The Story of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth | A Narrative Analysis and Retrospective
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Table of Contents:
0:00 – Introduction, Disclaimers, and Overall Thoughts on Rebirth
21:56 – Chapter 1 and The Background Lore of FF7
53:08 – Chapter 2 and Kalm
1:03:05 – Chapter 3 and The Turks
1:07:48 – Chapter 4, Junon & Rufus
1:33:55 - Chapter 5
1:43:13 – Chapter 6 and Costa Del Sol
1:58:54 - Chapter 7 and Mount Corel/Corel
2:23:00 - Chapter 8, the Gold Saucer, Corel Prison and Dyne
2:55:12 - Chapter 9, Gongaga and Tifa in the Lifestream
3:36:59 - Chapter 10, Cosmo Canyon, the Gi and Theories about Retrilogy's World
4:40:19 - Chapter 11, Nibelheim, Vincent and Roche
5:23:59 - Chapter 12, the Gold Saucer Revisited and the Dates
6:00:57 - Chapter 13, the Temple of the Ancients and the Trials
6:49:41 - Chapter 14 - Aerith's Date, Sephiroth, Zack and the White Materia
7:25:25 - Chapter 14 - The Forgotten Capital, Aerith's Death and the Final Battle
8:14:02 - The Final Scene, Theories, Speculation and Final Thoughts
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Sources:
My videos -
- The Story of Final Fantasy 7 .. So Far | A Comparative Analysis of the Original AND Remake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0CliamogQ&t=535s&ab_channel=Aleczandxr
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Episode INTERMission | Story Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg_cmeBylcs&ab_channel=Aleczandxr
Miscellaneous Sources -
- FFVII Rebirth Ultimania
- FFVII Remake Ultimania
- Final Fantasy VII Ultimania
- Traces of Two Pasts by Kazushige Nojima
- The mentioned tweet thread theorizing about the ending (user currently banned): https://x.com/TurquoiseHammer/....status/1772324135089
- The mentioned tweet theorizing about the state of the setting and the plot: https://twitter.com/omnicloudv7/status/1779006258952945927?s=46&t=L2O8QblcHoJ0GyOgFcZSiQ
- Inside Final Fantasy VII Rebirth video series: https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PL2A8F9VO2BG
- Max Plays: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLitZkRNNn1L
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Spoiler Mode w/ Maximilian Dood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euPgi8zOWnk&ab_channel=EasyAllies
- The TRUTH About Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G5VcZY2kYE&ab_channel=TheNightSkyPrince
- MASSIVE FF7 REBIRTH TALK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPoxy4nu0yo&ab_channel=BltzZ
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Ultimania translations provided by -
- https://twitter.com/aitaikimochi
- https://twitter.com/ShinraArch
Video footage provided by -
- Shirrako: https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLCLeSTzz6tr
- Gamer’s Little Playground (Also provided Crisis Core footage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv9VnAhUQ6w&t=28115s&ab_channel=Gamer%27sLittlePlayground
- Lorerunner: https://youtu.be/6cc0RNeZ5PQ?si=pSwimJ4qvY3N4Y-A
- louiseyhannah: https://youtube.com/@louiseyha....nnahVODs?si=1hAWwa-k
- Maximillian Dood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyqobkS7Csg&list=PLitZkRNNn1LitPSUh3vYrrXd-j1UPlXUN&index=13
- IGN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK7i3-MMgSo&t=1347s
- Chris Of The Vale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJHnbw1mgyw&ab_channel=ChrisOfTheVale
- Pierce Arner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2PNbO-YO3w&ab_channel=PierceArner
- Ever Crisis - Faz Faz: https://youtu.be/-GfC43JvZ44?si=t1xh3dB6pyJiplno
- Nova Crystallis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZGzumO1aug
- Xygor Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPindmUNoOM
- Gast mention from Chasloth: https://youtu.be/3mROvymYEAo?si=5yH5AWkOOvWjJ5xm
- PowerPyx (Specific sidequest footage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMxE089NFBY
- BuffMaister (Dirge footage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-rp-MWkZiU
