Posted on: May 12, 2012 12:28 pm by Cholisose

“Justice and righteousness can not save the world. I care nothing for them.”
There are a great number of character archetypes out there in the world of fiction, and amongst protagonists it’s generally pretty easy to make the distinction between a hero and an anti-hero. Fate/Zero is pretty unique in how it is overall more about an event rather than a specific character (ie the story is about the Holy Grail War). But if I were to pick out who our protagonist is, it makes sense to go with Kiritsugu. And when I think of Kiritsugu, I don’t think of him as just an example of an anti-hero, but also a Byronic hero.
(Note: Fate/Zero spoilers in this post, up to episode 18.)
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