Following on from the above, FFXVI at least seems to be taking things back in the bold direction. Clive is presented as a tragic hero driven by revenge, and Joshua's face literally gets splattered with his father's blood in the trailer.

Even FFIX had a very emotionally involved story despite its initial cartoonish look to it. Let the slice of life writers go work on the FFXIV high school manga, because I do not have confidence in them carrying us through Season 2.