With the recent screenshots from the SE press site showing Yugiri is returning in 3.5 (I hope with a new VA who sounds close to the original.), my mind got a spinning about why they are reintroducing Yugiri after she pretty much up and vanished from the story of FFXIV following the tragic events involving one of her Voice Actresses. To my recollection, Yugiri was pretty much non-existent in Heavensward, which made me quite sad since building up to HW, I was sure she was going to be the new NIN mentor to replace Oboro (Much like how Broken Mountain replaces Curious Gorge for Warrior or Eschiva replaces Raya-O Senna for White Mage.) however this didn’t happen.

Now I am wondering why they are reintroducing Yugiri after so long, perhaps the intention would be to set Yugiri up as a more regular member of the Scions, so when we eventually travel to Ala Mhigo for Stormblood, she will tag along and become the 4.0 NIN mentor. I think this may be the intention, since again, it felt like they were building Yugiri up to be the NIN mentor in HW. I also feel like this may be the best step since at the end of the lvl 60 NIN quest, it feels like Oboro has nothing left to teach you.

The other possibility is that they are reintroducing Yugiri to give her a proper send off, so the character can be put to rest, out of respect for her VA. Either could happen but I am hoping it is the former, since it would be fun to have Yugiri around again.

So, I guess to end this, all I can say is…thoughts? Opinions? Theories of your own? Post below! Let’s have a fun discussion about this!