Aerith's Love For Cloud Is "Sisterly", Not Romantic, According To Rebirth's Director

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Josh Coulson

Published Dec 19, 2024

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director has weighed in on the series' relationship, clearing things up once and for all.
Naoki Hamaguchi explained that the love between Cloud and Aerith is "sisterly", not romantic.
Despite the official word, I can't imagine this will stop Aerith shippers from making their cases for years to come.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 7 fans have butted heads over who Cloud's love interest is for decades. Even the additional scenes, story, and context in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth have only muddied the waters further for many. Perhaps the series' d🍨irector confirming one of the two female characters who could f🎀easibly be Cloud's other half most assuredly is not will settle this debate for good, though I get the feeling even that won't be good enough for some.

Rebirth's director Naoki Hamaguchi and ♎producer Yoshinori Kitase spoke with about all things Rebirth, as well as touching on plans for 🐽the final part of the trilogy. During the interview, the additional scenes between Aerith and Cloud were discussed at length, giving Hamaguchi the chance to confirm the relationship between the characters has always been more akin to one siblings would share rather than one with romantic connotations.

Ther꧟e can be many different interpretations of what this scene truly means for each player. But Aerith has alwa🅷ys been this sort of sisterly character pulling Cloud along and encouraging him.

The long-stan൲ding argument between FF7 fans has one side claiming Cloud only has eyes for Aerith, while the other half believes he should be with Tifa. The game, both the original and the remake series, intentionally leaves that opﷺen to interpretation, not only encouraging a healthy debate but also allowing players to project their own wants for Cloud onto their playthroughs.

It's Official, The Director Said So

Aerith and Cloud are on the beach in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

Even though Hamaguchi confirming the love Cloud and Aeirth share is sisterly, that won't stop Claerith shippers from doing their t𒈔hing, Kitase did add a footnote right after Hamaguchi was done just to make sure the eternal debate keeps burning. "Cloud’s thought of deeply by two different women. What a lucky guy," the producer added. He knows 🌳exactly what he's doing.

As for what's to come, Hamaguchi admitted to Inverse that he wanted to add more to Rebirth via something similar to the Intergrade content 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Square Enix released for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 7 Remake. However, the desire to get the third and final part of the trilogy out there trumped that want and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:after Rebirth comes to PC next month, it will𝔉 presumably be all systems go on getting part three finished.

Those who believe Aerith is the one Cloud should be with have had a rough time of it these last few weeks. Mild spoilers for Rebirth, but if you go with Tifa for the Gold Saucer date, she and Cloud kiss. Tifa is the only party member who kisses Cloud on the date, and the devs behind the game confirmed it was i🔯ncluded to one-up the ✤hug from Remake.