* Image is for illustrative purposes only.Fate/Samurai Remnant
An action RPG co-developed by Koei Tecmo (Omega Force) and TYPE-MOON and released in 2023. Set in early Edo-period Japan, it follows the ronin Miyamoto Iori, who is drawn into the Servant summoning ritual "Waxing Moon Ritual." Swordsmen such as Miyamoto Musashi appear as Servants, and the work weaves real swordsmen and sword legends into its fiction.
Description
Overview
Fate/Samurai Remnant is an action RPG co-developed by Koei Tecmo (Omega Force) and TYPE-MOON and released in 2023. As an entry in the popular Fate series, it was released for PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch and PC. The story is set in early Edo-period Japan. The protagonist is the ronin Miyamoto Iori, who is drawn into a secret ritual called the "Waxing Moon Ritual" that works through Command Seals. The story begins with him summoning the Saber-class Servant Yamato Takeru. As the story progresses, Iori teams up with the courtesan Takao Dayu and her familiar, a Berserker-class Servant.
Miyamoto Musashi, the Swordsman
The true identity of the Berserker Servant summoned by Takao Dayu is the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. However, she is depicted as a female Musashi from a different world than the Musashi who was Iori's late adoptive father and teacher. Musashi was a real swordsman, known as the founder of the two-sword Niten Ichiryu style. It is said that he never lost a duel in his lifetime. His late treatise Go Rin no Sho (The Book of Five Rings) is still read today as a classic of swordsmanship and strategy. The Musashi in the story is a character built on this historical image.
Blending History and Tradition
The game uses the "Servant summoning" fictional framework shared across the Fate series, while shaping its characters by weaving together real swordsmen, historical facts and folk tales, such as Musashi's Niten Ichiryu. It is not a faithful reproduction of history. Instead, it is positioned as a work that reconstructs the "tales of swordsmen" passed down from the Edo period to the present day.
Cultural Impact
Fate/Samurai Remnant received high praise in Japan and abroad as a new entry in a popular series. Through the game, it has played a role in reintroducing real swordsmen, including Miyamoto Musashi, and their anecdotes to a wide audience.
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