Why is Sephiroth after Cloud?

Why Cloud's First Fight With Sephiroth Is So Important. Cloud's shame and trauma caused him to mentally superimpose himself into the role Zack occupied: a successful SOLDIER betrayed by his idol. In the Lifestream, Cloud revealed that the real reason he served Shinra was to impress Tifa.
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What is the connection between Cloud and Sephiroth?

Sephiroth plans to merge with the lifestream, becoming a god. Cloud acquires the Black Materia first, but Sephiroth exerts his influence over the Jenova cells within Cloud's body and takes control of him, forcing Cloud to hand the Materia over.
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What happened between Sephiroth and Cloud?

During the fight, Sephiroth skewered Cloud with his sword, Masamune, but Cloud fought back. Using Masamune as a level, Cloud flung Sephiroth into the Lifestream below the reactor, presumably killing him.
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Is Sephiroth obsessed with Cloud?

His obsession with Cloud, his obsession with Jenova, his obsession with getting rid of Aerith. It's what Sephiroth lives for which is crazy because out of all the playable characters, none of them is his real "enemy" for reasons other than their efforts to stop him.
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Why does Cloud always see Sephiroth?

Cloud has always been connected to Sephiroth, both by past events and the presence of Jenova cells in both of their bodies. The Remake, however, makes this connection even deeper as Sephiroth constantly appears to Cloud and taunts him.
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Why does Sephiroth say 7 seconds?

While sounding mighty cryptic, seven seconds is the exact amount of time it takes Sephiroth to descend from the sky and kill Aerith in the original game.
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Why does Sephiroth have 1 Wing?

The wings in Sephiroth's final form, "Safer Sephiroth" are a result of his fusion with Jenova, hence why he has the one black wing.
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Is Sephiroth a God?

Learning that Jenova, who he comes to consider his "mother," attempted to take control of the Planet 2000 years previously, Sephiroth decides to follow in her footsteps and become a god who would rule over the Planet.
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Why is Cloud so afraid of Sephiroth?

Final Fantasy 7's late-game segments confirm Cloud hates Sephiroth because he is a reminder of his failure and weakness, which nearly cost Tifa's life, the person who motived him to join SOLDIER in the first place.
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Why does Sephiroth become evil?

Even after they betrayed Shinra, Sephiroth could never let go of his bond with them, refusing to hunt them down and kill them. Ultimately, it was their fall from grace that began Sephiroth's own fall as he became disillusioned with Shinra and it was Genesis who led Sephiroth to becoming insane.
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Is Sephiroth a virgin?

Conversation. Game Theory: Is Sephiroth a virgin? No, he penetrated Aerith.
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Is Cloud a clone of Sephiroth?

Cloud isn't a Sephiroth clone, he had the cells implanted in him after he was born and grown up. Whereas Sephiroth had the cells implanted in the womb.
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What mental illness does Cloud Strife have?

He doesn't have any of the negative symptoms or disorganisation. However, he could be in a Dissociative State, forged for his own protection. It is a historically documented condition which has been most commonly seen in victims of severe trauma and war violence.
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Is Zack a Sephiroth clone?

Zack, also a Sephiroth-clone, was a complete failure: he was not mentally affected by the experiment due to previously being unaffected by the identical SOLDIER procedure. The twelve successful Sephiroth-clones become the group of fanatics that follows Sephiroth around in Final Fantasy VII.
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Are Aerith and Sephiroth related?

During development, Aerith was supposed to be Sephiroth's sister as both designs resembled each other, but they were made former lovers with Aerith remembering Sephiroth when meeting Cloud as both are ex-SOLDIERS. Late during development, Aerith's first love was changed to Zack Fair.
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Who is stronger Sephiroth or Cloud?

Cloud Strife definitely makes the cut for the list, if for no other reason than he literally beats Sephiroth at the end of Final Fantasy VII.
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Is Sephiroth Cloud's heartless?

Sephiroth is not literaly Cloud's darkness. Sephiroth simply represents Cloud's dark past. Cloud wants to destroy Sephiroth so he can forget about his past once in for all.
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Is Sephiroth evil in the remake?

Sephiroth is evil, sometimes sadistic, and undeniably scary. At this point, he is so popular that many people like him, or at the very least recognize him, even though they've never played the game where he debuted.
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Is Sephiroth immune to magic?

In Kingdom Hearts, Sephiroth is immune to almost all forms of magic, although magic-based attacks such as Ragnarok do in fact cause damage.
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Why is Sephiroth an angel?

Sephiroth's penultimate form which serves as the game's actual final boss fight depicts Sephiroth as an angel, though it's hard to be fooled by his appearance after all the sins he's committed. While Sephiroth may view himself as a God, he more likely represents a fallen angel.
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Is Jenova Sephiroth mother?

Jenova has a feminine form and is said to be the "mother" of Sephiroth.
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Did Sephiroth always have cat eyes?

16 Sephiroth Has Cat-Like Eyes

In the case of Sephiroth, Tetsuya Nomura decided to bestow cat-like eyes upon him.
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Why is Sephiroth the best villain?

Sephiroth didn't simply become popular just because he looked cool but rather thanks to clever setup in the story, a great personality, and smart planning from the villain.
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Who is stronger Cloud or Zack?

Both Zack and Cloud are very powerful fighters. A battle between them would be a very close match. However, purely because Cloud gets more time to develop his skills, while Zack dies earlier, Cloud ends up being a little stronger than Zack.
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Does Cloud have Jenova cells?

This makes Cloud the only known surviving product of Project S. Cloud, Shelke, Genesis, and Weiss thus bear the last known fragments of Jenova's cells, either directly, or via the cells of Genesis or Sephiroth.
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