You canīt see the similarities but they are there.
By the way:
Garden=Centra ruins scattered around the world turned to military facility where people are trained to become stronger.
Looks pretty much like the Ark to me.
In this sence the Ark is also a "school"
Serah and Ellone are different and have different roles.
But both represent the typical FF girl which are young and special and are hunted by the government and friends alike.
They are the equivalent of Aeris of FF7.
Polumpolumīs layout at the begginin looks like the layout of Balamb.Punto.
Not relevant anyway.
Follow my logic:
Rinoa possessed by Ultimecia breaks the seal of Adelīs tomb releasing Adel.
(SPOILER)Fang sent by the FalīCie turns into Ragnarok and is to damage Cocoonīs shell releasing Orphan.
<--- -Whoa, you HAVE to put a spoiler tag on that end of the game stuff, FE. Please don't make me edit your post again. ~ Rye
Therefore the physical similarity is not a coincidence.
My definition of similarity is->A reference of a game on another.
