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I think that’s a good way to put it. I do think that Aerith will play a role in some large way in Part 3, but that will be predominantly showcased in the other world/with Zack. Her role as a party member we control alongside the other OG characters has definitely ended. We might get scenes of...

Oh @Maidenofwar did you ever figure out why everyone was talking about a “ribbon” in Cloud and Aerith’s final date? Isn’t it because people were saying that their outing is a mirror of her date with Zack in Crisis Core? And so, just like how Zack gave her a ribbon, she wants Cloud to give her...

Agreed. Like I wrote, I really hope the Cloud and Aerith church scene serves as a bookend to their relationship since it satiates both Zerith/Clerith shippers. If Zack and Aerith have a romantic reunion in Part 3, people who favor Cloud and Aerith can argue that they could have fallen in love...

It has been. I’m not sure of the exact mechanics but when Aerith asks to clarify what he means by “next time,” Cloud either says in English “Yea, why not” or “Yeah. Next time” depending on your affinity with Aerith. Depending in the line, Aerith either becomes immediately dejected or momentarily...

I believe that, for every character, if you start a side quest that’s related to them, they appear next to you and talk with the Clients. It’s the same for all the other side quests. Like if Red XIII isn’t in my party but I start a side quest that has him as the main companio, he appears next to...

So the lines for Aerith and Cloud’s church scene for HA are as follows in JP (tried my best to translate but I’m not a native speaker so please correct me if theres another interpretation):

Looks like the JP version of Aerith’s line to Cloud about liking and liking someone is more ambiguous. She says: この好きは どの好さなんだろう Which translates to “I wonder what kind of like/love this is?“ So the intention of the original line is left more ambiguous as to whether or not Aerith likes Cloud...

Speaking of liking and “liking”, has anyone brought up that Aerith’s line to Cloud in the church scene contrasts this excerpt from Trace of Two Pasts? Tifa and Aerith really are two opposite sides of the same coin huh?

I agree with you that both sides tend to disregard information that conflicts with their reading. I like to think that I try to see the romantic narrative in FF7 without any bias but I’m definitely prone to my own faults too haha I do believe, however that with Rebirth, the goalposts for the...

Thanks for your input. If what you say is true, then those lines to Cloud are a really great parallel to Zack’s earlier scene with Marlene. After talking to Marlene, Zack seems dejected at the possibility that Aerith now loves Cloud. To add insult to injury, Aerith seems to be taking Cloud...

I agree with you on this take. Despite SENA’s changes, their conversation (in both the LA and HA version of the church scene) end the same way with Aerith distinguishing between liking someone versus liking someone romantically. I’m curious tho, is this scene Aerith telling Cloud that she’s...

Oh my bad, dream world…alternate reality…whatever it ends up being when they explain it in Part 3, I think it’s still a pretty firm “Goodbye” from Aerith to Cloud

Ah, and of course, there’s still Zack. I really need Zack and Aerith to have a proper reunion in Part 3

Yea, there are definitely moments of Cloud’s caring and soft side interspersed with his “wtf is going on” side, but I do side with the interpretation of @thetriplerhyme in the sense that the dream sequence serves as a farewell. Regardless of affinity with Aerith, she ends the dream by...

To be fair the actual exchange (at least in English) goes something like this: