

We've all heard of _Fate/stay night_ , the much-beloved visual novel by Type-
Moon that taught us that people die when they're killed.

**But what does the title "Fate/stay night" actually _mean_?** We can assume
for the moment that "Fate" is just a designator for the series (hence
_Fate/Zero_ , _Fate/Extra_ , etc.), but I'm still somewhat baffled as to what
"stay night" could possibly be.

(Nobody on the internet seems to know, and I figure the ultimate answer is
probably "it sounds cool", but I thought I'd put this out there anyway.)


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What, exactly, is "Fate/stay night" supposed to mean?


When Kinoko Nasu first wrote _Fate/stay night_ in college, it was called _Old
Fate_ (旧Fate) and _Fate Origin_ and was reimagined later to be
[Fate/Prototype](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Prototype#Development).
Nasu only wrote what would become the game's Fate Route.

There is speculation on what meaning there is behind the name, i.e.

  * "Fate" may refer to the fate of the servants like Saber accepting her fate in her life or the Fate of the magi that battle each other in the war.

  * "Stay" may refer to the desire to keep the servants like with Shirou and Saber, it may refer to making something remain or _stay_ like the reason why Shiro enters the war in both _Fate/stay night_ and _Fate/hollow ataraxia_ was to keep the peace in the town, or in Heaven's Feel Route which is like the ultimate climax to the game how Zouken wanted Heaven's Feel to become Immorality but without his body rotting. In _Fate/Extra_ , Twice H. Pieceman had changed the Moon Cell's selection process to be a war believing humanity requires war to advance and evolve, he wanted Hakuno Kishinami and every other Master who appeared at the Moon Cell's core to wish for the perpetuation of war (stay in war)

  * "Night" could refer to how the battles mainly occurred during the night or the darkness behind the war (In _Prototype_ , the Heaven's Feel system was meant to materialize Beast; or in _Fate/stay night_ , Angra Mainyu's corruption of the grail)

Another theory is that the "Fate" part was taken from his original work,
"/stay night" was just added to sound cool like with _Kara no Kyoukai_ (空の境界,
lit. Boundary of Emptiness) - _The Garden of Sinners_ or _Tsukihime_ (月姫, lit.
Moon Princess).

Ref: [Anime News Network Forum - So why is Fate/Stay Night called...Fate/Stay
Night?](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=59048&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15)


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This answer is just mainly based off of **_speculation_**.

Although the creators intention aren't actually really know well that much,
here are some common theories that were put together as to what the Stay/Night
might mean.

> Some think that it may be related to some of the light novels because of
> their hentai-ish side. Which was where the (Stay/Night) might have came
> from. The theorie thinks that it might mean "Stay the Night" sexually
> implied. [Unlikely, but maybe]

* * *

> Another theory is that it just sounded cool and the producers just choose it
> because it sounded cool. [Unlikely, but maybe]

* * *

> Theory number three was that the name may be related to the other seasons.
> [Possible]

Mostly since this is just speculation, this answer is definitely not accurate
but I have included some things that may help in answering your question. Hope
it helped.


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It's probably related to the different routes of the game.

Shirou at some point in time asks either Rin or Sakura to stay at his house
that night to keep them safe. Hence the "stay night" in the name.

The "Fate" part may mean how Shirou's decision on asking one of them to stay
at his house affects his fate/destiny. So it's like, "fate" is decided by whom
you ask to "stay night" with. But that's just my theory.


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