My read on Sephiroth needing to "get it back" The sword was created by Masemune as an act of compulsion as if he were inspired to create it (maybe it came to him in a dream). Then it has an obsessive influence on the villagers. Could it possibly contain some part or aspect of Jenova. Sephiroth needs it back as an act of Reunion. It calls out to him through Reunion. Jenova manipulates people through their "Dreams" both figurative and literal. (Jenova Dreamweaver). Angeal received his sword as an inherited item from his stepfather. Sephiroth may be inheriting Masamune as a gift from his mother who seeded its creation 500 years before his birth... Implying that she planed and inspired Sephiroth's birth, most likely by visiting the dreams of Professors Ghast & Hojo. Also she is most likely acting through Alissa who is either a Soldier with J-cells or a straight up illusion. Guiding Sephiroth to the sword.
Yeah that’s more or less my take, that Jenova’s consciousness followed the Cetra to this land and was sealed here, then when some brave/foolish Cetra came back and tried to settle there she infiltrated Masamune’s mind and compelled him to create the sword, but it has some sort of strange aura that compels people sensitive to it to try to take it. I think the Jenova we’re seeing in the dreams is the sword itself calling out to Sephiroth, with the sword being part of Jenova. I don’t know maybe the swordsmith found fragments of the meteor Jenova rode in on and used them to forge the Masamune. Alyssa is Jenova, I’m certain of that.
It's interesting to note that Sephiroth would slay the people of Nibelheim in a similar way Masamune would slay the people of Robio. Albeit, one was driven mad by Jenova, while the other was driven mad by the sword. Not to mention the parallels between their scenes walking through the fire.
To me listening to this about Masamune is that the reason he wants it back is that the meteor that brough Jenova broke up in the atmosphere, or a piece of it was found and used in the forging of the sword. Hence why it drove people mad and why Seph wants it back.
I prefee this interpretation as opposed to some pf the others, because it doesnt cheapen what happened at the northern crater with the idea that there's all this other Jenova happening elsewhere, like disney making more order 66 survivors out of nowhere.
I like what they're doing to sephiroth in evercrisis. Jenova as the puppetmaster makes more sense than sephiroth who suddenly has "the strong will" to control a genocidal alien.
Alissa is super suspicious. I’m fairly certain she is Jenova, or at least has been taken over by Jenova. I noticed a lot during this chapter she has a habit of spreading her arms out wide when she’s telling a story, that’s a habit Jenovaroth has in both the original FF7 and Remake. She also really is manipulating the others with her “oh I’m so helpless protect me” act. And the way she just knows what happened as if she were remembering it is a major red flag. I’m also suspicious that an ordinary Soldier would know about the special cells, my impression was that they weren’t told they were being enhanced with special cells, or at least Sephiroth was only told Soldiers are exposed to mako to bring out their strength. Then again that’s probably all that happened with Sephiroth himself because he’d been exposed to those special cells in utero and he just assumed the same was true of others. Zack also didn’t seem to know but Zack is dumb. I also wonder how the reporter found out about the meteor since this is probably one of Shinra’s most secret secrets. Then again he works for Shinra and may be testing Alissa if he’s also suspicious she knows more than she should. It seems like what happened was Jenova’s soul tracked the Cetra to this location and manifested as some sort of monster, the monster managed to kill many of the Cetra but ended up being defeated and the survivors fled and founded Wutai. Later the remaining Cetra of Wutai were drawn back to the forbidden land by its strange energy and tied to live there again. This time Jenova compelled Masamune to create his sword, but the sword is cursed and causes those who see it to covet it and the Cetra slaughtered each other. The humans of Wutai notice this and fear the horror sealed within the forbidden zone will escape and burn everything again. Well now we know why Sephiroth was surrounded by fire in the video cutscene, this mission can only end with another giant conflagration and the group being forced to flee the area.
If I was to hazard a guess, the sword might not be calling out to Sephiroth. But the Jenova cells inside of him. And it may be Jenova’s words coming from his lips. “I need to get it back..” What did the smith craft the weapon from? Rare materials that fell from the sky? A calamity?
Well in the bronze age sky iron aka meteoric iron was prized as raw materials for swords because it was purer than anything people could create. I think the same thing may have happened here and Masamune found a meteorite containing an unrivaled metal.
@@cathygrandstaff1957 That's an interesting theory that makes a lot of sense. I'm also wondering if the metal is also tied to Jenova as well?? There is still a lot about Jenova we don't know yet.
The more I learn about Sephiroth and his history, the more excited I get! Not a HUGE fan of Wutai, but I'm more interested about Masamune and Sephiroth! If that sword of his is influenced by either Jenova or {JENOVA impersonating as Alissa}, that would be VERY interesting to see! I've always thought that Jenova had a VERY strange attachment to Sephiroth and Cloud. I mean both of the men get incredibly painful headaches. Sephiroth has glitches while Cloud suffers from visions of the past/future/flashbacks, like in Remake and Rebirth. However, I just LOVE the 'humming' noise that Masamune makes! But if that sword was created with a portion of Jenova within it, that can NOT be good. And if Jenova is trying to fool Sephiroth into thinking she's Alissa, by disguising herself as the girl, we're going to be in BIG trouble! I think she's also the one trying to lead Cloud and Sephiroth toward the Reunion. Part 3 for the finale is going to be INSANE! And I'm STILL thinking about that 'Aerith' sitting around at the lake, too. I mean she was acting REALLY weird in that scene.
I’m loving the theories in here lol thanks for the video as I’m not a big phone game type of person and don’t have access to play on steam. I also love how that shot of Sephiroth posing and putting his sword behind his back and looking up is exactly how cloud did it in the beginning of remake.
I honestly think the sword being made by a demon possessed sword maker has very little if anything to do with Jenova in the end, and is playing on more of the legendary sword type trope. Especially since it's going off of the name Masamune. Like it's going to pull from some Masamune and Murasame legend. Masamune was used back in Chrono Trigger too. Sephiroth feeling the need to use it is more about the sword needing it's proper wielder as a sword of legend. Bachman notes that Sephiorh is actually becoming friendly and more heroic throughout their travel towards the end of that chapter as well, and Sephiroth despite saying he feels the sword calling to him, continues to look out for his allies and decides it's better to camp overnight and let them rest instead of persuing the sword. Also he becomes a much more well adjusted and friendly guy for years after getting it as well.
I HOPE. i hope when square is done with this game they release it fully on consoles without any gacha and just story and gameplay. i know square won’t but it’s my hope
I think this chapter really opened a lot of questions up for me when it comes to the sword and the lore of Wutai. I think what I'm most interested in however is Alissa and who she is really and what is her agenda. She obviously is being manipulated by Jenova and if I had my guess may not even look the way she is presented, but Bachman and Angeal see her. The opening movie gives a lot of foreshadowing. The hard part of figuring where the real Alissa begins and Jenova ends in her personality. I think I was a little surprised in Angeal's memory that Genesis was not even mentioned, I would have thought their friendship from the time they were kids would have put Genesis at Angeal's going away party. Personally I don't think we will see Genesis until Episode 3, maybe by the end of episode we get a mention or a cameo. Since these chapters are so short, they are focusing on each character's relation to Sephiroth. I wonder if we will end up seeing Glenn, Lucia, and Matt anymore? We know Sephiroth does at least see Glenn and Refu one last time once he grows up. I'm actually starting to see Alissa could end up being a potential romantic interest for Angeal. I was thinking Rosen was going survive, if he did, I could have seen him joining with Wutai with a massive hatred for Shinra, but that wasn't direction the story went.
I’m glad you’re making these videos, because I will not play a gacha. Wish they would have done something else to get this story out, but whatever. We’re here now.
Yeah. Where them cinematic cutscenes from the trailer of ch 2 in the first boulder in game at Square?? 😭🔥 Also, we all definitely catching on that this Jenova-Alissa Goldie girl is weird. Especially with young Sephiroth and Angeal. 😑 The real her probably is already long gone. Though there’s a possibility that she could’ve been a real person. Though, I like the Hojo messing around with Miniroth’s feelings and psyche a bit better. And when can we kick his ass (Hojo) ass, Square? We love Ore Sephiroth.
There's more lore explained in this one Ever Crisis episode than there was in all of Rebirth. Beautiful environments, good music, deep lore, and Bachman and Alissa are solid characters. It's really nice to get back to some overall plot a little bit here and get some actual story and take a break from the endless shipping wars.
Damn thank you dude, love this so I don't have to play this mobile/port lol. Such a shame the type of game it is because the graphics are pretty cool and a lot of lore. Still not enough to make me play it though lol so I watch instead.
mobile games are starting to be a problem. Companies are abandoning consoles for slot machines. Can you imagine if we simply got a big ass game like EVER CRISIS as a full offline title? It's literally got potential to be THE Final Fantasy VII remake people have wanted. But nope. Money.
I hate this masamune backstory because it's just another thing to add to sympathizing sephs backstory They need to remember he should be kept a villain, he should not be redeemed it would shit on ff7 main
......🤔but he was never a villain to begin with though. Hojo and Jenova an Shinra are the REAL villains of the story. Sephiroth wasn’t *born* inherently evil. I think it’s great what they are doing for his backstory, he was young an misguided also his encounters with individuals as what led him to becoming the villain he ends up being. He did terrible things but he was manipulated by Jenova an misguided. I believe he should be redeemed....however meaning like sacrifice himself to save the planet which is what he wanted to do all along, only he saves the planet in a way he didn’t expect. As for the masamune backstory I think it is different I just hope they don’t go an say yeah....the sword is evil an it chose Sephiroth which is what corrupted him even further to kill people a shit that would be bad writing. However if it’s explained that the sword was made by the meteorite Jenova landed in Gaia with or it has Jenova cell materials in it. That would be interesting an explain a lot. Especially how in Advent children when Kadaj becomes Sephiroth the Masamune suddenly appears as well. So it be cool if it appear because it also has Jenova cells within it. But anyway Sephiroth is not evil. He may have done terrible things but, to him the ends Justify the means. He Legit thinks or rather believes he is saving the planet. So in part 3 if Sephiroth dies sacrificing himself to save the planet mabe against Jenova or Shinra or whoever the final villain is of the story that would be a good send off for Sephiroths character.
Nah dude Sephiroth is suppose to be beyond saving. He is supposed to be the worst product of Shinras hubris. Hes suppose to be the biggest threat that even shinra is terrified of him. @TheKira708
He was always a tragic character, the fallen hero. Some people just don't want to see it, because OMG villains are so cool or something. SE is just showing us and making sure we do understand the tragedy of a dehumanized child turned into a weapon who dreams of nothing but the connection and comfort of having a mother and grows up to lose whatever was left of his sense of self. I very much want Sephiroth, the man, to still be there somewhere and find peace much more than redemption. The Seph-Jenova entity is an entirely different story. No matter how much we were told Seph was in control, it never seemed that way and AC is the ultimate confirmation. Sail the cosmos in what's left of the planet? That's 100% Jenova! Even if it takes the form of a man named Sephiroth!
I don't play this but I hope once done, square fix the lame combat, remove f2p mechanics and turn this game into the soft remake of ffvii. Else I will just watch the movie of the game. Can't play this lame combat and p2w slog.
My read on Sephiroth needing to "get it back"
The sword was created by Masemune as an act of compulsion as if he were inspired to create it (maybe it came to him in a dream).
Then it has an obsessive influence on the villagers.
Could it possibly contain some part or aspect of Jenova.
Sephiroth needs it back as an act of Reunion. It calls out to him through Reunion.
Jenova manipulates people through their "Dreams" both figurative and literal. (Jenova Dreamweaver).
Angeal received his sword as an inherited item from his stepfather. Sephiroth may be inheriting Masamune as a gift from his mother who seeded its creation 500 years before his birth... Implying that she planed and inspired Sephiroth's birth, most likely by visiting the dreams of Professors Ghast & Hojo.
Also she is most likely acting through Alissa who is either a Soldier with J-cells or a straight up illusion. Guiding Sephiroth to the sword.
That’s a real interesting theory!
Bro that's an incredibly smart and interesting theory. Big if true.
Yeah that’s more or less my take, that Jenova’s consciousness followed the Cetra to this land and was sealed here, then when some brave/foolish Cetra came back and tried to settle there she infiltrated Masamune’s mind and compelled him to create the sword, but it has some sort of strange aura that compels people sensitive to it to try to take it. I think the Jenova we’re seeing in the dreams is the sword itself calling out to Sephiroth, with the sword being part of Jenova. I don’t know maybe the swordsmith found fragments of the meteor Jenova rode in on and used them to forge the Masamune.
Alyssa is Jenova, I’m certain of that.
This plus ITS making Sure He Turns Insane.
It's interesting to note that Sephiroth would slay the people of Nibelheim in a similar way Masamune would slay the people of Robio. Albeit, one was driven mad by Jenova, while the other was driven mad by the sword. Not to mention the parallels between their scenes walking through the fire.
To me listening to this about Masamune is that the reason he wants it back is that the meteor that brough Jenova broke up in the atmosphere, or a piece of it was found and used in the forging of the sword. Hence why it drove people mad and why Seph wants it back.
I prefee this interpretation as opposed to some pf the others, because it doesnt cheapen what happened at the northern crater with the idea that there's all this other Jenova happening elsewhere, like disney making more order 66 survivors out of nowhere.
I like what they're doing to sephiroth in evercrisis. Jenova as the puppetmaster makes more sense than sephiroth who suddenly has "the strong will" to control a genocidal alien.
I hate the fact that all this lore is coming out in a mobile game
I play it on Steam
As a massive Kingdom Hearts fan I sympathize
@@optimysticquestPlaying on Steam won't change mobile gameplay.
@@optimysticquestReally? Is that possible?
@@optimysticquestSteam or not mobile mechanics stay.
Alissa is super suspicious. I’m fairly certain she is Jenova, or at least has been taken over by Jenova. I noticed a lot during this chapter she has a habit of spreading her arms out wide when she’s telling a story, that’s a habit Jenovaroth has in both the original FF7 and Remake. She also really is manipulating the others with her “oh I’m so helpless protect me” act. And the way she just knows what happened as if she were remembering it is a major red flag.
I’m also suspicious that an ordinary Soldier would know about the special cells, my impression was that they weren’t told they were being enhanced with special cells, or at least Sephiroth was only told Soldiers are exposed to mako to bring out their strength. Then again that’s probably all that happened with Sephiroth himself because he’d been exposed to those special cells in utero and he just assumed the same was true of others. Zack also didn’t seem to know but Zack is dumb. I also wonder how the reporter found out about the meteor since this is probably one of Shinra’s most secret secrets. Then again he works for Shinra and may be testing Alissa if he’s also suspicious she knows more than she should.
It seems like what happened was Jenova’s soul tracked the Cetra to this location and manifested as some sort of monster, the monster managed to kill many of the Cetra but ended up being defeated and the survivors fled and founded Wutai. Later the remaining Cetra of Wutai were drawn back to the forbidden land by its strange energy and tied to live there again. This time Jenova compelled Masamune to create his sword, but the sword is cursed and causes those who see it to covet it and the Cetra slaughtered each other. The humans of Wutai notice this and fear the horror sealed within the forbidden zone will escape and burn everything again. Well now we know why Sephiroth was surrounded by fire in the video cutscene, this mission can only end with another giant conflagration and the group being forced to flee the area.
If I was to hazard a guess, the sword might not be calling out to Sephiroth. But the Jenova cells inside of him. And it may be Jenova’s words coming from his lips. “I need to get it back..” What did the smith craft the weapon from? Rare materials that fell from the sky? A calamity?
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Well in the bronze age sky iron aka meteoric iron was prized as raw materials for swords because it was purer than anything people could create. I think the same thing may have happened here and Masamune found a meteorite containing an unrivaled metal.
@@cathygrandstaff1957 That's an interesting theory that makes a lot of sense. I'm also wondering if the metal is also tied to Jenova as well?? There is still a lot about Jenova we don't know yet.
The more I learn about Sephiroth and his history, the more excited I get! Not a HUGE fan of Wutai, but I'm more interested about Masamune and Sephiroth! If that sword of his is influenced by either Jenova or {JENOVA impersonating as Alissa}, that would be VERY interesting to see! I've always thought that Jenova had a VERY strange attachment to Sephiroth and Cloud. I mean both of the men get incredibly painful headaches. Sephiroth has glitches while Cloud suffers from visions of the past/future/flashbacks, like in Remake and Rebirth. However, I just LOVE the 'humming' noise that Masamune makes! But if that sword was created with a portion of Jenova within it, that can NOT be good. And if Jenova is trying to fool Sephiroth into thinking she's Alissa, by disguising herself as the girl, we're going to be in BIG trouble! I think she's also the one trying to lead Cloud and Sephiroth toward the Reunion. Part 3 for the finale is going to be INSANE!
And I'm STILL thinking about that 'Aerith' sitting around at the lake, too. I mean she was acting REALLY weird in that scene.
Bro your coverage of the story is amazing. If you can, could you put all Ever Crisis videos into a playlist? Just subscribed 😁
I love all the stuff they are doing with this story. I just need more of it.
What a great story, can't get enough of this. Roll on chapter 3!
Sephiroth should have his own AAA game
I’m loving the theories in here lol thanks for the video as I’m not a big phone game type of person and don’t have access to play on steam. I also love how that shot of Sephiroth posing and putting his sword behind his back and looking up is exactly how cloud did it in the beginning of remake.
I honestly think the sword being made by a demon possessed sword maker has very little if anything to do with Jenova in the end, and is playing on more of the legendary sword type trope. Especially since it's going off of the name Masamune. Like it's going to pull from some Masamune and Murasame legend. Masamune was used back in Chrono Trigger too. Sephiroth feeling the need to use it is more about the sword needing it's proper wielder as a sword of legend. Bachman notes that Sephiorh is actually becoming friendly and more heroic throughout their travel towards the end of that chapter as well, and Sephiroth despite saying he feels the sword calling to him, continues to look out for his allies and decides it's better to camp overnight and let them rest instead of persuing the sword. Also he becomes a much more well adjusted and friendly guy for years after getting it as well.
@@AlexTheSoutherner I would prefer that too. Not everything has to be or should be about Jenova! But we'll see!
I HOPE. i hope when square is done with this game they release it fully on consoles without any gacha and just story and gameplay. i know square won’t but it’s my hope
Une des vidéos lds mieux écrites et montée que j'ai vu, rh je suis trilingue ! Superbe cadeau et superbe morale, joyeuses fêtes à toi et tes proches !
Thanks for doing this, because I not only would have never played this to get the story, I'd forgotten about this game completely
Dude…..
There has been so much amazing backstory and lore to FF7.
We should’ve got Sephiroth backstory instead of the Glenn content in Rebirth!!
I think this chapter really opened a lot of questions up for me when it comes to the sword and the lore of Wutai. I think what I'm most interested in however is Alissa and who she is really and what is her agenda. She obviously is being manipulated by Jenova and if I had my guess may not even look the way she is presented, but Bachman and Angeal see her. The opening movie gives a lot of foreshadowing. The hard part of figuring where the real Alissa begins and Jenova ends in her personality. I think I was a little surprised in Angeal's memory that Genesis was not even mentioned, I would have thought their friendship from the time they were kids would have put Genesis at Angeal's going away party. Personally I don't think we will see Genesis until Episode 3, maybe by the end of episode we get a mention or a cameo. Since these chapters are so short, they are focusing on each character's relation to Sephiroth.
I wonder if we will end up seeing Glenn, Lucia, and Matt anymore? We know Sephiroth does at least see Glenn and Refu one last time once he grows up. I'm actually starting to see Alissa could end up being a potential romantic interest for Angeal. I was thinking Rosen was going survive, if he did, I could have seen him joining with Wutai with a massive hatred for Shinra, but that wasn't direction the story went.
Why TF did Square waste this kind of story development on a mobile game?
Not only that. They wanted to connect it to the Remake trilogy.
Kinda wish they make these games on consoles like Switch or PS5.
Well the story itself was probably made awhile ago but the mobile is just an excuse to promote more FF7
The Masamune is the One Ring.
Wow awesome recap
So Jenova is gonna be The Emperor to Sephiroth's Darth Vader. ok
I can see how they would utilize Aerith in Part 3 now...
Man... I wish I could get this game working on my phone. Just get that network error message every time
I’m glad you’re making these videos, because I will not play a gacha. Wish they would have done something else to get this story out, but whatever. We’re here now.
Yeah. Where them cinematic cutscenes from the trailer of ch 2 in the first boulder in game at Square?? 😭🔥
Also, we all definitely catching on that this Jenova-Alissa Goldie girl is weird. Especially with young Sephiroth and Angeal. 😑 The real her probably is already long gone. Though there’s a possibility that she could’ve been a real person. Though, I like the Hojo messing around with Miniroth’s feelings and psyche a bit better. And when can we kick his ass (Hojo) ass, Square? We love Ore Sephiroth.
It all sounds very interesting
I want to watch but I have to come back after I beat this chapter
I think Bachman and Alissa (aka HoJenova) are all 'Silver Elite'
Starting to think masamune not just some well made sword
The sword made Sephiroth crazy all along lmao jk pls don't take that route Square
There's more lore explained in this one Ever Crisis episode than there was in all of Rebirth. Beautiful environments, good music, deep lore, and Bachman and Alissa are solid characters. It's really nice to get back to some overall plot a little bit here and get some actual story and take a break from the endless shipping wars.
Damn thank you dude, love this so I don't have to play this mobile/port lol. Such a shame the type of game it is because the graphics are pretty cool and a lot of lore. Still not enough to make me play it though lol so I watch instead.
Mmmmmm
mobile games are starting to be a problem.
Companies are abandoning consoles for slot machines.
Can you imagine if we simply got a big ass game like EVER CRISIS as a full offline title?
It's literally got potential to be THE Final Fantasy VII remake people have wanted.
But nope. Money.
I hate this masamune backstory because it's just another thing to add to sympathizing sephs backstory
They need to remember he should be kept a villain, he should not be redeemed it would shit on ff7 main
You sound like you want that to happen
......🤔but he was never a villain to begin with though. Hojo and Jenova an Shinra are the REAL villains of the story. Sephiroth wasn’t *born* inherently evil. I think it’s great what they are doing for his backstory, he was young an misguided also his encounters with individuals as what led him to becoming the villain he ends up being. He did terrible things but he was manipulated by Jenova an misguided. I believe he should be redeemed....however meaning like sacrifice himself to save the planet which is what he wanted to do all along, only he saves the planet in a way he didn’t expect.
As for the masamune backstory I think it is different I just hope they don’t go an say yeah....the sword is evil an it chose Sephiroth which is what corrupted him even further to kill people a shit that would be bad writing. However if it’s explained that the sword was made by the meteorite Jenova landed in Gaia with or it has Jenova cell materials in it. That would be interesting an explain a lot. Especially how in Advent children when Kadaj becomes Sephiroth the Masamune suddenly appears as well. So it be cool if it appear because it also has Jenova cells within it.
But anyway Sephiroth is not evil. He may have done terrible things but, to him the ends Justify the means. He Legit thinks or rather believes he is saving the planet. So in part 3 if Sephiroth dies sacrificing himself to save the planet mabe against Jenova or Shinra or whoever the final villain is of the story that would be a good send off for Sephiroths character.
Nah dude Sephiroth is suppose to be beyond saving. He is supposed to be the worst product of Shinras hubris. Hes suppose to be the biggest threat that even shinra is terrified of him. @TheKira708
He was always a tragic character, the fallen hero. Some people just don't want to see it, because OMG villains are so cool or something.
SE is just showing us and making sure we do understand the tragedy of a dehumanized child turned into a weapon who dreams of nothing but the connection and comfort of having a mother and grows up to lose whatever was left of his sense of self.
I very much want Sephiroth, the man, to still be there somewhere and find peace much more than redemption. The Seph-Jenova entity is an entirely different story. No matter how much we were told Seph was in control, it never seemed that way and AC is the ultimate confirmation. Sail the cosmos in what's left of the planet? That's 100% Jenova! Even if it takes the form of a man named Sephiroth!
@@brandonmeadows7972 A character can be tragic/empathetic and evil/beyond redemption at the same time.
I don't play this but I hope once done, square fix the lame combat, remove f2p mechanics and turn this game into the soft remake of ffvii. Else I will just watch the movie of the game. Can't play this lame combat and p2w slog.
I hope after Part 3 come out. They can remake this game with FFVII part 3 combat.
Wonder if the Masamune sword is forged using materials from Jenovas meteor. Hence Jenova/Alissa goading him to pursue the sword.