16:22 I swear when riku tried telling quasimodo about his appearance, it made me think, wow he really did change, his chance of redemption, what he learned from sora, the king, and himself, hes more open, it made be think riku is gonna be so badass in future games!
Riku and Cloud are practically parallel it's pretty damn cool. From their pasts, their issues with darkness/dark parts of them, their badassery with motorcycles. (Kh4 needs Riku to have a motorcycle too)
OKAY SO since nobody is talking about this I will, this game just has a really weird connection to World of Final Fantasy and may in fact confirm KH's connection to WoFF. There is a very similar scenario wherein Joshua put the souls of his friends in Traverse Town in order to save them which essentially means that Traverse Town is a pocket dimension, right? This is ALSO what happened to Lann and Reynn in WoFF. In order to save them, their parents built a pocket dimension (Nine Wood Hills) and kept them there where they were essentially sleeping for a hundred years before someone woke them up, that someone being Enna Kros. Aside from their parents being the ones capable of making pocket dimensions, Enna Kros is also one because she is a literal god on the Realm of Fantasy, basically gods who have the power to create worlds and dimensions and create and put whoever they want in it. And since Joshua was able to do this, does this mean this anime twink #54 could also be a deity related to Enna Kros?? Add to the fact that it seems like Joshua and co. only happened to have come across Riku and the whole KH conundrum, a part of me thinks that is indeed vERY possible that Lann and Reynn may appear in a future KH game...maybe.
Riku. other names: the hero of darkness. race: human. gender: male♂️. element: darkness🌑. rank: alpha. class: guardian. ability: umbrakinesis, erebokinesis, dark energy blast, dark energy barrier🛡, dark aura, elemental channelling, animal communication, flight🪶, strength💪, speed⏩, agility, durability, endurance, strategy, stamina, willpower. attacks: dark firaga, dark break, dark splicer. spell: absolute darkness. technique: dark barrier🛡, dark roll. finish: dark star. style: dark impulse, darkest fear. shotlock: sonic shadow, dark volley. weapon: keyblade🗝️ (way of the dawn, formerly; braveheart, currently), sword🗡 (soul eater). rarity: common. alignment: good😇. color: black⚫️. home: destiny islands🏝. homeworld: earth🌎 (human world). family: vanilla the rabbit (wife), cream the rabbit (daughter), master shifu the monkey (father, deceased), penny the cat (younger sister), fu the rabbit (brother-in-law). pet: cheese (chao). companion: cynder (dragon🐉). friends: sora (best friend), kairi, mickey mouse, donald duck, goofy, terra, ventus, aqua, axel, roxas, xion, namine, yen did, master shifu, furious six, kate, humphrey, stinky, claudette, runt. enemies: master xehanort, heartless, nobodies, unversed, malefor, other villains. like: being an islander, light☀️, his rabbit family, his friends, freedom, adventure. dislike: darkness🌑, ansem, his friends and family in danger, darkness in cream's heart, malefor. fate: became a new true keyblade master. status: alive.
4:50 I know the feelings 23:40 Seems like Riku is not only struggling with darkness. 01:17:50 his name makes him smile? Their hearts are in turn playing Dearly Beloved? 01:31:35 strength to protect what matters DDD it’s all about Riku’a growth. When he says “I know the way, consume the darkness, returning to light”, it’s like, what a thing to say! Not saying it defensively like in CoM, but actually fully accepting and understanding what’s going on. Riku is the real hero. And seriously, seems he has been struggling with other things. The clues are all there.
Maybe he leaves it for his kh2 self then, because I don't think he gets way to dawn till sometime in 2. He probably would have used it in chain of memories or even in days if he got it at the end of kh1.
