That for sure was an interesting connection. Do you actually speak Japanese?

very nice

This was very good. There isn't an argument against this. She was definitely supposed to be Artemesia.

Awesome work dude, you deserve way more subs.

Okay but the word "lunatic" to mean crazy also derives from the moon though. It was thought that the changing phases of the moon caused insanity.

Great video man

You are stupid.

I think Aeris or Aerith does not even the transliteration of her name in english. think it is earth. since E-A-Ri-Su. th is pronounced as "su" in japan. and she cetra that can communicate with the planet meaning earth.

4:50 the Philosophers?!

Interesting take, not gonna lie.

I can't thank you enough for explaining Lunatic to me.

To be fair, the letter C is stupid and shouldn't exist. It makes two redundant sound made by other letters.

Ну тут даже я ахуел с таких омажей

On Lunatic pandora, absolutely. I bigot made fun of as a kid for pronouncing it that way, but I had the same logic. It calls down monsters from the fucking moon. The connection is obvious

At the end of the day, it’s Aeris and Ultimecia is because that’s what was ultimately approved for release

Fun facts: FF5 was the first time Tetsuya Nomura worked as a monster designer. He is quite fascinated for witches and magical girls. He got plans to add sorcerers in FF7 when he got more creative control, but Sephiroth x Aerith plot made him hold the idea for a while. So he went back with the concept of "witches" in FF8. Probably he wanted to pay some homage and self reference to his first job as a monster designer / character designer and that's why Ultimecia is a Halikarnassus variant or the same character.

Ultimecia is way more badass

Adel is Trans! 😅

I just love this kind of meticulous picking through of the various issues - you do it so thoroughly and so precisely, with all the expertise and logical thought that a lot of the fandom could do with a lot more of. I especially loved your approach to transliteration shenanigans, coming up with other examples of how names are written in katakana to prove why it's X and not Y, heading off any potential criticisms before they can be spoken. Incredible attention to detail. Instant subscribe!!

Hold on now!!... this means!... if Artemisia is the queen of Halicarnassus (castel) and Halicarnassus (from FF4) is the king of said castle. Then She was trying to undo his death by casting Time compretion!!! (i sinpatise, living on a huge castle at the end of time, alone for at least 4 game must scruew with pll minds! xD ) Can you do a follow up video on this? maybie there are more conections to be made. (congrats by the way. i enjoied the video!) ...ohh i smell a romantic plot coming up maybie a new lore game that explores this narrative! Maintly set in the VoiD and poping up in all the worlds as when they influienced thinkgs on other worlds! ... Can this mean Adel was their direct decendet as well?.. oh the possiblities! i just saw a new time line before my eyes! ... FF20!!

I believe that the masculinity of the sorceresses is due to Hyne’s influence on them. His final plan is to also eradicate all life because he believes it to be worthless. Adel’s power came the closest to manifest as his true self and why Ultmemicia wants to have multiple sources of power through time; hoping to achieve the same power of Hyne’s original form. Ultemicia was the original Ultima in FFXVI.

Your repeated use of the f-word actually ruined this informative video. Also, you realize you could have younger audiences, right?

Ultimecia’s real name is Rinoa. Btw, Aerith’s real name is Aeris. Fight me.

Loved this video a lot. Thank you for that elaboration.

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The devs of FF14 have stated that the reflections are not the other games worlds. I wish that theory would just die.

As it turns out, Yoshi-P has said that none of the reflections are DIRECTLY the worlds of other FF games. Some FF games are referenced in the history of the Source, and some are referenced in other reflections, but no world is just FF9 or FF7.

Wow - it's so rare to see a youtube video claiming to know some secret about final fantasy and it actually being original and unique. Well done.

You're blowing my mind. I wanna share this video but I dunno if I know anyone who would be into this as much

Shes called that because she casts ultima....

What? What an amazing video, the conclusion almost brought me to tears 😭 You need to keep doing this, you have a talent for this type of content. Please!

Awesome video!

Misery loves company though. Ultimecia would have seen used and seen with Rinoa to try making her become a likeness of herself...

seriously 10/10 i hope this comment finds you well

While the flower reference isn't completely direct in Drakengard 1- there could be something to say about the 'seeds' of destruction/resurrection- They could be seeds from the flower- but there's also the whole white/black flower stuff to consider... Anyways, yeah. great food for thought on how drakenier could be the greatest most misunderstood swansong to being 5ever alone. Some of yoko taro's tweets might shed light on this lmao

Artemisia is a plant. Makes plenty of sense when you look at the game's theming. I once came up with a giant robot who had an attack called Metal Clush because between crash, clash, or crush, I decided to "get it wrong" on purpose. Oh by the way, the French translation flat out refers to Adel as an "androgynous creature," implying she/he/they ain't even human, much less female. Make of that what you will.

So then the magic spell is Artima and the monster is Artima Weapon?

So then the magic spell is Artima and the monster is Artima Weapon?

GG to our Italian translators.

Makifureri not mcflurry

What even is that movie where Eva Green kisses a severed head?

in the german version of this game she is named Artemisia. Ultimicia was never mentioned in the german version of FF 8

Very nice video. Got a new sub.

It was cool, until you added your own ending. That is not what he is saying. What you stated in the end is actively and intensely rejected within the games. You can't make up the meaning someone else's work.

Eh... the 'shards' in XIV are NOT the other FF worlds. They're each their own unique alternate version of 'Hydaelyn'. Also, the Fourth Umbral Era is not the Eighth calamity, or otherwise linked to 'the Eighth world', Astral eras are the calms between the calamities. There is no tie between XIV's Helicarnassus and FFVIII, it's just V's Helicarnassus, because it's in the Deltascape, which is the tier dedicated to V. It's more of a divergent evolution. V's Helicarnassus inspired Ultimecia, and it also inspired the obvious cameo in XIV, but there's no logical thread from VIII to XIV in this case. I hope as a lore enthusiast you appreciate the correction! 😅 I think everything else is spot on, but it's kinda funny that a misunderstanding of XIV coincidentally led you here.

Thx for the investigation, Dude!

just dropping by to say you should have more suscribers. Your video is entertaining and at the same time I have never seen someone explaining this, even though I love FF8 and I saw a tons of videos on it. Most translator comments always lean into why "..." is used that much. New suscriber here! Make more FF8 videos!!

If the letter c doesn’t exist in ultimecias time, shouldn’t she be called ultimekia?

In Spanish it was translated as "Artemisa"

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