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

Type-Moon Fate/Zero World

At this moment, Tokiomi Tohsaka's face was so gloomy it was almost dripping with water. He never expected that the Matou family, one of the three great families, would dare to treat his daughter like this.

Perhaps my future self is already dead, and has even started bullying his own daughter, but don't forget, right now... I'm not dead yet!!

The elegant magician Tokiomi Tohsaka is going to the Matou family to cut off the hand of that arrogant brat.

He also brought Sakura home. After watching several videos, he couldn't find a single normal person in the Matou family! There might not be a single normal person in the Matou household, and he wasn't comfortable leaving Sakura there...

P.S.: I almost forgot the famous scene, those legs are amazing... 66.

Chapter 294 The End of Ideals! Red A's Thoughts.

[Back to Archer's side, Saber still doesn't understand why the future Shirou Emiya would want to kill his past self. "Why would an established ideal have to negate the past self?"]

Faced with Saber's questioning, Archer seemed somewhat dismissive, but still offered an explanation: "I am different from those like you who become Heroic Spirits solely through their own brilliance. I became a Heroic Spirit by sacrificing myself after death! At most, I am merely a guardian."

"You mean the Guardians?!" Saber was slightly surprised. "I've heard that the Guardians are destined to become the Counter Force to protect humanity, so even if their experiences are different, they should still be Heroic Spirits."

“Then you’re mistaken, Saber!” Archer continued, “Guardians aren’t beings that protect humanity; they’re merely cleaners.”

"To put it simply, I became a champion of justice according to my ideals. But all I got in return was regret!"

[A, positioned above in the main hall, turned his gaze to Shirou Emiya below. "I made a contract with the Counter Force in life, and after death became its guardian. As the Counter Force of primates, I fight against those who disrupt the balance of the world!"]

The scene shifts to Shirou Emiya, now grown up, forming a contract with the blue-glowing suppressor force and becoming a Guardian—the current Archer!

"Follow the '223030' order, kill...kill...kill everything! Slaughter as if human life is nothing, in order to save thousands of times more people than those who die."

After becoming a Guardian, Archer (Red A) was dispatched by the Counter Force to battlefields in different eras. In order to save thousands of people who died, he had no choice but to personally eliminate those who caused the incidents.

"As long as I'm needed, I'll fight no matter how many times... repeating... repeating... and repeating again!!"

The scene shifts to a devastated city, where Red Archer has personally slaughtered countless humans, only to be sent to another era to repeat the cycle… His presence is felt on every battlefield.

"It's endless. I'm not dreaming of a world without conflict. I simply hope that in the world I know, no one will ever cry again."

At dusk, Red A sat beneath a withered tree, gazing at the twilight sky. Human corpses littered the surrounding area, and Red A's heart was filled with weariness.

"..." The people from other worlds fell silent after witnessing this scene. The boy who dreamed of becoming a champion of justice never expected that reality would be so cruel after he achieved his ideal.

Everyone now clearly understood what the so-called cleaner was... All he wanted was to save others, but the world forced him to kill. He didn't want others to cry, but the world forced him to make others cry.

From a rational point of view, there is nothing wrong with this! His killings did save more people, but the kind-hearted Emiya Shirou could not emotionally tolerate this method of exchanging justice for killing.

Traveling through different eras, indiscriminately dealing with good and evil, right and wrong, black and white... resolving all crises involving humanity!

This kind of cleansing and violence-for-violence is a massacre that runs counter to Shirou's ideal of saving others. Harboring that unrealistic ideal, it is the beginning of the tragedy of the young Shirou Emiya.

Type-Moon Fate/Zero World

"Hahahaha! The future self wants to kill the past self?! Valhalla has no concept of death, does he really think that Emiya will also disappear?!" Gilgamesh crossed his arms and sneered.

There is no concept of death in Valhalla, nor of time... Moreover, you are a guardian who has directly signed a contract with the Counter Force. Want to strike?! ...That's impossible. Go back to being a regular employee.

"I have said it before, the heroes of justice are nothing but unrealistic ideals. But I did get to watch a good show! I must say it was quite enjoyable."

As Gilgamesh thought about it, the anger he felt at being headshot by Red A subsided considerably, and he continued to watch the screen with amusement.

Magical Girl Illya World

"The Heroic Spirit Emiya... doesn't want to kill his past self, but rather Emiya Shirou's unrealistic ideal of changing the past." Perhaps because he gave up his ideals, the great hero Emiya could understand some of Archer's thoughts.

Red A clearly understands what the end of that ideal is, precisely because he understands his own mistakes and his past obsession with that ideal!

Archer didn't want Shirou Emiya to move forward with such ideals... so he took drastic measures to force him away from those ideals, otherwise he would repeat the same mistakes Shirou made.

"So that's why he answered my prayer at that time?!" Emiya instinctively touched his right arm. He knew that Archer's power had also answered his prayer at that time.

Type-Moon Fifth World Line

Emiya Shirou silently watched as Archer showed him the future that could be reached through perseverance. He had always adhered to an ideal: "To save everyone and not hurt anyone."

However, Red A never actually did what he truly wanted to do, neither saving everyone nor avoiding harming anyone.

The massacre carried out in the name of salvation runs counter to their own wishes...

"However, there is nothing wrong with a wish itself. Even if it is difficult to achieve, it is still a pursuit of one's life as a human being."

This is Shirou Emiya's current thought; even on the cruelest path, he will persevere to the end.

Back in reality, Archer also emerged from the shadows, saying, "Then it finally dawned on me that Shirou Emiya's ideals were nothing but selfish idealism."

"It's impossible to save everyone; saving everyone means sacrificing a small number of people! You remember that, Saber!"

Saber paused for a moment, then, along with Shirou Emiya beside her, simultaneously recalled a certain figure.

"The seats called happiness are limited, and those who cannot attain happiness must be swiftly removed! That is the mark of a hero."

"This man's deeply held ideals, the actions of a partner in justice. Saving the majority is being a partner in justice, right?"

"So while praying that no one will die, they kill for the sake of the majority. They say they don't want anyone to be sad anymore, but they instill despair in more people."

[The flash of the raging fire in the memory disappears, and Archer emerges fully, projecting Gan Jiang and Mo Xie into his hands. He looks at Shirou Emiya: "This is me, the true identity of the Heroic Spirit Emiya. Don't you think it would be better for this world if this man were dead now?"]

"This is the famous trolley problem, isn't it? No matter what choice you make, someone will die; the only difference is whether it's a minority or a majority..."

"Are you sure this won't trigger the grandfather paradox?! The future self killing the past self—without the past, how can there be a future?!"

Throughout his life, he has been sacrificing a small number of people to save the majority. As a guardian, Red A can only keep going against his original intention of making everyone happy, and forever serve the Counter Force as a cleaner of history!

That's why Red A couldn't bear it anymore. After repeating it hundreds of times, all that was left in his heart was endless emptiness.

Type-Moon Fate/Zero World

As Kiritsugu Emiya listened to those familiar words, he clutched his head in anguish. He knew, of course, who Archer (Red A) was referring to in the video, but he never imagined he was the culprit. "What kind of beliefs did I instill in that boy...?"

He hasn't forgotten that Shirou Emiya's ideals were merely borrowed... Shirou Emiya has always simply been carrying on his own ideals, blindly pursuing them.

Therefore, the future Heroic Spirit Emiya continues to kill in the name of justice, even to the point that he feels weary and tormented by his own existence… If Shirou Emiya of this era continues down this path, he will only end up like him…

"Commit suicide, Shirou Emiya." Archer looked at the silent, head bowed beside him, showing no mercy even to himself.

[Red Archer looked at Shirou Emiya, who was still silent, and asked, "What's wrong? Now that you know your true nature, what are you still worried about?"]

Saber, standing to the side, couldn't stand it any longer. "Archer! You haven't betrayed your ideals; you've only been betrayed by the ideals you were supposed to protect. You've lost your way, haven't you?"

"Otherwise...you wouldn't even have thought of killing yourself to atone for your sins."

"Hahaha, no, that's a huge joke." Archer chuckled, his eyes slightly closed. "I'm atoning for my sins?! Don't talk nonsense, Saber."

"Indeed, I have been deceived and betrayed countless times. A man who would risk everything for others could never be understood by others."

"He was ultimately arrested as the ringleader of the conflict and sent to the guillotine."

Saber, her face covered in cold sweat, was incredulous. Why would Shirou Emiya, who walked the path of justice, meet such an end? "This can't be real... Archer, your end...!"

The memory of the gallows flashed through Red A's mind: "If I was guilty, I already paid for it back then."

"Initially, I didn't crave gratitude from others, nor did I expect to be praised as a hero."

"I just hoped for a happy ending for everyone. But even that wasn't achieved, neither in life nor in death."

"I know that Guardians are automated devices that, after death... become Guardians, tools used to protect human history."

"Even if this puts someone in a difficult situation, it's acceptable."

"So, despite his unwavering belief, Shirou Emiya was ultimately wrongly accused by those he saved of being the culprit behind the accident and sent to the gallows..."

Everyone was somewhat taken aback, never expecting that this kind-hearted boy would meet such a tragic end. Perhaps this is just the worst aspect of human nature.

It was truly a cruel twist of fate that caused this person, who desperately wanted to bring happiness to everyone, to be framed and sent to the gallows as a war criminal despised by all.

Even after death, he still harbored this unrealistic dream. However, it was only from this moment that he truly saw reality.

The most effective way to maintain world peace is not to carry out rescue operations after an accident occurs, but to eliminate the people who cause accidents before they happen.

The long years after becoming a guardian have been spent realizing their dreams in a way that goes against the grain. In the end, destroying the source is far more efficient than so-called post-occurrence salvation, and in fact, it has saved more people.

But after taking the lives of others time and time again, the kind-hearted Shirou Emiya became increasingly weary... Although he did save many people, he couldn't emotionally accept that he had hurt hundreds of people in order to save millions.

P.S.: ...Let me put this bowl here first...

This monologue by Red A is arguably the essence of the entire series.

Chapter 295: Archer and Shirou Emiya's Battle Begins! A Clash of Beliefs

At this point, Red A's emotions became increasingly agitated. "But!! Reality is not like that... Guardians cannot save humanity; their duty is merely to clean up and clean up the mess."

"What has already happened, the sins committed by humanity. Those who use their power to reduce it to nothingness are merely killers who, regardless of good or evil, harm the survival of the primate world."

"How utterly foolish! How is this any different from my powerless self back then?!"

Saber calmed down, her gaze fixed on Archer, trying to find something in his eyes: "Even saving just one more person would have been better, but in the end you never even managed to do it once?"

[Red A: "Yeah! I'd ruthlessly kill what I personally saved, all for the sake of my comrades' pointless wish to achieve justice."]

[At this point, the scene suddenly shifts, showing Red A standing amidst a desolate sword hill, shrouded in loneliness and nothingness under a dim sky...]

"I'm tired of constantly cleaning up humanity's messes, but as a Heroic Spirit, I have no choice but to repeat this task over and over again."

"If I never existed, if I could be destroyed, then..."

Saber dismissed the possibility without hesitation, "It's useless. You've become a guardian. Even if you kill Shirou now, your existence won't disappear, even if you break free from the Wheel of Time."

[Red A: "But it's not impossible... However, if not only the physical body is destroyed, but also the belief, then the mistake of being a partner of justice in this world wouldn't have occurred."]

"Ultimately, he didn't want to kill Shirou Emiya as a person, but rather to destroy Shirou Emiya's belief in becoming a champion of justice!"