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  • 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…

  • The Perfect Girl For Cloud, According to Cloud’s Mom (Hint: It’s Aerith)

    After Aeris contracts Cloud to be her bodyguard (in exchange for one date), she brings him to her house in Sector 5, where she lives with her mother, Elmyra. It’s a quaint, homey cottage surrounded by flower gardens – a sharp visual contrast from the rest of the cyberpunk junkyard of Midgar’s slums that Cloud…

  • Final Fantasy Tactics: A Clerith Love Story

    The aptly-named Final Fantasy Tactics is a tactical role-playing game, deviating from Final Fantasy‘s classic battle system but still retaining its epic storytelling and character-driven drama. Released in Japan in June 1997 and in the U.S. in January 1998, it was unleashed unto fans only half a year after the extraordinary success of Final Fantasy…