Final Fantasy 9 Lore ► Kuja's Origins Explained

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The narcissism of Kuja is what makes him so interesting. Really think they nailed that part of his character; 'why should the world exist without me? that wouldn't be fair"

Most final fantasy villains: “something something something god something something infinite power imperfect world” Kira: “fuck you if I’m going to die everyone else in existence has to die”

Kuja is really underrated I really like his character and the relationship between him and Zadiane

Kuja unintentionally saved Zidane’s life by throwing him to Gaia out of jealousy. Zidane tried to save Kuja’s life in the end out of empathy. They really were alike outside of being brothers.

Kuja is the most underrated villain in the whole series and its criminal

One of THE Best Final Fantasy Villains without a doubt. Behind his flamboyant and theatrical design, Kuja is Eminently Quotable and Surprisingly Nuanced for a Pastiche of Classic RPG Villains....

Kuja is honestly one of the most deep and interesting characters in the series, there is a reason in the Dissidia projects Kuja is always highlighted with so much growth, the moment he died in FF9 was tragic because he was just on the cusp of being able to redeem himself, that being able to explore his motivations after that point is so rich from a story standpoint. I wish there was a way to have a FF9-2 and bring Kuja back without it feeling forced or undeserved.

My favorite villain in the whole entire series. For whatever reason I seem to have related to him a lot when I was younger.

After hearing this i am now convinced we need a remake. So much of this lore is amazing & completely unaware to me when i was younger. Excellent video

I was introduced to Kuja and Zidane via Dissidia Final Fantasy and was interested in what their relationship was cause it wasn't the typical hero/villain relationship

Man I didn’t know you guys were making a Kuja origins ff9 is my favorite one and y’all’s origin videos are some of my favorite ones on the channel

Yesssssss my boy!!!!! Seeing this got me really excited!! I love Kuja so much, FFIX was my first FF and will always have a special place in my heart. I remember as a kid seeing Kuja for the first time in the cutscene after Beatrix wipes the floor with Zidane and co and just staring in awe as he looks at the group like their dirt on his boot and then heads to Silver dragon and flies off. Truly to me he was one great villain.

AT LAST!! The most FABULOUS FF antagonist gets the attention he deserves!! Kuja really resonated with me. I was a sheltered boy who's never known to think beyond the path my parents laid before me. I pursued a career I didn't want and I gave very little value to the people I met along the way. This was until college, when I was forced to interact with and rely on people more & really get to know them. Whereas Zidane showed me that you can learn to establish your own feeling of home by learning to treasure friends & being treasured by them in return, Kuja showed me how destructive I could have been if I cared little about anything other than myself. To this day, simply thinking about FF9 causes me to get all teary. By the way, I think it bears mentioning how much growth you can see in Kuja through the Dissidia games. I believe it's thanks to knowing how precious life is that he was among those who questioned the senselessness of eternal violence and actively undermined Chaos during the 12th cycle through cunning means. Come Dissidia NT, he drops the facade altogether and teams up with Zidane & Terra. THE GROWTH!

Kefka, Kuja, Sephiroth. In that order. Kuja is incredibly underrated as an antagonist. His development and character arc is perfect for the story.

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Summoner village falling to the might of The Invincible. I watched the Evil Forest turning to stone. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

Such a wonderful game and a great story line. The characters had some oomph to them and kuja is a dope villain

This game breaks my heart every time 💔

Thank you so so much for creating this video. ((Be prepared because I am going to gush XD)) Kuja is undoubtedly one of my favorite Final Fantasy villains. He’s one that we can almost relate to in terms of his fear of dying and wishing to have your life be prolonged; not only that, he is one of the first sympathetic villains in the franchise. Yes you Caius Ballad and Ardyn Izunia, but Kuja was the first one, and the one whose sympathetic notes continue on in other games such as the Dissidia series. While he may not have conquered Alexandria or Gaia as a whole, or even Terra for that matter, he still won by essentially destroying the crystal and bringing forth Necron, the very being of death itself, and nearly destroying the continuation of the universe. (That scene where he destroys Terra is still so beautiful...imagine that in a remake!) Many people underestimate Kuja because of his feminine appearance and his childish personality (even his own villainous comrades do), but if you found out that you were going to die soon but didn’t know when, you’d probably go on a murderous rampage too. But even then, when he was dying under the Ilfa tree, he still mustered up everything within him so he could have the opportunity to be the good guy, even if it took his breath away. It’s interesting to note that he’s similar to Ultimecia, who only wished to be remembered, which is why she wanted time compression in the first place; he’s actually a character who is remembered, and not in a bad or pitiful way like Sephiroth either, his own baby sister says that it was his desire to be an independent instead of someone conformed to what Garland had in mind for him (even though he was created that way, and some parts of his mentality show that) that helped her and the other genomes to be their own beings as well, which is what he wanted: to have a legacy that will be remembered. Anyway, thank you again for making this video on my favorite peacock. 💜

This reminded me how good the storytelling was in FF9 compared to the most recent installments