Yeah for someone who loved Aerith and wanted to be her BF and what not, it's very odd that the first thing he says to her after being united is "I want to be forgiven!"

3) that Nomura says he has 'no clue' if Tifa and Cloud share romantic interests between FFVII and AC, and that these matters have been been left up for fan interpretation.
He said that BEFORE AC came out... like years before it came out. I'm not even entirely sure it was in the works at the time. You're really going to trust an interview that took place so long ago when AC wasn't even out? Wouldn't the newer interviews take precedence like the one where Nojima mentions "Love marriage and family" in the context of Cloud and Tifa? Plus Nomura's not the writer, Nojima is. Nomura's the director, big difference there.

Not to mention Nomura is a guy who said Kairi and Namine were not related to avoid spoiling fans.