[Kanon]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

Spoiler for 73.2:

On the positive side...that worked out wonderfully well for Shirou and Sakura! On the downside I was really counting on Emiya not being there as the connecting point for bringing back Kuro! But if it went this far to save those two it'd be weird not to save basically everyone...

There are interesting bits in this one for sure. I am really happy for Sakura since she usually has an awful time. Her survival seems like a stretch. But I'll take it considering how messed up things were. Gave her a chance to take action to save Shirou and that's a nice thing. Heck, a fun twist with Kuro's rule breaker playing a key part here. When that initially happened I figured it was a setup for something terrible, but instead was a positive turn.

The one "yeah, I'm not sure about that" was the Shirou spiritual chat with Kiritsugu. Because there's no way he actually wanted that. That has to be a case of Shirou's subconscious telling him things he wants to hear. Because Kiritsugu absolutely wanted to use Miyu's power to save the world no matter the cost to Miyu.

Was satisfying of course for the surprised efforts of Hassan and Emiya. All leading up to a very satisfying finisher by Miyu . Totally fitting for her to be the one factor that Darius forgot about. In that case it seems like the battle is going to end here (minus some twists) and the bigger issue will be Illya, Kuro, Pandora and the world itself.

Spoiler for 73.2:

Even after the hundreds of Servants Fate has put out in those past two decades, Emiya still remains the coolest, so it was great to see him in the flesh. Not sure how much sense it made though. Shirou had uninstalled his card when he sent Miyu off to Illya's world, the power he had been using until now was his own. BUT, since Illya and Kuro don't exist anymore, I guess it's possible the Archer card stayed with him in this new continuity.

And yeah, there is 0% chance this is what Kiritsugu actually wanted. F/SN and Prisma mainverse Kiritsugu? Definitely. But Miyuverse Shirou? That dude remained obsessed with using Miyu until the very end and never saw her as anything more than a tool.