/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Saber route symbolizes summer (youth, vigor, sunny stuff). Saber and Shirou fought as a team in the ending of Fate. Servant vs Servant, Master vs Master as any actual battle in a Grail War should be fought for. Both fought their foils and beat their respective nemesis. But they briefly crossed paths, and learned a great deal from each other in their short time together, then went their separate ways and moved on. Saber got peace, and Shirou had his whole life to look forward to.

Rin route symbolizes autumn (wisdom, maturity, transitions), while nothing is fully resolved for Shirou, he's now more aware of himself and also older (finished a school year) waiting for the future. The classroom is bathed on red hoes of afternoon (kind of fall-color scheme). Rin and Shirou both essentially struggling with the legacy of their fathers. Shirou struggles with Kiritsugu's ideal and Rin's struggles are about Tokiomi and how he left her the family legacy to tend to. And both resolve their struggles by realizing that the reason they latched onto their fathers' legacies in the first place was because it made them happy. Rin found magic fun and Shirou envied Kiritsugu's happiness when he saved him.

Ilya route is associated with winter (death, snow, cold, etc), and winter symbolizes 'rest', as well as life's passing. Irisviel and Illyasviel and Justeaze are homunculi created by the Einzberns to fulfill their wish and achieve the third true magic. Justeaze was sacrificed to become the core of the Greater Grail, and Irisviel/Illyasviel was raised to be sacrificed as the Lesser Grail.

Sakura route is spring (renewal, rebirths, healing, flowers). Should be obvious, Shirou died and rebirth in this route. Last image is the group enjoying the cherry blossoms, which is the symbol of spring in Japan. In HF he is a hero by saving sakura personally, he found someone unsaveable and does everything to save her even if it means not helping others that are easier to help

Bravo Nasu