Dirge of Cerberus
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[edit] Introduction
Dirge of Cerberus was released for the Playstation 2 in January 2006 in Japan and in August of the same year in America. Set three years after the events in Final Fantasy VII (and one year after Advent Children), DoC explores the history of Vincent Valentine, one of the hidden playable characters in FFVII. Unlike FFVII, DoC is not an RPG.[edit] Characters
[edit] Main Characters
- Vincent Valentine
- Reeve Tuesti
- Yuffie Kisaragi
- Lucrecia Crescent
- Cid Highwind
- Shalua Rui
- Shelke Rui
- Genesis Rhapsodos
- Azul
- Nero
- Weiss
[edit] Minor Characters
- Professor Hojo
- Grimoire Valentine
- Cloud Strife
- Tifa Lockhart
- Barret Wallace
- Red XIII/Nanaki
[edit] Terminology
Common words found in the fandom include:
- bishonen refers to attractive male characters
- doujinshi are fan-made Japanese comics
- seme, which is a Japanese word and refers to the dominant member of a relationship
- shoujo ai is a Japanese term that refers to a female/female relationship that is not as explicit as yuri
- shounen ai is a term that refers to a male/male relationship that is not as explicit as yaoi
- slash, which refers to a male/male relationship
- uke, which is a Japanese word that is used in English to describe the submissive member of a relationship
- yaoi, which is another Japanese term, refers to a slash relationship
- yuri, which is yet another Japanese term, refers to a female/female relationship
[edit] Timeline
[edit] 2006
- In January in Japan, Dirge of Cerberus was released.
- On August 15, 2006, Dirge of Cerberus was released in North America.
