so does everyone just ignore the whole aerith is dead part of this? one of if not the most impactful moment in gaming history for a lot of people when it happened. pretty sure sephiroth fundamentally changed clouds options as far as aerith is concerned. doesn't mean he ends up with tifa but we all know he can't end up with aerith.

Except Joss kinda shot himself in the foot with all his behind the scenes antics and it all finally caught up to him. There'd be major backlash bringing him on the project especially since most of the actors publicly distanced themselves from him.

I started watching anime in the 90's and for me it picked up steam somewhere between 2000-2005. Yes, Naruto fandom is actually crazy. MHA is only over the top when they start over hyping bakugo imo