The dull life in the Slum,
the love with a SOLDIER who fell from the sky.
In CC, Aerith is just a 15-year-old girl. Under the surveillance from Shinra, who wanted to worm out the location of the Promise Land from the Ancients. Growing flowers seems trivial but it brought her joy while she lived at the Sector 5 Slums.
At that chosen day, she accidentally met Zack, SOLDIER 1st Class, and
they were attracted to each other…
Quote: text near img of Aerith's pointing to the Church's roof
Just like Cloud in FF7, Zack fell to Aerith’s Church.
Meeting him brings along her first love.
Quote: text near img of Aerith's talking, saying "Everyman would notice the flowers, I mean, normally."
Inspired by the flowers that she forbids trampling, they planed to sell flowers at the market. In CC, Aeirth used to say that flowers are indispensable.
Quote: text near img of Aerith holding Zack
Aerith gently embraced Zack, who came back sad.
The atmosphere makes them feel like a couple....
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[ ν ] - εуλ 0000
(Age 15)
·CC - Midgar
She met Zack in the Sector 5 church, and
became very
intimate with him.
The "girlfriend" reported at the parent's house.
6-7 years prior to FFVII, Zack's "I've managed to get a girlfriend" letter was left out in the parents' home. If it was 6-7 years ago, it was about the time where he met Aerith in CC... Does that mean the girlfriend was Aerith?
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To Dad and Mom,
How are you?
I'm sorry for suddenly rushing out of the village. The truth is that I really wanted to become a SOLDIER. I thought that saying that would worry you . . . I'm now fulfilling my dreams and working hard as a SOLDIER.
P.S. I've managed to get a girlfriend.
-Zack
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Zack seems to have a number of girlfriends, but especially informing his home means there's no doubt that
the partner is a special one.
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As a result of being able to surmise everything from each small deed,
Aerith, who was in love with Zack, might perhaps have been jealous many times seeing all that...
The girl pretty as flowers blooms in Zack’s mind.
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The destined encounter with Zack makes them becomes the irreplaceable existence to each other.
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The chosen day, Zack suddenly fell from the roof of the Church in the Slum. His bright confidence immediately catches her mind, and they start a
relationship as a couple.
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Aerith honestly expresses her good feeling to Zack straight out, and that also makes his heart skip a beat.
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Selling flowers will richen both wallet and streets?
Aerith’s interest is taking care of flowers, but flowers rarely bloom in Slum because the sky is covered by the Plate. Aerith’s dream is to plant a lot of flowers around the Slum—for such a dream, Zack suggests that she should sell those flowers she plants, and not just around the Slum, but make the whole Midgar full of flowers. His plan that “If Midgar is full of flowers, then your wallet will be full too!”
opens up a gate to a new world to Aerith.
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The more Aerith knows about Zack, the more she’s attracted by him. Her manner toward Zack is also sweet.
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Repeating Zack’s look with Cloud’s.
Being an Ancient, Aerith did her utmost to save the Planet, even sacrificed life—in FF7, the impression of Aerith being such a tragic heroine is strong. Nevertheless, the most significant link to FF7 is the conversations about Cloud. The reason why she’s a flower girl when she first meets Cloud, the beginning of love with her first love, Zack, and the reason she saw Zack in Cloud—all those things we don’t know in FF7 are made clear in CC.
Text: Aerith asks Cloud to be her bodyguard. Does her “one date” as the payment repeat what Zack used to say to her?
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*Text near the img of Zack and Aerith in CC:
Aerith never talks about her bitterness but lives brightly. It is growing by degrees into
inseparable relationship.
Nojima: The setting that “falling from the roof of the Church” repeats Aerith’s encounter with Cloud was decided in the beginning. Though we’re talking about love, they are still young back then and there’s no time to describe “how they become fond of each other” in the game. So I made it like “falling into a sudden crush.”
Nojima: However, Zack did not appear only for the reason as a key to the puzzle. The setting of “Aerith overlaps Cloud with her first love” and Zack as the key character are settled before I joined the team of development.
All of the DMW memories of Aerith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19vXro4MTgs
"Zack, my wagon broke... so I will now continue to sell flowers in a basket."
Some people are certainly equipped to love more/better/differently than others.
