I'm sure enarly everyone on this forum is familiar with the argument that Sora is gay for Riku, because he cries when he meets him, but not Kairi.
But the thing everybody seems to forget is that Sora see's Kairi long before Riku, and Axel already revealed that she was alive. The shock of finding Kairi would have long since subsided, considering Sora fights whole bosses before finally reuniting with her.
Meanwhile, as far as Sora knew, Riku had been killed by Roxas. Even when Sora meets Riku, he appears as Ansem, and it's revealed that it was at least partly Sora's fault for that.
In short, Sara has far more motivation to cry after finally finding his though to be dead friend than his friend who he knew was alive, and was just being kept prisoner.
I'm sure enarly everyone on this forum is familiar with the argument that Sora is gay for Riku, because he cries when he meets him, but not Kairi.
But the thing everybody seems to forget is that Sora see's Kairi long before Riku, and Axel already revealed that she was alive. The shock of finding Kairi would have long since subsided, considering Sora fights whole bosses before finally reuniting with her.
Meanwhile, as far as Sora knew, Riku had been killed by Roxas. Even when Sora meets Riku, he appears as Ansem, and it's revealed that it was at least partly Sora's fault for that.
In short, Sara has far more motivation to cry after finally finding his though to be dead friend than his friend who he knew was alive, and was just being kept prisoner.