Shirou Emiya Is Not a Hero. Heaven's Feel Proves It

Shirou Emiya's ideal is a wound, handed to him by a dying man in a burning city. Fate keeps it, Unlimited Blade Works defends it, and Heaven's Feel is the only route that lets him put it down. A character essay on Shirou Emiya across Fate/Zero, the 2006 Fate/stay night, Unlimited Blade Works and the Heaven's Feel films: the fire and the porch, the essay he wrote as a child, Archer's prosecution and Shirou's answer (even if it's borrowed, even if it's fake, I don't care), and Heaven's Feel, where he becomes a hero of justice for one person and calls himself a hypocrite. Why the doormat complaint is half right and why the story knows it. Every quoted line is from the shows and films. Chapters 0:00 The Essay 0:41 The Material 1:22 The Fire 2:27 The Fate Route 3:10 The Prosecutor 4:04 Borrowed 5:10 Heaven's Feel 6:20 A Hypocrite 7:36 The Route That Takes Him Seriously 9:02 Sign Off