UNLIMTED BLADE WORKS: We Made A Youtuber Watch FATE For The FIRST Time

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Recon says Shiro Emiya gives him "so much Deku energy," and Briggs defends the character's survivor's guilt.

1. Rant Café Anime Podcast devotes this episode to the first 13 episodes of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, with a side discussion of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya. 2. Hosts Briggs and Jordan, who have each rewatched Unlimited Blade Works multiple times, guide first-time Fate viewer Recon, who watched the 13 episodes at 1.5x speed. 3. The central hook is Recon's reaction: he says the show reminds him of Handshakers and calls it "a better Handshakers," though he would not have kept watching if not required. 4. Recon says Shiro Emiya has "so much Deku energy" as a weak high schooler who gets powers, while Briggs argues Shiro's survivor's guilt and daily training make him well written. 5. Recon names Ufotable's animation and fight scenes as the show's strongest points, and he says the story felt secondary to the character encounters. 6. On the cast, Recon picks Archer as his favorite so far and Caster as best girl alongside Rin, calls Sakura "absolutely useless," and says he is eager to see Gilgamesh after watching YouTube clips. 7. The hosts explain that Fate's mystery comes from its route structure, noting that Unlimited Blade Works is Rin's route and that some questions are never answered in a single route. 8. Jordan says Prisma Illya is the entry he likes most because its lighter tone lets familiar characters be happy, and he singles out a multi-episode Saber Alter fight around episodes four through six. 9. Recon says he watched Apocrypha only as a part of the season, and he agrees to give it a second chance, while one chat member says "fuck apocrypha" and another loves it. 10. Fits Fate newcomers and fans who enjoy watching first-timers react.

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