1997 V Jump Scan (feat. Zack and Shinra Execs)

[Suzaku]

A friend of mine (Twitter) has been tweeting out scans of old V Jump issues he has acquired, and this little gem from the May 1997 issue was amongst them.

Huge scoop! Debut of a special illustration by Tetsuya Nomura!

It's Aerith's first love, Zack!!

• Handsome and cheerful!
• Passionate about his friends!
• Loves the ladies!

A 1st Class SOLDIER and one of Cloud's best friends. As you can see, he looks super cool. Currently MIA, though it's rumored he's shacked up with a woman... He was seen hanging out with a girl at Costa del Sol.

There's some discussion (fanart / fan letters) about the Aerith / Tifa / Cloud love triangle.

The other section is framed as intel Cait Sith has gathered from spying on the Shinra Executives, though these are just little gags about their appearance and personality, with a little Kansai-ben blurb thrown in about them.

 

[Ite]

Wat

...dafuq

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

And what about the one where the top of Barret's skull has been removed and his brain is showing a la Hannibal Lecter? The Japanese seems to say:
福岡県 Fukuoka Prefecture
腐乱犬8号 nicknamed Rotting Dog 8
Fan art? Jesus that's creepy.
The cCait Sith caption　presumably is also a prefecture plus the name Itame-san.

 

[Suzaku]

Yeah, the little doodles are fanart with the prefecture and nickname of the person who submitted them.

 

[Sorcerologist]

What does Rufus' blurb say?

 

[Strangelove]

it's part of a little section trying to guess who out of shinra is operating cait sith

Spoiler

Rufus

Cait-ness: white outfit
Similarities to Cait, hmmm... if I had to pick something, I guess they're both wearing white?

This bit's off: too busy
We're talking about the new president of Shinra here. He doesn't seem like he'd have the time to be Cait with all the work he has.

Total Cait rating: zero!

Kansai-ben [the accent Cait Sith uses in Japanese]: doesn't fit him at all!

 

[Odysseus]

I'd love to get my hands on scans of a bunch of these and scanlate them. They're really interesting and funny lol.