Ayaka - Why (Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion OST)

"Cloud, you are my living legacy." What an absolute legend.

“Would you say, I became a hero?”

2024, and i still haven't emotionally recovered from "Cloud, you are my living legacy" only to learn Cloud doesn't end up remembering him until later in the game. Crisis Core was the first game I ever played and haven't really picked up another game since.

This Girl... she said that the sky frightened her... That looks so... liberating. Those wings... I want them too...

"Hey, would you say I became a hero?". The best one dear Zack!

Those wings. I want them too.

I remember Crisis Core was my first FF game. I got stuck (mainly cuz I didn't know English at the time) at building Aerith's flower wagon and didn't know what else to do, so I stopped playing it When I became older and knew Youtube had the rest of the game only to find out his tragic end was... 🤧 Zack has gotta be my favorite FF protagonist

This shit HURTED, SO MUCH. I didn't expect to cry much if at all seeing this ending, especially after seeing Remake's ending. But holy shit, Nomura knows how to tear at the heartstrings. It's even more effective when you consider that a LOT of your battles throughout the game are against escaped experiments or Genesis or Angeal monster clones, and now you're in their same shoes, being hunted down by your previous colleagues, some of which you may have even been friends with like Kunsel or Luxiere. The Angeal dog that appears in the slums church to guard Aerith and then later defends Lazard and Cloud while Zack fights Genesis beneath Banora further ties into this, that monster had thoughts and feelings and a purpose, same as the other monsters you've been slicing open, burning, and freezing all game, same as Zack. The story makes a point to bring up what divides humans from monsters- Sephiroth became a monster through his actions, Zack and Cloud became monsters due to their circumstances and how they were portrayed by Shinra, Genesis became a monster by choice to try to re-enact LOVELESS as a prophecy. Seeing Angeal appear to Zack to take him to the Lifestream, represented as an ascent to Heaven, oh my God that shit broke me. Angeal is the only major player in Crisis Core to become an angel instead of a monster.

I don’t cry easily…but this ending made me cry like a baby. “Those wings….i want them too.”

Sometimes the best thing about having one wing.. is you fly in circles. True Genesis quote.

Why as in why don't they have this in the Crisis Core OST on Spotify

Yes Zack, you became a hero. You will always be a hero in our eyes

People might say Angeal was a bland character but for me he is like the brother I never had. I cried thug tears when Zack struck him down.

Listening to this while working out gives me strength

To this day cloud screaming still haunts me in my dreams i hear him but im laying down on the ground in my dream slowly dying

Most heartbreaking end to a game I have ever seen

romaji lyrics: Hitomi no oku ga boyake te mie nai Kokoro no soko no kimochi wa aru no Sekai no subete wo te ni shi ta toshite mo Sore ga anata no shiawase na no Why kodoku na sora wo miageru no Why waratte mise te yo Kotoba ni suru no ga heta na Anata no seikaku wakaru kara Tooi mukashi ni nani ga atta no Shisen wo sorasu anata no hitomi ni Hitori de samishii yoru ni dakishime rareru Sonna atataka sa shitteru Why doushite katachi ni kodawaru no Why kokoro wo hirai te Ookina nimotsu wo seotta Anata wo ukeire rareru chikara Aru wa shinji te mi te Jiyuu na hito wa bukiyou de Jiyuu na hito wa fuan de Why kodoku na sora wo miageru no Why waratte mise te yo Kotoba ni suru no ga heta na Anata no seikaku wakaru kara Shinji te mi te

what an emotional ending, i couldnt hold back my tears.

"You Are My Living Legacy"

When you see Aerith say hi for me