Episode
Fate/strange Fake: Backstage of a Third-rate Comedy
Overview
To repair their damaged Noble Phantasms, members of Clan Calatin are sent to Caster’s magecraft workshop.
Details
- Series
- Fate/strange Fake
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2026-02-21
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Backstage of a Third-rate Comedy is Episode 8 in Season 1 of Fate/strange Fake. It aired on 2026-02-21. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 7: Back from Twilight, the God Is Come
Prior to the battle between Saber and Lancer, Halri Vorzak, a girl who harbors deep hatred for the world of magecraft, summons a Servant of her own. However, what answers her call is an utterly uncontrollable and aberrant Heroic Spirit. As its claws tear through her abdomen, her life begins to trickle away until a lone homunculus reaches out to grasp her dying hand.
Episode 9: The Nightmare Comes with the Dawn of London
Clan Calatin has arrived at the entrance of the hospital in hopes of executing a rescue mission for Tsubaki.
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Episode 1: The Heroic Spirit Incident
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