I like how KH3 characterized Sora so much more than before. He's a happy guy, sure, but KH3 showed smaller 'blink and you miss it' glimpses to him. Corona was my first major realization when he gets sentimental but covers it up with a barb at Donald, before whispering "All for one, and one for all." I dunno why, but that hit me hard. Sora... He's grown up.
My first was back in kh2 when he mouthed 'I love you' or 'thank you' to them when they lied to Mickey and went to help the Gardens. It showed that he expected them to side with the king (like back in Hollow Bastion, huh just got that parallel) but they didnt this time becasue they are that close.
Man Sora had so much maturity in this game it was one of the thing that helped carry me through just how weak Sora was cutscene wise. I liked how he tried to figure out why the organization was acting the way there was. Too bad Donald and Goofy kept telling him not to worry about it. Although Sora was spamming that power of awakening like me spamming that attack button.
I really don’t feel that way , I felt like I was playing a completely different character he still felt kinda bone headed to me for some reason. KH Com was probably the most emotional sora I feel.
Everyone overlooks Soras emotional intelligence, after all in the first game he gave up his life for his friends, COM tore his memories apart, 2 had him break down but ultimately was the beginning of the end, 3D made him more vulnérable to the darkness, and 3 hardened him by making him bare all these emotions in such a short span of time. He’s burdened so much but he never allows it to become other people’s problem. Honestly, he deserves all the naps.
My thoughts is that Sora is a lot smarter then he lets on. He pretends to be goofy and ignorant because thats what his friends expect and love about him however Sora has a much deeper and smarter side to him hidden away inside of him. Right before Sora's world was thrown into chaos Kairi told Sora to "Never Change" throughout most of the KH sequals we've seen Sora struggle to stay the same person he was before Xehanort plunged Destiny Islands into darkness. What if Remind focuses on that other more serious side of Sora that he tries to keep hidden from his friends. That would be great to see
We've seen it a couple of times. In Chain of Memories we've seen how Sora can get when he is 100% done with the bullshit he goes through. Also he has been shown that he can be smart and pretty cunning in battle. Sora also seems to understand complex things a lot easier and more often than he lets on. Its one reason why I think MOM is an adult Sora, both have a dark and mysterious side to them that both of them hide behind a goofy and playful exterior side
@Shark-King-101 Agreed he’s even shown to have a sarcastic/smartass side at times although very slight He can even be indifferent, unapologetic and unsympathetic towards his enemies like when he said to Demyx “You gonna cry?” Is one remark I remember the most I always thought that line was really harsh coming from Sora especially
@@sharkmessiah1018 Actually I like you point about Re:Com. He's kinda an ass in that game. Especially once you get halfway through. He doesn't really show respect for his friends and enemies; something that he is shown to have throughout the series. I think this is because of Kiri's influence on him. She keeps him grounded. At the same time he's completely unable to actually be with her dude to circumstances. I personally think a lot of the reason why people say the ending of KH3 is bad is because it's unfair to Sora. Think about it all of his friend (the keybladers) get their happy ending on Destiny Island. This is after Sora sacrificed everything to save his friends. Even the organization his main enemies end with their hearts restored and Luxo gets his friends back. I don't want to see Sora save himself in KH3 remind. It want to see him saved because low key wtf. Sora needs a break and a vacation with his girlfriend.
Sora’s speech in toy box and in the ending made me have a new level of appreciation for the character, and there is no bigger sign of how much sora loves his friends than sacrificing his life for them.
Yeah, he ignores his trauma and pretends to be happy and go-lucky like Donald and Goofy as a coping mechanism because he doesnt value his own well being as much as others. Sora doesn't know how to handle his trauma so he just represses it, something that, if Rage Form is any indication, will not be good for him in the long term.
I agree that Sora seems to be dealing with some kind of trauma, but, I've been thinking, and I've come up with my own theory... What if that trauma wasn't from something on Sora's journey, but actually, was from something that happened in his past? What if, when he was younger, like maybe not even a second digit in age, Sora experienced some kind of terrible and horrific moments that caused him to become like this, causing him to think that he couldn't show fear or apprehension or stress when dealing with pressure, making him think that he was required to hide his pain behind his enthusiastic smile and happy-go-lucky personality? What these moments were, I can't really say for sure. Though I do have a few ideas, maybe it could be just one of these possibilities or maybe it could be all three...who knows? Who but Sora himself knows for sure what kind of traumatic experiences he suffered through as a kid? What kind of horribly painful experiences and hurtful moments did the poor boy have to push through during childhood, leading him to become the person he is now? Here are my ideas; Possibility #1: Maybe Sora was bullied as a child. That would explain his reactions to when Pete, the Organization, and even his friends were making fun of him for his lack of his powers and having to get the Power of Waking in order to... well, in order to actually be useful in saving Aqua and all of the other characters that needed to be saved. I mean, sure, his friends were obviously not intending to hurt him, they were just, you know, teasing him about it in a lighthearted, friendly way. But I can imagine that Sora would still be hurt by it if he had been bullied in school and/or, basically anywhere that wasn't his house, with kids calling him hurtful names, saying that he's weak or, (if he had shown early signs of his powers as a Keyblade Wielder,) people might've even been calling him a freak or abnormal, and, possibly even, hurting him, both physically and emotionally, by either physically attacking him when the teachers or other grown ups weren't around or just verbally pummeling him beyond belief. This could also kind of be what caused his reaction to the Mark of Mastery test results in Dream Drop Distance, only in a much less visible sense. If he was bullied during his childhood, with people probably telling him that he was absolutely worthless and would never amount to anything, the revelation of having failed such an important test for Keyblade Wielders, while it seemed like he wasn't bothered by it on the outside, on the inside, though, it could've reminded him of what he had been told as a child, and, in his mind, could've also proven that they were true, that he was just a failure and wasn't worthy to wield the Keyblade like his friends were. Possibility #2: Or maybe Sora experienced the loss of a friend or family member. That would explain why he just completely broke down in despair when he saw the rest of the Guardians of light perish right in front of him. Not only are the other Guardians his best friends, but having them ripped away from him so forcefully would, most likely, cause some really bad memories to resurface if he had lost someone before this. This could also be the case in some of the worlds that he visited in Kingdom Hearts 3, those worlds being "Kingdom of Corona", "Arendelle", and "The Caribbean", in all of which he was forced, once again, to witness the death of someone from those worlds, someone he cared about, those people being Flynn Rider, Anna and Will Turner. Even though they all turned out okay in the end, It's probably safe to assume that those events could've reawakened his suppressed memories of the person or people he lost, and, in turn, slowly reawakened his feelings of despair and loneliness, one chunk at a time, so that, by the time the Guardians of Light fell in the Keyblade Graveyard, he just couldn't take it anymore and completely shut down. Possibility #3: This one may be the most unlikely of my theories, but there are a few pieces of evidence that show that this could've happened. Maybe, the parents that he has now, might not even be his real parents. The reason I say this is because, for one thing, Sora never really talks about his parents, and, though we do hear his mother's voice in the beginning of Kingdom Hearts 1, after Sora learns that Destiny Islands was destroyed, his thoughts immediately went to Riku and Kairi, making it sound like he doesn't really have a strong enough relationship with his parents for him to be completely worried about whether or not they made it off the Islands. Now, don't get me wrong, Sora still cares about his parents, this much is clear, and it's also clear that his parents care deeply for him too, but, what if, the reason he's not as close with them as a child should be with their parents is because he's afraid of getting too close with them? Now, I know what you may be thinking: Why would Sora be afraid of his parents? Well, the only reason I can really think of is that, maybe, he wasn't born to the parents he has in the games, but to another couple who, for some unknown reason, aren't a part of his life anymore. One theory on this I have is that maybe his parents were also Keyblade Wielders and fought to protect Destiny Islands from the darkness. This would also explain why Sora can wield a Keyblade despite not having had the power given to him, because he is the son of two Keyblade Masters and he inherited the power from his parents. But something might've happened when Sora was still very young, too young to really remember it, causing his parents to fall in battle before they could teach him how to wield his Keyblade. The reason I think this could cause Sora to become afraid of getting close with his new parents is because, even though he didn't know that he could wield a Keyblade, maybe he was subconsciously afraid that if he got too close with his adoptive parents, he'd end up losing them to the darkness, just like he lost his real parents. So when Destiny Islands was swallowed by the darkness, while he didn't seem too worried about his parents, in reality, he was just trying to hide it and was internally beating himself up about it, thinking that he had failed to protect his adoptive parents and his real parents. I'm not saying this is actually true, it's just a theory, I'm just saying that maybe something from his past is what caused him to become the person he is now...
There are different coping mechanisms for each person when they face circumstances like this. I agree, this is probably how Sora keeps himself going in spite of what he faces. I am not sure it will be healthy in the long run though. I have seen a few people in fiction try this, and it generally doesn't work forever.
Yes, but why is he happy go lucky at all? Donald and Goofy, they forced him to be happy or they would have ditched him on Traverse Town. Just think about that "stop crying about your friends or never see them again." None of them even knew that Kairi or Riku were still alive, and for no reason whatsoever Donald actively pushes Riku away from them, personally I think Donald and Goofy are the result of his weaknesses after KH 1. It's weird to say but KH 1 was mentally far more stable than any other version of himself, since KH 1 Sora was independent and almost lost everything in Deep Jungle because of it, after that I think his smiles have come about out of fear. He's afraid of being trapped without his friends, because he's constantly been told by destiny that Sora is nothing without his friends, that's why Sora breaks when the entire crew except Riku gets hit by the Heartless storm. Riku is like Sora from KH 1 or perhaps it's better to say that Riku rubbed off on KH 1 Sora which is why Sora was so strong in KH 1 despite his lack of experience and talent. I don't know I just think it's interesting how Riku and Sora are fundamentally the same but both are different for their own reasons, all of Riku's battles were fought practically on his own, Riku has to be the strongest one because he always has to fight alone, Sora on the other hand has become extremely reliant on other people because of his experiences. This is why Sora is weaker after Chain of Memories.
That is one perspective. I personally don't see it as a weakness to be willing to rely on others for help when needed. Riku needed help too, King Micky and Ansem. He didn't make it this far entirely on his own and if not for them, his own darkness may well have overcome him. Some see it as weakness to have to rely on others, but those who attempt to forge forward alone eventually find themselves in a situation that they cannot overcome alone. I would prefer to have people at my back that I can trust then walk forward alone. Besides, if I face problems with others, then I can see if they can help me or at least divide the problem for each person there. It would be easier than facing things alone. Aside from being able to rely on them, it is a lot less lonely that way and I may find I can learn from them in ways that will benefit me in the long run. This is how I see it and of course anyone is free to disagree with me. I am going to give my personal perspectives below regarding the situation. I mean no offense, this is only my opinion. As far as Sora is concerned, I think he is dealing with a lot especially since every time he gets to a point where it seems that things are resolved (I snap my fingers) something new comes along to disrupt his life. In Kingdom Hearts 2 he seemed significantly less happy to know that his journey would be twice as difficult as Kingdom Hearts 1. He hoped that closing the door to darkness would restore peace to the worlds, but things were not that simple. Regarding him being happy, I think in part he does it to hide these things, partly because he clearly finds things he still likes about his adventures, and partly because being happy is easier than being depressed or unhappy. Donald seemed to be incredibly focused on their mission at the beginning and even later on which is why he seemed stern at times. Goofy is, well Goofy. Friendly and trusting to a fault and willing to help Sora even if it is not directly a part of their mission. Naturally as times goes and they get to know him better, their friendship improves. Even if they wanted to leave him behind, King Micky told them to stick with him and I think they prefer to try and be happy rather than be upset all the time. I have read fictions where people try to be depressed and upset all the time while going through their journey. Typically they need something to keep them going. I attribute Donald being angry at Riku as Donald showing all of his more annoying traits at once. While Sora has no idea at the time he meets them if Riku or Kairi are in fact alive, he can't very well find out by staying in Traverse Town when to his knowledge at the time, neither of them are there. Regarding him breaking down at the heartless storm, please consider this. Even if they choose to fight with just Riku and Sora, they don't know at that point if they have any guarantee of getting their friends back if they win. Plus, they don't even know if they can win since they are now facing thirteen powerful individuals at once with two people when they had no guarantee of winning with all of them together. Not to mention Xehanort managing to reduce their numbers that way shows how he has planned everything and ultimately will win no matter what they do. I expect he was prepared for such an outcome if it would bring the result he desired. He is a master of manipulation and twisting events to his will. I see Riku comforting him after that to be his attempt to try and help Sora despite the fact that they are clearly in the worst situation they have ever been in. I don't know if he even had a plan at that point, but I give him points for trying. I don't know where destiny comes into this partly because quite frankly I hesitate to believe fully in destiny. There are things in life we cannot control, but we can control certain things and we can ultimately choose what to make of our circumstances. Both Sora and Riku along with other characters have choices to make which influence the paths they take. In the end, their decisions are what bring them to where they are, not just events that are beyond their control. While there have been voices stating that Sora will be the one to open the door, he is ultimately the one who decides what he does with his life. I feel the same about all fictional characters, in the end each person has things that they cannot control and choices to make. The decisions we make are what determine what path we walk. These are my own personal conclusions and are not meant as an offense or attack on anyone else. I just want to express how I see things. If I have caused offense then I apologize and if anyone here desires it, I will happily leave to avoid any arguments. I know that some will disagree with me and I respect that. Everyone here has just as much right to their opinion as I do to mine.
"a little hurt can't be all that bad" - Sora explained this in Twilight Town (while giving a nod to Roxas teaching him about hurt in Re:Coded). Pain is a motivator for Sora. Exactly the reason why Xehanort deep-sixed Kairi. Also, Sora reliving the pain of his friends in the Graveyard shows how Darkness really does manifest itself in different ways depending on your feelings and connections to it. MoM alluded to this. It preys on your deepest fears and makes it hard for you to face it. (Face My Fears). But Riku had a brave enough heart to face that Darkness, hence the name of his weapon, Braveheart. KH3 made Sora stronger without his friends. Between Re:Coded and DDD, Roxas set Sora up for this beautifully in KH3.
Riku mainly faced his darkness or "fear" as you put it in Chain of Memories, Days and KH2 so by the time DDD came he had all but gotten over it and grown so he didn't fall into darkness due to Xehanort. Sora, meanwhile, has been in a way crippled by Donald and Goofy. Sora showed way more varied emotion until they basically forced him to not be sad in KH1 ("this ship runs on happy faces. no frowning, no sad faces"). Sora wasn't allowed to face his darkness himself and grow because of the unhealthy mindset instilled into him, as seen as early as CoM when he told Naminé not to cry because it would make him feel bad. Sora stopped opening up as much about his emotions probably for the same reason; if he showed negative emotions then others, who he believes he has to keep happy, would feel bad.
In the first Kingdom Hearts/COM he took things way more seriously than he seemed to later on. He showed his raw emotions more often and you got to see that he was actually quite depressed and frustrated throughout it all. Because he’s matured, he’s learned to turn the other cheek in those situations. Or at least has learned to pretend to. A facade of confidence and aloofness. To fool his enemies and maybe even himself. That’s why MOM being a version of him would make sense. Sora is often much smarter than he lets on and let’s people assume he’s that same carefree spirit he’s always been. This of course is me over analyzing. Just thoughts.
I don't think Sora is smarter than he let's people see because it's never been shown throughout the game, and it wouldn't make sense or even need to be a thing. Hes a kid who has never left his island. At first him being the way he was made sense because things attacked his island and hes looking for his friends. But as time goes on, although things are still going on, he knows how to fight it and stop it so he doesnt have to be as guarded and emotional as he used to be. That facade doesnt work with the series.
@@jakesteel90 honestly I think Sora acting so naive and somewhat dumb in DDD was just the fact that he thought none of it was real. He believed everything was a part of his test and that he wasnt in actual danger and that with no one else around to comfort him in his moments of doubt and confusion over everything since no one tells him ANYTHING, Sora tried to act more carefree and childish to protect himself. No one told Sora anything so him being confused makes sense because, unlike the audience and even Riku, we dont have the time or knowledge that something is up to really analysis what's going on. Sora trusted Yen Sid and believed everything was ok and it cost him.
People done seem to understand what he went through. He’s not even really an adult yet and he’s faced death and carried many people’s lives on his shoulders
How don't we understand him. We've only been with him his entire career. Kh3 Sora is wack. Too big a kid. It's ok to be lighthearted but man how is character seemed to regress.
@@Crosse1215 Well, part of it (from my perspective) is just a mask created as a coping mechanism, based on all the shit he's gone through. I personally think that by DDD it's just getting harder to keep up, and KH3 really reinforced that for me, due to his little blow ups and THAT scene.
Sora also committed a similar act in kingdom hearts 1 when he sacrificed himself and turned into a heartless to save kairi. He knew the risk and consequences of what he was doing and still he just smiled and gave a look of determination
Ya'll ever notice how Sora became more vulnerable and less secure as more people left his body? In the end, Sora's still strong at his core but maybe Xigbar was on to something when he said too much power in one place might lead to disaster.
Well considering he was never actually meant to wield the Keyblade, or any power, to al of a sudden gain such power and responsibility would burden anyone. Keep in mind that it was Sora's own strength that made the Kingdom Key change its mind on who should be its master. His only "special" quality was that he let so many people into his own heart and shouldered their burdens as well.
Soras parents: "Our son goes missing one night, saves the universe 3 times, and practically goes through all manner of destruction and rebirth, coma, saves peoples lives and practically does it with a big grin on his face. Yep, that's our boy."
Sora's mom just wanted him to eat his damn dinner!!! 😭 obviously they're in school too as Kairi and Selphie's KH2 outfits portrayed. Probably all expelled by now. Lol
I feel sora's character might follow a similar arc to judai from yugioh gx. Passionate, energetic kid who loves dueling but then has to save his friends a trillion times by dueling and forgets how to duel for fun, only to be saved in the end through his duel with yugi. Sora I feel will do the same, he will continue to get more and more serious and have a minor rebound when he realizes he has lost sight of who he is
Judai ahh... Its really sad especially in S4. They started to think of him as a different person but im glad they have their friendship again. S3 really strikes me to the heart. Diving further down dimensions until he can't control his emotions causing him to be possessed by hao. I noticed that the story starts to a joyful one to the depressing one(although its fixed and he gained the joy of dueling back) but he didn't have a chance to properly say goodbye to all of his friends.
Sora is a cinnamon roll, which is a person who is kind and gentle, who would undergo emotional suffering. And is also a rolling stone, which is someone who is can't settle in one place for long. If we combine the two things together, we'd get a Cinnamon Rolling stone - a kind and gentle person who is unwilling to stay in one place, *and* would go through emotional suffering.
Terra got denied the Master title: He went Anakin Sora got denied the Master title: Dies saving his bae, gets isekaid to Japan only to get killed again 😢
Prideful Master It’s a Keyblade legend. Sora was a Keyblade wielder, so powerful and so nice, he could use the strength of his heart with the Power of Waking to change.... fate.
I dont know about all that. Sora always seemed to respond to the emotions his friends have when you look at his non biased though he is always care free. It seems more like his friends are holding him down in this one. You start to realize more that sora in his raw state is more relaxed then any of them. They seem to prod him to get him going but in reality it's never him that needs help but always them. From Hercules to goofy sora always bears there weight not his own. It almost feels like your playing to help them not yourself. It's kind of refreshing though to have a character whose not about constently bettering himself but instead others. Hes a literal hero and you dont see that much in games hes not trying to avenge the world or anything hes judt trying to help his friends. And in reality yeah they go at him but think about what there going through it's almost like there shoving there frustrations on him becouse they know he can take it. If this was a anime sora would be goku everyone is like sora save us while trying to act cool about it while sora is just trying to figure himself out. I dont see sora as weak at all he is still as strong as the beggining with as many abilities as well even the game in the begginin is like which level of op do you want? They harass him but truthfully if you look at it now biased without sora they'd be dead or worse but without them I find it hard to think that sora would be in a bind at all. It's not his problem that there world is burning literally but he has a bleeding heart which is really good to see.
This is interesting. Well, now that I realize it, Sora never had the opportunity to discover himself because all of his adventures were about helping someone or saving a friend, saving the worlds. Well, his duty as Keyblade Wielder and beyond that assumes so many responsibilities that he does not have any time to manage all these emotions and events since he was launched into the adventure. Sora has come to suffer from low self-esteem believing himself worthless without his friends or guilty and Sora is a force to be reckoned with but I am curious how much he can do when he is trusting and determined because his strength seems to be affected by his emotional state. of the. What I'm trying to say is that Sora's quality - his selflessness, his compassion and his good heart - is also his vice because he comes to self-deprecation, being deceived and sacrificing himself. I'm going to give an example: Riku was able to discover himself and he was able to have his time to discover what was bothering him, to reflect on what he really wanted and he was not alone. Mickey helped him as he could and he was able to discover the meaning of having a Keyblade "The power ”. to protect what matters to me.” What I'm trying to say is that Sora and Riku's roles now seem to be reversed. Riku could have closed one of his stages and started a new one but Sora hardly seems to notice what bothers him and what causes him conflict. Which I find interesting and I hope that it can be further explored in KHIV. 🗝️❤
(Post remind) When I first played kh3 I didn't really notice all those things but on my second playthrough I really did start to look deeper, and especially in remind he seems more mature and determined, but something that really caught my eye that I see like no one talking about is that before the battle with yozora, Sora seems scared to fight him, which is something we never really see from sora, he doesn't really get scared like that when he's about to fight something, he doesn't even get scared when fighting the biggest heartless or nobodies, he didn't even seem scared when fighting the organization members, but that scene before the fight with yozora really sticks out to me
Great vid and topic! I liked Sora a lot in KH3. He seemed much more like his KH2 self, but with an added maturity and lack of self-confidence. I think his character dev might even be a major plot point of Re Mind. The one thing that made me convinced KH3 was a fakeout ending/worldline was that, throughout the game, it was hinted that Xehanort wanted Sora as his 13th vessel. I personally think Xehanort’s entire plan for base Kh3 was to break Sora and cause him to fall to darkness/misuse the Power of Waking (which, being a Sleeping ability, must be tied to darkness), so that he could grab him as his 13th vessel in the True Worldline-ReMind. There are multiple references to Sora being guided by Xehanort throughout the game, but the most significant is what Young Xehanort says in Toy Box about “split worlds.” He made it clear that he was testing how the heart responds to being separated/disconnected from its strongest bonds. The same way Buzz fell to darkness after being torn from Andy, isn’t it likely that Sora would fall to darkness if torn from Kairi?... What if Sora becoming depressed and losing hope was Xehanort’s ultimate goal in base KH3?
I actually have a theory that the master of masters might be an alternate version of sora that followed the riku path, similar to how yozora is an alternative Riku that followed sora's path ( mainly given how the master's mannerisms and movements while speaking give off a very "sora vibe") and that he went back in order to obtain a very specific outcome in the future since time travel is a thing in this series...I also believe Skuld might be in the black box and that Namine might be ava in the same way that Roxas is Ven ...but I digress lol
It reminds me so much of myself you see I’m a 25-year-old girl who was not supposed to live past the age of two years old because of a major disability known as hydrocephalus which is fluid on the brain which is why I have a shunt and the fact that there’s another disease that I was born with called LMC which is a brain disorder and unfortunately though it didn’t get the chance to kill me at the age of two and said the fluid on my brain redirected towards my retina’s which rendered them severely scarred which is why I was completely blind when I was a baby but then gained a partial line of vision as years past, needless to say I have been belittled so much and told that I was not going to amount to anything I mean seriously people were really evil to me and still are and not even giving me a chance! I mean come on I’m Elise trying here cut me some slack Willia?! This whole world has been doing nothing but belittling me ever since and it’s like one of those moments where you just can’t get into it because others will not understand so I basically have to do the same thing sora has to do which is shrug your shoulders and say that I can take itEven though I can’t stand it! Like I said it’s one of those things where you just can’t get into it because other people will not understand and I really wish they would!
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One of the biggest problems that see in this game is that it felt like all the characters were just complete dicks to Sora through out it. They'd always talk about how great Rikku is all the while forgetting & belittling EVERYTHING Sora has done up to that point. Because of that, Sora felt like her was insignificant in anything he did. That's why Sora was different in Kingdom Hearts 3, it's because everyone else broke him because they wouldn't acknowledge any of the good he did. ( & if there was any mention of any good Sora did, it was always put in the foreground compared to what Rikku did.)
This is just flat out not true. Roxas, Xion, Axel, Terra and Ventus didn't talk to Riku or about him at all. Kairi didn't say anything about it. Aqua only talked to Riku like once when she was possessed. I think the only ones who really talked about it were Donald and Goofy.
If anything, Riku is the one who got fucked in KH3 cause you only fight as him twice (or thrice including the Remind dlc) he's only a conditional party member unlike in KH2 where he was the party member for the last world. Riku is hands down one of the least screened deuteragonists in all of gaming. EVERY time he's a "main protagonist", it is always ALONGSIDE Sora being a main character too. That is to say, Riku does not have his OWN game, and it's sad to see that even going forward from this point he'll probably never get one
@@yeyeye802 also it's not even donald and goofy idolizing riku. they idolize the king who happens to be with riku. it's sora himself who keps the hero worship of riku going.
Sora is actually a pretty interesting character, it's just that he has a very strong persona and doesn't let certain parts of himself out into the open that often. You have to read inbetween the lines a lot with him and using the other "Soras" as a guide to help figure him out. A really good example is the conversation Ventus and Vanitas have at the beginning of BBS, swap out Terra for Riku and it's almost like a conversation Sora may have had with himself at the beginning of KH1
For me, I can’t see what Sora’s tragedy will bring, but throughout the KH series, Sora struggled to stay as he was and changed. He remained to be: strong, smart, confident, funny, handsome, brave, curious, silly, loving, caring, loyal, generous, and kind! And he can always make friends, wherever he goes!
True, and I hope that he manages to keep the traits that have made him such a likeable character, at least to me. Still, I noticed that ever since Kingdom Hearts 2 while he has been as enthusiastic as ever to help his friends and other people, the experiences he has had have worn him down to a degree. By the end of Kingdom Hearts 2, he genuinely seemed happy to be back on the islands in contrast to his eager desire to leave and explore in 1. I would imagine when he finally gets done with whatever new disaster is going to appear, he and his friends will have earned themselves a long rest and vacation from all this. Still, I hope he is still able to bring a smile to our faces when all is said and done.
An entire game playing as Sora completely alone for the first time since the very first few hours of Kingdom Hearts 1. Obviously he needs level up abilities so perhaps this could improve the impression of Links people have. They weren't explained like every other power in the game like even dream eaters. Plus most major mechanics that had significance were op from at first. Making it relevant to the story and Soras small arsenal using his thoughts of his friends to help him in battle makes the loneliness more apparent and could drive Sora to do thinks he may normally never do. Memories powering attacks sounds like a Namura thing to do as well.
I mean I think it's really just flat out starting to get to him. I don't think people understand this well. He was 14 at the start of KH1. 14 years old. I, being on the younger end of my grade, was a freshman in high school. I hadn't even taken GEOMETRY by that point. It was the first year that I read any classic literature. I didn't know how chemistry worked. So, let's think about it. Couple days before summer vacation ends, you see a storm in your town, and then it gets swallowed up into basically HELL, and then your best friend willingly chooses to become a fallen angel/demon. The girl who you have a super hard crush on gets porfed out of existence, and your parents and the rest of your town gets erased too. Sucks, right? But wait, there's more! You wake up in the middle of a plaza in the middle of a city with a weird key weapon thing in your hand, fight a dude with a GUNBLADE and get WHOOPED, and then he tells you that because this key thing decided to be yours, pretty much everyone in existence wants to kill you to take your power for their own. ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS You are then sent on a two year long journey through multiple worlds, outer space, actual hell itself, facing off against SEPHIROTH, literal Gods, your demonic best friend who's now your enemy, and many more. You also almost get possessed, and throughout the whole journey you are constantly berated and demeaned by just about every figure of authority you encounter because "oh you're like 15 what do you know" even though you've saved the entire universe multiple times, without a single modicum of their help, thank you very much, and still have to keep fighting and act like this happy-go-lucky kid? Sora is basically a knight at this point. With all the stuff that has happened to him he has about as much tragic backstory as Anakin Skywalker. Stop treating him like a child.
Well said. I think at times there is the tendency among some people to forget that these characters are supposed to actually exhibit human emotions and experiences. It is possible to forget that the things they are going through are things that would likely break others who experienced them. We are fortunate from our perspective to view this as a game (and for some who I can't understand) to view it as nothing more than figures who don't exist experiencing things that have no consequence or meaning. Sora and his friends don't have that luxury. To them, everything that is happening is very real, very terrifying, very sad, and very painful. Fortunately, the good parts are real to them as well, but still.
Thank you! This video articulates so much why this series is my favorite and why it resonates with me so deeply. Over the course of Kingdom Hearts III we see Sora get really beat down leading up to the final confrontation. The scene with Vanitas in the Monsters Inc World struck a particular cord with me and got me thinking. One of the first things that Donald and Goofy said to him was: "No frowns. This ship runs on happy faces." What had always been a silly and lighthearted moment in the series becomes pretty dark when you realize, Sora is told out the gate that even if he is sad or frustrated, he's not supposed to show it. So he really doesn't until the end of DDD when he almost falls to darkness. Then, when he's almost out of health in KHIII, you gain the Rage form, this is the personification of Sora's depression and repressed emotions. Using your powerful attack, takes more health away. Having struggled with depression for many years that hits home for me in a painful way. I got a Playstation 2 for my birthday when I was in highschool. My own personal console that I didn't have to share with my brothers. I wanted it just to play this crazy crossover game - Disney AND Final Fantasy....uh, yes, please. I didn't get the game until Christmas the next year and it was the first game I owned as I had been renting or borrowing from friends. I played through Kingdom Hearts I a year after my mom had died of cancer on Christmas Eve (It was the first game I ever beat totally on my own). So Sora being a kid one day and then, the next losing his whole world, I felt that. I didn't realize how much I felt that, until I began reflecting on what he goes through at the end of Kingdom Hearts III. I've bought multiple consoles just to play through each game. It's by far my favorite series and Sora's my favorite character. Kingdom Hearts is often joked on for having a convoluted story. It's not complicated. It's about good vs. evil, because duh and also Disney. But it's also about not letting your failures, losses make you give up. May your heart be your guiding key.
I like to think of Sora as Zidane without the Libido(probably cause he's not a total rascal, though a tryhard ladies man Sora is a funny mental image).
I have loved Sora since buying KH1 in 2002 and I still love him to death to this day. Hes actually taught me a lot and he will always be in my heart. ❤
If I am understanding you right, Prod, and the scene that goes with what you're saying; I wonder if everyone saw something different during the fight with the demon tower/tide (I cannot remember what its proper name is, but the huge amalgamation of shadows in the Keyblade Graveyard) did everyone see something different? Like Aqua saw a bunch of her evil versions, so I wonder if Riku saw a bunch of evil versions of himself as well. And did everyone see something different or only those who were possessed by evil even if only for a brief period of time?
More edge is always good because darkness always pushes the other side to combat it even harder. The darker aspects have always been my favorite part of the series ever since I was a kid. My friends and I would always recite KH1 Ansem’s lines word for word because he was such a dark enigmatic character, and was a lot of fun to emulate. I absolutely agree that there needs to be a balance of light and dark though. Too much darkness would make darkness lose what makes it so cool and forbidden, and that would also simultaneously take away any semblance of hope from the world or it’s characters...which is just boring. That’s probably why Riku is my favorite character. I love how he chooses to fight for the light, even after he succumbed to the darkness. He uses his knowledge of darkness to his advantage, and has become stronger for it. None of that would be possible if there wasn’t that balance though.
I don't know if anyone else saw but I believe Sora has PTSD of the darkness as well kind of like Aqua because in Big Hero 6 world, he freaks out over them with a VR headset and immediately gets ready to fight them even though he knew they weren't really there.
But that's the thing, at first, Sora *didn't* know they weren't really there. Sora doesn't understand technology, or, in his words, he "can't computer".
To be fair he has been through a lot in the series and it’s hard because leaving his comfort zone to fight in a Keyblade war and he is only doing it for his friends and the world
I had a feeling a major character was going to die as I went through all the worlds and realised the main overtone theme was about coping with loss. I had a feeling it was going to be sora and I was a bit mis guided when kiri was murdered. Then when the final scene of sora and kiri hit and sora faded I knew he had passed away. The whole game was preparing us for that major hit. I haven't played the DLC yet, but I have watched the cut scenes on UA-cam. I feel sora is going to be a huge character in the future. I feel he is so much more then what we think him to be. There is a reason why he is the only character with a crown and I feel he is a reincarnation of something/someone powerfull and he has to go through all of his experiences before gaining back his locked memories.
Sora in remind was different than his other adventures he was lazer focused and he knew he had only one chance to get this right, Soras knew that he probably won't come back from this one that is why he wasn't surprised when he looked at his dissapearing hand so yeah of course Sora wasn't enjoying his time sacreficing himself
That was very profound and very on Direct about the protagonist of the series because my true beliefs is that he didn't care about anybody else but his friends knowing the risk of what he was told especially by that chirithy he had to do what needs to be done even if it cost him his existence that's not Reckless at all cuz some things you just have to dive into do when there's no time at all that is what was his situation was and he is one of the most confident mature people I have seen throughout the story just a Unique Kind
Sora is different because after fighting this never ending battle for years and years, being betrayed, abandoned, doubted, and fell to darkness more then once, he finally is victories, with everyone by his side, and all that he fought for is ripped from him again, and he’s taken to a strange world he doesn’t know.
It hasn't been years and years. It's been like two. And that's alot to go through for a short period of time. But at the same time. Others have had it worse. And i get that Sora is the main character, but its sage to say that these characters mental health isnt an actual thing. Look at Axel who has been through what Sora has been through and we never see any consequences to what he had to deal with. And hes been dealing with it longer than sora has
Homez18 id argue that his mental stress started when he took in Vens heart to repair after he lost Terra to the darkness, and losing so completely to Xehanort, and Vanitas.
I honstly think its cause of roxes at the end on DDD Roxes gave sora all his memores, and then he's a lot more quiet deep in though similer to roxes thats why at that scene in KH3 he said he was think about roxes. Roxes sad story definatly had an effect on sora.
You should make a video about top things we need to be prepared for Re:Mind. Like, Cooking Recipes, Keyblades, Items, and other stuff. I'm gonna play Re:Mind on Critical Mode.
Regarding cooking, always cook with the Gourmand ring equipped to make the minigames easier. As for full courses, the bonuses are really random so keep experimenting to get the desired bonus and then save to favorites
Sora might be getting back on touch with reality, for years he's been lying to himself I think, does anyone remember Kingdom Hearts 1? He never cared about anything or anyone except for going home and finding Riku and Kairi, he really didn't care about Donald and Goofy and on top of that he was FORCED to smile and be happy by Donald and Goofy, they effectively told him his emotions were null, they wouldn't take him if he was sad even if he had a right to feel that way. It's the same sort of thing that leads most men to depression, not allowed to feel sad so you don't, but it bottles up and the World punishes you for it with depression, something that easily cripples everyone it meets. Sora was a selfish child in Kingdom Hearts 1 and then everyone around him forced him to go against his nature, for a while the mask they had him wear was becoming who he was. At heart going completely against our nature is dangerous for us, sure you can go against it in many ways but to completely change everything about yourself will destroy you in the end, because you're going against your own free will in a way.
Calling Sora a selfish child in KH1 is one of the BIGGEST stretches i've heard in a long time. The fact that he was willing to dive in the darkness for Riku and searched endlessly for Kairi proves he's unselfish. For a while they're literally the only two big friends that he has from the players point of view, so saying "oh he ONLY cared about them" They are practically the ONLY people the story's concerned about for a while anyways
...Dood. This all began and ended with Kairi. And, let's be real. Nobody is just gonna let their girl be shattered into million pieces and stay that way if they can fix it/undo it. And that's especially true for Sora. But then. The price you pay is what I'm interested in. That and to see who Yozors is to Sora.
Sora at the begining said from the beginning "is this dream or not". I believe he is living in a simulation or a literal dream to test the boy. Idk just drunk and speaking my mind
Hey prodigy I have an xbox and I havent fully played the first two kindom hearts games I wanna get the final mix versions are the final mix versions know as 1.5 and 2.5? And if so do I need to get a ps3?
qwerty999 not Prodigy, but you’re on the right track. The HD remasters on PS3 & PS4 are the ones with the Final Mixes. I’d recommend the PS4 1.5+2.5 version since it has both 1.5 & 2.5 on one disc with an upped frame rate & faster load time
So I was replaying remind and it just dawned on me that Sora isn't the hero of the Dark Seeker Saga. He's the sacrifice needed for the new world. The remind DLC shows us that technically Sora isn't even a guardian of light the seven confirmed are Roxas, Xion, Ven, Aqua, Terra, Micky and Riku. Sora literally gives up his place in the world so that they can all have a second chance to stop the 13 darknesses and save the day.
@@bouillebieber34 No I don't think so. Because the guardians of light are only officially revealed in Re:Mind. Xion, Roxas, Riku, Micky, Ven, Terra and Aqua are considered guardians based on Sora tracing his connection with Kiri to them. I think "The light" that is being guarded is Kiri and Sora. Both of whom are direct targets of the Organization. Both are also shown to have timeline breaking powers.
Your Parts about him being more caring and more non caring about his own life the most of his friends is true because that's the maturity he's always shown that the maturity that's evolved into part 3 he knows the risk of everything that's the maturity he's showing but he rather give his own life in exchange for his friends unlike the other characters he shows more heart and determination in more consciousness to do the right thing that's something that he showed that the other wielders over the series didn't which led to Thor's Victory a lot that's something every other character in the series has something to learn from him and his maturity of heart in consciousness it is value of others is value of others as was higher than any other character in the series it is Keen sense of justice
Sora does not make the best decisions even when it comes to dashing into a battle head at times I will admit that. but to say that sora is less mature than Roxas. where are these roxas is Fanboys getting this crap cuz I like the part out some facts in the Kingdom Hearts franchise to prove my point that is not true at all. Roxas actually is not that mature Roxas tried to take over a body that did not belong to him. if we're being honest or I had every right to his body and his Hard Rock This should never have existed in the first place and even knowing that so I did not old Roxas a damn thing so I went out of his way even if it cost him his own existence to find a way to give Roxy has his own body so there's that.
If you look at the KH Series, Sora is the ONLY truly selfless character in the series. Maybe this is the type of person MoM was trying to create(or prevent) with the foretellers? All of the foretellers relate to a 7 deadly sin, and they all share a very selfish personality trait, which leads to their downfall.
Imagine If sora got taken over by the pressure and lost control so his friends had to save him that’s not a very god explanation but I think it would be cool
Donald helped me a lot and not just in this game. When I first started playing Kingdom hearts, I honestly lost count of the number of times he saved me. In Kingdom Hearts 3, there were a bunch of times he brought me back from the brink even when he himself was in trouble. I don't see where this anger towards Donald comes from.
True the Sora I knew he was like "I will never give up" or "Light matters" But now the thoughts are more deeper....and when I saw Kairi crying I was thinking what happened so I looked up what happened and it was sad....But also confusing cause different endings so if one day I tried Remind How to get these different endings instead of showing Sora or Yozora fallen Do we see more of the detail of whats gonna happen to Sora when he gets back or when he survives or anything like that.... 😯 Would I use him again? If I have to use Kairi and Aqua I would be so Upset to not hear the jokes of Sora, Donald and Goofy together it wouldnt be right without Sora 😰
Everyone teasing sora, especially at mysterious tower, made me mad. Sora deserves more respect man
Not everybody
and I was talking about a certain princess
salty squid I agree.
Riku wasn't laughing at him
Yeah And Support Can't Forget
I like how KH3 characterized Sora so much more than before. He's a happy guy, sure, but KH3 showed smaller 'blink and you miss it' glimpses to him. Corona was my first major realization when he gets sentimental but covers it up with a barb at Donald, before whispering "All for one, and one for all." I dunno why, but that hit me hard. Sora... He's grown up.
My first was back in kh2 when he mouthed 'I love you' or 'thank you' to them when they lied to Mickey and went to help the Gardens. It showed that he expected them to side with the king (like back in Hollow Bastion, huh just got that parallel) but they didnt this time becasue they are that close.
@@bellringer53 damn i never thought of it as a paralell to that scene in kh1, makes that moment alot more impactful now
Man Sora had so much maturity in this game it was one of the thing that helped carry me through just how weak Sora was cutscene wise. I liked how he tried to figure out why the organization was acting the way there was. Too bad Donald and Goofy kept telling him not to worry about it. Although Sora was spamming that power of awakening like me spamming that attack button.
I really don’t feel that way , I felt like I was playing a completely different character he still felt kinda bone headed to me for some reason. KH Com was probably the most emotional sora I feel.
bellringer He said Thank you.
Everyone overlooks Soras emotional intelligence, after all in the first game he gave up his life for his friends, COM tore his memories apart, 2 had him break down but ultimately was the beginning of the end, 3D made him more vulnérable to the darkness, and 3 hardened him by making him bare all these emotions in such a short span of time.
He’s burdened so much but he never allows it to become other people’s problem. Honestly, he deserves all the naps.
agreed, on the brightside, kingdom hearts recoded delved into that a bit
God Christ Jesus bless you, and have a nice day today
My thoughts is that Sora is a lot smarter then he lets on. He pretends to be goofy and ignorant because thats what his friends expect and love about him however Sora has a much deeper and smarter side to him hidden away inside of him. Right before Sora's world was thrown into chaos Kairi told Sora to "Never Change" throughout most of the KH sequals we've seen Sora struggle to stay the same person he was before Xehanort plunged Destiny Islands into darkness. What if Remind focuses on that other more serious side of Sora that he tries to keep hidden from his friends. That would be great to see
It would be soooooo refreshing.
We've seen it a couple of times. In Chain of Memories we've seen how Sora can get when he is 100% done with the bullshit he goes through. Also he has been shown that he can be smart and pretty cunning in battle. Sora also seems to understand complex things a lot easier and more often than he lets on. Its one reason why I think MOM is an adult Sora, both have a dark and mysterious side to them that both of them hide behind a goofy and playful exterior side
@Shark-King-101
Agreed he’s even shown to have a sarcastic/smartass side at times although very slight
He can even be indifferent, unapologetic and unsympathetic towards his enemies like when he said to Demyx
“You gonna cry?”
Is one remark I remember the most
I always thought that line was really harsh coming from Sora especially
I would be very interested to explore that side of Sora.
@@sharkmessiah1018 Actually I like you point about Re:Com. He's kinda an ass in that game. Especially once you get halfway through. He doesn't really show respect for his friends and enemies; something that he is shown to have throughout the series. I think this is because of Kiri's influence on him. She keeps him grounded. At the same time he's completely unable to actually be with her dude to circumstances. I personally think a lot of the reason why people say the ending of KH3 is bad is because it's unfair to Sora.
Think about it all of his friend (the keybladers) get their happy ending on Destiny Island. This is after Sora sacrificed everything to save his friends. Even the organization his main enemies end with their hearts restored and Luxo gets his friends back.
I don't want to see Sora save himself in KH3 remind. It want to see him saved because low key wtf. Sora needs a break and a vacation with his girlfriend.
"Dark and edgy just isn't what the series is about"
Me: *Laughs in "Darkness within darkness awaits you at the bottom of the abyss"*
Nah that's just emo
Kh 358 days and kh2 riku walk in thr door
Sora’s speech in toy box and in the ending made me have a new level of appreciation for the character, and there is no bigger sign of how much sora loves his friends than sacrificing his life for them.
I honestly think he’s facing some type of trauma, because of what he’s been through and him being happy go lucky helps him cope.
Yeah, he ignores his trauma and pretends to be happy and go-lucky like Donald and Goofy as a coping mechanism because he doesnt value his own well being as much as others. Sora doesn't know how to handle his trauma so he just represses it, something that, if Rage Form is any indication, will not be good for him in the long term.
I agree that Sora seems to be dealing with some kind of trauma, but, I've been thinking, and I've come up with my own theory...
What if that trauma wasn't from something on Sora's journey, but actually, was from something that happened in his past? What if, when he was younger, like maybe not even a second digit in age, Sora experienced some kind of terrible and horrific moments that caused him to become like this, causing him to think that he couldn't show fear or apprehension or stress when dealing with pressure, making him think that he was required to hide his pain behind his enthusiastic smile and happy-go-lucky personality?
What these moments were, I can't really say for sure. Though I do have a few ideas, maybe it could be just one of these possibilities or maybe it could be all three...who knows? Who but Sora himself knows for sure what kind of traumatic experiences he suffered through as a kid? What kind of horribly painful experiences and hurtful moments did the poor boy have to push through during childhood, leading him to become the person he is now?
Here are my ideas;
Possibility #1:
Maybe Sora was bullied as a child. That would explain his reactions to when Pete, the Organization, and even his friends were making fun of him for his lack of his powers and having to get the Power of Waking in order to... well, in order to actually be useful in saving Aqua and all of the other characters that needed to be saved. I mean, sure, his friends were obviously not intending to hurt him, they were just, you know, teasing him about it in a lighthearted, friendly way. But I can imagine that Sora would still be hurt by it if he had been bullied in school and/or, basically anywhere that wasn't his house, with kids calling him hurtful names, saying that he's weak or, (if he had shown early signs of his powers as a Keyblade Wielder,) people might've even been calling him a freak or abnormal, and, possibly even, hurting him, both physically and emotionally, by either physically attacking him when the teachers or other grown ups weren't around or just verbally pummeling him beyond belief.
This could also kind of be what caused his reaction to the Mark of Mastery test results in Dream Drop Distance, only in a much less visible sense. If he was bullied during his childhood, with people probably telling him that he was absolutely worthless and would never amount to anything, the revelation of having failed such an important test for Keyblade Wielders, while it seemed like he wasn't bothered by it on the outside, on the inside, though, it could've reminded him of what he had been told as a child, and, in his mind, could've also proven that they were true, that he was just a failure and wasn't worthy to wield the Keyblade like his friends were.
Possibility #2:
Or maybe Sora experienced the loss of a friend or family member. That would explain why he just completely broke down in despair when he saw the rest of the Guardians of light perish right in front of him. Not only are the other Guardians his best friends, but having them ripped away from him so forcefully would, most likely, cause some really bad memories to resurface if he had lost someone before this. This could also be the case in some of the worlds that he visited in Kingdom Hearts 3, those worlds being "Kingdom of Corona", "Arendelle", and "The Caribbean", in all of which he was forced, once again, to witness the death of someone from those worlds, someone he cared about, those people being Flynn Rider, Anna and Will Turner. Even though they all turned out okay in the end, It's probably safe to assume that those events could've reawakened his suppressed memories of the person or people he lost, and, in turn, slowly reawakened his feelings of despair and loneliness, one chunk at a time, so that, by the time the Guardians of Light fell in the Keyblade Graveyard, he just couldn't take it anymore and completely shut down.
Possibility #3:
This one may be the most unlikely of my theories, but there are a few pieces of evidence that show that this could've happened.
Maybe, the parents that he has now, might not even be his real parents.
The reason I say this is because, for one thing, Sora never really talks about his parents, and, though we do hear his mother's voice in the beginning of Kingdom Hearts 1, after Sora learns that Destiny Islands was destroyed, his thoughts immediately went to Riku and Kairi, making it sound like he doesn't really have a strong enough relationship with his parents for him to be completely worried about whether or not they made it off the Islands. Now, don't get me wrong, Sora still cares about his parents, this much is clear, and it's also clear that his parents care deeply for him too, but, what if, the reason he's not as close with them as a child should be with their parents is because he's afraid of getting too close with them? Now, I know what you may be thinking: Why would Sora be afraid of his parents? Well, the only reason I can really think of is that, maybe, he wasn't born to the parents he has in the games, but to another couple who, for some unknown reason, aren't a part of his life anymore. One theory on this I have is that maybe his parents were also Keyblade Wielders and fought to protect Destiny Islands from the darkness. This would also explain why Sora can wield a Keyblade despite not having had the power given to him, because he is the son of two Keyblade Masters and he inherited the power from his parents. But something might've happened when Sora was still very young, too young to really remember it, causing his parents to fall in battle before they could teach him how to wield his Keyblade. The reason I think this could cause Sora to become afraid of getting close with his new parents is because, even though he didn't know that he could wield a Keyblade, maybe he was subconsciously afraid that if he got too close with his adoptive parents, he'd end up losing them to the darkness, just like he lost his real parents. So when Destiny Islands was swallowed by the darkness, while he didn't seem too worried about his parents, in reality, he was just trying to hide it and was internally beating himself up about it, thinking that he had failed to protect his adoptive parents and his real parents.
I'm not saying this is actually true, it's just a theory, I'm just saying that maybe something from his past is what caused him to become the person he is now...
There are different coping mechanisms for each person when they face circumstances like this. I agree, this is probably how Sora keeps himself going in spite of what he faces. I am not sure it will be healthy in the long run though. I have seen a few people in fiction try this, and it generally doesn't work forever.
Yes, but why is he happy go lucky at all? Donald and Goofy, they forced him to be happy or they would have ditched him on Traverse Town.
Just think about that "stop crying about your friends or never see them again."
None of them even knew that Kairi or Riku were still alive, and for no reason whatsoever Donald actively pushes Riku away from them, personally I think Donald and Goofy are the result of his weaknesses after KH 1.
It's weird to say but KH 1 was mentally far more stable than any other version of himself, since KH 1 Sora was independent and almost lost everything in Deep Jungle because of it, after that I think his smiles have come about out of fear.
He's afraid of being trapped without his friends, because he's constantly been told by destiny that Sora is nothing without his friends, that's why Sora breaks when the entire crew except Riku gets hit by the Heartless storm.
Riku is like Sora from KH 1 or perhaps it's better to say that Riku rubbed off on KH 1 Sora which is why Sora was so strong in KH 1 despite his lack of experience and talent.
I don't know I just think it's interesting how Riku and Sora are fundamentally the same but both are different for their own reasons, all of Riku's battles were fought practically on his own, Riku has to be the strongest one because he always has to fight alone, Sora on the other hand has become extremely reliant on other people because of his experiences.
This is why Sora is weaker after Chain of Memories.
That is one perspective. I personally don't see it as a weakness to be willing to rely on others for help when needed. Riku needed help too, King Micky and Ansem. He didn't make it this far entirely on his own and if not for them, his own darkness may well have overcome him. Some see it as weakness to have to rely on others, but those who attempt to forge forward alone eventually find themselves in a situation that they cannot overcome alone. I would prefer to have people at my back that I can trust then walk forward alone. Besides, if I face problems with others, then I can see if they can help me or at least divide the problem for each person there. It would be easier than facing things alone. Aside from being able to rely on them, it is a lot less lonely that way and I may find I can learn from them in ways that will benefit me in the long run. This is how I see it and of course anyone is free to disagree with me. I am going to give my personal perspectives below regarding the situation. I mean no offense, this is only my opinion.
As far as Sora is concerned, I think he is dealing with a lot especially since every time he gets to a point where it seems that things are resolved (I snap my fingers) something new comes along to disrupt his life. In Kingdom Hearts 2 he seemed significantly less happy to know that his journey would be twice as difficult as Kingdom Hearts 1. He hoped that closing the door to darkness would restore peace to the worlds, but things were not that simple. Regarding him being happy, I think in part he does it to hide these things, partly because he clearly finds things he still likes about his adventures, and partly because being happy is easier than being depressed or unhappy. Donald seemed to be incredibly focused on their mission at the beginning and even later on which is why he seemed stern at times. Goofy is, well Goofy. Friendly and trusting to a fault and willing to help Sora even if it is not directly a part of their mission.
Naturally as times goes and they get to know him better, their friendship improves. Even if they wanted to leave him behind, King Micky told them to stick with him and I think they prefer to try and be happy rather than be upset all the time. I have read fictions where people try to be depressed and upset all the time while going through their journey. Typically they need something to keep them going. I attribute Donald being angry at Riku as Donald showing all of his more annoying traits at once. While Sora has no idea at the time he meets them if Riku or Kairi are in fact alive, he can't very well find out by staying in Traverse Town when to his knowledge at the time, neither of them are there.
Regarding him breaking down at the heartless storm, please consider this. Even if they choose to fight with just Riku and Sora, they don't know at that point if they have any guarantee of getting their friends back if they win. Plus, they don't even know if they can win since they are now facing thirteen powerful individuals at once with two people when they had no guarantee of winning with all of them together. Not to mention Xehanort managing to reduce their numbers that way shows how he has planned everything and ultimately will win no matter what they do. I expect he was prepared for such an outcome if it would bring the result he desired. He is a master of manipulation and twisting events to his will. I see Riku comforting him after that to be his attempt to try and help Sora despite the fact that they are clearly in the worst situation they have ever been in. I don't know if he even had a plan at that point, but I give him points for trying.
I don't know where destiny comes into this partly because quite frankly I hesitate to believe fully in destiny. There are things in life we cannot control, but we can control certain things and we can ultimately choose what to make of our circumstances. Both Sora and Riku along with other characters have choices to make which influence the paths they take. In the end, their decisions are what bring them to where they are, not just events that are beyond their control. While there have been voices stating that Sora will be the one to open the door, he is ultimately the one who decides what he does with his life. I feel the same about all fictional characters, in the end each person has things that they cannot control and choices to make. The decisions we make are what determine what path we walk. These are my own personal conclusions and are not meant as an offense or attack on anyone else. I just want to express how I see things. If I have caused offense then I apologize and if anyone here desires it, I will happily leave to avoid any arguments. I know that some will disagree with me and I respect that. Everyone here has just as much right to their opinion as I do to mine.
"a little hurt can't be all that bad" - Sora explained this in Twilight Town (while giving a nod to Roxas teaching him about hurt in Re:Coded). Pain is a motivator for Sora. Exactly the reason why Xehanort deep-sixed Kairi.
Also, Sora reliving the pain of his friends in the Graveyard shows how Darkness really does manifest itself in different ways depending on your feelings and connections to it. MoM alluded to this. It preys on your deepest fears and makes it hard for you to face it. (Face My Fears). But Riku had a brave enough heart to face that Darkness, hence the name of his weapon, Braveheart. KH3 made Sora stronger without his friends. Between Re:Coded and DDD, Roxas set Sora up for this beautifully in KH3.
Riku mainly faced his darkness or "fear" as you put it in Chain of Memories, Days and KH2 so by the time DDD came he had all but gotten over it and grown so he didn't fall into darkness due to Xehanort. Sora, meanwhile, has been in a way crippled by Donald and Goofy. Sora showed way more varied emotion until they basically forced him to not be sad in KH1 ("this ship runs on happy faces. no frowning, no sad faces"). Sora wasn't allowed to face his darkness himself and grow because of the unhealthy mindset instilled into him, as seen as early as CoM when he told Naminé not to cry because it would make him feel bad. Sora stopped opening up as much about his emotions probably for the same reason; if he showed negative emotions then others, who he believes he has to keep happy, would feel bad.
In the first Kingdom Hearts/COM he took things way more seriously than he seemed to later on. He showed his raw emotions more often and you got to see that he was actually quite depressed and frustrated throughout it all. Because he’s matured, he’s learned to turn the other cheek in those situations. Or at least has learned to pretend to. A facade of confidence and aloofness. To fool his enemies and maybe even himself. That’s why MOM being a version of him would make sense. Sora is often much smarter than he lets on and let’s people assume he’s that same carefree spirit he’s always been. This of course is me over analyzing. Just thoughts.
Kh Freak I feel the same way I really felt like that made him so much dumber since Dream drop distance
I don't think Sora is smarter than he let's people see because it's never been shown throughout the game, and it wouldn't make sense or even need to be a thing. Hes a kid who has never left his island. At first him being the way he was made sense because things attacked his island and hes looking for his friends. But as time goes on, although things are still going on, he knows how to fight it and stop it so he doesnt have to be as guarded and emotional as he used to be.
That facade doesnt work with the series.
@@jakesteel90 honestly I think Sora acting so naive and somewhat dumb in DDD was just the fact that he thought none of it was real. He believed everything was a part of his test and that he wasnt in actual danger and that with no one else around to comfort him in his moments of doubt and confusion over everything since no one tells him ANYTHING, Sora tried to act more carefree and childish to protect himself. No one told Sora anything so him being confused makes sense because, unlike the audience and even Riku, we dont have the time or knowledge that something is up to really analysis what's going on. Sora trusted Yen Sid and believed everything was ok and it cost him.
People done seem to understand what he went through. He’s not even really an adult yet and he’s faced death and carried many people’s lives on his shoulders
How don't we understand him. We've only been with him his entire career. Kh3 Sora is wack. Too big a kid. It's ok to be lighthearted but man how is character seemed to regress.
@@Crosse1215 Well, part of it (from my perspective) is just a mask created as a coping mechanism, based on all the shit he's gone through. I personally think that by DDD it's just getting harder to keep up, and KH3 really reinforced that for me, due to his little blow ups and THAT scene.
Sora also committed a similar act in kingdom hearts 1 when he sacrificed himself and turned into a heartless to save kairi. He knew the risk and consequences of what he was doing and still he just smiled and gave a look of determination
Ya'll ever notice how Sora became more vulnerable and less secure as more people left his body? In the end, Sora's still strong at his core but maybe Xigbar was on to something when he said too much power in one place might lead to disaster.
Well considering he was never actually meant to wield the Keyblade, or any power, to al of a sudden gain such power and responsibility would burden anyone. Keep in mind that it was Sora's own strength that made the Kingdom Key change its mind on who should be its master. His only "special" quality was that he let so many people into his own heart and shouldered their burdens as well.
You ever wonder if his parents even care right now
Soras parents: "Our son goes missing one night, saves the universe 3 times, and practically goes through all manner of destruction and rebirth, coma, saves peoples lives and practically does it with a big grin on his face. Yep, that's our boy."
Noir?
His dinner is getting cold
Sora's mom just wanted him to eat his damn dinner!!! 😭 obviously they're in school too as Kairi and Selphie's KH2 outfits portrayed. Probably all expelled by now. Lol
Damn... I doubt it.
I feel sora's character might follow a similar arc to judai from yugioh gx. Passionate, energetic kid who loves dueling but then has to save his friends a trillion times by dueling and forgets how to duel for fun, only to be saved in the end through his duel with yugi. Sora I feel will do the same, he will continue to get more and more serious and have a minor rebound when he realizes he has lost sight of who he is
does this include a possesion of an evil spirit that he ultimatly befriends and harness for power?
@@FreyOdyssey God I hope so
Judai ahh... Its really sad especially in S4.
They started to think of him as a different person but im glad they have their friendship again.
S3 really strikes me to the heart. Diving further down dimensions until he can't control his emotions causing him to be possessed by hao.
I noticed that the story starts to a joyful one to the depressing one(although its fixed and he gained the joy of dueling back) but he didn't have a chance to properly say goodbye to all of his friends.
I was thinking the same thing!
Sora is a cinnamon roll, which is a person who is kind and gentle, who would undergo emotional suffering. And is also a rolling stone, which is someone who is can't settle in one place for long. If we combine the two things together, we'd get a Cinnamon Rolling stone - a kind and gentle person who is unwilling to stay in one place, *and* would go through emotional suffering.
Terra got denied the Master title:
He went Anakin
Sora got denied the Master title:
Dies saving his bae, gets isekaid to Japan only to get killed again
😢
Have you ever heard the Tragedy of a Hero named Sora?
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Captain Valourous I thought not. It is not a story the Guardians of Light would tell you
Prideful Master It’s a Keyblade legend. Sora was a Keyblade wielder, so powerful and so nice, he could use the strength of his heart with the Power of Waking to change.... fate.
Breath of the Sith he had such a knowledge of the Power of Waking that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying
@@pridefulmaster1390
The Power of the Waking is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be.....Unatural.
Ironic isn't it? He could save others from death but not himself.
You said kingdom hearts wasnt dark, I think u forgot about the Fall of Radiant Garden and the Keyblade War. Both are very dark
No, Kingdom hearts... is light
I dont know about all that. Sora always seemed to respond to the emotions his friends have when you look at his non biased though he is always care free. It seems more like his friends are holding him down in this one. You start to realize more that sora in his raw state is more relaxed then any of them. They seem to prod him to get him going but in reality it's never him that needs help but always them. From Hercules to goofy sora always bears there weight not his own. It almost feels like your playing to help them not yourself. It's kind of refreshing though to have a character whose not about constently bettering himself but instead others. Hes a literal hero and you dont see that much in games hes not trying to avenge the world or anything hes judt trying to help his friends. And in reality yeah they go at him but think about what there going through it's almost like there shoving there frustrations on him becouse they know he can take it. If this was a anime sora would be goku everyone is like sora save us while trying to act cool about it while sora is just trying to figure himself out. I dont see sora as weak at all he is still as strong as the beggining with as many abilities as well even the game in the begginin is like which level of op do you want? They harass him but truthfully if you look at it now biased without sora they'd be dead or worse but without them I find it hard to think that sora would be in a bind at all. It's not his problem that there world is burning literally but he has a bleeding heart which is really good to see.
This is interesting. Well, now that I realize it, Sora never had the opportunity to discover himself because all of his adventures were about helping someone or saving a friend, saving the worlds. Well, his duty as Keyblade Wielder and beyond that assumes so many responsibilities that he does not have any time to manage all these emotions and events since he was launched into the adventure. Sora has come to suffer from low self-esteem believing himself worthless without his friends or guilty and Sora is a force to be reckoned with but I am curious how much he can do when he is trusting and determined because his strength seems to be affected by his emotional state. of the. What I'm trying to say is that Sora's quality - his selflessness, his compassion and his good heart - is also his vice because he comes to self-deprecation, being deceived and sacrificing himself. I'm going to give an example: Riku was able to discover himself and he was able to have his time to discover what was bothering him, to reflect on what he really wanted and he was not alone. Mickey helped him as he could and he was able to discover the meaning of having a Keyblade "The power ”. to protect what matters to me.” What I'm trying to say is that Sora and Riku's roles now seem to be reversed. Riku could have closed one of his stages and started a new one but Sora hardly seems to notice what bothers him and what causes him conflict. Which I find interesting and I hope that it can be further explored in KHIV. 🗝️❤
I feel like 3 focused on Sora the most in terms of character growth. I think 3 is going to build upon Sora's sadness.
Why sadness and not maturity. He was treated like a child the entire game . 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾
@@Crosse1215 I think that's the point.
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You mean 10? Doesn't it release on the 23rd of Jan?
@@AeroXIII it's available on 11:00 pm on the 22nd
@@Treday RLLY?! OH HECK YEAH
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When I first played kh3 I didn't really notice all those things but on my second playthrough I really did start to look deeper, and especially in remind he seems more mature and determined, but something that really caught my eye that I see like no one talking about is that before the battle with yozora, Sora seems scared to fight him, which is something we never really see from sora, he doesn't really get scared like that when he's about to fight something, he doesn't even get scared when fighting the biggest heartless or nobodies, he didn't even seem scared when fighting the organization members, but that scene before the fight with yozora really sticks out to me
Great vid and topic!
I liked Sora a lot in KH3. He seemed much more like his KH2 self, but with an added maturity and lack of self-confidence. I think his character dev might even be a major plot point of Re Mind.
The one thing that made me convinced KH3 was a fakeout ending/worldline was that, throughout the game, it was hinted that Xehanort wanted Sora as his 13th vessel.
I personally think Xehanort’s entire plan for base Kh3 was to break Sora and cause him to fall to darkness/misuse the Power of Waking (which, being a Sleeping ability, must be tied to darkness), so that he could grab him as his 13th vessel in the True Worldline-ReMind.
There are multiple references to Sora being guided by Xehanort throughout the game, but the most significant is what Young Xehanort says in Toy Box about “split worlds.” He made it clear that he was testing how the heart responds to being separated/disconnected from its strongest bonds. The same way Buzz fell to darkness after being torn from Andy, isn’t it likely that Sora would fall to darkness if torn from Kairi?...
What if Sora becoming depressed and losing hope was Xehanort’s ultimate goal in base KH3?
I actually have a theory that the master of masters might be an alternate version of sora that followed the riku path, similar to how yozora is an alternative Riku that followed sora's path ( mainly given how the master's mannerisms and movements while speaking give off a very "sora vibe") and that he went back in order to obtain a very specific outcome in the future since time travel is a thing in this series...I also believe Skuld might be in the black box and that Namine might be ava in the same way that Roxas is Ven ...but I digress lol
This is a really awesome theory tbh and I would love to see that happening
It reminds me so much of myself you see I’m a 25-year-old girl who was not supposed to live past the age of two years old because of a major disability known as hydrocephalus which is fluid on the brain which is why I have a shunt and the fact that there’s another disease that I was born with called LMC which is a brain disorder and unfortunately though it didn’t get the chance to kill me at the age of two and said the fluid on my brain redirected towards my retina’s which rendered them severely scarred which is why I was completely blind when I was a baby but then gained a partial line of vision as years past, needless to say I have been belittled so much and told that I was not going to amount to anything I mean seriously people were really evil to me and still are and not even giving me a chance! I mean come on I’m Elise trying here cut me some slack Willia?! This whole world has been doing nothing but belittling me ever since and it’s like one of those moments where you just can’t get into it because others will not understand so I basically have to do the same thing sora has to do which is shrug your shoulders and say that I can take itEven though I can’t stand it! Like I said it’s one of those things where you just can’t get into it because other people will not understand and I really wish they would!
Stay strong
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One of the biggest problems that see in this game is that it felt like all the characters were just complete dicks to Sora through out it. They'd always talk about how great Rikku is all the while forgetting & belittling EVERYTHING Sora has done up to that point. Because of that, Sora felt like her was insignificant in anything he did. That's why Sora was different in Kingdom Hearts 3, it's because everyone else broke him because they wouldn't acknowledge any of the good he did. ( & if there was any mention of any good Sora did, it was always put in the foreground compared to what Rikku did.)
This is just flat out not true. Roxas, Xion, Axel, Terra and Ventus didn't talk to Riku or about him at all. Kairi didn't say anything about it. Aqua only talked to Riku like once when she was possessed.
I think the only ones who really talked about it were Donald and Goofy.
If anything, Riku is the one who got fucked in KH3 cause you only fight as him twice (or thrice including the Remind dlc) he's only a conditional party member unlike in KH2 where he was the party member for the last world. Riku is hands down one of the least screened deuteragonists in all of gaming. EVERY time he's a "main protagonist", it is always ALONGSIDE Sora being a main character too. That is to say, Riku does not have his OWN game, and it's sad to see that even going forward from this point he'll probably never get one
@@yeyeye802 also it's not even donald and goofy idolizing riku. they idolize the king who happens to be with riku. it's sora himself who keps the hero worship of riku going.
Sora is actually a pretty interesting character, it's just that he has a very strong persona and doesn't let certain parts of himself out into the open that often. You have to read inbetween the lines a lot with him and using the other "Soras" as a guide to help figure him out. A really good example is the conversation Ventus and Vanitas have at the beginning of BBS, swap out Terra for Riku and it's almost like a conversation Sora may have had with himself at the beginning of KH1
For me, I can’t see what Sora’s tragedy will bring, but throughout the KH series, Sora struggled to stay as he was and changed. He remained to be: strong, smart, confident, funny, handsome, brave, curious, silly, loving, caring, loyal, generous, and kind! And he can always make friends, wherever he goes!
True, and I hope that he manages to keep the traits that have made him such a likeable character, at least to me. Still, I noticed that ever since Kingdom Hearts 2 while he has been as enthusiastic as ever to help his friends and other people, the experiences he has had have worn him down to a degree. By the end of Kingdom Hearts 2, he genuinely seemed happy to be back on the islands in contrast to his eager desire to leave and explore in 1. I would imagine when he finally gets done with whatever new disaster is going to appear, he and his friends will have earned themselves a long rest and vacation from all this. Still, I hope he is still able to bring a smile to our faces when all is said and done.
Let your heart be your guiding key
An entire game playing as Sora completely alone for the first time since the very first few hours of Kingdom Hearts 1.
Obviously he needs level up abilities so perhaps this could improve the impression of Links people have. They weren't explained like every other power in the game like even dream eaters. Plus most major mechanics that had significance were op from at first. Making it relevant to the story and Soras small arsenal using his thoughts of his friends to help him in battle makes the loneliness more apparent and could drive Sora to do thinks he may normally never do. Memories powering attacks sounds like a Namura thing to do as well.
I mean I think it's really just flat out starting to get to him. I don't think people understand this well.
He was 14 at the start of KH1. 14 years old. I, being on the younger end of my grade, was a freshman in high school. I hadn't even taken GEOMETRY by that point. It was the first year that I read any classic literature. I didn't know how chemistry worked.
So, let's think about it.
Couple days before summer vacation ends, you see a storm in your town, and then it gets swallowed up into basically HELL, and then your best friend willingly chooses to become a fallen angel/demon. The girl who you have a super hard crush on gets porfed out of existence, and your parents and the rest of your town gets erased too. Sucks, right? But wait, there's more!
You wake up in the middle of a plaza in the middle of a city with a weird key weapon thing in your hand, fight a dude with a GUNBLADE and get WHOOPED, and then he tells you that because this key thing decided to be yours, pretty much everyone in existence wants to kill you to take your power for their own.
ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS
You are then sent on a two year long journey through multiple worlds, outer space, actual hell itself, facing off against SEPHIROTH, literal Gods, your demonic best friend who's now your enemy, and many more. You also almost get possessed, and throughout the whole journey you are constantly berated and demeaned by just about every figure of authority you encounter because "oh you're like 15 what do you know" even though you've saved the entire universe multiple times, without a single modicum of their help, thank you very much, and still have to keep fighting and act like this happy-go-lucky kid?
Sora is basically a knight at this point. With all the stuff that has happened to him he has about as much tragic backstory as Anakin Skywalker. Stop treating him like a child.
Well said. I think at times there is the tendency among some people to forget that these characters are supposed to actually exhibit human emotions and experiences. It is possible to forget that the things they are going through are things that would likely break others who experienced them. We are fortunate from our perspective to view this as a game (and for some who I can't understand) to view it as nothing more than figures who don't exist experiencing things that have no consequence or meaning. Sora and his friends don't have that luxury. To them, everything that is happening is very real, very terrifying, very sad, and very painful. Fortunately, the good parts are real to them as well, but still.
Thank you! This video articulates so much why this series is my favorite and why it resonates with me so deeply.
Over the course of Kingdom Hearts III we see Sora get really beat down leading up to the final confrontation. The scene with Vanitas in the Monsters Inc World struck a particular cord with me and got me thinking.
One of the first things that Donald and Goofy said to him was: "No frowns. This ship runs on happy faces."
What had always been a silly and lighthearted moment in the series becomes pretty dark when you realize, Sora is told out the gate that even if he is sad or frustrated, he's not supposed to show it.
So he really doesn't until the end of DDD when he almost falls to darkness.
Then, when he's almost out of health in KHIII, you gain the Rage form, this is the personification of Sora's depression and repressed emotions. Using your powerful attack, takes more health away. Having struggled with depression for many years that hits home for me in a painful way.
I got a Playstation 2 for my birthday when I was in highschool. My own personal console that I didn't have to share with my brothers. I wanted it just to play this crazy crossover game - Disney AND Final Fantasy....uh, yes, please. I didn't get the game until Christmas the next year and it was the first game I owned as I had been renting or borrowing from friends.
I played through Kingdom Hearts I a year after my mom had died of cancer on Christmas Eve (It was the first game I ever beat totally on my own). So Sora being a kid one day and then, the next losing his whole world, I felt that. I didn't realize how much I felt that, until I began reflecting on what he goes through at the end of Kingdom Hearts III.
I've bought multiple consoles just to play through each game. It's by far my favorite series and Sora's my favorite character. Kingdom Hearts is often joked on for having a convoluted story.
It's not complicated. It's about good vs. evil, because duh and also Disney. But it's also about not letting your failures, losses make you give up.
May your heart be your guiding key.
I like to think of Sora as Zidane without the Libido(probably cause he's not a total rascal, though a tryhard ladies man Sora is a funny mental image).
My boy Sora needs a hug.
Nah man my boy Sora needs to find out what a kiss is that's overdue tbh
only a comentary nothing special True. Very true.
@@kokoro7996 are you as excited as me that they continue Soras Story well I am
I just think it depends on who is in his heart or maybe he is just hiding how sad he is behind a smile
Sora is my favorite character in all of media.”
Honey. Calm down. Goofy is *RIGHT* there.
This is why I named my son Sora!
Yooo
Roxas
My lil cousin named his son Aizen
Your poor little boy
@@NoobsUnited9000 why? Sora means Sky how much more beautiful can a name get
I'm really excited to see a solo Sora. Until 3, he was very rarely alone, however, the few moments he was, usually showed his introspective side.
I hope we get to see this too! I would love to see a more mature side to Sora.
I have loved Sora since buying KH1 in 2002 and I still love him to death to this day. Hes actually taught me a lot and he will always be in my heart.
❤
"Have you heard of a little thing called Discord"
*yes i have, more than a thousand times*
This is one of the reason why I always compare Sore to my boy Naruto and Gon because they act so much like
Its called "shonen" just about every young protag acts the same
I started to like Sora a heck of a lot more in 3 and it was hard to explain why. Somehow you've managed to do that in ten minutes 😆👌
If I am understanding you right, Prod, and the scene that goes with what you're saying; I wonder if everyone saw something different during the fight with the demon tower/tide (I cannot remember what its proper name is, but the huge amalgamation of shadows in the Keyblade Graveyard) did everyone see something different? Like Aqua saw a bunch of her evil versions, so I wonder if Riku saw a bunch of evil versions of himself as well. And did everyone see something different or only those who were possessed by evil even if only for a brief period of time?
I call the the heartless tornado "Devil Storm" since the small version is called demon tide.
@@master05the1st8 that works! I think I'll start calling it that as well, also I like your profile pic, if I'm right ain't it from Dark Souls 2?
I looked up cool knight pics and this was one of them
More edge is always good because darkness always pushes the other side to combat it even harder. The darker aspects have always been my favorite part of the series ever since I was a kid. My friends and I would always recite KH1 Ansem’s lines word for word because he was such a dark enigmatic character, and was a lot of fun to emulate. I absolutely agree that there needs to be a balance of light and dark though. Too much darkness would make darkness lose what makes it so cool and forbidden, and that would also simultaneously take away any semblance of hope from the world or it’s characters...which is just boring. That’s probably why Riku is my favorite character. I love how he chooses to fight for the light, even after he succumbed to the darkness. He uses his knowledge of darkness to his advantage, and has become stronger for it. None of that would be possible if there wasn’t that balance though.
I don't know if anyone else saw but I believe Sora has PTSD of the darkness as well kind of like Aqua because in Big Hero 6 world, he freaks out over them with a VR headset and immediately gets ready to fight them even though he knew they weren't really there.
But that's the thing, at first, Sora *didn't* know they weren't really there. Sora doesn't understand technology, or, in his words, he "can't computer".
To be fair he has been through a lot in the series and it’s hard because leaving his comfort zone to fight in a Keyblade war and he is only doing it for his friends and the world
Im so hyped
Hay there fan!
I had a feeling a major character was going to die as I went through all the worlds and realised the main overtone theme was about coping with loss. I had a feeling it was going to be sora and I was a bit mis guided when kiri was murdered. Then when the final scene of sora and kiri hit and sora faded I knew he had passed away. The whole game was preparing us for that major hit. I haven't played the DLC yet, but I have watched the cut scenes on UA-cam. I feel sora is going to be a huge character in the future. I feel he is so much more then what we think him to be. There is a reason why he is the only character with a crown and I feel he is a reincarnation of something/someone powerfull and he has to go through all of his experiences before gaining back his locked memories.
Sora in remind was different than his other adventures he was lazer focused and he knew he had only one chance to get this right, Soras knew that he probably won't come back from this one that is why he wasn't surprised when he looked at his dissapearing hand so yeah of course Sora wasn't enjoying his time sacreficing himself
KH3 is just Sora getting bullied until he beats the shit out of an old man
I agree. I really do hope that we get to see a different side of Sora in Re:Mind and in future games.
That was very profound and very on Direct about the protagonist of the series because my true beliefs is that he didn't care about anybody else but his friends knowing the risk of what he was told especially by that chirithy he had to do what needs to be done even if it cost him his existence that's not Reckless at all cuz some things you just have to dive into do when there's no time at all that is what was his situation was and he is one of the most confident mature people I have seen throughout the story just a Unique Kind
Sora is different because after fighting this never ending battle for years and years, being betrayed, abandoned, doubted, and fell to darkness more then once, he finally is victories, with everyone by his side, and all that he fought for is ripped from him again, and he’s taken to a strange world he doesn’t know.
It hasn't been years and years. It's been like two. And that's alot to go through for a short period of time. But at the same time. Others have had it worse. And i get that Sora is the main character, but its sage to say that these characters mental health isnt an actual thing. Look at Axel who has been through what Sora has been through and we never see any consequences to what he had to deal with. And hes been dealing with it longer than sora has
Homez18 id argue that his mental stress started when he took in Vens heart to repair after he lost Terra to the darkness, and losing so completely to Xehanort, and Vanitas.
I honstly think its cause of roxes at the end on DDD Roxes gave sora all his memores, and then he's a lot more quiet deep in though similer to roxes thats why at that scene in KH3 he said he was think about roxes. Roxes sad story definatly had an effect on sora.
I bet Sora's dinner has gotten rotten by now
I love all the nice comments about Sora
Sora's finally gonna line the pieces up ;-;
Xehanort:travels time in order to create a war
Universe:mhm looks fair
Sora:travels time to help friends
Universe:WHAT THE FUCK DELETE THIS SHIT
wtf where did that first scene come from?!?!?
Blank Points in Birth By Sleep.
@@ProdigyxCD huh no wonder. I got the story so far for christmas and started aqua bbs, but got to the malificent fight and got frustrated.
You should make a video about top things we need to be prepared for Re:Mind. Like, Cooking Recipes, Keyblades, Items, and other stuff. I'm gonna play Re:Mind on Critical Mode.
Regarding cooking, always cook with the Gourmand ring equipped to make the minigames easier.
As for full courses, the bonuses are really random so keep experimenting to get the desired bonus and then save to favorites
Sora might be getting back on touch with reality, for years he's been lying to himself I think, does anyone remember Kingdom Hearts 1? He never cared about anything or anyone except for going home and finding Riku and Kairi, he really didn't care about Donald and Goofy and on top of that he was FORCED to smile and be happy by Donald and Goofy, they effectively told him his emotions were null, they wouldn't take him if he was sad even if he had a right to feel that way.
It's the same sort of thing that leads most men to depression, not allowed to feel sad so you don't, but it bottles up and the World punishes you for it with depression, something that easily cripples everyone it meets.
Sora was a selfish child in Kingdom Hearts 1 and then everyone around him forced him to go against his nature, for a while the mask they had him wear was becoming who he was.
At heart going completely against our nature is dangerous for us, sure you can go against it in many ways but to completely change everything about yourself will destroy you in the end, because you're going against your own free will in a way.
Calling Sora a selfish child in KH1 is one of the BIGGEST stretches i've heard in a long time. The fact that he was willing to dive in the darkness for Riku and searched endlessly for Kairi proves he's unselfish. For a while they're literally the only two big friends that he has from the players point of view, so saying "oh he ONLY cared about them" They are practically the ONLY people the story's concerned about for a while anyways
And the reason he is very protective over his friends because Riku and Kairi are like siblings to him they grew up together and they are his family
...Dood.
This all began and ended with Kairi.
And, let's be real. Nobody is just gonna let their girl be shattered into million pieces and stay that way if they can fix it/undo it.
And that's especially true for Sora.
But then.
The price you pay is what I'm interested in.
That and to see who Yozors is to Sora.
He needs more depth I feel like he hides behind a smile it whould be nice to see him drop his guard and get mad for once
This guy is a good speaker 😅
Sora at the begining said from the beginning "is this dream or not". I believe he is living in a simulation or a literal dream to test the boy. Idk just drunk and speaking my mind
I LOVE SORA. =-) I can't wait to see how his story ends/goes...hopefully I can see it in my lifetime..lol..
Hey prodigy I have an xbox and I havent fully played the first two kindom hearts games I wanna get the final mix versions are the final mix versions know as 1.5 and 2.5? And if so do I need to get a ps3?
qwerty999 not Prodigy, but you’re on the right track. The HD remasters on PS3 & PS4 are the ones with the Final Mixes. I’d recommend the PS4 1.5+2.5 version since it has both 1.5 & 2.5 on one disc with an upped frame rate & faster load time
They announced they're making the other games for Xbox sometime later this year so if you want to wait you will be able to play them on Xbox soon.
Thank you guys so much
@Endory so it's all the games? And if so how much?
qwerty999 $27 US on Amazon I think.
So I was replaying remind and it just dawned on me that Sora isn't the hero of the Dark Seeker Saga. He's the sacrifice needed for the new world.
The remind DLC shows us that technically Sora isn't even a guardian of light the seven confirmed are Roxas, Xion, Ven, Aqua, Terra, Micky and Riku. Sora literally gives up his place in the world so that they can all have a second chance to stop the 13 darknesses and save the day.
actually he is
But roxas is the simili of sora so if roxas is a guardian of lights sora is also a Guardian of light
@@bouillebieber34 No I don't think so. Because the guardians of light are only officially revealed in Re:Mind. Xion, Roxas, Riku, Micky, Ven, Terra and Aqua are considered guardians based on Sora tracing his connection with Kiri to them.
I think "The light" that is being guarded is Kiri and Sora. Both of whom are direct targets of the Organization. Both are also shown to have timeline breaking powers.
Yes you right but for me to say sora isnt a Guardian of light make me sad beccause he does all the work and not considering it has a guardian
Now hold on! Sora’s not THAT insane! Is he?
I’m curious to see where the story is going lead us.
So this is wayyy off topic but like if kh3 remind is in shibuya, will we see Neku, Shiki, Beat, Rhyme and Joshua?
5:22
Y'all think Sora's shoes are big?
Check out the size of that goof nose.
Just subbed💯
Y'know, Sora's always been wearing shoes similar in shape to CLOWN shoes.... just a thought......
My names for the massive Shadow swarm are: demon dome, demon storm and Demon Doomsday
I just want a feature that allows me to disable attractions.
Critical Mode has an ability just for you
I’m so looking forward to sitting down and playing it but I had a feeling it wasn’t the end of the story 😢
Your Parts about him being more caring and more non caring about his own life the most of his friends is true because that's the maturity he's always shown that the maturity that's evolved into part 3 he knows the risk of everything that's the maturity he's showing but he rather give his own life in exchange for his friends unlike the other characters he shows more heart and determination in more consciousness to do the right thing that's something that he showed that the other wielders over the series didn't which led to Thor's Victory a lot that's something every other character in the series has something to learn from him and his maturity of heart in consciousness it is value of others is value of others as was higher than any other character in the series it is Keen sense of justice
I think sora its the ligth personified, i love him for that
Sora is going to get mad I feel sorry for the bad guys
Into the Unknown
Man, that’s intense. Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊
Sora does not make the best decisions even when it comes to dashing into a battle head at times I will admit that.
but to say that sora is less mature than Roxas. where are these roxas is Fanboys getting this crap cuz I like the part out some facts in the Kingdom Hearts franchise to prove my point that is not true at all.
Roxas actually is not that mature Roxas tried to take over a body that did not belong to him.
if we're being honest or I had every right to his body and his Hard Rock This should never have existed in the first place and even knowing that so I did not old Roxas a damn thing so I went out of his way even if it cost him his own existence to find a way to give Roxy has his own body so there's that.
I kinda want to see a serious sora lol like what happened to judai yuki's character in yugioh gx something like that
Sora means Sky.
If you look at the KH Series, Sora is the ONLY truly selfless character in the series. Maybe this is the type of person MoM was trying to create(or prevent) with the foretellers? All of the foretellers relate to a 7 deadly sin, and they all share a very selfish personality trait, which leads to their downfall.
Imagine If sora got taken over by the pressure and lost control so his friends had to save him that’s not a very god explanation but I think it would be cool
At about 2:10 he says Donald is a good support character. Name one time Donald actually healed you before you died or he died.
Hey, Donald saved my ass a good number of times on my crit run of KH3.
Donald was MVP during my Critical Mode run
Donald helped me a lot and not just in this game. When I first started playing Kingdom hearts, I honestly lost count of the number of times he saved me. In Kingdom Hearts 3, there were a bunch of times he brought me back from the brink even when he himself was in trouble. I don't see where this anger towards Donald comes from.
its a perfect thing (trauma of Sora) for him to becoming the villain of the series..
I think Sora stayed the same for so long because Kairi told him in Kh1 to not change
He’s sick of the plot twists.
"The power of wakening" end of kh3 "Impressive isn't it"
Wow never seen someone talk about joining a discord server for 45 seconds before.
True the Sora I knew he was like "I will never give up" or "Light matters" But now the thoughts are more deeper....and when I saw Kairi crying I was thinking what happened so I looked up what happened and it was sad....But also confusing cause different endings so if one day I tried Remind
How to get these different endings instead of showing Sora or Yozora fallen Do we see more of the detail of whats gonna happen to Sora when he gets back or when he survives or anything like that.... 😯 Would I use him again? If I have to use Kairi and Aqua I would be so Upset to not hear the jokes of Sora, Donald and Goofy together it wouldnt be right without Sora 😰
I feel like sora is in my hart
Nails on a fucking chalk board
I remember when I thought kh3 was never gonna drop, ahh sad days
Sora Is (To Me) Still Just Sora Keyblade Master Or Not!