Depressive Screenwriter

It could be said that if you only watch it once, you'll find the first episode of FSN incredibly slow.

Even though the male lead is Shirou Emiya, the story describes that day from Rin Tohsaka's perspective.

Although in the Xia Country version, Su Yan made this drama follow the Saber route.

But if he wants to develop Fate into a major IP in the future, Su Yan definitely can't add settings later.

That's why he specifically filmed this episode.

The vast majority of the audience is actually a bit confused, but no matter what, Saber's appearance at the end of this episode is enough.

Also, Saber's appearance is immediately followed by the ending song, which must be Su Yan's mischievous taste, and inevitably Su Yan is also frantically criticized.

"Su Yan, you old thief, you're really inhuman!"

"This episode's plot feels so slow! Does it advance the main storyline?"

"Three of the seven Servants have already appeared, is this considered slow progress for the main storyline?"

"I just don't quite understand why the male lead is clearly Shirou Emiya, but the story is advanced from Rin Tohsaka's perspective."

"Because of Tokiomi Tohsaka, I still have a bit of a soft spot for Rin Tohsaka, but after watching this episode, I think Rin Tohsaka is much better than her father."

"Actually, Tokiomi Tohsaka isn't bad either, he has a typical aristocratic style, it's just that the Holy Grail War, a struggle where it's either you die or I die, doesn't allow him to have manners, so he uses dirty tricks."

"How exactly was Saber summoned?"

"Shirou Emiya is Kiritsugu Emiya's son, he knows magic, so isn't it normal for him to summon Saber?"

"If Saber sees Kiritsugu Emiya as soon as she comes out, wouldn't she kill him with a sword? In the last Holy Grail War, without Kiritsugu Emiya, Saber would have likely obtained the Holy Grail."

"What are you thinking? There's also Gilgamesh blocking the way!"

"Gilgamesh isn't interested in the Holy Grail, in a real deathmatch, I don't think Gilgamesh can necessarily beat Saber."

"Wasn't there a scene of Shirou Emiya summoning Saber in the trailer? Why didn't it appear in the first episode? Was it cut?"

"I'm not sure, we need to watch the second episode to make a judgment."

"Although the plot is slow to warm up, overall I'm satisfied with Saber's appearance."

"Artoria!"

"Alas, I have to wait another week for the duel between Saber and Archer. It's tough."

After the first episode of FSN aired, the online debate didn't stop all night. Although there were many foreshadowings in this episode, everyone couldn't see them at all because it was their first viewing.

At noon, the first episode's ratings were released.

The opening rating of 6.11% spread throughout the Xia Country drama circle and Su Yan's fan base in less than an hour.

Although Su Yan doesn't have strict requirements for FSN's ratings, the production quality of this drama and the popularity accumulated from previous works don't allow it to be low-key.

Even though Su Yan thinks the plot of the first episode is really slow to warm up, the fans still persevered and watched it to the end.

Because this drama has Artoria.

For the next full week, the popularity of FSN didn't decline at all, and it was ranked first on the film and television hot search list every day and every moment.

When Sunday came again, the second episode of FSN aired, telling the story of that day from the male lead Kiritsugu Emiya's perspective.

Sakura Matou, Teacher Taiga, his friend Shinji Matou, and Shirou Emiya, whose magical talent is almost zero, but in reality, he still has a bit of magic that seems to be able to repair and strengthen objects.

In the evening, he went to the school playground for some reason and saw Archer and Lancer fighting. Out of the idea of killing to silence him, Lancer directly gave Shirou Emiya a shot without saying a word.

Then, when Shirou Emiya woke up, he only saw the red gem without magic power thrown beside him.

Struggling to return home, he was chased and fell by Lancer again, and staggered into the storage room at home, and in the storage room, there happened to be the magic circle for summoning Servants carved by his father, Kiritsugu Emiya.

In this scene, Su Yan spent a lot of money, and the light of the magic circle lit up because of Shirou Emiya's arrival.

The round moon hung high in the night.

A beautiful BGM sounded.

The boy in a life-or-death crisis, the light lit up in the storage room.

The figure of a beautiful girl in blue armor emerged.

【Servant, Saber, I have come in response to your summons. I ask, are you my Master?】

A line that was repeatedly mentioned in the trailer gave the audience a completely different viewing experience at this moment.

The BGM was too emotional, making many viewers feel like crying at the first moment they saw this scene.

【I can't speak, is it because it's so sudden that I'm at a loss? No, it's not like that, it's just because the beauty of the girl in front of me makes me lose my words...】

Accompanied by the boy's inner monologue, Saber's stern face turned and faced the Lancer who was repelled by him.

The ending song sounded.

The same day, two different perspectives.

But the stories all ended with the scene of Artoria's appearance.

Fate fans celebrated twice in two weeks.

"I'm really hyped up."

"This episode feels messy."

"Kiritsugu Emiya actually died, I really didn't expect it."

"No wonder Kiritsugu Emiya didn't appear and directly wiped out the Matou family."

"Saber's appearance in this episode is really inexplicably touching!"

"The old thief understands the atmosphere, what's the name of the BGM when Artoria appears? I love it."

"It seems to be called 'The Glory of the Knight King'. There's an introduction on the official website."

"But there's a problem, didn't Archer return the red gem that Rin Tohsaka used to save Shirou Emiya to her in the first episode? Why is the gem still on the ground when Shirou Emiya wakes up in this episode, and he even took it away!"

"I'm not sure, is it a plot bug?"

"Really? Did the old thief make such a low-level mistake?"

"This is the old thief we're talking about!"

"I don't believe it."

"Really, he returned the gem in the first episode, and it's like this again in the second episode. Although the plot is unimportant, it's still a flaw!"

"I feel like something's not right, the old thief who writes the script wouldn't have noticed the plot that we viewers can see, right?"

"Do you think he's a god? Isn't it normal to make mistakes? He's creating too many works at the same time, and his brain can't keep up."

"Really? Did Su Yan really make such a low-level mistake?"

"This is a drama broadcasted on TV, it's too sloppy."

The second episode of FSN had a rating of 6.18%, and this episode replicated the classic scene of Saber's appearance in the game.

However, what the audience is most concerned about is the bug issue of that red gem necklace.

For a poor student, it's not surprising that he would make such a bad plot.

But for Su Yan, this kind of plot bug is too low-level.

Haters and nosy media started to stir up the rhythm together.

Moreover, spending two weeks and two episodes to depict the first meeting with Saber made many people feel that the plot was a bit slow.

What will the plot be like in the third episode?

Judging from the end of the first episode, is it a fight between Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya?

The second episode of FSN, although it revealed more world settings, also raised more doubts.

Su Yan had long expected these things.

Even including the foreshadowing of the gem being questioned by the audience.

He can't explain, as long as he explains, it's a spoiler.

Now these voices of doubt can only be said that in a few weeks, they will all become self-inflicted slaps in the face.