For April Fools’ Day 2025, Square Enix kicked off a Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis alternative universe storyline event, and now it confirmed that the FFVII Ever Crisis Academy Seven: Episode – Brawler AU is back again tonight. This also means the school uniform costumes for Aerith and Tifa and athletic gear teacher outfit for Barret will be updated with C Abilities for the first time. Everything shows up at 7pm PT/10pm ET on March 31, 2026. It’s unknown if there will be new content, like additional costumes or weapons for characters like Cloud, young Sephiroth, Angeal, or Zack or a second book that continues that storyline, as of time of writing.
As a reminder, the FFVII Ever Crisis Academy Seven: Episode – Brawler also acted as a bit of a self-insertion storyline as well as a high school AU with members of the casts of The First Soldier, Crisis Core, and original Final Fantasy VII storylines. Instead of warring groups, there’s the Midgard Seventh High School where Barret is a teacher and baseball team coach, Cloud is a delinquent student who wants to become the school’s Brawler: First Class, Tifa is his childhood friend, Aerith is a delinquent and leader of the gang Team Cetra, and Zack is the current Brawler: First Class at the high school. Their rivals are Shinra Private Academy, where Angeal is the student council president and Sephiroth is the vice president, and Glenn, Lucia, and Matt are teachers. The first time around, we could earn the Folding Ruler “sword” and Set Square “axe” weapons for young Sephiroth and Glenn by going through the event.
As for the original banners, there were three. Tifa’s involved her Class President’s Bracelet weapon and Seventh High School Uniform costume. This update version of the gear adds the Ultra Student Council Windstrike wind-based attack C Ability and the updated Physical & Magical Ward R Ability that is 15 pt instead of 10. The Aerith Team Leader’s Bamboo Sword and Seventh High Team Cetra Uniform high school uniform costume appeared too. That gear now has the Ultra Water Orb Blast C Ability that deals AOE water damage, and its Boost HP R Ability is stronger. Finally, Barret’s Teacher’s Paper Fan and Seventh High Athletic Gear will both be back. The outfit has Ultra Winds of Discipline that deals AOE wind damage and he also gets the same upgraded Physical & Magic Ward boost as Tifa.
Here are the official infographics from Square Enix that show how the equipment sets look and the exact upgrades.
Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis is available for PCs and mobile devices, and the FFVII Ever Crisis Academy Seven: Episode – Brawler AU and its Aerith, Barret, and Tifa school uniform and costume and weapon banners return on March 31, 2026.