Amazing theory, made my head spin. so many things about Yozora we don’t know yet, makes me so hype. He can be anyone. A Sora of a different universe, A Riku of a different universe. always wanted to understand why Luxord was with him, maybe that wild card he gave Sora, he may have gave Yozora one too and the tables change like he said to Sora and that’s probably why there are two endings to see what could’ve happened if you did this or this could happen if you didn't. Cool assumption.
There's a lot about Yozora/Verum Rex that we don't know, but there is a lot that we do that people just haven't realized. Just like in my video, we can look at Kingdom Hearts lore for answers. So many things that happen with Yozora/Verum Rex already exist in established kingdom Hearts lore. All we need to do is pay attention. It's the basis for most of my theories.
Love this. I dont mind where the story is going, but taking it back to the roots and having Yozora simply being Sora + Riku’s heartless would be great.
If there's one thing I know about KH after 20+ years following the series, it's that no theory will even come close and Nomura will pull some shit out his ass that no one can even predict.
The idea that Yozora having the Power of Waking flat out blew my mind. Though I'm a fair bit iffy on the whole "Yozora is Sora's Heartless" idea. That would mean that Sora has now become a pseudo-Heartless AND a pseudo-Nobody throughout his entire journey. I honestly can't be sure how plausible that is because there's still things we don't know about. But that would also mean that Yozora isn't as unique as we hoped him to be. And that might disappoint a lot of people wanting him to be a separate character. Still a good theory though.
Yozora having the power of waking can definitely stand on its own. Perhaps I should make a separate video for that. Maybe make a short, if I can figure out how that works. Yeah, I can understand why people would be reluctant to accept Yozora as another Sorta. It's where the facts led me, so that's where I ended up.
@@thekingdomspulse personally, I think your theory for Yozora having the POW is strong, but I don't think that he HAS to be a person we have seen demonstrate it. Aqua also has the POW even though we haven't seen her use it.
@@thekingdomspulse a second part, consider that your theory is half right. This is a visualization: ⬇️⬇️⬇️ VERUM REX 》unreality/fiction 《 KH I think that 2 or multiple realities exist, the one we have been following is kh and a "mirror" or different reality is Verum Rex. (Or verum rex is the fiction and the other reality is "our world" or something.) Yozora, says "I am Yozora, but this isn't what I look like" what if he is inhabiting a body like a player character. And he is aware this is fiction while Sora is not. He comes from another reality just like Sora does. Which is why he has no interest in the girl Sora mentions even though she knows him as a different person. That's just the starting of my theory
@@ljeans531 I mean, of course Yozora's power of waking doesn't need to come from Sora, but with the power of waking being so rare, I don't think the coincidence of Sora losing the power of waking and Yozora having the power of waking (at the same time that I think that Yozora was created) can be ignored. Do you have a source on Aqua having the power of waking? I don't remember that.
Hey man amazing video. You brought back all the feelings I used to feel when people would speculate before KH3 came out. The Power of Waking segment and Darkling segment blew my mind lol. Keep up the great work.
Yozora being told to find Sora doesn't necessarily mean he holds part of Riku from KH3D. I do think Yozora is Sora's other half, though. Sora is directly compared to Ventus who became purely light-oriented, able to use Light elemental magic. Sora was likely always like that, and Yozora is his other half. The Master of Masters is probably behind Yozora and wants him completed. It rhymes with Birth by Sleep, but flipped around, a lot like how Star Wars plays out, which is also likely a world that will be in KH4. Sora would have been a far more well-rounded character if Roxas had fully integrated with him since he had attitude and is more intelligent. If Yozora integrated with Sora he would be complete. Yozora's persona is cold and lifeless but he still has the same mind as Sora aside from that. So regardless of what he is exactly, he's definitely another side to Sora. I wouldn't be surprised if Sora and Yozora rejoining would form the Master of Master's body, and it's revealed that he was just a heart in a coat the entire time like Xehanort was shown to have been while traveling to the past. The final boss being the Master of Masters possessing the recompleted body of Sora would be top-tier, in my opinion. I'd also add that the Foretellers would likely serve as antagonists but likely "join" with their counterparts that they obviously resemble: Aced and Terra; Ava and Kairi; Invi and Aqua; Gula and Ventus; Ira and Riku. Furthermore, if Sora is possessed completely by Master of Masters, there's still Roxas and Xion who are essentially fragments of Sora, and they would be the missing link in the Master's plan, ultimately leading to the union of Sora and Yozora to be technically incomplete.
I explained it in the video, but it's not only the fact that Riku was told to save Sora, it's everything else in that quote. "I accidently wandered into this place and went through some trial. Then, I was told to save Sora". This is Riku's entire plot from Dream Drop Distance. This and his appearance make it pretty clear that there's a connection between the two. But, yeah. I do think at some point Yozora will have to return to Sora. As my theory suggests, he's a part of Sora that was lost, so it makes sense that he'll return and complete Sora.
I definitely agree that MoM might just be a heart in a coat at this point. Love the idea that he will end up possessing Sora and/or Yozora. I speculate that Yozora’s current appearance is connected to him too somehow. After all, Dearly Beloved plays when MoM shows up in the secret ending and in MoM’s theme. Dearly Beloved is the theme of Sora and Riku’s bond, as seen in DDD.
Great for a first video, solid theory and explanation. Honestly the editing doesn't need much work for a passable video but higher audio quality would go a long way in the future. Keep it up!
@@thekingdomspulse try to optimize the space u record in. MatPat still record his vids in a closet , under a blanket for better sound lol. U just need a lil creativity to make it work
I honestly think of you rethink of half of what you said. All this points! To maybe Riku or sora being the master of masters. And maybe that’s the master of masters is Yozora just forgot his past. I think your right on some level. But the master of master has to fit into this next game
@@BAR-ih4wr I don't see how my theory could lead to Sora or Riku being the Master of Masters. Can you explain? Also, I don't think it's necessary for Yozora to be the Master of Masters to fit into the next game. I also think that since Sora only partially fell to darkness that Yozora only got a little bit of Sora's memories, so Yozora has gaps in his knowledge. If you could back up your thoughts with some evidence, I'd like to see it.
It’s a very valid theory. My only question about it is the nameless stars’ convo with sora where she mentions he’s been changed beyond recognition, and confirmed by yozora himself by saying this isn’t what I really look like. So what did he look like before if he’s the product of sora and riku and their actions in DDD? Other than that I love the examples of the lore you brought up to prove your point.
@@christianwhite7294 Because he's a heartless, Yozora "really looks like" a heartless (darkling on the KH3 cover). Considering how the body he's in looks like Riku, and we know that heartless can change the appearance of the host body, my best bet is that he looks like Riku if he doesn't just appear as a heartless.
@@thekingdomspulse hmmm. So you’re saying essentially that when she says he’s been changed beyond recognition that she was referring to his darkling form and then through either his strength of heart and/or through riku entering sora’s heart’s influence he reformed his appearance to match sora and rikus appearance?
Thanks! I'm in the middle of making it, but I've too busy doing other things to finish it. I hope to have it out soon. Hopefully within a week or two, so look forward to it. It'll be about explaining the darkside in the KH4 trailer using the Verum Rex trailer. Just like in this theory, it uses already established kingdom hearts lore as a basis.
Very good theory!! We already have to know some details but one of them, Luxord real person... If he knew Yozora before... hmm that's make me think that something is wrong.
Wonderful first video. And I notice you have a similar channel icon. But... Unreality is a bad term, it is assumed by Ansem the Wise and Master of Masters(MOM) that a reality/world(respectively) would have to fictional. But Nomura's interview on the 20th Anniversary hints to both realities being real. Not one being real and the other only a product of imagination. This subject is a personal pet peeve of mine, because Nomura has said one of the themes is going to be perception. Your theory does begin with a base assumption, that Yozora did not exist before Sora. If Yozora is a heartless, where do you think the nobody is? As far as the darkling is concerned, I think he just wanted to add to the box art because it would be cool to add it. It could have been cut content as well. One of my older theories, which hasn't been entirely disproved, is that Scala is full of the hibernation tanks that Sora was in and many of them fell to darkness during the years of sleep. I think the reason Ham and Rex confuse him for Yozora is much less simple, there are probably no other action figures from that product line with similar features. In the Verum Rex trailer, no one has Sora's hair, so Ham and Rex assume it must be a defect product because they don't question the duck and dog thing with him. I really liked your theory. It's nice to see someone who scripted the content and wasn't lazy like myself and just have gameplay in the background. I look forward to more of your work.
I use the tern unreality because it's the term that the games use. I believe that it's a real place. I guess you're right about me assuming Yozora didn't exist before Sora, but it's an assumption based on evidence. Yozora has Riku's memories, and if Yozora is a heartless, he couldn't have Riku's memories if he came before the events of Dream Drop Distance. To me, it's the only way Yozora makes sense. He has a connection to both Sora and Riku, and the only way we've seen a character created out of two people is through a heartless or nobody. Nobodies can't inhabit another body (at least not without first growing a new heart), so that leaves a heartless, which we've seen since the first game (Ansem, seeker of darkness) are capable of inhabiting a body As for Yozora's nobody, I don't think he has one. I guess I should've been clearer in my video. This is the part of my theory that requires you to believe that it's possible rather than know is possible because it's not something we've seen before. I believe that when Sora partially fell to darkness and Ventus's suit of armour rescued him, the part that fell to darkness was split off, leaving the rest in tact. The part the split off would've become the heartless that I think is Yozora. The power that Sora lost as well as the power of waking would've gone with it explaining why Sora is powerless and has to start over and why Yozora is so powerful and also has the power of waking. To create a nobody, one has to have an empty body, so the reason why there is no nobody when Yozora was created would be because there is no empty body. Sora is still inhabiting his body, albeit with less of his heart, so no nobody could be created. As for the darkling on the box art, I think Nomura has stated in interviews that he thinks several games (or maybe it's at least 1 game, I can't remember) ahead. The box art of previous games have always been deliberate and hinted toward future games. So, a darkling being on the cover is significant, we just don't know for sure yet. Obviously, I think the way it's significant is that it's Yozora. I'm surprised you don't think it's significant because it's your channel icon too. Okay, I'm curious about your hibernation tanks in Scala theory. How in the world, did you get there? What evidence have you gathered up for that? Thanks for watching my video! I see you've released a video about the darkside in KH4. That's what my next video is about, so look forward to that.
@@thekingdomspulse So much here.... I love these conversations. Some will have to wait until morning. I did a few videos before KH3 came out, but the short hand is darklings started to appear in Daybreak Town shortly before KH3 was ramping up. When they showed Scala, it was empty. We don't see people running, we don't see anyone and the game makes a point to show people in city environments during cutscenes. So I figured, if no one was there, what happened to Scala and the conclusion I came was Scala was some kind of place that was going to be used to revive the keyblade wielders of the past. Many of those wielders were saved, while some turned into darklings trapped within the hibernation chambers. Since we have no clear time line between the age of fairy tales and the age of Scala. This was before the KH3 was released and a lot of us were in pure speculation mode. Since I like imps, and darklings are the KH version of imps, I thought it would be neat to fight through a city of darklings before finding Xehanort. I say the theory wasn't entirely disproved because we still haven't seen outside of a few locations. Scala still feels empty and void of life. So its possible that hibernation chambers do exist and we'll find out more in Missing Link.
@@KewlImp I think I see where you were coming from now. I myself haven't delved that deep into Scala. The only thing I have to say is a guess. We know that Yozora replaced the heart of the body he is inhabiting, so the original heart has to be somewhere else. Sigurd is currently my best guess as to the original owner. We know that he's the Narrator for the KH4 trailer, so I figure if he's important enough for that, he could play some major role and being the original owner of the body/the Nameless Star's friend could be it. I have a little bit more to say, but it's all kind of a stretch, but I'll save that for later. I'll make it into a video at some point. Speaking of videos, I've I actually already finished my video on the Darkside in the KH4 trailer, if you'd like to give it a watch.
You’re theory seems to be the most likely, I still got the idea in mind that yozora could be also a body with a heart of pure light and one of pure darkness. Similar to Ventus And Vanitas, however there is missing lore for that so I assume it’s always more likely to guess on what we know. However with the pacing of the KHs story in general, is there always the possibility that we have some future related titles that change the outcome of how we see the retrospective of a story 🤔
I'm kind of curious why you think Yozora has a heart of pure light and one of pure darkness. A continuation of my theory (which I'm working on) actually may make your idea be true because, if Yozora is in fact a heartless, he would a heart of pure darkness, and if my continuation of this theory holds true, Yozora will share the body with another heart who may be of pure light.
Heard about this theory through Landi’s podcast. This is the best explanation I’ve heard for Yozora’s appearance yet, and I really think you’re onto something big. I guess my remaining question is who is Nameless Star’s friend whose body was taken over? His name was Yozora, which seems pretty significant. This is how Sora knew Yozora’s name, so this would not be the name of the person possessing that body. And “his heart was replaced by another’s” implies that there is a heart in that body, not a Heartless. But otherwise I think there is a lot of credit to this theory!
Thanks for taking interest in my theory! I'll try to address your points. >"I guess my remaining question is who is Nameless Star’s friend whose body was taken over?" - We don't really know anything about him. In my next video I'll talk about it a little. I've taken to calling him "Noctoff" as in "Noctis and "Knock off" combined. >"This is how Sora knew Yozora’s name, so this would not be the name of the person possessing that body" - Sora knows Yozora's name because he learns about him in the Toy Story world. But he also learns that about him from the Nameless Star. What's confusing a lot of people is that they think that Yozora is the Nameless Star's friend; he's not. In her quote, "he's been changed beyond all recognition- his heart replaced with another's", she's talking about two different people. The "he" mentioned is the Nameless Star's friend, the one that I call Noctoff. This means that Noctoff's heart has been replaced by "anothers". Yozora is currently inside the body, so he therefore is the "another" that replaced the heart of Noctoff. In other words, Yozora is inside and controlling the body of Noctoff. The location of Noctoff's heart is unknown. >"And “his heart was replaced by another’s” implies that there is a heart in that body, not a Heartless. But otherwise I think there is a lot of credit to this theory!" A Heartless is a heart, the difference is that a heartless is a heart that fell to darkness. In my opinion this line doesn't contradict my opinoin I hope this clears it up. I'm actually working on a new video which is basically combines all my videos into one unified theory with Versus 13 added into it. In that video I'll remake this theory, which hopefully is presented more clearly.
I theorized in comments on a video involving the concepts for the original Kingdom Hearts that Yozora's original body might be an older version of the Beta Design for Sora minus the animalistic lion traits given the model of Beta Sora's hair color is almost similar to Yozora's in the current body he's using and we all know when a heart inhabits someone else's body and overtakes their heart the current body takes traits of the one currently in control such as Xehanort's heart overtaking Terra's body and heart giving Terra Xehanort's hair and eye color
@@thekingdomspulse If you happened to see a model that looks fanmade, with silver/black hair wearing a blue/light blueish green/black/orange/red outfit on a google image search that's a fanmade version of the official beta model with the same color scheme until they went with the current Sora model we have today.
I had that thought too, but I couldn't get any further with it because I couldn't find any solid connections other than Yozora having one red eye and ABC having two. All nightmares have red eyes, so it's not exclusive to just them.
I guess we disagree. Yozora being a heartless I find to be far more likely. There is nowhere where a Nobody of both Sora and Riku could have plausibly been created.
Awesome video, I have not heard this theory before. But it is very rooted in information that was previously presented in the other games, as you said. Looking forward to your future videos!
This is completely off subject.. but In 2021 I would do Psychedelics and play KH3 especially the Yozora boss fight. The cutscene where we see Yozora waking up in his car, I swear his hair color wasn’t the silver/gray color I know, I seen his hair as a brown and silver mixed. I’ve always said Yozora is older sora. I honestly think that boss fight in KH3 is a older sora fighting his younger self. There already was time traveling so I said it could be. But idk. But great video
I'm reminded of a race I watched between Kingdom Hearts 3 and Pokemon Let's Go Eevee. The Pokemon player doesn't have much experience with Kingdom Hearts, so he gets confused when he looks over. "Was that blond Sora I just saw?" "Yeah, you've played KH2. It was Roxas. Unless it was Ventus." "Wait, was that Roxas?" "Might've been. I don't know. They're the same." "Well... Okay. Sure they are." "I mean, that's literally the plot. They're the same." A couple minutes later, he gets another glimpse and points him out. "That one. The blond one." "Oh, it must have been Ventus." "Who's that one?" "Oh, he's basically Sora. Let's be real, if you don't know who somebody is, they're probably Sora."
My theory:there's an illusion on sora making him look like yozora to the toys, but people like donald, goofy, and young xeanort can see through the illusion because they know what the real sora looks like.
@@Lolbitdrangonmaster It's a crystal. This is the first time I've ever seen someone call it ice which is interesting. If you look at when Xion is destroyed in 358/2 days, it looks extremely similar to what happens to Sora.
yes darkness and the body snatchers my guess is its power both can use sora was helping his friends fight in remind thats why you can play as them so both light and dark user can body snatch but dark is always forced like luxu or heartless
The Toy Story part is a bit of a reach as they could draw familiarity seeing as Yozora may be the only anime looking character they’ve seen and just mistook Sora for Yozora since they’re of similar character design but the rest of this seems sound
One thing is since yozora is an exact oppisite wouldnt he have the power of sleep? Instead of waking, or dreams thats why when he sleeps he can talk to sora
I know this might be. A stretch but let's think about what happens when somebody becomes a heartless. When sora used the dar keyblad allmthe way back in kh1 Remember when somebody becomes a heartless there nobody is the behind we know that roxas is sora nobody but we never saw sora heartless remeber vanitus was ventus's heartless not soras
Why would she? Also, why does it matter? Whether the Nameless Star recognizes Sora has no bearing on this theory. My use of the Nameless Star in this theory is for her relationship with Yozora (or lack there of) not with Sora or Riku. To be fair, Yozora looks like Riku. So, when they meet in Melody of Memories, it's a little strange that she doesn't say anything, but they look different enough, especially because Yozora has two differently coloured eyes and Riku doesn't.
3:40 the keyblade looks like it’s designed with ‘the world ends with you’ in mind. It looks like the “noise” enemies. And that they’re at shabuya crossing with the same 104 from ‘the world ends with you’ So I think Sora will be part of the reaper games. Part of me thinks Luxu’s cheat is full of pins for the reaper games too. Not that I particularly like that idea, but some part of me can see that happening. Also the red emblem on the black chest looks similar to a skull symbol from TWEWY Sorry if any of this was said in the video, I haven’t made it all the way through and wanted to share 😅
I know this comment is kind of late but I started replaying some games. Sora met Roxas in Chain of memories and fought him remember and in KH2. Maybe Yozora is kind of a heartless since the whole battle comes up to “ save Sora” Also in KH2 you begin the game as Roxas , in the end of KH3 when Yozora says Soras famous lines with him maybe that’s his way to the entry to his game ….jus something I kind of thought of. And I have a feeling that the whole battle with Yozora and everything that was seen is maybe the beginning of Yozora story when the game begins kind of like how they did with Roxas in Kh2
I tend to think that the battle is actually near the end of the Yozora's Story. I think most of Yozora's story will take place in an inbetween game (probably called Verum Rex) that takes place during the year between KH3 and KH4. The takes place right after most of Yozora's Story is told and will lead in to what we see in the KH4 story where Sora wakes up in Quadratum. The rest of Yozora's story will end in KH4. This would mirror Roxas where most of his story is told in 358/2 days, the inbetween game that takes place in the year that Sora is missing between KH1 and KH2. Roxas's Story then ends in KH2.
I think they are tied for sure. There is also other weird stuff in other numora games. While you right power of waking doesn't show much in kingdom hearts. Other Numora games , Dissidia , Explorers and World of Final Fantasy. You have other characters actually using the same Ability as Sora. And the games describe multiverse and what happens after death of soul, body , mind. Now some people say they might not be canon. But Sora is in some of them literially. And the whole point of Dissidia and World of Final Fantasy was to describe larger omni verse. Like technically woff talks about 13 Alexander's. Tying to 12 others from other games. "The girl who forgot her name" could tie to Sora or Star as well. She also has very similar power to Sora. And she is even responsible for summoning Sora in World of Final Fantasy. I think. I am not saying Dissidia or World of Final Fantasy machanics of world's themselves are the same as kingdom hearts. I just think there is a loose vague connection.
As far as I've been able to theorize, I've been able to explain a lot of what we see in Verum Rex/Yozora/KH4 with stuff exclusively from already established Kingdom Hearts lore, so I don't feel the need to go through final fantasy for answers. The only relevant one, I think, is the canceled Versus 13 which we can use what we know of it for broad story concepts and a few details. But it'll all be recontextualized into Kingdom Hearts.
Thanks for enjoying the theory!. I feel like most people have been too focused on the Versus 13 similarities to see that we were being shown things explainable by already established kingdom hearts lore.
20th sub this video fills in some holes ive been trying to since remind like yozora uses the power of waking or how in the kh4 trailer sora is never called sora it might be due to him not being himself in the body and if so how we "accidentally stumbled" into quadratum and went through some trials
No need to fret. It won't be exactly as we knew it, but It's pretty clear that we'll be getting Versus 13 recontextualized into Kingdom Hearts. Yozora could still fill Noctis' role, he'll just not have his name or origin. There's also the fact that the original owner of the body Yozora is in is still a mystery and that person could also be the Noctis equivalent.
Amazing theory, made my head spin. so many things about Yozora we don’t know yet, makes me so hype. He can be anyone. A Sora of a different universe, A Riku of a different universe. always wanted to understand why Luxord was with him, maybe that wild card he gave Sora, he may have gave Yozora one too and the tables change like he said to Sora and that’s probably why there are two endings to see what could’ve happened if you did this or this could happen if you didn't. Cool assumption.
There's a lot about Yozora/Verum Rex that we don't know, but there is a lot that we do that people just haven't realized. Just like in my video, we can look at Kingdom Hearts lore for answers. So many things that happen with Yozora/Verum Rex already exist in established kingdom Hearts lore. All we need to do is pay attention. It's the basis for most of my theories.
@@thekingdomspulse True.
Could also be a noctis from a alternate universe
Love this. I dont mind where the story is going, but taking it back to the roots and having Yozora simply being Sora + Riku’s heartless would be great.
Thanks for watching!
If there's one thing I know about KH after 20+ years following the series, it's that no theory will even come close and Nomura will pull some shit out his ass that no one can even predict.
The idea that Yozora having the Power of Waking flat out blew my mind. Though I'm a fair bit iffy on the whole "Yozora is Sora's Heartless" idea. That would mean that Sora has now become a pseudo-Heartless AND a pseudo-Nobody throughout his entire journey. I honestly can't be sure how plausible that is because there's still things we don't know about. But that would also mean that Yozora isn't as unique as we hoped him to be. And that might disappoint a lot of people wanting him to be a separate character. Still a good theory though.
Yozora having the power of waking can definitely stand on its own. Perhaps I should make a separate video for that. Maybe make a short, if I can figure out how that works.
Yeah, I can understand why people would be reluctant to accept Yozora as another Sorta. It's where the facts led me, so that's where I ended up.
@@thekingdomspulse personally, I think your theory for Yozora having the POW is strong, but I don't think that he HAS to be a person we have seen demonstrate it.
Aqua also has the POW even though we haven't seen her use it.
@@thekingdomspulse a second part, consider that your theory is half right.
This is a visualization: ⬇️⬇️⬇️
VERUM REX 》unreality/fiction 《 KH
I think that 2 or multiple realities exist, the one we have been following is kh and a "mirror" or different reality is Verum Rex. (Or verum rex is the fiction and the other reality is "our world" or something.) Yozora, says "I am Yozora, but this isn't what I look like" what if he is inhabiting a body like a player character. And he is aware this is fiction while Sora is not. He comes from another reality just like Sora does. Which is why he has no interest in the girl Sora mentions even though she knows him as a different person. That's just the starting of my theory
@@ljeans531 I mean, of course Yozora's power of waking doesn't need to come from Sora, but with the power of waking being so rare, I don't think the coincidence of Sora losing the power of waking and Yozora having the power of waking (at the same time that I think that Yozora was created) can be ignored.
Do you have a source on Aqua having the power of waking? I don't remember that.
You were really cooking during that comparison of Riku’s journey through Sora’s dreams to Yozora’s predicament, great theory overall 🔥🔥
Thanks!
Hey man amazing video. You brought back all the feelings I used to feel when people would speculate before KH3 came out. The Power of Waking segment and Darkling segment blew my mind lol. Keep up the great work.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed.
Wow if this is real now im gonna be mad that i wonr be completely surprised but damn what a good theory
Yozora being told to find Sora doesn't necessarily mean he holds part of Riku from KH3D. I do think Yozora is Sora's other half, though. Sora is directly compared to Ventus who became purely light-oriented, able to use Light elemental magic. Sora was likely always like that, and Yozora is his other half. The Master of Masters is probably behind Yozora and wants him completed. It rhymes with Birth by Sleep, but flipped around, a lot like how Star Wars plays out, which is also likely a world that will be in KH4. Sora would have been a far more well-rounded character if Roxas had fully integrated with him since he had attitude and is more intelligent. If Yozora integrated with Sora he would be complete. Yozora's persona is cold and lifeless but he still has the same mind as Sora aside from that. So regardless of what he is exactly, he's definitely another side to Sora. I wouldn't be surprised if Sora and Yozora rejoining would form the Master of Master's body, and it's revealed that he was just a heart in a coat the entire time like Xehanort was shown to have been while traveling to the past. The final boss being the Master of Masters possessing the recompleted body of Sora would be top-tier, in my opinion. I'd also add that the Foretellers would likely serve as antagonists but likely "join" with their counterparts that they obviously resemble: Aced and Terra; Ava and Kairi; Invi and Aqua; Gula and Ventus; Ira and Riku. Furthermore, if Sora is possessed completely by Master of Masters, there's still Roxas and Xion who are essentially fragments of Sora, and they would be the missing link in the Master's plan, ultimately leading to the union of Sora and Yozora to be technically incomplete.
I explained it in the video, but it's not only the fact that Riku was told to save Sora, it's everything else in that quote. "I accidently wandered into this place and went through some trial. Then, I was told to save Sora". This is Riku's entire plot from Dream Drop Distance. This and his appearance make it pretty clear that there's a connection between the two.
But, yeah. I do think at some point Yozora will have to return to Sora. As my theory suggests, he's a part of Sora that was lost, so it makes sense that he'll return and complete Sora.
I definitely agree that MoM might just be a heart in a coat at this point. Love the idea that he will end up possessing Sora and/or Yozora. I speculate that Yozora’s current appearance is connected to him too somehow. After all, Dearly Beloved plays when MoM shows up in the secret ending and in MoM’s theme. Dearly Beloved is the theme of Sora and Riku’s bond, as seen in DDD.
This blew my mind at the Landi Lodge Audience Theory. Watching this just made it even more believable. Can't wait to see how right you were in KH4
Thanks for the confidence in my theory!
I dunno, i think the toys confusing sora for yozora is just because theyre both Nomura characters
Great for a first video, solid theory and explanation. Honestly the editing doesn't need much work for a passable video but higher audio quality would go a long way in the future. Keep it up!
Thanks! I'll try to get higher quality recording equipment, but I have no money, lol.
@@thekingdomspulse try to optimize the space u record in. MatPat still record his vids in a closet , under a blanket for better sound lol. U just need a lil creativity to make it work
What do you guys think of my theory?
I honestly think of you rethink of half of what you said. All this points! To maybe Riku or sora being the master of masters. And maybe that’s the master of masters is Yozora just forgot his past. I think your right on some level. But the master of master has to fit into this next game
@@BAR-ih4wr I don't see how my theory could lead to Sora or Riku being the Master of Masters. Can you explain? Also, I don't think it's necessary for Yozora to be the Master of Masters to fit into the next game. I also think that since Sora only partially fell to darkness that Yozora only got a little bit of Sora's memories, so Yozora has gaps in his knowledge. If you could back up your thoughts with some evidence, I'd like to see it.
It’s a very valid theory. My only question about it is the nameless stars’ convo with sora where she mentions he’s been changed beyond recognition, and confirmed by yozora himself by saying this isn’t what I really look like. So what did he look like before if he’s the product of sora and riku and their actions in DDD? Other than that I love the examples of the lore you brought up to prove your point.
@@christianwhite7294 Because he's a heartless, Yozora "really looks like" a heartless (darkling on the KH3 cover). Considering how the body he's in looks like Riku, and we know that heartless can change the appearance of the host body, my best bet is that he looks like Riku if he doesn't just appear as a heartless.
@@thekingdomspulse hmmm. So you’re saying essentially that when she says he’s been changed beyond recognition that she was referring to his darkling form and then through either his strength of heart and/or through riku entering sora’s heart’s influence he reformed his appearance to match sora and rikus appearance?
Great Job :) Really Appreciate Your Video, Made My Day :) Made Me Have New Thoughts On Yozora :)
Thanks!
@@thekingdomspulse No Problem :)
Might be the best and most compelling Yozora theory I’ve ever heard. Great work.
Thanks! it took me a long time to put it all together.
this video made me subscribe. hope I see other KH theories from you soon!
Thanks! I'm in the middle of making it, but I've too busy doing other things to finish it. I hope to have it out soon. Hopefully within a week or two, so look forward to it. It'll be about explaining the darkside in the KH4 trailer using the Verum Rex trailer. Just like in this theory, it uses already established kingdom hearts lore as a basis.
I actually finished faster than I thought and have already uploaded it, lol. So you can watch it now if you'd like.
Very good theory!! We already have to know some details but one of them, Luxord real person... If he knew Yozora before... hmm that's make me think that something is wrong.
Wonderful first video. And I notice you have a similar channel icon. But...
Unreality is a bad term, it is assumed by Ansem the Wise and Master of Masters(MOM) that a reality/world(respectively) would have to fictional. But Nomura's interview on the 20th Anniversary hints to both realities being real. Not one being real and the other only a product of imagination. This subject is a personal pet peeve of mine, because Nomura has said one of the themes is going to be perception.
Your theory does begin with a base assumption, that Yozora did not exist before Sora. If Yozora is a heartless, where do you think the nobody is?
As far as the darkling is concerned, I think he just wanted to add to the box art because it would be cool to add it. It could have been cut content as well. One of my older theories, which hasn't been entirely disproved, is that Scala is full of the hibernation tanks that Sora was in and many of them fell to darkness during the years of sleep.
I think the reason Ham and Rex confuse him for Yozora is much less simple, there are probably no other action figures from that product line with similar features. In the Verum Rex trailer, no one has Sora's hair, so Ham and Rex assume it must be a defect product because they don't question the duck and dog thing with him.
I really liked your theory. It's nice to see someone who scripted the content and wasn't lazy like myself and just have gameplay in the background. I look forward to more of your work.
I use the tern unreality because it's the term that the games use. I believe that it's a real place.
I guess you're right about me assuming Yozora didn't exist before Sora, but it's an assumption based on evidence. Yozora has Riku's memories, and if Yozora is a heartless, he couldn't have Riku's memories if he came before the events of Dream Drop Distance. To me, it's the only way Yozora makes sense. He has a connection to both Sora and Riku, and the only way we've seen a character created out of two people is through a heartless or nobody. Nobodies can't inhabit another body (at least not without first growing a new heart), so that leaves a heartless, which we've seen since the first game (Ansem, seeker of darkness) are capable of inhabiting a body
As for Yozora's nobody, I don't think he has one. I guess I should've been clearer in my video. This is the part of my theory that requires you to believe that it's possible rather than know is possible because it's not something we've seen before. I believe that when Sora partially fell to darkness and Ventus's suit of armour rescued him, the part that fell to darkness was split off, leaving the rest in tact. The part the split off would've become the heartless that I think is Yozora. The power that Sora lost as well as the power of waking would've gone with it explaining why Sora is powerless and has to start over and why Yozora is so powerful and also has the power of waking. To create a nobody, one has to have an empty body, so the reason why there is no nobody when Yozora was created would be because there is no empty body. Sora is still inhabiting his body, albeit with less of his heart, so no nobody could be created.
As for the darkling on the box art, I think Nomura has stated in interviews that he thinks several games (or maybe it's at least 1 game, I can't remember) ahead. The box art of previous games have always been deliberate and hinted toward future games. So, a darkling being on the cover is significant, we just don't know for sure yet. Obviously, I think the way it's significant is that it's Yozora. I'm surprised you don't think it's significant because it's your channel icon too.
Okay, I'm curious about your hibernation tanks in Scala theory. How in the world, did you get there? What evidence have you gathered up for that?
Thanks for watching my video! I see you've released a video about the darkside in KH4. That's what my next video is about, so look forward to that.
@@thekingdomspulse So much here.... I love these conversations. Some will have to wait until morning.
I did a few videos before KH3 came out, but the short hand is darklings started to appear in Daybreak Town shortly before KH3 was ramping up. When they showed Scala, it was empty. We don't see people running, we don't see anyone and the game makes a point to show people in city environments during cutscenes. So I figured, if no one was there, what happened to Scala and the conclusion I came was Scala was some kind of place that was going to be used to revive the keyblade wielders of the past. Many of those wielders were saved, while some turned into darklings trapped within the hibernation chambers. Since we have no clear time line between the age of fairy tales and the age of Scala. This was before the KH3 was released and a lot of us were in pure speculation mode. Since I like imps, and darklings are the KH version of imps, I thought it would be neat to fight through a city of darklings before finding Xehanort.
I say the theory wasn't entirely disproved because we still haven't seen outside of a few locations. Scala still feels empty and void of life. So its possible that hibernation chambers do exist and we'll find out more in Missing Link.
@@KewlImp I think I see where you were coming from now. I myself haven't delved that deep into Scala. The only thing I have to say is a guess. We know that Yozora replaced the heart of the body he is inhabiting, so the original heart has to be somewhere else. Sigurd is currently my best guess as to the original owner. We know that he's the Narrator for the KH4 trailer, so I figure if he's important enough for that, he could play some major role and being the original owner of the body/the Nameless Star's friend could be it. I have a little bit more to say, but it's all kind of a stretch, but I'll save that for later. I'll make it into a video at some point.
Speaking of videos, I've I actually already finished my video on the Darkside in the KH4 trailer, if you'd like to give it a watch.
You’re theory seems to be the most likely, I still got the idea in mind that yozora could be also a body with a heart of pure light and one of pure darkness. Similar to Ventus And Vanitas, however there is missing lore for that so I assume it’s always more likely to guess on what we know. However with the pacing of the KHs story in general, is there always the possibility that we have some future related titles that change the outcome of how we see the retrospective of a story 🤔
I'm kind of curious why you think Yozora has a heart of pure light and one of pure darkness. A continuation of my theory (which I'm working on) actually may make your idea be true because, if Yozora is in fact a heartless, he would a heart of pure darkness, and if my continuation of this theory holds true, Yozora will share the body with another heart who may be of pure light.
Currently struggling against Yozora on Critical Mode and I had a sneaky suspicious as well. Brilliant Video! keep up the work
thanks! good luck on Yozora!
Heard about this theory through Landi’s podcast. This is the best explanation I’ve heard for Yozora’s appearance yet, and I really think you’re onto something big.
I guess my remaining question is who is Nameless Star’s friend whose body was taken over? His name was Yozora, which seems pretty significant. This is how Sora knew Yozora’s name, so this would not be the name of the person possessing that body. And “his heart was replaced by another’s” implies that there is a heart in that body, not a Heartless. But otherwise I think there is a lot of credit to this theory!
Thanks for taking interest in my theory! I'll try to address your points.
>"I guess my remaining question is who is Nameless Star’s friend whose body was taken over?"
- We don't really know anything about him. In my next video I'll talk about it a little. I've taken to calling him "Noctoff" as in "Noctis and "Knock off" combined.
>"This is how Sora knew Yozora’s name, so this would not be the name of the person possessing that body"
- Sora knows Yozora's name because he learns about him in the Toy Story world. But he also learns that about him from the Nameless Star. What's confusing a lot of people is that they think that Yozora is the Nameless Star's friend; he's not. In her quote, "he's been changed beyond all recognition- his heart replaced with another's", she's talking about two different people. The "he" mentioned is the Nameless Star's friend, the one that I call Noctoff. This means that Noctoff's heart has been replaced by "anothers". Yozora is currently inside the body, so he therefore is the "another" that replaced the heart of Noctoff. In other words, Yozora is inside and controlling the body of Noctoff. The location of Noctoff's heart is unknown.
>"And “his heart was replaced by another’s” implies that there is a heart in that body, not a Heartless. But otherwise I think there is a lot of credit to this theory!"
A Heartless is a heart, the difference is that a heartless is a heart that fell to darkness. In my opinion this line doesn't contradict my opinoin
I hope this clears it up. I'm actually working on a new video which is basically combines all my videos into one unified theory with Versus 13 added into it. In that video I'll remake this theory, which hopefully is presented more clearly.
@@thekingdomspulse I think you’ve addressed everything I said. Good counter argument; I’m sold! Wow, I really do find Heartless confusing then lol.
just watch the body is of Riku's body being used by yozora until yozora can return back to his original body even if it has to be a replica body
Personally, I think that Yozora is in the body of the Namless Star's friend.
Yozora is in epherems body
I theorized in comments on a video involving the concepts for the original Kingdom Hearts that Yozora's original body might be an older version of the Beta Design for Sora minus the animalistic lion traits given the model of Beta Sora's hair color is almost similar to Yozora's in the current body he's using and we all know when a heart inhabits someone else's body and overtakes their heart the current body takes traits of the one currently in control such as Xehanort's heart overtaking Terra's body and heart giving Terra Xehanort's hair and eye color
Where can I find this model you're talking about? Is it official or fan made? I just did a quick google search and the concept art is uncoloured,
@@thekingdomspulse If you happened to see a model that looks fanmade, with silver/black hair wearing a blue/light blueish green/black/orange/red outfit on a google image search that's a fanmade version of the official beta model with the same color scheme until they went with the current Sora model we have today.
I had a theory that anti-black coat has to be related to Yozora. Now after this video A-BC could be the darkling for Yozora
I had that thought too, but I couldn't get any further with it because I couldn't find any solid connections other than Yozora having one red eye and ABC having two. All nightmares have red eyes, so it's not exclusive to just them.
Yo Mama
Yo Sora
Yozora
If anything like that Yozora would be a nobody,
I guess we disagree. Yozora being a heartless I find to be far more likely. There is nowhere where a Nobody of both Sora and Riku could have plausibly been created.
Awesome video, I have not heard this theory before. But it is very rooted in information that was previously presented in the other games, as you said. Looking forward to your future videos!
Thanks!
Yazora is Noctis' heartless or nobody.
Also, remember when Axel says as a human in birth by sleep "Inside peoples memories, I can live forever" he wasn't bs'ing.
This is interesting. Subscribed ⚔️💙
This is completely off subject.. but In 2021 I would do Psychedelics and play KH3 especially the Yozora boss fight. The cutscene where we see Yozora waking up in his car, I swear his hair color wasn’t the silver/gray color I know, I seen his hair as a brown and silver mixed. I’ve always said Yozora is older sora. I honestly think that boss fight in KH3 is a older sora fighting his younger self. There already was time traveling so I said it could be. But idk. But great video
I'm reminded of a race I watched between Kingdom Hearts 3 and Pokemon Let's Go Eevee. The Pokemon player doesn't have much experience with Kingdom Hearts, so he gets confused when he looks over.
"Was that blond Sora I just saw?"
"Yeah, you've played KH2. It was Roxas. Unless it was Ventus."
"Wait, was that Roxas?"
"Might've been. I don't know. They're the same."
"Well... Okay. Sure they are."
"I mean, that's literally the plot. They're the same."
A couple minutes later, he gets another glimpse and points him out.
"That one. The blond one."
"Oh, it must have been Ventus."
"Who's that one?"
"Oh, he's basically Sora. Let's be real, if you don't know who somebody is, they're probably Sora."
My theory:there's an illusion on sora making him look like yozora to the toys, but people like donald, goofy, and young xeanort can see through the illusion because they know what the real sora looks like.
Oh yeah, like with Xion back in days?
.....is that why Sora turns to ice if you lose to Yozora?
@@valentinecure329 I think that's crystal instead of ice personally.
@@Lolbitdrangonmaster It's a crystal. This is the first time I've ever seen someone call it ice which is interesting. If you look at when Xion is destroyed in 358/2 days, it looks extremely similar to what happens to Sora.
This is the best theory I’ve heard. Nice & it makes a lot of sense
thanks!
yes darkness and the body snatchers my guess is its power both can use sora was helping his friends fight in remind thats why you can play as them so both light and dark user can body snatch but dark is always forced like luxu or heartless
The Toy Story part is a bit of a reach as they could draw familiarity seeing as Yozora may be the only anime looking character they’ve seen and just mistook Sora for Yozora since they’re of similar character design but the rest of this seems sound
Thankfully, my theory is almost just as strong without it.
@@thekingdomspulse yea
Sora and Riki’s love child theory
not inaccurate
Oh this a W theory how am I just now finding this
mysteries of the algorithm
One thing is since yozora is an exact oppisite wouldnt he have the power of sleep? Instead of waking, or dreams thats why when he sleeps he can talk to sora
I know this might be. A stretch but let's think about what happens when somebody becomes a heartless. When sora used the dar keyblad allmthe way back in kh1 Remember when somebody becomes a heartless there nobody is the behind we know that roxas is sora nobody but we never saw sora heartless remeber vanitus was ventus's heartless not soras
Has anybody ever linked Yozora to Yohora from neir automata?…
Hora
Sora
Zora
All of this would be fine, but my thing is nameless star didn’t recognize Sora OR Riku.
Why would she? Also, why does it matter? Whether the Nameless Star recognizes Sora has no bearing on this theory. My use of the Nameless Star in this theory is for her relationship with Yozora (or lack there of) not with Sora or Riku.
To be fair, Yozora looks like Riku. So, when they meet in Melody of Memories, it's a little strange that she doesn't say anything, but they look different enough, especially because Yozora has two differently coloured eyes and Riku doesn't.
Another interesting thing about the darkling and the star is the nameless star is waiting for Yozora
3:40 the keyblade looks like it’s designed with ‘the world ends with you’ in mind. It looks like the “noise” enemies. And that they’re at shabuya crossing with the same 104 from ‘the world ends with you’
So I think Sora will be part of the reaper games.
Part of me thinks Luxu’s cheat is full of pins for the reaper games too. Not that I particularly like that idea, but some part of me can see that happening.
Also the red emblem on the black chest looks similar to a skull symbol from TWEWY
Sorry if any of this was said in the video, I haven’t made it all the way through and wanted to share 😅
I'm not very knowledgeable about TWEWY, so it doesn't come up in my video. But it's always nice to see other's thoughts.
I know this comment is kind of late but I started replaying some games. Sora met Roxas in Chain of memories and fought him remember and in KH2.
Maybe Yozora is kind of a heartless since the whole battle comes up to “ save Sora”
Also in KH2 you begin the game as Roxas , in the end of KH3 when Yozora says Soras famous lines with him maybe that’s his way to the entry to his game ….jus something I kind of thought of. And I have a feeling that the whole battle with Yozora and everything that was seen is maybe the beginning of Yozora story when the game begins kind of like how they did with Roxas in Kh2
I tend to think that the battle is actually near the end of the Yozora's Story. I think most of Yozora's story will take place in an inbetween game (probably called Verum Rex) that takes place during the year between KH3 and KH4. The takes place right after most of Yozora's Story is told and will lead in to what we see in the KH4 story where Sora wakes up in Quadratum. The rest of Yozora's story will end in KH4. This would mirror Roxas where most of his story is told in 358/2 days, the inbetween game that takes place in the year that Sora is missing between KH1 and KH2. Roxas's Story then ends in KH2.
Here cuz Kewlimp showed this. Wow, I’m very impressed on these dots connected. I don’t think anyone has thought out Yozora this well before.
Thanks! He made a comment about sharing this on his twitter and I really appreciated it. Also thanks for watching my video.
I think they are tied for sure. There is also other weird stuff in other numora games. While you right power of waking doesn't show much in kingdom hearts.
Other Numora games , Dissidia , Explorers and World of Final Fantasy. You have other characters actually using the same Ability as Sora. And the games describe multiverse and what happens after death of soul, body , mind. Now some people say they might not be canon. But Sora is in some of them literially. And the whole point of Dissidia and World of Final Fantasy was to describe larger omni verse. Like technically woff talks about 13 Alexander's. Tying to 12 others from other games.
"The girl who forgot her name" could tie to Sora or Star as well. She also has very similar power to Sora. And she is even responsible for summoning Sora in World of Final Fantasy. I think. I am not saying Dissidia or World of Final Fantasy machanics of world's themselves are the same as kingdom hearts. I just think there is a loose vague connection.
As far as I've been able to theorize, I've been able to explain a lot of what we see in Verum Rex/Yozora/KH4 with stuff exclusively from already established Kingdom Hearts lore, so I don't feel the need to go through final fantasy for answers. The only relevant one, I think, is the canceled Versus 13 which we can use what we know of it for broad story concepts and a few details. But it'll all be recontextualized into Kingdom Hearts.
Solid theory
thanks
Side note: I shared this on twitter. I ain't got many followers but I put it out for you.
Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it.
I can't believe I've never heard this theory, even from other KH youtubers!
Amazing job on this
Thanks for enjoying the theory!. I feel like most people have been too focused on the Versus 13 similarities to see that we were being shown things explainable by already established kingdom hearts lore.
20th sub this video fills in some holes ive been trying to since remind like yozora uses the power of waking or how in the kh4 trailer sora is never called sora it might be due to him not being himself in the body and if so how we "accidentally stumbled" into quadratum and went through some trials
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This is pretty damn good and very nomura like
Thanks!
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But Noctis though
No need to fret. It won't be exactly as we knew it, but It's pretty clear that we'll be getting Versus 13 recontextualized into Kingdom Hearts. Yozora could still fill Noctis' role, he'll just not have his name or origin. There's also the fact that the original owner of the body Yozora is in is still a mystery and that person could also be the Noctis equivalent.
@@thekingdomspulse it's all gonna be so fascinating, I can't wait to see what happens
😁
The idea of Yozora being Sora's heartless is actually so hype
I'm glad you like it. There are others who don't like the idea of another Sorta which I understand. We have so many now.
Very interesting
Great analysis video! Thanks for uploading!
Thanks for watching!
A really well made theory, definitely worth a subscription.
Thank you! I appreciate it.
Love this
Gosh this theory is beautiful.
Thank you!
Amazing video! Thanks!
thanjs for watching!
Took Y'all A While To Figure That One Out...
what do you mean?
Okay, hear me out. Yozora is Sora's actual Nobody. And Roxas is Venitas's Nobody.
if yazora is sora paralel clone then does he have two people inside him also does og sora dual wield like roxas there was two blade on yazoras sigil
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