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People Die If They Are Killed

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I'll just start by saying this: I don't often sympathize with the idealistic heroes that want to protect everyone because that's their entire character. Complex characters with faults and that are non-idealistic are my favorite. Anti-Heroes, Villains, side characters, all of those are usually more appealing than the usual hero that wants to save people because "oh boy that's a good thing." However, there is one story that I do enjoy very much (for a variety of reasons) that contains one of these stereotypical characters. Sorry if this post is big and long but I'm going to have to explain a lot to get through all the points I want to touch on. The story (or series, I guess, since there are like 4 different anime, several visual novels, and even some video games that come out of this franchise) that I will delve into is the Fate Series, more specifically the ufotable 2014-15 production of Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (I'll call it UBW from no