Hearing this play at the very end of FZ immediately after Shirou says he will take up Kiritsugu's dream and having that light shine down on Arturia from the hill of calmlann was honestly my favorite part of that series in general, and how it continued into the credits..damn. Just great stuff
@@tribacioustee2846 Some folks in particular may say that ufotable's Zero is the only good thing good about the Fate series(to which i obviously wholeheartedly disagree)...but to those people, i posit the notion that the very connection of Fate Zero back to the original work is a majority stake in what makes it such a powerful work. One may think Fate Zero on its own is a great series and it is, but it is enhanced infinitely so for fans who were already into Fate and made the connections back to the characters and thematic nuances knowing the trajectory to which these events would lead chronologically. Ahem, sorry i ranted at you, i just felt that it was a message i feel gets lost sometimes.
@@MrInuhanyou123 There's glimmers of good in Stay Night, let down by its structure. But I'm in total agreement, Zero is the most consistently solid work in the Fate series. The rest is really fanservice in comparison
@@tribacioustee2846 actually, i wasnt saying that at all, i was saying that FZ and FSN being connected makes FZ better as a work rather than it being its own thing cut off. So technically i was arguing the opposite of you. The structure of FSN makes it allowed to do things FZ, can not do, and in reverse as well, FZ can do things FSN cannot do due to its structure. FSN and FZ are both great works, excelling in different aspects.
I watched it last Christmas one season per night each, and now this year, I rewatched it, with my mother includingly, AHHH, WHAT A BANGER WE'RE HAVING!
If you stop to think about it even the song's name itself carries a deeper meaning."To the Beginning" means the end of a cycle and the start of another, the death of brave heroes and the tragedy which marks the birth of new ones. Shirou, Rin, Sakura, Saber, Ilya, Kirei. They were all affected or involved in the 4th Grail War, which would eventually lead them to the 5th.
The way they played this song as the series ending theme has, IMO, a greater emotional impact than playing it as the 2nd opening theme. It reminds me that not all stories have a happy ending. Fate/Zero certainly didn't, and this song conveyed that fact perfectly.
Fate zero had an open ending, fate inherently had a very happy ending all things considered , what it does NOT have is a HAPPY STORY line, it does NOT have that at all.(EXCEPT HEAVENS FEEL; PREPARE TO FEEL)
I wouldn't exactly call Heaven's Feel HAPPY, considering all of the shit ALL of the main characters go through in that route. UBW probably has the least shitty things happen to Shirou directly, while the Fate route had the least amount of crap for Tohsaka and Saber.
I started to imagine in 11 years, when the song will complete 20 years, how everything will be different, and a lot of people dont will even know that kalafina existed... but this will always be in my heart
Guys... Good news www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-05-14/bunshun-kalafina-members-want-to-get-back-together/.146665 Kalafina may be going back To The Beginning
God damn it this anime....Why didn't I watch it earlier. Eevery second it's pure art, from de opening, the characters, the storyline, the art, the ending. Just...everything about it it's to die for
The series gave me unique emotions, it is so beautiful and classical while being full of tragedies .I still remember clearly the sorrowful face of saber standing on the piles of blood at the start of the op even tho it has been a long time i have watched this anime.One of the best so far
I think this is Kiritsugu speaking with Irisviel, mainly because of a few reasons and lines from the song itself: 1. "In order to create a future where no one will cry ever again." - Iri said this to Kiritsugu since she fully believes that he will create such a future. A world where there is no pain or sadness, a "perfect" world where everyone can be happy. 2. The two of them, Irisviel and Kiritsugu, love each other deeply and care for the other more than anything in the world(despite knowing the fact it would end in tragedy). Iri fully believes and loves him, and is willing to die for his ideals. Kiritsugu loves her as well, but is tormented by that love for her because he knows she will have to die for his wish/ideals. 3. "My screams and prayers doesn't reach anywhere and just disappear into the tainted crimson sky" - This line in the song is from Kiritsugu's inner self(I think). The screams and prayers part is him basically saying: "I wish to become the "Hero of Justice. I wish to protect the weak. I wish for a utopia, a utopia where no one will cry ever again."; The tainted crimson sky part is his days of being an assassin and taking part in countless bloody battles, fighting for a dream/wish that could not be fulfilled. 4. Irisviel is basically like a moral compass to him. She loves him with all her heart and will always want to walk the same path as him. She also gives birth to Illya so that Kiritsugu has one thing to come back to after the War is over. 5. "With my eyes shut I'll still reach out my hand, believing in your grief" - Again, this comes back to Iri. This line of the song seems to say that no matter what, Iri will always believe in Kiritsugu. The eyes shut thing seems to imply that, even after death, she will still love, care, and understand Kiritsugu, and will also recognize and comfort his grief and agony. (This is only a handful of what I can decipher from the song that relates to both of these two, and this only speculation)
point 3 could also point to the ending of the HGW where the Grail's mud destroyed everything in flames ""My screams and prayers doesn't reach anywhere and just disappear into the tainted crimson sky" he spent hours screaming and looking for survivors
"If I could choose you and search for happiness just for the two of us" reminds me when Kiritsugu had a moment of weakness and asked Irisviel to throw away everything so they could run away with Illya, as well when the illusion of Angra Mainyu revealed that deep down he wanted to revive Irisviel and being with Illya again.
I find it fascinating to this day that Fate Zero is the prequel to Stay Night, and that this song is called To The Beginning, as if implying that everything that is happening in this arc is leading up to the events that resulted in the origins of the MC for the main series.
It may not be gory or horror but it was definitely brutal. People abandoning their morals, killing their families and slaughtering children, just for a wish but only to find out everything was a lie. Sacrificing everything just a piece of hope only to realize you've been played is the ultimate form of trolling
~The beautiful moonlight just quietly decays away to the beginning. My locked away desire is still far away into the darkness. *All of the days I lived together with you make up a gentle song* ~ I can only think about *Waver* and *Iskandar* 😭😭 my 2 fav characters❤❤❤ I finished Fate Zero 2 days ago and I am still sad about *Waver* and *Iskandar* 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💜💜
Well that was a sad anime and this song describe it so well, it is almost weird that Gilgamesh was the only one who didn't have a bad ending considering how much of an asshole he is in UBW (to think that i considering to be an honorable guy in zero, i guess humanity can really show the worst of everyone
He became an "asshole" like what you usually call him because he became a fully human thanks to the bloody bath from the grail. Like humans, we always extinguish what we dont like. His human nature became fully in control so instead of just watching/observing in the sidelines in F/Z he decided to dirty his hand with such tasks like killing some people.
In meinem Reich gibs keine Helden nur das Ende eines Traums Or in english In my realm exist no heroes, here only end dreams Perfectly fits with Zero in my eyes
Fate Zero is the greatest greek tragedy I've ever seen or read. It's so good it's not even fair to what comes after it. Like, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel never had any chance to ever live up to Zero.
@@Xavslip Fate/Stay Night, which was composed of the Fate, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heaven's Feel routes, was released in January 2004, and Fate/Zero was published in four volumes from December 2005 to December 2006.
It must be Iri to Kiritsugu, considering this is a F/Z opening. However, I like to think this is Rin singing about Shirou and his twisted ideals, that she would do anything to keep him from becoming the man the Hero EMIYA is. That even if he wouldn't do the same, she would choose him above the whole world. "My locked desire is still far away in the darkness." I like to think that means that she is still far from saving Shirou of becoming his future self, but she will try nevertheless. Truly a really good song, as it can have so many interpretations within the same series.
I want to watch it, but Gigguk made it difficult for me to start the franchise with this series. I can at least appreciate the awesome songs made for every Fate series, and this is one of my favorites.
![[AMV ᴴᴰ] Fate Stay Night UBW ▶ Brave Shine | Op 2 Full |](/img/n.gif)
It's not just an anime it's a masterpiece
Yup
its just an anime😂😂
fate zero.. the most epic openings and endings ever
Fate/Zero maybe the most epic anime I will ever watch
FMA still has the best
@@strikerron2252 I like both tbh
@Joshley Ong Full metal alchemist
Of course FMA and FMA:B are the best :)
Hearing this play at the very end of FZ immediately after Shirou says he will take up Kiritsugu's dream and having that light shine down on Arturia from the hill of calmlann was honestly my favorite part of that series in general, and how it continued into the credits..damn. Just great stuff
It really was. How poignant.
@@tribacioustee2846 Some folks in particular may say that ufotable's Zero is the only good thing good about the Fate series(to which i obviously wholeheartedly disagree)...but to those people, i posit the notion that the very connection of Fate Zero back to the original work is a majority stake in what makes it such a powerful work.
One may think Fate Zero on its own is a great series and it is, but it is enhanced infinitely so for fans who were already into Fate and made the connections back to the characters and thematic nuances knowing the trajectory to which these events would lead chronologically.
Ahem, sorry i ranted at you, i just felt that it was a message i feel gets lost sometimes.
Lol
@@MrInuhanyou123 There's glimmers of good in Stay Night, let down by its structure. But I'm in total agreement, Zero is the most consistently solid work in the Fate series. The rest is really fanservice in comparison
@@tribacioustee2846 actually, i wasnt saying that at all, i was saying that FZ and FSN being connected makes FZ better as a work rather than it being its own thing cut off. So technically i was arguing the opposite of you.
The structure of FSN makes it allowed to do things FZ, can not do, and in reverse as well, FZ can do things FSN cannot do due to its structure. FSN and FZ are both great works, excelling in different aspects.
I like how this song fits perfectly with the tragedy feeling of Fate/Zero.
I watched it last Christmas one season per night each, and now this year, I rewatched it, with my mother includingly, AHHH, WHAT A BANGER WE'RE HAVING!
@@frederickgrandison3609 How did she take the plane scene?
If you stop to think about it even the song's name itself carries a deeper meaning."To the Beginning" means the end of a cycle and the start of another, the death of brave heroes and the tragedy which marks the birth of new ones. Shirou, Rin, Sakura, Saber, Ilya, Kirei. They were all affected or involved in the 4th Grail War, which would eventually lead them to the 5th.
Marcelo Capel Junior It's what makes me love the Fate series more, Zero was filled with despair, Stay Night was filled with hope.
Aziz Saidy Wait for Heaven's Feel
Aziz Saidy Do you think so? Wait for Heaven's Feel my friend, there you will find everything but hope.
Shirou's name can be literally interpreted as [Son of the Fourth], as in the child of the Fourth Holy Grail War
yes, that is why it was mentioned, "down to zero".
The way they played this song as the series ending theme has, IMO, a greater emotional impact than playing it as the 2nd opening theme. It reminds me that not all stories have a happy ending.
Fate/Zero certainly didn't, and this song conveyed that fact perfectly.
Fate zero had an open ending, fate inherently had a very happy ending all things considered , what it does NOT have is a HAPPY STORY line, it does NOT have that at all.(EXCEPT HEAVENS FEEL; PREPARE TO FEEL)
I wouldn't exactly call Heaven's Feel HAPPY, considering all of the shit ALL of the main characters go through in that route. UBW probably has the least shitty things happen to Shirou directly, while the Fate route had the least amount of crap for Tohsaka and Saber.
^ except for Illya... no matter the route... she got the worst treatment.
HenSt1985 except in the first route, where she's still alive
One of the truest comments ever
I started to imagine in 11 years, when the song will complete 20 years, how everything will be different, and a lot of people dont will even know that kalafina existed... but this will always be in my heart
3:04 This part brings tears to my eyes.
I wish I can go back to experience it's greatness
Exactly, same
This song sounds at bits like a prayer.
Yuki Kajiura and Kalafina have a special knack for that; Kajiura's been doing it since at least the .hack:// series.
It does doesn't it
it also sounds like that sao song from the movie
@@keyblade358 you mean longing by yuna in ordinal scale?
Francis Magaoay Yup
Bye Kalafina. In our hearts forever...
Wait what . Did something happen ?
@@goddamnarshia Yes, the group was disbanded.
Yea Its a long time ago but sad because their song is the best. This one is really well hit on arround community. ≥﹏≤
Guys... Good news
www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-05-14/bunshun-kalafina-members-want-to-get-back-together/.146665
Kalafina may be going back To The Beginning
@@kiryureverse4842 heavens feel is not fate without kalafina
just finished Zero a week ago.
still sad
Same, this song makes me feel like crying
Finished Zero two years ago and I'm still sad
@@crazyweirdgirl115 LOL
I just finished it yesterday; really tragic, but definitely one of the best anime I've ever seen. At least top 3 if not top 2.
I got pissed of Kirei killing Iris
Nobody:
Gilgamesh: You Mongrels
ZA-SHUU >:-(
Lol he be like that
XD
😆
God damn it this anime....Why didn't I watch it earlier. Eevery second it's pure art, from de opening, the characters, the storyline, the art, the ending. Just...everything about it it's to die for
Man this opening is literally so perfect for the second half of Fate Zero
Kiristigu is my fav character
Thanks for reading
Thanks for sharing your opinion
Yeah he is my favourite anime protagonist
Mine is his adoptive son. Hero Emiya
@@puzzle_boy i really love Emiya Shirou when he becomes Archer
@@sergeantmoo7832 what about kariya? Was he a good character...? He was a good uncle right?
This song is a real tear-jerker for me, and i like it.
To this day, the fact that this channel is called Kohaku Kotomine, disturbs me deeply.
The series gave me unique emotions, it is so beautiful and classical while being full of tragedies .I still remember clearly the sorrowful face of saber standing on the piles of blood at the start of the op even tho it has been a long time i have watched this anime.One of the best so far
"Did marbles hurt you?"
"No. I hurt marbles"
"I also hurt me I feel bad about the marbles"
"I... Want... That"
this opening is like a promise to a loved one
1:14 “mother don’t walk away”
Thanks I can't unhear it now
We: Saber
Japan:saiba
Seibaaaa*
@@InSiDeRLaLaLa EKUSUKALIBAAAAAAA!
@@herbertwalter8693 oh, i love it when she says it like that
Lider
Kyasta
Acher
Asashin
Basaker
Lansa
Lanca
I think this is Kiritsugu speaking with Irisviel, mainly because of a few reasons and lines from the song itself:
1. "In order to create a future where no one will cry ever again." - Iri said this to Kiritsugu since she fully believes that he will create such a future. A world where there is no pain or sadness, a "perfect" world where everyone can be happy.
2. The two of them, Irisviel and Kiritsugu, love each other deeply and care for the other more than anything in the world(despite knowing the fact it would end in tragedy). Iri fully believes and loves him, and is willing to die for his ideals. Kiritsugu loves her as well, but is tormented by that love for her because he knows she will have to die for his wish/ideals.
3. "My screams and prayers doesn't reach anywhere and just disappear into the tainted crimson sky" - This line in the song is from Kiritsugu's inner self(I think). The screams and prayers part is him basically saying: "I wish to become the "Hero of Justice. I wish to protect the weak. I wish for a utopia, a utopia where no one will cry ever again."; The tainted crimson sky part is his days of being an assassin and taking part in countless bloody battles, fighting for a dream/wish that could not be fulfilled.
4. Irisviel is basically like a moral compass to him. She loves him with all her heart and will always want to walk the same path as him. She also gives birth to Illya so that Kiritsugu has one thing to come back to after the War is over.
5. "With my eyes shut I'll still reach out my hand, believing in your grief" - Again, this comes back to Iri. This line of the song seems to say that no matter what, Iri will always believe in Kiritsugu. The eyes shut thing seems to imply that, even after death, she will still love, care, and understand Kiritsugu, and will also recognize and comfort his grief and agony.
(This is only a handful of what I can decipher from the song that relates to both of these two, and this only speculation)
Culture and History Nerd But remember, that's just a theory! A song theory! Thanks for watching.
Ahahahahahaha omg XD #SongTheory
point 3 could also point to the ending of the HGW where the Grail's mud destroyed everything in flames ""My screams and prayers doesn't reach anywhere and just disappear into the tainted crimson sky" he spent hours screaming and looking for survivors
This song has become 10x sadder after I read this 😢
Number 1 sounds like death note lol
This anime original music soundtrack is the best among the best of any other anime songs. Hearing this song is indeed epic and divine.
Jojo and umineko op is better.
I feel like crying whenever I hear this.. 😖
"If I could choose you and search for happiness just for the two of us" reminds me when Kiritsugu had a moment of weakness and asked Irisviel to throw away everything so they could run away with Illya, as well when the illusion of Angra Mainyu revealed that deep down he wanted to revive Irisviel and being with Illya again.
who's that in your pfp?
@@tarikchadili9696 Enma Ai from Jigoku Shoujo.
If it wasn't the story of Zero that cemented that series as a masterpiece in my mind, then it was the music
00:56 i don't know why but when i heard this i can Feel Kiritsugu pain and suffer also when i know about saber past 😢
2:30 to 2:39... it's just legendary tier
Im still in love with this song
I find it fascinating to this day that Fate Zero is the prequel to Stay Night, and that this song is called To The Beginning, as if implying that everything that is happening in this arc is leading up to the events that resulted in the origins of the MC for the main series.
この歌とアニメはめっちゃ好き！
Honestly the most brutal anime I think I ever watched. Not really gory or horror. But dang. Also great dialogue and flow. 2 episodes left.
It may not be gory or horror but it was definitely brutal. People abandoning their morals, killing their families and slaughtering children, just for a wish but only to find out everything was a lie.
Sacrificing everything just a piece of hope only to realize you've been played is the ultimate form of trolling
Best lyrics ever
Is it me or this song is just so good it actually makes you remember the bad things that happened to you yourself? 😢😢
0:07 , 3:38 the most epic parts of the song
This goes on my list of Kalafina tunes !
I feel like I could run forever while listening to this.
Never gotten so many chills from a show before
I just realized they pulled the second version of this song in the finale. It's sad when you check the lyrics.
~The beautiful moonlight just quietly decays away to the beginning. My locked away desire is still far away into the darkness. *All of the days I lived together with you make up a gentle song* ~
I can only think about *Waver* and *Iskandar* 😭😭 my 2 fav characters❤❤❤ I finished Fate Zero 2 days ago and I am still sad about *Waver* and *Iskandar* 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💜💜
"in the myth, God is force." - armored core 4 intro cutscene.
1:00 - 1:02
The music reminds me of the sea/underwater level in reyman
*"To The Beginning"? Pretty honest title of this OP knowing that this is set before Stay Night.*
The goddamn strings always hit so hard in the beginning
Still one of the best
That is best anime music that i ever hear.
Did you watch the live version? ^_^
Well that was a sad anime and this song describe it so well, it is almost weird that Gilgamesh was the only one who didn't have a bad ending considering how much of an asshole he is in UBW (to think that i considering to be an honorable guy in zero, i guess humanity can really show the worst of everyone
He became an "asshole" like what you usually call him because he became a fully human thanks to the bloody bath from the grail.
Like humans, we always extinguish what we dont like. His human nature became fully in control so instead of just watching/observing in the sidelines in F/Z he decided to dirty his hand with such tasks like killing some people.
when i hear this song i remember Aldnoah Zero's 1st op and then I realized they had the same singer
You still remember just as I do. I remember Aldnoah zero clear as day, I wish I could watch it all again.
Esta cancion me encanta.. me hace pensar q algo terrible ocurrira
So good
To the beginning of the year
It's a terrible beginning
"The beautiful moonlight"...weren't Kiritsugu's last words "The moon looks so beautiful tonight"?
tsukihime reference
I like this show and this song so great
Strong opening 💪🏽
Best fate, change my mind
Heavens feel
Carnival Phantasm
@@lordtouchme5417 no
@@user-rg7mv9yo7b and nope
@@speck4771 the Visual novel is the best fate
My view :
Dead soldier : Fallen tickets and quartz
FGO anyone?
Filthy secondaries...
Then you think about it this song actually represents the comming death of Irisviel and the love Kiritsugu has towards her.
In meinem Reich gibs keine Helden nur das Ende eines Traums
Or in english
In my realm exist no heroes, here only end dreams
Perfectly fits with Zero in my eyes
Ehre darauf
Let this rein upon for the next 100 years .
It's my favourite fate ❤️
Fate Zero is the greatest greek tragedy I've ever seen or read. It's so good it's not even fair to what comes after it. Like, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel never had any chance to ever live up to Zero.
Don't diss heavens feel please
Fate/Zero came out after Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel
@@maddylchannel nah
@@Xavslip Fate/Stay Night, which was composed of the Fate, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heaven's Feel routes, was released in January 2004, and Fate/Zero was published in four volumes from December 2005 to December 2006.
I blame Gen Urobuchi.
Fate zero para sempre ❤
GOD 1:04
POV: your listening to this in 2022
Flashback fate zero :(
Your Beats Studio will be deserving to this song.
Nice!
Emiya Kiritsugu
0:32
Kirotsugu is the greatest hero of all time.
All might:"Nani!!!!!"
All Might wtf no
"hero"
Finished it this morning, one of my favorite animes
I thought Waver had an amazing amount of growth throughout the series, was a whiny brat but Iskandar made him a true man.
Angra maiyuu!
This Series is amazing better then Dragon Ball (: i like this Series so much.
This feels...Like Madoka Magica
same singer
They made the ED for the anime and I think they did some tracks for the movies
Same author.
my fav characters are Shirou, Lancer, and Archer Gilgamesh
I want to be a hero
Wow this song is about Angra Mainyu o_o
Best song fate zero
I don't think.
I see Arturia.
I click.
eixer here.
You ever notice how saber's landscape looks like the unlimited blade works reality marble?
Yes it does
lordtouchme its actually camlann (where saber live her final moments) sorry to reply to such an old comment lol
(\_/)
(• . •)
/ >❤
This is for you saber 😭
Unpopular opinion: Ryuunosuke is my favourite character in the show
*sad kariya noises*
May god forgive you
...his hobby is listed as killing children
Reminds me of one of Yunna’s song from SAO. At start.
2020 anyone?
Wassup
Yep
2021
Best ending
Is this Iri talking to kiritsugu, or saber to shirou?
Yue Fei I like to think its Iri for Kiritsugu for a complete weird reason
Definitely is Iri to Kiritsugu.
Yue Fei I think it was both of them
It must be Iri to Kiritsugu, considering this is a F/Z opening. However, I like to think this is Rin singing about Shirou and his twisted ideals, that she would do anything to keep him from becoming the man the Hero EMIYA is. That even if he wouldn't do the same, she would choose him above the whole world.
"My locked desire is still far away in the darkness." I like to think that means that she is still far from saving Shirou of becoming his future self, but she will try nevertheless. Truly a really good song, as it can have so many interpretations within the same series.
for some reasons, i think it will be a great opening if people want to make an animated version of Game of Throne
❤
Why does the song look a bit like sword art longing online ordinal scale?
Same composer
Dima Titov-kun hello!
3:38
This song is god like
I want to watch it, but Gigguk made it difficult for me to start the franchise with this series.
I can at least appreciate the awesome songs made for every Fate series, and this is one of my favorites.
@@statsi69 Alright. Thanks for the suggestion and advice. :)
Random Internet Weirdo after that watch the heavens feels trilogy he forgot to mention that
Also heavens feels trilogy is darker then zero
@@randominternetweirdo5479 you should do the opposite
Lol I started with Apocrypha, then went to Zero, and now I’m in Stay Night
4th best fate spinoff fr
making an arrangement for this opening is very difficult because it is polyphony where there are a lot of voices, but I will try
This song reminds me of longing from sao
Unlimited Arthasworks
Mismo de compositor de "Longing - Yuna" tal vez? :v