I Will Never Be a Memory

It had to be said, tragedies were what people remembered most deeply.

That was why, throughout history, so many works of literature and art had ended in tragedy.

Abroad, there were Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet; at home, there were stories like Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

These stories had basically all ended in tragedy, which was precisely why they remained so memorable.

And in Final Fantasy.

Zack had sacrificed himself to protect Cloud, Alice had been killed by Sephiroth while trying to save the world, and Jessie and the others from Avalanche had sacrificed themselves.

From early game to late game, it could be said that the game had wrung every last tear out of its players.

It had also stirred up resentment in countless players.

In the game, just like when Alice died earlier, Song Ren took most of the day to calm himself down before cautiously continuing through the story.

Judging from the characters who appeared in The Spirits Within, no one else should have been fated to die.

But after taking such a brutal blow from Zack's death, he simply did not dare to gamble on it.

At this point in the game, Cloud had also pulled himself together again with Tifa's help.

At that moment, Cloud truly became himself.

No longer the mentally fractured Cloud who had been imitating Zack's behavior.

His hand gripped the Great Sword beside him tightly. For Cloud, who had recovered his memories, it was no longer merely a weapon.

From Angeal to Zack, and then into his hands.

That sword carried their honor and dreams.

After Cloud returned to normal, the enormous meteor in the sky continued to fall.

Although Alice's White Magic had successfully activated, it could not take effect while Sephiroth still existed.

That was Sephiroth's