#ff7 ultimania

[silvergreenseraphim]

More translated scans of information from the early OG Ultimania that a friend sent to me. These can be useful references.

[silalcarin]

BTW, for those who may not know, the description comes from the Remake Ultimania:

Source of the resolution translation can be found here. (The only known source that I can find)

“After the Sector 7 plate fell, Barret comforted Tifa with the temperament of an adult, and Cloud saw that and wanted to do the same for her.”

[rosy-crow]

ETERNAL SADNESS

EXTRA ETERNAL SADNESS

[phantomyre]

FF7 Rebirth Ultimania - Mini Vincent Bio

https://x.com/aitaikimochi/status/1778701268686651539

A small snippet of Vincent's biography has been translated from the very recent Rebirth Ultimania. While much of it isn't new per se, there is a small bit that I wanted to focus on as it is a small change from OG. 'Sleeps a lot because he wants to suppress the monsters within him' For anyone familiar with Vincent's who initial characterization in OG, it should make your brow raise. The whole reason why he chose to sleep in his coffin was to atone for his sins which is what Vincent has been memed for for many years. However, in Rebirth, we don't get any such hint of that within the main story. The only bit of regret we learn about is with his past with Sephiroth and not being able to kill him. However, at least according to the Ultimania, Vincent's past sins are not the reason for his slumber... but rather to suppress his monsters. This is new. While it was always eluded to, this isn't Vincent's original reasoning. It seems like Square is leaning very heavily into Vincent's monsters, aka the single glowing eye, how Barret calls him a freak (he says 'monster' in Japanese) upon immediate transformation, Galian Beast as a boss, Vincent becoming uncomfortable when Barret scoffs at the idea of monsters having feelings, etc. My guess is that SE is going to characterize Vincent having a lot of fear of himself and his lack of control over his demons (which again was hinted at in various compilations but casual fans would never have known this). And seeing as there seems to be a mysterious connection between Sephiroth and the whole theme of monsters, it could be that Vincent is also afraid of becoming what Sephiroth has already become-- a merciless killer. This would make sense as to why Vincent is so resistant to joining Cloud and Co, not only due to whatever happened between him and Sephiroth, but also fearing himself and how he believes he is a monster. I could see this also playing into Vincent keeping himself distant from the party in part 3; not only because he doesn't want to get close to anyone (so as to not get emotionally hurt), but he may be terrified of losing control of his monsters and harming those he cares about.

[give-my-son-back]

Oh, finally! I was worried that my Ask may or may not have gone through! I was worried there might have been a problem with the link or something. 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

Translation: "We're going to blow the minds of everyone who didn't play Crisis Core by confirming that Sephiroth is, in fact, a huge dork."

That awkward pat on the shoulder to Cloud made me laugh lmao He's trying his best.

Why tf is he sitting like this Square lmao the second the camera shifted into frame with this pose I fucking lost my shit.

Whyyyyy is he doing this ASEDRFGHTGFDS he looks so disappointed lmao

[getvalentined]

[finallyfantasy7]

The beauty of Google Translate 🤣

[Image ID: A screenshot of timeline page from "Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core Ultimania" book translated from Japanese into English in Google Translator app. Only the English text is visible and it says 'July "Lazard and Hollander's breasts are revealed."' /.End ID]

[umbralstars]

All pages pertaining to the worldbuilding of Midgar from FF7 Remake Material Ultimania as requested by @demial4 I hope this helps, and sorry if some of this isn't legible my camera isn't the best

[Image limit; the rest will be in a reblog]

[hollowingearth]

coming back to this in light of recent discussions on dev interviews and the ultimania to say that I think it's oh so funny that the same people who are so adamant that Aerith needs to stay dead because the theme of loss is the heart of the franchise are the same ones who are extremely against the idea of Cloud dying

I'm honestly just not sure if the main theme of the FF7 remake trilogy is loss anymore. Of the original? Yes, by a mile. I would say it's even the overarching theme in the compilation too, but fate, destiny and choice (promises, even) seem to be the new thematic focus of the story.

[jjinpang]

“So you wanna be in SOLDIER? Hang in there”

Vote for Zacks

[marcepanowapani]

scanned two blorbos if anyone me wants these amazing headshots in high resolutions!

[depression-napping]

A bit more content containing Vincent, although if you have played through this or watched playthroughs, there isn’t any new info. It mostly summarizes the story around where you meet Vincent. There will be plot spoilers. Translations under the cut ❤️

(Blue quoted caption at top)

「バッチリですわ！先に屋敷へ向かって、端末探しときます」

(Cait Sith) It’s perfect! I’ll go on ahead to the mansion first and find the computer terminal.

二ベルマコ炉に到着したクラウドたちは、神羅とウータイの戦闘の痕跡を発見する。カードキーの持ち主であるムラサキ課長も戦闘に巻き込まれたのか、マコ炉内で息絶えていた。クラウドたちがカードキーを入手すると、マコ炉の端末に通信してきたケット•シーが、遠隔操作で神羅屋敷の解錠を行う。

After leaving the Nibel Mako Reactor, Cloud and company discover vestiges of a battle between Shinra and Wutai. The owner of the card key, section manager Mr. Murasaki, appeared to have been caught up in the fighting, and was found dead inside the Mako Reactor. Upon Cloud and the others acquiring the card key, Cait Sith communicates with the computer terminal in the Mako reactor, and unlocks the Shinra Mansion via remote control.

先に神羅屋敷に入っていたケット•シーたちと合流したクラウドは、地下で自称警備員のヴィンセントと出会う。端末の使用許可を得てケット•シーが作業しているあいだ、引き寄せられるように研究室の様子をながめてクラウドは、強烈な頭痛に襲われた。その直後、一行はヴィンセントに銃口を突きつけられる。

Those that went into the Shinra Mansion earlier with Cait Sith rejoin with Cloud, and in the basement they come across Vincent, a self-proclaimed security guard. While Cait Sith gains permission to operate the computer terminal, Cloud is transfixed by something in the laboratory as if drawn to it, but is assaulted by a terrible headache. Immediately after, the party finds themselves staring down the barrel of Vincent’s gun.*

(*I had to rephrase this slightly because the literal translation is uhhh… “Directly after, Vincent thrusts the mouth of his gun at the party,” but that sounded kinda sexual. Is that just me? Anyway, go ahead and write your fanfics about who you want him to thrust his gun at specifically ;)

(Blue quote caption; this is Vincent’s now-famous line ❤️)

「その部屋への立ち入りの許可した覚えない」

“I don’t recall giving you permission to go into that room.”

一行は魔獣へ姿を変えて襲ってきたヴィンセントを退けるが、彼は何も語ろうとはしなかった。目当ての神殿関する情報は端末で得られたため、神羅屋敷にあとにするクラウドたち。そこへ、宝条の細胞投与手術を受けたロッチェが、クラウドの最後の戦いに挑むべく現れた。激闘のすえ、劣化が急速に進んだロッチェーは、うつろなる黒マントの一員になってその場を去っていく。

Vincent transforms into the shape of a magical beast and attacks the party, but they drive the monster back, and he refuses to speak to them further. Cloud and the others are able to get the information related to the Temple of the Ancients from the computer terminal, so they leave the Shinra mansion.

Then, Roche, who had undergone [Sephiroth/Jenova] cell injection surgery from Hojo, challenges Cloud in what appears to be his final battle. After the fierce battle, Roche's condition rapidly deteriorates and he turns into a member of the hollow black-cloaks, then leaves the scene.

[multi-fandom-magic]

About Tifa's 'Censorship' in Final Fantasy VII Remake & Rebirth...

So, recently, I found out that in Final Fantasy VII Remake & Rebirth, Square 'censored' Tifa by putting a black shirt under her crop top.

And lots of FFVII fans are mad about it. Here are some of those comments...

The Nibelheim Incident, the part where they 'censored' her, took place 5 years before the start of VII. At the start of VII, according to the Remake Material Ultimania, she is 20 years old. This means that, during the Nibelheim Incident/The Tragedy of Five Years Ago, Tifa's age is: 20 - 5 = 15 years old. 15 ≠ 18. This is also mentioned in her character profile from the Crisis Core Ultimania. Nobody wants her to be a teenager in that scene. She IS a teen. It's in the math. And it's in the canon timeline.

Your 'fan service waifu' was 15 years old at that point in the game. A high schooler. A CHILD. A MINOR.

While she is a fictional character, the fact that all of you are so DESPERATE to see a 15-year-old's cleavage and are boycotting the game over a black undershirt is really telling of how y'all are in real life.

They're not censoring adult Tifa. They didn't put her in a beekeeping suit at Costa Del Sol in Rebirth, did they? No, they put her in a bikini. Simp over adult Tifa. Not teenage Tifa.

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[tifa-simp]

The real tragedy of Rebirth is what keeps happening to Tifa and her scalp actually.

[hollowingearth]

Yesterday was Rebirth's Ultimania release day! And... it was a lot calmer than I expected lol? I've never been active in the FF7 fandom before even though I got into it ever since Remake dropped so seeing everyone acting like it would be doomsday and complete hell on earth made me worried. Maybe I just curated all my feeds a lot to avoid the sort of person who incites those fights? I hate having to do that though because I genuinely like seeing different opinions/interpretations than mine but so much of it comes across as straight up petty in this particular fandom.

Generally, I dislike the penchant this fandom has to rely on Word of God for literally any interpretation for whatever is presented to us. It's a bit insane, actually, because Death of the Author seems to not exist at all and usually, when that's the case, it's because you can see the Hand™ moving the pieces purposefully and not allowing the characters to grow into their own but here it's more like the audience simply won't let it die, even if it's corpse is begging them to. Square Enix, of course, is willingly profiting off of it (tho I wonder just how much the ultis sell lol) .

I think that's why the RE Trilogy seems to be so interested on a metatextual discussion. This time around the Ultimania didn't really reveal anything that interesting and/or surprising overall (other than Elena being 18!!! like HUH????? wdym she's only 2 years older than Yuffie please be serious) BUT it did make me a lot more hopeful for Aerith's ending in Pt. 3 than the game itself haha. I've seen some thoughts floating around about how faitful it will be and I genuinely think they must end it on a different note than the original.

You see, I don't even think the original had a bad ending? It's bittersweet, yes, but that's sort of the point? People die but life prevails, you must go on and leave your past behind. The compilation, though, just retconned that, from my understanding. Now humanity is gone in 500 years after the ending, Geostigma happens and our protagonists become suicidal after the events of the game. Cloud's parting words "I think I can meet her... there" are cast upon a new light and it's not a hopeful one. Though, I think most allarming is Lifestream White and Lifestream Black, where we see both Aerith and Sephiroth condemned to an eternity of loneliness fighting and avoiding each other in the lifestream.

[rosy-crow]

Current Rebirth Ultimania experience