The Wandering King’s Rock ‘n’ Roll | Fate/ Strange Fake Ep 6 Reaction

Just so you know, you've seen Saint Germain in other media (Castlevania). Historically he was a philosopher among other things but he has a myth about him being either immortal or ahead of his time. In here he was not only talking to Richard, but also Ayaka even though neither of the two know who Ayaka is.

Also Ayaka's origin did get hinted at here, but that's spoilers.

I just realised that Richard and Assassin have pretty similar abilities. They both seem to be all about mimicking the abilities of people they hold great respect for. In that sense you could say they have a bit in common. I wonder if the story will ever point that out

Damn, this is hard to watch. You can tell they can't understand shit about what's going on and keep up with this show just for the animation. They became excited only when there is a fight going on, the rest of the time they just confused and bored, you literally can see it in their facial expressions, esp Lupa – he's way more into his gum that he keep chewing for the whole week than the actual show itself. Am i the only one that not interested in their reaction's anymore? Cuz every single episode i just know there is gonna be just more and more confusion, lack of understanding, very strange assumptions etc., which leads to the constant boredom on their side every time when there is no fights with crazy animation happening. I'm 100% sure they keep up with the show for the animation only at this point and don't give a shit about the story and characters, which is actually fine, in the end to each their own.

Least devoted King Arthur, Richard can turn anything into Excalibur.

Altry is King Arthur/Saber, Franchesca keeps calling her Arto-chan but they're translating that as Altry for some reason.

Enkidu is not mother nature itself. Enkidu is a mindless clay made by the gods to punish Gilgamesh when he became too arrogant. Enkidu only took the form of a human and gained reason after meeting Shamhat who taught him all things about mankind. But he also fundamentally embodies nature itself.

Some important points to note that was said/hinted in the episode:

assassin-chan's leader had a teamup with Richard to fight a dead apostle during their time.

The main purpose of their alliance is to defeat Jester, Rider, and get rid of the grail mud from the previous war that Franchesca took (the same mud that transformed archer heracles into avenger, the same grail mud in fate/zero and F/SN)

Saint Germain, the guy who appeared in the dream is one of the names Franchesca mentioned that killed her in the past. I think this dream scene actually did happen in Richard's life. Saint Germain appearing in a car and him directly talking to Ayaka during the dream I think is a reference to him being a time traveler on accounts of him appearing in many different eras. That's why he knows Richard will become a Great King in the future and why he knows Ayaka is currently watching.

Ayaka is not connected to Arthur in any way. Her looking like Saber is just a saber face thing. Many characters look similar to Saber. The only reason she had that dream is because her connection to Richard got stronger when he touched her hand in episode 4 when he showed the invisible guy he's talking to.

Sigma's situation is weird and fucked up. It was hinted that he's the son of Maiya from Fate/Zero, Kiritsugu's assistant. Because Sigma tried to summon without a catalyst, it was supposedly to pick someone that was compatible or similar to him. But because grail couldn't find someone it summoned a watcher instead that'll guide him to become a true lancer. And we all know what happens to lancers in every fate. Good luck ig lol

Also, apparently the identities of the watcher's 7 shadows was revealed in the japanese broadcast.

I don't think this is spoiler but skip it now if you think it is:
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Asclepius – God of Medicine in Greek Mythology

Icarus – A figure in Greek Mythology

Etienne of Cloyes – From the Children's Crusade

Orion – Son of Greek God of the Sea, Poseidon

Kanemaki Jisai – A Samurai (Sasaki Kojiro's teacher)

Amelia – American Aviator (Yup that's definitely Amelia Earhart)

Captain – He was only captioned as Captain but he's most likely Captain Ahab from Moby Dick.

Enkidu was just so chill fighting Richard

Ok here we go lol. So you guys remember the assassin from Heaven’s Feel with the skull mask right? That assassin and the fake assassin in this show, the girl who was the servant of the vampire, are from the same organization of assassin from back in 1090 called the Order of Assassins. She even has the same Nobel Phantasm as him.

His power is just maximum schizo 🤣

Btw Richard Lionheart powers are basically an imitation, you'll see how weak they are in terms of power later on😔

Richard moving different with a zero percent np charge 😅

And people still have the balls to say that you can start watching the fate series from Strange/Fake, lol

King Richard can pick up anytime and he will be able to use Excalibur and the deal with Jack the Ripper is this is his berserk and goes off the idea no one knows who he was or what so he can turn into anything he wants and if you saw the screen it said something about a pale rider and that’s the one making the black smoke in the hospital if you want more info on that one I can tell you but hopefully the show explains it in the next episode

The art direction in this episode was fantastic

Fake Rider is granting the wishes of the girl in the coma. But since it's "death" or something adjacent, it can only do so within its sphere of influence. It 'curses' people and animals and controls them through that plagued miasma. She likes animals, Fake Rider controls/kills them. She doesn't want to lose anyone else, now the city's population doesn't want to leave anymore. The girl's desires become symptoms of the sickness they have.

Artoria Pendragon's official localized name since like 2015 is Altria for some reason. Altry is the localization for Prelati's nickname for her. The thing is that Artoria and Altria are both acceptable translations for the made up name of Arutoria, but Altria is stupid because even official localizations had been using Artoria for a long time (even in the English dub of Fate/Zero) and it doesn't look or sound like a feminized form of Arthur.

3:52 Prelati gave the case that originally contained Avalon (Excalibur's sheath, the artifact Kiritsugu used as a summoning catalyst and later sealed inside Shirou to heal him) to the mage who summoned Richard, expecting the connection to Avalon to lead to "Altry"/Altria/Artoria/OG Saber, but instead she got the person who owned the case, the premier Arthur fanboy who collected everything he could related to the object of his obsessions.

6:59 Noble Phantasms have a tendency to be more conceptual than physical, with the strength of the concept being tied to their prevalence in their legend, so Richard's obsession with Arthur and Excalibur manifested as the ability to wield any object as if it were Excalibur, albeit at a reduced power level (even if it were the real deal, because Excalibur is Arthur's legend, not Richard's).

8:48 False Lancer is Gil's treasured friend, Enkidu. They share the same legend, and their primary Noble Phantasms are both reflected versions of Enuma Elish.

12:00 Ayaka's not a natural blonde; she's Japanese, and they've already mentioned she dyed her hair.

I wonder if we're done with the preliminary rounds, and onto the fights where people start dying

Richard and Ayaka headed to the forest to meet Enkidu(not the incarnation of mother earth, clay doll from gilgamesh's time period).
Altry is Artoria who is King Arthur.
Ayaka has not been hinted to be Artoria at all, dunno where you guys are pulling that one from.
Fake Berserker, Jack, was the fake nurse at the end of the episode. Remember that his ability is that since he's nobody he can be disguised as anybody.
When people are magically connected to Servants they tend to catch dreams/fragments of their past. Hence why Ayaka saw Saint Germain.
Gilgamesh is "Fake Archer". All the six from the first summoning batch are "Fake".
For example Richard is considered "True Saber" because he's from the True summoning batch.

This season is peak

Enkidu isn’t a girl (or a boy) he’s a clay puppet created by the gods to kill Gilgamesh n they ended up becoming best friends instead. Also Altry they mentioned is King Arthur (saber) and the reason lionheart was summoned instead of altry is because the box they used for the summoning was made by him to store Excalibur’s scabbard.

Also Gilgamesh’s eyes have the ability to see the past and the present which is why he commented on enkidu’s fight with lionheart + enkidu’s comment at the start about Gilgamesh being angry if he sided with a weakling (he was watching everything play out)

“Mother Nature” is Enkidu, the same lancer Gil fought in the 1h prologue episode, and also his best friend and companion in the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is so peak cuz they get to be together again, even tho on different side and under different masters

Altry is just what francesca calls King Arthur/Artoria.

The reason why everyone really wants, I will exaggerate this stuff, WANTS TO SUMMON Gilgamesh is because:

1. He's a 3/4 human/god hybrid, somewhat like his real, historical counterpart.
2. Based on the Nasuverse, Enuma Elish is one of the most strongest noble phantasms as it doesn't just distort reality, it can kill outer and inner gods of the Nasuverse.
3. He's one of the most viable and easier to tame servants because if you respect and lower your pride to him, he'll respect and will totally serve you (in a somewhat weird manner since he'll look like the master and you're the servant).
4. Because of his ability, Gate of Babylon. If other servants can only fire one or somewhat sixteen noble phantasms (that's what fake assassin is doing with Zabaniya), Gilgamesh can fire off every existing weapon-like noble phantasms – even Artoria's Excalibur – since it houses every prototype and 1:1 copies of those weapons. It also houses items that could heavily support the masters, like the Elixir of Life and the water from the Fountain of Youth.

Ayaka is not meant to be a reference to Saber. She actually has the same design as the protagonist of Fate/Prototype (which was basically the original idea for Fate/stay night, with Saber being male King Arthur instead).

11:47 Yes, in the light novel it's explained that Ayaka was watching Richard's memories from his POV. She woke up once she noticed Saint Germain looking directly at her.

Enkidu is not really Mother Nature, but she possess some abilities similar of her, such as a strong connection to the earth and nature.

Like every Servant who is a well-known person or sometimes a concept from ancient historical stories, myths, or legends, Enkidu is also a character from the Epic of Gilgamesh, which originated in ancient Mesopotamia 3000BC.

Enkidu was created by the Mesopotamian gods as the perfect tool, the “chains of heaven,” to force the rebellious Gilgamesh back into divine submission. Enkidu was supposed to be about as strong as Gilgamesh in order to control him. However, the plan did not work as intended, as Enkidu and Gilgamesh became friends.