Maidenofwar

I very much agree that Hamaguchi most likely just meant the whole onee-san type of girl she is here like you described, but i do also...

I think part of the confusion comes from that in Japan it is (or was?) normal to refer to unrelated people as neesan, niisan, obasan...

It's heavily heavily implied that yeah the dream date Aerith is a different Aerith. My thoughts are on probably Life stream White...

I just hope this is "different" Aerith because "knowing she was going to die" is contradictive to "I'll go back when it's all over."...

Yeah I see it personally as this is how the devs address Aerith herself. And that's it. In any situation too. With Cloud, With Zack...

You know what? It's funny how Aerith is always like this even with Zack but some shippers are blind to see it, hence, "I hate CC!Aerith...

Nobody here would say it means Aerith is literally his sister and you're a delusional piece of crap if you ship it so thank you for...

Hmm. So I have read it and the comments as well And I have a lot of thoughts. I Am Not Surprised So first I'm not shocked at all...

Context is important here. I think this article is pretty accurate in its synopsis of the scene: In Defense Of Aerith Gainsborough In...

Aww, I wish they would put or even hint at stuff like this in the game too.

This is the first interpretation I’ve seen that answers my core issue with that scene, so thanks for sharing! Also lines up with my...

I like Maidenofwar’s interpretation. (But also hope The Jessie Fan doesn’t see it)

She realised in ToTP that she knew him, yes.

I also thought it was a bit weird that Aerith saw the Avalanche Trio after the concert(?). Because she spent all of, what, five minutes...

I don't think it's weird but I do think "aren't Aerith/Yuffie awful here" isn't what they were going for here. It's entirely possible...