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Final Fantasy 8

Also known as: FF 8

RPG Emo-Off

From sighing to suicide – which JRPG character out-emos them all?

Words: AJ Glasser, GamesRadar US


Games: Kingdom Hearts & Tales of Vesperia

Yes, villains can be emo too, usually driven to cloak-wearing lunacy by the very thing that made them evil.  But which white-haired, effeminate megalomaniac is the most pitiable?

*Note: We’re going with “Ansem” because it would take a freaking Power Point presentation to explain why he’s not really Ansem. And by the time he drops the act in Kingdom Hearts II, he stops being emo and starts being just plain crazy.

 

 

Ansem

Above: Sora’s too young to know emo when he sees it.

Duke

Above: Insert sigh here.

The Winner: Ansem - he doesn’t sell out to the good guys’ namby-pamby feel-good assertions in the last fifteen minutes of the game.


Games: Eternal Sonata & Final Fantasy X-2

Love and the lack thereof is the number one cause of emo among JRPG twenty-somethings. Be sure to protect yourself by 1) never falling in love, 2) falling in love with someone who’s already in love with you and 3) dying before your lover does so you don’t have to stick around and be sad about it. 

 

 

 

Falsetto

Above: “Why did you have to die?!”

Shuyin

Above: “But… I couldn’t save you.”

The Winner: Shuyin – because Falsetto gets over it.


 
45 Comments
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Skellington  - 1 year 1 month ago 
YAY FIRST EMO-NES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
emoemoemoemo
Levy  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Great Article!!! I loved it!!!! America needs at least one Emo protagonist.....
Z-man427  - 1 year 1 month ago 
and emo protagonists matter because?
GoldenMe  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Gah! Too much emo! Need...country music.... to replinish... non-emoness!

Great Article GR!!!
iluvmyDS  - 1 year 1 month ago 
My friend doesn't like this article. Then again he's a rabid FF7 fanboy.
octagons  - 1 year 1 month ago 
I really hate it when characters are supposed to be mature but they are really just emo. the same goes for game plots.
lava_lamp  - 1 year 1 month ago 
emo kids and rpgs two of the worst things ever
Christrigg1  - 1 year 1 month ago 
emo supremo ftw! im not emo, i just felt like saying that. it sounds like a great burger king burger. "ill have the emo supremo with a side of fries and adr. pepper" awesome.....

NICE VID GR!!!
Christrigg1  - 1 year 1 month ago 
well, not a vid, but its a great report for sure. awesome!
noofer7  - 1 year 1 month ago 
well im a constantly depressed 8th grader, so i can relate to this...
not actually emo though.
ZellieKinneas  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Of course Cloud wins. You can't win an emo contest if you're not emo. And Squall is definitely not emo. He's just introverted, to put it briefly.
jonathan13k  - 1 year 1 month ago 
im emo
Biohazard82493  - 1 year 1 month ago 
i hate emos they are like a plague long live metal!!!
BlackKraken  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Whats actually the difference between being depressed and being an emo?
Weasel  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Maybe that's why these games always feel unfinished somehow, they're so emo they cut themselves *ducks*
Dameon Angell  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Haha Gackt with the come from behind victory!
zeldafanjohn  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Oh come on!
Neku isn't in this?
What the fuck?
MissWhipKat  - 1 year 1 month ago 
What, no Roxas?
REALLY?
Comatose92  - 1 year 1 month ago 
lol, "and the winner is... Clou-! Wait, scratch that. Genesis!"

Cloud: "WTF?"
Comatose92  - 1 year 1 month ago 
lol, "and the winner is... Clou-! Wait, scratch that. Genesis!"

Cloud: "WTF?"
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