Analysing The Chilling Parallels Between Kefka/Sephiroth 

It's worth noting that Kefka speaks in many ways in Japanese that are less subtle than they are in English. He uses three distinct self-pronouns and copulas (words for "is"). He typically uses watashi wa...desu. 私は～です。 when speaking calmly; ore wa...da! 俺は~だ！ (or even ore sama 俺様) when angry; bokuchin wa...da zo!　ぼくちんは~だぞ！ when speaking gleefully or with crazed vigor. The first is polite and neutral, the second is violent, aggressive, and sometimes self-aggrandizing, and the third resembles something like a preschooler kicking over his blocks while pretending to be Godzilla. It's interesting to read the script in its original form to see how a former top soldier's mind became shattered into so many different pieces that seemed to be fighting over his own choice of words.

Two incredibly well done antagonists. Kefka does the things he does for no reason other than that he wants to and Sephiroth does what he does because he believes he has to. Kefka is a calculated, god-complex wielding psychopath and Sephiroth is a calculated, god-complex wielding anti-Christ

Easily the best two big bads of the series. Kefka will always be my personal favorite as he’s the only one to truly succeed in becoming a god and destroying the world. I mean part 2 of FF6 is basically every other game if the final boss wins at the end and you have to play a second game to truly beat them.

We really need to see Sephiroth in Wutai. There's so much of his character that was left criminally unexplored.

Back when I 1st played dissidia 1st thing I noticed how similar was Exdeath and Golbez armor was

Certainly there are similarities I didn't notice before, I guess you could extend some similarities to Kuja, since he was also created through experimentation, the pain and despair drove him to madness, and attained god-like powers before his eventual fall

A fully realized modern remake of ff6 would be amazing

It is kinda interesting that you made parallel videos about different characters in FF7 because you tell us some of the history of the characters or simple details that can be missed or we don't know. I hope you make more and include FF16 in the future.

I've always noticed many parallels between the two, it's really cool

Awesome video! I'd love to see more comparisons like this.

Good video but giant angel wings weren't so much a Kefka/Seph thing as it was just Square's thing in general. 99% of their final bosses had giant angel wings tacked on around then...

I can just imagine Seph's birth. "Push Lucretia! The baby's coming! Do I...do I here..music coming from in...you know?" *sound of fully orchestrated One-Winged Angel coming from within Lucretia's womb* "Oh lawd, he comin!"

Tbh that these two characters have so many parallels is why I’m so frustrated by fans who’ll say one or the other is objectively better. They’re both great villains, and I’m tired of the dumb fights. Though there are plenty of FF fandom fights that never end I could go on about, alas. ~_~

Let’s go over the similarities 1. Were failed experiments trying to create a super soldier from an ancient race 2. Were seen as heroes and highly regarded in the military 3. Due to the experiment go insane craving only the destruction of all things 4. Are main villains in their respective games 5. Are always a prominent threat often coming to the heroes 6. Actually somewhat succeeded in their plans 7. Have a final form that is very much inspired by biblical scripture depicting a sort of angel

I think similarities in originals are that both Villains work by performance. Neither have that deep back-ground search and settle their roles early on. It is how they serve those roles, which make them work. Kefka makes show-biz, Sephy plays by omission, just leaving trails and showcases of power. I think Sephiroth suffers a bit from these later pear-selling performances cause those undermine a little bit which made his character interesting in the first place.

There is a video I watched recently that posited the idea that Kefka is the main character of FF6. It's an interesting watch. I love both games, but FF6 is incredibly special, and what it was able to achieve in 1994 on the SNES in in terms of storytelling and its characters is amazing!

OMG my two favorite villains being in one same video!

Well they are the only two Final Fantasy villains who are actively antagonistic to eachother with no subterfuge ( which is out of character for Kefka). In Disidia.

Kefka - Who are you? Seph - I'm you but with Alien DNA.

Excellent work, as always.

I mean technically parallels are also kind of like. They're different sides/sometimes the same side of the same tropes.

One Random Question: I want to know if Squaresoft developed Bahamut Lagoon before FF6 or after FF6 before FF7?

I always thought it was because 6 was being built similtaneously as a 3d game like 7 was but they decided to keep 6 on Super and used the 3d bones of 6 to make 7 hence the similarities...I believe there is a demo of 6 you can play on playstation 1 on either 7 or 8 extra discs.

This is so interesting!

What makes Kefka and Sephiroth great in my opinion is that unlike many of the FF villains, they actually have a relation with the protagonist and their actions are the direct cause of the protagonists’ sufferings. For example, Kefka enslaved Terra for years and used her to murder people unwillingly, causing her to have underdeveloped emotional growth and lack of free will or control of her powers. Sephiroth murdered Cloud’s mother, burnt his hometown and nearly killed Tifa. Best part is, these 2 villains were themselves also screwed over before they decided to screw with the protagonists. Kefka was similar to Terra in that the experiments performed on him damaged his sanity and his mental health. Sephiroth lost his identity because he found out he was partially the son of an alien. Kefka and Sephiroth share many similarities with and have personal connections with their protagonists, and that’s what made them well-written villains to me. You don’t see ExDeath or Cloud of Darkness having a connection to their respective protagonist. All they do is “AAHHAH I am suddenly born powerful. I don’t give a shit about life and I only care about black voids. I’m so generic dark villain”

I always liked Jeremy Jahn's idea that Kefka and Sephiroth were like the Joker and Darth Vader respectively. One is chaotic and the other is imposing.

I would love an analysis between Ultimecia and Terra

It would be interesting to see Sephiroth in FF14 as well as Kefka for the raids (Sigmascape). Probley put him in his own raid name with other FF7 bosses. I have noticed the similarities between the 2 battles. Should of muted FF7 and Played the last Dancing mad tune to the Safer seperoth fight.

Kefka beat his opponents, rearranged the earth and ruled over it for about a year…

Disagree. Two stories produced by the same people? What are the odds they would resemble each other? I would say pretty good. It's like the artists and writers involved liked their own ideas enough to reuse them.

i have never realise all the similarities

The last well-designed or interesting antagonists in the main series of the franchise.

I think a comparison with Zenos of FF14 might be an interesting take, esp since a lot of people were comparing Zenos as a poor Sephiroth clone pre-Endwalker :)

Kefka unlike most FF villains won and ruled his world… until eventually losing. He’s got that over Sephiroth who I adore.

Who would win in a fight?

It's amazing the connections between games. Obviously to a degree these creators put the things they like in future installments. Given 7 came after 6 it's no big surprise Sephiroth was like Kefka. Similar to how 7 was the groundbreaker on the PS1 and 10 was the groundbreaker of the PS2 and their characters have commonalities as well. My theory is the connection between Jenova and Yunalesca. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-teDhT0vwFpY.html

This is a FF6 vs FF7 debate it always is. Based on how the two games contrasted each other in numerous elements. Terra and Cloud are basically similar as a puppet soldier controlled by two opposing main villains. Kefka and Sephiroth whom they are desired to become a god and dominate the world in the palm of their hands. The Empire and Shinra are greedy organisation wishing to seek power and glory for their own selfish gain. That's how 6 and 7 have similarities.

FF6 deserves a sequel more than any other game.

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Kefka came first.. most always forget this beautiful fact. I remember playing 6 and consistently telling myself if this game were made a few years later Kefka would truly dominate Sephiroth.

Me loves some Kefka and Sephy ❤️

Such devastation!

Oh man so good

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Well done analysis, I always think its funny that I love Kefka, but I'm not a huge fan of Sephiroth. being a 90s child I just get a bad taste in my mouth seeing the quintessential D&D character that was always done in some form in games I'd DM.

I'm not against Villains who do things for the sake of it but Kefka just doesn't appeal to me compared to someone like Sephiroth, hell even Seymour.

Kefka be all like.. I'm going to destroy the world and become a God because I can.. Sephioth be all like.. if I destroy the world maybe mommy will notice and love me..

Kefka is the best antagonist. No question.

I've heard too many good things about ff6 now whenever we finish the remake of ff7 which i guess is gonna take waaay too long 🙄 hopefully we get ff6 I'd buy the mobile version but there isn't 1

Kefka is fucking interesting and a beutiful androgynous character full of nuances and Sephiroth is ''a guy wearing black'' that you kinda run towards for a while. There is nothing more.

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The difference is that sephiroth is the actual good guy

A Batman similarity: Kefka: Joker Sephiroth: Bane

Dont insult Kefka by comparing him to the WEAKMINDED generic Saturday morning cartoon villian sephiROT!! Kefka is FAR MORE ACCOMPLISHED & has done FAR MORE DAMAGE THAN ANY FF VILLIAN in the series thus far.

I actually don’t see many parallels between the two. Kefka just had more personality than Sephiroth did, so that’s why I gravitate more towards him being the better villain.

Kefka is too annoying yo cope with

kefka is far better than sephiroth

If by chilling you mean lackluster 2nd attempt... Sephiroth is a garbage villain. I know, unpopular opinion and the Legion of 7 fanboys will be like "ERMAGERD ?!?!!" but that's my take on him, based on the compilation of FF7. Hell in a lot of ways 6 is a rehash of 7 with a smaller cast. Now, I actually really liked Sephiroth in Crisis Core up until he snapped; As a Hero, he was incredibly likeable. But one innocent question from Zack makes him flip out and completely go nuts? (OK Genesis didn't help either but still) and so he goes from a badass hero to... An overpowered momma's boy with an inferiority complex? The hell? Granted we don't know what Kefka was like before he snapped either, but at least Kefka played the part of Nihilistic psychopath to perfection. He didn't have any grand ambition, no crazy misguided goals etc... He just wanted to blow the world up simply because he could and there is beauty in that malignant simplicity. Kekfa, Kuja and Ardyn are basically the best 3 villains they've ever done. Sephiroth is down there at the bottom with Seymour

Some I just wish this channel would be honest with itself. "We believe and ff game other than. 7 and 10 are inferior" Still tons and tons of lore in ffxiv but they make it seems like the game is just too much trouble and work. It's pretty much a goldmine for you all as content creators but I guess nothing but 7 and 10 are worth your time

Kefka = Joker Sephiroth = Lex Luthor Its totally on the nose deliberate.

As both my fave. But they both failed kefka just scratch the surface of earth but not literally destroyed it while sephiroth is almost there by unleashing meteor but got stopped.

While dancing around it, you neglected to mention the similarities, plot-wise between Terra and Aerith. Both hybrids raised by their respective Empires in hopes of usung their innate magic for world domination. Celes, as one of the first successful stable Magitek Knights who nonetheless rebels and joins a terrorist group is related to Cloud, or more accurately, the persona he appropriated; Zack

The biggest parallels in human experimentation aren't between Kefka and Sephiroth, but Celes and Sephiroth. The biggest difference is the kind of relationship they had with the respective scientists in charge of that experimentation. Hojo was a hands-off biological father to Sephiroth, while Cid was like a mentor with an kind of familial affection for Celes, unspoken until the World of Ruin.

Celes, who's technically the main character of the second half of FFVI, has more in common with Cloud or Sephiroth than Terra. Just sayin'. Otherwise, a great video!

Wow, even looking Back at dissadia, I see why they kind of seen together a few times. At first I thought they would hate each other but I believe they would actually get along and could relate on their past.

My two favorite ultimate villains, together!? In one video!? Oh Universe, what have I done for thee that I deserve such pleasantries??

I would love a final fantasy 6 and 7 crossover. Other than dissdia or a spin off

To be fair you can find a lot of similarities between 6 and 7. It's like 6 is prototype 7, but you see that with a lot of things :). Pretty cool of you ask me and why 7 and 6 and my top 2 favorite FF games.

I'm a simple man. Final Fantasy Union uploads and I click the video for amazing content. This is a great comparison to do! Both terrifying villains in their own right! Great job as always!

They're both great in their own ways. No need to fight about it.

Speaking of the music, how many of you noticed that the tune for Sephiroth's theme actually made it's debut as part of the first phase of the final battle in FF6?

It is indeed interesting to see the differences and common elements between each of them,and on the other side, to see how both Terra and Cloud suffered in mirroring manners.... I am particularly fond of Terra myself, so it is sad for me knowing what happened to her.

Love ur videos keep it up

Well if you have the opportunity to read der golem, and you get to understand what a golem is and what it represents you will notice that Kefka and Sephiroth are inspired by the same idea, kefka is as the tharot card of the foul, and also the magician both represent the beginning and the end, kefka is a golem as well sephiroth is a golem, the name itself tells that, sephiroth is the emanation of a god, that represents a new being and brings the caos after getting conscience about himself, kefka and sephiroth are both golems

2:15 So Kefka originally was in FF8.

They both have that amazing and shocking stage presence , indeed

People like to put Sephiroth down and say how great Kefka is because he reminds them of the Joker. But Seph is like if you combined Superman with Norman Bates. I think that's pretty interesting too.

I love it!!!! thank you for this vid❤❤❤❤❤

They’re easily my 2 favorite final fantasy villains next to Ardyn

You should do a video exploring the parallels between Sephiroth and Darth Vader. I've often heard it said that Kefka is The Joker of Final Fantasy while Sephiroth is Vader (besides the obvious fact they're tall, menacing and dress in black.) They're both fallen angel-type characters driven insane by dark controlling forces. Sephiroth's razing of Nibelheim echoes Anakin's slaughter of the Jedi Temple. They were both members of an elite order and chafed under the authority of people they deemed inferior (Shinra/Obi-wan.) They both lacked a father growing up and formed an unusual bond with their mothers, which started them on the path to their downfall. Both were created through unnatural means (it's suggested that Palpatine created Anakin.) They were both defeated by the hero shortly after turning evil, leaving them in a weakened state (Anakin was burned on Mustafar, Sephiroth fell into the Lifestream.) Both were arguably puppets of the true villains of their respective stories. I'm sure you can find more similarities. The major differences are that Sephiroth has no love interest and seems to be asexual, whereas Anakin's love for his wife was the main reason for his fall, and he doesn't redeem himself by destroying Jenova at the end. Although who knows, that could well happen in the Remake.

It's interesting to consider that both Kefka and Sephiroth are actually consquences of another villain in their respective games, who are later overthrown by their creations. If not for Emperor Gestahl, and Jenova/Professor Hojo, Kefka and Sephiroth would not exist.

Looking forward for a 3D-version of Final Fantasy 6 in the future

The virgin Kefka The virgin Sephiroth The chad Exdeath

But even though they were each strong in their own right, none of them were actually a super boss. Brachosaur: Am I a joke to you?

Excellent video! I had forgotten that at least one Cid was not a good guy. I had also forgotten the horrific scientific experiments that took place in both games. I guess it’s been a long time since I played them. Slightly off tangent but, lately I looked at Sephiroth and Zenos and felt they were similar as well. But maybe it’s just from an aesthetic viewpoint. Thank you for this video. Stay safe. ❤️ PS: The Final Fantasy series is so much darker then I remembered. 😱

Majority will favor Sephiroth. His design, music and wanting to torture Cloud stand out for me. Kefka on the other hand is just the chef's kiss of Final Fantasy villains. He becomes a successful calamity of global proportions.

Kefka is better

9:56 You mean her?

Make a final fantasy 13 video

WELL WELL THIS COMMENT SECTION IS ABOUT to get intresting

I'm playing ff6 again and realize that it wasn't that Kefka succeeded as much as he was allowed to succeed

It's not chilling when you realize that ff7's story is literally just a redo of ff6's story with a different cast...

One is actually insane, the other believes his own bullshit

I love Kefka as a villain about as much as Sephiroth, but only for my nostalgia. He's still a good antagonist who does have some pretty good build-up and is remarkable for being the first Final Fantasy villain that technically wins. And his theme is easily the Magnum Opus of the legendary composer: Nobuo Uematsu. But that's about it. As a character, he's not much more interesting than the Emperor from FFII. Granted, that's only in regards to the original Japanese script, where he wasn't given nearly as good lines as what Ted Woolsey would give in localization. Sephiroth, on the other hand, is fantastic as an antagonist. He's consistently making a presence, maliciously fucking with Cloud's mind, and has more focus on his background, which makes you kind of sorry for him. He was lied to, and was never given mental help he definitely needed. He's still the antagonist and has no remorse for his evildoing, but that thought was always in the back of my mind once I found that out. I still love both as villains.

This is why those are my favorites villains ever

I think you're trying to say It's because they're both homosexuals.

Ardyn Lucis Caelum is better than both...

i always told people that 6 and 7 were remarkably similar in a lot of ways, but I couldnt fully explain what i meant, this definitely helped me understand my own feelings about thses games more. thank you for making these videos!

Okay I’m just saying sephiroth and kefka as a team looks so cool it’s baffling no game has ever made them team up