The Story of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth | A Narrative Analysis and Retrospective

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Table of Contents:
0:00 – Introduction, Disclaimers, and Overall Thoughts on Rebirth
21:56 – Chapter 1 and The Background Lore of FF7
53:08 – Chapter 2 and Kalm
1:03:05 – Chapter 3 and The Turks
1:07:48 – Chapter 4, Junon & Rufus
1:33:55 - Chapter 5
1:43:13 – Chapter 6 and Costa Del Sol
1:58:54 - Chapter 7 and Mount Corel/Corel
2:23:00 - Chapter 8, the Gold Saucer, Corel Prison and Dyne
2:55:12 - Chapter 9, Gongaga and Tifa in the Lifestream
3:36:59 - Chapter 10, Cosmo Canyon, the Gi and Theories about Retrilogy's World
4:40:19 - Chapter 11, Nibelheim, Vincent and Roche
5:23:59 - Chapter 12, the Gold Saucer Revisited and the Dates
6:00:57 - Chapter 13, the Temple of the Ancients and the Trials
6:49:41 - Chapter 14 - Aerith's Date, Sephiroth, Zack and the White Materia
7:25:25 - Chapter 14 - The Forgotten Capital, Aerith's Death and the Final Battle
8:14:02 - The Final Scene, Theories, Speculation and Final Thoughts

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Sources:

My videos -

The Story of Final Fantasy 7 .. So Far | A Comparative Analysis of the Original AND Remake:    • The Story of Final Fantasy 7 .. So Fa...  
Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Episode INTERMission | Story Review:    • Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Episode INTER...  

Miscellaneous Sources -

FFVII Rebirth Ultimania
FFVII Remake Ultimania
Final Fantasy VII Ultimania
Traces of Two Pasts by Kazushige Nojima
The mentioned tweet thread theorizing about the ending (user currently banned): https://x.com/TurquoiseHammer/status/...
The mentioned tweet theorizing about the state of the setting and the plot: https://twitter.com/omnicloudv7/statu...
Inside Final Fantasy VII Rebirth video series:    • Inside FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH  
Max Plays: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth:    • MAX PLAYS - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth  
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Spoiler Mode w/ Maximilian Dood:    • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Spoiler M...  
The TRUTH About Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Ending:    • The TRUTH About Final Fantasy 7 Rebir...  
MASSIVE FF7 REBIRTH TALK:    • MASSIVE FF7 REBIRTH TALK w/ Maximilia...  

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Ultimania translations provided by -
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  / shinraarch  

Video footage provided by -

Shirrako:    • Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Walkthrough 100%  
Gamer’s Little Playground (Also provided Crisis Core footage):    • FINAL FANTASY 7 REBIRTH All Cutscenes...  
Lorerunner:    • Final Fantasy Lorerun Proper Remake 1...  
louiseyhannah: https://youtube.com/@louiseyhannahVOD...
Maximillian Dood:    • Gongaga Is GORGEOUS : Final Fantasy V...  
IGN:    • FF7 Rebirth Gameplay Walkthrough - Th...  
Chris Of The Vale:    • Gold Saucer First Date | Knock on Doo...  
Pierce Arner:    • FFVII Rebirth Explained by Cosmo Cany...  
Ever Crisis - Faz Faz:    • The First Soldier Episode 1 Full Stor...  
Nova Crystallis:    • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Exploring...  
Xygor Gaming:    • Final Fantasy VII - Full Nibelheim Fl...  
Gast mention from Chasloth:    • Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Professor Gas...  
PowerPyx (Specific sidequest footage):    • Final Fantasy 7 VII Rebirth - Bodybui...  
BuffMaister (Dirge footage):    • The Past of Hojo, Vincent & Lucrecia ...