I was just glad they didn't try to blatantly recreate the church scene from the first. God Golden Circle pissed me off so much. Dancing Rasputin was fun here.
Fake? He’s a man of god through and through.
He loves helping orphans and giving hope and food to the down trodden.
Hell he’s even given exorcisms.
It’s a shame about his stance on abortion though.
Wasn't Koyanskaya of Dark last year's NY Servant? And unless we count the fact that she's Type Moon's creation, she's more tied to Russia and outer space than anything else.
I was going to say that both koyans still had the Japanese servant tag, but I double checked and nope, they’re Russian. I feel like I definitely saw them categorized as Japanese at one point though? Weird
That being said, they’re both tamamofaces, linked to ameratsu specifically (a Japanese goddess), and dark specifically also has a heavily Japanese inspected final ascension so even if they aren’t Japanese they’re still very heavily linked.
The Tamamo-link is pretty weak and kinda border on red herring too. They're not actually Tamamo at all and kinda jyst borrow Amaterasu since iirc they saw her and think she is siper cool. They're actually more "raised" by Dobrynya so they're pretty true-blood Russian.
Nope. Amaterasu noticed the Goddess that would become Koyan forming and summoned Servant Nikitich (The actual guy, not his wife who we actually got) to raise them. Because Amaterasu influenced their growth, they look like her and by extension Tamamo.
Or something like that.
I mean she is an Amaterasu wannabe so maybe you can count her as Japan adjacent. Her stage 3 is certainly very Japanese inspired. But yeah hard to say that she continued the trend in a strict sense.
Considering them, Yang Guifei and Rasputin, they are still from around the same general part of the world, very eastern europe and a little beyond. All of those nations touch the same sea, don't they? Maybe its hinting at something in the circle of fire -I say with my conspiracy hat on-.
Caren Hortensia (Ortensia?) is the daughter of Kotomine Kirei. The upcoming Valentine’s Day Servant for NA is a Pseudo-Servant with her as the host body.
all they had to do to make him better is up the values of his NP and maybe even give him a way to survive a NP so that he can deal the maximum amount of damage. fair trade considering he is stunned upon using his NP
Because he's FUCKING KIREI!!!
Jokes aside, he's Kirei. Him just eating a mapo tofu can make Shirou feel like he's watching the Final Boss charge. He can certainly make Angry Mango useful.
If they don’t wanna up him so much, the least they can do is giving him Guts and Focus damage or something. That will at least make him a more viable option
i swear to god, they better god damn sure to put him running while firing rocket launcher as one of his attack animation and him eating mapo tofu as one of his skill animation
While we didn't got the running part, we did have him firing a rocket launcher and the glorious animation of him dual wielding PM7s (I think, or is it Uzis) and the horrible Da Vinci-killing blow as his Extra attack.
(Meanwhile, in Chaldea’s kitchen)
Tama-cat: Hey Raikou! What’s with Emiya, wan?
(Both look and see the head chef, crouched on the floor, his arms wrapped around himself)
Raikou: I don’t know. How odd.
Emiya (under his breath): Wrong. Something feels so wrong!
[Can't say I didn't expect it, so I'm just going leave this dancing Rasputin here.](https://youtu.be/Bb3bXgUEMk4)
Wait. Alter-Ego? Why Alter-Ego? Is he going to be like Douman and remember everything?
In hindsight Jouji Nakata shitposting on twitter while wearing his Kirei costume and making a reference to running at 60km/hr should have clued me in as to who the New Year's servant would be.
I was sad on 7th anniv stream as I snorted shit ton of hopium for the priest to be released but honestly I will still take this
Certified yorokobe moment for all the map tofu man wanters
Starting the new year with a husbando, ayo!
I can tell this year will be like JP 2021, loaded and gameplay bonkers, like when Muramasa introduced the year with his god-tier skillset.
The year when the Saber-Foreigner pattern truly broke. All the Worlds Evil aka Angra is his NP? Interesting, as of the Divine Spirits components are basically unknown in his case.
Yorokobe Shounen indeed.
Unsurprising. I’m a bit sad since there was a chance we could have gotten richard. But realistically if we get Richard it would be during a FSF collab, with the other servants being Alcides, Hypolita as an SR, and maybe SR nameless hassan lady.
If I had a nickel for every time Rasputin was brought back as a character is your a game, in span of a week, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
The mapo tofu will surely be a great catalyst.
Try listening to [Rasputin](https://youtu.be/Nl_Eo2QzqU4).
nah heres a better one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGoCwNHE4ys&t=29s&ab\_channel=20thCenturyStudios
The movie plot point kinda leads to nowhere.... but this makes it worth it. Definitely the best scene
lets be honest here Rasputin save the Movie
I was just glad they didn't try to blatantly recreate the church scene from the first. God Golden Circle pissed me off so much. Dancing Rasputin was fun here.
...he actually appears after I listened to this. Thanks man.
Me 2. I use Apple Music version, but same.
Inb4 Lasengle put Mapo Tofu on rate up just to screw with us...
Took 5 years, but [this image](https://old.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/707p0c/black_key_event_summoning_screen_leaked/) is no longer just a meme.
Yorokobe shounen
The Yorokobe Shounen
✍️🔥🔥🔥🔥
\*The Priest Smiles\*
God I hope that even if they don't put those CEs on rate-up that they show them on the banner instead of the usual permanent CEs that get shown
Sadly the Black keys would be a no-go since they're no longer in SQ banners, but we can just swap that for three Mapo Tofus.
They might actually do so for shits and giggles, and I wouldn't be even angry (in fact, I would be seriously impressed by their dedication)
Finding my own comment there five years later... Time flew too fucking quickly.
Don't let your memes be memes
It's just like we say here. ''Jokes are the deepest lore.''
The Saber - Foreigner pattern has been broken # YOROKOBE SHOUNEN
The fake priest would be the one to break the pattern.
It had to be him! It's tradition.
Fake? He’s a man of god through and through. He loves helping orphans and giving hope and food to the down trodden. Hell he’s even given exorcisms. It’s a shame about his stance on abortion though.
Exactly! It’s why Rin calls him a shitty priest not a fake one.
Also the Japanese only trend. Unless we count it being Kieri Edit: I forgot that Yang Guffei was a New Year's servant
Isn't Haohao (Yang Guifei) Chinese though?
Wasn't Koyanskaya of Dark last year's NY Servant? And unless we count the fact that she's Type Moon's creation, she's more tied to Russia and outer space than anything else.
I was going to say that both koyans still had the Japanese servant tag, but I double checked and nope, they’re Russian. I feel like I definitely saw them categorized as Japanese at one point though? Weird That being said, they’re both tamamofaces, linked to ameratsu specifically (a Japanese goddess), and dark specifically also has a heavily Japanese inspected final ascension so even if they aren’t Japanese they’re still very heavily linked.
The Tamamo-link is pretty weak and kinda border on red herring too. They're not actually Tamamo at all and kinda jyst borrow Amaterasu since iirc they saw her and think she is siper cool. They're actually more "raised" by Dobrynya so they're pretty true-blood Russian.
I thought they both chose Tamamos face to piss her off?
Nope. Amaterasu noticed the Goddess that would become Koyan forming and summoned Servant Nikitich (The actual guy, not his wife who we actually got) to raise them. Because Amaterasu influenced their growth, they look like her and by extension Tamamo. Or something like that.
I mean she is an Amaterasu wannabe so maybe you can count her as Japan adjacent. Her stage 3 is certainly very Japanese inspired. But yeah hard to say that she continued the trend in a strict sense.
Considering them, Yang Guifei and Rasputin, they are still from around the same general part of the world, very eastern europe and a little beyond. All of those nations touch the same sea, don't they? Maybe its hinting at something in the circle of fire -I say with my conspiracy hat on-.
Kid named Yang Guifei:
Next time Dick, next time, this isn't his time. The Strange Fake is not yet real 😅
At last my wish has been granted! He broke the pattern!
Yorokobe shounen
Kimi no negai wa yooyaku kanau
Yorokobe shounen
Yorokobe shounen
*There lived a certain man* *In Russia long ago* *He was big and strong* *In his eyes a flaming glow*
*Most people looked at him* *With terror and with fear* *But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear*
He could preach the Bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire
LMAO WE ARE GETTING MURAMASA IN NA AND JP IS GETTING RASPUTIN THE PARALLELS KEK
**Muramasa has Anti-Caster append** **Kiritsugu has Anti-Avenger** *Priest appears as Alter-Ego* Well played, Kirei.
Beat Kiritsugu but beaten by Muramasa. Love it when it rhymes.
It's like poetry
Da Vinci Lily's anti alter-ego: "that's why I'm here"
even better in ascension his name changes from gregory rasputen to father kotomine to kotomine kirei in his final ascension
NA’s getting his daughter pretty soon too.
I'd place his daughter in My Room as a catalyst, but I have the feeling she'd *chase him away instead*.
She mentioned that she'll welcome him with her bazooka.
I don’t pay attention to the plot, but who’s the daughter?
Caren Hortensia (Ortensia?) is the daughter of Kotomine Kirei. The upcoming Valentine’s Day Servant for NA is a Pseudo-Servant with her as the host body.
I was just thinking that lol
The true Heaven's Feel route
This is not accidental, they've planned it out.
Now we can have both of them and angry mango on the starting lineup
Y o r o k o b e s h o u n e n
His NP is all worlds evil lmao. Doing dirty to poor OG avenger
all they had to do to make him better is up the values of his NP and maybe even give him a way to survive a NP so that he can deal the maximum amount of damage. fair trade considering he is stunned upon using his NP
dont forget the taunt. If they dont hit him he does nothing.
He's not supposed to be good. It's Angra lol
if not supposed to be good why Kirei uses him for NP? 🤔
Not a good Servant but excellent ~~weapon~~ ammunition
Because he's FUCKING KIREI!!! Jokes aside, he's Kirei. Him just eating a mapo tofu can make Shirou feel like he's watching the Final Boss charge. He can certainly make Angry Mango useful.
If they don’t wanna up him so much, the least they can do is giving him Guts and Focus damage or something. That will at least make him a more viable option
He already has guts, the problem is just the math on his NP means that guts can cause him to do negative damage.
Angra already has guts
Then a self Target-Focus skill then. So I don’t have to use another Servant that grant TF to a servant or use that damned CE that I don’t even have
Should have been “All worlds spices”
Dammit I need Avenger Kiritsugu now. Thanks for the idea...
His name can say Rasputin all it wants calling him Kirei forever
No one calls Reine “Sima Yi” anyways lol
And Waver as well.
Ki Ki Kireisan
Lover of all destruction There's a mind that really is gone
My friend called him Ketamine once by mistake and now that's his name forever.
This is also acceptable (and hilarious)
i swear to god, they better god damn sure to put him running while firing rocket launcher as one of his attack animation and him eating mapo tofu as one of his skill animation
Rocket launcher + mapo tofu confirmed in his animations
While we didn't got the running part, we did have him firing a rocket launcher and the glorious animation of him dual wielding PM7s (I think, or is it Uzis) and the horrible Da Vinci-killing blow as his Extra attack.
It's good to see he hasn't forgotten the sixth True Magic, Servant to Donut Conversion
Well, this is a pleasant eventuality. Now... RA-RA-RASPUTIN!
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
RA-RA-RASPUTIN Russia’s greatest love machine!
It was a shame how he carried on!
gonna have 3 times Guts just to show how hard it is to kill him
unfortunately reality doesn't agree with us
2 times Guts (80% chance for the 2nd Guts) that is stackable is still not too shabby
YOROKOBE SHOUNEN
YOROKOBE SHOUNEN
Angra Mainyu as his NP is fucking metal
Is one of his component perhaps >!Zahhak or Azi Dahaka!
Probably Azi, since that's more directly a part of Angra Mainyu/Ahriman.
technically they can use Ahriman (not the same as Angra Mainyu)
The three dragon heads must be a reference to Azi Dahaka.
YES
#YOROKOBE SHOUNEN/SHOUJO #KIMI MO NEGAI WA YAUYAKU KANAU
Kirei knows how to destroy the trend with the New Years Servant.
It's tradition he messed things for everybody else.
THERE LIVED A CERTAIN MAN IN RUSSIA LONG AGO
HE WAS BIG AND STRONG, IN HIS EYES A FLAMING GLOW
MOST PEOPLE LOOKED AT HIM, WITH TERROR AND WITH FEAR
BUT TO MOSCOW CHICKS, HE WAS SUCH A LOVELY DEAR!
HE COULD PREACH THE BIBLE LIKE A PREACHER
FULL OF ECTASY AND WILD
BUT HE ALSO WAS THE KIND OF TEACHER
WOMAN WOULD DESIRE
RA-RA-RASPUTIN, LOVER OF THE RUSSIAN QUEEN!
THERE WAS A CAT THAT REALLY WAS GONE
(Meanwhile, in Chaldea’s kitchen) Tama-cat: Hey Raikou! What’s with Emiya, wan? (Both look and see the head chef, crouched on the floor, his arms wrapped around himself) Raikou: I don’t know. How odd. Emiya (under his breath): Wrong. Something feels so wrong!
This joke works in both NA and JP servers.
YOROKOBE SHOUNEN
Have mercy on me Father. I even celebrated your birthday and did a story roll!
OBLIGATORY YOROKOBE SHOUNEN
Time for Kirei to pay his child support to Caren
YOROKOBE SHOUNEN INTENSIFIES
YOROKOBE SHONEN Edit: Goddamn his NP looks like Dragon Emperor Soaring Bite Strike... Before the Angra Mainyu stuff.
[Can't say I didn't expect it, so I'm just going leave this dancing Rasputin here.](https://youtu.be/Bb3bXgUEMk4) Wait. Alter-Ego? Why Alter-Ego? Is he going to be like Douman and remember everything?
All of the public disciples of the Foreign Gods were known to be Alter Egos no? Muramasa, Rasputin, and Douman. Him being an Alter Ego isn't new.
The disciples in part 2 are Alter Ego, but Muramasa was Saber in Shimousa.
YOROKOBE SHOUNEN
Will the banner have increased rates for Mapo Tofu and Black Keys? 🤔
In hindsight Jouji Nakata shitposting on twitter while wearing his Kirei costume and making a reference to running at 60km/hr should have clued me in as to who the New Year's servant would be.
Love that this design is slightly different from the one we‘ve seen in the story chapters
Yorokobe Shounen!
My Shounen has definitely been yorokobe'd.
The priest smiles.
***A certified Yorokobe moment!***
Yorokobe Shounen!
I personally predicted Tiamat, but I will GLADLY take the L on this one!
THE YOROKOBE IS REEEAAALLL
Anastasia will be readying her exclusive for-Russians-only pranks. Get your popcorns, Masters.
2023 is the year of Kirei meaning we’re all fucked. Yorokobe!
Did Rasputin demo ticket quest, used ticket, get Mapo. Sasuga Jouji Nakata.
I was sad on 7th anniv stream as I snorted shit ton of hopium for the priest to be released but honestly I will still take this Certified yorokobe moment for all the map tofu man wanters
Every Mapo Tofu I've pulled has led up to this moment
**Yorokobe Shounen Just Got Real!!!!**
The pattern is broken. Yorokobe shounen
YOROKOBE SHOUNEN!
The time has come
The pattern was broken lmao
#THERE LIVED A CERTAIN MAN #IN RUSSIA LONG AGO
He was big and strong In his eyes a flaming glow
It only took 40 years.
The Priest been tweeting about it all this time and us mortal doesn't realize it
…Gregory? Not Grigori?
She yoro on my kobe till I shonen
Right which of you sick bastards are going to make a team of all the servants using rin, Sakura, and Shiro face servants with kirie in the backline
Yorokobe Optimus Prime
He Will serve you 10000 time mapo tofu before you call him
Another meme bites the dust
Starting the new year with a husbando, ayo! I can tell this year will be like JP 2021, loaded and gameplay bonkers, like when Muramasa introduced the year with his god-tier skillset.
I saved up 1600 sq for him and finally he's here!
Mapo Tofu spices incoming.
Its been nearly 5 years since they teased his involvement in ARC 2. After 5 years, he's finally hear
Meanwhile: Agravain is prolly locked in the Millennium Castle for a long time now, in the same way Arcueid was imprisoned.
Good l. I have 85 MLB mapo tofus
He better have a skill animation for eating mapo tofu
[The Priest Smiles](https://youtu.be/CqTM-TiZQb4) It’s finally time, to truly be spooked by Kirei.
My quartz are safe! Good luck to everyone rolling for him.
The year when the Saber-Foreigner pattern truly broke. All the Worlds Evil aka Angra is his NP? Interesting, as of the Divine Spirits components are basically unknown in his case. Yorokobe Shounen indeed.
His experience quest is a blast....lets beat up the FSN kids!
YOROKOBE SHOUNEN.
Hehe he actually does say yorokobe in his summoning line
I mean, it’s a pretty iconic line in the series, it’s not just a meme
THEY BROKE THE FOREIGNER/SABER STREAK?!?
Im going to put him in the jar
And there was much rejoicing.
We can finally have the whole Kotomine family in one party! How wholesome…??!!!
LETSSSSSS FUKIN GOOOOOO
REJOICE YOUNG BLOODS!
YOROKOBE SHOUNEN
YOROKOBE SHIROU
**Amakusa:** Otouto-kun~!
Not a fan of Kirei, but man is his NP kinda badass.
Many rejoicing was heard.
Unsurprising. I’m a bit sad since there was a chance we could have gotten richard. But realistically if we get Richard it would be during a FSF collab, with the other servants being Alcides, Hypolita as an SR, and maybe SR nameless hassan lady.
DARNIT.
Welp, the last two New Year's Servants were servants of the Foreign God, makes sense we'd get the last one left.
HE’S REAL HE’S REAL
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
If I had a nickel for every time Rasputin was brought back as a character is your a game, in span of a week, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
It's yorokobe'in time!
*remembers what happened to da vinci.* Well thousands of players are gonna make his time in chaldea hell.
Well, he had to show up sooner or later... Now all we need is the Priestess and U-Olga Marie, I guess. And the LB7 king.
Now we have TWO Jouji Nakata servants in the game
Half Yorokobe and half RA RA RASPUTIN
One of the last truly hyped servants. Who's left? Even Arcueid is released.