Who is the main character in Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works?


I just want to know who is the main character in Fate/stay night Unlimited
Blade Works, in the sense that every season has a different main character.




> _[...] every season has a different main character_

This is actually incorrect. Fate/stay night always has the same main character
Shirou Emiya. In the visual novels, you always play/read in the perspective of
Shirou, with some exceptions:

  * Various interludes (such as in the Fate route, the scene where Saber left to attack Ryuudou Temple in the middle of the night, going against the group's decision not to attack, is played in the perspective of Saber).

  * The Prologue, which plays at the beginning when you start the game up for the first time (replayable from the Extra's Menu). You play as Rin Tohsaka from the morning before she summoned Archer until the point where Archer was attacked by Saber.

However, depending on the route, there is a second character whom the story
focuses on. The female main character is always the heroine/romance interest
of Shirou during the said route.

  * In the Fate route, it is **Saber**
  * In the Unlimited Blade Works route, it is **Rin Tohsaka**
  * In the Heaven's Feel route, it is **Sakura Matou**

So in regards to the Fate/stay night anime adaptations, Shirou is always the
male lead, while the female lead in

  * Studio Deen's 2006 _Fate/stay night_ anime adaption, it is **Saber** (the majority of the series adapts the Fate route)

  * Studio Deen's 2010 _Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works_ movie adaptation, it is **Rin Tohsaka** (the movie ~~poorly~~ adapts the Unlimited Blade Works route)

  * Ufotable's 2014-2015 _Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works_ anime adaptation, it is **Rin Tohsaka** (it adapts and adds onto the Unlimited Blade Works route)

  * Ufotable's TBA _Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel_ anime adaptation, it is **Sakura Matou**

Apart from the heroines, their Servant also get featured in their respective
routes:

  * In Fate, it remains as Saber
  * In Unlimited Blade Works, it is Archer
  * In Heaven's Feel, it is Rider

I also remembering reading somewhere that there was originally a plan for a
route in which Ilya was a Heroine, but it was later scrapped and merged into
the Fate Route (apparently, a dinner scene in which Ilya is a part of was
taken from this route). So had this route been published, Berserker most
likely would be the Servant featured.

So to answer your question, **Shirou is still the main male character, but Rin
Tohsaka is the main female character in Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade
Works**.

Sources:

  * [Ufotable's Type-Moon Wikia Page](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Ufotable)
  * [Studio Deen's Wikipedia Page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Deen)

