Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower

After dropping the school's archery club due to an injury, amateur magus Shirou Emiya befriends a fellow student, Sakura Matou, who regularly visits his home under the care of his tutor Taiga Fujimura. During one night, Shirou sees a fight between two ancient warriors and is protected from one of them, a spearman, by an armored swordswoman named Saber who calls him Master. The other warrior, Archer, is in the service of Rin Tohsaka, a school acquaintance of Shirou. Rin takes Shirou to the priest Kirei Kotomine, where Shirou learns he is a Master in a conflict between magi that occurs in Fuyuki every few decades, called the Holy Grail War—a battle royale to claim an ancient, magical artifact said to grant a wish to the victor. Each Master is given the responsibility and protection of a Servant, a powerful hero of legend. Kiritsugu Emiya was Saber's Master in the previous War, which caused the fire that traumatized his adoptive son Shirou.

En route back home, Shirou and Rin encounter a child named Illyasviel von Einzbern who attacks Saber with her Servant Berserker, but she withdraws when Shirou risks himself to defend Saber. Later, Shirou and Saber discover Shinji Matou is the Master of Rider, who feeds on their classmate. Saber defeats Rider, which causes Shinji to be ridiculed by his grandfather Zouken. Shirou asks if Sakura is involved in the war, but Shinji denies it as he and Zouken depart.

Saber stays in Shirou's house while Shirou confronts Rin about the news of citizens falling ill and dying. Suspecting the Servant Caster is responsible, Rin agrees they should find the cause of the disruption. Shirou convinces Sakura to stay at the Emiya household, hoping to keep her safe with Saber. At Ryuudou Temple, Souichirou Kuzuki and his Servants Caster and Assassin are killed when a True Assassin bursts from Assassin's body and slays them. As Souichirou never returns to school, Rin deduces he was the Master of Caster, yet people are still falling ill. Shirou and Rin later encounter Zouken, who is controlling Caster's corpse like a puppet, but a shadow appears and devours Caster. Zouken reveals his true form - a swarm of insect familiars called Crest Worms - and retreats. The shadow attacks Rin, but leaves when Shirou is injured shielding her. As Shirou recovers, he talks with Sakura about their pasts and she asks him to stop her if she ever does something wrong. Meanwhile, the spearman, Lancer, is ordered to track down the new Assassin but is lured to a lake and devoured by the shadow. The next day, Sakura confronts Saber about Shirou's safety, while Shirou meets Kirei - who reveals both Lancer's demise and himself as Lancer's Master. He says the shadow is a threat to the entire city, but Shirou refuses to trust him.

Later that night, Shirou and Saber go to Ryuudou Temple, where Assassin ambushes them and draws Saber toward the shadow while Zouken attacks Shirou. Saber is presumably killed, but Rider aids Shirou and drives Assassin away before leaving, confusing Shirou. As he departs the temple, Shirou runs into the shadow, but it vanishes without harming him. Saber is revealed to have let the shadow devour her rather than be killed by Assassin and, trapped inside it, she encounters a corrupted version of herself. Meanwhile, Rin and Archer break into the Matou's basement and find it infested with Crest Worms. In an alley, Zouken has his insects devour a woman and explains to Assassin he must do this occasionally to sustain his life. Shirou returns home and finds Sakura, who displays her concern over his injuries, and comforts her.

An adaptation of the Heaven's Feel route was first announced by Ufotable, the animation studio that produced the Unlimited Blade Works anime adaptation, on July 27, 2014 with the release of a preview featuring characters Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou.[7] In March 2016, Ufotable announced that the movie would be split into a trilogy.[8] The theme song for the film was composed by Yuki Kajiura and performed by Aimer, titled "Hana no Uta" (花の唄, "A Flower's Song").[9] "Hana no Uta" highly focuses on Sakura's character.[10]

Director Tomonori Sudo said he wanted to further explore the past between Shirou and heroine Sakura Matou, as he believes their relationship is the most important part of the story. Producer Yuma Takahashi had similar opinions, believing the style of some scenes that symbolize the romance between Shirou and Sakura were needed. These scenes were mostly included by Ufotable, as Takahashi believes people might want to watch the film another again.[11] Noriaki Sugiyama expressed pleasure for working as Shirou again while also noting him to act in a different way to the different route the films are taking based on the visual novel.[12] Voice actress Noriko Shitaya enjoyed the new level of depth brought to Sakura due to how the scenes explore her feelings towards Shirou.[13] Bryce Papenbrook looked forward to Shirou's role in the Heaven's Feel movie due to how different he is from other series, mostly due to his relationship with Sakura.[14]

The film was released in Japan on October 14, 2017.[3] Aniplex of America screened the first film theatrically in the U.S from November 3, 2017.[15][16] Madman Entertainment announced that it would premiere the film in Australia at Madman Anime Festival in Melbourne on November 4, 2017,[17] with a wider release to follow on November 16, 2017.[18] Presage Flower premiered in the United Kingdom at Scotland Loves Anime on October 14, 2018,[19] with MVM Entertainment releasing the films on home video.[20] The Japanese Blu-ray/DVD for Presage Flower was released on May 9, 2018, with the English release on November 20, 2018.

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