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>>279801253
Suppose so, but Archer was still the one instigating Shirou's character development. Rin played a big role too but that mainly stemmed from her own sub-arc about having to repress her true self by being a lineage magus.
In that sense it compliments Shirou more since his GF struggles aren't explained entirely through interludes. Sakura's arc is beautiful in concept but the fact she keeps way too many things to herself makes Shirou look schizophrenic in comparison with how much of the arc he needs to process in his head alone.
>>279801350
Yeah, I listened to early Sakura too. Prior to reading the VN I watched 3 episodes of DEEN Stay Night, and the mid-00s budget kino ended up convincing me to experience the story in its true form. While the vocal performance is slightly better, I'd say the bitrate-crunched RN audio exasperates the syphilis. You can even hear the audio peak and compress at times from how high-pitched the whispering gets. Is stuff like Carnival Phantasm and Hollow Ataraxia considered early too? Cause the latter got VOs with the Vita release, years after RN on the PS2.
Regardless, will definitely watch the anime adaptations in the future. I'll groan in frustration over Shirou getting next to no monologues or the animation being QUALITY or the faces looking weird but I'm excited to see what each studio brought to the table.
>>279801522
Even on jail time, you can live a happy life as long as you have glasses! Beautiful, breathtaking, Gorgon-suppressing GLASSES!