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

I may leave the stage, but not in such a sneaky way. It's not like me at all!

Conqueror Wang sighed almost imperceptibly, "After all, he's still a young man, harboring unrealistic ideals. After experiencing reality, has his faith begun to waver?"

Ultimately, this is a distorted ideal; what one wants to do and what one is actually doing can never be in agreement... The conflict between Archer and Shirou Emiya is bound to lead to a clash of fates.

Magical Girl Illya World

"...!" At this moment, the great hero Emiya felt a sense of absurdity as he looked at this scene. If he were also in it, whose belief would prevail?

Red Archer has reached the end of his ideals... Shirou Emiya, who still cherishes his ideals... and himself, who has given up on his ideals!! It's just unknown whether Shirou Emiya will make any other choices.

Thinking of this, Emiya suddenly gave a self-deprecating laugh, "In the end, I, who was the first to give up my ideals, have no right to judge whether they were right or wrong... It was all my own choice."

However, he didn't regret or waver in his decision to give up his ideals. He hadn't forgotten the words he uttered when he fell under the moonlight, reaching out to grasp the sky: "I won!"

Type-Moon Fifth World War

"In the end... did I end up on the same path as Kiritsugu Emiya?" Shirou Emiya stared blankly at the facts displayed on the screen. Having never experienced it before, he couldn't help but feel a sense of self-loathing.

Emiya Kiritsugu is her idol, but at the same time, he is the kind of person she hates the most... She never expected that the so-called guardian was just a killer like Kiritsugu who killed a few to gain many lives.

That mound of swords was a graveyard to him; each sword represented a crime committed by Shirou Emiya under the banner of justice…

Perhaps feeling that this alone wasn't enough to break Shirou Emiya's resolve, Archer decided to show him something else: "See it with your own eyes one more time!!"

"The world I have arrived in..." A blue light emanated from beneath Red A's feet, like blue flames, swirling around him, and then he began to chant.

"I am the bone of my sword!"

"Unknown to Death!"

"Norknown to Life"

Unlimited Blade Works

Archer unleashed his Unlimited Blade Works; a massive gear hung in the sky, riddled with broken blades. He stood atop the mound of swords, looking down at Shirou Emiya.

"Unlimited Blade Works Archer version... another Reality Marble. I've watched three different versions."

"They are clearly the same person, but the image displayed by the inherent barrier is somewhat different."

As everyone observed Red A's display of Unlimited Blade Works, the first thing that stood out from the others, especially the giant gear in the sky, was what set him apart from other Shirou Emiya characters.

Does that giant gear symbolize the restraining force...? As a guardian, Red A can only mechanically go against his own will and complete missions time and time again like a tool.

The Seventh Singularity: Absolute Demonic Front

"This king has indeed seen some interesting things... Emiya's snowfield, Emiya Shirou's twilight, and Archer's gear-shaped sword mound!" The wise king glanced around at Archer's Reality Marble. Each of Emiya Shirou's Reality Marbles seemed to have some subtle differences.

Reality Marbles are manifestations of mental images. Do the three different Reality Marbles mean that the three Shirou Emiya have all taken different paths?

"Hahaha, this is getting more and more interesting. I'm very curious to know what path your bounded field has chosen to present the appearance of twilight!"

If the former Shirou Emiya could be described as naive and innocent, then now that you've come into contact with Archer's memories, will you still strive towards that ideal?!

Type-Moon Fifth World War

"Another Reality Marble..." Rin Tohsaka's lips twitched slightly. Were these Reality Marbles, which represent the pinnacle of magicians, mass-produced?!

Or does everyone named Emiya Shirou possess this Reality Marble...? Are all your Reality Marbles shared?! That's just too outrageous.

“A gear, huh…” Emiya Shirou murmured as he saw the other party’s inherent outcome.

Is this a symbol of restraint? Red A can only be a tool, going against his own will, being sent to different eras to mechanically complete tasks... Is this the end of the road his ideals have led him to?

[Within the Reality Marble, Shirou Emiya, supporting himself with his battered and bruised Gan Jiang and Mo Xie swords, knelt on one knee, panting heavily!]

"The foolishness of showing up here knowing one is no match for me, imprisoned for life by this futile ideal. A counterfeit without self-will."

"Do you realize that this is your true nature? Saving someone simply because you want to save them is fundamentally wrong from an emotional standpoint."

"As a malfunctioning human being, you are a counterfeit that should never have existed in the first place. Such a thing has no value in living."

[Red Archer, seeing Shirou Emiya's resolve wavering, continued to crush his will, saying, "I am your ideal; you should understand that you can never defeat me."]

Hearing all this, Shirou Emiya gritted his teeth and tried to stand up, but the images he had just witnessed kept flashing through his mind.

"Ah!!" Shirou Emiya roared in fury, projecting Gan Jiang and Mo Xie again with both hands as he charged forward. This was his answer.

"Bang!!" Red A blocked his attack with one hand.

"Yes, it's understandable that you can't accept me. As long as I remain your ideal, Shirou Emiya must deny me more than anyone else."

"That's a brilliant statement! They are the same person, yet they are contradictory. As long as Shirou Emiya holds onto that ideal, he will never accept Archer's existence!"

The others silently shook their heads. Shirou Emiya's belief had wavered, and they couldn't utter a word of rebuttal.

He could only attack Red A haphazardly, as if venting his anger. If this continued, he would be the first one to lose his resolve.

Ultimately, Shirou Emiya's ideals were borrowed. Archer didn't kill him outright; he simply kept destroying Shirou Emiya's unrealistic ideals.

Type-Moon Fifth World War

Rin Tohsaka, unaware that Archer was her Servant, joined in the defense of the dejected Shirou Emiya, "Huh?! Even if you are the future Shirou Emiya, why do you deny yourself like this, always calling yourself a fake..."

"Emiya-kun may be immature and weak, but his pursuit of his ideals and his kindness to everyone are worthy of respect and admiration, aren't they?!"

At this point, Rin Tohsaka suddenly noticed that Shirou Emiya was staring blankly at her. Her face suddenly turned red again, and her tone became hesitant and her voice lowered, "Of... of course, this kind of self-sacrifice to help others is a little bit heartbreaking."

Rin Tohsaka held up her hand to Shirou Emiya, making a gesture that resembled the universe between her fingers... Only she knew how much heartache she felt.

"Thank you, Rin!" Shirou Emiya's eyes suddenly lit up slightly as he thanked Rin Tohsaka. He knew that wanting others to be happy was not wrong, and he would continue to do so in the end.

P.S.: Four updates today, it's killing me! But I'm going all out for the big boss's urging for over 10,000 words!! I might as well skip my shift this afternoon... (Dragon King's crooked mouth ↗).

Chapter 297 Your ideals are borrowed!

After regaining his footing, Shirou Emiya, who had been knocked back, continued to stagger and slash at Archer with his Gan Jiang and Bakuye swords, but to Archer, his speed was like that of an ant.

Archer casually parried Shirou Emiya's attack with his sword. Looking at Shirou's haphazard attacks, Archer questioned, "So... I ask you, do you truly want to become a champion of justice?!"

Blood streaming from his forehead blurred Shirou Emiya's vision, but he still raised his head and firmly stated his answer: "At this point, why ask this? I don't just want to become... I absolutely must become!!"

As Shirou Emiya finished speaking, he lunged forward with force. Archer dodged to the side, then caught Shirou's hands, and the two stood back to back on the desolate sword hill.

[Red Archer saw through Shirou Emiya's thoughts, "Yes, it's absolutely necessary to become him. Why? Because this is Shirou Emiya's only emotion... even if it doesn't come from your own heart."]

[Then, Archer sensed Shirou Emiya struggling behind him and continued, "Judging from this, you seem to have noticed something. I have no memories of the past..."]

"But even so, I will never forget that scene. In a sea of ​​fire filled with the stench of death, desperately pleading for help, and the emotions upon being rescued!"

"The relieved look on the face of that man named Kiritsugu Emiya when he rescued me—that's the root of your ideal. It's just something born from gratitude for being saved."

[The scene shifts, and raging flames redden the screen. As the fire dies down, rain begins to fall. The young Shirou lies listlessly amidst the ruins, staring at the phantom image of Shirou Kiritsugu.]

"You just admire Kiritsugu Emiya. The way that man rescued you was just too blissful. You just want to be like him."

"If 957 is someone who admires that kind of person, it is indeed a foolish ideal... but it is not laughable."

As the saying goes, there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes, and those watching the video also had different opinions about Shirou Emiya's ideals.

It is indeed foolish... but it is also dazzling! It is unrealistic to do good for the sake of the ideal of good, but the spirit of striving to achieve it, and doing the impossible even when it is known, is also very dazzling and worth appreciating.

Type-Moon Fate/Zero World

"Is someone like me really worth admiring...?" Kiritsugu Emiya understood what kind of person he was, and he now realized that this ideal was probably beyond his reach.

Moreover, the great fire in Fuyuki City ten years ago that they mentioned is probably related to the current Holy Grail War. Since I survived to get there, I might even be the culprit who almost caused that child to die in the fire.

I never imagined that someone who always sacrificed a few to save the many would one day be admired by others.

……

Inside the church, Father Kirei Kotomine watched this scene expressionlessly, then gave a somewhat inexplicable sneer, "Admiring someone like that?! What a foolish thought, Shirou Emiya!"

Type-Moon Fifth World War

Meanwhile, in Fuyuki City, a kind-hearted citizen named Gilgamesh, with his hands in his pockets, saw this scene and immediately began to mock, "That's why I said you're a fake... Even your ideals are fake; you're just imitating other people's good deeds! In the end, they're not your own thoughts."

Without even having one's own thoughts, one is merely imitating others, no wonder one will meet with the end of their ideals and become a self-contradictory existence.

……

The most speechless are the residents of Fuyuki City. So all these people are fighting and fighting, but they are the ones who suffer?! Couldn't they have fought somewhere else? They have to endure so much pain.

They were so naive to believe that the fire ten years ago was caused by a gas explosion, even though many of their relatives lost their lives in that fire!

[Emiya Shirou, leaning against Archer, also shared his perspective: "Yes, but I wasn't the only one saved back then. There were children who shouldn't have been saved in the raging fire where no one survived. And the man searching for survivors who shouldn't exist."]

[The scene shifts back to the past, after the fire. What Shirou sees is Kiritsugu Emiya holding his hand, his face contorted with joy and tears of relief at being alive.]

"If there's one miracle, it's..."

Back in reality, Red A finished his sentence, "It's natural for a child to admire their parents, but... that guy left you a curse before he died."

The scene shifts back to the past, revealing a familiar sight: young Shirou sitting on the courtyard veranda, speaking to Kiritsugu.

“From that moment on, you were convinced you had to become a champion of justice; your ideals are borrowed. The ideals that Kiritsugu Emiya abandoned—you're merely imitating the ideals Kiritsugu Emiya firmly believed in.”

That scene... was familiar to people from other worlds. It was there that the great hero Emiya once declared his ambition to inherit Kiritsugu's dream... "Dad is an adult, so he can't have it, but I can still do it. I'll take over Dad's dream!"

This ideal, like a curse, has clung to Shirou Emiya, causing him to become twisted! Yes... twisted!

Emiya Shirou, who harbors this ideal, is harmless to others, but in the end, he keeps hurting himself.

Magical Girl Illya World

"The feeling of being saved from despair is something only the person experiencing it truly understands." Emiya placed his hand on his heart; having experienced despair himself, he understood best the feelings of those in despair.