Shirō Emiya
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(sometimes spelled as Shirou Emiya) is a character from the Japanese visual novel and anime series Fate/stay night by TYPE-MOON.Shirō is the main character of the story, a serious and honest teenager as well as a hard worker who enjoys helping others. He is in his second year of High School, and his hobbies include fixing a variety of broken things, from VCRs to stoves, as well as cooking and cleaning. He has some slight proficiency with reinforcement sorcery, though his foster father Kiritsugu Emiya did not encourage him to improve it. Initially, he is confused about the Holy Grail War and irrationally attempts to shield others, even his own servant Saber, from danger.
The voice acting for Shirō was done by Noriaki Sugiyama.
Past
A decade ago, toward the end of the 4th Holy Grail War, Fuyuki City was consumed by a massive fire. The flames razed a large portion of the city and took countless lives, including those of Shirō's true parents. Although he managed to survive the blaze, he was on the brink of death and would have willingly succumbed to his injuries had Emiya Kiritsugu not stumbled upon him. Kiritsugu, motivated by his compassion, healed the boy and accepted him as an adopted son.Kiritsugu revealed himself to be a magus, and though initially unwilling, attempted to raise the boy as a successor to his sorcery; however, Shirō was unskilled and incapable of performing even the most rudimentary of sorcery. The only spell he had success in, Reinforcement, was a difficult and unpractical skill, of little use to any proper magi.
Furthermore, and perhaps inadvertently, Kiritsugu passed on his philosophy to Shirō. Kiritsugu was benevolent, and strived to protect the innocent from the world's many perils; however, he had come to realize that whenever he was able to spare one life, another person was fated to die. Although Kiritsugu was tormented by his inability to save everyone, Shirō always admired his efforts at attempting to do so. Kiritsugu also viewed sorcery as inherently destructive, and though he disapproved of Shirō's desire to learn his craft, he advised applying sorcery in secret, where it could only benefit people and not attract confusion or suspicion.
Several years before the 5th Holy Grail War, Kiritsugu died suddenly, leaving Shirō frustrated, depressed, and alone. However Taiga Fujimura, Shirō's longtime English teacher, assumed Kiritsugu's role as guardian, and later on, Sakura Matō started daily visits to help him with housework.
Despite his poor aptitude for sorcery, Shirō makes use of his skills as an aid in repairing various machinery. In awe of his father's aspirations, Shirō hoped that by improving his one and only technique, he could achieve Kiritsugu's dream of being a "Hero of Justice".
Abilities
Although Shirō has significant potential in certain areas, he is unskilled in most traditional forms of sorcery. At the beginning of Fate/stay night, his only ability is Reinforcement, the power to analyze the structural composition of objects, and with an understanding of their chemical and physical makeup, increase said object's effectiveness in it's given purpose, such as increasing a blade's sharpness or a shield's durability. However, he lacks mastery for even this simple spell, and his various applications of it are limited.Shirō's true talents lie in a more advanced form of Reinforcement, known as Tracing. This skill allows him to transmute the form of existing objects through his imagination. With this ability, Shirō is able to transform ordinary objects like wooden branches into metal swords. However, Tracing requires a large amount of Mana and concentration, and replication is limited by the raw materials available for transmutation. Furthermore, all transmuted objects suffer a degradation in quality, making this ability almost useless in combat.
However, Shirō has been unconsciously developing his ultimate skill, a variant of Archer's Reality Marble, Unlimited Blade Works, since he first started studying sorcery under Kiritsugu. Shirō's Reality Marble provides him with a world where all the components needed to facilitate tracing exist, allowing the recreation of any object Shirō has ever seen. In contrast to normal tracing, he can create objects from nothing, without having to modify an existing element.
The following chant are the words to Shirō's Reality Marble. They are somewhat different from Archer's chant.
I am the bone of my sword.
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood.
I have created over a thousand blades.
Unaware of loss.
Nor aware of gain.
Withstood pain to create many weapons.
Waiting for one's arrival.
I have no regrets, this is the only path.
My whole life was "Unlimited Blade Works."
Role
Shirō has no interest in the Holy Grail, and instead despises its use. However, he is determined to win the Holy Grail War with Saber, for he hopes his efforts will ensure that another disaster like the Fuyuki fire will never occur again. Over the course of the story, though Shirō's skill with sorcery develop rapidly, he still holds true to his selfless ideals, as unrealistic as they may at first appear.| Fate/stay night (TYPE-MOON) |
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| Masters |
| Shirō Emiya > Illyasviel von Einzbern | Rin Tōsaka | Shinji Matō | Sōichirō Kuzuki |
| Kiritsugu Emiya > Sakura Matō | Kirei Kotomine | Zōken Matō | Bazett Fraga McRemitz |
| Servants |
| Saber | Archer | Lancer | Rider | Assassin | Caster | Berserker | Gilgamesh |
| Dark Saber | True Assassin | Dark Berserker | Avenger |
| Information |
| Scenarios | | Fate/hollow ataraxia |
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