After playing Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core, I begin to understand the whole story in Final Fantasy VII itself. I was wondering who was this Zack character. Apparently, Zack is the main character in Crisis Core. He was an inspired SOLDIER who wanted to be like Angeal, his mentor. Sephiroth, Genesis and Angeal are close friends, all SOLDER 1st Class members. But Genesis was corrupted by vengenence and for power, leading him to team up with ex-Shinra scientist, Hollander. Genesis goes missing, so did Angeal. But here's the biggest surprise, all three 1st class members are part of the G project. They were infused with Jenova cells as part of an experiment. Genesis starts to degrade so he's finding ways to survive. He tries to convince Angeal to share his cells with him but Angeal is pure to his honour. He fights against Genesis, hoping to find a way to help his friend. Sephiroth wants to help as well but spent most of his time reading up on the clues about the G project.
Apart from that, Zack, met up with a lovely young lady, Aerith. Aerith has this special ability to communicate with the living, including the Earth. She is considered the last Ancient in the world. The story about both of them gets very sweet and loving. The sweetest and most memorable part was when Aerith told Zack she has many wishes. Zack asked how many and she said 23. When Zack asked her to write it down on a piece of paper, guess what she wrote? She wrote only one sentence - "I want to spend more time with you". She feels that Zack wouldn't be able to remember all 23 wishes even if she wrote it down, thus the one wish. I think it is very nice of her. Ever since Angeal died by Zack's hand, Zack changed. He feels that Angeal is in him, maintaining his honour and dreams. He still feels deeply for Aerith but more determined to be a better person. His honour and judgement starts to blur when Sephiroth disappeared from Nibelheim with Jenova, Sephiroth's, Angeal's and Genesis's so-call "mother". Because Zack and Cloud were hurt, Hojo took the opportunity to rejuvenate them with Jenova cells as part of his experiment. Zack and Cloud fell into a deep slumber.
After 4 years, Zack managed to get out of the chamber after having a strange dream. They were considered fugitives and had to escape. When he heard that Genesis made his return, Zack was determined to put an end to the rampage. He went back to Banora where dumbapples are grown. There, he met the director of Shinra again. Apparently, the director was thought to be dead, but actually took the form of Angeal because he was exposed to the same experiment. He was then dying as they speak. Zack proceeded to confront Genesis. The battle was rather simple but after you defeated him, Zack brings his body back to the surface.
Together with Cloud and the director, Zack was puzzled on what to do next - Genesis was defeated, Cloud and he were fugitives, they were far away from any other civilisation. The director finally died, along with an Angeal copy that was by the side. The Angeal copy held a letter from Aerith. I was sad to hear when the letter wrote "...hope that this final letter reaches you..." It was the 89th letter already. I feel that there is a pun in the word "final". Zack didn't lose hope, he wanted to see Aerith again.
The army was after the two fugitive but the Turks wanted them more. The latter wanted to help them escape the final showdown but didn't managed to find them in time. Zack and Cloud couldn't run away anymore. Zack kept Cloud in a safe place while he faced the whole army by himself. The final showdown was inevitable. He had a crushing defeat. When he fell to the ground, Midgar started to rain. The next screen showed Aerith attending to her flowers when the rain poured on her. She looked into the sky and started communicating. She wanted to know whether Zack's presence was still there but she eventually found out that he's dying. Appearing back at Zack, Cloud crawls out to see Zack. He was confused and weak. Zack told him to continue living for the both of them, as evidence that Zack actually exist. Zack also passed his baster sword to Cloud as a passing of his own honour and dreams (now we know why cloud has a baster sword, it was from Zack). Just after he passed the sword to Cloud, he closed his eyes and passed away. Cloud felt a sudden surge of fear, then he cried out. After that the video very sad. I don't know how to explain but everytime I watched it, I always cry. I feel that Zack shouldn't have died. He made a very big sacrifice, which made him a hero. If you want to watch it with English subs, you can go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HVlAUIboWU. If you want to watch the whole ending with credit songs, you can go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXk9W96-PuE. I always cry after watching all the final fantasy endings. Either sad, sweet or happy till cry... But so far Crisis Core makes me cry the most. I feel sad for Aerith (even though Aerith dies in Final Fantasy VII eventually by Sephiroth). She merely wanted to have a simple life with Zack, but he died. She's left alone... I will not forget this phrase "Embrace your dreams, Protect your honour"
The Mixed Boy
