| Kirei Kotomine |
| Fate/EXTRA |
Kirei Kotomine (言峰 綺礼, Kotomine Kirei?) is an Advanced AI presiding as overseer of the Moon Holy Grail War of the Fate/EX series.
Profile[]
Background[]
Kotomine is not a real person, but rather an NPC created by the Moon Cell. He mentions that he is based on a real person who once participated in the Holy Grail War.[1]
Appearance[]
Personality[]
He shares the same dark personalty as his counterpart. He at one point mentions that if he were Hakuno Kishinami's opponent then they already would have been dead.
Role[]
Fate/EXTRA[]
Kotomine acts as a guide for the battle throughout the game. The Initial Protagonist first meets him in the courtyard during the preliminaries, where Kotomine mentions that he will follow his progress with great interest. He meets with the true protagonist, Hakuno Kishinami, after the preliminaries, explains to them the nature of the Holy Grail War, and gives them a key for their room. He is the supervisor of the Holy Grail War.[1]
Last Encore[]
Kotomine is the announcer for the elimination preliminaries. He announced that the remaining 20 candidates and the remaining NPC would be eliminated. Kotomine witnesses a miracle, where HAKUNO Kishinami became the 129th Master-candidate. As his task was completed, he perishes.[2]
Fate/EXTRA CCC[]
In both Normal Route and CCC Route, Kotomine acts as the Commissary Keeper who Hakuno buys items from. He is also the attendant at Tsukuyomi Onsen.[1]
Kotomine is the only one who sells alternate clothing for Servants. In order to obtain these clothes he dives into the slumbering chaos of the imaginary number space “Fuji Fierce Tiger 8th Battle Arena (藤猛虎八連闘覇?)” and defeats the fearsome opponents there in order to return alive with his haul.[1]
Later in the CCC Route, he appears as one of the bonus bosses, with Lancer as his Servant before entering the Moon Cell. He makes unreasonable demands of Lancer.[1]
Fate/EXTRA CCC Fox Tail[]
Kirei was killed off by Saber and Kazuhito Sakagami.
Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - SE.RA.PH[]
A copy of Kirei Kotomine appears in the manga adaptation of the SE.RA.PH Singularity.[3] Once again an NPC merchant, he sells magical energy in the form of mapo tofu to the warring Servants in exchange for Sakurament. Elizabeth Báthory is forced by BB to accompany him as punishment for losing to Ritsuka Fujimaru. Both eventually appear in a food stall at the Church, offering replenishment and Suzuka's Key.
Abilities[]
His codecasts includes:
- Black Keys projection (黒鍵投射, Kokken tōsha?) - throwing Black Keys mainly to damage the servant, it causes small damage and inflicts poison.
- Issoku Ittou (一足一倒?) - utilizing Bajiquan to deal medium damage and stun to Hakuno's Servants.
Development[]
In the development of Fate/EXTRA CCC, Kinoko Nasu was asked by one of the staff “Is it okay if I make Kotomine the school store teller?” Nasu became a bit worried about their health and replied “Ishikawa-san… you must be tired….” But if it works it works, hence Kotomine makes his appearance as the wonderful teller in CCC. They took his design in a new direction so players wouldn't balk at the existence of such a suspicious person working as a teller.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
[] Fate/EXTRA material - Encyclopedia: Father Kotomine [Person's name], p.182 - ↑ Fate/EXTRA Last Encore - Episode 01: The Present Lies at the Bottom of an Olden Limbo
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant - SE.RA.PH, Chapter 23 - The Nutcracker, Once More X