The Changes and Additions of FFVII Advent Children Complete

Rufus and Kadaj’s discussion on Sephiroth’s return and Jenova returning remain the same, with Rufus’s lines being only reworded. However, instead of just flashbacks of past events of FFVII that have been seen before, we actually see them talk, and Kadaj is particularly expressive. Some flashes of Sephiroth over Kadaj are also seen, making the link between the two that much more obvious. After that, he summons Bahamut SHIN to attack Edge and search for Jenova’s head beneath the monument in Edge.

After the dramatic entrance of Tifa’s fellow heroes and comrades from FFVII, a new scene shows Tifa telling Denzel to get away from the chaos to safety, however he notices the suffering victims of the Shadow Creepers and thinks back to the destruction of Sector 7.

The new scene continues with Tifa bringing Denzel back to the present. As soon as she does though, a Shadow Creeper attacks and Tifa quickly kicks it away. However, it turns to smoke and emerges at Tifa’s feet with two more of its kind, sending her into the air. She fights these three and destroys them, only to have them turn to dust again and reform around Denzel, going after him this time.

The scene continues as we notice Cloud watching as Denzel’s life is endangered, an image of Zack facing his death at the hands of Shinra MPs in his left eye. Cloud then sees Tifa about to be crushed by a falling structure, an image of Aerith’s death at the hand of Sephiroth in his right eye.

Cloud then focuses, takes out his sword, and flings one of the blades at the Shadow Creepers which circles in an arc and kills them. He quickly drives towards the fallen Tifa, slicing falling buildings and debris out of his way to get to her and pulls her onto his bike, just in time to save her from impending death. He apologizes for not being there sooner, which Tifa says is okay.

After Tifa and Cloud depart to join their friends fighting Bahamut SHIN, Denzel runs back to Seventh Heaven down an alley. However, on his way there, Two Shadow Creepers appear, and one tosses a man brutally into a fire hydrant, causing it to dislodge. The monsters then seemingly tear apart another hapless, fleeing victim. One of these Shadow Creepers notices Denzel and looks at him. We see a good close up of the creature’s face as Denzel suffers an attack of Geostigma while the monster charges for him. Despite his pain and fear, Denzel gets up and runs, grabbing a crowbar and furiously begins striking the dislodged hydrant. In the nick of time he breaks it, sending the monster back with a torrent of water while he runs to safety.

The fight with Bahamut SHIN and Cloud is relatively unchanged, except for the added detail of damage Bahamut takes from Cloud’s assault. After Cloud strikes its face with Braver, causing it to fall onto the buildings below, we see his armor break, and expose his bleeding, wounded face. Bahamut’s roar of rage looks all the more threatening with the blood and exposed flesh.