and so, I re-watched. Even after so long, Cloud, Zack, Vincent and Sephiroth still captivate my heart so much. HAHAHA. Anyways, I've decided to post Q&A (PURELY BASE ON MY OPINION) about Advent Children that may seems confusing to people. After much research, I've found most of the answers I need to find (or figure it out myself). Actually, I kinda want to post this for my own reference sake (and out of interest). LOL.

Right from the beginning, here goes nothing!

Migar. It look run down and deserted because it's 500 years after the original game play. Many things would change since then and obviously, the original characters are not around any more. Perhaps Vincent Valentine survive because he's an immortal. RedXIII is not an immortal, he just have a very long life span.

Well... yes I guess!? The cubs are obviously his offspring. But whoever his partner is, it is not revealed.

It is rumoured that the 28 seagulls represented the 28 staff members of the production team.

They were trying to find the Jenova's head to bring it back to Rufus. It is to keep it safe to prevent it being used by others.

They are the remnant form of Sephiroth, reforms of sephiroth but significantly weaker. They only seems to live to find Jenova (whom they called "Mother").

Yes. I believed Tseung and Elena managed to pass the head to Reno. The chopper was seen flying out of the Northern Cave. However, I believe Tseung and Elena was captured by Kadaj and his gang because later in the movie, it was revealed that Vincent Valanetine managed to save the 2 from the gang in a brutally tortured condition.

He was seriously injured, but he did not die. He was assumed dead because he was not shown in the original gameplay after that. He was rescued by Reeve.

Marlene. She is adopted by Barret. Marlene's real father Dyne (Barret's best friend), who died in the original gameplay of Final Fantasy VII. Marlene seems to have no memory of her biological father. In Advent Children, she was placed under Tifa's and Cloud's care while Barret travel the world in search for oil.

It was believed that the production team purposefully created this for a more dramatic and emotional feel, thus, disobeying the law of gravity in the show. Hahaha.

He is a random kid from the other sector who managed to stumble across Cloud. Cloud and Tifa 'adopted' him and Denzel was under their care since then. To know more about Denzel, do go read "On the way to a smile - Denzel's Case"! Cloud believed that somehow, Denzel was lead to him by Aerith, to relieve some of his sin. Do go read "On the way to a smile - Tifa's Case"!

It is their newly opened Pub called "7th Heaven" located at The Edge, a rebuilt city adjacent to Migar.

From what I've read, he took up delivery service for people all over the world, since travelling is difficult (for Mako energy is no longer used anymore). However, I presume that because he was down by Geostigma and the sin he was carrying, he went out to live alone (at Aerith's church), seldomly picking up calls or going back to see the children/Tifa. However, this seems to piss off Tifa alot. Heh!

When the lifesteam burst out to save the planet from the Meteor back in the original gameplay, part of the lifesteam was infected by the Jenova's cell. This disease was then spread throughout the world, mostly at Migar. However, the disease is not contagious. There is different variation of how a person can contract this fatal disease. There is also no cure for it.

To help Rufus rebuild the world.

It was the sword that Zack from Crisis Core who used to carry (Buster Sword). The original owner of the sword is by Angeal, Zack's Mentor who died in Crisis Core. The cliff which Cloud was seen standing at is the spot where Zack died, which lead to the reason why Cloud had the sword placed there, IMO.

Cloud have Jenova's genes infuse into his cells for an experiment during Crisis Core by Professor Hojo. Because of this, they believe that Cloud is their "brother". They attack him at the beginning of the show because they believed Cloud got his hands on Jenova's head.

I believed, IMO, that during the conversation between Kadaj with Rufus on the phone while Cloud is fighting with Yazoo and Loz, Rufus must have told him something in order to protect Cloud from being attacked. Thus, you can see that Kadaj suddenly called a halt to the battle (and also seen from the fact that he is not on the phone anymore) and the 3 stopped the pursuit.

You gotta remember that Advent Children took place 2 years after the original game play. Most of the characters must have lost their touch in fighting, especially in dangerous situation. Plus, it doesn't help by the fact that Cloud is infect with Geostigma which cause him to go into seizure unexpectedly.

Healin Lodge. Which is where the Turks are (including Rufus). Initially, they resided at Kalm, until the place was overpopulated with people infected with Geostigma.

Turks work for the Shinra company afterall. Who knows what they have installed for Cloud? The Turks and the characters are not very chummy to begin with anyway!

Easy. He can be an annoying ass sometimes :D

1) To hide the fact that Jenova's head is on his hand.

2) To hide his Geostigma scar.

3) He calls for attention by covering himself with a piece of cloth, making himself more mysterious.

Simply because he need to find out whether Cloud is interested in helping them in rebuilding the world (or Shinra). Let's say if Rufus was to tell Cloud that they have Jenova's head on hand, Cloud would have reacted strongly. Rufus can't risk that given the condition he was in, can he? He is smart afterall.

To Tifa, she strongly believed that Cloud treated everyone as his family (She regard everyone as her family, especially Cloud) and trust that he will not fight alone. I think Cloud chose to leave and stayed in the church is because 1) He don't want to cause any worries and concern 2) He is overcome by guilt and sin 3)Maybe he is worried that the Geostigma is contagious . To me, I agreed with Tifa that he will not fight alone too. He just want to run away from the problem.

It seems that it's been a long time since they last saw Cloud and they miss him.

Tseung's and Elena's Turk Identification card. It was splattered with blood because as said earlier, they were brutally tortured by the gang. This is also to force Rufus in handing over Jenova's head.

The reunion simply means by bringing Sephiroth back by gathering people who are infected with the Geostigma. I am not sure whether the Kadaj know that by getting Jenova's head, he is 'reviving' Sephiroth, because throughout the whole movie, it seems that his devotion is only towards mother aka. Jenova. He only mentioned Sephiroth's name once at the later part of the movie and he sounded like he is actually jealous of Sephiroth.

Back in Crisis Core, Zack fought a furious battle with the Shinra and died in the end. He managed to keep Cloud safe by hiding him aside when Cloud was suffering from Mako poisoning and was unable to combat in a battle. In the end, Zack was killed. During his last words, he told Cloud to carry on his legacy and entrusting his buster Sword to Cloud. This is also the reason why in the beginning of the FF7 gameplay, the default sword that was given was called the "Buster Sword".

It was a Materia. By the way, rumoured said that the Materia that Marlene threw was Holy (a Materia that was used to save the planet from the Meteor cast by the Black Materia). However, I disagreed to it. Holy was dropped deep into the water of the Forgotten City where the body of Aerith was rested. Even though it was never revealed that whether or not the characters have retrieve Holy, I honestly don't think they will mainly because the mission of Holy was done after it was released to block against the Meteor. There is no reason why they will need to take the effort and search through deep water. Additionally, the white materia, Holy originally belonged to Aerith and if I were to be one of the characters in FF7, I would want to materia to be 'buried' with her.

Btw, the idea was to let Marlene threw a rock at Loz but it was later changed to throwing a Materia.

No, its not the re-carnation of Zack! The wolf represented Cloud's sin and guilt (He put the blame of Aerith's death on himself, the current condition of the world it was in, the innocent lives he had killed unintentionally, and the inability to protect everyone). Towards the ending of the movie when Cloud was relieve from his sin and guilt, the wolf disappears :D

It simply means "shut up and stop wasting time!" Hahahaha!

For me, I strongly believe that the children is easier to deal with. Mainly because they are in need of desperation to cure their Geostigma and to relieve their pain. I also believe that the children have a weaker will and will thus, submit to the command of Kadaj as compared to adults.

The black water that penetrated the water represented Kadaj's will. When the children drinks the water, it will then activate the Jenova's cell within them and help the 3 locate "mother". The gang was unable to do it since they are did not inherit Jenova's cell (they are remnant of Sepphie :D).

He was Hallucinating. It seems that the Geostigma have that effect on him.

Vincent Valentine, of course! During the movie, he explained more about Geostigma and also explained how he managed to save Tseung and Elena at the Forgotten City and why the Turks got tortured.

Given the century which the characters live in, it seems weird even, not to have a phone! I believe Vincent do not have a phone mainly because he comes and he goes, living no trace of his whereabouts, thus unnecessary to get himself a phone. Plus, he had been asleep for so many years at the dungeon back in Nibelheim that I think he kinda lost touch with the technology.

Marlene probably feels like Cloud does not regard her as a family, given the lack of concern and absence in the family by him. It pisses her off, she misses him, of course.

Rufus lied to him that he did not managed to find anything at the Northern Cave. Cloud probably want to find Rufu's hidden Agenda.

NAH! I don't think so. Don't be silly! Aerith is dead, there's no way she can call him, let alone leave Cloud a voice message. That would be creepy, won't it?! Do remember that the phone is dropped into the same place where Aerith's body rested. The production team probably want to let the audience know that in regards to Cloud's constant guilt and sin, she had never blamed him once for her death. Why at Forgotten City then? IMO, probably because it is the place where Aerith was killed.

That was a Monument built by Rufus and the Turks, for the people to have something to believe in and "pray" for. It is also built to represent the people who died from the Geostigma. The Trio believed that the Jenova's head is hidden in the large monument as informed by Rufus (a lie).

Bahamat SIN.

According to what I've found, it seems that it will take alot of work to animate the moogle due to the fur which was why they took off the moogle and placed Cait Sith on REDXIII's back instead!

She is nicknamed the "Materia Hunter" and she believed she will be able to protect her hometown, Wutai, if theres more Materia.

In the noval "On the way to a smile - Tifa's Case", all the healing Materia was passed to Yuffie to help her hometown recover from any sickness. They believed that since Mako energy is no longer used, any attempt to use the offensive materia may be dangerous. Thus, all the offensive materia was passed to Cloud for safe keeping which he placed in a suit-case (not much of a safe-keeping by leaving the Materia sitting alone in the church uh!). But before they knew it, Loz had taken all the Materia with him in the earlier scene at the Church, leaving none for the characters. Therefore, even if they want to use any materia to help in the battle, there were none left for them!

Later in the scene, Yuffie was seen carrying lots of Materia on her hand. IMO, she probably managed to recover the materias that was stolen by the trio.

Obviously he was insulted by Marlene's comment back in the Forgotten City! I guess he don't wanna be outdated. Hehe, cute Vincent~~ -loves-

The red ribbon was a way to remember Aerith.

Cloud Strife - upper left arm
Tifa Lockheart - upper left arm
Marlene Wallace - wears a large pink ribbon in her hair, which is braided into a ponytail (similar to Aerith)
Barret Wallace - lower left arm
Nanaki - lower left foreleg, above his bangle
Yuffie Kisaragi - upper left arm and on her shuriken. As far as we know, she is the only character who sports two pink ribbons.
Cait Sith - upper left arm. It is unknown if Reeve also wears a ribbon.
Vincent Valentine - lower right arm
Cid Highwind - upper left arm

It is a Fusion Sword, called "The First Tsurugi", which consist of 6 blades.

I am not much of a weapon fanatic, so I will link the information about his sword here :

No, he can't fly. But every character seems to have the ability to jump extremely high. If he can fly, Cloud will not need his friends to push him up to reach Bahamut SIN to finish it off.

(against Loz's earth-moving attack in the Sleeping Forest and
against Sephiroth)
2) Braver

(against Bahamut SIN; this was the attack Cloud used when he knocked Bahamut SIN down the first time)

3) Climhazzard

(against Bahamut SIN; it was this attack which Cloud used to defeat the Dragon)
4) Finishing Touch

(against Kadaj; used when knocking him off the building they fought upon, at which time Kadaj loses his Souba)
5) Omnislash Version 5

(against Sephiroth; this was the attack that he used to
defeat him)
(Note: Each time Cloud uses one of his Limit Breaks, Spirit Energy can be seen
surrounding his blade or being channeled through it immediately beforehand.)

Barret
Big Shot (against Bahamut SIN)

Tifa
(Note that the following Limit Breaks are used in this order of appearance)
1) Beat Rush (against Loz)
2) Somersault (against Loz)
3) Meteodrive (against Loz)
4) Meteor Strike (against Loz)

REDXIII
Sled Fang (Against Bahamut SIN)

Cid

Boost Jump (Against Bahamut SIN)

Aerith
Great Gospel

This is the link to all the limit break scenes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9T0Ks4hhPU&feature=related

The content was damage by Rufus and probably during the highway battle with Cloud, thus the anguish.

When they say it's Jenova's head, it actually refers to the remaining of what's left of Jenova.

Honestly, I can't figure this out. She IS dead. But I believe she was able to connect with the planet and be able to cast her limit break to help cure the Geostigma. Through research and reading through debates, the only conclusion I can find for her to cast Great Gospel so late is probably because her actions were stopped by Sephiroth OR it took her a long time to figure a way to save the planet. Afterall, she's a Cetra. Reading the Noval "Maiden that travels around the Planet", she was the one who calls for help in the lifestream to counter attack the Meteor when the strength of the Holy was not enough. So I believe that she can do it the second time, through the power of the lifestream. Anyways, if you look carefully, the water that forms resemble the lifestream that sprout out from the floor before bursting into a rain and heal Cloud from his Geostigma.

Cloud was not a puppet to begin with. He was just mind-manipulated by Sephiroth in the original gameplay that he was created by Jenova's cell. which probably leads to Kadaj thinking that Cloud used to be a puppet.

Yes he did!!! IMO, I think he find the battle with Kadaj abit child play after he was cured from his Geostigma, and probably because he know he is about to reach his limit break soon and also probably because like what Tifa say, he found his strength back again.

Probably the remains of Jenova which somehow, contain Jenova's cell. It activated the sephiroth's gene within him (since he is the remnant of him), thus, Sephiroth was created once again.

The black lifestream is the victims who died from the Geostigma which is controlled by Sephiroth.

Square probably re-edited the final attack afew times before they finally decided going with it. I think the omnislash at Advent Children Complete is called "Omnislash Version 6", there is definitely more continuous attack by Cloud as compared to the Version 5's.

He was in a semi-unconscious state and was dying. Since Aerith was a Cetra, she was able to connect to Kadaj before he joins the lifestream. For Kadaj, since Aerith did not aknowledge the fact she is not his "mother", Kadaj assumes so and found relieve as he return to the planet. I guess Aerith being a cetra, always have that effect of giving a reassurance and comfort.

I don't think they died there but was heavily injured. Somehow, I think they manage to make their way to where Cloud was after defeating Sephiroth and shot him. Honestly, I don't think Great gospel was the reason why the trio died. It's purpose was to heal any one infected with Geostigma, it's a defensive limit break. To begin with, the trio did not have Jenova's cell within them. I will stick to the point that they are heavily injured and join the lifestream after Cloud defeated them.

Aerith always seem to have that motherly figure in her. Somehow, Cloud was confused by the state he was in, since the trio have been calling him a "brother" and demand him to return their "mother". Similar to Kadaj, Cloud probably felt the maternal presence of Aerith and mistook her as a mother.

Aerith's connection to children was explained in an interview. That interview said something to the effect that the children retained a connection to the Lifestream since they had so recently come from it. I would think their connection to the Lifestream explains their ability to hear and sense Aerith.

I suspect Aerith did made a ghostly appearance with Zack at the of the movie, not Cloud hallucinating. Mainly because after a string of event, everyone is reunited at her church. I think she wanted to give a last word of encouragement and support to Cloud. aww...

No they are not. If you read "The maiden that travels the planet", she managed to find Zack in the lifestream but even so, the affection for him is no longer there. It's been too long since she last saw him. I think their appearance together in Advent Children is simply because they are both connected to Cloud.

OMG. I can't believe I did this. Hope all these helps! =3

Hello people! My love for Final Fantasy VII never die out. I always find myself coming back to this awesome game again and again. Just few days back, for some reason, I went back to my old blog and started reading some of the old posts in regards to FF7. Then I was like "bam, wham... I NEED TO RE-WATCH ADVENT CHILDREN FOR THE 32894324TH TIME NOWWWW!" Cloud (Note that the following Limit Breaks are used in this order of appearance)
1) Blade Beam