

In Fate/Stay Night there's the famous scene in which [Shirou speaks to
Saber](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yh45M.jpg). The scene gained immense
popularity across the web, and is usually accompanied by responses like O RLY?
and You Don't Say!

The question is, does he actually say that? Is that line also written in the
Visual Novel? Is this a translation error? Or is he just _that_ stupid?


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Do people die if they are killed?


My understanding of the phrase is that he means:

> People who are killed should remain dead.

This is in reference to servants - he doesn't like that servants are
resurrected souls. They should remain dead.


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Context is needed for this. From the visual novel, the line is from Shiro,
about surviving wounds that would otherwise be fatal if Avalon had not been
inside of him. So when Avalon is removed Shiro remarks that things are the way
the should be now (people dying, when you kill them.).

In this context, the phrase makes sense. When made out of context, it does
seem silly.

Furthermore, following said phrase, Shiro says "それが当たり前なんだ", which more or
less means, "that's only natural."

Official dub goes with something like: "when people are hurt badly enough,
they die."

Furthermore in Japanese, there are two ways to describe death, one for body
and one for soul. So you may kill one's body, but their spirit wouldn't may
still persist. This is where the phrases like "he won't die, even if he is
killed" probably originated from.


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