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Sasaki KojirouWP (佐々木 小次郎WP, Sasaki Kojirō?), Class Name Assassin (アサシン, Asashin?), is the Assassin-class Servant of Medea in the Fifth Holy Grail War of Fate/stay night. He is an irregular Servant that shouldn't exist according to the rules of the Holy Grail War, but Medea's unique nature as a Servant summoning a Servant twists the process. The true Servant, one of the Hassan-i-Sabbah, is summoned as True Assassin in the Heaven's Feel route.

He is one of the Servants summoned by Ritsuka Fujimaru in the Grand Orders conflicts of Fate/Grand Order, appearing as both his Assassin-class self and as a Saber-class Servant, Nameless Saber (セイバー・無銘, Seibā Mumei?), during his duel with Miyamoto Musashi.

He is the Servant of Makki in the world "After" the Holy Grail War in Fate/Requiem under the alias of Tsuda (津田?).

Profile[]

Identity[]

A mythical Japanese swordsman said to have faced Miyamoto Musashi in combat. In reality, the individual summoned as Assassin's true name was unknown, and to be more specific, he never had a true name.[6][2] Kojirou is known as a master swordsman whose existence is doubted even though his name remains recorded in history. He did not actually exist, so it would be impossible to summon the real thing as a Servant. The person summoned in his place is not a Heroic Spirit, but an existence closer to that of wraiths. If there was to be a database for all of humanity, he is the piece of data that best matches the parameters of Sasaki, so his personality would become Kojirou's personality and his monumental feats would become that of Kojirou rather than his own.[7]

This individual was the son of an farming family during the peroid Miyamoto Musashi was alive, living an ordinary farm life and separated from common sense. He met a master swordsman who had retired deep into the mountains, and began to live in the mountains himself. He was enthralled by the swordsmanship of the master, and he began training under him the next day. The master swordsman only taught him the refined behaviour of a swordsman, a communion with nature, but did not instruct him on anything related to sword techniques. After one month, the master swordsman drew his last breath, and the nameless man completely threw himself into the path of a swordsman.[8] The only hint to the identity of the nameless martial artist is that he had some connection to Ryuudou Temple, but there is no way to know his true identity.[2] He died lacking a name, never even fortunate enough to be given one, and the ability to read or write. He utilizes a long nodachiWP called the Monohoshi Zao (物干し竿?, The Laundry-Drying Pole) and created the Tsubame Gaeshi technique, it being the reason he can be summoned. He spent much of his life simply trying to figure out the best method to cut down a swallow, and although he realized the method was impossible for a human, he had nothing else to do and kept on practicing. While determination is normally the key to success, he simply noticed that it had succeeded.

The legendary Sasaki Kojirou is known as cool and elegant, so the nameless swordsman's pursuit of sword technique, sophistication, and finding joy in dueling with strong foes is reminiscent of that character. Differing from the legend, his nodachi is longer, 1.5 meters compared to 90 centimeters and engraved with Bitchu Aoe (備中青江, Bitchū Aoe?, Blue River of Bitchu).[2] The Bitchu Aoe may have been his master's or perhaps he received it from the Holy Grail when he was summoned as it is something thought to be part of who he is.[8]the legendary soul was summoned. It is simply something thought to be part of who he is.[8] With any great deed performed by Assassin, the reward will go to "Sasaki Kojirou", as he is nothing and all his actions are meaningless. He is a disposable swordsman meant only to act out the role of Sasaki Kojirou, a fictional swordsman created from a fictional story.

Legend[]

While the Kojirou in the modern era is an invention, a blend of details from the lives of many nameless and forgotten historical swordsmen, he is said to have been born in the Eiroku eraWP in the EchizenWP countryside according to records. His real name was speculated to be Tsuda (津田?).[9] He studied under the originator of the Chujoryu kodachi style, Toda SeigenWP, favoring a nondachi. He defeated the master's younger brother, and named his own style "Ganryu." He was known as a handsome swordsman wielding the an approximately 90 centimeters to one meter nodachi}, the Bizen Osahune Nagamitsu, that was also called the Monohoshi Zao. He traveled around the country as a master swordsman, and it is said that he developed his secret sword technique, Tsubame Gaeshi, able to kill even a flying swallow, around the Nishiki RiverWP in the Suou regionWP.

He terrified swordsmen around the country after that period, and eventually battled Miyamoto Musashi at Funajima IslandWP to maintain the reputation of the domain he served, dying in the process. He was unable to fight while holding onto the sheath of his sword due to its length, so he threw it away in front of Musashi. Musashi is quoted to have said the famous lines "Kojirou, you lose. If you are were planning to win, why did you throw away your sheath?" and “Kojirou has been defeated!" after seeing that event. The battle ended in Kojirou's death after having either his forehead or chest was crushed by an oar.

Musashi was one of Japan's best swordsmen, and Kojirou is known as Musashi's worthy rival. It is claimed that he gained fame around the period from the 10th to 17th year of the Keichou eraWP, but his real figure is hazy like the moon on water. Any truth of this era is a mystery due to all books noting him being inconsistent in terms of years. His duel is legendary, and although he was said to be the disciple of Seigen, there are numerous conflicting documentations and legends, which still shroud his true identity.[2] The only one who should know of the existence of such a swordsman would have to be the supposed rival who defeated him, Musashi, but he is not mentioned in Musashi's book, Gorin no ShoWP.

Kojirou was a Japanese man without any real identity, his birth is unknown, and his story was only told through word of mouth. His past was falsely forged as a convenient foe to the famed swordsman, Musashi. The records are too vague, but it was likely there existed man named Sasaki Kojirou and a man who wielded a sword called the Monohoshi Zao. They would not have been the same person, so the swordsman with the name Sasaki Kojirou was simply a fictional character created to be his enemy's foil. Even if there was a person like him, it can be said that his figure passed down to the present is a fictional swordsman nor an overstatement to say that he has never existed.

Appearance[]

Sasaki Kojirou appears as a samurai swordsman with long indigo hair tied into ponytail and indigo eyes. He wears a traditional light purple umanori hakama and kimono, light purple tabi and black zori with purple haori and tekkou and carries his sword, Monohoshi Zao on his back.


Personality[]

The swordsman is quiet and composed, and while his general tone has a mocking nature to it, he takes it to another level with Medea. He is honorable in battle, always maintaining a degree of bushidoWP, and he is not the type who would attack defenseless women and children. He willingly keeps Artoria Pendragon from exposing her name without any ulterior motives, and he prematurely stops their fight to keep an opponent from spying on her Noble Phantasm and possibly going after the weakened winner of the battle. He has no actual goal in participating in the Holy Grail War, since as a wraith he cannot obtain the Holy Grail. He reveals his 'True Name' without regard for how this might prove disadvantageous for him, and seems disinterested in Medea's promised reward of making him into a real Sasaki. He only guards the gate for the opportunity to fight strong opponents

A refined man who admires the beauties of nature and wraps his body in an elegant battle surcoat. Aloof from the world and having a somewhat elusive personality but, as expected, he is a warrior who likes fair and square contests. Due to living in an age where casualties happened on a daily basis, his perspectives about life and death may also seem cold-hearted for a modern person.[4]

Relationships[]

Yukika Saegusa
He befriends Yukika Saegusa, taking to her innocence that is like that of a puppy. He does his best to avoid the topic of his strange clothing and nature as a Servant.
Medea
He greatly dislikes Medea, seeking to kill her if possible. Not wishing to be ordered around by a woman, her first Command Spell was to force him into obedience. During Fate/hollow ataraxia, he is very carefree and casual with her, freely insulting her and mocking her orders as he wishes. She attempts to have him do menial work, but he uses logic like that it would take more magical energy to take form to sweep than if she herself were to do it. True to her nature as a magus, the logic is impenetrable because she would never utilize magical energy frivolously. He mentions that he enjoys watching her interactions with Kuzuki due to him not giving her any recognition. It was one of his few sources of amusement, but eventually began to tire of it.
Once, she was his summoner. Had she not summoned upon a nameless swordsman, then this Sasaki Kojirou would have never come to be. In a way, he felt a debt of gratitude towards her.[3]
Medea Lily
"What karma is this? I can't believe I was fated to meet that trickster of a woman again... What's more, that Caster. She's a little... actually, she's like a completely different person now. I hate to admit it, but... She's quite lovely..."[10]
Miyamoto Musashi
"No, I'm not the true Kojirou, I've never met this master swordsman... I suppose that's why they say truth is stranger than fiction. I feel as if I'd like to go up against him, but at the same time, perhaps not..."[10]
There was never a time when they encountered each other; but as he is Sasaki Kojirou, Miyamoto Musashi is an opponent he simply cannot ignore. He would love for a bout where they put their life on the lines.[3]
Martha
"She is unaffected and sincere, while filled with fortitude and vigor; truly excellent. Her attitude, too, is dignified and centered, steady and unwavering. However, that brusqueness of her is her one true flaw ooOoOUCH!?"[3]

Role[]

Fate/stay night[]

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Assassin in the Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] anime.

Caster, borrowing the power of the Greater Grail, was able to obtain fake Command Spells and summon a fake Servant, Assassin.[11] Assassin was summoned as a guardian and watchman for the front gate of Ryuudou Temple. As an improper Servant, Assassin is entirely dependent on Caster for mana and cannot move freely beyond the grounds of Ryuudou Temple. Furthermore, he lacks most of the usual parameters and abilities granted to his class. Because of his limited status, Assassin cares little for the Holy Grail, and outside of his duties to Caster, he only seeks to enjoy a decent sword duel.

Fate[]

In the Fate scenario, Assassin drives back Saber during her first assault on Ryuudou Temple. He is never seen after his initial confrontation with Saber. He is defeated at some point in the story but it is only mentioned and not shown, leaving the identity of his killer unknown.

In Fate/hollow ataraxia, it is revealed that Gilgamesh was the one who attacked Ryuudou Temple and killed both Assassin and Kuzuki.

In the 2006 anime, during their second meeting in Caster's underground temple, he allows Emiya Shirou and Tohsaka Rin to pass in order to engage Saber in a duel in which he is defeated.

Unlimited Blade Works[]

In the Unlimited Blade Works scenario, Assassin permits Archer entry into Ryuudou Temple so he can give that "vixen a scare." He then battles Saber, who notes the clear difference in their sword technique and survives Assassin's Tsubame Gaeshi. After Archer nearly kills Shirou, however, Assassin allows Saber to run to him, stating that her concern for her Master is admirable. He then protects Saber and Shirou from Archer and engages in combat with him. The winner is not shown, as Saber and Shirou flee while they have the chance.

After Caster uses Rule Breaker to steal Shirou’s Command Seals (and thus, Saber herself), she goes to inform Assassin she is heading to Kotomine’s Church. He lets her know that he struck down a bird Familiar made of jewels belonging to Rin, and questions whether Kuzuki will approve of her actions done without his knowledge or consent. As punishment, she uses magic to rip his chest open. Despite his pain, he is not quite cowed, but nonetheless promises to guard the temple as ever, watching as his master departs with laughter.

On the last night of the Holy Grail War, Saber goes to the front gate of Ryuudou Temple to fight against Gilgamesh. However, Assassin still exists and wants to duel against Saber. He is defeated by Saber due to his blade being bent from their previous encounter, which leaves an opening in his Tsubame Gaeshi. Soon after, he dies peacefully.

Heaven's Feel[]

In the Heaven's Feel scenario, Assassin is killed by the entity known as the Shadow and his flesh serves as Matou Zouken's catalyst for summoning the True Assassin.

In Fate/stay night - Heaven's Feel I. presage flower, he ends up being the first Servant to be absorbed by the Shadow after the birth of True Assassin, causing the interference that ends up making the Shadow in the Second Lesser Grail instead of Illya.

Fate/hollow ataraxia[]

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Souichirou and Assassin fighting against the dog-shadows

In Fate/hollow ataraxia, Assassin remains bound to Ryuudou Temple, and continues to watch over its front gate even though peace has settled over Fuyuki City. He converses with whoever is kind enough to climb up the steps to see him. Incidentally, he takes upon the pseudonym Kojirou Tsuda (津田小次郎, Tsuda Kojirō?).

When Avenger makes his move, Assassin fights the dog-shadows right beside his Master, Caster and Souichirou Kuzuki.

Fate/Unlimited Codes[]

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Opening

In Fate/Unlimited Codes, he is known as Nameless Samurai (無名の侍士, Mumei no Jishi?). Assassin's story follow as he was summoned by Caster, he notices that the environment to be familiar to Ryuudou Temple. Caster corrects Assassin that it has been many years since he last saw Ryuudou Temple and calls him as Sasaki Kojirou. While Assassin seems confused with his name, Caster claims it is a name that people of the modern age calls him. Caster explains to Assassin that she summoned him to serve her and refers him as Assassin. Caster orders Assassin to guard the mountain gate whether they are Magus or Servants, however Assassin refuse to take order from Caster. He claims that he has no problem offering his life to a cause but drawing his sword on a command of a woman doesn't suit him. Caster forces Assassin to submit to her orders when she used her Command Spells. Although Assassin follows her command, Assassin mocks Caster whether she can still control him by the end of the Holy Grail War.

His clash with Saber is interrupted when Assassin says that a third party member is observing their fight and the possibility of them to attack when they witness their secret technique or taking advantage on the injured winner. Assassin suggested Saber to retreat as he already figured out Saber's techniques and along with the possibility that the third party member will attack Shirou Emiya who is on his way to collect Saber. Caster appears and orders Assassin to finish Saber as she is both tired and exhausted. Assassin tells Caster not to interfere and told her he has no desire to settle things in a vulgar manner. Caster used her second command spell, she orders Assassin to finish off Shirou while Caster has an interest in Saber. As he wins, he feels Saber shame in surviving the duel and wonders what to do with Caster who has gone too far to interfere.

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Ending

His final opponent is Berserker who has passed through the mountain gates and in to the inner grounds of the temple, Assassin can sense Berserker immense vigor. Berserker strikes Assassin with one blow, Caster in disbelief was convinced that Assassin had no chance in defeating Berserker. Caster used her final command spell to fight Berserker to the very end, Assassin used this opportunity to cut down Caster. He planned to have the final command spell to be used and in doing so, his reserved energy was activated. It appears that he has many energy left due to defeating his enemies without a single loss.

Shortly after Caster death, Assassin will be gone shortly but he is glad to have a worthy opponent in his final moments. Although he doesn't know Berserker identity but he knows he is an exceptional warrior and that he has to use his full force to win. After his victory, he never believed that he would face against a tough opponent and was satisfied with his time spent in the Holy Grail War. He compliments the beauty of the Moon and fades away.

Fate/unlimited codes - Assassin command list

Special:

  • Mountain Wind: Triple Strike (颪三連, Oroshi Sanren?) -
  • Windmill (風車, Kazaguruma?) -
  • Sparrow Stab (雀刺し, Suzumesashi?) -
  • Rock Flower (石花, Ishibana?) -
  • Spring Lightning (春雷, Shunden?) -
  • Numb Catfish (痺れ鯰, Shibirenamazu?) -
  • Demon Slayer (鬼殺し, Onikoroshi?) -
  • Wind Sink (風流し, Kazenagashi?) -


Burst:

  • Knowledge of the Sowa (宗和の心得, Sōwa no Kokoroe?) - For the duration of the activation, all of Assassin's attacks ignore Reflect Guards.


Super Move:

  • Concealed Sword: Swallow Reversal (秘剣・燕返し, Hiken - Tsubame Gaeshi?) - Assassin performs his Tsubame Gaeshi: 3 simultaneous slices from different angles. Unblockable at throw range.


Holy Grail Burst Super Move:

  • Concealed Sword: Swallow Dance (秘剣・燕舞, Hiken - Tsubame Mai?) - Assassin dashes at the opponent, breaks their guard with a fast slash, and finishes them off with numerous quick slashes from all directions.

Fate/tiger colosseum series[]


Fate/Grand Order[]

Assassin, Georgios, and Martha are dubbed by Mash Kyrielight as being a Three-man Dragon-slaying Team (竜退治三人衆, Ryū-taiji San'nin-shū?).

Do Moon Goddesses Dream of Dango?[]

Travelling with Martha and Georgios, Sasaki Kojirou runs into Marie Antoinette, Chevalier d’Eon, and Charles-Henri Sanson, who give them most of their dumplings as a sign of friendship. Afterwards, he and the others go to the waters of Marseille with him tagging along, hoping he’ll get to fight with Martha.

Later, Sasaki eats the dumplings with Georgios and Martha while they camp out near the shorelines Marseille. Martha asks him his reasons for tagging with her and Georgios. Sasaki answers as he did before, but Martha rejects his request to fight. Sasaki then wonders about Tarasque, and becomes intrigued by Martha’s fighting style when she states that neither his sword nor her punches can penetrate Tarasque’s scales. Ritsuka’s party soon arrives, with Mash demanding that they surrender their dumplings. Sasaki and others seemingly hand over their dumplings, but Artemis reveals that they’re still hiding some. Sasaki himself is hiding a rare dumpling in his pocket. With their poor deception unveiled by Artemis, Sasaki fights the group with Georgios and Martha. After being defeated, Sasaki and Georgios pretend to pass out because of their male pride. Martha ends knocking the two unconscious for real for this.

Event: Onigashima[]

The oni hires Sasaki to serve as a gate guard. They also hired him to slay the evil bird that shoots beams from its beak on the absurd notion that swallows and pheasants are the same. Sasaki is assigned to the first gate with the great oni Kazakoemaru.[12]

When Ritsuka's party comes to the first gate, Sasaki explains why the oni hired him. He then asks where the pheasant is, to which Ushiwakamaru shows Fuuma Kotarou. Sasaki is angry that Kotarou is a person, explaining he came seeking a swallow equal to the one he fought that day. He calms down, though, upon learning who Kotarou is. However, his calling the Fuuma Clan second to the Iga and Kouga Clans sends Kotarou into a rage and prompts a fight.[12]

After he and Kazakoemaru are defeated, Sasaki reasons him being led astray by feminine charms made him lose. He then recites a poem for the occasion: "Blue sky of summer, bashful upon the shoreline, my lovely Martha." He laughs that will never happen and disappears.[13]

Summer Event: Chaldea Summer Memories[]

Sasaki and several other of Ritsuka’s Servants are accidentally rayshifted to a remote island where they’re unable to contact Chaldea. As everyone waits for Blackbeard's observation report of the island, Sasaki asks Martha for a duel, but he does so obtusely that Martha accuses him of sexual harassment. Everyone then soon learns from a near-dead Blackbeard that their location is still unknown, and it’s nearly impossible to leave by ship.

At the group barbecue, Sasaki remarks how he was unable to taste if the meat's flavor changes depending on whether it was grilled by Scáthach's runic fire or Kiyohime's fire. He then whispers to Karna, asking him to use his eye beams on the meat. Karna does as asked, but the meat is charred. Sasaki notices Martha taking a fighting stance as she yells at him for overcooking the meat, though she insists she isn't going to fight him.

If the rice paddy is made, Sasaki tells Ritsuka that it may not be long before they see him make magnificent usage of the scythe. Tamamo-no-Mae is glad to see him is eager to help, saying harvest season is always a pain. She then nearly wishes Tawara Touta was here until she remembers his Noble Phantasm creates infinite rice. When Tamamo and Ritsuka agree that rice tastes better when harvested, Sasaki replies that is Touta's rice is delicious sadly and starts to drool as he recalls it.

Sasaki doesn't join the hunt for the boar that supposedly destroyed the crops and killed Fionn and Diarmuid. His reason is that he isn't interested in a boar that cannot clone itself, go backward in time, split space, or anything of the sort.

If the waterwheel is built, Sasaki reminisces how his home village had one. While he had no special feelings for it back then, he never expected it to sound refined on the island. He then tells Ritsuka and Mash that while it isn't bad to admire the handiness of the waterwheel or their history, it is also good to close their eye and listen to the sounds of the waterwheel. Fou jumps on top of the waterwheel and proceeds to use it as an exercise wheel. Finding it elegant, Sasaki comes up with haiku: At the bottom right/ Continouslly running/ The creature sprints on. He says the first line seems meaningless, but believes it displays his remarkable poetic sense.

If the Japanese bridge is built, Sasaki finds it a perfect fit for Kiyohime as evil spirits are said to inhabit bridges. He then remarks on how elegant the creaking of the bridge floor sounds. He believes it'd be most so if he were to duel an evil monk who's after his sword on the bridge.

If the zen garden is made, Sasaki calls its sense of Wabi-Sabi elegant. He feels as if it speaks to the very nature of valor itself, to which Scáthach agrees. Mash then serves everyone tea as they all sit and stare at the garden in silence.

Later, serving as the gatekeeper to the men's secret village, Sasaki bars Ritsuka, Mash, Martha, Tamamo, and Kiyohime from following Cú Chulainn and Karna further into the jungle. He introduces himself as Island Mask, wearing a mask given to him by Amadeus Mozart as a fellow member of the 1-star Alliance. Martha decides to punch him until his mask breaks, but Sasaki asks her not to since it's borrowed. So Martha decides to focus solely on his stomach instead, claiming she’ll hit so he won’t be able to digest for three days. She wonders if Sasaki’s eagerness to fight her is related to her swimsuit, now eager to fight as well. Sasaki replies he wants her to bring out Tarasque, so Martha decides to show no mercy.

After being defeated, Sasaki admits he wanted to go wild as well since it’s summer. But he couldn’t wear a swimsuit because he’s a 1-star Servant. Mozart gave the mask to him to give him some excitement. Though Martha broke it, it remains a symbol of determination for the 1-Star Alliance. Even though she understands he was venting his frustration, Martha asks him why he was barring them. She knows the men up ahead aren’t of common rarity, so Sasaki isn’t obligated to help them. Sasaki answers he asked them to hire him, thinking it would be a good chance to play the role of Island Mask. He then guides the group to a secret village built by the men.

If the Iron Fortress is built, Sasaki falls through a trapdoor activated by Mordred.

He later helps defeat the giant demon boar when it appears as construction for the escape ship is nearly complete. After the giant demon boar returns and is seemingly killed, everyone boards the ship and sets sail. Sasaki decides to play a game of hanafuda in his cabin, joined by Cú Chulainn.

Summer Event: Chaldea Heat Odyssey[]

During a storm, however, the men are thrown overboard. Sasaki and Karna eventually washed back on the island after 2,000 years passed there. Beowulf saves them from being nearly eaten by demon boars. To thank him for his hospitality, Sasaki and Karna agree to be his subordinates.

When Ritsuka, Mash, and Martha come to his ruins lair, Beowulf has Sasaki and Karna bar the group's way to him. Greeting them, Sasaki explains the circumstance by which he was reluctantly made a gatekeeper again. Karna explains his and Sasaki's orders, suspecting Beowulf wants to test the group's abilities. After the fight, Sasaki and Karna bring the group before Beowulf. Martha defeats Beowulf and frees the boar piglet he held hostage. Sasaki is relieved everything turned out fine, calling Martha the best.

Later, Sasaki, Karna, and Beowulf join the others as they prepare to escape the island. As they do, they're contacted by Romani Archaman. They learn they were only gone for an hour before rayshifting back to Chaldea.

Subspecies Singularity III: Shimosa[]

In Chaldea, Sasaki joins Ritsuka and Mash’s discussion about Ritsuka meeting a female Musashi in a dream-like experience. He confesses he isn’t the real Sasaki, having never even met the male Musashi. However, since he was summoned as Sasaki, he was bestowed knowledge of the Book of Five Rings written by the male Musaashi. After describing the book, he asks if Ritsuka and Mash intend to use the Book to summon Musashi when he hears Ritsuka met a female Musashi. He asks them if she ever said “Kojirou, you have lost.” The male Musashi was said to have uttered that line after Sasaski casted aside his scabbard while awaiting Musashi on Ganryu Island. Sasaki suspects Ritsuka believed the female Musashi was Musashi because she uttered the line. Ritsuka responds that she never did, so Sasaki deduces she’s yet to reach the void. However, when he utters Musashi’s other name: ‘’Shinmen Musashi no Kami Fujiwara no Harunobu’’, Ritsuka falls into a coma. He goes to fetch Martha, and leaves Shuten-douji to keep an eye on things.

Event: CBC2023 Tales of Chaldean Heavy Industries ~B to B for Me and You~[]

Interlude[]

LEGEND OF THE SAMURAI is his interlude. Nero Claudius invited Kojirou to challenge her Collosseum. Kojirou faced 100 challengers and emerged victorious.[14]

Fate/Requiem[]

Tsuda, the Servant of Makki, is implied to be Kojirou as he is a samurai who can cut space. "Tsuda" is also rumored to be the true name of the farmer who is playing the role of "Koujirou".[9] Makki in turn is implied to be Yukika Saegusa.

Fate/Samurai Remnant[]

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Musashi and Kojirou in Fate/Samurai Remnant.

In the World of Fate/Samurai Remnant Sasaki Kojirou was a real person, rather than a fictional one. Likewise, his battle with Musashi also really happened. One day years after their fight Kojirou went to visit Musashi's grave, where he met Musashi's adopted son, Miyamoto Iori. When Iori realized who Kojirou was he begged him to take him as his disciple, to which Kojirou agreed.

Carnival Phantasm[]

Assassin has minor appearances in Carnival Phantasm. The fact that he cannot go outside the temple is comically exaggerated, to the point of being replaced with a cardboard cutout in multiple scenes (including the opening theme). He is shown to be very attached to his gate, to the point he even talks to it, and apparently hears it talk back. He drives a DekotoraWP, which is large enough to carry his gate inside its trailer (and consequently allows him to somewhat leave the bounds of the temple).

Today's Menu for Emiya Family[]

Due to his inability to leave Ryuudou Temple, Assassin rarely appears in Today's Menu for Emiya Family. His first appearance is in Episode 4, when Shirou pays a visit to the Temple as part of a delivery. When Shirou decides to make a couple of sandwiches, he offers three slices to Assassin out of kindness. Assassin is delighted by the taste, so much so that he even asks Caster if she could make some more.

Just like in Carnival Phantasm, the anime's ending features Assassin as a cardboard cutout.

Other appearances[]

In TYPE-MOON's April Fools' Day 2009, moon.cinemas.jp is a fake movie theater site listing a number of parody films:

  • He was featured in Tank Man (戦車男, Sensha Otoko?), a parody film of Densha OtokoWP. Assassin plays the role of Medea's male caretaker. His role is expanded in TYPE-MOON 10th Anniversary Phantasm. Sasaki was calmly stating at how Medea was going crazy with an insect in her workroom, when her room was unhygienic. Medea knocks Sasaki out of the way and accidently knocks her modified Saber figure. He and Enkidu-chan was surprised when the other Eirei Throne Channel members suggested Sensha Otoko to buy a Saber figure for El-Melloi Girl.
  • He was featured in the animated film Papillon Shin-chan ~I call for sleepiness! Spicy shaggy Kingdom~ (パピヨンしんちゃん〜眠気を呼ぶ!激辛モジャモジャ王国〜, Papiyon Shin-chan ~Nemuke wo Yobu! Gekikara Mojamoja Ōkoku~?), a parody film of Crayon Shin-chanWP.
  • In Fate/strange Fake, he is referred to by the other students at Fuyuki as the kimono-wearing ghost.

Abilities[]

The "Nameless Samurai" is not a Heroic Spirit, but rather, an existence closer to Wraiths.[2][6] He was a nameless swordsman who existed in the same period as Miyamoto Musashi.[3] His True Name was unknown, or to be more specific, he never had one.[6] He is given the name “Sasaki Kojirou” due to being able to perform Tsubame Gaeshi, the technique said to have been used by Miyamoto Musashi’s legendary rival. Although it is unknown if the real Kojirou existed or not, it is thanks to being able to perform this technique that he can be summoned as an existence that fulfils the role of the imaginary Heroic Spirit; the nameless, genius swordsman. In the Fuyuki Holy Grail War which has been structured to have only “Hassan-i-Sabbah” summoned in the Assassin class, he is an irregular existence.[3] Much like Gilles de Rais, Sasaki is an aberration in the normal Servant summoning process.[15] It was only due to Medea acting as an unorthodox summoner and violating the rules by intervening with the system of the Holy Grail War that she was able to summon him as her Familiar.[3][6]

Having been related in some way to the Ryuudou Temple in the past,[2][6] its mountain gate was able to act as a Catalyst.[6] Medea was unable to act as his anchor to the world due to also being a Servant, so he was instead bound to the land. The mountain itself acts as a host from the current age to keep him in the world. While that meant that he cannot leave the mountain,[6] it also meant that he would not disappear even if his summoner died, and he would continue to exist as long as the mountain exists. He was not receiving constant magical upkeep, so he was only given twenty days worth of energy. He managed to go slightly longer than that limit in order to fight Artoia Pendragon, it is mostly luck that allowed that to happen. He began to turn transparent, and will not last until dawn of that day.

Out of all the other Artoria has seen, he seems incomprehensible to her, but not out of having fearful aspects or a fearful weapon. Her unease comes from not being able to sense any magical energy or even a Noble Phantasm, that it should be easy enough for her to end the match in one blow. Nothing special can be felt from his sword, so it should be easy for her to repel it, yet his pure skill allows him to match her. While she wished to rush in and be done with it, her honed instincts could sense his ability to seize a sure kill, so she remained cautious of him.

He is very atypical as an Assassin. Servants in the Assassin-class are normally the weakest ones in direct confrontation, and they defeat enemy Servants through covert actions or by killing their Masters to cut off their magical energy supply. The nameless samurai does not employ assassination techniques such as ambushes, and due to excelling in swordsmanship, he frequently chooses to fight face-to-face directly with other Servants. He does not have a rank in the Class Skill of Presence Concealment befittin of an assassin due to not being a true Assassin-class Servant. He does have the intrinsic ability as a martial artist to cut off his presence in the Vitrification Skill.[2]

Combat[]

In terms of pure swordsmanship 'Sasaki Kojirou', was not only the greatest in the Fifth Holy Grail War,[6] but very likely, the most skilled swordsman in the history of mankind. When he was alive, he would hide himself away deep in the mountains and spend his days swinging his sword, with little interest in anything else. He never desired or attempted to show his hard-earned sword skills to anyone, so he was truly a nameless and meaningless existence. The popular notion that there are more people like him in this world than most realize took form as “the hope of the people” and produced sword skills capable of contending with Noble Phantasms. There is a Japanese proverb that says you can fend off any enemy if you have the right skills. Even if you can’t claim victory, you can at least chase them away. Kojirou’s style of defense is more of an offensive-defensive style, where instead of protecting himself from his opponent's strikes, he takes the stance of, “If you come any closer, I’ll probably die but I most certainly will take you with me.”[1]

He calls his sword a heresy, and says it will slice the head of one of average skill. Although a Servant of the Assassin class, he does not employ assassination techniques such as ambush, instead frequently choosing to fight face-to-face. During battle, Sasaki counters the opponent’s attack with sword techniques and Mind's Eye (Fake), or simply by dodging. If he detects an opening, he would decapitate the opponent with the 5-shaku katana with certainty. Also, Sasaki can deliver slashes even while standing idly, without assuming any stances. His technique is extremely swift, and very difficult to read.[2] Due to having no skills in swordsmanship, if Gilgamesh were to fight Sasaki in close range, he would just defend himself with his armor or take out some really unfair defensive armament that protects against Multidimensional Refraction Phenomenon, from Gate of Babylon. However, Gilgamesh is capable of accurately assessing his opponents' abilities, so he would not consider having a battle of swordsmanship with Sasaki the first place.[16] The Monoshi Zao is a longsword not suited to direct competitions of power. It will break fighting off a sword like Excalibur, its wielder cannot lock blades or compete in strength. He can only parry blows and push the opponent back by attacking their body because the blade is meant to cut with speed and technique unlike western swords that cut with weight and power.

Fighting on the temple stairs gives him a higher position than his opponent, and due to the area being a Servant-killing battlefield and having Medea's anti-sorcery defensive barrier, the power of both magecraft and Noble Phantasms are decreased significantly. If the Noble Phantasm being used is not powerful, he will not take a fatal wound.[17] While he would fall to other Servants in an all out death match, he reigns supreme on the stairs of the temple due to most battles having to come down to swordsmanship. The attacker is constantly at a disadvantage because they have to ascend the stairs to reach him, while he does not have to move if he does not wish. He has no need to chase a retreating enemy in a battle of defense, so he has no reason to forsake his advantage of higher ground. His excellent skill and the disadvantageous ground keep the opponent from being able to dodge his fatal strikes as they wish.

Throughout the Fifth Holy Grail War, Sasaki was able to repel the other five Servants without losing any ground. He was even able to push Heracles back because of the terrain advantage and support from Medea (weighing down Heracles's body). Nevertheless, since the compatibility of Assassin and Berserker is horrible, the fact that the Heracles was even pushed back is enough to say "whoah, Kojirou's amazing".[18] Taking into account Kojirou's offensive-defensive style, if Heracles had gone in for the kill against Kojirou, Heracles would have been decapitated the moment his weapon reached Kojirou. Of course, Heracles has God Hand: Twelve Labors, so if he really had gone in for the kill, that would have simply been the end of Kojirou. However, knowing that Medea was behind him waiting for the right moment to strike, Illya chose to avoid charging in recklessly with Berseker.[1] Although in a one-on-one duel, Kojirou vs Heracles wouldn't even be a fight, Medea would be able to use both Kojirou and Kuzuki as her two personal front-line Saber-class defenders, along with her high sorcery to to fight Heracles, but that would be limited to 2 to 3 times.[18] Cú Chulainn comments that he wouldn't like fighting him one on one and would prefer to kill him off from a distance.

If EMIYA and Sasaki fought in a straight out death match, EMIYA would win. However, in a battlefield like Ryuudou Temple their fight would be reduced to the difference in their levels of swordsmanship. With Archer having his sniping sealed off to him due to the terrain effect, Archer would be at a clear disadvantage.[17] Against Hassan of the Cursed Arm, if it's just Servant vs Servant, then without complaint, Cursed Arm would have the better chance of victory. Although Kojirou doesn't have any means of breaking through Zabaniya, there's more to it. The problem of Zabaniya is that it's not immediate death. If a normal heart gets destroyed by it, then the person dies immediately but the opponents are Servants. And especially against Kojirou, who has a strong spirit alignment, even if his heart is destroyed he still will has some fighting power left in him. Right in the interval after Hassan uses his Noble Phantasm, Sasaki could close the gap and use Tsubame Gaeshi. Their duel would be technically a draw since both of them would end up dead.[19] Medea placed a curse into his body upon summoning, allowing her to have his chest explode from within at her leisure. Even though his ribs are protruding from his chest, he is still able to act without fading away and later heal.

If he detects an opening, he would decapitate the opponent with his blade with certainty. This tendency to go for the head means that his opponents must retreat instead of pressing forward, but his usual terrain of the stairs to Ryuudou Temple leaves them unable to dodge to the side, forcing them to retreat to the same spot, all the while he has no need to move from his position unless he wishes to unleash the Tsubame Gaeshi. His swordplay is fast enough that even Artoria had trouble following it. He works his sword like a hurricane, using elastic tracks to parry blows from opponents stronger and faster than himself, all while flowing toward the opponent's neck to decapitate the them whenever given the chancee. Each of his attacks is fatal, meant to take the opponent's life by decapitation, so it is not possible to employ a strategy like taking a strike to then overpower him during the aftermath of the attack. He strikes with a curved path, a graceful arc that does not take the shortest route to the opponent like Saber's western sword.

Skills[]

Class Skills[]

  • Presence Concealment (D Rank): Suppresses one's presence as a Servant and makes it easier for the user to hide. A Skill suitable for covert action.[3] Since he is not a true Assassin servant, this is not a class ability. It is his intrinsic ability as a martial artist to “cut off his presence”. This is not a skill to hide, but a technique of the mind for the martial artist to merge with his surroundings. Because this is not a skill trained for assassination, it cannot match the Presence Concealment of Hassan of the Cursed Arm. In reality, a Kojirou Sasaki who cuts off his presence is an opponent that is hard to detect even for a Servant. It is extremely difficult to perceive Kojirou during the first encounter. However, because his activity is restrained to within the range of the Ryudo Temple Gate, those who know the existence of Kojirou can detect him relatively easily. With this said, due to Kojirou’s personality, battles are usually commenced only after the parties have presented and introduced themselves. As a result, this ability is rarely used for its original purpose.[2]

Personal Skills[]

  • Mind's Eye (Fake) (A Rank): Premonition or sixth sense, very different from EMIYA’s danger avoidance originated from “predictions augmented by experience”. It may be called a natural talent to sense danger. During the Fifth Holy Grail War, in the battle with Artoria, Kojirou crossed blade with her invisible sword numerous times. He was able to use this ability to gauge even the length and width of the sword, and see through the fact that Artoria was unable to use her Noble Phantasm to attack due to a lack of mana. See through the weapon and style of his opponent after crossing blades only a few times, the perception of his eyes is the best among Servants.[2]
  • Knowledge of the Sowa (Rank B): A special ability that prevents the reduction of accuracy regardless of how many times the same technique has been used on one foe, making it impossible to see through any of his attacks.[2][3][4] Although Kojirou and Artoria crossed blades numerous times, due to this ability, Artoria still could not adapt to his technique despite having Rank A Instinct. Paired with Kojirou's unique decapitation-focused "head-shot" techniques, the effect is vastly increased. No matter retreating and challenging him how many times, Artoria still cannot see through Kojirou’s techniques. She was always forced back to square one and fought as if it was the first encounter again.[2]
  • Vitrification (B+ Rank): An ability commonly called the “heart of clear water”. More precisely, it is a mental state acquired after reaching the pinnacle of arduous training. With this ability, Kojirou can maintain a cool and collected heart, regardless of the situation. Even when facing his very own death will not cause him to waver. During battle, mental interference such as charm and fear sorceries activated by the opponent is completely neutralized. For a “gate guardian”, this ability is certainly very useful. Like the many trees that surround the Ryudo Temple, Kojirou watches the gate in silence with a heart of clear water, just like an unwavering guardian.[2] While he may not be an Assassin in the traditional sense and thus unable to make use of the Assassin’s ability of “Presence Concealment”, he is able to conceal his presence by utilizing a martial artist’s state of an empty mind.[3]

Noble Phantasm[]

Sasaki Kojirou’s ultimate attack is the technique that has reached the pinnacle of training and approaching True Magic --- Tsubame Gaeshi.[2] Although it is a Mystery that rivals the Noble Phantasms of Servants,[6] strictly speaking, this is neither a Noble Phantasm nor a magical phenomenon.[2] The nameless martial artist who materialised as “Kojirou” sought nothing but the pinnacle of swordsmanship during his life. He trained himself in pursuit of swordsmanship, and doing nothing but swing his sword. After a long period of time, his technique finally reached another state. A flash from this world, followed by two absolutely simultaneous, over-lapping flashes that disregard the concept of time and space, producing a slash attack that arrives from three different directions. This is equivalent to Zelretch's “Multi-Dimensional Refraction Phenomenon” that transcends speed, dexterity, feint and many other elements. Although with some limitations, a nameless martial artist who knows naught of sorcery or True Magic is able to tread into the realm of the “Second Magic”.[2]

In order to deliver the first horizontal slash, Kojirou had to relinquish his high ground advantage over his opponent and move to an equal level before unleashing this technique.[2] While Artoria believed that he lost any advantage by doing so, she was mistaken, as the logic of an opponent at such a close distance being able to easily outmaneuver his longsword to get inside his range does not apply to him. His attack should be unavoidable long as there are no errors in its execution, making it a deadly technique able to overwhelm even her.[2] During their last duel, however Artoria managed to create an error in Kojirou's execution. While his blade is a good sword able to cut steel, something made by a human cannot compare to something not made by men such as Excalibur. By forcing him to block a strike, she bent the blade of his sword creating a small gap in Tsubame Gaeshi that allowed her to escape the technique.

Musashi believes that as a swordsman, Kojirou has already reached the state of emptiness.[20] It is said that there is no swordsmen that can reach Infinity, a path that surely no one can ever walk upon.[21]==Forms and Alternate Versions==

Nameless Saber[]

Nameless Saber (セイバー・無銘, Seibā Mumei?) is a Saber-class Servant appearing in the Shimosa Singularity in Fate/Grand Order: Epic of Remnant.

Role[]

Sasaki Kojirou encounters Musashi after the latter's duel with Munenori, and the two warriors would enter their fated duel. Their blades clash, and their power and skill are equal. Both their swords transcended time and space, yet their existence and concept are the exact opposite. The clash of the existences and concepts between Kojirou's Infinity and Musashi's Zero creates an infinite place, or perhaps, an empty place, where there is no time, space, karma, good or evil. A situation only those two who put their very souls into their blades can reach. Simultaneously, both of them surpass Infinity. Both of them would continue to try to kill each other over and over again for all of eternity. It is not the real world, and this moment will never be recorded or stopped for anyone. This place lies between the real world and the world of dreams. An impossible place where Infinity and Zero can intersect. A miraculous sword fight that is supposed to go on forever, never reaching its conclusion. But due to Ritsuka Fujimaru's presence and deciding his/her winner, Musashi was able to win the duel against Kojirou, the sword of Zero having destroyed the sword of Infinity.[22]

Abilities[]

Being the only swordsman who can wield the Monoshi Zao, the Nameless Saber has reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship. Even Amakusa Shirou, who burns with loathing for the world and everything in it has some respect for his skill, claiming there is no demonic sword in the entire human realm that surpasses his. Due to this, as long as Saber is by his side, he considers he has nothing to fear from Miyamoto Musashi.[22]

The Nameless Saber is an exceptional swordsman just like Saber of Empireo, and just from looking at him, Musashi immediately recognizes his identity as his fated ultimate rival, Sasaki Kojirou. Before their swords ever clash, Musashi also claims that his skill is godly and that he's at least several times stronger than her.[22]

As their blades clashed, their power and technique seemed evenly matched. Not only that. Their skills had surpassed everything; time, space, existence, essence. Each being the other's perfect mirror image. Through "history's greatest duel", their duel would have prolonged for eternity had Ritsuka Fujimaru not determined Musashi as the winner.[22]

Skills[]
  • Mind's Eye (Fake) (A Rank): Allows the user to sense oncomming danger based on his experience, a natural talent to sense danger.[2]
  • Knowledge of the Sowa (B++ Rank): A special ability that prevents the reduction of accuracy regardless of how many times the same technique has been used on one foe, making it impossible to see through any of his attacks.[2][3][4]
  • Vitrification (B+ Rank): An ability that allows Koujirou to achieve a serene state of mind regardless of the situation, thanks to undergoing arduous training. With this ability, the Nameless Saber can maintain a cool and collected heart, regardless of the situation. During battle, mental interference such as charm and fear sorceries activated by the opponent is completely neutralized.[2]
Noble Phantasm[]

His Noble Phantasm is the Tsubame Gaeshi, a technique that breaks the laws of physics, allowing him execute three simultaneous slashes at the exact same time. There is a sword of infinity that leads to multiplicity. A way to acknowledge "multiple possibilities". A single act that is originally finite; a single slash that can only be performed at one time, in one space. It is, so to speak, an "infinite" sword that gives birth to several "correct answers". To make one's own existence transparent to the extremes, until there is nothing more. And yet to grasp for "something" beyond that. That is Kojiro's "Tsubame Gaeshi". A sword that creates a "future" that not even the gods can escape from.[22]

Development[]

Creation and Conception[]

Sasaki Kojirou was designed by Takashi Takeuchi in Fate/stay night.

Sasaki Kojirou was illustrated by Mata in Fate/Grand Order. His scenario writer is Kinoko Nasu in Fate/Grand Order.[3]

Comment from Illustrator[]

"He sure played an active role during the first chapter, huh. He had really helped me a lot as well. You can say he sure isn’t lacking in for some good gag during interludes and dango quest. Still, his feature is actually on the slim side; he got those slit, almond eyes and beautiful silky hair. He’s all around a beautiful character. Also, I was like, totally surprised when he acted affectionate in My Room. By the way, would Anchin-sama never get implemented, I wonder." (Mata)[3]

Reception[]

In Fate/Grand Order, Sasaki Koujirou is named as part of a dragon slaying trio due to the various online memes revolving around him being a fellow "dragon slayer" during the France chapter. The affinity of the Assassin-class over the Rider-class dragons made him an easily accessible unit during the chapter, so he was made part of the trio despite not actually appearing in-story during the chapter.

References[]

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    Assassin

    Character Data 014
    Affiliation: Caster's Servant
    True Identity: Kojiro Sasaki
    Gender: Male
    Height: 176cm
    Weight: 63kg
    Image Color: Cobalt blue
    Talents: Sword
    Likes: Flowers, Birds, Wind, Moon
    Dislike: None in particular
    Worst enemy: Zouken Matou, Sakura Matou
    Origin: Japan

    Nasu Kinoko & Takeuchi Takashi • Character Discussion

    >The catalyst for Assassin's birth

    Nasu: Assassin is the ultimate in straightforward characters... there are no twists or surprises to him...

    Takeuchi: I don't think we need to emphasise that... (laughs)

    Nasu: We used some pretty identifiable East/West archetypes for the Servants, and you recognise Assassin as a samurai as soon as you see him. In addition, the one rule that had always been at the forefront of all things Master and Servant-related was the fact that servants tend to hide their true identities by default. Then along came Assassin, who did not hesitate to introduce himself as Kojirou Sasaki. I was aiming for the ultimate "surprise" factor by blatantly breaking the mold with Assassin... that's really the only motivation I had for his character.

    Takeuchi: You sound like you're devaluing him entirely. (laughs)

    Nasu: I also really wanted to attach him to the mountain gate because mountain gates are such a regular feature in legends. Such gates tend to be guarded by scary demons, and Assassin's presence around Ryuudouji Temple is like an homage to those legends because he is attached to the gate instead of a Master, like other Servants. His role as the gate's guard serves another purpose... I think all RPG players are familiar with the notion of wanting to get to their main target, but being forced to fight through other enemies first. Assassin is that very wall standing between an intruder and their main target inside Ryuudouji Temple.

    >Regarding Assassin's design

    Takeuchi: Assassin is such a stoic character. His design was based on a design I thought up for old "Fate".

    Nasu: But the character design used in old "Fate" had more of an otherworldly and feminine vibe, didn't it?

    Takeuchi: Yeah, this Assassin is definitely manlier compared to the previous iteration.

    Nasu: The old "Fate" design possessed a kind of undeniable beauty that appeals to both men and women.

    Takeuchi: That type of beauty was really popular back when you and I were still in school. Hideyuki Kikuchi's "Makai Ishi Mephisto" is one example that instantly comes to mind. Our old Assassin was based on that theory of beauty... one that transcends the usual boundaries of male and female aesthetics, which some consider to simply be a man with a pretty face. Though Assassin's "beauty" is not enhanced with the appeal of the demon world Makai, I fully intended for him to be the most handsome character in the series.

    Nasu: I guess you could say Assassin was beautiful in old "Fate" and handsome in this one.

    Takeuchi: Less elegance, perhaps, but definitely more purity. The current Assassin lost some of that sense of divinity he had in old "Fate", and instead gained a generous helping of godly swordsmanship skills.

    >Assassin's skill as a swordsman

    Nasu: This Assassin, or "Kojiro Sasaki", could possibly the most skilled swordsman in the history of mankind. He was the kind of guy who would hide himself away deep in the mountains and spend his days swinging his sword, with little interest in anything else. But he never desired or attempted to show his hard-earned sword skills to anyone. The popular notion that there are more people like him in this world than most realise took form as "the hope of the people" and produced sword skills capable of contending with Noble Phantasms.

    Takeuchi: In old "Fate", it was the Kojiro Sasaki from the Musashi Miyamoto legend who was summoned, right?

    Nasu: In old "Fate", yes. Though both were summoned by Caster, the Kojiro Sasaki in old "Fate" was the real deal. But during my 15 years since I wrote old "Fate", I've been able to read up some more on Kojiro's legends, and it turns out there's a theory that the legends are compiled from the feats performed by three different individuals. Based on this, I thought it would be interesting if this Assassin was a "Fake" Kojiro. If a Master were to try and intentionally summon Kojiro Sasaki, they wouldn't be able to because he didn't actually exist. As was suggested in the storyline, if there existed a giant database of humans, this swordsman would be the one whose data most closely resembled the profile of "Kojiro Sasaki". Through this process, this man's persona became that of Assassin's (Kojiro Sasaki's), and any accomplishment he achieved would therefore be attributed to Kojiro Sasaki rather than this random "nameless samurai". This "reality shift" of sorts is also why a mere human being was able to master a move like the "Multi-Dimensional Refraction Phenomenon (Tsubame Gaeshi)". Still, he himself does not particularly view this feat as anything special. He does recognise how it could be considered impressive, but in his opinion, it is completely reasonable for a man to produce such results if they spent over 50 years swinging a sword and doing little else.

    Takeuchi: I find that most gifted people tend to have similar misconceptions.

    Nasu: I will also note that this particular individual was capable of performing the Tsubame Gaeshi while he was still alive as a mortal, so it is not a skill he acquired as a Servant. He literally mastered the ability right at the end of his lifespan, and died with the satisfaction of knowing that he had reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship. So despite achieving this feat before his natural death, he was at no point intentionally aiming for something as grand as the Multi-Dimensional Refraction Phenomenon, nor did he ever show another living soul what he had learned. Can you imagine? He achieved something that would be considered impossible for a human being under normal circumstances, yet his reaction was to nod and say, "I suppose that will do" before keeling over. This is just the way he was, and basically sums up why he is a miracle man.

    >The message Assassin carries as a character

    Nasu: Uhm... I actually think we've covered everything already.

    Takeuchi: Kojiro almost vanished completely, but somehow he managed to cling to this realm of existence for the sole purpose of sharing a battle with Saber. So I guess you could say he was one of the most single-minded and stubborn characters?

    Nasu: For the entire duration of his life as a mortal man, Kojiro never once exchanged blades with another living soul. So getting the opportunity to fight against a warrior who he deemed worthy was truly a special occasion for him. As a side note, Kojiro even fended off Berserker once. There is a Japanese proverb that says you can fend of any enemy if you have the right skills. Even if you can't claim victory, you can at least chase them away. Kojirou's style of defense is more of an offensive-defensive style, where instead of protecting himself from his opponent's strikes, he takes the stance of, "If you come any closer, I'll probably die but I most certainly will take you with me". If Berserker had gone for the kill against Kojiro, Berserker would have been decapitated the moment his weapon reached Kojiro. Of course, Berserker has God Hand: Twelve Labors, so if he really had gone for the kill, that would have simply been the end of Kojiro. But Illya knew Assassin had Caster behind him, so she chose to avoid charging in recklessly with Berserker.

    アサシン

    Character Data 014
    所属:キャスターに仕えるサーヴァント
    真名:佐々木小次郎
    性別:男性
    身長:176 cm
    体重:63kg
    イメージカラー:群青
    特技:剣
    好きな物:花、鳥、風、月
    苦手な物:特になし
    天敵:間桐臓硯、間桐桜
    出身:日本

    奈須 きのこ&武内崇 • キャラクター別対談

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    [v] Fate/complete material III: World Material - The Servants of the Fifth Holy Grail War: Assassin, p.034-035 [T]

    Kojiro Sasaki
    Class: Assassin
    Master: Medea
    Alignment: Neutral Evil
    Sex: Male
    Height: 176cm
    Weight: 63kg
    Weapon: Katana

    STR: C
    CON: E
    AGI: A+
    MGI: E
    LCK: A
    Noble Phantasm: ??

    Legend
    Kojiro Sasaki. A Japanese man without a real identity, and it may not be an overstatement to say that he has never existed. He was described as the rival of Nitoryu sword master Miyamoto Musashi, and a handsome swordsman who skillfully wielded the 3-shaku-long (approximately 1m) nodachi “Bizen Osahune Nagamitsu” which is also called “Monohoshi Zao”. His duel with Miyamoto Musashi at Funajima Island, such lines as “Kojiro has been defeated!”, and the finale of death by having his forehead crushed by an oar are all legendary. Although he was said to be the disciple of Chujoryu kodachi master Toda Seigen, there are numerous conflicting documentations and legends, which still shroud his true identity even now.
    The “Kojiro Sasaki” summoned in Fate/Stay Night is not a Heroic Spirit. He is an existence closer to wraiths. He was a nameless martial artist given the name Kojiro Sasaki. What his real identity was, there is no way to know. He seemed to be related to the Ryudo Temple. He uses a long Japanese katana and discovered the ultimate technique “Tsubame Gaeshi”... and these are absolutely all he possesses. His pursuit of sword technique, sophistication, and finding joy in duelling with strong foes are all reminiscent of the legendary Kojiro Sasaki: cool and elegant.
    Assassin’s differences with Kojiro are that, his katana is longer (approximately 1.5m), and the engraving on the katana is “Bitchu Aoe” (Blue River of Bitchu).

    Tactics
    Although a Servant of the Assassin class, he does not employ assassination techniques such as ambush, instead frequently choosing to fight face-to-face. During battle, Assassin counters the opponent’s attack with sword techniques and Eye of the Mind, or simply by dodging. If he detects an opening, he would decapitate the opponent with the 5-shaku katana with certainty. Also, Assassin can deliver slashes even while standing idly, without assuming any stances. His technique is extremely swift, and very difficult to read. Kojiro Sasaki’s ultimate weapon is the technique that has reached the pinnacle of training and approaching True Magic --- Tsubame Gaeshi. It is an attack that delivers 3 slashes simultaneously, enough to overwhelm even Artoria.

    Class Abilities

    Presence Concealment: D
    Since he is not a true Servant Assassin, this is not a class ability. It is his intrinsic ability as a martial artist to “cut off his presence”. This is not a skill to hide, but a technique of the mind for the martial artist to merge with his surroundings. Because this is not a skill trained for assassination, it cannot match the Presence Concealment of Hassan. In reality, a Kojiro Sasaki who cuts off his presence is an opponent that is hard to detect even for a Servant. It is extremely difficult to perceive Kojiro during the first encounter. However, because his activity is restrained to within the range of the Ryudo Temple Gate, those who know the existence of Kojiro can detect him relatively easily. With this said, due to Kojiro’s personality, battles are usually commenced only after the parties have presented and introduced themselves. As a result, this ability is rarely used for its original purpose.

    Personal Abilities

    Eye of the Mind (False): A
    Premonition (“Spidey-sense”) or sixth sense, very different from Emiya’s danger avoidance originated from “predictions augmented by experience”. It may be called a natural talent to sense danger. During the Grail War, in the battle with Artoria, Kojiro crossed blade with an invisible sword numerous times. He was able to use this ability to gauge even the length and width of the sword, and see through the fact that Artoria was unable to use her Noble Phantasm attack due to a lack of mana.
    See through the weapon and style of his opponent after crossing blades only a few times, the perception of his eyes is the best among Servants.

    Vitrification: B+
    An ability commonly called “heart of clear water”. More precisely, it is a mental state acquired after reaching the pinnacle of arduous training. With this ability, Kojiro is able to maintain a cool and collected heart, regardless the situation. For example, even facing his very own death will not cause him to waver. During battle, mental interference such as charm and fear sorceries activated by the opponent is completely neutralised. For a “gate guardian”, this ability is certainly very useful.
    Like the many trees that surround the Ryudo Temple, Kojiro watches the gate in silence with a heart of clear water, just like an unwavering guardian.

    Knowledge of Respect and Harmony: B
    A special ability that prevents the reduction of accuracy regardless how many times the same technique has been used on one foe. In other words, the ability to “render one’s attacks unreadable to the enemy”. Although Kojiro and Artoria crossed blades numerous times, due to this ability, Artoria still could not adapt to Kojiro’s technique despite having Rank A Instinct. Paired with Kojiro’s unique “head-shot” techniques, the effect is vastly increased.
    No matter retreating and challenging him how many times, Artoria still cannot see through Kojiro’s techniques. She was always forced back to square one and fought as if it was the first encounter again.

    Tsuabame Gaeshi
    The ultimate sword technique that assaults the opponent from three directions “simultaneously”. Strictly speaking, this is neither a Noble Phantasm nor a magical phenomenon. The nameless martial artist who materialised as “Kojiro” sought nothing but the pinnacle of swordsmanship during his life. He trained himself in pursuit of swordsmanship, and doing nothing but swing his sword. After a long period of time, his technique finally reached another state. A flash from this world, followed by two absolutely simultaneous, over-lapping flashes that disregard the concept of time and space, producing a slash attack that arrives from three different directions. This is the “Multidimensional Refraction Phenomenon—Kischua Zelretch” that transcends speed, dexterity, feint and many other elements. Although with some limitations, a nameless martial artist who knows naught of sorcery or True Magic is able to tread into the realm of the “Second Magic”.
    The range of this skill is approximately 3m. In order to deliver the first strike as a horizontal slash, Kojiro relinquished his high ground advantage over Artoria and moved to an equal level before unleashing this technique. You may discern how special a secret technique “Tsubame Gaeshi” is to Kojiro, who never assumes a stance, by observing how he lifts his sword and then swiftly launches the technique.

  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 Fate/Grand Order material II - Kojirou Sasaki, p.006-011 translated by castor212
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    [v] Fate/Grand Order - Sasaki Kojirou (Assassin) Profile

    Sasaki Kojirou - Assassin

    Illustrator and Voice actor
    Illustrator: Mata
    Voice Actor: Shinichirō Miki

    Parameters
    Strength: C
    Endurance: E
    Agility: A+
    Mana: E
    Luck: A
    Noble Phantasm: ?

    Personal Skills
    Eye of the Mind (False): A
    Vitrification: B

    Class Skills
    Presence Concealment: D

    Noble Phantasm
    Tsubame Gaeshi
    Rank: -
    Type: Anti-Unit Mystic Sword

    Profile
    A swordsman described as a worthy rival of one of Japan's prominent master fencer - Miyamoto Musashi.
    Mastering the Ganryuu-style at a young age, a genius swordsman said to find no equal no matter where he went.
    And yet---

    Level 1 Bond
    Height/Weight: 176cm・63kg
    Source: Historical fact
    Region: Japan
    Alignment: Neutral Evil  Gender: Male
    "No matter who may be, one is evil from the moment he cuts down a person."

    Level 2 Bond
    A refined man who admires the beauties of nature and wraps his body in an elegant battle surcoat.
    Aloof from the world and having a somewhat elusive personality but, as expected, he is a warrior who likes fair and square contests.
    Due to living in a age where casualties happened in a daily basis, his perspectives about life and death may also seem cold-hearted for a modern person.

    Level 3 Bond

    • Tsubame Gaeshi

    Anti-Unit Magic Sword. Maximum Targets: 1 person.
    A sword technique that rivals Noble Phantasms, attained only with human techniques.
    A special move that simultaneously cuts apart an enemy with three circles.
    Seems to be one of the things that can be called multi-dimensional refraction phenomenon.
    Originally, it was something developed to cut a swallow flying on the sky.

    Level 4 Bond
    He himself calls it a secret sword technique, but on the eyes of the surroundings it is unmistakably a magic sword.
    For that is not the work of man.
    He himself says that it was developed for cutting a flying swallow, but, of course, it is possible to cut a swallow even without a mystic technique such as this.
    Rather, this is a story about the lack of compromise, and also, how much extreme talents for martial arts was possessed by this swordsman - who reached the blessings of the sword just for such a reason.

    Level 5 Bond
    Souwa's Understanding: B
    A unique ability that prevents drop on hit-accuracy no matter how much the same technique, the same sword skill is employed against an opponent.
    It becomes impossible to see through attacks.
    "The eyes grow used to the attacks"; maybe it means that such inferior sword swings are not unleashed.

    Interlude
    Unlike Musashi, Sasaki Koujirou is a fictional swordsman whose real life is indefinite.
    This "Sasaki Koujirou" is nothing but an nonentity swordsman that was summoned due to the fact he can reproduce the "Tsubame Gaeshi" that appears in Koujirou's legend. The mental state of this genius swordsman - who remained anonymous for life, and was summoned in order to fill up for a fictional Heroic Spirit - is, of course, "that is fine too" it seems.

    佐々木小次郎 - アサシン

    イラストレーター・声優
    ILLUST:また
    CV:三木眞一郎

    パラメータ
    筋力:C
    耐力:E
    敏捷:A+
    魔力:E
    幸運:A
    宝具:

    保有スキル
    心眼(偽) A
    透過 B+
    宗和の心得 B

    クラス別能力
    気配遮断 D

    宝具
    燕返し(つばめがえし)
    ランク:対人魔剣
    種別:-

    キャラクター詳細
    日本有数の剣豪・宮本武蔵の好敵手として語られる剣士。
    若くして巌流を極め、向かうところ敵無しとされた天才剣士。
    なのだが---

    アンロック条件:絆レベルを1にすると開放
    身長/体重:176cm・63kg
    出典:史実
    地域:日本
    属性:中立・悪  性別:男性
    「人を斬る以上、何者であれ悪であろうよ」

    アンロック条件:絆レベルを2にすると開放
    花鳥風月を愛で、雅な陣羽織に身を包む風流人。
    飄々とどこかつかみ所のない性格をしているが、やはり武人であり、正々堂々とした勝負を好む。
    人死にが日常だった時代に生きたからか、その生死観は現代人には冷酷なものに見える事も。

    アンロック条件:絆レベルを3にすると開放
    ○燕返し
    対人魔剣。最大補足・1人。
    宝具に匹敵する、人の技だけで到達した剣技。
    相手を三つの円で同時に断ち切る絶技。
    多重次元屈折現象、と呼ばれる物の一つらしい。
    もともとは空を飛ぶ燕を斬るために編み出されたもの。

    アンロック条件:絆レベルを4にすると開放
    本人は『燕返し』を秘剣と呼ぶが、周囲から見れば紛れもない魔剣である。
    人間業ではないのだから。
    空を飛ぶ燕を斬るために編み出した、と本人は言うが、無論、ここまでの魔技がなくとも燕は斬れる。
    むしろそれだけの理由で剣の冥加に達したこの剣士が、どれほど妥協せず、また、極まった武の才を持っていたかという話だ。

    アンロック条件:絆レベルを5にすると開放
    ○宗和の心得:B
    相手に同じ技、同じ剣技を何度使用しても命中精度が下がらない特殊な技能。
    攻撃が見切られなくなる。
    “攻撃に目が慣れる”などという下手な剣筋は繰り出さない、という事か。

    アンロック条件:「LEGEND・OF・THE・SAMURAI」をクリアすると開放
    佐々木小次郎とは、武蔵と違いその実像が定かではない架空の剣士である。
    この“佐々木小次郎”は小次郎の伝説にある『燕返し』が再現できるという点から呼び出された名も無い剣士にすぎない。
    架空の英霊を埋めるために呼び出された、生涯無名であった天才剣士の心境は―――
    やはり、「それも良し」なのだろう。

  5. 5.0 5.1 Fate/Grand Order - My Room conversations.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8
    [v] Fate/side material - Encyclopedia: Assassin [Servant], p.055 [T]

    Assassin [Servant]
    Heroic Spirit of assassination.
    Different from other Classes, only certain Heroic Spirits qualified for Assassin.
    He was the samurai who guarded the mountain gate of Ryuudou Temple.
    Sasaki Kojiro was summoned into this class because a certain unorthodox summoner violated the rules.
    Strictly speaking, Assassin was a Wraith rather than a Heroic Spirit.
    He seemed to be a martial artists who had connections with the Ryuudou Temple in the past.
    His true name was unknown. To be more specific, he never had a true name.
    Perhaps because he never had the possibility to become a liege, he had no ambitions. He lived only for the wish to stand in the inner sanctum of swordsmanship, and eventually he achieved a Mystery that rivaled the Noble Phantasms of Servants.
    In terms of pure swordsmanship, he was the greatest in this Holy Grail War.
    Since he was summoned with the mountain gate as the catalyst, he could not leave the gate.
    ...Huh? Almost like a Jibakurei eh?

    アサシン【サーヴアント】
    暗殺者の英霊。
    他のクラスと違い、ある英霊しか成れない筈のクラス。
    柳洞寺に至る山門を守る侍。
    佐々木小次郎がこのクラスになったのは、偏に召喚者がルール違反の者だった為。
    厳密には英霊ではなく亡霊。
    过去、柳洞寺に縁のあった武芸者と思われる。
    本名は不明。というより、本名などない。
    もとより仕官の可能性がなかった為か我欲がなく ただ剣の境地に立つという願いだけを粮とし、その果てにサーヴァントの宝具が備える神秘と互角の剣技を得るに至った。
    純粋な剣技のみで言えば、今回の聖杯戦争中最高のサーヴァントである。
    柳洞寺を触媒にして召喚されたので、あの山門から离れる事は出来ない。
    ……む?なんか地縛霊っぽい?

  7. Nasu: If a Master wished to summon Kojiro Sasaki, he would be unable to because Kojiro Sasaki did not exist. Like the story stated, if there were a database for humanity, then Assassin was the piece of data that matched the parameters of Kojiro Sasaki. As a result, Assassin's personality would become Kojiro's personality, and Assassin's monumental feats would become that of Kojiro's rather than his.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2
    [v] Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Animation Material I - Kinoko and Takashi Q & A, p.041 [T]
    Q: Sasaki Kojirou spent his entire live sword training in the mountains, so how did he acquire a sword like the Bitchu Aoe (Blue River of Bitchu)? Was he not spending his time farming on the farmlands?

    Q: Sasaki Kojirou spent his entire live sword training in the mountains, so how did he acquire a sword like the Bitchu Aoe (Blue River of Bitchu)? Was he not spending his time farming on the farmlands? <Sunday>

    Nasu: Kojirou is the son of a ordinary farming family, living an ordinary farm life and separated from ordinary common sense. Ordinarily He met a master swordsman who had retired deep into the mountains, and began his ordinary life in the mountains himself. He was enthralled by the swordsmanship of the master, and he began training under him the next day. After one month, the master swordsman drew his last breath, and Kojirou completely threw himself into the path of a swordsman. By the way, what the master swordsman talked on about was the refined behavior of a swordsman--a communion with nature, so to speak. He did not instruct Kojirou on anything related to sword techniques. The Bitchu Aoe may have been the master's, or perhaps he received it from the Holy Grail when the legendary soul was summoned. It is simply something thought to be part of who he is.
    Takeuchi: So he only witnessed the opening of a performance [referring to swordmanship]... so he's really a genius among geniuses isn't he!?
    Nasu: Isn't it obvious. Don't underestimate a chivalrous man person who is eligible as a Servant despite being nameless. He was raised in both mind and body in those mountains. Even without a katana that master swordsman can cut through dimensions. Sengo Muramasa, that which can cut even casualty.

    佐々木小次郎は生前ずっと山で剣を振るだけの人生を過こしたそうですが、そうするとどうやって備中青江のような業物を手に入れたので しょうか?というか、ちゃんと農民として農作 業をしたりしてたのでしようか? <Sunday>

    奈:あの男はフツーの農家の子供で、フツーに村の暮らしとか人間の常識からズレていて、フツーに山奥に隠れるように隠居した剣聖に出会い、フツーに山で暮らすようになったんだ。はじめて剣聖の太刀筋を見た時に心奪われ、翌日から弟子入りするも剣聖はひと月ほどで息を引き取り、後はいびつながらも純粋に剣の道を究めた。ちなみに、剣聖が話してきかせたものは剣士としての雅な立ち振る舞いーーー即ち花鳥風月のみ。剣に関しては佐々木某に何一つ教えなかつた。備中青江は剣聖の持ち物か、 あるいは英霊と して召喚された時に聖杯から与えられた。佐々木小次郎としての出で立ち、と思われます。
    武:じゃあはじめの演舞を見ただけなんだ…… それ、天才の中の天才クラスですよね!?
    奈:あったりめえだっつーの。無名でありながら英霊検索に該当した伊達男舐めんなっつ—の。心身共に山育ちだっつーの。そも剣聖なら刀なんか使わなくても次元を斬るぐらいできるっつ—の。千子村正、因果すら断つっつーの。

  9. 9.0 9.1
    [v] Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu: Servants, p.133

    Q: Did the man known as Sasaki Kojirou have a real name?

    Q: Did the man known as Sasaki Kojirou have a real name?

    A: There is speculation that Kojirou’s real name was Tsuda, etc., but the man known as Assassin has no name.

    Q:佐々木小次郎として呼ばれた男に本名はあったのでしょうか?

    A:史実では小次郎本人は津田某とか諸説ありますが、アサシンである彼には名前はありません。

  10. 10.0 10.1 Fate/Grand Order - Sasaki Koujirou's My Room voice lines.
  11. [v] Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu: Command Spells, p.132
    Q: After Caster summoned Assassin (Sasaki Kojirou), was she branded with Command Seals?

    Q: After Caster summoned Assassin (Sasaki Kojirou), was she branded with Command Seals? I ask because I don’t think she ever used a Command Spell on Assassin.

    A: She had something similar to a Command Spell. Though, as a fake Master with a fake Servant, it wasn’t something as powerful as a true Command Spell. While she may not originally have received any Command Spells, Caster may have skillfully borrowed the power of the Greater Grail to forge herself an imitation.

  12. 12.0 12.1 Fate/Grand Order - Onigashima: The Great Tale of Demons, Act 3: The First Great Oni Appears
  13. Fate/Grand Order - Onigashima: The Great Tale of Demons, Act 4: Kazakoemarou Repelled
  14. Fate/Grand Order - Sasaki Kojirou's interlude 01: LEGEND OF THE SAMURAI
  15. [v] Fate/Zero material - Encyclopedia: Gilles de Rais [Servant], p.097-098

    Gilles de Rais [Servant]
    A nobleman from 15th Century France. As a leader in the French army, he fought alongside Jeanne d'Arc to put an end to the Hundred Years War, and was hailed as a hero who saved his country. But soon after he returned to his territory, he began kidnapping, raping, and killing young boys one after another, eventually coming to be feared as the villain "Bluebeard".
    However, it was all-too-common in that era for nobles to disregard the human rights of commoners and treat the populations of their territories as disposable livestock. So, under normal circumstances even killing them en masse shouldn't have been treated as anything more serious than animal abuse. But unfortunately for Gilles, he had an enormous amount of land holdings at the time, far exceeding those held by the Duke of Brittany, and enough to be regarded as a threat by the king himself. On top of that, due to his mind-boggling wastefulness in his private life, his public finances were almost entirely depleted, and there were apprehensions that he may try to sell his land to enemy nations. As a result, he was condemned and executed for his crimes as a pretext for seizing control of his assets.
    As for Gilles' relation to sorcery, he turned to alchemy in an attempt to relieve his financial difficulties, and eventually strayed down a dark path that led him to try summoning a demon. But while it's certainly true that he participated in the ceremony, the actual magus was his friend François Prelati – Gilles himself was nothing more than a patron. As such, he is not a Heroic Spirit that qualifies for the Caster class. Or rather, he is not even a proper Heroic Spirit at all. The fact that Ryuunosuke's bogus ritual ended up actually completing a summoning sorcery was, honestly, more or less a total fluke. In that sense, the "Caster" Gilles de Rais is just as much of an irregular Servant as the "Assassin" Sasaki Kojirou.

    ジル・ド・レエ【サーヴァント】
    15世紀フランスの貴族。フランス元帥としてジャンヌ・ダルクとともに百年戦争を終結させ、救国の英雄と讃えられた。が、自らのl領地に戻ってからは、近隣の少年を次々と持致しては陵辱・惨殺するという所行を繰り返し、一転して『青髭』の異名で恐れられるようになる。
    ただし当時の一般常識に照らして言えば、そもそも貴族が平民の人権について理解を示すこと自体が希であり、領主が領民を家畜同然に扱うのは当然。たとえ虐殺したとしても犬猫の虐待とそう変わらない程度の非道としか見なされなかった。ジルの不幸は、当時の彼の所領の総資産がブルターニュ公のそれを遥かに凌駕する規模のものであり、国王にすら脅威と見なされるものだった点である。なおかつ私生活における極度の浪費癖から、ジルの財政そのものは完全に破綻しており、ともすれば領土を敵国に売り渡す可能性すら危惧されていた。結果、その領地を没収する口実としてジ
    ルは平素の悪行を断罪され、処刑されることになる。
    ジルと魔術との接点は、財政難を賄うための金策として始めた錬金術が、迷走の末に悪魔召喚に至ったという世知辛い経緯によるものであり、たしかにジル自身も儀式に参加はしたが、真に魔術師
    と呼ぶべきは彼の友人であり導師であったフランソワ・プレラーティの方で、ジルはあくまでそのパトロンに過ぎなかった。本来であればジルはキャスターのクラスに適合する英霊ではない。という
    か厳密には正しい意味での英霊ですらない。雨生龍之介による似非儀式が召喚魔術として成立してしまったのは、実際のところ事故も同然であり、キャスター=ジル・ド・レェという存在は、言うな
    ればアサシン=佐々木小次郎と同程度にイレギュラーなサーヴァントである。

  16. [v] Comptiq 2007-11 issue - Fate Dojo Q & A:
    Q: Gilgamesh has no skills in swordsmanship, would Assassin win if Gilgamesh is caught in the range of Tsubame Gaeshi?

    Q: Gilgamesh has no skills in swordsmanship, would Assassin win if Gilgamesh is caught in the range of Tsubame Gaeshi?

    A: Most likely, he will just defend with his armour, or take out some really unfair defensive armament that protects against Multidimensional Refraction Phenomenon, from the Gate of Babylon. However, Gilgamesh is capable of accurately assessing his opponents' abilities, so he would not consider having a battle of swordsmanship with Assassin the first place.

    Q:ギルガメッシュに剣技のスキルはないとのことですが、ならば燕返しの間合いに捕らえさえすればアサシン*でもギルに勝てるのですか? (愛媛県/緑三閃)

    A:あの鎧で防がれるor王の財宝から、またサギ臭い対多重次元屈折防具とか出てくる可能性大。ただ、ギルはあれはあれで相手の力量を正しく把握するので、アサシン相手に剣技での戦いはしないと思われます。

    As a samurai, Kojirou is skilled in judo where he can deal with enemies while being unarmed.

    MonohoshiZao

    Monoshi Zao

    Kojirou wields Monohoshi Zao (物干し竿?, The Laundry-Drying Pole), an over five shaku long, 150 centimeter, Bitchu Aoe blade. The length defies common sense, the name being a derogatory nickname rather than a formal title, meaning "That blade is way too damn long to use!” It cannot be called "useful" despite its large range, as almost nobody except Sasaki, having a mastery of the sword exceeding the realm of humans

    [v] Fate/complete material II: Character material - Weapons: Monohoshizao, p.138

    The Laundry-Drying Pole
    User: Assassin
    Long sword used by Assassin. Measuring 5 shakus (about 1.5 meters), its length defies common sense. Though it has a huge range, it can’t really be called “useful”. Probably nobody except Assassin himself, whose mastery of the sword exceeds the realm of humans, is even capable of wielding it.
    It was the sword used by Sasaki Kojirō in real life, as well. The name “Laundry-Drying Pole” is not its formal title, but more of a derogatory nickname. “That blade is way too damn long to use!” would be the intended meaning.

    物干し竿
    使用者:アサシン
    アサシンが使用する長刀。長さ五尺(約1m50cm)という常識外の長さを誇る。間合いは広いが使い勝手 がいいとはとても言えす、人の域を超えた剣技を会得したアサシン以外には使いこなせないだろう 。
    史実では、佐々木小次郎が使用していた長刀。“物干し竿”という名称は正式な銘ではなく、むしろ「刀とし て使うには長過ぎる」という蔑称的な意味合いが強い。

  17. 17.0 17.1
    [v] Dengeki Hime 02/2006, Type-Moon Double Maniax - [Fate] Dream Battle - Archer vs. Assassin

    Nasu-san CHECK! If it's a straight out death match, then Archer will win. But Assassin is an oddity that fights under different battle conditions from the other Servants. While many Servants are offensive, Assassin is defensive. At a Servant-killing battlefield like Ryuudou Temple and with Caster's anti-sorcery defensive barrier, sorcery and Noble Phantasm power is decreased significantly. As a result, if it's not a powerful Noble Phantasm, then he won't take a fatal wound. Which means that the battle between the two is clearly swordsmanship. With Archer having his sniping sealed off to him due to the terrain effect, could Archer actually lose...?

    ○弓vs刀
    編集部(予測)
    アーチャー的に遠距離で勝負したい所だが、接近しないと姿を見せないアサシン相手に狙
    撃は不可能だろう。となると剣の勝負だが、彼の剣技はセイバーをして神域に達した力量
    と嘆息させる程で、勝ち目はない。弓も剣も通用しない以上、UBWを使うしか勝機は無く、
    一方アサシンには相手に宝具の使用を促した経歴がある。宝具の撃ち合いなら手数に優る
    アーチャーの勝利は時間の問題か。よって、アーチャーの勝利かも?

    奈須さ~んCHECK!
    真っ当な「殺し合い」ならアーチャーが有利。されどアサシンは他の鯖と異なる戦闘条件
    で闘う曲者です。多くの鯖が攻性である反面、アサシンは防性。柳洞寺という鯖殺しの地
    形とキャスターが作り上げた対魔術の防御結界は魔術・宝具を大幅に削減してしまう為、
    強力な宝具でなければ致命傷は与えられない。となると、両者の戦いは剣技に寄る所が大
    きくなるのは明白。地形効果によって狙撃を封じられたアーチャーがやや不利か……

  18. 18.0 18.1
    [v] Comptiq 2006-03 issue - Fate Dojo Q & A:
    Q: Lancer, Caster, Assassin, and True Assassins; all with normal attack and Noble Phantasms of B or lower. If they fought against Berserker, wouldn't it be a one-sided fight? Or are there any of them that can match up against him?

    Q. Lancer, Caster, Assassin, and True Assassins; all with normal attack and Noble Phantasms of B or lower. If they fought against Berserker, wouldn't it be a one-sided fight? Or are there any of them that can match up against him?

    A: Assassin and True Assassin by themselves wouldn't even be a fight. Lancer can use his runes and Noble Phantasm together to temporarily raise the rank to A, but it'd still be a very disadvantageous fight but "one with some chances". Caster has two front-line Saber-class defenders, so if she uses her high sorcery then she'd be able to deal damage, but that would be limited to 2 to 3 times. Also, in the game, Assassin was able to push Berserker back because of the terrain advantage and support from Caster (weighing down Berserker's body). ...Well, since the compatibility of Assassin and Berserker is horrible, the fact that Berserker was even pushed back is enough to say "whoah, Kojirou's amazing".

    Q:通常攻撃、宝具共にBランク以下であるランサー、キャスター、アサシン、真アサシン。バーサーカーと戦った場合、やっぱり一方的な展開になるんでしょうか?それとも中には渡り合える者がいたりするのでしょうか?(愛知県/フラウボウ)

    A:アサシン、真アサシンは単体では勝負になりません。ランサーはルーン魔術と宝具の組み合わせで一時的にAランクに届くので、かなり不利な戦いになりますが「いくらか勝ち目のある」戦いを展開できます。キャスターはセイバークラスの前衛が2人ほどいるのなら大魔術でダメージを与えられますが、それも2回か3 回が限度でしょう。ちなみに、本編でアサシンがバーサーカを撃退しているのは地形の有利とキャスターの援護(バーサーカー本体への重圧)があったおかげです。……いやまあ、それでもアサシンとバーサーカーの相性は最悪なので、撃退したこと自体、小次郎スゲーということになるのですが。

  19. [v] Dengeki Hime 02/2006, Type-Moon Double Maniax - [Fate] Dream Battle - Assassin vs True Assassin

    Nasu-san CHECK!

    If it's just Servant vs Servant, then without complaint, True Assassin would have the better chance of victory. Right, Kojirou doesn't have any means of breaking through Zabaniya. But there's more to it. The problem of Zabaniya is that it's not immediate death. If a normal heart gets destroyed by it, then the person dies immediately but the opponents are Servants. And especially against Kojirou, who has a strong spirit alignment, even if his heart is destroyed he still will have some fighting power left in him. Right in the interval after TA uses his Noble Phantasm, Assassin could close the gap and use Tsubame Gaeshi. Which means....it would be a draw since both of them would end up dead...?

    ○刀VS殺
    編集部(予測)
    敵との距離を一定に保ちつつ、投擲で急所を狙うのが真アサのスタイル。しかし、卓絶し
    た剣技に中途半端な飛び道具が通用する筈もなく、40本の短剣全てを弾かれるだろう。
    短剣が尽きた所で攻勢に転じれば小次郎の勝利は間違いないが、彼は山門からあまり離れ
    られない。対するハサンも格闘戦は苦手なので、戦いは降着状態に。互いに手詰まりとな
    れば宝具勝負。しかし射程の短い燕返しに対して、妄想心音は離れた場所から相手に触れ
    ずに呪殺する事が可能。魔力Eの小次郎が倒れるは必須…よって、真アサシンの勝利か?

    奈須さ~んCHECK!
    鯖単体の対決なら、文句なく真アサシンに軍配が上がります。判定の通り、小次郎に妄想
    心音を破る手段は無いのですから。ですが、その先があります。妄想心音の泣き所は「即
    死」ではないこと。通常心臓を破壊されれば即死ですが、相手は鯖。特に霊としての属性
    が強い小次郎は、心臓が破壊されたとしても戦闘能力は残っています。宝具使用後の隙を
    突いて間合いを詰め、燕返しを放つ事も可能なのです。となると……結果は相討ち…?

  20. Fate/Grand Order - Miyamoto Musashi's My Room Lines, Dialogue 4
  21. Fate/Grand Order - Musashi's Trial Quest: Wanderer
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 Fate/Grand Order Epic of Remnant - Shimosa Province: The Stage of Rivers of Blood and Mountains of Corpses - Act 15: Duel between Musashi and Kojiro
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Fate/stay night Main characters: Shirou EmiyaSaberRin TohsakaSakura MatouIllyasviel von EinzbernArcherKirei Kotomine
Secondary characters: AssassinBerserkerCasterGilgameshLancerRiderShinji MatouSouichirou KuzukiTrue AssassinZouken Matou
Minor characters: Atrum GalliastaAyako MitsuzuriBedivereClaudia HortensiaGai GotouIssei RyuudouKaede MakideraKane HimuroLeysrittJusteaze Lizrich von EinzbernOtoko HotaruzukaSellaTaiga FujimuraVivianYukika Saegusa
Fate/hollow ataraxia Main characters: Bazett Fraga McRemitzAvengerCaren Hortensia
Secondary characters: AssassinDiloEdelfelt sistersLuviagelita EdelfeltMinori Mitsuzuri Master of AssassinPerseusReikan RyuudouSaberScáthachSthenoEuryale
Fate/Zero Main characters: Kiritsugu EmiyaIrisviel von EinzbernSaberKirei KotomineWaver VelvetRiderTokiomi TohsakaArcher
Secondary characters: Aoi TohsakaAssassinBerserkerCasterKariya MatouKayneth El-Melloi ArchibaldLancerMaiya HisauRisei KotomineRyuunosuke UryuuSola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri
Minor characters: Byakuya MatouFionn mac CumhaillGlen and Martha MackenzieGrainneJubstacheit von EinzbernNatalia KaminskiNorikata EmiyaShirley
Fate/EXTRA Main characters: Hakuno KishinamiSaberArcherCasterGilgameshRin TohsakaRani VIIISakura MatouBB
Secondary characters: AliceArcherAssassinBerserkerBerserkerCasterCasterDan BlackmoreJinako CarigiriJulius B. HarweyLauncherKiara SessyoinLancerLancerLancerRun RuLeonardo B. HarweyMeltryllisMonji GatouPassionlipRiderSaberSaverShinji MatouTwice H. Pieceman
Minor characters: AmaterasuAoko Aozaki Chishiki MabiIkuyo YuutouIssei RyuudouKirei KotomineShiki RyougiSialim Eltnam Re-AtlasiaTaiga FujimuraTouko Aozaki
Fate/Apocrypha Black Faction characters: Caules Forvedge YggdmillenniaDarnic Prestone YggdmillenniaFiore Forvedge YggdmillenniaGordes Musik YggdmillenniaReika RikudouRoche Flyn YggdmillenniaCelenike Icecolle YggdmillenniaArcher of BlackAssassin of BlackBerserker of BlackCaster of BlackLancer of BlackRider of BlackSaber of Black
Red Faction characters: Kairi SisigouShirou KotomineRottweil BerzinskyJean RumPentel brothersFeend vor SembrenArcher of RedAssassin of RedBerserker of RedCaster of RedLancer of RedRider of RedSaber of Red
Other characters: SiegRuler
Minor characters: AiasAlma PetresiaAlzirBram Nuada-Re Sophia-RiFafnirHectorLord El-Melloi IIReines El-Melloi ArchisorteRocco BelfebanSergeTooleTouki SisigouTrimmauVictor Frankenstein
Fate/Prototype Main characters: Ayaka SajyouSaberMisaya ReiroukanLancerArcherRiderManaka Sajyou

Secondary characters: Archer's MasterAssassinBeast|BerserkerCasterAro IsemiHiroki SajyouSancraid Phahn

Fate/Prototype: Fragments Manaka SajyouSaberElza SaijoArcherNigel SawardLancerShizuri IsemiRiderMisaya's fatherCasterTatsumi KitanoBerserkerSeiji JingaAssassin
Fate/Labyrinth Manaka SajyouNorma GoodfellowSaberArcherCasterAssassinGrayLord El-Melloi IIWolfgang Faustus
Fate/strange fake False Masters and Servants: Flat EscardosFalse BerserkerTiné ChelcFalse ArcherWolfFalse LancerTsubaki KuruokaFalse RiderOrlando ReeveFalse CasterJester KartureFalse Assassin
True Masters and Servants: Ayaka SajyouPlayerSaberSigmaWatcherBazdilot CordelionTrue ArcherFrancesca PrelatiTrue CasterHaruri BorzakTrue BerserkerFaldeus DiolandTrue AssassinDoris LusendraTrue Rider
Other characters: FilliaJohn WingardVera LevittClan CalatinHansa CervantesLord El-Melloi IIYuukaku KuruokaCashuraGalvarosso ScladioRohngallSaint GermainMaster of Archer (Fate/strange Fake)
Fate/Grand Order Main characters: Ritsuka FujimaruMash Kyrielight
Observer on Timeless Temple characters: Romani ArchamanLeonardo da VinciOlga Marie AnimusphereFouSherlock HolmesLev Lainur FlaurosBeast IIGoetia
Epic of Remnant characters: BaalPhenexZeparBeast III/RAshiya DoumanRaumRandolph Carter
Cosmos in the Lostbelt characters: Goredolf MusikJingle Abel MeuniereSion Eltnam SokarisCaptain NemoTamamo Vitch KoyanskayaGrigori RasputinKirei KotominePriestess of the Alien GodAlien GodKadoc ZemlupusOphelia PhamrsoloneHinako AkutaScandinavia PeperoncinoKirschtaria WodimeBeryl GutDaybit Sem VoidSenji MuramasaChaldeanDavid Bluebook
Other characters: Marisbury AnimusphereGalahadCharacters in Fate/Grand Order
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Main characters: Lord El-Melloi IIGrayReines El-Melloi Archisorte

Recurring characters: AddTrimmauHishiri AdashinoFlat EscardosSvin GlascheitLuviagelita EdelfeltHishiri AdashinoMelvin WeinsFakerDoctor Heartless
Secondary characters: FluegerHeine IstariJiroubou Seigen TokitouClownOrlocke CaesarmundRosalind IstariGeryon AshbornTouko AozakiInorai Valualeta AtroholmByron Valualeta IselmaDiadra Valualeta IselmaEstella Valualeta IselmaCarinaReginaMaio Brishisan ClynellesIslo SebunanMick GrazilierAtrum GalliastaCaules ForvedgeYvette L. LehrmanOlga Marie AnimusphereTrisha FellowsKarabo FramptonRodinLeandraJean-Mario SupinerraBersac BlackmoreMagdalenaZepia Eltnam AtlasiaFernando CrozeSister IlumiaCorpse KingMcDonell Trambellio ElrodRufleus Nuada-Re EulyphisAsheara MystrasCalugh Ithred

The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Main characters: Lord El-Melloi IIGrayReines El-Melloi ArchisorteErgo

Secondary characters: AddRin TohsakaLatio Crudelis HiramTangereWuzhiqiFlat EscardosLuviagelita Edelfelt
Other characters: Shirou EmiyaMikiya KokutouMana Ryougi

Garden of Avalon AgravainArtoriaGalahadGawainGuinevereKayLancelotMerlinMorgan le FayTristanVortigern
Fate/kaleid liner Main characters: Illyasviel von EinzbernMiyu EdelfeltChloe von EinzbernRin TohsakaLuviagelita EdelfeltMagical RubyMagical Sapphire

Secondary characters: Shirou EmiyaSella (Fate/kaleid)Leysritt (Fate/kaleid)Kiritsugu EmiyaIrisviel von EinzbernCaren HortensiaBazett Fraga McRemitzTanakaBeatrice FlowerchildAngelicaDarius AinsworthErika AinsworthShirou Emiya (Miyu's brother)Julian AinsworthKischur Zelretch SchweinorgLord El-Melloi IIMimi KatsuraTatsuko GakumazawaSuzuka KuriharaNanaki MoriyamaTaiga FujimuraShinji MatouSakura Matou

Fate/Requiem Main characters: Erice UtsumiVoyagerKarinBerserkerKoharu F RiedenflausSaberChitose ManazuruLancerNzambiAnubis
Secondary characters: Caren FujimuraMakkiKuchimeRurihime
Fate/type Redline Main characters: Kanata AkagiTsukumo FujimiyaSaber
Secondary characters: ArcherBerserkerMajor MagatsuKanameMajor ReiterAssassinCasterRider
Fate/Koha-Ace Main characters: Sakura SaberKohakuAkihaDemon ArcherArtoriaRiderOryuuCaren KotomineLancerMajor MatouBerserkerAssassinCasterMajor ReiterFuhrerLancer
Other characters: SaberDevil SaberSun Wukong
Others Association DirectorGazamyGrail-kunKischur Zelretch SchweinorgMagical AmberMagical CarenMoby DickNagato TohsakaNeco-ArcPhantas-MoonRaiga FujimuraSaber LionTyphonList of characters by statistics
Fate/stay night Shirou EmiyaRin TohsakaIllyasviel von EinzbernShinji MatouSouichirou KuzukiCasterKirei KotomineZouken MatouSakura MatouAtrum Galliasta
Ernest Gravehill
Fate/hollow ataraxia Bazett Fraga McRemitzCaren HortensiaEdelfelt sistersMaster of AssassinEinzbern Master
Fate/Zero Kiritsugu EmiyaKirei KotomineTokiomi TohsakaRyuunosuke UryuuWaver VelvetKariya MatouKayneth El-Melloi ArchibaldSola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri
Fate/EXTRA Hakuno KishinamiRin TohsakaRani VIIILeonardo B. HarweyRun RuDan BlackmoreShinji MatouAliceJulius B. HarweyMonji GatouTwice H. PiecemanJinako CarigiriKiara SessyoinMeltryllisBBKazuhito SakagamiIzaya KiiLeila RaidouMisao AmariAtrum Galliasta
Fate/Apocrypha Kairi SisigouShirou KotomineRottweil BerzinskyJean RumPentel brothersFeend vor SembrenGordes Musik YggdmillenniaFiore Forvedge YggdmillenniaDarnic Prestone YggdmillenniaCelenike Icecolle YggdmillenniaRoche Frain YggdmillenniaCaules Forvedge YggdmillenniaReika RikudouSagara HyoumaSieg
Fate/Prototype Ayaka SajyouMisaya ReiroukanManaka SajyouSancraid PhahnAro IsemiElza SaijoNigel SawardMisaya's fatherShizuri IsemiSeiji JingaTatsumi Kitano
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Doctor Heartless
Fate/Labyrinth Manaka SajyouNorma GoodfellowWolfgang Faustus
Fate/strange fake PlayerTiné ChelcTsubaki KuruokaOrlando ReeveJester KartureFlat EscardosWolfAyaka SajyouSigmaFaldeus DiolandCashuraFrancescaDoris LusendraHaruriBazdilot Cordelion
Fate/Grand Order Ritsuka FujimaruKirschtaria WodimeOphelia PhamrsoloneKadoc ZemlupusScandinavia PeperoncinoHinako AkutaBeryl GutDaybit Sem Void
Fate/Samurai Remnant Miyamoto IoriZheng ChenggongChiemonYui ShousetsuTsuchimikado YasuhiroDorothea CoyettTakao Dayu
Fate/Requiem Erice UtsumiKarinKoharu F RiedenflausChitose ManazuruMakkiKuchimeRurihimeAhasuerus
Fate/type Redline Kanata AkagiKaname AsamaReiji MagatsuMajor ReiterMaster of CasterMysterious OfficerLanlan Fang
Koha-Ace KohakuArtoriaMajor MatouCaren Kotomine
Fate/kaleid liner Class Card users: Illyasviel von EinzbernMiyu EdelfeltAngelica AinsworthBeatrice FlowerchildJulian AinsworthRin TohsakaLuviagelita EdelfeltShinji MatouKariya MatouKayneth El-Melloi ArchibaldAtrum GalliastaZachary Ainsworth
Classes SaberLancerArcherRiderCasterAssassinBerserker
RulerAvengerAlter EgoMoonCancerShielderBeastSaverGunnerGatekeeperFunny VampFakerWatcherPretenderVoyager
Grand ServantNon-classed Servants
Fate/stay night SaberLancerArcherRiderCasterAssassinBerserker
ArcherAssassin
Shielder
Fate/hollow ataraxia AvengerSaberAssassin
Fate/Zero SaberLancerArcherRiderCasterAssassinBerserker
Fate/EXTRA Playable Servants: SaberArcherCasterGilgameshSaberCasterSaberRuler
Party Servants: RiderRiderRulerSaberRiderLancerArcherBerserkerCasterBerserker
Non-Playable Servants: SaberLancerLancerArcherRiderCasterAssassinBerserkerBerserkerSaverRiderAssassinLancerSaberLancerBerserkerBerserkerArmstrong
Non-Playable CCC Servants: SaberLancerCasterLauncherBB
Alter Ego: PassionlipMeltryllisVioletKingproteaKazuradrop
Others: Saber
Fate/Apocrypha Black Faction: Saber of Black (Sieg) • Lancer of BlackArcher of BlackRider of BlackCaster of BlackAssassin of BlackBerserker of Black
Red Faction: Saber of RedLancer of RedArcher of RedRider of RedCaster of RedAssassin of RedBerserker of Red
Others: RulerRuler
Discarded designs: DavidMusashibou BenkeiGeorgiosSakata Kintoki
Fate/Prototype First Tokyo Holy Grail War Servants: SaberLancerArcherRiderCasterAssassinBerserker
Second Tokyo Holy Grail War Servants: SaberLancerArcherRiderCasterAssassinBerserkerBeast
Fate/strange fake False Servants: SaberFalse LancerFalse ArcherFalse RiderFalse CasterFalse AssassinFalse Berserker
True Servants: True ArcherTrue RiderTrue CasterTrue AssassinTrue BerserkerWatcher
Fate/Grand Order Saber: AstolfoAlteraArtoria PendragonArtoria Pendragon (Alter)Artoria Pendragon LilyBarghestBedivereBenienmaCharlemagneChevalier d'EonDiarmuid Ua DuibhneDioscuriFergus mac RóichGaius Julius CaesarGilles de RaisIbuki-doujiJasonLancelotMedusaMiyamoto MusashiMordredNero ClaudiusNero BridePrince of LanlingRamaRolandSaitou HajimeSenji MuramasaShiki RyougiSiegfriedSigurdSuzuka GozenTheseusTrưng sistersWatanabe-no-TsunaYagyuu MunenoriYamanami Keisuke
Lancer: Artoria PendragonArtoria Pendragon (Alter)BhimaBradamanteBritomartBrynhildrCaenisCú ChulainnCú Chulainn (Prototype)Diarmuid Ua DuibhneDon QuixoteElizabeth BathoryEnkiduEreshkigalErice UtsumiFionn mac CumhaillGarethHectorHouzouin InshunJaguar ManKarnaLeonidasMary AnningMedusaMelusineMusashibou BenkeiNezhaParvatiPercivalQin LiangyuRomulusRomulus-QuirinusScáthachSétantaSakamoto RyoumaValkyrieVritra
Archer: ArashArjunaBaobhan SithAtalantaBilly the KidCalamity JaneChild-GilChironChloe von EinzbernDavidDurgaEMIYAEMIYA AlterEuryaleFujino AsagamiGilgameshIshtarJames MoriartyKaliNapoleonOda NobukatsuOda NobunagaOrion (Artemis)ParisPtolemyRobin HoodSaika MagoichiSei ShounagonSugitani ZenjuubouSuper OrionTakasugi ShinsakuTawara ToutaTomoe GozenTristanZenobia
Rider: AchillesAlexanderArtoria Pendragon (Santa Alter)AstolfoBartholomew RobertsBonny and ReadBoudicaCaptain NemoChristopher ColumbusConstantine XIDobrynya NikitichEdward TeachEuropaFrancis DrakeHabetrotHuang FeihuIvan the TerribleLeonardo da VinciMandricardoMarie AntoinetteMedbMedusaOzymandiasQuetzalcoatlRed HareGeorgiosMarthaSakamoto RyoumaSakata KintokiTaigong WangTakeda HarunobuUshiwakamaru
Caster: AescAnastasia Nikolaevna RomanovaArtoria AvalonAvicebronCharles BabbageChen GongCirceCú ChulainnDaikokutenGeronimoGilgameshGilles de RaisHans Christian AndersenHelena BlavatskyIllyasviel von EinzbernIrisviel (Dress of Heaven)Izumo-no-OkuniLeonardo da VinciMedeaMedea LilyMephistophelesMerlinMerlin (Prototype)Miss CraneMurasaki ShikibuNitocrisNursery RhymeQueen of ShebaScáthach SkadiScheherazadeSiegSolomonTamamo-no-MaeThomas EdisonWilliam ShakespeareParacelsus von HohenheimWolfgang Amadeus MozartXuanzang SanzangZhang JueZhuge Liang (Lord El-Melloi II)
Assassin: CarmillaCharles-Henri SansonCharlotte CordayCleopatraConsort YuDr. JekyllEMIYAFuuma KotarouHassan of the Cursed ArmHassan of the Hundred FacesHassan of SerenityHuyan ZhuoJack the RipperJing KeKamaKashin KojiKatō DanzōKiichi HougenKing HassanKoyanskaya of LightLocustaMata HariMochizuki ChiyomeMysterious Heroine XOkada IzouOsakabehimePhantom of the OperaSasaki KojirouSemiramisShiki RyougiShuten-doujiSthenoTezcatlipocaWu ZetianYan Qing
Berserker: AsteriosAtalanta AlterBeowulfCaligulaChachaCú Chulainn AlterDarius IIIDuryodhanaEric BloodaxeFlorence NightingaleFrankenstein's MonsterHeraclesHijikata ToshizoGalateaIbaraki-doujiKijyo KoyoKiyohimeKriemhildLancelotLu BuMinamoto-no-RaikouMorganMysterious Heroine X AlterNagakura ShinpachiPenthesileaPaul BunyanSakata KintokiSalomeSen no RikyuSpartacusTamamo CatVlad IIIXiang Yu
Ruler: Amakusa Shirou TokisadaAmourHimikoIyoJames MoriartyJeanne d'ArcJohannaQin Shi HuangSherlock HolmesUesugi Kenshin
Avenger: Amakusa Shirou TokisadaAngra MainyuAntonio SalieriBlack IriEdmond DantèsGorgonHessian LoboJeanne AlterMysterious Ranmaru XNitocris AlterSpace IshtarTaira-no-Kagekiyo
Alter Ego: Ashiya DoumanKiara SessyoinKingproteaLarva/TiamatManannán mac LirMecha Eli-chanMecha Eli-chan MkIIMeltryllisOkita Souji AlterPassionlipSitonaiSuper BunyanTaisui XingjunXu Fu
MoonCancer: Archetype: EarthBBGaneshaKiara Sessyoin
Foreigner: Abigail WilliamsBB PeleJacques de MolayKatsushika HokusaiKoyanskaya of DarknessKukulkanMysterious Heroine XXMysterious Idol X AlterVan GoghVoyagerWandjinaYang Guifei
Pretender: Hephaestion MnemosyneLady AvalonNine-Tattoo Dragon ElizaOberonTenochtitlan
Beast: GoetiaTiamatKiara SessyoinKama/MaraCath PalugTamamo Vitch KoyanskayaWhore of BabylonU-Olga Marie
Fate/Samurai Remnant Initial Servants: SaberArcherLancerRiderCasterAssassinBerserker
Stray Servants: Stray SaberStray ArcherStray LancerStray RiderStray CasterStray AssassinStray BerserkerStray Ruler
Others: Ototachibana-hime
Fate/Requiem VoyagerBerserkerSaberLancerCasterAnubisUnnamed female ServantAssassinAvengerRiderHendrik van der DeckenBarbarossaCirceEdward TeachEl CidJacques de MolayHannibalMarcus Vipsanius AgrippaMinamoto Kurou YoshitsuneElizabeth BathoryMata HariForeignerAsclepiusOdysseus
Fate/type Redline SaberArcherBerserkerAssassinCasterRiderLancerFake Lancer
Fate/kaleid liner Fifth Holy Grail War Class Cards: Archer (Gilgamesh) • Assassin (AssassinAssassin) • SaberLancerArcherRiderCasterBerserker
Unknown Holy Grail War Class Cards: AssassinBerserkerBerserker
Koha-Ace Sakura SaberMusashiLancerDemon ArcherDevil SaberRiderCasterAssassinBerserkerSun WukongLancer
Others Saber LionFakerOthersServants of Fate/Grand Order x Himuro's World
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