To be fair, she's in school too.
(What is her excuse, anyway? I've forgotten, it's been a few years >.>)
She's an incredible capable mage who doesn't strictly need a Servant to take down her opponents, who understands the rules of the game and could match pretty much any master she's likely to encounter outside of bullshit like Illya. Point is she's got options if shit hit's the fan. Shirou, meanwhile only has one skill right now which helps him which barely gives him any advantage.
Basically Rin has been preparing for this since she was 6-8 years old and is a prodigy. Shirou heard about it 2 nights ago and is completely useless outside of the kitchen.
Is anyone else playing Fate/Extra?
I fucking hate this game, I nearly immediately jammed it into easy mode because the combat is
not worth the effort for me. Having said that I like the way the series plays with your expectations. The game literally makes me feel bad for Shinji, do you have any idea how hard that is for me?
Can't get it in Australia, its very frustrating.
Really? I found one in Perth like 4 years ago, and I've literally been told 'we will not be shipping that game to Perth because no one here will buy it.'
Also Kiritsugu is a bad example to live up to is the moral of literally every work that involves him. He is a broken shell of a human being working on this idea that he must be a hard man doing hard things, and it literally tears him apart. His desire to be a hero not only negatively affects him, but nearly everyone he ever comes into contact with. Shirou's entire struggle is to not let the ideal consume him in the same way.
Now episode thoughts: I find myself always reading deeper into Sakura's lines due to how much I love her character, and she's just such a fucking mess. 'I know my brother best afterall' makes me remember 'oh god we're not getting you out'. To compound on my lack of HF woe's, Rider just has to turn up and be
fucking perfect. I mean there is plenty coming in UBW which is great but we're not going to get the raw awesome of Rider and Shirou tag-teaming Saber Alter.
I also legitimately laughed out loud as Rin and Shirou keep snarking one another while engaged in
the deadliest game. I'm also really enjoying the fact that Rin just fucking reacts to
everything.