Memorable scenes from various anime and manga crossovers: Starting with Emiya the Great Hero

The residents of Fuyuki are now living in fear. It turns out that the ruins created ten years ago were not caused by a gas explosion at all.

So it turns out that the damage was caused by their fighting here. Hmm... they seem to have gotten used to it. No wonder I kept hearing loud explosions for a few nights ten years ago.

Goodness, it seems I have to sleep with one eye open and one eye closed now, otherwise I might not even know how I died.

Chapter 288 A Borrowed Ideal! Partners of Justice!

After Gilgamesh dealt with the giant white hand, the sword Ea in his hand stopped spinning. He then turned his head with a hint of pity to look at Shirou Emiya, who had been hit by the aftershocks of Ea. "Even I think I've shown mercy..."

"If I had known this would happen, it would have been more worthwhile to keep Archer around, kid..."

At this moment, Shirou Emiya, who had been hit by the aftershocks of EA below, appeared to be unconscious. He had smashed into the ground, creating a deep crater, and most of his clothes were torn.

Even so, it still impressed people from other worlds, because even if they were hit by an attack of this magnitude, their fate would probably not be much better.

Type-Moon Fifth World War Timeline

Seeing this, Rin Tohsaka became somewhat worried. No matter how strong Shirou Emiya was, he was still a human and could never defeat a Servant.

"Perhaps I should discuss a plan with Emiya beforehand. That weapon called EA... is simply beyond their capabilities." With that thought, Rin Tohsaka turned to find Shirou Emiya. Given the timing, she might even be able to get a free meal.

Meanwhile, on the other side, a concerned citizen named Gilgamesh, after witnessing this scene, looked slightly disappointed. "Is that all?! It seems I overestimated him."

It seems that even EA might not be necessary to deal with him. Since the future me said that I had already shown mercy, it already says so... A fake is always a fake, and it can never be compared with the real thing.

I thought he would bring me a different kind of fun, but it turns out he's just this... What a mongrel!

Even Gilgamesh on the screen, looking at Shirou Emiya lying motionless on the ground, said with considerable disappointment, "Is this the end? It's just a counterfeit after all; you can't save anything."

"That ugly Archer said that too, didn't he?"

"My ideals are borrowed."

"A person who can't create anything of their own and yet dreams of achieving something is utterly arrogant."

Hearing this, Shirou Emiya woke up, gritted his teeth, and stared at Gilgamesh above him, his body trembling slightly. He tried several times to move, but remained unable to.

The scene then shifts to a large hole in the sky, with black mud continuing to gush downwards, emanating an ominous aura.

Gilgamesh looked at the awakened Shirou Emiya and immediately began to mock him, "A comrade of justice? A world where no one will be harmed? Utterly laughable."

"The so-called human being is nothing more than the name of a beast that can only sing the praises of life through sacrifice. The lofty rhetoric of equality is nothing but the jest of the weak who cannot face the darkness."

"It's nothing but a sophistry to cover up our ugliness."

Detective Conan World

"Although I hate to admit it, what he said makes a lot of sense. A world where no one is hurt simply cannot exist." Conan put one hand in his pocket and pushed up his glasses with the other, even though his world was just an ordinary world without their superpowers.

But every day countless people still die for all sorts of reasons… He neither supports nor opposes Gilgamesh’s views.

A world where no one is harmed may not exist, but companions of justice may exist! ...I will use my reasoning to bring all criminals who harm others to justice.

Type-Moon Fifth World War

"Even if my ideals are borrowed, so what? It doesn't mean I have to give up." Shirou Emiya clenched his fists tightly as he looked at Gilgamesh on the screen.

Driven by his aspirations, he picked up the ideal that Kiritsugu Emiya had abandoned—to become a champion of justice!

He recalled what he had said to Kiritsugu Emiya when he was a child: "If Father can't do it, then let me do it!"

This path of wanting to help others is not wrong, even if my ideals are borrowed, even if my life is full of hypocrisy, but... I will still insist on being a partner of justice!!

[Emiya Shirou, lying on the ground, gazed at the emptiness in the sky, slowly extending his hand, from which his inner thoughts were conveyed.]

Yes, that's right. This ideal is borrowed; it's just something I imitated after seeing someone rescue someone else.

[The scene shifts to ten years ago, to a childhood memory. Amidst a sea of ​​fire, a boy reaches out his small hand towards a hollow in the sky emitting a pale blue light.]

[Shirou Emiya's inner voice echoed once more: At that time, his inner self was empty; everyone would die equally, and no one could be saved.]

If you can't accept that humans are like this...

There would be no way for them to continue living.

【so…】

The scene shifts; pale yellow clouds drift across the sky, and a sword falls from the heavens! The scene then transitions to nighttime, where Kiritsugu Emiya, dressed in a kimono, stands with his back to Shirou Emiya.

That's why I yearn for that ideal, is that wrong?

Young Shirou Emiya watched Kiritsugu Emiya's retreating figure, his eyes shining with admiration and longing.

Just because it's not one's own feeling, does that mean it's a counterfeit? Just because it's a counterfeit, does that mean it's untouchable?

吗】

No, I think that's absolutely impossible. Even if it's a counterfeit, or an unattainable dream, then so be it.

The scene shifts again to a world filled with pale yellow clouds, where another sword lies on the ground.

[Shirou Emiya's inner monologue grew increasingly impassioned. Even if he couldn't save everyone, he understood that as long as someone...]

Only through sacrifice can some be saved.

"Clang—" With a crisp sound, a sword pierced straight into the soil.

[Already knowing it's just an ideal, yet still continuing...]

Continue to seek.

"Clang! Clang!" In this twilight space, two more swords were plunged into the ground.

To save the majority while continuing to harm the minority

Even so, they still pursue happiness where no one gets hurt.

"Bang bang bang—" More and more swords fell, until finally, the swords that Shirou Emiya had used at the beginning, Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, landed in front of him.

This is the destination he reached.

The reflection of Shirou Emiya was seen in the sword's blade as he plunged one of his swords into the ground.

"What you firmly believe in, what you once firmly believed in, is actually hypocrisy," that man once said.

[The reflection of Shirou Emiya in the sword's image stood up, standing in the twilight, his gaze fixed on the distant horizon.]

Even so, it was the man who uttered these words who carried this hypocrisy through to the very end.

[So, it's acceptable. Even if it's borrowed, it's fine to continue using it as a counterfeit. That's all I need.]

Shirou Emiya, even at the very end, will pass on this dream to...

I will persevere, even if all I seek ahead is nothingness, I will still…!!

Back in reality, the green mark on Shirou Emiya's left arm trembled slightly. "What? It's nothing special."

[Shirou Emiya, who had been lying on the ground, pulled his hand back after snapping out of his reverie, and then stood up.]

"This scene... should be a bounded field, but it doesn't quite seem like it."

People from other worlds looked at this seemingly naive boy with great admiration... Knowing that the idea of ​​being a comrade of justice was just an ideal, he still adhered to his beliefs from beginning to end, persisting even when all that lay ahead was nothingness.

Emiya Shirou's monologues made it clear to the people in the other worlds that he had now fully recognized the nature of his ideals and their ultimate fate.

But precisely because of this, his ideal, which originally sounded vague and unrealistic, gained weight.

Type-Moon Fourth War World

At this moment, Kiritsugu Emiya was somewhat confused, looking at his hands with bewilderment, "What kind of responsibility... did I make that boy bear?"

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They could have grown up carefree, but because they inherited their ideals, they embarked on the path of heroes of justice, whether it was the former Great Hero Emiya or the current Shirou Emiya...

It was all because of myself that I was forced to embark on this thorny path.

Magical Girl Illya World

"You...you really are very similar to me! I should say you truly are worthy of being my parallel world self." Emiya Shirou stared intently at the screen.

"Everyone's ideals are borrowed. It is because of their admiration for Kiritsugu Emiya that they embark on the path of becoming partners in justice."

But you are different from me… I betrayed that ideal. When he made his wish upon the Holy Grail, it meant he abandoned this world. This sin made him an anti-hero.

The ideals were borrowed, the justice was borrowed, and even this power, which should have been used to save the world, was used only by Miyu.

"But now, perhaps I can see the path of self-abandonment in you. I also want to see what I, who have always walked the path of a champion of justice, will become?!"

"Huh?!" Gilgamesh looked at Shirou Emiya, who had stood up again, with slight surprise. "Even though you held back, you should have been hit by the wind pressure from Ea."

...

...

Clearly, in his view, even the wind pressure was beyond what Shirou Emiya could withstand in his current state.

[Shirou Emiya looked at Gilgamesh with a mocking expression, as if venting his dissatisfaction, and said, "You've already pulled out a mountain of Noble Phantasms, and now you're talking about showing mercy?"]

Gilgamesh said in a deep voice, "That's a sword only a conqueror can wield. Someone like you wouldn't even be qualified to pay homage to Ea."

[As soon as Gilgamesh finished speaking, several golden ripples appeared behind him, and his Noble Phantasm emerged from within, firing towards Shirou Emiya.]

"Bang--"】

A woman clad in blue and white armor, wielding an invisible sword, and sporting a single ahoge (a cowlick) in her golden hair, charged forward, blocking the attack. Simultaneously, a terrifying gust of wind erupted from the sword.