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Fate/Apocrypha #1
Fate/Apocrypha 1巻「外典:聖杯大戦」
第三次聖杯戦争の折に冬木の地から失われた大聖杯「第七百二十六号聖杯」がルーマニアで発見されたことから物語は始まる。大聖杯を奪い、隠匿していたユグドミレニア家はその聖杯をシンボルに掲げ、魔術協会からの離反を宣言する。それを討伐すべく派遣された魔術協会の部隊はユグドミレニアのサーヴァントに壊滅させられてしまうが、最後の生き残りが大聖杯の予備システムの起動に成功。これにより本来の7騎に加えて更に7騎、計14騎ものサーヴァントを召喚することが可能になった。ユグドミレニアの7騎のサーヴァントに対抗すべく、魔術協会側の魔術師もまたサーヴァントを召喚する。
こうして、大聖杯を奪ったユグドミレニア家の魔術師たちである「黒」の陣営と、ユグドミレニア家の討伐のために魔術協会に雇われた魔術師の集まりである「赤」の陣営、二つの勢力によって舞台となる街トゥリファスにて7対7の「聖杯大戦」が開始された。
こうして、大聖杯を奪ったユグドミレニア家の魔術師たちである「黒」の陣営と、ユグドミレニア家の討伐のために魔術協会に雇われた魔術師の集まりである「赤」の陣営、二つの勢力によって舞台となる街トゥリファスにて7対7の「聖杯大戦」が開始された。
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331 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 31, 2012
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March 11, 2017
General Story 8/10
Characters 9/10
Clear Ideas 10/10
Descriptive Writing 6/10
I think Fate/Apocrypha Vol. 1 is not a bad book by itself, but alone it is missing a lot of framework for the story to make sense without prior knowledge. I really like how the story built the characters. The story is really interesting and engaging because of how it foreshadows the story.
I think that if you have seen or read something of the fate series this book is really good but you will have to read more of the books to be able to understand. On a sied notice I like how the story changes perspective between characters constantly.
Characters 9/10
Clear Ideas 10/10
Descriptive Writing 6/10
I think Fate/Apocrypha Vol. 1 is not a bad book by itself, but alone it is missing a lot of framework for the story to make sense without prior knowledge. I really like how the story built the characters. The story is really interesting and engaging because of how it foreshadows the story.
I think that if you have seen or read something of the fate series this book is really good but you will have to read more of the books to be able to understand. On a sied notice I like how the story changes perspective between characters constantly.
December 10, 2019
The story starts off quite quickly with the typical fate plot of a Holy Grail War a war for the Holy Grail which is a magical wish-granting device. The difference this has from any fate storyline is that it's not a free for all its actually a battle between 2 teams of 7 servants each from the original classes: Caster, Assasin, Lancer, Saber, Beserker and Rider, and one extra servant to oversee the war instead of the church called a Ruler Class Servant.The world-building, amazing. The characters perfectly fleshed out. The plot is quite convoluted and to better understand the story the reader must have read/watched some other fate storyline.
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December 27, 2020我确定我很讨厌这个了。X本已经看穿了他的阴谋！X本有着大局观念！但他作为英雄必须要不顾大局blabla 那就还是很蠢地上当了呀，上古英雄斗智斗勇变成赌上我爷爷的名字这个亏我一定要吃，显然作者力有未逮
August 1, 2021
Exciting, and with astolfo, who wouldn’t love this
September 15, 2015
Best thing I've ever read could keep reading this over and over
February 3, 2016
fuck you, this is awesome!!!! aerial gardens of vanity! semiramis <3 saber, my god!!! both riders. Thiwa freaking awesome, need more!
April 11, 2017
It took me forever, but I finally finished this book.
This book is a confusing mess, to be honest. It starts really really slowly (the stuff about prana and thaumaturgy or whatever it was early on is really boring, and the introductions are so fast, it's hard to follow), and it is really hard to follow sometimes. It's difficult to determine what version of which Heroic Spirit is featured or talking, and remembering which Magus is which was a difficult task. The only one I can even remember is Mordred's magus, and that's only because a large part of the first half is about him.
The characters themselves are also largely forgettable. The author seems to want us to focus on Saber of Red (Mordred), Ruler (Jeanne d'Arc), Rider of Black (Astolfo), and Archer of Red (Atalanta), and that's it. Siegfried once in awhile too, but mostly them. Because they are the only characters given development or time.
Everyone else seems to be there just to be there, and serves little importance to the plot.
What little plot that makes sense is decent, but there isn't much. If I wasn't cosplaying Jeanne, I wouldn't read the next one, despite the cliffhanger. And yes, it ends with a cliffhanger. It basically ends like a chapter would. I hope that this makes more sense in anime form, because otherwise, the anime is going to be a confusing mess, with a few awesome characters. I like Jeanne, Astolfo, and Mordred, but that is basically it. I think it's the author's writing style that makes this so confusing, so the next one isn't going to be better.
This book is a confusing mess, to be honest. It starts really really slowly (the stuff about prana and thaumaturgy or whatever it was early on is really boring, and the introductions are so fast, it's hard to follow), and it is really hard to follow sometimes. It's difficult to determine what version of which Heroic Spirit is featured or talking, and remembering which Magus is which was a difficult task. The only one I can even remember is Mordred's magus, and that's only because a large part of the first half is about him.
The characters themselves are also largely forgettable. The author seems to want us to focus on Saber of Red (Mordred), Ruler (Jeanne d'Arc), Rider of Black (Astolfo), and Archer of Red (Atalanta), and that's it. Siegfried once in awhile too, but mostly them. Because they are the only characters given development or time.
Everyone else seems to be there just to be there, and serves little importance to the plot.
What little plot that makes sense is decent, but there isn't much. If I wasn't cosplaying Jeanne, I wouldn't read the next one, despite the cliffhanger. And yes, it ends with a cliffhanger. It basically ends like a chapter would. I hope that this makes more sense in anime form, because otherwise, the anime is going to be a confusing mess, with a few awesome characters. I like Jeanne, Astolfo, and Mordred, but that is basically it. I think it's the author's writing style that makes this so confusing, so the next one isn't going to be better.
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