Shirou Emiya

is the main protagonist of Fate/stay night, a teenage Japanese magus who acts as the Master of Saber during the Fifth Holy Grail War. He is the adopted son of Kiritsugu Emiya, the adopted brother of Illyasviel Von Einzbern, and the younger self of EMIYA.
In each of the three routes of Fate/stay night (Fate, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heaven's Feel), he interacts with and develops a romantic relationship with a particular girl (Saber, Rin Tohsaka, and Sakura Matou).
==Profile==
===Background===
Shirou during the fire (Ufotable).jpg|Shirou lost during the Fire.
YoungShiro.jpg|Shirou wounded after the fire.
Kiritsugu finds Shirou perspective.jpg|Shirou being rescued by Kiritsugu.
Shirou realta nua.jpg|Shirou hugged by Kiritsugu.
Shirou waking up in a hospital (Ufotable).jpg|Shirou inside the hospital after the fire.
Kiritsugu talking with young Shirou in the Hospital.jpg|Kiritsugu talking with Shirou for the first time.
Fate Zero Shirou moving in.jpg|Shirou moving in with Kiritsugu.
Shirou and Taiga over the years album.jpg|Photos of Shirou, Kiritsugu, and Taiga over the years.
Shirou & Kiritsugu.png|Kiritsugu's last moments with Shirou.
Shirou younger years.jpg|Photos of Shirou growing up.
Shirou as an Archery Club member.jpg|Shirou during his time in the Archery Club.
Shirou meets Sakura (Ufotable).jpg|Shirou meets a young Sakura Matou.
Shirou teaching Sakura.jpg|Shirou teaching Sakura how to do the chores.
10 years before the start of Fate/stay night, Shirou was an ordinary boy living with his parents in Shinto. The Great Fire caused by the contents of the Holy Grail spilling out at the end of the Fourth Holy Grail War killed both his parents and left him mortally wounded within the blaze. He was rescued by Kiritsugu Emiya, who was dejected after indirectly causing the fire and, wishing to actually "save" someone for the first time in his life, rescued Shirou by embedding Avalon in his body.Fate/stay night - Day 1: One day - RebirthFate/stay night - Day 10: skyscraper - PortraitFate/Zero Volume 4: Flames of Purgatory - Act 16 Part 12 00:00:00
Kiritsugu later asked the recovering Shirou if he would like to become his adopted son, fully disclosing his identity as a magus. Shirou agreed and spent the next two years persistently asking Kiritsugu to teach him magecraft. Kiritsugu eventually complied, and though he disapproved of Shirou's desire to learn his craft, he advised applying it in secret, where it could only benefit people and not attract confusion or suspicion. The knowledge he imparted to Shirou was very basic and incomplete, leading him down a dangerous path with little results. Furthermore, and perhaps inadvertently, Kiritsugu passed on his philosophy of wishing to be a Hero of Justice capable of saving anyone to Shirou.Fate/stay night - Fate route - Day 4: Partner - Principle of action
Five years prior to the Fifth Holy Grail War, weakening every day due the effect of black mud from the Holy Grail, Kiritsugu dies,Fate/Zero Volume 4: Flames of Purgatory - Epilogue: Five Years Later leaving Shirou frustrated, depressed, and alone. He was subsequently watched over by Taiga Fujimura, Shirou's longtime neighbor and his English teacher, and his living expenses were managed by her grandfather, Raiga Fujimura. He later went to a middle school where he encountered Shinji Matou around October of his second year when he had to remake the signboard of the culture festival according to the design of third year students in a single evening. Shinji, who oversaw that throughout the evening, said “Hmm… you’re an idiot but you actually do a pretty good job.” and started to laugh.
After starting in Homurahara High School, he met Issei Ryuudou and became known as someone who would readily do anything to help others, such as fixing the school equipment. He later joined the Archery Club, which led to an estranged relationship with Shinji. He missed the target only once during the period that he was enrolled, but even then he said that he saw that “it will miss” before even shooting it. He withdrew during the summer of his first year due to a bone fracture in his right shoulder he received during his part-time job, which left a burn mark over the skin. The wound itself was nothing major, but Shinji pointed out that it was unsightly for someone with a burn mark to do a formal shooting, so he left the club as it was also a period when he was busy with his part-time job. Their relationship eventually stabilized, but some tension still remained, especially in regard to Shinji's abuse of Sakura Matou. Shirou also got closer to Sakura as she started to visit his household frequently during the period while he was injured in order to help him cook and clean up the house. Even after he was healed, she continued to come as a member of his surrogate family.
===Appearance===
Shriou_FSN_UBW_2014.png|Shirou with his scarf.
Emiya_shiro_coat.png|Shirou wearing his coat.
76.jpg|19 Year old Shirou in the Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Epilogue.
During the events of Fifth Holy Grail War, Shirou is a teenager with short auburn hair and golden-brown coloured eyes. He is often seen wearing his casual clothing, consisting of a blue and white long sleeve baseball jersey T-shirt and a blue slim straight jeans. During school, he wears his Homurahara Academy uniform but underneath his jacket uniform, he wears the same long sleeve baseball jersey T-shirt.
In the Heaven's Feel scenario, Shirou gains a new body created by Touko Aozaki. His puppet body is noted to match his original body closely. He wears a long sleeve shirt with black trousers.
In the Ufotable adaptation of Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works], Shirou has a lot more variety of clothing. For instance, Shirou wears a black and white jersey zip jacket along with his casual clothing. He wears a charcoal coloured Thomson tartan lambswool scarf along with his school uniform. Other than his casual clothing, he is seen wearing a long sleeve white shirt and a black hooded coat. He also wears a black long sleeve shirt.
===Personality===
Due to the trauma he suffered during the great fire, Shirou has a constant emptiness in his personality and suffers from tremendous survivor's guilt. He feels that, as the only survivor, it is unfair to the deceased to prioritize his own needs before those of others. He has a distorted sense of values where he only finds self-worth from helping people without any compensation, feeling that the very act “helping people” is its own reward. He believes it is highly unfair that some people survive and others do not. When it comes down to receiving an injury or even giving up his life to help someone, he will do it without a second thought. The people who see this side of him are often very worried and attempt to correct his behavior, though they are unable to change his opinions. Kiritsugu often talked about how he used strive to protect the innocent from the world's many perils, even at the cost of his own humanity, and how he was saddened by the reality that whenever he was able to spare one life, another person was fated to die. Although Kiritsugu was tormented by his inability to save everyone, Shirou always admired his efforts. Right before Kiritsugu's death, Shirou pledged to be a Hero of Justice in Kiritsugu's place and strive to protect everyone at the cost of his own life. Everything that he is thus far is the result of that very pledge. He has made it his dream to become a "Hero of Justice" who will save everyone regardless of what happens to his own life.
Shirou pushes his ideals to their limit during the Fate scenario, where he constantly attempts to protect Saber from harm and keep her from fighting other Servants, despite the fact that she is many times more powerful than he and that even his odds of mere survival, never mind victory, are hopelessly low against those he personally fights. This is because he cannot stand the idea of someone else being harmed for his sake. He never gives up his ideals during the route and injures himself numerous times to uphold it. During the Unlimited Blade Works route, Shirou, through constant arguing with Archer, begins to see the hypocrisy in his ideals. Though he refuses to give them up entirely, he works his way towards a middle ground where he will strive towards fulfilling ideals, despite knowing they are impossible to achieve. He faces his largest dilemma during Heaven's Feel, where he is forced to choose between maintaining his ideals and protecting the life of Sakura. He eventually forsakes them, with the exception of the Superhero ending, where he becomes as resolute as Kiritsugu in his prime, allowing Sakura to be executed for the greater good. He strives only to protect Sakura, though he is presented with conflict a number of times.
Shirou is extremely stubborn once he sets out to accomplish something, such as spending hours attempting to perform a high jump that is nearly impossible for him. This action, as watched by Rin and Sakura, is one of the initial factors that causes them both to develop feelings for Shirou. He will stubbornly defend his own viewpoints, no matter how wrong they may seem to others, even to the point of causing them great mental anguish. Though he does his best to help others, if he feels that a person brought about their own ruin, he will simply watch instead of helping. He can range from being sarcastic to blunt very easily and his poor convey of body language can make it difficult for others to recognize when he is which, even leading some to think he is being dense or ignorant. Nasu has stated that Shirou and Shiki Tohno would not get along.
====Relationships====
Saber and Shirou (Fate route).png|Shirou tells Saber he wants to be with her.
Shirou Tells Rin He Loves Her.jpg|Shirou tells Rin he loves her.
Shirou tells Sakura he will protect her..png|Shirou tells Sakura he will protect her.
Shirou's love interests varies from Saber, Rin and Sakura depending on the routes. However, he has shown to be initially attracted to Saber, from the moment he saw her after she's summoned regardless of the route. In Fate, Shirou eventually fully accepts his feelings for Saber, and even desires to be with her, despite her being unable to exist in the mortal world, but they eventually reunite in Avalon. In Unlimited Blade Works, Shirou admits his feelings towards Rin during their alliance, and accepts her support to help him pursue his ideal. As he realizes that he’s fallen for her both before and after knowing her true nature, he reveals his desire to be with Rin not just as an ally and later eventually becomes her boyfriend in True End, sometime teasing her in retaliation to her own. However if he also keeps paying his attention to Saber, then all three eventually have a mutual relationship and continue living together in Good End. In Heaven's Feel, his feelings for Sakura become major plot point, when he realizes her growing beauty and develops feelings for her even before the beginning of the Holy Grail War, which drastically alters all of the following events and eventually leads him to forsake his long held ideals of becoming a Hero of Justice in order to save her.
Shirou quickly develops a rivalry with Archer after their first meeting, and is shown to be jealous of Archer's relationship with Rin as the two look close to each other in the Unlimited Blade Works route. Shirou also grudgingly believes Archer is cooler than him. Shirou can be critical of Taiga Fujimura, often berating and teasing her over her antics, although she seems to be aware it's mostly playful banter and will try to get under his skin in retaliation. In truth, Shirou greatly loves and values her for being there after the death of his father. Shirou is initially fearful of Illya but can become fiercely protective of her when they're not acting as enemies. This is even before he discovers they are step-siblings. In addition to Saber, Rin and Sakura, Shirou is also attracted to Rider.
====Hobbies====
Shirou possesses an extraordinary talent for housework. Despite having Taiga as his caretaker, he generally cooks all of her meals and does almost all of the housework while she generally does nothing. Home cooking is his forte, and he especially prides himself in Japanese cuisine. He is not a cheapskate when it comes to ingredients to make a delicious meal, and he will spend a great deal of time in order to make something extravagant. He teaches Sakura how to cook and as she improves, they eventually start to compete over the quality of their meals. Shirou equally enjoys Japanese tea, black tea, and coffee, but he prefers Japanese tea and dislikes plum kelp tea. There are times when he receives liquor from Copenhagen, but he merely tastes it as he is not good with alcohol. Among the characters of Fate, he is one of the heaviest eaters, losing only to Saber, Berserker, and Lancer. According to him: “one who does not have the stomach to digest breakfast is a failure as a martial artist.” Despite having his household finances taken care of by Taiga, Shirou does not wish to feel like a freeloader, so he has been taking up part-time jobs since middle school in order to pay for his own expenses. He earns 950 yen per hour at Copenhagen, and he receives spending money from accompanying Raiga Fujimura when he participates in his hobbies, which include sumo wrestling and hunting.
Shirou does not feel comfortable in the atmosphere of a Game Center. He is weak against blind dates, even though he likes them. He has never gone to the dentist. His English language skills are poor and his intended major is initially in the field of law and politics.Fate/hollow ataraxia - 10/08 - School - Emotional Guidance He likes repairing electronics to help practice his magecraft, and he can become immersed for hours at a time while fixing appliances. Due to the fact that he almost never denies requests to repair appliances or work, such as cleaning the school's swimming pool before its opening, he has many nicknames such as “fake school janitor”, “in charge of mending”, “vacuum cleaner of the Archery Club” and “Homurahara’s brownie”. He likes to meditate within the dojo in his household, often to relax before or after practicing magecraft.
While at school, he aims to be the greatest at the “who will give up first” type of contest. He once participated in along with Ryuudou Issei and Matou Shinji during a school festival. They advanced to the finals, but when they competed with the team formed by Kane Himuro, Ayaka Sajyou and Ayako Mitsuzuri, Issei caused a quarrel after being harassed with concentrated attacks and caused both teams to be disqualified.
==Role==
===Fate/Zero===
Fate Zero Shirou moving in.jpg|Shirou moving into the Emiya residence.
Kiritsugu final moments.jpg|Kiritsugu final moments with Shirou.
Shirou appears near the end of the story. He lost his family to the great fire caused by the Grail, as he laid on the floor trying to reach out to someone. Kiritsugu found him and thanked him. Shirou was envious of Kiritsugu when he saw him happily cried in tears as if he was saved.
After being rescued by Kiritsugu from the inferno, he is adopted as Kiritsugu's son. Shirou felt more comfortable calling Kiritsugu than "father" or "dad". In the anime adaptation, he is seen settling into the Emiya residence.
In the Drama CD, Shirou kept experiencing nightmares. Shirou would take the medicine that Kiritsugu made with magecraft. Shirou asks Kiritsugu about teaching him magecraft but Kiritsugu was completely against it.
Five years later, while gazing at the stars in the Emiya estate, Kiritsugu tells Shirou of his dream to be a Hero of Justice and how he failed. Shirou, in admiration, states that he will achieve Kiritsugu's ideal and this allows Kiritsugu to die peacefully.
===Fate/stay night===
Sabersummoned.jpg|Shirou summons Saber. "I ask of you, are you my Master?"
ShirouCaliburn.jpg|Shirou Traces and Projects Caliburn and uses it along with Saber to fight Berserker.
Saber and Shirou (Fate route).png|Shirou tells Saber he wants to be with her.
Saber holds Shirou.jpg|Saber holds Shirou, after he saves them from Gilgamesh. "Shirou, you are my sheath."
Fate shirouvskotomine.jpg|Shirou defeats Kotomine with Rin's Azoth Sword.
Shirou Tells Rin He Loves Her.jpg|Shirou Confesses his feelings to Rin.
Shirou vs. Archer.jpg|Shirou vs. Archer
Shiroubw.jpg|Shirou Emiya uses Unlimited Blade Works.
Shirou Emiya Prepares to use UBW against Gilgamesh.jpg|Shirou UBW Close Up. "Here I come King of Heroes, do you have enough weapons in stock?"
Shirou Emiya vs Gilgamesh.jpg|Shirou Emiya vs. Gilgamesh
Shirou tells Sakura he will protect her..png|Shirou swearing to protect Sakura.
Shirou Emiya and Illyasviel Von Einzbern go shopping.jpg|Shirou and Illya go shopping.
Shirou Emiya takes care of Sakura Matou Eyes Open.jpg|Shirou takes care of Sakura.
Shirou vs. Black Berserker.jpg|Shirou vs. Black Berserker with Nine Lives Blade Works.
Hf shirouvskotomine2.jpg|"No way! I wont lose! That man has no goal! He's just following his way of life he protected!"
Shirou Emiya vs. Kirei Kotomine.jpg|"But I have one. I have a goal. I have a reason that I have to beat him, I have a reason that I need to win!"
C31.jpg|Shirou, Sakura, Rider, and Rin in the true ending of Heaven's Feel watching the cherry blossoms.
See Main Route Articles for Shirou's role during the scenarios: Fate, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel
Five years later, Shirou is a student of Class C of Homurahara School during Fate/stay night. One day he witness's two servants fight which leads to him eventually summoning a Servant of his own Saber where he learns of the Heaven's Feel Ritual. He has no interest in the Holy Grail and instead despises its use. However, he is determined to win the Holy Grail War with Saber for he hopes his efforts will ensure that another disaster like the Fuyuki conflagration will never occur again.
At the End of the Fate scenario, he continues to pursue his dreams of being a "Hero of Justice" and hope to unite with Saber all while leading a regular life. After the True End of Unlimited Blade Works route, he is working part-time at the mansion of Rin's rival Luviagelita Edelfelt.
Shirou does not end up as his alternative future self at the end of the three scenarios.
====Fate/stay night manga====
Shirou.jpg|Shirou as he appears in Fate/stay night, illustrated by Dat Nishiwaki.
L044.jpg|Shirou and Saber using Caliburn in in Fate/stay night, illustrated by Dat Nishiwaki.
The Fate/stay night manga adaptation of the visual novel follows the Fate route with a mixture of events from Unlimited Blade Works. It follows the events of Fate normally until the defeat of Rider. Instead of Shirou being immediately kidnapped by Illya while Saber is weakened, Saber manages to recover somewhat from her use of Excalibur before the Emiya household is assaulted by Caster. Using Taiga as a hostage, Caster successfully uses Rule Breaker on Saber and takes her as her Servant after Shirou was unable to make a quick decision. When Rin tells Shirou that he is no longer a master and should not be involved any further, Shirou becomes depressed and becomes confused with what to do.
Feeling depressed over his loss and worried over Saber, Shirou goes to the Church for shelter. At the Church, Kotomine tells Shirou that his decision to sacrifice Saber was the right choice. Enraged, hearing such a thing Shirou counters Kotomine, saying that that (sacrifice Saber) was wrong and that he never truly gave her up. Kotomine then counters Shirou saying that not accepting what he did was the real betrayal. Kotomine then reveals to Shirou that his father Emiya Kiritsugu was also a Master in the Holy Grail Wars and that he was the victor. Shirou was both shocked and horrified even further after being told the truth. Kotomine tells Shirou that Kiritsugu was the man who kill all the other masters and caused Kotomine's first death in order to attain the Grail, and making Shirou believe that Kiritsugu was the one responsible for the huge fire that killed so many people ten years ago (although this is only half true, as Kotomine was the one who made the wish to make everyone in the area disappear). Following this, Shirou begins to have visions of Saber thanks to his mental link with her. Shirou then decides to come out of hiding and rescue Saber. Kotomine then acknowledges Shirou as Kiritsugu's son and secretly swears to end Shirou's life personally.
Shirou tracks down Caster and Kuzuki only to be beaten by Rin and Archer. During the battle while Rin attempts to reach Kuzuki, and Caster overwhelms Archer until she temporarily retreats upon Archer starting to unleash Unlimited Blade Works. Kuzuki bringing a defeated Rin stops the battle, and Archer is forced to also become Caster's Servant in exchange for Rin's safety. Caster reneges on the promise by ordering Saber to slay Rin, but Shirou saves Rin and takes her to safety just in time.
After the loss of Archer, Shirou and Rin are approached by Lancer, who has come to offer some help. They attack Caster and Kuzuki who have taken over the Church. While initially overwhelmed, Archer, having been waiting for his chance to kill Caster, assassinates both her and Kuzuki before turning his attention to Shirou. Shirou who has become disgusted with Archer, engages Archer demanding why Archer hates him so much, The two are stopped by Rin who manages to convince Archer from killing Shirou by talking it out. Rather than Rin forming a contract with Saber, Shirou manages to become her Master again, while Rin becomes Archer's Master again. It continues to follow the Fate route afterward, Shirou's feelings for Saber continue to develop and her for him as well.
===Fate/hollow ataraxia===
Shirou, as Saber's master, is the winner of the Fifth Holy Grail War, having opted to destroy the Grail. Half a year later, he continues to live a peaceful life with the other Servants and Masters in Fuyuki. However, the peace is broken when Heaven's Feel is unexpectedly restarted, despite the destruction of the Grail. Shirou then decides to patrol the town with Saber to investigate the dangers of the restarted war. Shirou soon discovers though that everyone is trapped within a loop of four days, thus resolving to put an end to the loop. In the meantime, He finds himself repeatedly encountering a mysterious silver-haired girl when going out alone at night. However, he is unable to properly interact with her as he is quickly killed by a horde of beast-like shadows, resetting the loop back to the first day. Additionally, Shirou and Saber encounter a new Master and Servant: Bazett Fraga McRemitz and the mysterious Avenger, who are participating in a war unrecognized by the others. Unfortunately, Shirou and Saber are both killed in this encounter, resetting the loop once again.
Shirou learns from Rin, after returning from London, that both the loop and the restarted war may possibly be the result of the Holy Grail granting someone's wish. Later, Shirou encounters the silver-haired girl once again who reveals her name as Caren Hortensia, and that she already knows who Shirou is. However, like the times before, a horde of beast-like shadows attacks, only this time though they are beaten by Shirou and Caren. After defeating the horde, Caren tells Shirou to meet her at the Church to further discuss the situation occurring in Fuyuki. Meeting Caren at the Church, she begins to relay information regarding the loop and the restarted war. Caren reveals that the events occurring within the loop are artificial, though she says the people themselves are real except for one. She also reveals that she was sent to investigate the Holy Grail and the nature of the restarted Heaven's Feel. Furthermore, she tells Shirou that as the winner of the Fifth Holy Grail War only he can end this new war, as it is a reenactment of the fifth so it must end with his victory. Shirou then leaves the church after being told by Caren to ask Rin about London.
Shirou questions Rin about London, to which she eventually reveals the existence of twin manors built during the third war to be used as separate hideouts for the Edelfelt sisters. She further recounts that one of the manors was where she discovered the murder scene of Lancer's original Master. Prompted by this information, Shirou goes to one of the manors to ascertain it as Bazett's hideout. However, he finds the place to be empty, though he does discover one of Lancer's earrings. Taking the earring with him, Shirou goes to the harbor to get Lancer's assistance against Bazett, using the earring to convince him. Agreeing to kill Bazett, Shirou and Lancer meet up at the church courtyard before midnight, where they encounter Bazett and Avenger. Lancer and Bazett confront each other brieflly, which ends with them giving each other fatal wounds with their Noble Phantasms. With Bazett's death Shirou believes that both the loop and the restarted war will now end, though he is surprised that Avenger still exists despite his master being dead. The horde of shades then appears, yet their focus is only on Avenger. Avenger then begins to turn into one of the shades, but he manages to tell Shirou to speak with the Heaven's Cup, imploring Shirou to destroy real him, before his transformation is complete.
Realizing what Avenger may mean, Shirou visits Illya to get answers. She reveals that the Holy Grail that reproduced the war is a true wish granter compared to the Holy Grail of the Einzberns. She further reveals that the Grail is actually Avenger, which is located at the moon. It is also discovered that Shirou is actually Avenger taking his form. Now knowing his true identity, Shirou returns to being Avenger, and with Caren, goes up to the Grail to end the loop. Outside the loop, the real Shirou is tricked into letting Bazett stay at his house with a potential occupation of working as his bodyguard, though he feels a strange sense of familiarity with her. Soon after Caren enter's the house and introduces herself as the new Overseer of Fuyuki and somehow Shirou also somehow remembers familiarly. Caren and Bazett than affectionately converse, play, and tease with Shirou who continues why he dosen't mind being with these two and going along with it, as if he just met two old friends. 
===Curtain Call ~Let Us Drive Together~===
In this Drama CD Shirou is living with Rin in London a few years after the war. While at the Clock Tower, Rin acquires a license and Shirou is worried about her with modern technology, so he decides to help teach her how to drive along with Lord El-Melloi II. He later goes to King Arthur's grave at Glastonbury to pay his respects to Saber only to run into a certain someone in spirit form. This person calls him a brat and believes he is a thief with how many times he's come here. He continues on by saying that if he continues to act depressed over here Saber may really come back out of worry. Shirou asks if the spirit knows about King Arthur and the spirit retorts saying that doesn't matter and he should remember Saber as she was, to move on since that is what Artoria would have wanted. Realizing he is talking to someone from Artoria's time he ask's the spirit what he thought of her, the spirit say's that Artoria was like a bright star that guided the people, and that while others would admire blindly, the both of them knew better; Artoria was a star too bright to keep at someone's side all the time. Shirou agrees but since he did see the starlight with his own eyes, then regardless of how far away it is he will continue to follow that light. The spirit mocks him for his stubbornness, but also mentions he's on the right track, and then leaves.
===The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II===
The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II is set a few years after a theoretical fourth route of Fate/stay night that combines aspects of all three.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 1: The Man Who Devoured God - Afterword Shirou went to London with Rin and is working part-time as Luvia's butler.
====The Man Who Devoured God====
Upon seeing that Rin has taken in orphaned children in Singapore, Lord El-Melloi II thinks Shirou is rubbing off on her. He asks if they are in a relationship and Rin become flustered, denying it with "O-of course not! Give me a break!"The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 1: The Man Who Devoured God - Chapter 2 Part 2 
Luvia says that she wanted to use the opportunity while Rin was away from the Clock Tower to lure Shirou "away from that fox", but Shirou was on leave for the week. Reines also mentions the time that Luvia and Rin fell off the Tower of London and were saved by Shirou.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 1: The Man Who Devoured God - Interlude
Taiga sent a video game from Japan to Shirou, and he sold it to Flat Escardos. Flat wanted to play it with Lord El-Melloi II, but he was away from his office.
====Legacy of the Alchemist====
Flat calls El-Melloi II to inform him that he was planning to go to Van-Fem's casino together with Shirou, though he got distracted.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 5: Legacy of the Alchemist (Lower) - Epilogue
====Fem's Casa====
Shirou LEMA6.png|Shirou with Ye Sizhen.
LEMA7 Shirou vs Juste.png|Shirou facing Juste.
Shirou was planning to spend time with Flat in Monaco, but Flat got distracted and left. Shirou decides to attend one of the world's most famous events the gambling game Fem's Casa, not wanting to waste Luvia's one-million euro buy-in ticket when she decided not to go, instead answering Sion's request to go to the Library of Alexandria. Shirou attempts to play for fun, however he wins against the creator and sponsor Van-Fem, who has only lost to a number which can be counted on one hand. While the winner of Fem's Casa can ask a wish of Van-Fem, Shirou decided to leave without taking his prize. Van-Fem feels that he cannot let Shirou leave without giving him a reward and mobilizes his connections to bring him back.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 6: Fem's Casa (Upper) - Chapter 2
Witnesses reported seeing him fighting off the mafia with twin swords, trying to protect a girl that the mafia was after. Shortly afterward Shirou went missing. The Morte mafia are after him for the fight against their men, and because they suspect him of stealing their Origin Bullets that the mafia received from Kiritsugu years prior, which they received for giving him the location of Einzbern's Castle which he had difficulty getting back to after the war. Bai Ruolong has also been tasked with kidnapping Shirou so his master Ziz could learn the secret to beating Van-Fem.
After it becomes apparent that Shirou has gone missing, Van-Fem asks Lord El-Melloi II to find him. Rin and Luvia search Monaco for Shirou, while El-Melloi II has to stay behind to win Fem's Casa after being challenged by Ziz. After a scuffle with the mafia, Shirou is rescued by Ye Sizhen, a competitor in Fem's Casa and an apprentice to Ziz. She also states she's an associate of the girl he's rescued.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 6: Fem's Casa (Upper) - Interlude
Shirou and Sizhen are later attacked by Juste, a killer who idolizes Kiritsugu. Sizhen believes she has the upper hand at first but is caught off guard with Juste's mix of modern warfare and chainsaw augmented body parts. Juste states that his mission is justice, and he intends to kill Sizhen since the lives she would take away outnumber those she'd save, a thought process in line with Kiritsugu's own. Shirou stops Juste with an arrow shot from Archer's bow and counters Juste's declaration of being justice by saying that his dream is to be a hero of justice. When Juste hears Sizhen call Shirou by his name, he recognizes it and identifies him as the person who "killed Kiritsugu". Shirou fights Juste using Kanshou and Bakuya and attempts to finish with Triple-Linked Crane Wings, however their fight is interrupted by the arrival of Flat and Ergo, prompting Juste to retreat. As he flees, he says that he will never forgive Shirou.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 7: Fem's Casa (Middle) - Chapter 2
When Flat brings up how Van-Fem is looking for Shirou, Shirou says that because he used Luvia's ticket Van-Fem should ask her for the prize, and besides he doesn't consider himself a winner since Van-Fem simply admitted defeat when he figured out Shirou's trick. Shirou, Flat, Ergo, and Sizhen catch each other up on what has happened so far, with Ergo confessing that with his divine sight he had seen Shirou's past while they were searching for him, including the Fuyuki fire and his conversation with Archer. In exchange, Shirou asks Ergo to tell him his own story while he helps finish Ergo's mask that Genma Tobori made for him. To do so, Shirou projects a divine Egyptian chisel that he had traced during a visit to the British Museum with Rin.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 7: Fem's Casa (Middle) - Chapter 4
LEMA8 Ergo and Shirou investigating (Corrected version).jpg|Shirou and Ergo discovering a secret trapdoor in Kiritsugu's favorite Monaco bar.
LEMA8 Shirou vajra.jpg|Shirou projecting Vajra.
Shirou's wounds are healing quickly thanks to Avalon inside of him. After helping Ergo with the mask, Shirou decides to go and see Van-Fem and deal with the situation before the ship leaves, although he is curious about what Juste meant by him "killing Kiritsugu". Ergo asks to know more about Kiritsugu, so Shirou takes him to an old cafe that Kiritsugu used to go to when he visited Monaco, the same one that Waver and Ziz were at. Shirou's reason for being in Monaco in the first place is retracing Kiritsugu's footsteps to learn more about him, visiting the places that he would go to during his trips abroad when Shirou was young. After Shirou talks to the waitress who knew Kiritsugu, he and Ergo eat while Ergo tells him about himself. Ergo reveals that one of the reasons for his creation is to clear a whole backlog of Atlas future tragedies, and, by choosing to live, he feels he has made many suffer. Shirou disagrees, stating that while he considers justice saving the many, he doesn't believe in necessary sacrifices. Both of them agree it's great to be alive, then depart to a bar the waitress says Kiritsugu frequented. While Shirou and Ergo visit the bar, they notice that this one is protected by a Bounded Field, and has a secret underground room where Kiritsugu used to store weapons and information about his jobs. The room has since been taken over by Juste, who has many notes detailing not only Kiritsugu's life but Shirou's as well. From the notes on Juste's plans, Shirou and Ergo determine that Juste's next targets are Lord El-Melloi II and Gray, who are currently aboard Van-Fem's ship.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 8: Fem's Casa (Lower) - Chapter 1
Shirou and Ergo capture one of the mafia men who had followed them into Juste's base. The man asks why, if Shirou wants to be a hero, he didn't fight to kill the villains when defending the hostage earlier when he could have easily defeated them. Upon learning that that's not the kind of hero Shirou wants to be, the man reminded of Kiritsugu asks Shirou and Ergo to follow him to the harbor. The man points them in the direction of Van-Fem's ship the Croisière en Enfer, which is currently shrouded by a magical mist so normal people can't see it. They are attacked then by some of Juste's drones, which knock the man unconscious and trap Ergo and Shirou in invisible walls. Ergo's Phantom Hands and Shirou's Kanshou and Bakuya are ineffective against the swiftly moving drones, so Shirou projects Vajra and destroys them with Indra's lightning.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 8: Fem's Casa (Lower) - Chapter 3
Shirou and Ergo catch up to Van-Fem's ship just as Juste hits Gray with an Origin Bullet. They prevent him from finishing El-Melloi II off, and Shirou fights Juste while Ergo attempts to save Gray. When Shirou asks Juste why he shot Gray instead of El-Melloi II, he says that it's because that's what Kiritsugu would have done to make an opening to kill El-Melloi II. Shirou presses him about why he wants to kill El-Melloi II specifically since Kiritsugu had bigger enemies than him, and concludes that while Juste uses Kiritsugu's methods, his objective isn't avenging Kiritsugu. This causes Juste to become unhinged, calling Shirou "Kiritsugu's killer", but Shirou maintains his concentration stating Ergo won't let Gray die.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 8: Fem's Casa (Lower) - Chapter 5
Juste reveals that in the future El-Melloi II will bring a magical war to Fuyuki, and he knows this because as an Atlas alchemist he can predict the most likely futures. This is why he wants El-Melloi II dead. Juste reveals that he took advantage of the mafia hunting him to take the Origin Bullets from them, believing that whoever has them is the successor to the "Magus Killer". Juste prepares to kill Shirou with just a normal bullet, saying that he isn't worthy of an Origin Bullet, and Shirou agrees that Juste is probably better as Kiritsugu's successor but Kiritsugu still chose him to make his dream of being a hero of justice come true. Shirou doesn't exactly know what that will look like, but he wants to keep being the person who made Kiritsugu say he was at peace in the end. Hearing that Kiritsugu was at peace when he died Juste is unable to pull the trigger, and the hypnosis magecraft put on him by his father begins breaking down and he declares that he must stop Ziz. He begins growing more frenzied in his attacks against Shirou not caring for his own well-being.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 8: Fem's Casa (Lower) - Chapter 6
Shirou saves Juste from the falling mast of the ship, and his lack of self-preservation completely baffles Juste. Seeing that Juste doesn't want to fight anymore, Shirou leaves the battle behind to check on Gray.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 8: Fem's Casa (Lower) - Chapter 7 As he is leaving, Gray hits Ziz with Rhongomyniad, with the blast sending everyone onto the deck where Shirou and Juste are; Shirou protects himself and Juste from the blast with Rho Aias. Ziz activates his Reality Marble Astral Infant and begins using astral minions to fight off everyone who attempts to stop him, and then notices Juste and Shirou, launching an attack on them. Juste's father attempts to alter the hypnosis to have Juste fight Ziz, but Juste turns on his father, and when Ziz sends an astral minion to kill Shirou, Juste beheads it. Juste asks Ziz a series of questions about life, which Ziz answers that all sapient lifeforms "found beauty in the wrong things", and that they would be happier in darkness without fighting over resources. Juste disagrees then resists the compulsion, deciding he wants to hear Shirou tell him about Kiritsugu's last moments, tells Shirou to fulfill his promise to Kiritsugu, and after which Shirou climbs to his feet.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 8: Fem's Casa (Lower) - Chapter 8
Having heard Ziz's ideals and beliefs, Shirou finds them frustratingly hard to argue against but still disagrees, finding similarities with Kotomine and Ziz. Shirou retrieves a jewel from his pocket that he had received from Rin, which both he and her had been charging with their Magical Energy for a year. The jewel turns to dust as Shirou uses its accumulated Magical Energy to cast a spell. Ziz then proceeds to send all his astral minions to stop Shirou to no avail.
Shirou counters Ziz's Reality Marble with his own, pulling everyone aboard Van-Fem's ship into Unlimited Blade Works. Shirou takes Hrunting from the field of swords, and after taking aim at Ziz's astral forces he smashes the sword against the ground. This variation of the Broken Phantasm when used within Unlimited Blade Works applies the effect of the Broken weapon to every sword touched by the sword's fragments. This causes Hrunting's homing effect to be granted to all the other swords touched by its shards, and they all shoot out of the ground to attack the enemy. As Shirou faces Ziz, Ergo and El-Melloi II both conclude that Astral Infant will eventually win out over Unlimited Blade Works, as Ziz has stored up 2000 years worth of Magical Energy in Monaco giving him a power difference.
As Ergo uses the power of Oceanus inside him, Shirou provides him with several swords to fight with using his Phantom Hands. Meanwhile Gray begins searching for a specific sword inside Unlimited Blade Works, and Shirou sees her face for the first time when she finds and retrieves it. At first shocked but then smiling, Shirou gives Gray permission to use the sword: Caliburn. Ergo and Gray wield Caliburn together, and it reaches its full power thanks to Ergo acknowledging his true identity as Alexander IV fulfilling the sword's requirement of a righteous king wielding it. Just as Shirou and Saber once had against Berserker, Ergo and Gray use Caliburn to defeat Ziz.
A few days later, Shirou makes lunch for Juste and Ye Sizhen at Sizhen's apartment. Juste asks Shirou about Kiritsugu and how Shirou still wants to follow him even after learning about Kiritsugu's dark side, and Shirou muses that he felt Kiritsugu was most like a hero when he saved him from the Fuyuki fire and when he raised him. As he was about to talk to Juste more about Rin, Rin arrives to pick them up in a car. While Rin will be traveling with El-Melloi II's group to the Himalayas to confront their next enemy Wuzhiqi, Shirou decides to stay in Monaco a little longer with Luvia and Flat.The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 8: Fem's Casa (Lower) - Epilogue
===Fate/unlimited codes===
ShirouUCopening.jpg|Opening.
ShirouUCending.jpg|Ending.
SaberUC1.png|Saber's Opening.
Shirou's story mode starts with him being told about the war from Saber and after how innocents would be endangered, decides to fight to stop it. Saber asks if he truly has no wish. Shirou replies no, and that he just wants to stop the conflict, saying that in his own way was his wish.
Eventually at the Einzbern Castle he fights Archer, who once more questions his ideals. He wants Shirou to see his hypocrisy, calling humans beings that only look after themselves, and tries to stop him. Shirou presses through however and defeats Archer. 
Later, Shirou encounters Kotomine at Ryuudo Temple while both their Servant's fight. Kotomine states that while he wants to cover the world in darkness, Shirou wants to cover the world in light. He insists they are the same, saying that all wishes create the "flow of life" which means that Shirou's wish can only come true after his own. 
Shirou at first agrees that is the "flow of life", which makes Kotomine believe his battle with Archer affected his thought process and is glad Shirou is starting to understand. But Shirou also states that it is a belief of someone who has given up on everything which he hasn't. He describes there was once a woman who believed and fought for a utopia where no one suffered, and a Hero of Justice who believed in and fought to keep that ideal alive. Others share his ideals, and as long as there is someone who believes, then he will keep trying to be a Hero of Justice. 
Kotomine, after hearing this, says that although he did not share his blood, Shriou was indeed Kiritsugu Emiya's son. He tells Shirou he will not gain anything holding up those ideals and asks him if he can keep striving for the light despite that. The two then begin to fight. 
Shirou defeats Kotomine, bidding him goodbye. Even though there was much more he wanted to say to him, he tells him that he knows he'll never forget him. 
The ending closes with Saber destroying the grail and leaving, and Shirou saying goodbye to the two-hundred-year war and "ritual" designed to reproduce "that miracle". He says he will hold his head up high, looking at the sky and when the sun sets, the stars will be his guide. He says that now he knows his true potential, he will never doubt himself no matter what happens, knowing that one day he will meet them again.
He is given the title in Fate/unlimited codes.
===Fate/tiger Colosseum series===
ShirouTCending.jpg|Shirou's Ending
FTCSaberend.jpg|Saber's ending
SaberalterTCending.jpg|Saber Alter's Ending
SakuraTCending.jpg|Sakura's Ending
DarkSakuraTCEnding.jpg|Dark Sakura's Ending
IllyaTCending1.jpg|Illya's Ending
CarenTCending.jpg|Caren's Ending
TaigaTCending.jpg|Taiga's ending
KiritsuguTCending.jpg|Kiritsugu's Ending
IriTCending.jpg|Irisviel's Ending
AssassinTCending.jpg|Assassin's Ending
SaberlionTCending.jpg|Saber Lion's ending
Kaleido-RubyTCending.jpg|Kaleido-Ruby's Ending
===Carnival Phantasm===
Shirou has a large role in Carnival Phantasm due to being the main character of Fate/stay night. He often interacts with his love interests, and a large plot deals with him attempting to date them simultaneously (in order to make all of them happy) when the plan goes awry, Shirou chooses to give priority only to his true love, what arouses the wrath of spurned heroines. It is also shown that, despite what Nasu has stated, he and Shiki Tohno are very good friends and often collude with each other to keep the girls happy.
===Today's Menu for Emiya Family===
Shirou_in_Today's_Menu1.png|Shirou in Today's Menu for Emiya Family.
Young_Shirou_in_Today's_Menu1.png|Young Shirou.
Shirou's_obscured_face_in_Today's_Menu1.png|Shirou's obscured face.
Shirou is the main character of Today's Menu for Emiya Family, which features mostly Shirou and Saber (and occasionally, other characters) cooking various Japanese and/or Chinese dishes while explaining how they're made. A young Shirou also makes an appearance in Episode 6. although the romantic relationship between Shirou and Saber is present throughout the story, the end of episode 7 implies that he and Rin also maintain a relationship greater than just friends.
Shirou's face becomes obscured in episodes that center around Archer, as demonstrated in Episode 11.
===ALL AROUND TYPE-MOON - A Day of Ahnenerbe===
====Ahnenerbe, 10 Years Ago====
A young Shirou from before the fire visits Ahnenerbe on an errand to get coffee beans and runs into the 4th Heaven's Feel's Rider and Waver which the former granted a large bag of the coffee beans to him as they are working part time. After Rider say's he like's Shirou's eyes he offers Shirou to be his servant, but Shirou refuses stating that he would not serve anyone, and he would become a "Transform Rider", after which Rider states he too is a "Rider". After Kotomine is about to leave Ahnenerbe he runs into Shirou who upon instinct to an enemy kicks Kotomine with a Rider Kick. Irisviel who is with Saber compliments Shirou for the kick saying he did good, however seeing Saber smile causes him to blush and run out of the cafe much to Saber's shock and Irisviel's amusement calling it cute.
====Another Day of Ahnenerbe====
After the events of the "Vase of Happiness" the manager George forces all involved to work off the costs of damages in his cafe. Shirou is seen with Sakura and Rin being waited by a Saber in a maid outfit as she attempts to clear her share.
====The Magical, Terrible Ahnenerbe====
Saber reveals she continues to work at Ahnenerbe out of guilt that Rider is supporting Shirou by paying living expenses for letting her stay at his house while looking at Saber judgementally.
====Type Michelin ~The Trials of Hibi-Chika~====
Shirou is looking for Saber, who had inverted to her Alter form, eventually finding her in Ahnenerbe. Saber has turned back to normal and is unconscious at a counter with piles of now empty plates of food next to her. Shirou is depressed how he’ll need to pay for all this and begins to carry Saber back on piggyback, only to notice upon turning around that the Track Field Trio was watching the whole series of events. He worries that they saw Saber Alter and wonders how he can explain it without exposing anything. Kane Himuro brushes him off, though, stating they won’t tell anyone what they saw and for him not to worry. Shirou thanks Himuro, calling her a life saver and leaves carrying Saber out. At the end, on their way back, Saber starts to notice her stomach hurts (her Alter form has inverted taste buds).
====Thousand Key In Love====
When the heroines attempt to give Chikagi Katsuragi love advice, Sakura attempts to state that a slow and steady daily affection will win your love interest’s heart while thinking of Shirou but almost instantly gets depressed. The other heroines ask why it didn’t work, but Sakura says it did work, with them spending a lot of time together in the beginning, but before she knew it, multiple rivals had appeared. She laments how dense Shirou is.
====Saber x Saber====
When Archer's attempt to teach Rin how to use a laptop it somehow results in the Red Saber being summoned from the Moon Cell to Ahnenerbe. Red Saber attempts to ask where her Master is, with Rin in confusion name's Shirou as her Master, only to be later corrected by Archer.
====Magical Girl Vs. Magical Lady====
Shirou is helping Rin track down the Kaleido Stick Magical Ruby and catch's up to them in Ahnenerbe finding both of them with Illya and a girl named Miyu, though he is shocked when he finds 2 other Kaleido Stick's one of which being another Ruby. They explain to him that they are from an alternate world and they both reintroduce themselves flustered. Illya comments how this Shirou is just like her Shirou, and Miyu recommends to Illya to ask this Shirou about what they need. It appears that both of them are working as maids in the cafe to raise money, in order to buy the Shirou of their world a birthday present and want to ask what he likes. Shirou says that he would be happy with whatever they get him, which Illya and Ruby comment that aspect is just like their Shirou. Rin comments on getting Shirou cooking ware since he enjoys cooking which both Illya and Miyu agree is a wonderful idea, though she also say's as long as the recipient is happy it doesn't matter what they get. All of a sudden, a strong laugh of "OH HO HO HO" is heard throughout the cafe coming from Luvia who has entered. Luvia insults Japan which causes Rin to attack her and the two devolve into a fist fight. The original Ruby attempts to interfere with the brawl that leads to Luvia grabbing the stick which allows Ruby to take over and transform her into Kaleido Edelfelt. 
Rin asks Shirou if this is the feeling she gave off, which Shirou says yes to causing Rin to slump and be depressed. Kaleido Edelfelt proceeds to change the space to a flower field and begins to fly, so Rin asks Shirou to get the stick away from her, but when Shirou begins Tracing, his swords don't appear in his hands but flower bouquets. Illay and Miyu clap at the magic trick while Shirou is in shock and Kaleido explains that he can't visualize dangerous objects in the surrounding area. Rin tries to throw jewels at her, but they are turned into candy, so Rin asks Shiki to cut open the space for them as she has been there in silence the whole time distancing herself away from them. Shiki complaint's that this is why she didn't want to get involved and even her coffee has turned sickly sweet, but after staring at Kaleido Edelfelt with her Mystic Eyes of Death Preception she walks away saying she won't cut lines shaped like a heart. Edelfelt gets behind Rin and proceeds to backdrop her only for Shirou to take her place with Rin working fast for a substitution, Edelfelt undaunted proceeds to continue with Shirou screaming at Rin "What are you a Ninjaaaaa" as he is driven into the ground, with Rin stating she would pay him back later...probably. Kaleido immediately captures Rin leaving Ruby to encourage Illya and Miyu to take action, which is further incited by the alternate Ruby, Magical Sapphire stating she is most likely excited by the proposition of fighting another version of her. 
Illya and Miyu then transform into Kaleido Ruby and Kaleido Sapphire and begin to combat Kaleido Edelfelt. The three proceed to trade magical beam attacks until Miyu and Illya form a plan, which begins with Miyu including the Saber Card and proceeds to fire an Excalibur blast which Edelfelt counters with a max beam of magical energy. The attack pushes Edelfelt near a bound Rin which Illya then unleash's a magical energy in the form of a slash to both. Edelfelt manages to dodge only to reveal that the attack was meant to release Rin's binds which she uses to take advantage of the opportunity and backdrops Edelfelt. Ruby attempts to make Shiki her new vessel but Ryougi brings out her knife right when Rin grabs and stops Ruby dead in her track's inches from it. Shirou and Rin proceed to leave with a captured Ruby and Luvia who Shirou is carrying on piggyback. Luvia awakens in shock and demands Shirou put her down which he refuses stating she is already injured and should stop being haphazard since she is also a girl. Luvia blushes and agrees which causes her and Rin to argue again with her causing Shirou to tell her to stop moving.
====The Grown-up ☆ Challenge!====
Shirou's original Illya and Miyako Arima are drinking their troubles away in the cafe with Lancer watching on calling them brats. They retort that they're sick and tired of them being treated like children, and how they want to be in a romantic route with their respected main characters, which causes Lancer to treat them more like kids, especially after he points out that Illya asks for milk and Miyako asks for barley tea. Len walks into the cafe in her cat form which causes Illya to try to shoo them away, explaining that she hates cats because they remind her of Saber and the other heroines who steal Shirou from her, calling them "thieving cats". Miyako in response thinks of the heroines around Tohno Shiki in a vicious manner. They both complain if only they were grown up, they can flirt with the people they love, and Len in response places them in a dream. Illya awakens in front of Shirou's house in an adult body, wondering how she got there and how this happened. Instantly Shirou walks out of his house and sees Illya, who shows off her body to him while she twirls, with Shirou in shock wondering how. Illya states she does not know but they shouldn't worry about the details and get romantic, proceeding to hug his back and thinking she won't lose to the other heroines now. While Shirou contemplates the new weight, he overhears people talking about them being inappropriate in public. Shirou tells Illya he feels embarrassed and asks her to get off, also declaring that she can't have hugs now that she is a grown-up, causing Illya to go into shock. She and Miyako later awaken in a cold sweat, with the other girl having a similar yet different dream, both relaxing that it was all just that, a dream. Shirou and Shiki enter the cafe looking for them, causing the two girls to blush and go into their arms, believing it would be nice to not grow up just yet.
===TYPE-MOON Academy Chibichuki!===
Kinoko Nasu appears as a talking mushroom and summons every character from multiple Type Moon franchises to attend an Academy where he would be acting as principal. The purpose of the school was so that the characters may live out their days interacting with each other without need to go to Ahnenerbe. Shirou spends out his days interacting with his friends and working with Archer in the school cafeteria. where Nasu grants him the power of Unlimited Cooking Works, which allows him to replicate any dish he's ever cooked. A child version of Shirou also attends the school's younger division and is seen spending time with other younger versions of the characters. The young Shirou adores Archer and idolizes him as a true hero, and although Archer doesn't see himself as such, he can't help but do his best to not crush his younger self's expectations, which is in sharp constrast to his antagonistic attitude towards his teenaged self in Fate/Stay Night. He even goes as far as to recruit Charles Babbage as his personal robot partner.
===Other appearances===
DG 衛宮士郎.jpg| as he appeared in Collaboration.
DG 半人前の魔術師：衛宮士郎.jpg| as he appeared in Collaboration.
DG 無限の剣製：衛宮士郎.jpg| as he appeared in Collaboration.
Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka Team Up 1 Kei-ri-sei Million Arthur by Square Enix Crossover.jpg|Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka Team Up 1 Kei-ri-Sei Million Arthur by Square Enix Collaboration.
Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka Team Up 2 Kei-si-rei Million Arthur by Square Enix Crossover.jpg|Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka Team Up 2 Kei-ri-sei Million Arthur by Square Enix Collaboration.
Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou Team Up 1 Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur Crossover.jpg|Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou Team Up 1 Kei-ri-sei Million Arthur by Square Enix Collaboration.
Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou Team Up 2 Kai-rei-sei Million Arthur Crossover.jpg|Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou Team Up 2 Kei-ri-sei Million Arthur by Square Enix Collaboration.
Shirou Emiya 1 Puzzels and Dragons Crossover.png|Shirou Emiya 1 Puzzels and Dragons Crossover.
Shirou Emiya 2 Puzzles and Dragons Crossover.png|Shirou Emiya 2 Puzzles and Dragons Crossover.
Shirou Emiya 3 Puzzels and Dragons Crossover.png|Shirou Emiya 3 Puzzels and Dragons Crossover.
Shirou Emiya and Rider Team up Puzzles and Dragons Crossover.jpg|Shirou Emiya and Rider Team up Puzzles and Dragons Crossover.
Shirou Emiya 1 Valkyrie Connect Crossover.jpg|Shirou Emiya 1 Valkyrie Connect Crossover.
Shirou Emiya 2 Valkyrie Connect Crossover.jpg|Shirou Emiya 2 Valkyrie Connect Crossover.
Shirou Emiya DragonCraft Shadowverse Crossover.jpg|Shirou Emiya Dragoncraft Shadowverse Crossover.
Shirou Emiya Card Shadowverse Crossover.png|Shirou Emiya Card Shadowverse Crossover.
Shirou Emiya Mage Gear SSR Unison League Collaboration.png|Mage Shirou Emiya Gear SSR Unison League Collaboration.
Shirou Emiya Mage Gear UR Unison League Collaboration.jpg|Mage Shirou Emiya Gear UR Unison League Collaboration.
While he does not appear within the series unlike its sequel, Shirou indirectly intervenes in the climax of Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files, as, during Grand Roll taking place on the same day, when Shirou summons Saber, he simultaneously and inadvertently saves protagonists Lord El-Melloi II and his apprentice Gray. The summoning causes a chain reaction due to Gray's connection with the King of Knights, causing her body to transform even more into Artoria's and acquire new abilities and powers from her. This enabled them to get past an unknown monster in the Spiritual Tomb of Albion by using Rhongomyniad to blind it.Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Volume 10: case. Grand Roll (Lower) - Chapter 5 Part 2
In Fate/strange fake, Shirou is briefly mentioned when False Caster tells his Master Orlando Reeve that he heard stories of a magus with a talent for Tracing copies of Noble Phantasms. False Caster suggests contacting him to assist them in their future battle with Gilgamesh. Reeve vetoes that suggestion, saying since Shirou's Traced weapons are weaker than the originals, he would not stand a chance against Gate of Babylon.Fate/strange Fake Volume 1 - Prologue IV: Caster
In the World of Fate/Apocrypha, the Fourth Holy Grail War didn't occur, as such Shirou is still living in Fuyuki with his original surname unchanged. His personality is a lot closer to his Capsule Servant counterpart. Still having an honest and upright personality, and likely going through days with a love comedy-like tone, along with a twin-tail magic-fist user and her cheerful little sister who laughs like a high-class young lady. Unrelated to this version of Shirou, Fate/Apocrypha material mentions that, if this Shirou would participate in a Grail War, then the Servant he would summon would be Spartacus due to great compatibility, as Shirou's battle is always against those above him and against himself. But whether they would win or not is another matter entirely.
In the Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA series, Shirou has two alternate versions of himself: Miyu's brother and Illya's brother.
In TYPE-MOON's April Fools' Day 2015 Tmitter, Shirou is performing the role of Phoenix Wright from the series. On the opposite side is Kirei Kotomine, who is acting in the capacity of Manfred von Karma. His Tmitter user account is @tmtt15_seelaw.
Shirou makes an appearance in Fate/Grand Order as Craft Essence cards. He notably appears as the illustration cover for and . According to an interview by Kinoko Nasu that was posted in Comptiq magazine in February 2016, the theme of Limited/Zero Over is "the complete form of Shirou as a magus". This design is later on used for Senji Muramasa when he is summoned in Shirou's body.
==Abilities==
Shirou is a magus trained by Kiritsugu Emiya. Differing from a formal magus, Shirou can instead be called a Spellcaster who does not follow the normal ways of magi. As he was adopted into the Emiya family, he has no way of inheriting Kiritsugu's Magic Crest, and he lacks the innate talent produced through generations of magi striving to develop the best Magic Circuits. His training was informal, as Kiritsugu had no desire to teach him originally, and aside from sparse knowledge, Kiritsugu taught him nothing of magecraft. He has an Origin of "Sword" and Elemental Affinity of "Sword" as well due to having had Avalon inside him for many years. This leaves him unable to use magecraft of the Five Great Elements with precision due to lacking any as an alignment, but it does allow for the manifestation of Unlimited Blade Works and the derivative skills in Reinforcement and Projection magecraft.
Despite any more training, even when following Rin to the Mage's Association, he will never leave the level of a magus apprentice. Should Rin be given a ranking ranging from seventy to one hundred as a magus, Shirou would only rank as a ten. Ranked within the classification as a specialist Spellcaster, he would be received as someone on par with Kiritsugu’s evaluation as a "Magus Killer" with a rank of forty.
===Magecraft===
StructuralGrasp.jpg|Structural Grasp magecraft.
Shirou using Structural Grasp Magecraft.gif|Shirou using Structural Grasp magecraft.
He is an unorthodox magus who makes use of a very specialized version of Projection magecraft. Shirou is initially completely inept as a magus, only able to use Reinforcement and Projection magecraft with a low level of success. Reinforcement allows him to analyze the structural composition of an object, and increase its effectiveness, such as making it more durable or its shape more practical, or return it to its original state. He can also use it to improve upon the physical capabilities of his own body, such as his eyesight, allowing him to see as far as four kilometers away. Shirou is also very skilled in Structural Grasp magecraft, which allows him to understand the structure and design of objects as if he were viewing a blueprint. Projection, while a high level skill, is generally considered useless compared to Reinforcement due to the higher magical energy cost, and anything that Shirou initially projects is useless and hollow. Though the objects merely imitate the shape, there are only a few who can identify them as fakes in a first glance. Any practitioner that analyzes composition wouldn't be able to see through them, and even one that works through spiritual mediums would only notice a sense of incongruence. Since only objects with history ever go into the Department of Spiritual Evocation of Clock Tower, there is a low probability of them being discovered. Shirou's Structural Grasp is not a type of Mystic Eyes. 
Shirou is later capable of using Tracing, a higher level version of Projection that completely copies everything regarding the creation and existence of the object. Due to the extra effort, it is possible to produce incredibly stable ordinary items that can remain in the world seemingly indefinitely after their creation, unless broken or dismissed. During the Fate scenario, he slowly learns of it on his own by training with Rin and following Archer's advice: "If you can't defeat it, then imagine what can", while in the Unlimited Blade Works scenario, he learns of it through extensive contact with Archer. He is only effectively able to reproduce Swords, other weapons, and armor, but this specialty allows him to faithfully reproduce even legendary weapons. However these weapons always suffer some degradation, as Humans cannot conceptualize an object's existence with a single sense (in this case, sight). He is capable of reproducing any sword that he has seen, though Noble Phantasms are always one rank below their original strength and armor costs three times the amount of magical energy, and he is capable of employing its entire history, allowing him to wield any weapon with the same proficiency of its original owner.
He has to see the weapons as how their form as final product actually are with his own eyes to reproduce them, as even the blueprint of Zelretch is not enough to reproduce it, but by seeing it and Caliburn through shared memories of Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern and Saber, he becomes able to fully trace them afterward. 
Divine Constructs can't be replicated however there exist some degraded Noble Phantasms in Unlimited Blade Works that can achieve a similar performance. Furthermore, EX-rank Noble Phantasms are impossible to replicate in principle; if, however, the support from the original owner exists, then replication becomes possible. Ea, as a solely unique existence that can only be wielded by Gilgamesh, cannot be replicated or reproduced in anyway even with Unlimited Blade Works.
RinShiroucontract.jpg|thumb|300px|Rin forming a contract with Shirou in Realta Nua.
Shirou magic crest.jpg|thumb|300px|Shirou with a piece of Rin's transplanted Magic Crest in Realta Nua.
Shirou's Magic Circuit in his left hand.jpg|thumb|Rin's Magic Crest glowing alongside Shirou's Magic Circuits.
It is later identified that these abilities and Shirou's affinity with swords are concepts of Shirou's Reality Marble, Unlimited Blade Works. Rather than simply creating his projections in the real world, he actually reproduces them within the Reality Marble, as if he were loading a gun, and then projects them into the real world as if he were firing it. This allows him to prepare dozens of swords at a time for later use. Shirou is unable to properly deploy or maintain Unlimited Blade Works due to a shortage of magical energy, but with a proper contract with a magus with a suitable level of magical energy, such as Rin, he is capable of using it. If he were to learn about it normally, unlike the situation in Unlimited Blade Works where he learns of it firsthand from Archer, it would take ten years of training to set the foundations for the ability and another ten years to reach to the point of being able to use it. While actually using Unlimited Blade Works, the cost for creating the weapons is greatly diminished and the speed at which they can be created is also increased, allowing him to easily overwhelm Gilgamesh and his Gate of Babylon.
If Shirou were to fight Shiki Tohno (Remake), there would be a high probability of a mutual defeat where Shirou would have his projected Noble Phantasms one-sidedly killed, while Shiki would overuse his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to the point were he would overload and self-destruct after the battle. Circumstances would change if Shirou were capable of an Excalibur-like magical energy discharge. During a fight with Bazett Fraga McRemitz, a professional that specializes in anti-magus combat, he would likely be overwhelmed by her techniques, experience, and tactics, and he would also constantly have the disadvantage that using any of his high level techniques would leave him susceptible to Fragarach's instant kill ability.
===Knowledge===
Shirou's basic training in magecraft was extremely lacking, so he was left with the idea that he needs to create a new Magic Circuit with each use of magecraft. He goes through extremely dangerous training, which he describes as the feeling of inserting a hot iron rod into his spine, where he constantly faces the risk of death in order to develop a new Magic Circuit. Though his body has twenty-seven natural Magic Circuits, they had been abandoned for his nerves, which he made into makeshift Magic Circuits due to his wrong method of training. Once his real Magic Circuits are awakened, he goes through extreme pain and suffering as his nervous system gets used to the new intake of energy. His newly opened Magic Circuits can handle 20~30 units of magical energy.
Shirou has Avalon implanted within his body, which saved his life during the Great Fire of Fuyuki. This gives him an extremely potent regenerative ability while Saber is summoned due to Excalibur, though it does seem to sustain him even without it as he was able to temporarily survive a fatal blow dealt by Lancer. This allows him to survive numerous fatal wounds though it works against him in bad endings where he is able to be tortured and mutilated without succumbing to his injuries for a long duration of time. Unlimited Blade Works also seems to protect Shirou by creating blades within his body to reinforce it. He is able to survive a blow to the chest from Rider's dagger, which is repelled as if it is hitting metal, a kick that would have gouged his stomach only knocks him away, and he manages to keep from having his entire body destroyed from an attack by Gilgamesh. The ability seems to go out of control during a bad ending where numerous swords sprout from his dying body, and while his body is fully breaking down in the Heaven's Feel scenario, they are constantly being created and protruding from his skin. This allows him to damage Kotomine whenever Kotomine hits him even though his "body of swords" still cannot defend against the bajiquan attacks of Kirei. He practices basic sword fighting with Saber, though it amounts to little in actual offensive capabilities. While she teaches him, he cannot use her fighting style as a model. He cannot see exactly how she is attacking and their different physiques makes her impossible to copy.
=== Fate ===
ShirouCaliburn.jpg|Shirou and Saber using a Traced Caliburn to fight Berserker.
Shirou tracing Caliburn.gif|Shirou tracing and projecting Caliburn.
During Fate, Shirou only learns the basics of his abilities, leading him to only trace Caliburn and Avalon.
He temporarily utilizes a bow during the second battle with Berserker, having imitated Archer's Bow. is formed by utilizing strengthening magecraft on a tree branch he had found, and he creates arrows for it in the same manner. It utilizes the same design for the most part, but the arrow rest and grip are amateurish and simple compared to those of Archer's Bow. Shirou personally thinks it is ugly and crooked, but it functions properly as a bow. It is also slightly less curved due to Shirou's preference in the Japanese method of shooting. He is only a practitioner of Japanese archery compared to Archer's Western method, so he subconsciously altered the bow into his preferred shape without realizing it.
===Unlimited Blade Works===
====Contradiction====
Shirou absorbing Archer's Memories.gif|Shirou absorbing Archer's skills and memories.
Shirou invading Archer's Reality Marble.gif|Shirou invading Archer's Reality Marble causing Archer to see their memories of Kiritsugu's last moments.
Shirou and Archer's connection is a large part of his development in the Unlimited Blade Works scenario. The contradiction of Shirou Emiya and the Heroic Spirit EMIYA existing at once is much like magecraft that allows one to acquire skills from the past by possessing themselves with a previous self. The more they come into contact, the more of his knowledge and techniques flow into him. The abilities suit him perfectly, as they are Shirou Emiya's optimal technique, perfected over many years of training.
It is first noticed after several training sessions with Saber, when he makes a drastic improvement over the previous day. Copying Archer's technique, he begins to make fewer unnecessary movements, allowing him to desperately avoid her counter-attacks rather than become instantly knocked out, and as his body is already fit, just the knowledge of proper techniques can improve his fighting quickly.
He is captivated by Kanshou and Bakuya, and uses it as a basis for a two-sword fighting style. He does not have a basic style, so it is immediately evident that he is copying Archer. The flow of it is so unconscious that he believes that Saber is going easier on him, and his sword is able to automatically parry her strikes even though his body cannot react to them.
The effect greatly magnifies after they recognize each other's identities, causing extreme pain as it flows into him. His body begins to break every time they touch, as he has learned too much of his future self while trying to match him in skill. He even begins to obtain Archer's memories, such as the reason behind his hatred for their shared ideals. He is hardly capable of competing with Archer even with their connection strengthening him and only once he has passed his limits is he able to take on Archer on what could be called nearly equal grounds, with Archer being perplexed at how the gap between their skills was quickly closed, and even eventually defeat him with his "passion-infused strike", unperceivable even to Archer's Eye of Mind.
====Projection====
Trace On (Ufotable).gif|Shirou using Projection.
Shirou tracing Gil's weapons.gif|Shirou tracing Gilgamesh's weapons.
Shirou's swords vs Gilgamesh's swords (Ufotable).gif|Shirou projecting and duplicating Gate of Babylon's weapons to counter Gilgamesh's attack.
Shirou shoots down Gil's projectiles.gif|Shirou's Unlimited Blade Works speed surpassing the Gate of Babylon's firing rate.
Once he learns the true use of Projection, he lacks proper training so even the most basic projections cause him pain and the majority of the swords generated shatter upon impact due to their low quality. He projects both Archer's sword technique and his reproduction ability, but it is flawed because he does not understand that they originate from his Reality Marble. Unlimited Blade Works cannot be utilized without that realization, and even after coming to that conclusion, he does not have the necessary magical energy to utilize it on his own.
He forms a contract with Rin to have her provide the necessary magical energy to form his Reality Marble. This grants him the ability to finally make use of Projection in battle, allowing him to quickly trace the weapons from the Gate of Babylon while fighting Gilgamesh to duplicate them well enough to counter his barrage of weapons, which Gilgamesh praised him somewhat for. Upon actually utilizing Unlimited Blade Works, Shirou used the fact that although Gilgamesh wields countless weapons, he has not mastered them all and his greatly increased reproduction speed and constantly ready weapons while in his Reality Marble to completely overwhelm and defeat him. However, he stated that he would not stand a chance against other Servants who had mastered their weapons to their utmost limit, the ability being only slightly challenging for the likes of them.
===Heaven's Feel===
====Archer's arm====
Shirou with Archer's Arm.jpg|Shirou with Archer's Arm.
Archer's knowledge invading Shirou.jpg|Archer's knowledge invading Shirou's mind.
Archer's Magic Circuit about to invade Shirou's body.gif|Archer's Magic Circuits invading Shirou's body.
Shirou about to vomit due to Archer's Magic Circuits invading his body.gif|Shirou about to vomit due to the effects of Archer's arm.
Shirou Archer Arm.png|Shirou with Archer's arm preparing to use Nine Lives Blade Works.
Shirou does not develop his abilities as he does in the other routes during Heaven's Feel. He uses his basic Reinforcement magecraft on a stick and wooden sword during the early part of the war without grasping onto Projection. During the first conflict in the Einzbern Forest, he loses his arm while protecting Illya from the Shadow's explosion. The wound is critical, so Archer, having also suffered a critical wound, tells them to transplant his left arm onto Shirou. Attaching a Spiritual Body to a normal human body requires a Spiritual Doctor like Kotomine because the process it more akin to healing the soul rather than the body.
Kotomine manages to attach to replace Shirou's lost arm. It is a "foreign substance" that should not be there, attached by opposing the natural Providence, and joining two separate Spiritual Bodies is forbidden magecraft that cannot normally succeed. The formation of Spiritual bodies deals with resurrection and restoration of souls, Divine Mysteries that cannot be handled with magecraft, so it would normally be that the recipient would die of shock even if the operation was a success in shape. Kotomine expected the completion of the surgery to result in his death, but Archer and Shirou being the same person makes them an exception to the normal rejection. Not knowing of their exact connection, he states that they are suited for each other and not even two twins would be as similar.
While the arm would have disappeared had Archer faded away while the surgery was in progress, it is now anchored to Shirou and can be called his own limb. Due to being transplanted while Archer was still in the world, it is part of a Heroic Spirit that has been connected to his Magic Circuits, and stays in the world using his own magical energy. While unconscious, the arm grants him knowledge on Archer, the basis of Projection magecraft, battle experience, and battle information. The sensation feels like his body is burning while countless ants enter the hole in his shoulder that is now sealed with flesh that is not his own. While the sensation tells him to manage these skills, the level of information and power required feel impossible to him. Even if it becomes familiar with his body, he neither has the skills to handle it or the power to use it without destroying his body.
While they are the same person with compatible Magic Circuits, the power of the arm of a Heroic Spirit is not something a human can handle. No matter how suited he is to the arm, he cannot use its abilities without it eventually swallowing him due to his body being spiritually far inferior to the arm. It can be considered a weapon more than an arm, and it is referred to as an in the scene's title. It passively flows Archer's battle experience and physical abilities into Shirou even while inactive. It acts like an overdose of strength-enhancing drugs, letting him demonstrate abilities beyond his limits.
He becomes able to easily leap out of the third story window of the Einzbern Castle, compared to around eight stories for a normal building, with only temporary numbness and pain upon landing. Unable to strengthen his body, he does bring a large amount of magical energy to his feet to lessen the impact and believes that landing on asphalt instead of grass would have broken his legs. Illya mentions that Archer is influencing both his mind and body, making him think that he can easily handle the drop like Archer and toughening his body enough to survive. He can also run fifty kilometers per hour through the uneven terrain of the Einzbern Forest.
====Shroud of Martin====
In order to counteract the effects of the arm, Shirou is given a Holy Shroud, the Shroud of Martin, by Kotomine, as a seal which keeps Archer's Magic Circuits from connecting to his body because it has the ability to seal a certain event or return it to normal. It completely wraps around his arm with the exception of his fingers, and while it is initially completely numb, it eventually regains enough functionality after familiarizing with his body to allow him to lead an ordinary life. It would be possible to cut it off, but that would remove his only possible weapon in defeating Zouken.
The arm is treated as a different object even if he uses magecraft, but magical energy still constantly flows through the body even if magecraft is not being used. Despite the Shroud cutting off the Magic Circuits, he will feel a great deal of pain if he does not concentrate to form a "barrier" to keep the "foreign substance" out of his unstable body when the arm reacts to the magical energy and tries to activate. It is easy to do once he figures out where the pain is coming from, and he is able to control it to an extent. Living with it is not quite as easy as Kotomine suggests because the arm randomly flows magical energy into his body. It constantly becomes hotter each time he moves it, and when it overheats, it sends the excess to the rest of his body.
While it first feels like he is being burned, he realizes it is more like he is being cut and stabbed by his own body. Simply undoing part of the binding for even a brief moment causes him to completely lose himself as his nerves and senses are overwhelmed by extreme pain and the feeling of impending death. He rambles on in his mind about how he is feeling more pain than ever before, "sitting on a mountain of swords", and that he can see all of his cells crumbling apart. He regains his senses a few seconds afterward, and he cannot remember the exact happenings during that period. Although he can manage at times, he still suffers a great deal of pain in intervals to the point of wishing to simply cut it off, or even risk removing the shroud to stop the pain. Its existence brings him true fear of an unavoidable death and utter obliteration, making it the first he has felt such since the Great Fire ten years before. His ability to suppress the infringement from the arm even with the Shroud is limited to a certain extent, with Kotomine noting that the arm will consume him within ten years, but the Shroud is still able to hold it long enough to make it not an imminent threat and give Shirou time to train himself to become a magus worthy of matching the arm to seal it without the Shroud to allow him to live to an old age.
Rin also shares part of her Magic Crest with him as a Warding Sign. She is able to transplant a small part of her Magic Crest by placing her left hand on his body, comprehending it, and sharing her Warding Crest. While she was planning on giving him the capability to use a "switch" for his Magic Circuit, being able to turn it on and off is too dangerous in his current state. She instead performs it to suppress the magical energy by placing needles in his left shoulder, belly button, and throat so that the arm won't be connected to him unless he wishes for it. It also grants a resistance to magical energy, so that something that passively absorbs magical energy like the Shadow will have less of an effect on him. Her Magic Crest cannot familiarize itself with someone not from the Tohsaka family, so it is a makeshift that won't even last a week.
====Projection====
Shirou accessing Herc's memories.gif|Shirou using Archer's arm to access Berserker's memories.
Shirou uses Nine Lives Blade Works in Heaven's Feel 3 spring song.gif|Shirou projecting Nine Lives.
Shirou tracing Zelretch.gif|Shirou tracing the Jeweled Sword Zelretch from Illya's engrained memories.
Shirou Rho Aias HF3. spring song.gif|Shirou tracing Rho Aias to defend Rider from Saber Alter's Excalibur Morgan.
Shirou is currently observing Archer's magecraft rather than his own magecraft, so he cannot use Projection in his current state without invoking the abilities of the arm. Illya states that he will eventually obtain his own usage of Projection magecraft, but it is still only a possibility at his current level. His own Projection is still at the level where it will fail constantly due to his misunderstandings, but drawing on Archer's knowledge without invoking the arm can force him to "level up" quickly. He can loosen the Shroud slightly in order to practice retrieving Archer's knowledge without breaking the seal and only getting a small reaction.
With help from Rin's Magic Crest to increase his Magic Resistance and Illya to protect his consciousness, he can experience Archer's Projection by interacting with the arm like opening a Magic Circuit safely. The knowledge is like poison, but the arm will continuously flow its experience into him. It is similar to pouring one hundred units of fuel into a container that can only hold ten, and he will likely only gain from less than a tenth of the agony he will endure. The knowledge disrupts his memories and leaves him with a large blank space after replacing the Shroud.
Projecting directly with Archer's abilities requires the removal of the Shroud, and although potentially able to recall the activation spell gained from Archer's knowledge, his body would be destroyed if he tried using it. It can easily be removed at any time for instant access to the full extent of Archer's power. It is not something that lessens his life with each use, but the activation of a time bomb that will ultimately lead to his death the second he removes the Shroud. Archer's Magic Circuits will be activated if he uses the arm even once, and while he may last while using its abilities, his body will break down due to being unable to withstand Archer's magic. He will eventually be consumed, or more correctly "blown away", by the arm after the first activation.
Once it is removed, Shirou instantly gains access to Archer's Magic Circuits, battle experience, and techniques, making him capable of matching and potentially even defeating Servants in direct combat, but he cannot deploy Unlimited Blade Works because Archer's inner world is different from his. While claiming he can only reproduce what he himself has learned and the Noble Phantasms that he has personally recorded, he is revealed to be quite capable of using Archer's records to project weapons he had never personally witnessed before, as he was able to project Caladbolg IIFate/stay night - Heaven's Feel route - Day 16: FINAL - Burst out and Rho Aias. He is able to trace "Nine Lives" to kill Black Berserker nine times with a single maneuver called "Nine Lives Blade Works" and later defeat Saber Alter with the Overedge technique of Kanshou and Bakuya at the cost of his mind during a bad ending. Using these abilities comes with a heavy penalty as Archer's circuits overload Shirou's body leading to his mind slowly eroding, the decay of his memories, and eventual death as his body and soul break down from being invaded by Archer's Unlimited Blade Works.
====Puppet body====
Due to Archer's arm and his overuse of Projection, his Magic Circuit is broken into pieces, and his death is one that even the Holy Grail could not reverse. He is resurrected by Illya's imperfect usage of the Third Magic, reviving his soul and giving him a body free of wounds by preserving his soul and inserting it into a container. It would normally be that giving the soul a container or body would allow it to take perfect form by utilizing the "genes of the soul" rather than those of the body. His body is reconstructed from a portion of Illya's body, which she mentions is a bit cheap as a container, so it is nowhere near his original form in terms of size. Its shape afterward is not that of a human, but as he mentions reaching his hands out and grasping onto Rin's pendant, it is at least vaguely humanoid. He is able to be found due to Rider using the pendant as a landmark to locate him, and while his exact form is left unknown, it is small enough to be "plucked" from the river by Rider.
He is not a true product of the Third Magic, a high-dimensional planar being, but it instead re-anchored his soul to a vessel. They decide to experiment with various ideas for a proper body during the first six months, as he cannot simply grow in his current state. They do not have the resources to make a homunculus body, so they instead sell the books of the Matou household to obtain a puppet body left by Touko Aozaki. He is perfectly human even in this state, but Rin notes his soul is actually remotely controlling the body. He can receive surgery at hospitals, drink cold medicines, be killed, and eventually grow old and die of old age. The soul is fixed to the body, so he can be likened to a Servant that can operate without a Master.
He has some issues because the body is used, but even other good puppet makers cannot match up to it. Rin wishes to find and consult Touko about it, but her Sealing Designation makes that a hard prospect. The magical energy does not flow well, but Shirou is fine with it because all other aspects are better than his original body. The soul will overwrite the body no matter its quality, so there will likely always be places that won't function properly. Sakura supplements his very weak Magic Circuit with her own overflowing amount in order to keep him from returning to his prior state. Despite the setbacks, Rin believes that he should be able to utilize Unlimited Blade Works with training, and that his being a successful example of the Third Magic is an extraordinary trait in itself.
==Development==
Twenty years after his debut, Shirou gaining a new move in the form of a new effect for Broken Phantasms in The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II was a result of Nasu's sole editorializing of Makoto Sanda's draft, telling him that a grown-up Shirou should be capable of at least this.Makoto Sanda Twitter 7:39 PM JST · Aug 22, 2024
===Creation and Conception===
Kinoko Nasu's original story of Fate, Saber and Shirou were opposite gender to now. Ayaka Sajyou was the original main protagonist until Takashi Takeuchi convinced Nasu to change the setting but the essential theme had not been changed, it's the story about legendary heroes and "a boy meets a girl."
Nasu describes that his writing of Shirou is based on novels written after the 90s, where the main character suffers from trying to come to terms with his problems in their own narrow perspectives.TYPE-MOON Ace 7 - 10 year Anniversary interview: Nasu Kinoko X Takeuchi Takashi X Urobuchi Gen
Takashi Takeuchi is the character designer of Shirou Emiya, and he states in the Fate/complete material II that his expressions were hard to do.
===Reception===
*In the first Popularity polls of Fate/stay night in 2004, Shirou was ranked 7th.
*In the second Popularity polls of Fate/stay night in 2006, Shirou was ranked 11th.
*In the Type-Moon's 10th Anniversary Character Poll, Shirou was ranked 12th.
==Notes==
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