[FF_FrEaK]

I don't really know much of Nomura, but from what I see it's actually not that bad. I happen to like the way he designs the characters because I really like anime!! Ok now I will answer all of the questions you asked..

Seifer and Mystery Guy: In my opinion it really doesn't remind me of Seifer. However, the collars of the coats look rather similar and its white exactly like Seifer's. The hair color doesn't really affect likliness between them because there are many characters with blonde brownish hair.

The Ships: Well, I am unfamiliar with FFXII, but from what I see they do have the same basic shape. Of course they would not keep the exact same ship unless they were putting some of XII's chracters in XIII, but I highly doubt that.

Lightning and her weapon: Does Lightning look like Ashe?? Well yes sort of...I think they are doing the same thing that FFVIII did. They kinda based Rinoa's character off of Tifa, so they might be doing it again for FFXIII.

You don't like her weapon?? I think it's actually pretty cool. It's kinda like Cloud's sword except Lighting's weapon doesn't seperate. To see that her gun thing can change into a sword is pretty awesome to me. I dont just don't think her weapon is the worst...there are far worse weapons than that.

I know I sort of went into details a bit, but I'm in art so details is a big part of my life.