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Is Cloud in Disc 1 just “Zack”?

Who exactly Cloud is has confused Final Fantasy VII fans since the late 90’s. His identity crisis is a major plot point and a penultimate crisis in the game before the final showdown with Shinra and Sephiroth. Players are haunted by a JENOVA taunting Cloud as a “puppet” and the image of a SOLDIER named…
On First Love (And Second): A Final Fantasy Tradition

Final Fantasy VII has confounded its fanbase for decades with its notoriously messy romance threads. The infamous love triangle between Cloud, Aeris, and Tifa is further confounded by Aeris’s own alleged love triangle between Cloud and her “first love,” Zack. To some fans, this simplified the story: rather than accept an ambiguous love story between…
Aerith is Cloud’s “Cherished” Person – A “Taisetsu Na” Compilation

The phrase 大切な者 (たいせつなもの: taisetsu na mono) is often used to describe Aeris’s value to Cloud. 大切な人 (たいせつなひと: taisetsu na hito). Taisetsu itself means “important” or “significant” – but in this context, the meaning is also “precious,” “valuable,” “dear,” “cherished,” or “beloved.” In both cases, a noun is added to this adjective. The first noun…