The Complete Evolution of Non-Human Protagonists

[@FinalFantasyUnion]

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[@MargaritoTrevino]

You missed the one Robot protagonist Promto

[@alexandralite835]

I don't think fran was the worse character, I found her extremely useful when you use her right. In the original she was easier to make strong, but on the remastered Switch game to use her right: Combines her license points to get cure, cuts firaga, and other basic spells. Also improve her health, magicka, magicka potency, strength and bow equipment and her armours. (If he health is lower then the other focus of heavy armour and even ones that have immunes attached to them)

[@alexandralite835]

You much know that the Final Fantasy series are all on different planet and stuff, so while ff13 and ff15 have all human characters it's not just because their done with the none human. It's simply because the the are no connections between game's, apart from FF7 and ff10 where Shinra first appeared in ff10. How ever the Shinra in 10 is not the same Shinra in ff7, ff7 Shinra is a descendant from the boy in ff10 who improved the mecha and developed a way to travel in space over a matter of hundreds to a thousand years later. In doing so the boy Shinra In Ff10: his grate grate grate grate grate grate grate grandson is the one to travel to a new planet where he eventually establishes the Shinra company, raping the planets life force the way his grate (×8-10) grandfather before him and his dad, said he wanted to do. Shinra from ff10 states: "there is an energy force I wish to learn how to harness it." (Basically) In which he does eventually and his descendants follow in his path, only to travel to a new planet and do the same thing. Even in ff7 it states: "the original beings who lived here." This could mean that the people ff10 had bleed their planet dry perhaps and left, only to find the planet in which ff7 takes place. Meeting people who wish to stop Shinra's descendant who is also named Shinra from doing what his family has done fore generations. (This is not a theory this has been confirmed by the creator himself.)

[@FinalFantasyUnion]

@@Obisaro it's a shame to hear that you feel our standards have dropped, but we'll work hard to keep improving!

[@chisaten]

@@FinalFantasyUnion You missed out Aramant from FFIX. How could you not mention a mandatory character? Sure, he is mostly the least popular of the playable party, but I was looking forward to seeing him on this list.

[@zodzecht]

"The last race, Hrothgar were similar to Miqo'te but much more beast like" Ronso's: Are we joke to you?

[@ishmaelforester9825]

Save some for kimahri. Lol

[@Fae2705]

Lamao i thought this

[@charlesdilks3267]

Hrothgar look stupid though, definitely not worth comparing to the noble Ronso

[@mattwo7]

They're literally called Ronso in The First. Just like how Lalafells are Dwarves in The First even though they're gnomes. (the beards are part of the helmet)

[@charlesdilks3267]

@@mattwo7 alright idk what The First is but I feel like that’s spoilers so imma drop this. But really, the Hrothgar have stubbier snouts, bad posture, this weird physique. The Hrothgar have a very weak design compared to the Ronso imo, just less interesting and unique decisions. In other words, Hrothgar look like a deviantart artists’ take on a gay bear Ronso

[@anthonydelfino6171]

The Al Bhed were able to use magic... not sure where you got that they can't? Rikku of course can learn it on the sphere grid, and she can use it in X-2 though the dress sphere system. But in a more cannon reference, on the Thunder Plains, Rikku explains why she's afraid of lightning is that when she was young she was attacked by a fiend. Brother attempted to save her from the fiend by casting a lightning spell on it, but he missed and hit her instead, which implies that Brother, also an Al Bhed, can use magic.

[@youcancallmefunk4745]

Always thought the al bhed were human , so to me they shouldn't even had been on here . I mean to me it's like saying I'm not human cus I'm Serbian

[@FinalFantasyUnion]

Hey Anthony, thanks for commenting! So to clear up your comments, it was just bad wording on my part. What caused the initial divide, was that unlike those from Zanarkand, Al Bhed (then known as Bedohls) could not use Magic and learnt instead to use Machines so that they could equal the power of those who could. That may have changed over time (because as you mention, Rikku can use magic), but thousands of years before the events of the main game it was one of the overriding traits that led to there being such a divide and the Bedohls (who then became known as Al Bhed) becoming isolated after the conclusion of the Machina War. Hope that helps to clarify! ~Darryl

[@CommanderCoyler]

@@youcancallmefunk4745 that's why the video says there's 3 definite (Kimahri, Tidus, Auron) and 2 depending on how much you count the physical differences between humans and Al Bhed (Rikku, Yuna).

[@youcancallmefunk4745]

@@CommanderCoyler the video is titled non human . They are different races not species. Or are you gonna tell me everyone that doesn't speak English is a non human?

[@CommanderCoyler]

@@youcancallmefunk4745 You are putting words into my (and FF Union's) mouth. I said "If you count them as different", I did not give my own opinion either way. Also for the record: We don't know if Al Bhed are a different species to Humans on Spira or not. We don't know what's different or not at a genetic level. It could be that Humans and Al Bhed are races within the same species, It could be that they're seperate species. We'll probably never know, unless there's a canon visit to Spira again, where Yuna has a child. That would prove that they're races of the same species.

[@Zarolea]

The al-bhed were still human, I think they just more of the equivalent of a different ethnicity or heritage.

[@CommanderCoyler]

That's why the video says there's 3 definite (Kimahri, Tidus, Auron) and 2 depending on how much you count the physical differences between humans and Al Bhed (Rikku, Yuna).

[@shadenox8164]

@Raimundo91 Yeah... that story has issues like Bedore not being able to use magic while Al Bhed absolutely can.

[@mattwo7]

@Raimundo91 As was explained in a dubiously canon novel that was never translated which was followed up by a dubiously canon audio drama, which of course being an audio drama, was also never translated...

[@mattwo7]

@@shadenox8164 Rikku isn't even a engineer/machinist class too. She's Thief/Chemist. Why is she even a chemist?

[@Will-sq3ip]

​@@CommanderCoyler Now that’s tricky. Tidus is a Dream Fayth or some sort of spiritual being or manifestation but his ‘ancestors’ (the people of the Original Zanarkand 1000 years ago) were Human which I’m pretty sure. Auron, he is or was Human but he is dead; he is an “Unsent”; willfully stuck between life and death. You know how souls whom refused to move on to the afterlife and become ghosts? Same goes for the Unsents but given physical forms in FFX; either in Human forms or monsters. It’s hard to explain and if I understand completely. The World of Final Fantasy X is more ‘spiritual’, almost everything: Fayths, Aeons (Summonings), Dream Zanarkand, Sin, monsters, Unsents, they are all manifestations of spirits who those died or at least their memories and given physical forms thanks to the Pyreflies that live throughout the FFX World. To those those played FFX, did you ever have your Aeons killed in battle, seeing their bodies fade away but you can still summon them again later? I think that’s also part of the FFX lore. Though Aeons can ‘die’ but put back together whenever they are summoned as long their spirits, or Fayths, in the physical world. That is until Yuna send them all away to the Farplane (the spirit world) after defeating Sin.

[@matthagen67]

Kefka: I have the Gestahlian Army! Edgar: We have an Umaro!

[@Therealtek1]

cant forget the best item for Umaro. the berserk ring... (as Umaro picks mog up and throws him)

[@JanusThePaladin]

If only this were a line ♡

[@rontia]

They didn't have Umaro until World of Ruin. The Gestahlian army would have been an afterthought by that point right?

[@ivanchagasp]

You can't mention FFT and not mention that it was possible to recruit every random encounter monster in the game! I loved it - though the majority of the monsters were weak in comparisons to the human characters, it was still fun to have them :P haha

[@lostfan5054]

Especially for poaching!

[@gorimbaud]

"Cecil was the only known product of a relationship between a Lunarian and a human." He wasn't even the first! Golbez is right there, you even showed him earlier!

[@djmike679]

Golbez was never playable though. Yes he does show up in a single fight at the end of the game, however, you cannot control him in that fight. And i beleve this list is based on the playable evolution of non-human characters

[@gorimbaud]

@@djmike679 He's playable in the After Years, but that's beside the point. While the video is focused on playable characters, the phrasing about Cecil that I quoted is in no way limited to that focus. Compare it to how Kuja is mentioned when talking about Zidane's unique status among Genomes. Golbez doesn't necessitate time spent in a video talking about playable characters, he only means that a phrase like "Cecil is the only known product of a relationship between a Lunarian and a human" shouldn't have been used, unless it's "Cecil and his older brother are the only known products of a relationship between a Lunarian and a human."

[@jmarx3943]

He was speaking about non human protagonists. Golbez spent most of the game as an antagonist

[@gorimbaud]

@@jmarx3943 "Product" and "protagonist" are different words. Read the comment above yours for why him being an antagonist is also beside the point.

[@JanusThePaladin]

I searched the comments just for this

[@merciless972]

Shout out to all the homies who have an overpowered kimahri.

[@morganmcinroy4211]

Yuna would always be my overpowered one. I thought it was hilarious to use her for melee attacks 😂.

[@Qardo]

@ToKiferous Only 99,999 sneeze? WEAK! You need to equip that Overkill ability.

[@mattsully2238]

Why? Just, why?

[@bobbiscub]

Personally my favorite is using Yuna as a dark mage. She wrecks shit.

[@shadedergu9921]

@@mattsully2238 I mean; you can break the game all the way into the bonus content with Kimahri by breaking him into the end of Yuna's grid with your first Lvl3 break sphere. He will destroy the game with high magic Holy and Curaga enough to solo everything in the game until the dark aeons and monster arena (and even still a few of those if you know how)

[@Brahmsonite]

You left out that Prompto's not a real boy.

[@raikkel9516]

Isn't he just a clone of a human? Thats still human

[@Brahmsonite]

@@raikkel9516 eh, kinda yes, kinda no. Especially when he had to deal with his cohort all being angry green zombie soldiers.

[@kalega311]

Great video! Just started it, but wanted to say 2 of my cemented Top 5 characters are non-human (Fran and Kimahri), but there plenty others that fill out that Top 15-20ish range (Red XIII, Rydia, Freya, etc!).

[@mondaiji679]

Ff14 Hrothgar are ronsos. They are actually also called ronso in the first shard :)

[@Chocoboranger]

Nah, they're roes in cat masks. They're a. insult to Ronso

[@davidoros3268]

Yes! FFRK gets some love with the sprites! Thank you for featuring them!

[@ottotulirinta9859]

Oh God I just realized that the thing under Cait sith is supposed to be a moogle, that's terrifying

[@darkdavid28]

Actually if you play FF7 Cait Sith tells you that the doll under him is a moogle.

[@iamtheartist9493]

moogle with diabetes

[@Lee-sf7nw]

Makrs you wonder where the moogles antenna thing is?

[@rd-um4sp]

Hrothgar was inspired by Ronso from X. They even have Ronso as their race name in the First

[@DeadmanToto]

I think an argument could be made for Prompto from 15, although it'd be closer to the Tidus/Auron situation where it can go either way. Not upset that he wasn't included, but I think he deserved a nod at least.

[@clothar23]

Prompto was created from a human embryo though. He's genetically entirely human. Sure he was meant to be a soul battery and turned into magiteck trooper but he himself was entirely human.

[@FatalityPWN]

Instant I saw Rydia I clicked so fast lol. Love ff4.

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Rydia is a true badass, too. Even more so in TAY

[@nidohime6233]

2:00 Really the summoners of FF4 where a different race? To me Rydia was just another human.

[@matthagen67]

That's a fascinating topic indeed. Thanks for another solid video! :)

[@mattwo7]

15:16 "Al Bhed can't use magic" *Rikku has entered the chat*

[@BillyBob-yy6bd]

Rikku's brother who traumatized her towards lightning because he hit her with a thunder spell while trying to save her from a fiend has also entered the chat since we know for a fact he can use magic and, has no known connection to the sphere grid or dresspheres. Or Yuna being a half who can use white and summon magic canonically within the game regardless of the sphere grid or dresspheres since, well the summon magic needs no explanation, but at the djose temple she stayed up all night healing the wounded and overslept because of it. Then of course there's POTENTIALLY Rikku because of the mechanics of both games, but the canon of this is somewhat questionable given that in universe she's never described as using magic and, aside from breaking into leblancs hideout dressed as a femgoon, is always dressed as a thief. But she at least serves as a third potential candidate because the games mechanics allow it.

[@mattwo7]

@@BillyBob-yy6bd Yuna is only half Al Bhed, she's not blonde and only has one Al Bhed eye like Kakashi or something. It'd still be strange that her summoning magic is so strong though.

[@Beryllahawk]

Having been far less familiar with Final Fantasy 11 - I had no idea the race names came from that game! They are used in FF14, in Shadowbringers, of course, but I just thought it another strange quirk of being on the First! I had never really thought about non-humans in this way, and certainly had never paid attention to starting stats like this. Very interesting insights! Great video, once again! Thank you!

[@JohnDCrafton]

No. Apart from Hume, the race names on the First are not the same as 11.

[@biancaarmstrong5097]

Zidane Tribal is my favorite non human main character in the Final Fantasy Series. He's such a great character with a pure heart

[@YouTubePremium-nl2rm]

My favourite playable characters are the non human ones! I hope we see more in FF16 🙏

[@VioletMaeve]

I LOVE Non-human characters, and who tells me other wise can suck it. *"That makes you a furry. No one likes furries."* Even if I am, they are more visually interesting than humans. People who tell me non-human characters ruins Final Fantasy needs to remember that Fantasy settings also had Elves, which ARE ALSO NON-HUMAN. Give me anthro, humanoid-like or bust, and I'll be more happy with those.

[@yukhym12]

@@VioletMaeve Yes to all of this! I love Breath of Fire 3 for this: a dragon, a weretiger, a mole/rabbit lady, a gargoyle and a talking onion! You can't do better! XD FF9 was my first FF and I love Zidane, Freya and Vivi as well!

[@VioletMaeve]

@@yukhym12 Had so many people tell me not only does Freya's later half of her story "not relevant to the plot" (Which is bs because she turned her sights to Kuja, the one who talked the Queen into killing almost all of the Burmecians), they also said she wasn't "attractive enough." Like...good looks made you a great character. I told that person off so hard alot of people rooted for me.

[@yukhym12]

@@VioletMaeve Freya is a sad character and the fact that she's unable to go beyond her past is maybe not 'relevant to the plot' but it's her character... And not liking her because she's not pretty enough is stupid... but she wouldn't find nearly hairless primates attractive either anyway! XD

[@VioletMaeve]

@@yukhym12 The thing is people said she wasn't relevant was because "her beef was to protect Burmecia. Why is she here?" Because she chose to stick by Zidane's side, because there is no Clerya to return home to. That's why

[@OverdriveGamesAnime]

Cait Sith being categorized as non-human is weird. That's like saying Cloud's blade is a non-human playable character, isn't it?

[@ankaht]

No, it’s heavily implied that cait with isn’t being controlled by reeves in a 1-1 input style. But is actually a form of AI given commands by reeves. The biggest moment of this is when he’s sacrificing himself and asks the party to remember him even though a different cait sith would show up. He seems to have a bit of his own sentience. Meaning his sacrifice was an actual sacrifice.

[@Odbarc]

FF6's Mog was my favorite due to having both [Fight] command and being able to acquire 255 Defense too. Gau could also achieve this but relies on [Rage] which can be troublesome if you only want to attack once but then use magic the next turn or whatever is needed, despite both characters having a berserker mode skill. All in all, I generally gravitate towards using mascot characters with diminished stats thrown into my party because of some unique trait they offer although I also heavily favor Blue Mage types as well. Quinna thus becoming a favorite despite a somewhat hideous design. All above all, I like the Thief class as you can usually obtain more items, valuable resources and usually also rare/unique items. The amount of time I spend failing to steal items and prolonging battles and risking defeat is often high with me as the end game treasure collection trumps all.

[@caseysmith7283]

Been waiting for this

[@coryfusting9294]

Digging this video for some afternoon birthday jams

[@TimoteoJuan89]

Happy Birthday! 😁

[@pedropreto9829]

Congratulations for the amazing work. Big fan from Brazil.

[@Horzzo]

So many amazing non-humans in the Final Fantasy legend. Vivi is absolutely my #1 on this list. However Rydia is my favorite FF character of all time so there is debate I suppose. I suppose I always considered her human-like. This entire list is full of so many stories and legacies. Amazing video FFU team!

[@radiokunio3738]

Technically final fastasy legend was a SaGa game reskined as final fantasy in the west.

[@boltonchrisg]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the siek and Gria races from tactics A2

[@ICECREAMLOVER200]

I really enjoy your videos, Thanks for the content guys! ♥️

[@Coffeebeamz]

Great video ! Never even considered that Tidus was more of an aeon than a human.

[@Lightman0359]

He's a fever dream of a bunch of dead soccer hooligans.

[@dimitriosgladio059]

@@Lightman0359 facts

[@tophergerkey]

Comparing Hrothgar to Miqo'te instead of to Ronso. /headshake

[@Kartissa]

FF14 is a successor to FF11, which didn't have Ronso. It makes sense to compare the new race to one from the previous MMO.

[@ekdavey]

"FFT arrived soon after as the first spinoff in the franchise" Mystic Quest: Am I a joke to you? Us: Well...

[@MarcoLongoMusic]

FF Legend: hold my beer

[@Metalders]

@@MarcoLongoMusic Final Fantasy Adventure: Hey, how about me?

[@makhyusnimakhyusni401]

@@Metaldersmore like Saga

[@Metalders]

@@makhyusnimakhyusni401 Actually Adventure is a Mana series game, Legend are SaGa games.

[@youcancallmefunk4745]

No you're not a Joke but I'm over 6 years old so I classify you has a babies toy not a game ,sorry not sorry

[@Roboshi2007]

would it be a technicality to say that FF8 had a chocobo protagonist? but only in the pocketstation

[@Zycoreination]

Thank you for another great video ❤️ love this series

[@Johnny_Shields]

The History of Royalty in the Party.

[@anthonydelfino6171]

FFV : the story of Bartz and his harem of princesses. XD

[@Johnny_Shields]

@@anthonydelfino6171 Don't forget Ashe and Noctis!

[@wschippr1]

@@Johnny_Shields Garnet in IX and Edward in IV.

[@FragmentedR_YT]

@@wschippr1 also can’t forget Edgar in VI (Sabin too, since I guess he’d be a prince wouldn’t he).

[@yourgothmommy4946]

Edgar and Sabin Lunarian Brothers

[@Bydnelg]

Not to be that guy, (as I'm about to be that guy.) I remember in Tactics A2 you could also recruit a Gria and Seeq as playable party members.

[@kazuyachoo9848]

Awesome video and very informative , thanks for your hard work guys

[@alishaaurella6893]

12:37 isn't mikoto also supposed to be an angel of death to replace zidane when he dies?

[@Gold161803]

Almost! Mikoto and Zidane were both meant to be replacements for Kuja, with Mikoto only being created because Zidane was stolen

[@DrakeyC]

I wouldn't say that Rydia is non-human. FF4 gives us no reason to think Summoners are anything other than another type of mage who just master an extremely difficult form of magic.

[@DrakeyC]

@ No

[@flygonkerel781]

@ wtf? No.

[@dracoerrarus4834]

(Sees the FFXII sprite from FFRK) I see you are a man of culture

[@kriz2432]

Strago also is, "not quite human." He is a, "Magi," which is basically only an explanation as to why he can use, "Blue Magic," but also pretty much not a regular human. Also, since Relm and Gau can both use, "Blue Magic," or, "Enemy Skills," to an extent, it could be argued that they are, "not quite human," as well, though there is no in game explanation of this, as both Relm and Gau were conceived by normal regular humans... as far as is revealed that is.

[@JohnDCrafton]

Strago is fully human. His isolated village is the remnant of a time when humans and espers lived peacefully together. As a result, they can use magic, but they are all fully human. Relm, being Strago's granddaughter and Shadow's daughter, is also fully human. Gau got his ability as a result of how he had to survive in the wild from birth, but he is also still fully human.

[@timalice-2833]

In FFXIV the Hrothgar have a choice in character creation to have a horn like Kimahri. Additionally in the First, the Hrothgar are even referred to as Ronso by the people there. I much prefer non-human races. They make things more fun to me. I’ve played FFXIV for 5 years. I’ve been mi’qote, viera, and au ra as one character. Considering an alternate character as a Hrothgar or Lalafell.

[@seanjoseph91]

I think it's odd to classify the Al-Bhed as non-human. A different ethnicity, but still human.

[@chronica6457]

@ I'd say Guados are more like "Elfs" since from what I recall they are a complete different thing Al Bhed are humans through and through though, they're just a different ethnicity

[@TheBT]

@ That's a fair question on the breeding. Can Yuna and Seymour have children? If not (and given they are both willing to sacrifice themselves that is possible), then their parentage is of 2 differing species. If they can, then the guado and al bhed are variants of the same species. However they would still need to be closely related. BTW this is why Spock never made sense in star trek to me, Humans and Vulcans might be an example of 'Convergent evolution' but if you think about it, it would be easier to crossbreed a human with a falcon than a vulcan (they come up with some bs reason I think, my star trek knowledge isn't great). However none of this applies to final fantasy, it's a magical world where you can create fire in your hands and change time, and really none of the characters are humans because they don't come from earth. Except FF7 which might be earth given a certain spell.

[@shadenox8164]

@@TheBT That's how the real world works, not fantasy stories. The Guado aren't humans because they're literally tree people. The Al Bhed while in their original introduction were basically just ostracized group of humans got retconned by a story that is apparently canon even though it says Al Bhed can't use magic even though they do in X.

[@BillyBob-yy6bd]

@@gregoryford2532 You are correct. Seymour was described as having a Human mother and Guado father. Thus by the games own admission, Guado are not Human and you are also correct that this distinction is never made for Al-bhed. Which is to be expected since literally the only difference between Al-bhed and the rest of the humans of spira is having green spiral eyes. They are definitely Human and the Guado definitely are not.

[@Kartissa]

@@TheBT *"they come up with some bs reason I think"* The Chase - ST:TNG S6E20 A race of beings seeded the galaxy with their DNA billions of years ago, making every humanoid species descended from them and thus related - some more closely than others - which allows the possibility of interbreeding. (Although in practice, only a few combinations are actually viable, mostly involving humans for some reason....) Not one of TNG's best episodes, honestly.

[@stevemanart]

10:10 Correction: Final Fantasy Gaiden: Seiken Densetsu (Final Fantasy Side Sidestory: Holy Sword Legend/Final Fantasy Adventure) was the first spinoff. While it dropped the Final Fantasy name in its followup games, the connection cannot be ignored or glossed over.

[@johnmcvey4243]

Freya crescent has always been my favorite character.

[@TimoteoJuan89]

Does anyone have a link to the piano version of Qu's Marsh that plays during the vid? GORGEOUS! 🤩

[@camilovelez8851]

Wasn't Golbez also a half human half lunarian?

[@TsuikeNovaus]

Since he never joined the party, I don't think he counts, this video only seems to mention named party members that are playable. (Otherwise you'd have to include every monster type from Tactics, and all of the non named non human units from Tactics A2)

[@gorimbaud]

He's Cecil's older brother, so yeah.

[@camilovelez8851]

​@@TsuikeNovaus True, but I wasn´t referring to him being a protagonist (although he is playable in after years), but rather due to how they said Cecil is the only product of a human and a lunarian breeding by the end of ff4's section of the video

[@Puffytosser]

@@TsuikeNovaus Golbez is playeble.

[@FinalFantasyUnion]

Yes he was, that's an error on our part. Sorry about that!

[@erjavixu0]

I love your videos! Great job!

[@zigazav1]

I'm not exactly a FF fan, but I do play some FF games when I find them interesting enough, and seem to have more heart into them. btw, you forgot about the Chocobo Mystery Dungeon series! The main playable character was a Chocobo in each game, and in the remake Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy, you could set nearly every noteworthy character in the story as player 2. Including the enemies, as there was a mechanic for unlocking them as playable allies for player 2. You bothered to mention FF spinoffs, but you forgot about the Chocobo games.

[@Lutrian]

Actually Al Bhed do have an ability to use magic, and do use it. This is illustrated by Riku's fear of thunder. As a child, she was swimming, and was attacked by a fiend. Her brother tried to drive it off with a thunder spell, and hit Riku by accident. "ZzzZzzzZzzz!" And, of course, she can learn spells normally on the sphere grid.

[@Kartissa]

As far as I can determine, they weren't able to use magic at the time of the Summoner War, needing machines to be able to stand up to the magic-users. They learned to use magic during the centuries between that conflict and the start of the game.

[@Caeryssi]

does Vincent not count...I know he was born fully human but because of the experiments performed on him he can not really be considered fully human anymore

[@BillyBob-yy6bd]

Especially weird considering the other "people who were born human but aren't currently 100% human because of death or experiments". And considering their weirdly counting ethnicities on here as well like al-bhed.

[@Kartissa]

They skipped all the l'Cie from 13 as well, probably for the same reason they discounted Vincent.

[@MichaelMarques]

Still playing through IV, VI, IX and X so I had to stop watching. However, with regards to Aerith she is technically not half human, she is not of another race at all, as all "non-Cetra" actually have ancestors of Cetra who gave up their ability to commune with the planet. Ancients like Aerith and Ifalna are more like practicing Cetra and therefore, all humans are just non-practicing Cetra.

[@Thunder4616]

No mention of FF8. Although the cast were all human, it featured one of the cutest creatures in all FFs - Moomba. Sorceresses were magically advanced humans and one of the protagonists becomes one. Also the Shumi, which inheririntly can become Moombas

[@0Fyrebrand0]

Sorry, how are Rydia and other summoners not human???

[@bondyaliano]

It depends on which FF. In FF4, Summoners are a considered a different race. They may look humanoid & resemble humans, but they have innate magical connection with the Espers in their blood (just like the Cetras in FF7, physically human looking, yet have innate magical connection with the planet). In FF9, the Summoners also look human & have magical connection with the Eidolons, but prominently they have a horn on their head.

[@flygonkerel781]

@@bondyaliano this still does t answer how they're not human.having a magic connection doesnt change ones biology or race

[@Kartissa]

@@flygonkerel781 Presumably their connection is a product of biological differences. This is especially true in FF9, where summoners have HORNS that they use to communicate with Eidolons.

[@LittleAl016]

10:53, and so far to my knowledge, she's basically the only one who's essentially a Manakete. Or at least Final Fantasy's closest thing to one, given the fact that she can turn into a dragon.

[@generaltechnomage306]

17:01 Actually, all of the playable races of FF11 are sometimes collectively referred to as humans (due to having human bases); it's just that the Humes are the most human-looking race.

[@austinlawrence6987]

Can you do a complete evolution of the Paladin class, please?

[@Arkholt2]

Did you forget Prompto? Or are you just being cool like Noct and totally brushing it off because he's your best friend and it doesn't matter?

[@clothar23]

Blondie is human though. Sure he's a test tube baby that was slated to be converted into a magitek trooper but that obviously never happened. His DNA is 100% human because you need a human soul to create a magitek trooper. The Empire just mass produced test tube babies because it was the most efficient way to go about it.

[@mattwo7]

4:26 "The empire"? Which one? :P (Yea I know it's the Gestahlian Empire but still)

[@danielalmeida4934]

FFV ... one of the warriors of dawn is a wolf-man

[@AkaiAzul]

Yes, but non playable.

[@danielalmeida4934]

@@AkaiAzul yeah, but he cites golbez and cecil and non-humans, since galuf comes in a meteor i believe he is also counts

[@Jamil1989]

Garifs have me fascinated.

[@KittyKatt_Luna80s]

Just to advise you, Cait Sith is not pronounced Kate Sith. His name is actually pronounced Kett Shee. It's from the Irish name of a mischievous cat spirit, and literally translates as "Cat of the Fairies".

[@Joshhow]

My favorite non human character is Mog from FFVI. This was my first final fantasy and he was a part of my original final team along with Cyan, Edgar, and Strago

[@ShadowmarkReturns]

Anything Ivalice is my favorite! Especially the Viera, I have the best memories of FFTA with the assassin job!

[@Phoenix1664]

What's the piece of background piano music called at the start between 1:00-4:00??

[@Yuzoboy]

Where is this version of Quina's Theme from? I can't seem to find it on TPR's Spotify page which is in the description?

[@AntiqueDeathcult]

Shoutout to the L’Cie in FFXIII

[@Kartissa]

Technically still human, just with enhancements.

[@matthewmoore2148]

Rydia is a non-human?

[@danielwills5387]

Small note I’m surprised you didn’t include. FF14 re-introduced the dwarves from FF4, though they are only Tarutaru that culturally wear gear that looks like that from FF4. Taking off their beards/masks is taboo.

[@saladinboss2507]

Nanaki, Vivi, and Fran are probably my top three fav non-human playable characters and I can't wait to play as 'rat-dog' in FFVIIR2. Honestly, though, I am fine with the shift in seeing more predominantly human characters in the mainline games. For some reason, that is why I initially hated FFIX so much the first time I tried to play it back in the day. I didn't like all the non-humans. Maybe that was just because FFVIII was my first FF, though??

[@bondyaliano]

Never actually thought that FF9's cast are mostly non-humans. Is Amarant Coral supposed to be human though? He has like pale blue skin like Queen Brahne. And forgive me to be that guy, but.. It's "TEEdus" 👀.

[@Aristaios]

tide-us

[@Lee-sf7nw]

Tidus makes so much more sense tho

[@stilelits]

8:22 well, nanaki does have children at some point...it implies that there are females of his kind, but even if he was cloned, i'd say those count as other members of his species

[@Brahmsonite]

FFT was the first spinoff if you don't count FF Mystic Quest, FF Legends, and FF Adventure (FF Side Story in Japanese). ...Which is fair...

[@themarky2714]

Using FFRK sprites. I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@Khordin]

Well I just learned that Cait Sith was sitting on a moogle. Never really thought about what it was before.

[@nightstrider15]

I’d love to see you do an evolution of machinist/gunner video

[@CenKyne]

Wait, how is Rydia not a full human? She's not part eidolon or anything. She sort of becomes adopted by them but.. she's still fully human

[@KeithNovember]

you say tactics was the first spin off, but wasn't Mystic Quest the first one?

[@ultimaweaponxiii]

Final Fantasy Adventure was even before that, in 1991.

[@86_Chery]

"The origins of the Al Bhed are revealed in the sequel novel to Final Fantasy X-2. There was once a mechanic called Alb who created a race called Bedohls, humans who could not use magic but excelled at wielding machina, and used them to combat a Zanarkandian mage." Al Bhed are at most humanoid, not sure why everyone feels they shouldn't be on this list.

[@williamlatham9246]

I never heard this before. What's the sequel novel called and do you know where I can find it?

[@motorolasamurai1635]

I like you said Hrothgar are similar to miqo'te and not Ronso from FF10 xD

[@FrankMuniz]

Tidus was definitely more of a Red Mage, as Time Mages never really wielded swords in the series (without augments of course) plus he was well rounded in stats and abilities like a Red Mage by default.

[@Kartissa]

The spells in his section of the Sphere Grid are Time Magic - Haste, Slow, and the multiple-target variants. He also has Delay Attack, and Quick Hit. None of that constitutes Red Mage abilities.

[@kellyb7561]

rikku, as an al bhed, is the most broken character in the game. yuna, as a half al bhed, is the second most broken character in the game!

[@izzyalistair]

This Yoshitaka Amano art is so whispy and great

[@WuvPain]

Bruh you gave me a theory for one piece when you mentioned lunarians

[@DragoEpyon]

Pretty sure Rydia is still considered human.

[@kungfluhustle2475]

Ronfaure theme. Awesome

[@fearanger1]

Man, I like FF12 but they did the Ivalice setting dirty when it came to playable characters. The only non-human party member is a member of the most human-looking race outside of actual humans. Her stats aren't great either, but she's not exactly horrible.

[@xheralt]

Another thing you have to be careful about is characterizing jobs as "advanced" versus "basic". Sure that applies in settings like the early (pre-7 Classic) ones and Tactics, which have clearly hierarchical job trees, but when you have something like FF7, FF8, FF9, or FFX, where pretty much the character IS the job and vice versa, the Job is an expression of the character's personality as much as anything else, and *for game balance they are all **_equal_** in power,* albeit slanted into specialties. Tidus's speed-fighter is equal to Yuna's White Mage/Summoner, is equal to Rikku's Thief/Alchemist (well not really, but its a nice theory), is equal to Wakka's Archer, is equal to Lulu's Black Mage is equal to Auron's Samurai. Kimahri gets to pick who to duplicate. FFX-2 kind of has more and less advanced jobs, but its not a tree, its a plot contrivance as to when the player is given access to (allowed to find or buy) the MacGuffin that lets them perform the job functions. It's _inorganic,_ 100% supplied by external equipment, not skills inherent to the character. Take the MacGuffin away, and what is the character? (aside from a gillionaire, player, and philanthropist). My point is, you have to take how the setting uses jobs into account, and different FF's are, well, different!

[@filthiman]

Seeing the lines on Gogo's face this close up makes me think its actually Gilgamesh. Headcannon accepted.

[@cursedshadow]

Vincent can hardly be considered human lol he literaly had fiend mutations...with ff7 DoC, he was basically confirmed a "mutant" with the purpose to help the planet.

[@MegaZeta]

literaly basically

[@clothar23]

He started out human though. By the time you meet him in FF7 it's true he's no longer fully human. But straight out calling him entirely non human is a bit much.

[@FragmentedR_YT]

@@clothar23 if half humans like Terra and Aerith are considered in this video, then Vincent would also be eligible, unless the rule is that have to be born not fully human.

[@Kartissa]

@@FragmentedR_YT Cloud should also be eligible by that argument, due to his augmentation via Jenova cells. But I don't see anybody complaining that he got skipped.

[@Kaninchenbau]

TBH due to the scientific experimentation done to Cloud and Vincent, I'd be more willing to question their humanity than Tidus' and Auron's

[@isaacrodewald8807]

I was going to point that out, isn't cloud a jenova based clone?

[@BillyBob-yy6bd]

@@isaacrodewald8807 No, he's a natural born human who was LATER infused with Jenova cells. Their use of the word "clone" in that game is very...dubious. He's more Captain America than he is Superboy

[@PhantomBlackStar]

I always like Non-Human or Half-Human Protagonists. i always liked Animals , Anthro-Animals , Humanoid with Animal features , Demons, Creatures, Non-human looking Angelics.

[@barrybend7189]

Can you please do evolution of the Black/Dark Knight.

[@muticere]

I can't believe I slept on Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, it looks really good. Here I was complaining about no true sequel to Tactics when this game was right there all along.

[@danryder6032]

Do one on currency or how it's became a true grind for ultimate weapons

[@arisen456]

Good video but I wonder why you didn't mention ff2 as the cast had names and the protagonist Firion stood out from others.

[@CryBlueofZ]

Luca from ff4 after years is adorable

[@monodoro]

“Non-Human” (Vivi in the thumbnail) I mean it’s true but it still hurts me

[@TheWolfHound7777]

It pains me that you used clip from that FFVI mobile "remake". That thing was a disgrace.

[@chrisrj9871]

All the other graphics were nice enough, but the playable fighters were just embarrassing.