

The film is based on Edward Ashton’s novel of the same name. According to Deadline, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo, and Naomi Ackie have joined the movie. Essentially, it’s both well in Rin’s and Sakura’s characters to reconnect in a Fate/Stay Night sequel.īong Joon-ho’s next sci-fi movie, Mickey7, has added more actors to the cast. As stated previously, if Rin and the other characters take on the Mage’s Association, then they will have to engage with Zouken Matou, who survives in every route aside from Heaven’s Feel. It would also be very much in character for Sakura, who becomes friends with Illyasviel at the end of the Fate route having a friend who can relate to her plight would certainly help develop her confidence.Īdditionally, the audience knows that the two still care deeply for one another. This would be in character for Rin at the end of the Unlimited Blade Works route since she develops more as a human being through her relationship with Shirou Emiya. A sequel with a 2/3 chance of not following up on the Heaven’s Feel storyline should address it and confirm that their healing has begun. This is why in a Fate/Stay Night sequel, the matter of their relationship should be addressed.

Related: These Are Some of the Best Anime Characters of All Time However, the closure of this plot point doesn’t come until Heaven’s Feel, where Rin finally discovers what her sister has been through, and the two make amends. In spite of her generally good nature, she is rightfully bitter towards the world for the way it has treated her. She certainly remembers them, however, missing her mother and sister as well as holding deep-seated resentment towards her father. Sakura wasn’t adopted young enough for her to not remember her old family. Thus, Sakura’s “training” involves her lying in a pit of these worms for sometimes days on end. The family head, Zouken, deals in worm magic, using them to store mana and spells as well as feed off of other’s mana and life forces.

However, Tokiomi failed to realize that the Matou’s training methods were cruel and inhumane. Therefore, in order to “protect” her from living as just an ordinary girl, her father, Tokiomi, gave Sakura away to the Matou family. As per mage law, only one child may receive the family’s teachings. Sakura Matou had the misfortune of being the second child in an esteemed and orthodox mage family, the Tohsakas. It’s a shame that this plot point is neglected in both the Fate and Unlimited Blade Works routes because it easily makes for the most emotional moment in all the visual novel. This means that regardless of which route receives a sequel, the Mage’s Association will still have a bone to pick with the central protagonists. Even outside the Heaven’s Feel route, the Holy Grail War is still put to a stop by Rin and a mage by the name of Waver Velvet. Though she eventually returns, the ill-will between her family and the Association still stands. Afterward, as the official mage in charge of Fuyuki City, Rin Tohsaka is held responsible and taken to the Mage’s Association to stand trial. In the end, Illyasviel von Einzbern sacrifices herself to destroy the Greater Grail, effectively putting an end to the bloody ritual. This is supported by the ending of the third route of the visual novel, Heaven’s Feel. Related: Animated Film Nimona Finds Home With Netflix As such, in a potential sequel, the band of characters - Shirou, Rin, and Sakura - would inevitably have to face them. Their laws and the laws of mage society, in general, create the crux of the conflict between many characters within the visual novel. As such, they act as a mildly antagonistic force throughout the series. They are an ultra-conservative and mostly self-absorbed lot who prioritize their own legacies. The Mage’s Association acts as the ruling body of all mages within Fate/Stay Night.
