
Shirou Emiya lost his parents in a fire when he was young and was later adopted by the sorcerer Kiritsugu Emiya. Shirou is drawn into the Holy Grail War summons a female "Servant" known as Saber to protect him and obtain the Holy Grail.



A silver-haired girl warns Shirou Emiya of the Holy Grail War. Rin Tohsaka summons her Servant Archer and goes to look for other Masters to fight.
Shirou gets killed by Lancer, but Rin brings him back to life. When Lancer tries to kill Shirou again, Shirou summons Saber.
Saber and Lancer do battle briefly. Shirou meets Rin and learns about the Holy Grail War.
The silver-haired girl, Illyasviel von Einzbern, summons her Servant, the Berserker hero Heracles, to attack Shirou and Saber.
Shirou introduces Saber to his close friends. Later on, he is attacked by Rin, but a female Servant appears.
Shirou and Rin form an alliance to track down the female Servant, Rider.
Saber is furious that Shirou did not get her involved to track down Rider. Later on, Shirou encounters Rider and her master, Shinji Mato.
Shinji directs Shirou to Ryudo Temple, citing there is a powerful Servant there. Shirou and Saber continue to clash. Rin moves in with Shirou.
Saber battles the Servant, Assassin, but is confronted by another Servant who can cast magic.
Shirou has a quiet day with Saber, Illya and Rin.
Shirou is caught in a trap by Rider.
Saber and Rider do battle.
As Saber rests from her battle, she recalls her time as King of Britain. Shirou is kidnapped by Illya.
Rin, Archer and Saber look for Shirou, and Illya sets Berserker on them.
Illya and Berserker come back for another fight.
Shirou is able to use his magic to aid Saber and defeat Berserker. He later takes home Illya with him.
With mass comas now occurring within the city, Shirou and the others decide to go after the Master and Servants at the Ryudo shrine. Sakura is taken captive by Caster to serve as a sacrifice to summon the Holy Grail.
Shirou, Rin and Saber attempt to rescue Sakura and to stop the Holy Grail from being summoned.
With victory all but won for Caster, an unknown Servant appears and kills her and her Master. Saber tells the story of this new Servant.
Shirou takes Saber out on a date around town.
Coming back from their date, Shirou and Saber are attacked by the new servant, Gilgamesh.
Shirou is captured and nearly killed by Rin's guardian Kirei Kotomine, but Saber comes in time and saves him. Kirei makes a grand revelation about the Holy Grail.
Illya is abducted by Kirei.
Shirou and Saber defeat Kirei and Gilgamesh, but what will they do with the Holy Grail?