who takes orders from a being he calls [[GreaterScopeVillain God]].

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

* AndThenWhat: After beating Raikou and Shuten, Musashi muses to herself she's actually close to completing her swordsmanship but is anxious as a result. She reveals her determination to complete her swordsmanship was simply to surpass her father even happy to continuously traveling to other worlds if she can get stronger. But now that her goal is within sight, something she admits she never though was possible, she's honestly confused on what to do afterwords since she no longer has a home nor someone to settle down with.

!![[AC:Quarta Cantica: Kalasutra Hell

* 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, they can call upon their servants 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. Also, this is why unlike the Mash that travels with you in regular battles runs away after fighting, this one fades away like any other servant.

* 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, they can call upon their servants 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.

* MythologyGag: Sasaki Kojirou stopping Musashi from escaping using the stairs mirrors his role in "VisualNovel/FateStayNight" where he stopped Altria from entering Ryuudou temple by defending the stairs.

* MythologyGag: Sasaki Kojirou stopping Musashi from escaping using the stairs mirrors his role in "VisualNovel/FateStayNight" where he Altria entering from Ryuudou temple by defending the stairs.

* MoralityChain: At the end of the Shimousa, Musashi admits that it was because of the protagonist, Onui and Tasuke that she would have simply ran away from the monsters instead of fighting them head on. She admits it was the protagonist's bravery and morals that convinced her to fight for what was right.

* MoleInCharge: Yagyu Munenori works as a strategist for the Tokugawa against the Seven Heroic Spirit Swordsmen that he's part of.

** Shirou Amakusa: They are both living humans that can travel the multiverse and are strong enough to fight heroic spirits. But while Amakusa went mad from his 20 years traveling between the dimensions and wants to destroy all of reality as a result, Musashi despite spending an untold number of years traveling to various worlds is still chipper and kind, unwilling to let the innocent be harmed.

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

* TagalongKid: At the start of the pseudo-Singularity, the protagonist and Musashi befriend Onui and her little brother Tasuke. They continue to tag along with the protagonists even after the protagonists have taken them back to their grandfather, Muramasa.

** At the start of the Pseudo-Singularity, Musashi is under-leveled and missing her third skill but as she continues to fight the Seven Heroic Spirit Swordsmen, she grows stronger.
** Kotaro throughout the Pseudo-Singularity grows stronger, first by gathering the kunai of Assassin of Paraíso and later on taking Danzo's remaining magic energy after she explodes. He is then shown with his third ascension sprite and is asserted to be the ultimate ninja.

** At the start of the psuedo-singularity Musashi is under-leveled and missing her third skill but as she continues to fight the Seven Heroic Spirit Swordsmen, she grows stronger.
** Kotaro throughout the psuedo-singularity grows stronger by first gathers the kunai of Assassin of Paraíso and then taking remaining Danzo's magic energy after she explodes. He is then shown with his third ascension sprite.

* EyepatchOfPower: 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.

* 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, Muramasa.

* AndThenWhat: After beating Raikou and Shuten, Musashi realizes that her swordsmanship is near completion which depresses her. She states her goal in life is to surpass her father and she's been fine traveling to other worlds in order to succeed. But she admits after that, she has no idea what to live for since she no longer has a home nor someone to settle down with.

* ThatManIsDead: After Inshun falls to the Curse of Annihilation, the Lancer Purgatorio and even Musashi state that Inshun is dead due to deeply the curse corrupted his personality.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: 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]].