I'm tired of hearing about who is stronger, who defeats whom...etc. Although cloud seems to "win" at the end of ACC, games, or what not, it is clear that cloud is no match for Sephiroth. Not only does he not train and gets his "special powers" out of nothing and has no brains(especially compared to Sephiroth), but the fact that his "victory" is solely scripted has been confirmed by the creators of the FF7 universe
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http://faqs.ign.com/articles/698/698416p1.html
It was made that way rather you want it or you don't want it. "good" has to win over "evil" that's the only reason why it seems like cloud emerges "victorious" where in fact he simply cannot get rid of Sephiroth. If not for his scripted wins he would be but a mere tombstone in an abandon grave site somewhere. He isn't really that good. He is actually pathetic as a character and fighter. He's made special so that people would naively believe that someone who's a regular nobody can save the world and then return to a bar. This is the way it is. Sorry but it is the truth. If you don't like it talk to the creators and give them your complaints.
Anybody have something to add? or a Valid reason why The top warrior(Sephiroth) should be taken out by a failed soldier(cloud) for no logical reason other than the fact that he is "the good guy"? Anyone?
Allow me to enlighten you.
I really don't think that anyone can argue that Cloud is stronger than Sephiroth. It's just that Cloud is one of the few people who can hold their own against him. Strength is one thing, but it takes the entire character to personify someone. And why Sephiroth loses is due to his hubris and looking down on the potential of his opponents. He was clearly surprised by Cloud's will strength even BEFORE he was experimented on and injected with Jenova S-Cells. Defeating him when he was just 16, then at 21 years of age, then 2 years later. You would think Sephiroth would learn after the second time (both in his transformations and in Cloud's head).
Cloud is far more focused and intent on the kill and defeating his opponents than Sephiroth is (at least when they face one another where the latter toys with him). That's the one edge that he carries. Also, saying that Cloud didn't train and that his new powers were pulled out of thin air is a load. No one gains the ability to utilize the Fusion Sword like that (using it as a boomerang that SPLITS OFF INTO MULTIPLE BLADES) and creating copies of himself composed of his energy that can attack the opponent with seperate blades (Omnislash Version 6) without having to fight for it and learning something new. Like it or not, Omnislash Version 6 overwhelmed Sephiroth before he could have the chance to realize just how much trouble he WAS in.
That, and if Cloud is such a pathetic fighter in the first place, how come no one else has been able to finish Sephiroth off? Especially when people like Zack, Genesis, Angeal, those are the people that seem far more qualified and trained. Cloud has a gift that I like to call will. When he found himself again, and we saw it when he beat Sephiroth at the Nibelheim Reactor. Honestly he should have died then, but look what happened. He pushed forward, turned the tables and beat SEPHIROTH instead, whom was surprised.
Sephiroth is the stronger swordsman, certainly. But he suffers from what I may as well call Gilgamesh syndrome. For those familiar with Fate/Stay Night, he's a character whose immensely powerful, and would probably be nigh-unstoppable if he actually fought seriously. The only other character who may have been able to take him on when he fights all out would be Saber with Excalibur, but anyway. Long story short?
Gilgamesh is cocky, arrogant, hardly tries, and by the time he realizes he needs to step it up, it's usually too late. Guess who he ends up losing to in one of the routes, Unlimited Blade Works? The main character who is completely weak in terms of using mana and lacks experience, but his abilities completely countered Gilgamesh's arrogant style and use of Gate of Babylon. And before he could properly compose himself and take the fight seriously? Shirou had already won. Same thing for Sephiroth really. He lost to Omnislash, remembered it and countered CLoud for it, but when Cloud escalated to a new degree of power with Omnislash Version 6, he overwhelmed Sephiroth and amounted the right offense to claim the victory.
Sephiroth is his own downfall in the end, and even then it says a lot about Cloud's strength to be able to do it THREE TIMES when no one else has managed to so much as lay a finger on him. Clearly Cloud's desire to protect what he had left in the world turned out to be stronger than Sephiroth's pride and desire to destroy the Planet.
Call him what you will, but when you look at the grand picture from a storyline perspective and not just some "good must triumph over evil" thing, there's a reason why Cloud keeps defeating Sephiroth.
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And no offense dude, but you don't exactly make for a good argument when you're saying Cloud has no brain. You make it sound like you're a Sephiroth fanboy. Disclaimer, yes I am a Cloud fanboy, but I at least acknowledge he should stand no chance against Sephiroth (when he's trying) and justify the reasons WHY he wins in the end outside of you resorting to "lol copout".