Uploaded March 2010 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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ALL of Cloud and Tifa's cut scenes in Kingdom Hearts II.

Q. What about KH1?
A. Tifa did not feature in KH1 due to "tight schedules". Cloud's story is essentially the same; he is lost in darkness and fights Sephiroth, but at the end of KH1 he doesn't appear to have found any light and returns to the FFVII gang in the credits seemingly unchanged.

Q. How does this fit in with FFVII?
A. Cloud's story parallels his struggle in Advent Children. "Tifa wasn't planned to appear at first. I was talking with Tetsu about what Cloud could be doing in Hallow Bastion, and we eventually moved towards him chasing after Sephiroth, but also being chased by something himself. So Cloud's really running from something but goes around pretending, saying that he's chasing Sephiroth. Then we decided to make it him running from the "something warm" like what Tifa was after in AC, " said Nojima in an interview.

Q. What's all this light/dark/part of heart stuff?
A. "If Cloud's darkness is Sephiroth, then Tifa is light" according to Nomura. Characters within the Kingdom Hearts series are composed of three parts: body, soul, and heart. The heart gives them emotion, light, and darkness. When darkness consumes a character's heart, they become corrupted and turn into Heartless. So, if Tifa was "snuffed out" Cloud would probably become a Heartless.

Q. So Tifa and Sephiroth aren't human/real?
A. No. "You can take it that Tifa isn't really human," said Nomura in an interview.

Q. What's Aerith in all this?
A. Nojima: In my opinion, Aerith doesn't really belong to either light or darkness. Kind of like, she's in another world and can go to either if she wants to. She's independent, not steeped in either light or darkness. To put it another way, she's the most stable, having both light and darkness.

Cut scenes sourced from bluelaguna.net

Crisis Core version Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=khMVHTo2W8o
Crisis Core version Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=6TqyvPhB2R4
Dirge of Cerberus version: youtube.com/watch?v=uLfmgEwwoEE
Kingdom Hearts II version: youtube.com/watch?v=asHesIT7Nfw
Before Crisis version Part 1: youtu.be/bTiw7FMjoo0
Before Crisis version Part 2: youtu.be/2woJy3gaFYg
Dissidia Duodecium 012 version: youtu.be/K4CT_BBi4HE