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The entirety of KnK is about a lot of things, depending on the chapter, because it's a messy story, but the overarching theme is about death and the taijiu (as in the parallels between two things existing in equilibrium and also, being the diagram of the supreme ultimate, Akasha). Tsukihime is about the value of life theme Shiki has going on. F/sn is about Shirou overcome a false origin (swords / blade works).

Fate/Stay Night (outside of the routes, take the whole story as a complete set: introducing Shirou in Fate, exploring his mind in UBW, giving him a conclusion in HF) and Fate/Zero explore similar themes. It's about two boys who wanted to be an ally of justice without realizing that they can't measure all lives equally because it meant to love them all equally and a person doesn't do that. Kiritsugu realized this too late. Shirou realized it sooner. That's the gist of it to me.

FSN had themes - individual justice vs common good, the right to a life despite the consequences, obsession with fixing past mistakes vs accepting the past, guilt vs conviction etc etc. Other major elements include guilt complex, childhood trauma, martyr complex, domestic violence, unwanted pregnancy and abortion, moral relativism, revenge, loss, guilt, finding purpose and family. HF true is foreshadowed the entire Fate route and HF route, with Kotomine and Illya telling you bit by bit about the Third Magic, “Heaven’s Feel.” And finally ending F/SN with "I'll show you the sorcery that people have been talking about all this time."

FZ had themes - one for all leadership vs all for one leadership, morality vs pleasure, chivalry as a moral code vs chivalry as an excuse for slaughter, etc etc

The waifus are there for the ride