Name: 小説FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Traces of Two Pasts
ISBN: 9784757573482

野島一成

FINAL FANTASY 7の世界を彩るふたりのヒロイン、エアリスとティファの知られざるそれぞれの軌跡。

小説FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Traces of Two Pasts

Nica

Ah... That little Strife boy has a face like an angel.

That's how Tifa's mother had once described Cloud.

Perhaps the short exchange showed that Cloud believed him and Tifa to be close enough that there was no need to elaborate.

ahuhuhu cloti with the stars agenda once again T______T

He was a beautiful, untouchable presence, like one of those countless stars glittering in the sky.

She'd discovered that Cloud-the quiet neighbor who had always seemed as unreachable as the stars-was just a normal boy like any other. She'd come to understand that she did like him. And it was that special kind of "like"-the one that ties up your heart, making you yearn to be with that person for the rest of your days.

Cloud's departure came a bit later, when the afternoons were again warm and pleasant. However, Tifa wouldn't get a chance to see him off.

Tifa didn't hear about Cloud's departure until the next morning. There had been no goodbye. No promise to meet again. No hug. 

Her first reaction was to laugh.  In a way, it wasn't surprising. That's how her relationship with Cloud has always been.

Then the laughter broke and turned to sobs.

There is a path to strength suitable to each of us.

The only tools you need to start are an imagination and a willingness to learn.

"'Course, the fella did have a real handsome face. You can see it in Cloud. That boy came from two fine-lookin' parents, and he got the best of em' both."

You must learn to abide by rules. Discipline opens the way to strength.

But strength alone is a dangerous thing. The more you possess, the greater your responsibility to use it wisely. That is why it must be accompanied by fortitude-the mental wherewithal to control your strength.

"Anger is no sin. In fact, at times it may prove an incredible source of strength. But you must always be the one in control, not it."

this just proves during their talk in the junon inn, cloud does remember emilio but couldnt care less about them. he truly just wanted to listen to tifa talk and his “only person i remember in the village is you” line is him half-flirting with tifa.

Tifa turned once more to find Cloud at her side. 

“Oh, um… Just Emilio and the guys,” answered Tifa. “You know, the tea parties we used to have. That kind of stuff.” 

For a brief moment, Cloud stared off into the distance, his face betraying the faintest note of displeasure.

Fuck you sephiroth. Fuck the men in tifa’s life. Fuck to the all the people who would be messing with tifa later in this book.

She’d lost everything, only to wake up in an unfamiliar, far-off place. She had nothing left, and now she was being told she had less; she was stuck in a massive hole of debt.

someone pls take all of tifa’s pain and give it to hojo T_______T

The clothes she’d loved-her own outfits and the ones shared by Margo. The favorite pair of boots and the wide-brimmed hat. The photos she kept of Mom.

All her personal treasures, including Zangan’s books. The staircase she vaulted up and down to get to her room. The door she’d slammed shut on her father in embarrassment. Her piano. The view from her window of the village’s little square. The water tower. Even the muscles she’d built and honed over countless hours of training. 

Her voice broke, and on the hospital bed, in the loneliness of the clinic, Tifa quietly sobbed.

“You know what they say. The only things that can never be stolen from you are the things you learn.”

HUHHH ?? WDYM ,, is there tifa lore that cant be shared cuss ….

The events that immediately followed were to difficult to talk about. Not to mention, there were a few things she couldn’t share.

Tifa being objectified by people since she was 12 and especially now shes 15 and all alone here in sector 8.

Tifa could almost feel his eyes as they swept up and down the length of her body.

Pops abruptly turned, and she felt his eyes again, wandering their way down.

“Lessee… A good name for you would be…”

His gaze lingered at her chest. It made her want to bring her arms up, as if to cover herself.

“Anyway, maybe you’re flattered, or maybe you think I’m a pig. Frankly, I don’t care. Woman or man, when the name of the game is sales, looks are key. You’re walking proof. I’ve never seen anyone make steamed buns so slow and still keep the customers flocking in.”

But no matter how often Dhamini reassured Tifa that her face would always be out of frame, the idea that countless unknown doctors and researchers would be seeing photos of her bare chest was terribly unsettling.

In Dhamini’s hands were several printed photographs. Photo’s of Tifa’s chest.

 “Flashing around photos of a woman’s chest” spat Marle. “Who do those two think they are?!”

final fantasy vii is one of my favourite franchises, so when my friend told me there's a book that goes in depth on tifa and aerith's pasts i was ecstatic.

the writing itself was mediocre. it read like a draft from time to time, but it actually didn't bother me too much in a novel like this since i wasn't expecting anything revolutionary. i went into it to read more about my favourite character, tifa, and to also read about aerith's past. and it gave me exactly that. like i said, writing is a bit weak, but i also think some things were probably translated poorly (like we've seen in the english localisation of the games too, but let me be quiet), but things are not too bad if the point of reading is to only read an info dump of sorts, from tifa and aerith's point of view.

it definitely has its problems though - especially when it comes to objectification of tifa and usage of her good looks as points of success in the two jobs she took on in the past when she was trying to get going - yikes. but, other aspects of tifa's story were compelling; her journey to self discovery, her growth and coming of age, her surgery and her pain... it made me love her even more. 

aerith's story was good too, more intense than tifa's, to be fair, and it read faster for me. i teared up often, and i felt for her even more. i also like how they built on aerith and tifa's friendship, one thing i love about remake too. we need more female friendships in videogames and media in general, it's a breath of fresh air when it's done with care.

final fantasy vii is one of my favourite franchises, so when my friend told me there's a book that goes in depth on tifa and aerith's pasts i was ecstatic.

the writing itself was mediocre. it read like a draft from time to time, but it actually didn't bother me too much in a novel like this since i wasn't expecting anything revolutionary. i went into it to read more about my favourite character, tifa, and to also read about aerith's past. and it gave me exactly that. like i said, writing is a bit weak, but i also think some things were probably translated poorly (like we've seen in the english localisation of the games too, but let me be quiet), but things are not too bad if the point of reading is to only read an info dump of sorts, from tifa and aerith's point of view.

it definitely has its problems though - especially when it comes to objectification of tifa and usage of her good looks as points of success in the two jobs she took on in the past when she was trying to get going - yikes. but, other aspects of tifa's story were compelling; her journey to self discovery, her growth and coming of age, her surgery and her pain... it made me love her even more. 

aerith's story was good too, more intense than tifa's, to be fair, and it read faster for me. i teared up often, and i felt for her even more. i also like how they built on aerith and tifa's friendship, one thing i love about remake too. we need more female friendships in videogames and media in general, it's a breath of fresh air when it's done with care.

小説FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Traces of Two Pasts

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