Episode 21 of FSN is a dialogue-heavy chapter, and it is also a chapter with a massive amount of information.
The content of this episode is also taken from the dialogue between the two in the Fate route, but some minor changes were made.
In this chapter, Shinji Matou turns into a "bomber" and frantically self-destructs, revealing the important information that the Matou family is a family of magi.
From then on, the three great magi families of Fuyuki City—the Tohsaka family, the Matou family, and the Einzbern family—have all surfaced.
At the same time, regarding Sakura Matou's situation, he copied the information revealed by Shinji Matou in the original work, playing it safe and allowing him to both advance and retreat.
If the plot related to Sakura Matou is not handled later, then what Shiori said can be true—the other party really knows nothing and is just a purple-haired female passerby with some looks.
But if the plot related to Sakura Matou needs to be handled, then what Shiori said can also be false; after all, this is just her personal account.
Additionally, in this part of the original work, Shinji Matou gave another reason when inviting Shirou—Rin Tohsaka sees him as a thorn in her side and doesn't intend to let any of the participating Masters go.
So, for self-preservation, he invites Shirou to cooperate, striking first to take down Rin Tohsaka.
Honestly, Shirou had already had many interactions with Rin Tohsaka before this, and players already had a general understanding of Rin Tohsaka's personality, knowing she wouldn't actually do such a thing.
So from the player's perspective, Shinji Matou's excuse was not only very clumsy but also made him look like a bit of a clown.
Of course, Shiori in the original work was positioned this way to begin with, so there's nothing wrong with portraying him like that.
However, since Shinji Matou has become Shiori here, and there's no chance to pull off those disgusting moves, it would be a bit strange to continue setting her up as a pure clown.
So he deleted this part of the content to give our Miss Shiori some dignity.
As for the interaction between Rider and Shirou later, there's no foreshadowing; it's just one of the few bits of characterization Miss Rider can have.
After all, even if the FSN in his hands really includes content from the HF route, we probably won't see the scene of Rider VS. Black Saber anymore.
Of course, it won't be to the extent of being kicked to death like in the UBW route.
Besides "Fate/stay night," what's probably attracting the most attention in this week's issue of Shonen Jump is "Kiritsugu Emiya."
Although cases of debuting as a pure newcomer and having the first manga pass the serialization meeting to start serialization immediately are rare, they are not unheard of.
However, while becoming a serialized manga artist as a newcomer, also winning the top prize of the Tezuka Award for a short manga—this is a completely unprecedented first-time case.
And such a case is enough to draw the attention of countless people.
Whether it's practitioners in the manga industry and other peers, or fans of Mochizuki Akira and readers of Shonen Jump, or even readers of other manga magazines—
Countless people, the moment they got their hands on Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 52/53, didn't even look at the other manga they usually followed, but turned directly to where "Kiritsugu Emiya" was located.
Masashi Kishimoto was one of them.
After learning of the existence of "Kiritsugu Emiya" from the announcement of the second half of the Tezuka Award, he had been very curious about the content of this work.
Therefore, after receiving the magazine this time, he couldn't wait to read it immediately.
First, from the artwork, it can be seen that, compared to the recent chapters of FSN, there are indeed some traces of greenness in the artwork of "Kiritsugu Emiya."
But only a little.
Most of it is actually reflected in the use of storyboards.
And if it weren't for the fact that he had been following Mochizuki Akira and FSN closely, it would probably be difficult to notice the difference between the two immediately.
One can only say that Teacher Mochizuki's drawing skills are truly terrifying.
Not only are his skills superb, but the quality of the artwork is as stable as a machine.
As for the content of "Kiritsugu Emiya," it also left him full of praise.
Among the manga works created by Mochizuki Akira so far, "Fate/stay night" is the one that most fits the Royal Road temperament.
Although "Weathering with You" appears to be full of Royal Road elements on the surface, its core is an Unorthodox manga.
And "Kiritsugu Emiya" completely discards the disguise of Royal Road elements and bloodily tells the readers an Unorthodox story.
The girl the young Kiritsugu had a crush on turned into a monster because of his father's research, and the village was destroyed as a result. To prevent his father's research from causing more harm in the future, the young Kiritsugu eventually killed his loving father with his own hands without hesitation.
If you just look at the summary, some might think this is just a story of justice prevailing over evil, of a young man sacrificing his family for the greater good.
But in the final scene of killing his father, the young Kiritsugu first stabbed his father with a dagger and then finished him off with a pistol, not stopping until he confirmed his father was completely dead.
In this entire act, the decisiveness and coldness shown by the young Kiritsugu were chilling.
Only after confirming his father's death did the normal human emotions belonging to the young Kiritsugu gradually well up, showing the young Kiritsugu's "abnormality" to the fullest, yet in a very well-rounded way.
At the end of the manga, seeing the young Kiritsugu leave the island with the cool female mercenary, Masashi Kishimoto was truly curious: what kind of life would such an abnormal young man have in the future?
Just as he was thinking this, he was surprised to find at the end of the manga that Teacher Mochizuki actually wrote a sequel to this story, with another chapter being published next week!
"Great!"
He couldn't help but let out a cheer, and then he received the attention of his own assistants.
To this, he smiled sheepishly.
Returning to the manga "Kiritsugu Emiya" itself, he could only say that, as expected of Teacher Mochizuki's manga, the content was as exciting as ever.
Especially the young Kiritsugu; he's truly a very complex and interesting character.
Although he hasn't seen the other award-winning works of the Tezuka Award yet, "Kiritsugu Emiya" winning the top prize is indeed well-deserved.
Speaking of which, before reading "Kiritsugu Emiya," he had another question in mind: what is the relationship between the Kiritsugu Emiya in this short manga and the Kiritsugu Emiya in FSN?
Although Kiritsugu in FSN must have experienced something in the past, leading to a change in personality.
But after reading this short manga, because the current personality gap between the two is so large, he still found it a bit difficult to be certain.
Fortunately, there's another chapter next week; maybe there will be new information then.
And come to think of it, he quite liked the young Kiritsugu.
If the young Kiritsugu were a ninja, he'd probably be very cool, right?
Masashi Kishimoto thought inexplicably.