Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works Anime

[Cherry Lover]

Only other hypothesis I have is that Shinji activated it sooner than Rider had planned due to being driven nuts by both Shirou and Rin turning down his alliance offer, and she couldn't do much to stop him without having Sakura be killed outright, so Sakura got knocked out due to surprise and Rider pretty much was just praying that Sakura would live via her robust mana supply.

Yeah

That is certainly more logical than the other suggestions. It's still a bit weird, because you'd expect Rider to kill herself before she allowed Sakura to die but, then, what says she didn't just allow herself to be killed...?

[Kat]

slowpoke.jpg, but Saber rekting was beyond sweet.

Shirou looked quite chuuni though when projecting.

[SINIB]

#waifusgetreked

Don't tell jack.

[Kat]

Fuck, Saber has vitality of a couch. It's not Kuzuki's fault, it has been like that many times before.

[Cherry Lover]

Being beaten up by a human is still pretty poor form, though....

[Elf]

Kuzuki is a death martial arts master reinforced by magic form the age of Gods.

Seiba's battle tactics are basically ARRGGG with Mah Sword and INSTINCT!

[Cherry Lover]

Yeah, Saber isn't exactly a master tactician....

[Kat]

Still Saber did better than Rider i.e. survived.

Literally nothing about tactics here, Snake is so odd that fighting Kuzuki for first time you cannot see through his moves.

[Elf]

Still Saber did better than Rider i.e. survived.

Well, Saber is still more of an experienced fighter than Rider could ever be.  Plus INSTINCT does do a lot. 

[Kat]

If you have Instinct you don't need even a fighting style, as Mordred displayed.

[Elf]

    CrunchyRoll finally decided to rise from the ashes and resurrect and I finally got to see the episode yesterday.

    My Thoughts:

    Oh God, Saber is Adorable. Saber's not even my favorite character, but Jesus Fucking Tapdancing Christ she's freaking adorable.

    Rin and Kitty Pajamas! Now I realize that Archer brought her the Kitty Pajamas. Since he was the one who brought her clothing for her, he had to have picked them out. Thank you Archer, thank you.

    The Date!

    Shirou's Harry Potter Glasses.

    Rin giving out hints that she already knows Archer's identity. Especially when she says, "Oh you'll get taller and grow up good looking." She says this as a fact. Then when Shirou calls her out on it, she tries to recover and fails. In the previous episode she was already putting two and two together when she realized "They were the same."

    Rin kicking ass at baseball.

    Rin and Shirou being very cute and having a fuck ton of chemistry together. Especially when Rin's ears turned red.

    Taiga at Kerry's grave punched me in the feels. Damn it, I might like Taiga after this is all over. Shit.

    Archer's Big Damned Hero's Moment.

    Rin calling Archer out about Saber and also pointing out how his interactions with everyone are smooth until the subject gets to him personally.

    Shirou finding Archer's pendent.

    KOTOMINE PUNCHING THINGS HOLY SHIT!

    I SAW ACHT IN THAT PREVIEW!

    Holy shit, did you see Kotomine punching things though?

[SINIB]

I got bored by rin and turned off the episode. I just can't get behind Rin as a love interest for Shirou. They don't feel like they have great chemistry to me. In my opinion, Rin is at her best when she's acting as Shirou's "bro." I like it when she makes fun of him and Saber in fate, for example. That sort of stuff. She just doesn't work for me in UBW.

[Koto]

I got bored by rin and turned off the episode.

I've been told that whenever Sakura comes onscreen you make noises that sound like Zouken's death moans. Jack was creeped out.

[SINIB]

Not death moans, but it is quite creepy. That was also only during episode one, I haven't done it since.

[SINIB]

Also jack's noises are equally creepy.