Is Joan of Arc an anomaly
Without a doubt, yes.
Her current state is a typical "pseudo-servant", or "saint's successor" in the words of the church. The Heroic Spirit does not directly appear as a Servant whose spirit is transformed into a physical form, but instead possesses a being with the same wavelength and compatibility as its own soul, and uses the latter's body to carry out actions.
The object of Joan of Arc's possession is 17-year-old French high school student Leticia, a girl whose physical features and even personality are very similar to Joan of Arc.
Leticia was a devout believer and a Frenchwoman, and her reverence for Joan of Arc was deep in her bones. Therefore, when Joan of Arc proposed to use her body, she did not hesitate to give control of her body to Joan of Arc, and never had the slightest resistance from beginning to end - even though Joan of Arc repeatedly emphasized that she was not the saint she knew.
With Leticia's active cooperation, Jeanne directly skipped the most uncontrollable step of the two souls of the pseudo-servant fusing and influencing each other, and became a state similar to El-Melloi II (Zhuge Kongming). The difference is that Kongming's soul stayed inside the second world and did not care about anything, while Jeanne's side was completely let go by Leticia.
In this state, Joan of Arc and Leticia were both interconnected and relatively independent.
Communication - Joan of Arc obtained most of Leticia's memories, and the two can communicate and exchange directly on a spiritual level, and can switch consciousness when necessary.
Independence - Even when Jeanne took over the body, Leticia did not lose consciousness, but experienced everything Jeanne experienced from a perspective similar to watching a first-person movie. Including the Servant War, including Shinji giving Jeanne elementary school lessons.
At the moment when Jeanne achieves her goal or dies midway, Ladyxia's body will return to its original state according to the backed-up information. Depending on the situation, she will even be forcibly transferred to a safe place, and any injuries she suffers will regenerate immediately. Therefore, even if Jeanne suffers multiple injuries, it will not have a negative impact on Ladyxia.
If I have to describe it, I can only say that Leticia's existence is wrapped in a shell called Jeanne d'Arc.
Because he is attached to a real body, he cannot become a spirit and must eat regularly like an ordinary person. Although he will not starve to death if he does not eat, his body will feel very uncomfortable due to hunger. He will also consume extra calories during his activities as a Servant. If he experiences a series of fierce battles or does not eat for a long time, it is possible that he will faint from hunger.
In fact, in the original world line, Jeanne did make a similar mistake. It is precisely because of this that Shinji specially prepared a bag of food for Jeanne to replenish her energy. Regardless of whether he could make her realize the necessity of eating, it was inevitable to increase her favorability. People who are familiar with Jeanne know that it is not easy to increase her favorability, but once it is increased, it will never change.
Shinji is far more aware of Jeanne's abnormality than Jeanne herself.
Normally, the Ruler should appear as a Servant, not a Pseudo-Servant. The reason why Jeanne became a Pseudo-Servant was a historical legacy of the last Holy Grail War.
In the Third Holy Grail War, Einzbern, one of the three great families and the one that holds the most secrets of the Greater Holy Grail, was unwilling to accept defeat and initiated an illegal summoning, summoning the eighth job.
In Shinji's world, Einzbern illegally summoned Avenger, causing the Holy Grail to be contaminated, which indirectly prompted Shinji's journey to the parallel world.
In this world, Einzbern violated the rules and summoned the ruler, Amakusa Shiro, who should only be summoned by the Holy Grail.
Amakusa Shiro was a resistance hero at the end of the Japanese Warring States Period. He was known as a child prodigy since childhood, and when he grew up, he was "handsome and elegant." His real name was Masuda Tokisada, and he was later adopted by Amakusa Shinbei and renamed Amakusa Tokisada. He believed in Catholicism.
In 1630, the shogunate issued a ban on religion, and anyone who failed to give up his "pagan" beliefs within two months would be put to death.
In 1638, the intolerable Amakusa Shiro led 30,000 believers to launch an uprising. The shogunate sent 120,000 troops to suppress it. However, even with 120,000 regular troops against 30,000 militiamen, the shogunate suffered more than 4,000 casualties while the Amakusa side suffered less than 100 casualties. After that, they won several major victories in succession, which caused extreme panic in the shogunate.
The shogunate adopted the strategies of inducement, threat and strong attack. In the end, due to the lack of food and grass in the city and the heavy attacks of the shogunate's 120,000 punitive troops, the city was finally broken. All 30,000 people in the city were brutally massacred, and no one survived. Amakusa Shiro also died in this battle at the age of 17.
Shirou Amakusa performed much better than the Avenger from another world. Although Amakusa was not a powerful Heroic Spirit, he survived to the end with his own strategies, combat skills and job privileges, and came into contact with the Holy Grail to gain a physical body. Later, he became the adopted son of the Supervisor Kotomine Risei and changed his name to Shirou Kotomine (Shirou is also acceptable, because the Japanese pronunciation is the same. At that time, the Miraculous Higashiide used the Romanization, which almost deceived all readers).
Unfortunately, even so, Einzbern did not achieve his long-cherished wish. In other words, there was no winner in the Third Holy Grail War.
Because of Amakusa Shiro's activeness, the third Holy Grail in this world is much more intense than in the other world. This directly led to the weakness of the three families, and Danic led the Nazi Germany to invade and seize the Holy Grail, which caused a drastic change in the world line.
During the Shimabara Rebellion, he saw how mean, lowly, and cruel humans could become. They were like this even when facing people of the same race. If they were of different skin colors and cultures, how much more would the cruelty of humans be accelerated
The Third Holy Grail War and the Second World War that followed made Shiro more determined in his thoughts. As a result, he came to the conclusion that there was no other way to save humanity except the miracle of the Greater Holy Grail - the Third Magic.
Afterwards, he began to search for various documents and spiritual veins, obtain information from the three great families, search for the Greater Holy Grail, and wait for the start of the Fourth Holy Grail War.
In order to obtain the Holy Grail, he made an unimaginably large plan and made accurate predictions of countless possibilities, even anticipating the special situation of Seven Riders vs. Seven Riders. He also went to great lengths to ensure the catalyst for summoning Semiramis - not one, but four!
He is the biggest culprit behind this Holy Grail War, the target that Shinji is most wary of and the one he must defeat. He is also the culprit why Joan of Arc cannot descend as a Servant, but can only descend as a pseudo-Servant by possessing a body!
"If I hadn't considered the ruler's 'Servant Radar' job privilege and your early plan would be useful to me, I would have killed you long ago."
Shinji was sitting in Gold's car, resting with his eyes closed, thinking this, completely unaware that something unusual had happened on Amakusa Shiro's side.
"Forget it, let's just follow the routine. The main goal at this stage is to help the black team to fight against the red team, and at the same time improve Jeanne's favorability. I wonder if that bag of food is enough? By the way, does Jeanne have the attribute of 'Great Food'?" (Actually, she does)
Damn Takeuchi, why do he have so many silly faces? It would be really embarrassing if people get confused.
PS: Speaking of which, the 2017 swimsuit event that opened today is really awesome. The caster Artoria hasn’t come out yet, so here comes the caster Nero. This time, Acheron can really fight a Holy Grail War.