Cloud gets manipulated to attack Tifa - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth 

Sephiroth's control over Cloud is a lot scarier in this game than in OG. Like, we really get to see more examples of Sephiroth using Cloud as a puppet to just break him and try to destroy his friendships.

So, Cloud literally says to Tifa "you must be Jenova's imposter made to trick me into seeing someone i love" this guy... Sephiroth is truly his darkness and Tifa is his light

I know he's being manipulated here and all but damn, @1:08, the way he dodges those bullets with a simple head tilts is just plain badass

Holy shit he fights like Sephiroth, the way he held that sword was so identical its scary it wouldnt shock me if he pulled an Octoslash out of nowhere. Well Hojo succeeded, his goal was to recreate another Sephiroth and it looks very successful, probably injected him with a large dose of Jenova cells more than he would give to an average soldier.😳

I swear with Clouds DID, Jenova goo, mako poisoning, Trauma from Sephiroth killing all of Niebelheim, Sephiroth trolling the crap outta him and being tricked into helping summon Meteor.... Clouds brain becomes oatmeal soaked in blueberry jam by the middle of the game

4:57 That scream 😔

Cloud's character in Advent Children is beginning to make a whole lot more sense, now. The scope of Sephiroth's influence over him in the ReTrilogy alone would absolutely be enough to drive a kid like him into depression once he was able to fully process it all, never mind Geostigma. He was already introverted and weak willed to begin with, as stated by Nomura, which does well to explain his being an almost perpetual mope throughout the 2000s. His finally waking up to and accepting his true self won't erase the gravity of everything he did while under Sephiroth's control. If anything, it'll make it feel all the worse.

3:36 *You Are My Special~* Tifa : what the hell ????

Cloud has his 'I killed them, i killed them all' moment.

I love how Barret slapped him LOL

How much does Cloud have to go through, he fails to save tifa from the bridge, he gets rejected from being a SOLDIER, meets his hero only for him to go crazy and destroyed his village along with his mom, failed to save Tifa from danger AGAIN, gets stabbed but still pulls through and defeats Sephiroth, gets put in a sedative tank for 5 years, and on the same day he gets out his best friend literally dies, the trauma is so much he literally thinks everything his best friend did as a SOLDIER was HIM, at this point cloud has been fatally wounded once failed to save someone 3 times, and now Sephiroth has to cuck is relationship with Tifa? Not to mention Aerith DIES. Let my boy win 😭😭😭

0:14 Tifa was Ada Wong for a sec

I think it's clear that Sephiroth is not only torturing Cloud, he is also hurting Tifa as well. Why? She is Cloud's strength, his light , and the love of his life and Sephiroth knows that. So, he is aiming to take her out to further drive Cloud over the edge.

Seeing Cloud becoming Sephiroth is so terrifing. The way he dodged bullets Noctis style and killing that guard was not only scary, but so epic at the same time. I imagine the Smash Bros gang saw this and they be shocked at how much Cloud had suffered by Sephiroth and Jenova's hands.

This game is very Tifa based... And i loved it.

3:32 Never realized this, but this is a direct parallel back at the beginning of the game where Tifa got sliced by Sephiroth.

Jesus Christ, keep this man away from any nearby younglings for the love of God.

Yep, Sephiroth is right. Cloud is his puppet. He's been messing with Cloud's mind since Remake, and he will keep on doing that for Part 3. Cloud will have his complete mental breakdown, just like what happened in the og FF7.

Our boy Cloud is losing it 💀

The way cloud held his sword like sephiroth and the look he had on his face while killing all those people gave me chills when I first saw it. Sephiroths influence here is scary man

*Sees blood* me: YES!! FINALLY!!!

Sephiroth: "Puppet, the time has come. Execute Order 66." Cloud: "Yes my Master." 3:36

I like how cloud can be taken control of, and tries to kill Tifa.. Then everyone is like "Yeah cloud can you look after Tifa?" As if it wont happen again

This is so messed up man... Tifa doesn't deserve this... Cloud doesn't deserve this. They're all victims of circumstance

that music when viewing the bridge memory and transitioning to the epic battle... holy crap

Does no one try to guess that Cloud has been infused with Jenova cells, that's why he falls under "Sephiroth's" control?

Mommy? Daddy? Please don't fight!! 😢

0:41 *Your Blade yearns to Bathe in the Blood of your Enemies* Sam - MGRR

the music starts to play in the life stream is amazing.

Awesome scene but man that weapon creature thing scares the shit outta me lol esp when it popped out of the water and just hovered above them like that 😬 looking like that majoras mask water temple boss lol

That whispers even have white and black two editions 😵

Sephiroth is just fucking with Cloud at this point. Just toying with him until he breaks, and then no one will be able to stop him from using Meteor.

Cloti angst! CLOTI ANGST!!!

27 years ago, Sephiroth's biggest problem was Aerith. She was the only one who could compete with Sephiroth's power. Even now, that fact remains the same. However, Sephiroth is now beginning to see Tifa as a threat to his plans just as much as Aeris. In the past, Tifa was nothing more than a thorn in Sephiroth's eyes. However, since Cloud, who is supposed to be his puppet, is with Tifa, he is the key to getting out of his control and threatening himself, so if Aeris is just interfering, Tifa tries to kill him right now, which shows that Tifa is that important to Cloud.

1:00 as epic as the Darth Vader Hallway scene. Possessed by Sephiroth going dark side fully unlocking his potential.

You can't see Tifa's scar in Costa Del Sol, even if you chose the smallest swimsuit for her. Maybe Sephirtoth has a point lol

Dude he even holds the sword like Sepiroth. The bullet dodge...so sick

I wonder if this was the unhinged scene Cody (Cloud's VA) was talking about.

Square: "Let's scare the fuck out of these Tifa simps"

Damn it sephiroth 😤 not tifa too.

Sephiroth: Hey, kids, every heard of gaslighting?

Sephiroth, you are truly asking to be punished in every single way.....

Just noticed the way he walks when Barret tells him to come over and help….

The dementors are back

What song is playing while tifa is looking at memories

I suspect this scene is foreshadowing for Part 3 - instead of falling directly into the Lifestream, Cloud and Tifa will get swallowed by one of these WEAPONs and that's how the memory thing plays out

Cloud was always a character full of layers and full of tragedy but man this is soooo much worse than the OG, he really feels like Sephiroth's puppet, like can't my boy be happy for 1 second?

the entire gongaga reactor story was amazing

Who else felt that slap 😂

sério… essa parte dele lutar como o sephiroth me arrepiou, foi muito foda!

Tifa: Look! Cloud: I'm Looking! 😏

sephiroth: want tifa to show his boobies? use this trick:

Why the fuck ISN'T Cloud in a Soul Calibur game?

Sephiroth: Kill Kill Kill

it's bad enough cloud is suffering from Mako and all the hell he's going through since the start of the game, but with Sephiroth doing all this just to hurt him is a dick move to a third degree.

16:25 i didnt notice before he grabs her arm there.nice detail

It's so interesting to see. It's clear Sephiroth wants Tifa dead so she can't help cloud recover. The weapon swallowed her so she wouldn't get caught by Sephiroth in the mako.

Sephiroth: Rip her apart

0:40 "Cook up, Cloud."

3:55 CLOUD: TIFAAAAAAAA 🎵YOU ARE MY SPECIAL🎵

I guess it was the Jenova cells that made sephiroth go insane

I liked how Sephiroth tried to kill her. That proves she is very important. The white wisper saved her life because she had to live.

Dude Cloud is dodging fucking bullets wth

kind of confuse that they did the whole mako memories earlier, then i remember this is not a remake, but a sequel, or a Requel of some sort.

Sephrioth: Strike her down my apprentice. Do it

Anyone know the song that’s playing at the 1 minute mark???

Sephrioth was targeting Tifa too he was trying to killed her while she’s in the huge fish belly….omg…Tifa thank goodness she dodge that long sword 🗡️ inches so close to her chest. I’ve bet all the Clerith fans out there are so excited to see Tifa almost get killed by Sepiroth but got upset when Tifa survived. Clerith fans: yes!…begone so my girl Areith will have Cloud all to herself! Cloti fans: nope it ain’t happened Tifa she’s the protagonist girl she’ll survive no matter what.

Why do the Whispers disappear once Cloud falls for Sephiroth’s manipulation? Was it supposed to be this way in the OG?

I was shocked at this. I fee like a weep I just use the buster sword and get the ability off the other weapons.

The scenes of young Cloud and Tifa are so cute but so sad. I feel for them :(

If I did that to my wife, she would divorce me.

So, in the Original, Tifa was able to piece Cloud back together. But in here, Cloud is too far gone. Thus, "Your words can't reach him now."

my dumbass thought sephiroth was helping cloud here until the tifa part 💀💀

Didn’t this happen in the original ff7 game? (1997) It feels as tho the events of the original ff7 game are leading up to rebirth

Tifa: okay look!!! Cloud : its huge!!!! Tifa: i know right ? Almost covering my whole body Cloud: I wasn't talking about your scar 😂🤣😭

I would've liked them to showcase tifa being very reluctant or hesitant to go near cloud that would have been a realistic reaction.

You know, for all the folk claiming this game makes them hate Cloud-- it's making me actually like Cloud. I never was a fan of him as a protagonist of the original, and the reason was entirely due to the scene where he gives Sephiroth the Black Materia while Tifa is begging him not to. To me, it came out of left field and felt like "oh sad boy realized his past is a lie so he deliberately gives the antagonist a means to destroy the whole world." And I remember thinking, really? What about Tifa, what about his friends, what about Aerith's memory-- really you're just gonna say fuck all of it and everyone? Even if your memories are all fake, you're just gonna be cool with all of them being killed? With the whole world going down? I couldn't relate to it and it never felt justified even after he pieced his mind back together. But this-- this re-contextualizes all of it in a way that makes that make sense. Cloud's not just a sad boy who is fugueing a lie about his past. He's completely detached from all reality full-stop because of Jenova and has been since the moment he walked into Midgar. He's almost schizophrenic. It's like he's not even sure the world under his feet is not an illusion. He gets tricked into attacking Barret. The same happens with Aerith. Even his own childhood friend whom he's always harbored feelings for-- even she he thinks is an illusion to the point he hurts her and almost kills her. There are all these moments where visions of 'Sephiroth' are fucking with him. He starts saying things that sound overly cold and don't make sense, like a total other person is in control. All of the party give him these meaningful looks constantly where it's clear they think he's losing his mind. And when Aerith dies, he loses it even more to the point he thinks she's alive. It's trippy to see how cooked his brain is right now and with that in mind, it doesn't seem so farfetched anymore why he'd give Sephiroth the black materia. It's not just boo hoo my past is wrong fuck everybody. It's utter and complete madness, the final destination in his progressive retreat into solipsism. In turn, that makes Sephiroth's fall that much more understandable too. He too seemed normal, even likable in the beginning. But that trip to Nibelheim, to where Jenova was, broke him. It wasn't just he learned what he thought the truth of his past was and fell from that. The alien thing is directly influencing him by osmosis, distorting his reality, and despite being the strongest SOLDIER to have ever lived, he fails and becomes her puppet because of it. While the 'puppet' that is Cloud, a failure who never made SOLDIER, will ultimately reclaim his life and sanity. That just makes the central conflict that much better and more poetic in a way the original never really did for me. I might have my criticisms of SE and this whole sequel trilogy, but at least in this aspect, they've managed to do things very well.

I wanted to see it too.

2:48 bro turned into anakin

Those we love those we love so tifa definitely are the one he love 😊 but i am so heart pain alittle when he stab tifa even though he is being manipulate by sephiroth 😂oh my ..

Today I saw the ending of this game. It became clear that the woman Sephiroth would be most interested in was Tifa. She is the main factor that makes Cloud strong and independent. In other words, this is a very uncomfortable situation for fans who loved Tifa and people like me who liked seeing the relationship between Cloud and Tifa. If she were the target of that day 27 years ago, Cloud would see despair from which he could never escape, and that would not be a pleasant experience for people like me. I sincerely hope they overcome this crisis.

That Mako pool cant be good for the skin.

Sephiroth is not a shipper, I see

can someone explain to me why he saved tifa? im just curious

In Japanese, Sephiroth says, "Those you fear, those you love." Later, when Cloud repeats those words, he switches them around to "Those you LOVE, those you fear" when looking at Tifa. It's nuances like these that get lost in localisation.

I know this whole scenario was meant to be dramatic and all, but when Barret bitch slaps Cloud in the face, that just breaks immersion for me and I laugh my ass off.

He just sits there

Tifa the type of female we all want. Easily forgives Cloud after he nearly lost it all

I dunno, but I think if the story in rebirth goes like this, Tifa should have died in the weapon's belly. It's just too impossible for her to be spared. The weapons are real killers,

Dont feel sorry for them at all.... they shot zack and biggs 😕

Didn't pay the original. Is this the part where tifa slapped scarlett?

poor tifa couldn't wake up cloud from sephiroth control, she is not her.

Dark Cloud is hot, the dark side suits him.

I really do not like the whisper plot change. But Ultra instinct cloud was cool!!

The fact that tifa fucking showed clpud the scad was so funny 😅

0:57-2:00 😶

I think the main reason why Sephiroth kills Aerith at the end instead of Tifa, because Tifa has insanely strong physical strength and quick dexterity. He can't kill her, he's infact not that strong phsycally since he's a "ghost", even when Tifa is weak in Weapon she literally dodged his masamune. If only he tries to stab Tifa as he does to Aerith, she'll no doubt dodge it. Therefore he tried to get rid of her through Cloud, multiple times, failed, once he tried himself, failed, well, "The last light is the hardest to get rid off" - Sephiroth to Cloud in Kingdom Hearts

It’s really interesting how Tifa wasn’t able to get Cloud to regain control and snaps out of puppet mode and he hurt her But when Sephiroth used Aerith he couldn’t hurt her one bit and fought Sephiroth’s contol over him This man is really in love with Aerith ♥️

Ele só queria dar mais uma olhadinha nas tetonas da Tifa 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is so stupid lmao