Yuna
Talk142this wiki
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- "The people and the friends that we have lost, and the dreams that have faded...never forget them."
- —Yuna's speech after defeating Sin
Yuna is the female protagonist of Final Fantasy X and the main protagonist of Final Fantasy X-2. She is the daughter of High Summoner Braska and an unnamed Al Bhed woman, who died when Sin attacked her ship at sea. Yuna's mother was the sister of Cid, who is the father of Rikku and Brother, Yuna's cousins.
A powerful summoner like her father, she embarks on a quest in Final Fantasy X to expel Sin; meeting Tidus, who teaches her that there is more to life than sacrifice. In Final Fantasy X-2, she embarks on another quest, to uncover the mystery behind a movie sphere containing the image of a man resembling her lost love.
Contents |
Appearance and Personality
Edit
Final Fantasy XEdit
- "I will defeat Sin...I must defeat Sin."
- —Yuna
In her first appearance in Final Fantasy X, Yuna is seen wearing an ensemble similar to but widely varied from those worn by Yevonites: a purple pleated, flower-patterned dress; black boots; a black spaghetti-string camisole under a white sash of material that wraps around her neck and over her chest; a yellow patterned Obi with a Chōchō musubi knot and a decorative Obidome to clinch the cords. Two separate, kimono-like sleeves hanging from her upper arms complete the white and blue ensemble.
Through both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 she keeps a small, blue-beaded earring that hangs from her right ear, hidden by a lock of her hair, woven into blue beads with gold rings around the larger, middle bead, and a silver pendant around her neck. She has a heart-shaped face with small features. A unique trait of Yuna's is her heterochromia; her left eye is a normal blue, while the right is green to represent her half-Al Bhed heritage, though without the characteristic spiral.
Yuna is a kind-hearted, loyal, honest, and polite humanitarian who strives to see the best in others and has a strong conviction to complete whatever task she feels is her duty to perform. She is incredibly naive, always believing the best of people, and often places the needs of others above her own, often considering her needs secondary, or less significant, than the needs of others.
She, like most summoners, was a firm follower of Yevon's teachings and often came across as quite naive, believing that her duty to Spira's people and responsibility as a summoner was to defeat Sin. Described by Auron as "serious to a fault", she would often hide her feelings of fear, sadness, and desperation while encouraging others to express themselves in her place. She often seemed quite willing to carry others' burdens to ease their own pain, and was willing to sacrifice her own life to destroy Sin and give up chances for her own happiness if it meant helping others.
However, her contact with Tidus and ever-growing love for him caused her to begin questioning some of Yevon's teachings, and became increasingly more direct and open. When she learned of the hypocrisy in Yevon's upper levels, her faith was profoundly shaken, but she resolved to continue her pilgrimage despite Tidus and Rikku's protests. When finally confronted with the truth of the Final Summoning and the "spiral of death" the summoner's pilgrimage ensured, her faith in Yevon was finally destroyed.
She refused to sacrifice one of her guardians to Yunalesca, and resolved to destroy Sin permanently without the "false hope" in the Final Aeon. After the painful sacrifice of her Aeons to destroy Yu Yevon and bring about an Eternal Calm, she was deeply saddened by Tidus's departure, proclaiming her love for him just before he disappeared (in the Japanese original, she thanked him instead).
Final Fantasy X-2Edit
- "Things are...disasterrific."
- —Yuna
Two years later, Yuna had undergone a complete transformation with a revealing dress style and new personality. In Final Fantasy X, Yuna's brunette hair was originally straightened and shoulder-length but she changed its style in Final Fantasy X-2, cropping it slightly shorter, resembling Tidus's hairstyle, with a red braid that stretches down to her ankles. Now freed from her former responsibilities as a summoner, Yuna has a new lease on life and a chance to live on the wild side. Though still unflinchingly polite, soft-spoken, and driven, she is now athletic, more worldly-wise, outspoken, quite playful, and has learned to think and desire for herself.
During her time with the Gullwings, Rikku served as a sort-of role model for her, as Yuna displays some of Rikku's eccentric behavior and even uses some of Rikku's unique expressions, such as "Disasteriffic" and "Oh, poopie!" Yuna has been getting in touch with her half-Al Bhed heritage, learning the Al Bhed language and occasionally using it. Though her friends would occasionally tease her for being a pushover due to her inability to refuse a call for help, she could be quite stern and even intimidating if angered or insulted. She had also developed a strong dislike of sacrifice in the name of victory, a trait Tidus had instilled in her, along with a desire to no longer let herself be used by anyone. It could be well-noted that a large number of changes in her personality have her bearing a striking resemblance to Tidus, in both her looks, attitude, and combat style in certain dresspheres.
In Final Fantasy X-2, Yuna has a separate appearance for each of the 13 dresspheres used in combat, with details that distinguish her from Rikku and Paine. Yuna's default appearance is the Gunner Dressphere, an outfit given to her by Rikku in Eternal Calm. She dons a modified halter-neck top with the symbol of the Zanarkand Abes across the chest and a pink hood in the back. She wears yellow armbands over her biceps, a black bracelet on her left wrist, and denim boyshorts. She also possesses a large pouch resting on her left hip over an ankle-length blue and white half-skirt-like sash with laced knee-high boots. Wearing the Gunner dressphere in combat, she wields her signature Tiny Bee pistols.
In the other dresspheres, she is seen wielding her original summoning staves, the Nirvana, Tidus's Brotherhood and Caladbolg swords, a blue variant of Rikku's dagger blades, and Auron's Blurry Moon katana. Her deck theme for the Lady Luck dressphere is spades and her Mascot dressphere is a moogle. Her special dressphere is Floral Fallal whose appearance is designed after the hibiscus flower; 'Yuna' is the Japanese name of the Sea Hibiscus, the flower on her obi and her skirts.
 |
Diagram of Yuna's Summoner attire.
 |
Diagram of Yuna's Gunner attire.
StoryEdit
Early LifeEdit
Yuna was born in Bevelle to a Yevonite father, Braska, and an unnamed Al Bhed mother. Sometime after her birth, Yuna's mother perished during an attack from Sin. In time, Braska resolved to become a summoner and defeat Sin. Leaving behind a seven-year-old Yuna in Bevelle, Braska and his two guardians, Auron and Jecht, travel to Zanarkand, obtain the Final Aeon from Yunalesca, and defeat Sin with the Final Summoning, although he and Jecht sacrifice their lives in doing so.
Earlier in their travels, Braska requested to Auron that Yuna would be brought to Besaid Island following Sin's defeat, to ensure that she'd live a peaceful life. But Auron, who was mortally wounded by Yunalesca, only makes it as far as to the outskirts of Bevelle before he passes on this request to Kimahri Ronso. When Yuna was on the bridge in Bevelle, she heard that her father had defeated Sin. Then she meets Kimahri, who takes Yuna to Besaid, places her in the care of the temple, and stays with her at her request. Yuna also grows up with Wakka, Lulu, and Chappu, whom she becomes like a little sister to.
Final Fantasy XEdit
- "I've done it! I have become a summoner!"
- —Yuna's opening lines
Added by KeltainentoukokuuTen years later, Braska's Calm has ended and a seventeen-year-old Yuna decides to follow in his footsteps and become a summoner, despite her friends' objections. After heading into Besaid Temple's Cloister of Trials with Lulu and Kimahri, the villagers begin to worry when Yuna does not reappear after almost a day of prayer to the fayth. Right when Wakka and a young man named Tidus arrive to check on her, Yuna emerges as a full-fledged summoner. After summoning her first aeon, Valefor, the villagers celebrate Yuna's achievement and she also introduces herself to Tidus. The next morning, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, and Tidus depart Besaid on a ship for Kilika.
Added by TheMoonclawEn route, she converses with Tidus and figures that through his mention of Jecht being his father, that he must have come from Zanarkand as he claims. Their boat is suddenly attacked by Sin but the group manages to stop it from sinking them. However, Sin destroys most of Kilika's village, killing many of its residents in the process, causing Yuna to perform her first sending. On the way to Kilika Temple, Yuna asks Tidus to become her guardian. Despite Wakka's objections, Yuna still wishes for Tidus to come along, whether or not he is a guardian. After obtaining Kilika's aeon, Ifrit and meeting her rival Dona, the group travels to Luca for the Besaid Aurochs' Blitzball tournament. With the party splits, Yuna, Tidus, and Kimahri search the city after hearing rumors that Auron is wandering around. When Yuna worries about being separated, Tidus decides on using a whistle signal to ensure that they will always find each other.
Added by KeltainentoukokuuIn an unnoticed move, Yuna is kidnapped by the Al Bhed Psyches, apparently in hopes of forcing the Aurochs to lose. Fortunately, she is saved by Tidus, Lulu, and Kimahri before the Aurochs are about to play against the Luca Goers. Hearing that Tidus was saved by an Al Bhed ship when he arrived in Spira, Yuna asks him if Cid was on the ship, but Tidus answers no. Yuna then reveals to him her half-Al Bhed heritage, and how her mother told her to seek out Cid if she ever needed help. Regardless of the match's outcome, fiends suddenly attack the stadium and the party witnesses Auron's emergence and the power of Seymour Guado's aeon, Anima. Then Auron and Tidus properly join Yuna's party as guardians. Yuna shows Tidus she has learned how to whistle as he had taught her. She admits to him that she often laughs and smiles to hide her sadness and tries to help him do it too. Yuna then makes Tidus laugh out loud before she joins him, much to the confusion of the others. After their moment together, the party travels along the Mi'ihen Highroad towards their next destination, Djose.
Added by KeltainentoukokuuThe party arrives at the Djose shore to witness the untimely Operation Mi'ihen, which ends in disaster. Yuna is assisted by Seymour and Auron to defeat Sinspawn Gui, and it is here where Seymour asks if he could be Yuna's "pillar of strength". When the party arrives at Djose Temple, they meet another fellow summoner, Isaaru, and after receiving the Aeon Ixion, they set off for the Moonflow. While crossing the banks via shoopuf, Yuna is again kidnapped by the Al Bhed and is put into the Extractor, but is saved by Tidus and Wakka.
After arriving at the other side, Tidus learns in advance that it was Rikku, Yuna's cousin, who piloted the Extractor. After talking with Rikku in private, Yuna decides to make Rikku her final guardian, and the assembled party of seven heads for Guadosalam. Welcomed by Seymour, he shows Yuna and her guardians a sphere with images of Zanarkand, Yunalesca, and her husband, Zaon. Seymour then proposes that Yuna marry him, for the union would bring hope to Spira. To help make her decision, Yuna visits the spirits of her parents in the Farplane, and when they leave, the spirit of Seymour's deceased father, Jyscal Guado, drops a sphere just as Yuna sends him. The party heads through the Thunder Plains towards Macalania to find Seymour again.
Added by TenzaZangetsuWhen they rest at the Travel Agency, she views Jyscal's sphere - in which he confesses that Seymour murdered him - but does not reveal its contents to anyone. Almost out of the Thunder Plains, Yuna announces to her guardians that she has decided to marry but still continue her pilgrimage. Since Yuna is escorted to Macalania Temple ahead of her guardians, she has already received Macalania's aeon, Shiva, when her guardians have learned the truth about Seymour. Ultimately, she decides to fight Seymour too, and the party is victorious when Seymour is killed. However, this leads to the Guado retaliating, forcing the party to escape the temple and the lake, but they end up trapped underneath the ice. They soon realize that the ground they're standing upon is actually Sin, before it teleports and separates the party. While the guardians awaken and reunite in Bikanel, Yuna herself is nowhere to be found, for she was found by the Al Bhed and taken to their Home, where she finds Dona, before the Guado attacked and took her to Bevelle to marry a now-unsent Seymour.
Added by TheMoonclawWith help from the Al Bhed, Tidus and the other guardians manage to crash the wedding in style, but are ambushed once they reach the great staircase which it ascends. Seymour deduces Yuna's plan to play at marriage in order to send him, and Maester Yo Mika threatens her guardians with death. Yuna unwillingly complies and the guardians are forced to watch the ceremony resume. When Seymour orders her guardians to be killed, Yuna threatens to commit suicide. She tells her friends to "believe" and lets herself fall off to what seems to be certain death; midfall, she summons Valefor, who flies her away to Bevelle's temple. With Rikku's help, the guardians escape to the Bevelle Temple, where Kimahri follows Tidus's example in putting Yuna's safety before tradition, to break into the Chamber of the Fayth. Yuna receives Bahamut, but the party is arrested once Tidus carries her out of the chamber. Yuna is put to trial by the Maesters of Yevon for treason. Despite her arguments, the seven are branded as traitors of Yevon and imprisoned in the Via Purifico. Yuna, Lulu, Kimahri, and Auron escape the underground dungeon after Yuna bests Isaaru in an aeon duel. When the party reunites on the Highbridge, they defeat Seymour's new form and escape back to Macalania Woods.
Added by RenmiriHer faith in Yevon shaken, Yuna goes off to the spring to be alone with Kimahri in tow. After a mutual agreement between himself and the others, Tidus goes after her. Now knowing the truth behind the Final Summoning, he apologizes for his eagerness to defeat Sin and filling her with hopes that they would be able to see his Zanarkand, believing that he had only depressed her by doing so. However, Yuna assures him that he had in fact made her happy. Tidus attempts to convince her to quit her pilgrimage and stay with him, even toying with the idea of taking the whole group to his own Zanarkand. While Yuna considers it at first, her sense of duty to the rest of Spira is too great. At this moment, Yuna, overwhelmed by the recent occurrences, lets down her emotional walls and breaks down crying. Tidus comforts her and they share a passionate kiss in the spring. She resolves to go on, with Tidus assuring her that he will always remain by her side.
Despite being branded as traitors of Yevon, the party intends to continue onward to Zanarkand. At Mt. Gagazet, despite the Ronso forbidding their progress, Yuna explains her sincere resolve to save Spira. Kelk Ronso, who had brought the charges against Yuna and her guardians in the Bevelle court, became disenchanted with Yevon after the trial's revelations, and left his post; Yuna's appeal moves him to let them pass. A sphere left by Braska can be found on the slopes, in which he lets Yuna know that whatever path she chose for her life, whether it be to duty or to herself, he would be proud. They are then attacked by Seymour Flux, who they manage to defeat. However, Yuna reels from a revelation concerning her goal: Sin is Jecht.
Added by KingOFHeartsAscending Gagazet, the party finds a mass number of fayth that appear to be summoning something unknown to them. During a moment of unconsciousness, Bahamut's fayth reveals to Tidus that 'his Zanarkand' is actually a dream of the fayth and he is a dream as well. At the summit of Gagazet, with the ruins of Zanarkand in view, Yuna comforts Rikku as she despairs about Yuna's impending fate. Unbeknownst to Yuna, she drops a sphere which only Tidus views. Having been recorded at the Mi'ihen Highroad, it contains Yuna's reflections and farewells for her guardians at the time; subtly revealing she had already fallen in love with Tidus at that point, and cannot bear to part with him. The party finally arrives at Zanarkand and are met by Yunalesca, the summoner who would transform one of Yuna's guardians to become the Final Aeon and defeat Sin.
However, Yuna decides then and there that the Final Summoning is only a "false tradition" that would continue Spira's cycle of death. Resolving to save Spira without the falsity of Yevon's teachings, the party fells Yunalesca for good, ending any way to bring about the Final Aeon. After being picked up by the Fahrenheit, the party heads back to Bevelle where they learn of Sin's cyclical existence from Maester Mika. Tidus and Yuna are coaxed by Bahamut's fayth towards the understanding that the means to approach Sin is the "Hymn of the Fayth", and the key to truly defeating Sin is its core power, Yu Yevon.
Added by KeltainentoukokuuWith the Fahrenheit, the party launches a head-on attack on Sin that allows them to travel deep inside it. The party encounters and defeats Seymour for good in his final form, enabling Yuna to finally send him. At Dream's End, they find Jecht, who transforms into Braska's Final Aeon. They defeat him and then all of Yuna's aeons when they become possessed by Yu Yevon, and finally Yu Yevon itself. Spira's cycle of conflict is finally put to an end, but for Yuna, it is a bittersweet victory, for the defeat of Sin signaled the disappearance of those from Dream Zanarkand - including Tidus. Refusing to accept this, Yuna attempts to stop Tidus from leaving, but passes right through him. Yuna proclaims her love for Tidus, and can only watch as he jumps off the Fahrenheit into the Farplane.
Added by BlueHighwindBack at Luca, Yuna, now High Summoner of the Eternal Calm, whistles by the ocean in the hopes that Tidus will answer but to no avail until Lulu sends for her. In the stadium, Yuna addresses the people of the need to stay strong, welcome Spira's long-awaited peace, and rebuild their home. She concludes that the people lost and vanished dreams are to never be forgotten.
Eternal CalmEdit
- "I want to journey again. But...if I leave, I'll be disappointing everyone else."
- —Yuna
Two years after defeating Sin, Yuna has led a quiet life back in Besaid, frequently visited by Rikku along with people from all over Spira. She is also often visted by members of the Youth League and New Yevon, two factions that have risen to support the people of Spira after Yevon's collapse, lead by Nooj and Baralai respectively. The members of both groups wish to persuade Yuna to join their causes; with the sole exception of the Machine Faction, led by Gippal.
One day, Rikku suddenly arrives and presents a sphere discovered by Kimahri. The old footage, which shows a man resembling Tidus caged in prison and demanding to "see the summoner", intrigues Yuna and motivates her to believe Tidus might still be alive. Despite Wakka's objections, she decides to join Rikku as a sphere hunter in the hopes of learning more about this mysterious sphere. Without a word to anyone, Yuna leaves Besaid with Rikku and joins the Gullwings, an Al Bhed sphere hunting group led by Brother and his two friends, Buddy and Shinra. The group also includes Paine, a mysterious young woman who mostly keeps to herself, and joined the Gullwings shortly before Yuna did.
Final Fantasy X-2Edit
- "So, this is my life now, we travel from place to place and the days just seem to fly by. But sometimes, I find myself stopping...I'm listening for your whistle."
- —Yuna
Added by KeltainentoukokuuNow part of the Gullwings, Yuna, Rikku, and Paine, use their airship base, the Celsius, to travel throughout Spira in search of treasure spheres, gaining a rivalry with the LeBlanc Syndicate in the heat of competition - to the extent that its leader, LeBlanc, even steals Yuna's Garment Grid to perform a concert in her likeness in an attempt to tarnish her reputation. Rikku and Paine crash the concert in Luca while Yuna dons a moogle costume to disguise herself and keeps a low profile. Before the concert, Yuna is forced to hand out balloons before the concert, and hastily hides nearby when Rikku and Paine chase Leblanc. When Leblanc and her two henchmen, Logos and Ormi, confront Rikku and Paine, Yuna joins the battle and takes back her Garment Grid. Afterward, Yuna finds herself dancing uncontrollably, and overcome by someone else's excitement.
The Gullwings then go to the recently discovered floating ruins at the peak of Mt. Gagazet after getting treasure sphere waves from there. Upon being dropped off there, Yuna is overwhelmed by how high up she is and falls over the edge. Fortunately, Rikku and Paine catch her and pull her back up, with Yuna calling it "a little close," much to Paine's dismay. While exploring, YRP run into Leblanc, Logos, and Ormi again, and are forced to race them to the top of the ruins. However, Leblanc and her two goons get stuck at one point, enabling the girls to continue onward. Reaching the structure at the top, the girls confront Boris and claim the treasure sphere. Back on the Celsius, it is revealed that the sphere only contains images of Zanarkand and an unseen man's voice can be heard.
Added by KeltainentoukokuuAfter some routine exploration around Spira, news spreads about an "awesome sphere" found in Kilika, which draws the attention of members of both the Youth League and New Yevon. Yuna believes if the two sides cannot decide who should have the sphere, the Gullwings should take it for themselves. They soon seize the sphere, in which the footage shows the mysterious man standing before a large weapon, mentioning someone named Lenne. Yuna then begins to doubt the man in the sphere is Tidus and is just someone who looks like him, and wonders who Lenne is. Having seen the sphere, Yuna agrees with Brother and decides to give it back. During her mini-concert on the deck of the Celsius that night, Yuna gets angry from the awesome sphere's footage and furiously shouts, "Who the heck is Lenne!", and storms off to bed. The next morning, Yuna has a dream in which she and Tidus are pursued and gunned down by Bevelle's soldiers, though Rikku tells Yuna to "blame it on her new jammies," since she was sleeping while wearing the Songstress dressphere.
Following this, the sphere is returned to either the Youth League or New Yevon, and it is learned from Nooj or Baralai the colossal weapon called Vegnagun is residing underneath Bevelle. Then the Gullwings learn that Leblanc, Logos, and Ormi broke into the airship and stole their broken sphere from the Zanarkand Ruins. Yuna suggests that she, Rikku, and Paine steal 3 uniforms from members of Leblanc's gang to sneak into Chateau Leblanc in Guadosalam. In Leblanc's headquarters, the girls find a new sphere that depicts two men counting the fallen candidates of a "Crimson Squad" and realize that four are missing, though Paine dismisses it as a dud. Their cover is blown when Logos and Ormi find them. YRP eventually find out that Leblanc already had the other half of their broken sphere, and stole their half to make it whole again.
After fighting Leblanc and watching the sphere, it is learned that Vegnagun is hiding underneath Bevelle. Forming a truce with their rivals, the sphere hunters travel to Bevelle and enter the underground passage formed after the fayth's disappearance. They find themselves in the Bevelle Underground, a secret complex filled with machina. When YRP reach where Vegnagun is supposed to be, they are faced with an antagonistic Bahamut. Distraught, Yuna places herself between it and her friends and begs it to stop, though the girls are forced to fight it. Then the sphere hunters find Vegnagun is gone and a large hole is in its place.
Added by KeltainentoukokuuAfterwards, fiends start to pour out of the temples, and Spirans are worried over the disappearances of Nooj, Baralai, and later Gippal. Incidentally, following the battles with aeons in their respective temples, deep holes are left behind in the Chambers of the Fayth, where Shinra says the fiends are coming from. After defeating Ixion in Djose Temple, its surprise attack causes Yuna to fall into the chamber's hole and land in the Farplane. For an unknown reason, Yuna is now in her Songstress dressphere and it begins emitting pyreflies. Then she has an encounter with the mysterious man from the spheres. She asks him if he is Tidus, but he reveals himself to be an unsent named Shuyin. He then calls her Lenne, causing Yuna to turn away from him and tell Shuyin that she is not Lenne. Continuing to call her Lenne, Shuyin tells Yuna about how he plans to use Vegnagun and destroy Spira to avenge Lenne's death. As Shuyin embraces Yuna, she begins feeling emotions that aren't hers and wonders if they are Lenne's. Shuyin's spirit has actually possessed Baralai in order to travel to the heart of the Farplane, and Nooj and Gippal have been following their friend in order to save him. Nooj and Gippal give Yuna spheres for Paine, and follow Baralai farther into the Farplane.
Added by AuronKaizerYuna, now frustrated with only getting more questions than answers, tries to escape the Farplane. As Yuna ready to give up hope, she hears a familiar whistle, and sees an image of Tidus. She follows him and emerges in the Bevelle Underground. Back on the Celsius, Yuna tells everyone what happened in the Farplane, and learns that Lenne wore the Songstress dressphere over a thousand years ago. On the deck, Yuna gives Paine the spheres from Nooj andd Gippal before she tells Yuna about her past with them and Baralai, and why she became a sphere hunter. Throughout Spira, tension rises among the Youth League and New Yevon, so Yuna performs a concert on the Thunder Plains as a means to unite everyone. In effect, the spirit of Lenne also appears, and it is revealed that Shuyin and Lenne were gunned down by Bevelle soldiers after she stopped him from activating Vegnagun.
The girls learn that Lenne was a famous songstress and summoner from Zanarkand, who was called to the front lines during the Machina War with Bevelle, and how Shuyin tried to use Vegnagun in order to save her. YRP are again visited by Leblanc, who has found another Crimson Sphere. Leblanc connects to the CommSphere that was thrown into the hole in Djose Temple after Yuna fell, which shows Gippal and Nooj discussing the later's plan to stop Vegnagun. Now knowing that the holes in the temples lead to the Farplane, Yuna plans to try talking to Shuyin and tell him how Lenne felt. YRP travel down there in search of Shuyin and Vegnagun. Bahamut's fayth also explains to Yuna that the aeons were possessed by Shuyin. When Yuna learns of Nooj's plan to draw Shuyin back to himself and then take his own life, she objects, her plan being to convince Shuyin to yield for Lenne's sake. But after destroying Vegnagun and besting Shuyin, the spirit of Lenne herself appears to console Shuyin, putting his hatred to rest as they return to the Farplane together.
Added by KeltainentoukokuuShould the player achieve certain game criteria, Bahamut's fayth will ask Yuna if she wants to be with Tidus again. If the player accepts, Tidus will surface in Besaid and a joyous reunion is celebrated. If the player gets a 100% completion rate, a post-credits scene will show Yuna and Tidus in the Zanarkand Ruins. He tells her about his theory of the fayth gathering his thoughts and putting them back together. Upon hearing that Tidus may still be a dream of the fayth, Yuna worriedly asks him if he will disappear again, but Tidus says that should just cherish each other. Yuna embraces Tidus and asks if the fayth told him that, but Tidus jokes about making it up himself. As they both laugh, Yuna playfully pushes Tidus into the water below, and sees that he did not disappear. Then she stands in the same place Tidus did two years ago, bringing the story full circle to its conclusion.
International + Last MissionEdit
Three months after defeating Shuyin, the Gullwings have gone their own ways: Yuna and Tidus are living together, Rikku continues working mission after mission, and Paine is wandering Spira by herself. However, each receives a letter that calls the trio back together to explore Yadonoki Tower. As the trio explore the ruins, they converse with each other over what they had been doing since they had separated and why they had not stayed in contact. The conversations escalate as Rikku expresses her jealousy towards Yuna, who had reached her goal in life and settled down. The angry bickering between the pair causes Paine to raise her voice against them.
Eventually, Paine reveals that she had sent the letters, citing that it was her wish to not lose the friendship they shared three months ago, having learned from both her previous friendship with Nooj, Gippal, and Baralai, and from her lonely travels. The trio eventually travels to the top of the tower, where they find a broken machina and not much else; however, due to their conversations, they realize the machina is a bit like their group - broken and separated. As they vow to be more than just strangers who had met by chance, becoming friends once again, the machina begins to work, and their adventures continue...
In BattleEdit
Final Fantasy XEdit
- "Yuna was taken to Besaid after losing her father ten years ago. There she grew up with Wakka and Lulu, choosing to follow in her father's footsteps and become a summoner. Being very honest and open, she can't keep a secret for long."
- —Scan description
In Final Fantasy X, as a Summoner and White Mage, Yuna uses various Rods to cast her magic and is protected by the Rings she wears on her left hand. As expected, her Strength and Defense are quite low, but she has very high Magic, Magic Defense, and Evasion. Her Agility is also one of the highest in the game. When using a counter attack, Yuna performs a regular attack on a ground based fiend, and a forceful upper-left swing on flying fiends.
Final Fantasy X-2Edit
- "A young lady once willing to throw all she had away to defeat Sin. But is the new Yuna prepared to do the same should she stand against Vegnagun?"
- —Final Fantasy X-2 Dossier description
In Final Fantasy X-2, Yuna has thirteen dresspheres. Each one acts as a job class, and has its own unique abilties.
EquipmentEdit
- Main article: List of Final Fantasy X Weapons#Yuna's Rods
For the properties and abilities conferred by Yuna's Dresspheres in Final Fantasy X-2, see the links in the Dresspheres gallery below.
AbilitiesEdit
Added by KeltainentoukokuuYuna is the only party member who can summon aeons, and the only one with abilities outside the Sphere Grid. When summoned, an aeon replaces the current party in battle and can be controlled, having special attacks and an Overdrive of its own. With the Summoner's Soul and Aeon's Soul key items, the player can teach aeons new abilities and raise their stat attributes at the expense of various items.
Yuna's default position on the Sphere Grid runs near Rikku's and Tidus's, and her representing color is white. Yuna has no Skill or Special Ability nodes, although the "Nul" spells and Pray are both, quick to cast, and act on the whole party, as Specials do. Within the Lv. Locks of Yuna's grid area are the following White Magic Nodes:
| Ability | Description | Ability | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pray | Restores a small amount of HP to all allies | Nulblaze | Negates one fire-elemental attack or spell |
| NulFrost | Negates one ice-elemental attack or spell | NulShock | Negates one thunder-elemental attack or spell |
| NulTide | Negates one water-elemental attack or spell | Cure | Restores HP to party member |
| Cura | Restores a moderate amount of HP to party member | Curaga | Restores a lot of HP to party member |
| Regen | Gradually restores HP each turn | Esuna | Removes most status ailments |
| Life | Revives a fallen party member with 25% of their max HP | Shell | Increases party member's Magic Defense |
| Protect | Increases party member's Defense | Reflect | Reflects spells back at the caster |
| Dispel | Removes positive status buffs | Holy | Deals holy-elemental damage |
| Auto-Life | Automatically revives fallen party member upon KO |
Stat nodes
|
|
Yuna's Overdrive is Grand Summon, which summons an aeon with a full Overdrive gauge. After the Overdrive is executed, the gauge will return to its previous state, making it possible for an aeon to execute two Overdrives.
Battle QuotesEdit
- "Fight on!"
- —Using aeons for battle
- "Please Lend us your strength."
- —Using aeons for battle
- "Come back to us now"
- —Using Life
- "Aid Us"
- —Using Cure
- "Light shines strong, all the wound, be gone."
- —Using Esuna
- "I'm Here!"
- —when choosing her as main party member while changing party member
- "Let us gone!"
- —when choosing her as main party member while changing party member
- "Alright!"
- —when choosing her as main party member while changing party member
- "Yuna Here!"
- —when choosing her as main party member while changing party member
MinigamesEdit
Blitzball StatsEdit
|
In Chapter 5 of Final Fantasy X-2, the Besaid Aurochs are babysitting Wakka and Lulu's baby, Vidina, and allow the Gullwings to take their place in the tournament. Blitzball is available to play thereafter. Choosing 'Luca' from the airship's location menu drops Yuna off less than 10 yards from the booth at the Luca - Stadium Entrance at which the player can select the option to play the game. Team improvement points, capped at 100, are acquired over time; begin training as soon as possible and spend the accumulated points promptly.
 |
|
  Added by Artwork0 |
Sphere BreakEdit
| Yuna Coin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 
| ||||||
| Coin No. | 57 | Coin Value | 9 | |||
| Trait | Coin Count Echo | |||||
| Location | Win from the Bevelle Core Sphere player in the Luca Stadium. | |||||
Creation and DevelopmentEdit
In early development, Tetsuya Nomura intially designed Yuna in a different outfit but after learning that Yuna would dance during the sending, he changed it to a furisode, to have something that would "flow" as Yuna danced.
When asked about Yuna's drastic wardrobe change in Final Fantasy X-2, Tetsu Tsukamoto, the game's alternate costume designer, replied, "From a planning standpoint, I would say that the differences are due to the changes in Spira between FFX and FFX-2. FFX had more of a darker, religious feel, whereas in FFX-2, there is a huge cultural change. I think those changes are reflected in the character designs."[1]
Musical ThemesEdit
- Main article: Yuna's Theme
- See also: Yuna's Ballad.
Yuna has two themes attributed to her named "Yuna's Theme", being one from Final Fantasy X and another from Final Fantasy X-2.
Another theme associated with Yuna in Final Fantasy X-2 is "Yuna's Ballad". An album dedicated to Yuna and Tidus is Feel/Go Dream: Yuna & Tidus.
Other AppearancesEdit
Dissidia 012 Final FantasyEdit
- Main article: Yuna/Dissidia
Yuna also appears in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy as a playable character. She is one of the more seasoned Warriors of Cosmos, having fought in several cycles and recovered almost all her memories of home. Traveling alongside Jecht, Yuna runs across Tidus, who has lost his memories and been summoned as a Warrior of Chaos by the Emperor to defeat Jecht. Yuna pursues Tidus to try and awaken his memories of them, but the Emperor attacks her. Tidus intercepts the blow, and Yuna battles the Emperor. In the aftermath the two find Jecht and Tidus collapsed, and the Emperor spirits Jecht's body away while Tidus is taken to safety. Yuna later accompanies the surviving Warriors of Cosmos to the Lands of Discord, where they sacrifice themselves sealing the portal the Manikins are emerging from.
Yuna's first alternate outfit is based on Yoshitaka Amano's artwork of her, removing the floral pattern from her skirt and giving her a lighter color scheme. Her second alternate outfit is her bridal gown from her wedding to Seymour. Yuna's outfit available as downloadable content is her Gunner appearance from Final Fantasy X-2.
Theatrhythm Final FantasyEdit
Yuna will appear as a sub-character in Theatrhythm, to be bought from crystal fragments collected during the game.
Final Fantasy Trading Card GameEdit
There is a card of Yuna in the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game. It is a Shine card and it depicts her Dissidia art.
Non-Final Fantasy AppearancesEdit
Kingdom Hearts IIEdit
For more information, see The Keyhole:Gullwings
Yuna appears in Kingdom Hearts II along with Paine and Rikku wearing her costume from Final Fantasy X-2. The Gullwings are all diminutive in stature and depicted as pixies. They originally are allied with Maleficent and spy on Sora, but do not seem particularly keen on being loyal to her; Rikku calls her "pret-ty lame", and the Gullwings as a whole seem out of the loop and never seem to know where Maleficent is.
After Donald mentions Leon has treasure, the Gullwings agree to change sides and help Leon defend Hollow Bastion. They later confront Sora, Donald, and Goofy in their lie, but having been told of his battle with Organization XIII, they let it slide and give him the Gullwing keychain for his Keyblade. During the ending, Yuna, Paine, and Rikku are seen at the Hollow Bastion hideout stealing Yuffie's sea salt ice cream and being chased around.
Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street SpecialEdit
Yuna appears as a playable character in this special edition of the Monopoly-like video game available only in Japan in a chibi version of her Final Fantasy X appearance, alongside Tidus and Auron, and a chibi version of her Final Fantasy X-2 appearance, alongside Rikku and Paine.
 |
Summoner Yuna render.
 |
Gunner Yuna render.
Hanjuku Hero 4: 7-Jin no Hanjuku HeroEdit
A parody of Yuna appears in this Square Enix game from the Hanjuku Hero series. She is identical to Yuna's Gunner design but has blonde hair, brown eyes, and white paint below her eyes.
In Popular CultureEdit
Dead FantasyEdit
For more information, see Dead Fantasy Wiki: Yuna
Added by Yuna.Fan
Added by CoolawitsYuna appears as a primary character in the fan-made Dead Fantasy series, being the first character to appear. She fights alongside Rikku, Tifa, Rinoa, Kairi, and Cloud against certain characters from Dead or Alive; her main opponent is Kasumi. While originally utilizing her Gunner Dressphere in Dead Fantasy I and Dead Fantasy II, she later changes to her summoner outfit in Dead Fantasy IV, before being forced back into the Gunner Dressphere after her Aeons were defeated by Kasumi's clones.
It should be noted that she does not have her long ponytail and her sash when she is in her Gunner Dressphere, and she has wristbands on both wrists opposed to just her left one. As of Dead Fantasy V, she is currently with Cloud, after he saved her from Kasumi's clones, as he is apparently looking for their ally, Tifa. Yuna has also appeared in the Dead Fantasy - Gee music video in her Songstress Dressphere.
GalleryEdit
Final Fantasy XEdit
Concept art | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Concept artwork of Yuna by Yoshitaka Amano.
 Concept artwork of Yuna, Yoshitaka Amano.
 Concept art of Yuna's sending.
 Artwork, Yoshitaka Amano.
 Early concept of Yuna's wedding scene.
 Artwork, Yoshitaka Amano.
|
Promotional and Screenshots | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Promotional artwork of Yuna.
 Promotional artwork by Tetsuya Nomura of Yuna and Tidus.
 Yuna performing the sending in Kilika.
 Yuna in a wedding dress.
 Yuna's fall in Bevelle.
 Yuna with Tidus in Macalania.
 Yuna floats in the pond in Macalania.
 Yuna in the ending FMV.
 Yuna's parents: her unnamed Al Bhed mother, and her father, High Summoner Braska.
|
Final Fantasy X-2Edit
Gallery | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork by Tetsuya Nomura.
 Artwork by Tetsuya Nomura of Tidus and Yuna's reunion.
 Promotional artwork by Tetsuya Nomura.
 Promotional artwork of Lenne and Yuna.
 "Yuna"'s introduction in the opening FMV.
 "Yuna" aka Leblanc in the opening FMV.
 Yuna on board the Celsius.
 Yuna in the engine room.
 Yuna in FFX-2.
 Yuna's swimsuit.
|
Dresspheres |
|---|
MiscellaneousEdit
Gallery | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yoshitaka Amano's Yuna render from Dissidia 012.
 Render of Yuna in her wedding dress from Dissidia 012.
 Trading card of Yuna's Dissidia art.
 Render of Yuna's Gunner Dressphere from Dissidia 012.
 Kingdom Hearts II.
 Kingdom Hearts Mobile.
 Chibi in Itadaki Street Special.
 Hanjuku Hero referencing the Gunner design.
|
EtymologyEdit
Yuna's name is the Okinawan word for "Moon". It has also been said to mean "Bringer of peace". Yuna is also the Japanese name of the Sea Hibiscus, the flower on her obi and her skirt. In Final Fantasy X-2, her special dressphere Floral Fallal represents a hibiscus as well.
Since Yuna's name means "moon", there is an obvious contrast between her and Tidus's name, which means "sun" in the same language. The contrast is also shown in-game as the Sun and Moon Sigil and Crest are items that upgrade Tidus and Yuna's most powerful weapons: Caladbolg and Nirvana.
In the Dominican Republic, there is a river named Yuna located in the Northern region of the country.
TriviaEdit
Added by Faythoffenrir
Added by Faythoffenrir- Tidus and Yuna won 1st place in Game Informer magazine's "Best Couple of the Year" feature in its February 2009 issue.
- Yuna's character model was used in the development of Final Fantasy XIII before the actual characters were finished.
- During the opening mission in Final Fantasy X-2, the player can find an oversized moogle hiding among the crates in Luca's docks, who is Yuna in disguise. Talking to her is necessary for 100% completion.
- As demonstrated by her ability to play blitzball, Yuna can hold her breath for at least five minutes.
- While Yuna professes her love for Tidus just before he disappears in the English version of Final Fantasy X, she is only able to formally thank him in the Japanese version, making her need to see him again in Final Fantasy X-2 that much more pertinent.
- Floral Fallal's attack, Great Whirl, is modeled after Yuna's first aeon Valefor's second overdrive, Energy Blast. The rotating ovals are akin to the spinning glyph seen in the attack, as are the multiple bolts of energy.
- Despite the fact that hair only grows about six inches per year, Yuna manages to grow a ponytail that is roughly five feet long in just two years. However, this may be due to her Al Bhed heritage, as Rikku is shown to have grown a large amount of hair in such a short time as well.
- In a bonus cutscene where the girls spend some time in a hot spring in Mt. Gagazet, Yuna wears a pink and cream halter bikini swimsuit.
- Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy is the only game in which Yuna says the names of Tidus and her aeons, due to the option to change their names in Final Fantasy X.
- Yuna has the same Japanese voice actress as Seven from Final Fantasy Type-0 and Selphie Tilmitt from her Kingdom Hearts appearance.
- It is never specified whether or not Yuna had her own singing talent in Final Fantasy X-2, as she always sang while wearing the Songstress dressphere, implying that she could have gotten it from Lenne.
