Quote Originally Posted by ElHeggunte View Post
I'm no dev, but both versions of Omnislash you're describing would be considered physical blows. In Advent Children, if you look closely, he's not using "energy blades", he's using the separated pieces of his Fusion Sword and attacking with them individually. The individual blades apparently just glow during the technique. As for the victims never getting "cut to bits"... well, the Final Fantasy series has never really been known for its realism when depicting injuries or hyper-violence.
Though why does the weapon pass through them without physically chopping them in half? So if its not energy then what is it, because that's not physical if it was physical it would sever limbs or leave gashes.

I know its RPG though they show sephiroth cut in half when you hand him the black materia so this is why I question it.