Danielle Weinberg Yeah. Some people might say ‘why 358 days? Why not 365’ The prologue of Kingdom Hearts II lasts seven days. 358/2 days takes place for 358 days, with the KH II prologue starting on day 359. 358+7=365. There are 365 days in one year. Well played, Square Enix.
If you think about it, everyone's story is fukked lol. Losing memories, forgetting your best friend, hiding in darkness. Yup. If it wasn't for Disney this game would be fukked n.n
The Other Promise meant to have an ice cream again with your friend that you already forgot... got it memorized...? Because Roxas friend with Axel and Xion but also friend with Hayner Pence and Ollete... the Other Promise meant to Roxas meet again with axel and xion when he friend with hayner, pence and ollete then back to sora...
Roxas is by far my favorite character, not just in Kingdom Heart, but in all videos games in general. This video.... it made me tear up. About a fourth of the way though, I felt my eyes watering. I....I guess my summer vacation is....over.
The thing I love about Roxas; is that he is more like a real person. Sora is too much the goody-goody hero, with no grounded feelings beyond blind hope. Which is fine, but overly traditional to the point that it can be sickening sometimes. I remember being uncertain when I first learned that we were going to be playing this new character instead of Sora in KHII. We didn't know much about him beyond his name and that he was "connected" to Sora in some way. The secret ending in Chain Of Memories implied he'd play some vital part. That, and Twilight Town. An area unfamiliar to Sora in the same game. The trailers at the time, showcasing Roxas fighting some large enemy with the Kingdom Key? The Keyblade belonging to Sora? Needless to say, it was intriguing. It's always a huge risk to start off a sequel with a new character like that. It could have gone poorly or incredible. I was sad when I finished playing his story. I actually didn't want to play as Sora. I wanted to continue my journey as Roxas. I wanted to know more about him. I didn't want to see him fade away into nothing but a memory. Yet, that was a fact I had to accept. My only hope was that somehow later on, we'd get to see him again (and we do but...you know the rest for now.)
"Goody goody hero with no grounded feelings beyond blind hope" Sassy at times, will get angry at times, has Anti-Form (which is the embodiment of the darkness in his heart), and was reluctant to kill Heartless just because he knew that was what helped Organization 13. But sure, no grounded feelings whatsoever.
There's a really good fanfic in which Roxas refuses to merge with Sora in order to travel to worlds far from "Kingdom Hearts" domain in order to find a way to restore Xion. It's called "The Twilight Will". I think you should read it. It feels like a natural expansion of the universe we've grown used to. That, and I was very proud to see him fight for a destiny of his own design. Sora is my favorite character, but neither Riku nor Diz were even concerned in finding some alternative to forcing him. I refuse to abide by this injustice.
The scene with Roxas and Sora in the basement of the mansion was sad as hell when I first played this game on summer break, ironically, back in sixth grade like ten years ago. It's still pretty sad. Roxas is easily top five on my favorite character list.
Henry Stanley With Terra serving as one of Xehanort's Darknesses, we're one Light short of seven... Roxas could serve as that light. Xion was just a part of Roxas, so I don't think she could stand on her own as a person.
after having someone toy with not only yours but your loved ones memories, watch your friends and all that you care about destroyed, sacrifice your life for the sake of the worlds existence and have the protagonist of many worlds forget your sacrifice, plunge yourself into darkness without a any reinsurance of returning to the light for your friends well being, traveling vast worlds and risking your life to save or find a friend that pulled a mutiny, have the keyblade turned against you, and fight an alternative version of yourself just to survive and doing it with a smile. If that isn't going through something, then I don't know what is just saying.
You forgot how Xemnas and Saix also went into Roxas room when he was comatosed :o and how Xemnas mentioned "So once again, sleep took you again... my friend" (somewhere along those llines) to show how he is connected with not also Sora, but with Ventus as well. :o
he allready is his own person he grew his own heart durring days thats why he could cry at the end and it was confirmed in dream drop distance by Xemnas
the line 'who will I have ice cream with?!' was probably my favorite in the entire series, and was honestly the most emotionally impacting moment to me.
+GenerousGypsy or when Roxas says at the end of days says "Maybe today we can finally hit the beach!" so optimistically... all aboard the feels train T.T
+KH FanGirl In BBS, remember how someone shares their heart with Ven (bc it was missing a huge chunk)? It was actually Sora. Sora holds Ven's heart within him therefore when his nobody appeared, it took on the look of Ventus instead of Sora.
I'll be honest, i nearly cried while this video because Roxas is one of my favorite characters in video game history and my favorite in the kingdom hearts series. I hope you do more awesome Lore videos about kingdom hearts in the near future. You did a fantastic job with this vid. 10 out of 10
while jared could've address Roxas as a 'he', he decided to call roxas by his name the whole video, makes me want to count how many he said a word 'roxas'
Great analysis and telling man. Roxas is my favorite character in the whole series and his story is very deep. It's one of the stories I feel I can relate to the most (along with Riku's).
My first knowledge of this game was my friend telling me I was a lot like Roxas. My other friends agreed, so I started playing to find out what they were talking about. Since then, I've felt such a connection to him, and he's by FAR my favourite character in the game (Axel coming very close second). He's such a well-rounded character, and not nearly enough attention is given to him, he couldn't even get his own game despite being the most interesting (and most powerful) character in the game...
Everytime roxas says that his summer vacation is over, my heart burns for a short time because i can imagine me beeing in his position and i can relate to everything he was going through so that i can feel his emotions in that sentence ;-;
+rainbowflash63 there's not much of a story for him. apart from what you can already see in the games of him, his origin was never really shown. we saw so little of him before he was a nobody in BBS. but none of us know exactly what happened to him inbetween the time that he was human in BBS and was a nobody.
goddamnit man i was so close to crying when Roxas said his summer vacation was over.... thats not a happy scene to begin with, and having his whole story separated into 2 games makes it easy to take it like a man. but when you put it all together..... HNNNG.
Now i get it i was really young when i beat those games i knew what was going on but couldn't comprehend it i loved this game it was my childhood and sanctuary, always brings tears to my eyes i love the story of Roxas more than any other character
the sadest Story in Kingdom Hearts, i miss Roxas and Xion, Xion's death made me cry and my heart will always aching when i hear the theme of Xion, i miss the two so much, i hope Roxas and Xion will return
It is a sad story indeed but I believe that Roxas and for that matter, Xion, should remain where they are. They suffered, made sacrifices and it's sad to accept but just like life itself, you need to accept it and retain the memories of the good things.
WCamicase On one hand I get what your saying, but when it comes to KH . . It fills me with such hope imagining that the impossible is possible and that everyone we love can get a happy ending, if it doesn't happen I understand completely . . . But wouldn't you smile if it did happen all the same , , ,
I would rather have good story telling than some asspull everyone lives happy lives b.s.. Axel returning, most likely roxas and xion returning, it all ruins their good moments, their sacrifice. And for what? The sake of fanservice? Lame.
skaionex what about both? A good story with a happy ending where Roxas, Xion, Axel, etc. get to have their happy endings while still maintaining a good story. That's a possibility, right?
Here's a fact of Roxas: His existence is mainly from Ventus. Yeah yeah yeah he looks like ventus but when Roxas appeared in Twilight Town he looked like a teenager. While sore was still a kid ... Ventus on the other hand was a young adult (probably age 16/17). So from that it make Roxas look older than a kid that sora was at the time. And not the mention Square Enix changed Roxas' old voice in KH2 and replaced it with his voice in BBS when making the remake of KH2. Hence, showing that Roxas existence is mainly from Ventus.
+Brenda Salas In case you got confused about what i meant Roxas' voice in the first KH2. I meant that they changed it in the final mix 2.5 version that Jesse McCartney did in 358/2 days and BBS. Yes i am very aware Roxas was always voiced by Jesse McCartney.
Ventus originally had a different voice from Roxas? That's cool! I never liked that Roxas was supposed to be a clone of Ventus' body, it just detracts from his character status. Fuck that he can't even have his own body ':(
Just letting you know guys (as you seem interested) the program is done. It just needs the finishing touches (wish they would say that about KH3 soon!).
1:57 I have different theory about that. I think he meant that Roxas looks like Ventus instead of Sora. Before Birth by Sleep, it would have been an obvious explanation to say that Roxas looks like Sora because there was nobody else. But after BSB we see that Roxas is pretty much the spitting image of Ventus. When Xemnas tells Sora that he's special too, he's referring back to the fact that Ventus is sharing Sora's heart.
Great video :), however you missed the part of Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance when Roxas gives his memories to Sora and then the union is complete.
this is a nice recap video :) some tips though, in some parts you were speaking pretty fast (probably to keep down the length of the video) but some of the topics would have probably been a little hard to follow for someone who doesn't know the story very well. but overall a nice summary of roxas' story :)
I teared up so much during this whole thing. I cried so much during the actual scenes, and to be reminded of the story behind roxas just makes me so sad.
Characters than made me cry (in order) : Xion, Roxas, Axel/Lea, Ventus, Aqua, Riku, Namine and Saix (Sora made me cry only throughout KH1 and Dream Drop Distance in some small flashbacks...)
roxas was not unique in the sense that he had emotions. ALL nobodies in the organizations had emotions, as they actually did have their own hearts, as xemnas explained in DDD. roxas never had ven's heart, this is a common misconception. he just grew one of his own, as like the others. also, xion had every intention to destroy roxas, as she clearly stated before engaging him. by destroying roxas, he would become a part of her, giving her an identity. plus, roxas stating he defeated riku is not untrue, because he did. in their first battle before riku embraced his darkness, roxas easily overpowered riku, and thus was defeated. only after riku became ansem was roxas beaten. and finally, sora DID disappear during his fight with roxas, as specifically stated by donald and goofy. the conflict brought them both to sora's heart, meaning he was no longer in the world that never was. donald and goofy were left alone, as they told him after he returned. just for the record. otherwise good video!
Roxas had to have at least part of Ven's heart inside him, because why else would he look like Ventus instead of Sora? All the other Nobodies in the Organization still looked like their Sombody.
AstralMuffin105 vens soul was trashed at the end of BBS the fragments found sora as a child and hid in his heart (this is why sora can use the key blade) hoping to be restored by sora’s light. When sora stabbed himself the nobody was made in vens image because pieces of his heart (vens) reside in sora
"take care, okay?" "right back achya.. buddy" man and I thought the summer vacation is over scene was sad. but when I play 2.5 HD remix, and saw this for the first time, I shit you not, I actually shed a tear 😂 that hit my feels so bad.
I actually cried for more than 5 minutes because of that scene as I play 2.5, but I guess it was more emotional for me since I played 358/2 days first before KH 2.
Was a very good video!! Both comprehensive and accurate while entertaining and informative for those out there confused about certain aspects of the kingdom hearts lore. Good job!!
Fun fact: Roxas is my name in real life and my dad chose it all because of this game. It's kinda weird playing it with people saying the name all the time.
Holy fuck. My name literally is Roxas as well. My father named him after me because he played a lot of Final Fantasy games and got so intuned with KH he named me Roxas and my middle name is Axel. Cool to know I have other people out there named Roxas!
And you have me sad all over again ;-; The 2.5 Final Mix scene with Roxas and Axel... You know, once you know what happens and replay 358/2 Days, the game just doesn't feel the same. The cutscenes on the clock tower are happy, but there's a trace of sadness in them too.
may get some flak for this, but I honestly think that Roxas is a better character than Sora. His story is so much more immersive and for me pulled a lot more heart strings than Sora's in KH1, also I started with 358/2 days so I may be a lil biased here too haha
+Anthony Hand No flack from here, sir. Roxas was an extremely important character in KH2, and 358/2 Days. Great character choice, and Roxas almost feels like the more aggressive or impulsive half of Sora...if not the source or representation of anger. The KH games don't do a deep dive into emotions as a whole, by means of great amounts of detail, however what is conveyed or presented moves the story along and smooths out the definition of each acting character. Roxas is an undeniably awesome character. :)
358/2 Days was my first ever kingdom hearts game I got when I was a little kid. The ending blew me away, I just finished the game yesterday after starting the campaign where I left off as a kid. I never fully understood the campaign since it was my first kingdom hearts and I just thought it was about friends, and their life. It's one of my new favorite games and I'm getting the rest of the kingdom hearts this weekend.
It would be awesome if you made a story video for Xion, I feel like her story is a lot sadder because all she wanted was to exist with her friends, but no, she had to fade away along with her memories.
I noticed that Roxas doesn't beat around the bush with sentimental jargon like long speeches about having a heart, but rather gets blunt and straight to the point. It makes Roxas a pretty solid character in a canon that is built on cryptic conversations and mental warfare between characters.
When Roxas said "who will I eat ice cream with!?" That tottaly killed the moment for me when I played. Come on Roxas! You could have said something so much better!
The line when your beloved best friend is dying is comical in one of the saddest scenes in the series. "Who am I going to eat Ice cream with?!?" -Roxas
+Kids Rojo Pardon? I'm not sure how it is exactly. My apologies, however, it's a bit of habit from being such fanboy of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. ^-^'
As joyous and as lighthearted as Kingdom Hearts can be, the tale of Roxas was one of the darkest stories I ever connected to a Disney themed story . . . I still can't believe Jesse McCartney, my sisters teen boy crush gave such a masterful performance as Roxas . . .
No I mean it's legitimately part of his lore that ventus had half of his heart taken away from him and sora fused his heart with his, hence why soras nobody looks like ventus
Great one, you used a lot of emotional moments to play with us, right? T-T If there is one thing that i disagree with you, it is more of a matter of opinion, in that when Roxas goes back to Sora, its more like he give up because he doesn't have any other way out. But again this just opinion, the video itself is great.
Can we also mention that Roxas technically 'died' on his birthday? The day he reunites with Sora is exactly one year after his 'birth'.
Danielle Weinberg Yeah. Some people might say ‘why 358 days? Why not 365’ The prologue of Kingdom Hearts II lasts seven days. 358/2 days takes place for 358 days, with the KH II prologue starting on day 359. 358+7=365. There are 365 days in one year.
Well played, Square Enix.
@@blessedstellaronhunter that would be a good point if there weren't only 6 days in the prologue.
Dink that’s why they say half... half a day plus have a day makes a whole
That’s even more depressing.
Our boo deserves a proper birthday when he becomes a whole person.
I swear if that boy doesn't get a summer vacation again...
You'll what?
Henry Stanley
Kick Nomura's butt probably idk.
Kate Rose XD
Rayvenne R a summer vacation forever
And he finally does :')
Roxas is the hero we deserve. Sora is the hero we need
+GSlayer95 yes, just YES
Tf that mean
It's okay, "Destroyer". Homophobes like you aren't really bright.
@@AlxMar5 lmao you can't take a joke can you?
Implying violence against an oppressed group of people isn't a joke, asshole.
"Take care, okay? :) "
"Right back at ya, buddy :')"
Gets me every time.
I cry at that part
I wish I didn't have it, memorized 😭
My favorite character is Roxas.
Who's with me?
He's in my top 3 along with Axel and Riku
Garbage character by IGN . . .
me
I'm 112% with u
+darksoulzFZ Same for me :')
Yeah, Roxas did beat Riku. Riku just cheated afterwards.
The sad thing is,you aren't wrong.
and because of that, riku was penalized without being able to see sora after that, because of that "ansem form"
+Drakon “Keyblade Wielder” Minaka
Riku unarmed and blindfolded was attacked by roxas who had two keyblades without a blind fold who is really cheating
Aaron Knight To be fair,Riku blindfolded seemed more like Riku limiting himself,and besides,roxas won,then Riku entered ansem seeker of darkness mode.
i know
If you think about it, everyone's story is fukked lol. Losing memories, forgetting your best friend, hiding in darkness. Yup. If it wasn't for Disney this game would be fukked n.n
The Other Promise is such a beautiful and fitting theme for Roxas
I know right
what is the other promise?
SiYanne Harper his theme music
The Other Promise meant to have an ice cream again with your friend that you already forgot... got it memorized...? Because Roxas friend with Axel and Xion but also friend with Hayner Pence and Ollete... the Other Promise meant to Roxas meet again with axel and xion when he friend with hayner, pence and ollete then back to sora...
"No one would miss me."
Ohh how you are SO wrong, Roxas
THE ENTIRE FANBASE WOULD
"THAT'S NOT TRUE... I would :(" says Axel as Roxas leaves the Organization.
WE ARE STILL SOBBING OVER YOU
Roxas is by far my favorite character, not just in Kingdom Heart, but in all videos games in general. This video.... it made me tear up. About a fourth of the way though, I felt my eyes watering. I....I guess my summer vacation is....over.
The thing I love about Roxas; is that he is more like a real person. Sora is too much the goody-goody hero, with no grounded feelings beyond blind hope. Which is fine, but overly traditional to the point that it can be sickening sometimes. I remember being uncertain when I first learned that we were going to be playing this new character instead of Sora in KHII. We didn't know much about him beyond his name and that he was "connected" to Sora in some way. The secret ending in Chain Of Memories implied he'd play some vital part. That, and Twilight Town. An area unfamiliar to Sora in the same game. The trailers at the time, showcasing Roxas fighting some large enemy with the Kingdom Key? The Keyblade belonging to Sora? Needless to say, it was intriguing. It's always a huge risk to start off a sequel with a new character like that. It could have gone poorly or incredible.
I was sad when I finished playing his story. I actually didn't want to play as Sora. I wanted to continue my journey as Roxas. I wanted to know more about him. I didn't want to see him fade away into nothing but a memory. Yet, that was a fact I had to accept. My only hope was that somehow later on, we'd get to see him again (and we do but...you know the rest for now.)
"Goody goody hero with no grounded feelings beyond blind hope"
Sassy at times, will get angry at times, has Anti-Form (which is the embodiment of the darkness in his heart), and was reluctant to kill Heartless just because he knew that was what helped Organization 13.
But sure, no grounded feelings whatsoever.
There's a really good fanfic in which Roxas refuses to merge with Sora in order to travel to worlds far from "Kingdom Hearts" domain in order to find a way to restore Xion. It's called "The Twilight Will".
I think you should read it. It feels like a natural expansion of the universe we've grown used to. That, and I was very proud to see him fight for a destiny of his own design. Sora is my favorite character, but neither Riku nor Diz were even concerned in finding some alternative to forcing him. I refuse to abide by this injustice.
The scene with Roxas and Sora in the basement of the mansion was sad as hell when I first played this game on summer break, ironically, back in sixth grade like ten years ago. It's still pretty sad. Roxas is easily top five on my favorite character list.
Looks like my summer vacation is over ;-;
+Black_Blossom i cry everytime! :(
there is always a part of me that dies when he says that.
T.T
rt if u cried😭😭
my feels dude :(
Am I the only one who thinks the whole Memory Skyscraper with Roxas and Riku is the best scene in KH ever?
No it's badass, you see the extent of his power and rage while dual wielding.
Sora stabs himself is the most powerful moment far and wide. Xion’s death is the saddest.
Besides the entire final boss section of kh2 yeah definitely.
Thumbs up if you want Roxas to become his own person in Kingdom Hearts 3!!
+Captain Kdynce it probably will. Sora has the power to make the impossible happen, just by being himself.
Meh...
Watch Roxas use the key to return hearts on himself to bring back... Xion! Possible, since they are both part of Sora
Romeo Ocampo And what purpose would they serve?
Henry Stanley With Terra serving as one of Xehanort's Darknesses, we're one Light short of seven... Roxas could serve as that light. Xion was just a part of Roxas, so I don't think she could stand on her own as a person.
after having someone toy with not only yours but your loved ones memories, watch your friends and all that you care about destroyed, sacrifice your life for the sake of the worlds existence and have the protagonist of many worlds forget your sacrifice, plunge yourself into darkness without a any reinsurance of returning to the light for your friends well being, traveling vast worlds and risking your life to save or find a friend that pulled a mutiny, have the keyblade turned against you, and fight an alternative version of yourself just to survive and doing it with a smile. If that isn't going through something, then I don't know what is just saying.
It's called *Pain Train*
There are many worlds, but they all share the same Sora
One Sora, one destiny
+THEGREATMAX Ahhhhh
+THEGREATMAX Actually this makes sense on how everyone is connected to Sora
Well, Sora means Sky in Japan, so that was the point of them saying that in the game.... I'm not really all that creative lol
THEGREATMAX I know Sky is sora, but if you see that It makes sense on what I said.HOly shit xD
This story ROX ASS!
It's SORtA crazy to think about how C.O.M.plicated the lore of this game is.
Stop being such a COMIC SANS
+ben page
I NAMINEte you for being the best punner on youtube
😂😂😂😂😂
can I AXEL you a question
NICE.
You forgot how Xemnas and Saix also went into Roxas room when he was comatosed :o and how Xemnas mentioned "So once again, sleep took you again... my friend" (somewhere along those llines) to show how he is connected with not also Sora, but with Ventus as well. :o
i believe that was Terra in Xemnas. so seeing Roxas asleep an Terra saw this an thinking about Ventus
@@cordifox MOTHER OF PEARL
I hope Roxas comes back as his own person.
I truly believe Sora can save everyone, the 3 lost masters, Xion, and Roxas . . .
Eh.
I hope I do
he allready is his own person
he grew his own heart durring days thats why he could cry at the end and it was confirmed in dream drop distance by Xemnas
Evan Buell I still feel doubtful.
the line 'who will I have ice cream with?!' was probably my favorite in the entire series, and was honestly the most emotionally impacting moment to me.
+GenerousGypsy or when Roxas says at the end of days says "Maybe today we can finally hit the beach!" so optimistically... all aboard the feels train T.T
Roxas is always my favorite character. Who is with me?
agreed
me
Do you guys want star wars in kingdom hearts 3?
RoXas is one of my fave characters, BUT WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE VENTUS FROM BBS?!?!?!?
+KH FanGirl In BBS, remember how someone shares their heart with Ven (bc it was missing a huge chunk)? It was actually Sora. Sora holds Ven's heart within him therefore when his nobody appeared, it took on the look of Ventus instead of Sora.
Kingdom Hearts was the first video game to make me cry, and it was because of Roxas, heck I'm crying right now :'(
Great video by the way :)
I'll be honest, i nearly cried while this video because Roxas is one of my favorite characters in video game history and my favorite in the kingdom hearts series. I hope you do more awesome Lore videos about kingdom hearts in the near future. You did a fantastic job with this vid. 10 out of 10
while jared could've address Roxas as a 'he', he decided to call roxas by his name the whole video, makes me want to count how many he said a word 'roxas'
Great analysis and telling man. Roxas is my favorite character in the whole series and his story is very deep. It's one of the stories I feel I can relate to the most (along with Riku's).
My first knowledge of this game was my friend telling me I was a lot like Roxas. My other friends agreed, so I started playing to find out what they were talking about. Since then, I've felt such a connection to him, and he's by FAR my favourite character in the game (Axel coming very close second). He's such a well-rounded character, and not nearly enough attention is given to him, he couldn't even get his own game despite being the most interesting (and most powerful) character in the game...
What did you have in common with Roxas that they said that?
Everytime roxas says that his summer vacation is over, my heart burns for a short time because i can imagine me beeing in his position and i can relate to everything he was going through so that i can feel his emotions in that sentence ;-;
Great Video Jared! I really enjoyed it. Looks like you put alot of work into this. :3
+xTRACE Thanks :D
+TheGamersJoint Jared mind doing Axel's story?
it was always confusing for me and I want to get it clear before KH 2.8 is released
+xTRACE I agree! this was to the point and well executed! :)
+rainbowflash63 there's not much of a story for him. apart from what you can already see in the games of him, his origin was never really shown. we saw so little of him before he was a nobody in BBS. but none of us know exactly what happened to him inbetween the time that he was human in BBS and was a nobody.
Zachary Pearce Wasn't Axel a Nobody of a scientist who had lost their heart while studying the Heartless? I'm probably thinking of another character.
goddamnit man i was so close to crying when Roxas said his summer vacation was over....
thats not a happy scene to begin with, and having his whole story separated into 2 games makes it easy to take it like a man. but when you put it all together..... HNNNG.
Oh my gosh, when Axel's tear fell, I was just like, "Alright! I'm done! Can't do this anymore!"
The feels are flowing in...
Now i get it i was really young when i beat those games i knew what was going on but couldn't comprehend it i loved this game it was my childhood and sanctuary, always brings tears to my eyes i love the story of Roxas more than any other character
Roxas my favorite character of kingdom hearts. Here's hoping he returns in kh3
Same here.
Hes back ^~^
Roxas has been my favourite character since I started playing my first Kh: 358/2 days, his story is brilliant and is a very genuine character!
His theme playing in the background as he accepts losing his life and saying my summer vacation is finally over is one of the saddest moments in Kh🥺🥺
the sadest Story in Kingdom Hearts, i miss Roxas and Xion, Xion's death made me cry and my heart will always aching when i hear the theme of Xion, i miss the two so much, i hope Roxas and Xion will return
DUDE !!! Your kingdom hearts videos keep me invested in this franchise!! I'm starting to think your the master of masters!! Keep em coming
It is a sad story indeed but I believe that Roxas and for that matter, Xion, should remain where they are.
They suffered, made sacrifices and it's sad to accept but just like life itself, you need to accept it and retain the memories of the good things.
The end of Re:Coded gave me hope that they can be saved . . .
StephySon Yeah it did but I feel that doing such thing kinda negates the effect of the sacrifices that had to be done to get to this point
WCamicase On one hand I get what your saying, but when it comes to KH . . It fills me with such hope imagining that the impossible is possible and that everyone we love can get a happy ending, if it doesn't happen I understand completely . . . But wouldn't you smile if it did happen all the same , , ,
I would rather have good story telling than some asspull everyone lives happy lives b.s.. Axel returning, most likely roxas and xion returning, it all ruins their good moments, their sacrifice. And for what? The sake of fanservice? Lame.
skaionex what about both? A good story with a happy ending where Roxas, Xion, Axel, etc. get to have their happy endings while still maintaining a good story. That's a possibility, right?
Here's a fact of Roxas:
His existence is mainly from Ventus. Yeah yeah yeah he looks like ventus but when Roxas appeared in Twilight Town he looked like a teenager. While sore was still a kid ... Ventus on the other hand was a young adult (probably age 16/17). So from that it make Roxas look older than a kid that sora was at the time. And not the mention Square Enix changed Roxas' old voice in KH2 and replaced it with his voice in BBS when making the remake of KH2. Hence, showing that Roxas existence is mainly from Ventus.
+Brenda Salas In case you got confused about what i meant Roxas' voice in the first KH2. I meant that they changed it in the final mix 2.5 version that Jesse McCartney did in 358/2 days and BBS. Yes i am very aware Roxas was always voiced by Jesse McCartney.
Ventus originally had a different voice from Roxas? That's cool! I never liked that Roxas was supposed to be a clone of Ventus' body, it just detracts from his character status. Fuck that he can't even have his own body ':(
I think he came from ventus heart which is inside of sora to heal
the feels... its... its too much..... you did a good job on this btw
You are the only one who thakes this story with the seriousness that it deserves, thankyou for that
I want a Nobodie name generator like 1:28 like you enter your name and get an nobodie name so basically your name with an X somewhere or something X)
+Ruyi Jingu Challenge accepted! If I manage to make a decent program I'll share it :D
dayum, that would be awesome!
I feel inspired - already working on it. Might take a day or two.
Like Lea=Axel, Sora has Roxas etc. and all the characters have something like that if i remember correctly
Just letting you know guys (as you seem interested) the program is done. It just needs the finishing touches (wish they would say that about KH3 soon!).
1:57 I have different theory about that. I think he meant that Roxas looks like Ventus instead of Sora. Before Birth by Sleep, it would have been an obvious explanation to say that Roxas looks like Sora because there was nobody else. But after BSB we see that Roxas is pretty much the spitting image of Ventus. When Xemnas tells Sora that he's special too, he's referring back to the fact that Ventus is sharing Sora's heart.
Out of all the characters, I'm hoping Roxas, Xion & Axel have a great closure to their Story in Kingdom Hearts III.
+The KING The closure already happened.
@@milesrojo8582 hmm
Dude, this intro is so awesome! Really congratulations =)
Who am I going to have ice cream with...
me 😂😂😂😂😂😁😁😁😀😀
I've heard Ansem likes seasalt. :) Good luck finding the real Ansem though.
roxas better comeback or heads are gonna fly.
Great video :), however you missed the part of Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance when Roxas gives his memories to Sora and then the union is complete.
Damn man... I always say that, and I'll always say, this musical Theme for Xion it's so beautiful...
Love your videos man!
Mr. Sora.... I don’t feel so good...
I guess my summer vacation is ....over.
man that ending with axel's tear falling just killed me
I really want Roxas to come back, that'd just make me absolutely happy
this is a nice recap video :) some tips though, in some parts you were speaking pretty fast (probably to keep down the length of the video) but some of the topics would have probably been a little hard to follow for someone who doesn't know the story very well. but overall a nice summary of roxas' story :)
How to get likes
Step 1: Comment something that Roxas said at one point
Step 2: Complete Step 1
I feel like a lot of people saw this and followed it XD
+englishhedgehog7 Take care, Okay ?
"Xion, who else will I have ice cream with.?
"What is this thing?"
"Hey, you're that pickpocket!"
please continue, it's awesome, i can't wait to see the lore about other characters, like ventus, king mickey, gosh even donald story XD
"Who are you.....again? It's weird....I feel like I'm forgetting something really important......"
Oh god I made myself cry DX
"Who will I eat ice cream with?" 😭😭
y u do dis ;-;
Because i had to....Solo Almina
I teared up so much during this whole thing. I cried so much during the actual scenes, and to be reminded of the story behind roxas just makes me so sad.
Roxas has a really heart touching story T_T
Characters than made me cry (in order) : Xion, Roxas, Axel/Lea, Ventus, Aqua, Riku, Namine and Saix (Sora made me cry only throughout KH1 and Dream Drop Distance in some small flashbacks...)
roxas was not unique in the sense that he had emotions. ALL nobodies in the organizations had emotions, as they actually did have their own hearts, as xemnas explained in DDD. roxas never had ven's heart, this is a common misconception. he just grew one of his own, as like the others. also, xion had every intention to destroy roxas, as she clearly stated before engaging him. by destroying roxas, he would become a part of her, giving her an identity. plus, roxas stating he defeated riku is not untrue, because he did. in their first battle before riku embraced his darkness, roxas easily overpowered riku, and thus was defeated. only after riku became ansem was roxas beaten. and finally, sora DID disappear during his fight with roxas, as specifically stated by donald and goofy. the conflict brought them both to sora's heart, meaning he was no longer in the world that never was. donald and goofy were left alone, as they told him after he returned. just for the record. otherwise good video!
Roxas had to have at least part of Ven's heart inside him, because why else would he look like Ventus instead of Sora? All the other Nobodies in the Organization still looked like their Sombody.
FiNiSH Random Yeah and the fact that he can wield 2 keyblades as well. Seem to have forgotten that bit.
AstralMuffin105 vens soul was trashed at the end of BBS the fragments found sora as a child and hid in his heart (this is why sora can use the key blade) hoping to be restored by sora’s light. When sora stabbed himself the nobody was made in vens image because pieces of his heart (vens) reside in sora
@@AstralMuffin105 nope, Ven stayed inside Sora for the whole time until KH3
Roxas is the reason I became a kingdom hearts fan xD I'm sad he's gone now, but I'll still love him!
They better let roxas axel and xion be together again somehow. kh3 pleeease
I have good news for you 😊
"take care, okay?" "right back achya.. buddy" man and I thought the summer vacation is over scene was sad. but when I play 2.5 HD remix, and saw this for the first time, I shit you not, I actually shed a tear 😂 that hit my feels so bad.
I actually cried for more than 5 minutes because of that scene as I play 2.5, but I guess it was more emotional for me since I played 358/2 days first before KH 2.
I GET IT
HE TAKES SORA'S NAME
AND HE GIVES HIM A KEY
A CHI
A X
BRILLIANT
WAIT YOU’RE RIGHTTTTT
Was a very good video!! Both comprehensive and accurate while entertaining and informative for those out there confused about certain aspects of the kingdom hearts lore. Good job!!
Dammit! Why'd you have to throw in that scene at the end...i'm crying all over my couch now!
How was the Ice Cream roxas?
Killua Zoldyck Very salty cause i be CRYING ALL OVER IT! Lol
Roxas oh...that's... sad...*tries not to laugh*
Fun fact:
Roxas is my name in real life and my dad chose it all because of this game. It's kinda weird playing it with people saying the name all the time.
Thats dope af
Holy fuck. My name literally is Roxas as well. My father named him after me because he played a lot of Final Fantasy games and got so intuned with KH he named me Roxas and my middle name is Axel. Cool to know I have other people out there named Roxas!
@@render5427 that's really cool to know others have the same name
I'm surprised none of the ign people have disliked the video yet lol.
There probably face palming themselves for calling him a garbage character.
Or how no one has made the dry famous joke of Roxas from Ign
In Kh3 the fact Sora wants so much to save Roxas I find this just so freaking cute
Roxas is my all time favorite character of KH
And you have me sad all over again ;-; The 2.5 Final Mix scene with Roxas and Axel... You know, once you know what happens and replay 358/2 Days, the game just doesn't feel the same. The cutscenes on the clock tower are happy, but there's a trace of sadness in them too.
may get some flak for this, but I honestly think that Roxas is a better character than Sora. His story is so much more immersive and for me pulled a lot more heart strings than Sora's in KH1, also I started with 358/2 days so I may be a lil biased here too haha
+Anthony Hand No flack from here, sir. Roxas was an extremely important character in KH2, and 358/2 Days. Great character choice, and Roxas almost feels like the more aggressive or impulsive half of Sora...if not the source or representation of anger. The KH games don't do a deep dive into emotions as a whole, by means of great amounts of detail, however what is conveyed or presented moves the story along and smooths out the definition of each acting character. Roxas is an undeniably awesome character. :)
Jefferey Morrison And will apparently be super in KH3 as well.
Literally ALL of the saddest moments were in this video. But it was very well done.
I feel the closest to roxas and that is why he is my favorite character
358/2 Days was my first ever kingdom hearts game I got when I was a little kid. The ending blew me away, I just finished the game yesterday after starting the campaign where I left off as a kid. I never fully understood the campaign since it was my first kingdom hearts and I just thought it was about friends, and their life. It's one of my new favorite games and I'm getting the rest of the kingdom hearts this weekend.
Do the story of ventus,terra and Aqua
I ALWAYS LOVE ALL KINGDOM OF HEARTS GAMES AND SO MUCH THAT I PUT IT IN MY ARTWORK SOMETIME
Roxas > Sora
there is no words i can say about this but the fact it was just a, Great Video. Good work Cynical I've really enjoyed this one c:
Will you be doing a story about Axel next?
"Take care, okay?"
"Right back at ya, buddy."
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Who has that 1 tear they wanna shed? I did ;-;
Same ;_;
It would be awesome if you made a story video for Xion, I feel like her story is a lot sadder because all she wanted was to exist with her friends, but no, she had to fade away along with her memories.
😆do more videos like ..👍 I basically know most of this but it nice to see and recap
I noticed that Roxas doesn't beat around the bush with sentimental jargon like long speeches about having a heart, but rather gets blunt and straight to the point. It makes Roxas a pretty solid character in a canon that is built on cryptic conversations and mental warfare between characters.
When Roxas said "who will I eat ice cream with!?" That tottaly killed the moment for me when I played. Come on Roxas! You could have said something so much better!
The line when your beloved best friend is dying is comical in one of the saddest scenes in the series. "Who am I going to eat Ice cream with?!?" -Roxas
In that your wrong Roxas defeated the real Riku.
Even as a little girl Roxas was my favorite character and I was so distraught to see him go in KH 2.
i had a dream of roxas saving me from the heartless i was in a trap and he saved me
You did my favorite character on my birthday...
Thanks
To be honest, I think the manga explained his story better.
I loved the manga as well
Its so speed up tho!!,
Gods, the emotion from seeing Axel shed a tear gets me everytime! T^T
+E. Xalcean Don't say "Gods", it's pretty offensive.
+Kids Rojo Pardon? I'm not sure how it is exactly.
My apologies, however, it's a bit of habit from being such fanboy of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. ^-^'
Deep commentary brah
I feel like he's reading the Dream Drop Distance chronicle synopsis, or the 2.5 one
As joyous and as lighthearted as Kingdom Hearts can be, the tale of Roxas was one of the darkest stories I ever connected to a Disney themed story . . . I still can't believe Jesse McCartney, my sisters teen boy crush gave such a masterful performance as Roxas . . .
What about the fact that he's part of Ventus...?
or did you not get the chance to check out birth by sleep?
+teeno312 his looks arent important to his story. his looks are important to the story of the series, but it doesnt matter to Roxas.
No I mean it's legitimately part of his lore that ventus had half of his heart taken away from him and sora fused his heart with his, hence why soras nobody looks like ventus
still would be awesome if someone dropped a slight hint about ventus
Great one, you used a lot of emotional moments to play with us, right? T-T
If there is one thing that i disagree with you, it is more of a matter of opinion, in that when Roxas goes back to Sora, its more like he give up because he doesn't have any other way out. But again this just opinion, the video itself is great.
Beautifully put together Cynical! Brilliant work.