Actually considering that Cid organised the missions and was Matron's husband, it's actually not that big of a coincidence that everyone involved in the Edea assasination plot happened to be from the same orphanage. It's possible he did it so they WOULDNT succeed.
This confused me for so long -_-FF13 Snow's organization just happens to have the same name as Hope's mother...
I agree, around chapter 9 was when the plot stopped hooking me.All of FFXIII's overplot from Chapter 9 onwards.
I also hate the wedding from MGS4. It just felt so out of place for a MGS ending, infact everything in that ending before the voice actor credits felt ridiculously out of place. It was only when I saw the second half of the ending which was a half hour or so rant that it really felt like a MGS ending.
Also Mei Ling shouldve performed the wedding ceremony