Taking a look at Sora

[awesomeinmyworld 268]

Sora. The main protagonist of the Kingdom Hearts series; and from what I've seen, surprisingly misunderstood in terms of his story and character development. I want to change that, so let's get to it.

 

In terms of story, Sora's overall was happy, but that's all that some look at and insist that he never had tragic events take place like in Roxas' story, or Xion's. Yes, Sora's story seems the most positive out of most KH characters, but what he had to go through to achieve that happy? He lost his home world, his two best friends, and was given the responsibility of the Keyblade in a matter of one night. He agreed to take up the responsibility, travel with two people he just met, and find Riku, Kairi and Mickey while protecting worlds from the Heartless. After taking up all this, Sora finds out that Riku, his best friend who had betrayed him, was the true wielder of the Keyblade he held, and that Kairi had lost her heart and it rested within him. Finally saving Kairi and defeating Ansem, Sora is forced to lock Riku and Mickey in the Realm of Darkness, with very little to go on for him, Donald, and Goofy to find them. Then, Castle Oblivion. Sora's memories of the one he cared for most are replaced and must sleep to have them repaired, it costs him the memories of Namine. In KH2, the trio are now up against Organization XIII; with Riku still missing, Mickey showing up occasionally, and Kairi getting captured by Axel. Sora finally finds his friends, but Riku has taken on Ansem's form. Then, Sora founds he has a Nobody that he never really got to meet. Finally though, a happy ending. UNTIL DREAM DROP DISTANCE. Sora takes in painful memories and nearly becomes Xehanort's final vessel. So, yes, Sora's story you could say was happy, but in no way could anyone say that he didn't experience hardships.

 

Character development. Sora is overall a happy, naive guy who looks at the positive and gives the occasional sappy speech. But that's not all he is. Sora's character developed, be it more subtle than say Riku's. When we first meet Sora, we can see that he seemed to be in Riku's shadow, but we never really knew how he felt about it until the ending of KH2, and we'll get to that. In BbS we see Sora as the happy kid loyal to his best friend, in CoM and on we see more of Sora's that, but in KH1, to me at least, he seemed very reserved. The only time I can recall him displaying the sillyness of himself was in Halloweentown, asking Donald and Goofy if they wanted to see the Heartless dance (which also seems very cynical to me, I like that ). My point is that Sora comes out of his shell in the KH series and we see him as the funny, sometimes dense guy that he is. In fact, he is so open with himself after all adventures that he admits to Riku that he always wanted to be like him. It wasn't until then that we can see that Sora wasn't exactly happy with himself, and that's also when he accepts himself for who he is. Sora's got problems like everyone else. So for those who don't see Sora's character devlopment, well, there you go. Subtle, but it's there.

 

Well, that was it. Hope some of you enjoyed this, hope some of you agreed with me, and I hope some of you will look at Sora a little differently after seeing this. Thank you for your time. 

[RoxSox 3,593]

Anyone who says Sora isn't a developed character is an idiot. Just saying.

[riku13 148]

Sora is a boss nuff said.

[Reyn 1,755]

Sora is a well developed character.

[Hazimie 1,595]

If Sora was different for what you want,it could be worse than Xehanort......So yeah,i think it's best to see that Sora was a person of who he is...

Edited July 16, 2013 by Hazimie

[Shulk 8,623]

Sora. The main protagonist of the Kingdom Hearts series; and from what I've seen, surprisingly misunderstood in terms of his story and character development. I want to change that, so let's get to it.

 

In terms of story, Sora's overall was happy, but that's all that some look at and insist that he never had tragic events take place like in Roxas' story, or Xion's. Yes, Sora's story seems the most positive out of most KH characters, but what he had to go through to achieve that happy? He lost his home world, his two best friends, and was given the responsibility of the Keyblade in a matter of one night. He agreed to take up the responsibility, travel with two people he just met, and find Riku, Kairi and Mickey while protecting worlds from the Heartless. After taking up all this, Sora finds out that Riku, his best friend who had betrayed him, was the true wielder of the Keyblade he held, and that Kairi had lost her heart and it rested within him. Finally saving Kairi and defeating Ansem, Sora is forced to lock Riku and Mickey in the Realm of Darkness, with very little to go on for him, Donald, and Goofy to find them. Then, Castle Oblivion. Sora's memories of the one he cared for most are replaced and must sleep to have them repaired, it costs him the memories of Namine. In KH2, the trio are now up against Organization XIII; with Riku still missing, Mickey showing up occasionally, and Kairi getting captured by Axel. Sora finally finds his friends, but Riku has taken on Ansem's form. Then, Sora founds he has a Nobody that he never really got to meet. Finally though, a happy ending. UNTIL DREAM DROP DISTANCE. Sora takes in painful memories and nearly becomes Xehanort's final vessel. So, yes, Sora's story you could say was happy, but in no way could anyone say that he didn't experience hardships.

 

Character development. Sora is overall a happy, naive guy who looks at the positive and gives the occasional sappy speech. But that's not all he is. Sora's character developed, be it more subtle than say Riku's. When we first meet Sora, we can see that he seemed to be in Riku's shadow, but we never really knew how he felt about it until the ending of KH2, and we'll get to that. In BbS we see Sora as the happy kid loyal to his best friend, in CoM and on we see more of Sora's that, but in KH1, to me at least, he seemed very reserved. The only time I can recall him displaying the sillyness of himself was in Halloweentown, asking Donald and Goofy if they wanted to see the Heartless dance (which also seems very cynical to me, I like that ). My point is that Sora comes out of his shell in the KH series and we see him as the funny, sometimes dense guy that he is. In fact, he is so open with himself after all adventures that he admits to Riku that he always wanted to be like him. It wasn't until then that we can see that Sora wasn't exactly happy with himself, and that's also when he accepts himself for who he is. Sora's got problems like everyone else. So for those who don't see Sora's character devlopment, well, there you go. Subtle, but it's there.

 

Well, that was it. Hope some of you enjoyed this, hope some of you agreed with me, and I hope some of you will look at Sora a little differently after seeing this. Thank you for your time. 

You're a genius, man. Sora definitely faced hardships. Just because he didn't fade away or turned evil doesn't mean he didn't have his fair share of hard times, too. Also, he was separated from Kairi at the end of KH1 as well. He'd spent the whole time trying to find her, and when he'd finally rescued her, he had to leave her right away. I just thought that should've been brought up too.

[RoxSox 3,593]

All you have to do to realize Sora is a developed character is look at one thing: In the first game, Sora want's to prove he's just as good as Riku, who kicks ass at everything. He wants Kairi's affection, and he's willing to do what he's gotta. Most of Sora's problems in the first game arose from that. In Kingdom Hearts 2, he and Riku come to terms over this. He admits where he was wrong, kind of, after they work together to beat the big bad. And then in Dream Drop Distance, when Riku gets the Mastery instead of him... Sora is totally cool with it. He's happy about it, even.

 

If you're too blind to see development there, then you're pretty... dumb.

[A mystery 346]

Sora. The main protagonist of the Kingdom Hearts series; and from what I've seen, surprisingly misunderstood in terms of his story and character development. I want to change that, so let's get to it.

 

In terms of story, Sora's overall was happy, but that's all that some look at and insist that he never had tragic events take place like in Roxas' story, or Xion's. Yes, Sora's story seems the most positive out of most KH characters, but what he had to go through to achieve that happy? He lost his home world, his two best friends, and was given the responsibility of the Keyblade in a matter of one night. He agreed to take up the responsibility, travel with two people he just met, and find Riku, Kairi and Mickey while protecting worlds from the Heartless. After taking up all this, Sora finds out that Riku, his best friend who had betrayed him, was the true wielder of the Keyblade he held, and that Kairi had lost her heart and it rested within him. Finally saving Kairi and defeating Ansem, Sora is forced to lock Riku and Mickey in the Realm of Darkness, with very little to go on for him, Donald, and Goofy to find them. Then, Castle Oblivion. Sora's memories of the one he cared for most are replaced and must sleep to have them repaired, it costs him the memories of Namine. In KH2, the trio are now up against Organization XIII; with Riku still missing, Mickey showing up occasionally, and Kairi getting captured by Axel. Sora finally finds his friends, but Riku has taken on Ansem's form. Then, Sora founds he has a Nobody that he never really got to meet. Finally though, a happy ending. UNTIL DREAM DROP DISTANCE. Sora takes in painful memories and nearly becomes Xehanort's final vessel. So, yes, Sora's story you could say was happy, but in no way could anyone say that he didn't experience hardships.

 

Character development. Sora is overall a happy, naive guy who looks at the positive and gives the occasional sappy speech. But that's not all he is. Sora's character developed, be it more subtle than say Riku's. When we first meet Sora, we can see that he seemed to be in Riku's shadow, but we never really knew how he felt about it until the ending of KH2, and we'll get to that. In BbS we see Sora as the happy kid loyal to his best friend, in CoM and on we see more of Sora's that, but in KH1, to me at least, he seemed very reserved. The only time I can recall him displaying the sillyness of himself was in Halloweentown, asking Donald and Goofy if they wanted to see the Heartless dance (which also seems very cynical to me, I like that ). My point is that Sora comes out of his shell in the KH series and we see him as the funny, sometimes dense guy that he is. In fact, he is so open with himself after all adventures that he admits to Riku that he always wanted to be like him. It wasn't until then that we can see that Sora wasn't exactly happy with himself, and that's also when he accepts himself for who he is. Sora's got problems like everyone else. So for those who don't see Sora's character devlopment, well, there you go. Subtle, but it's there.

 

Well, that was it. Hope some of you enjoyed this, hope some of you agreed with me, and I hope some of you will look at Sora a little differently after seeing this. Thank you for your time. 

Thank you for writing this post! I completely agree with you that Sora is a very well developed character. I like how you were so detailed in your post and provided sufficient evidence to your statement.

[Tigerruss 576]

I can see how Sora going through hardships with grace and happiness could annoy people. After all I am pretty sure it tugs on people's hearts when they see someone go through hardships and is able to hold themselves together. (not saying Sora ALWAYS held it together) They get upset because they want to justify getting upset at small things and a smidgen of woe is me, while others have endured more and are happier. It probably just boggles their minds and makes them get angry with him, wanting to tear him down to be able to justify their woes again.

 

Though that's just a theory.

[Kingdom Hearts Gaurdian 7]

Sora is an amazing character with so much thought put into him.  The obly thing I want to see change about him is that he matures a little more.

[I♥KH 1,280]

Sora went trought in hard problems in the games. he's charachter now well builded.

[jorrell3946 70]

Sora is a boss nuff said.

For sure on that one.

[SHAZOW 269]

I second that.

[jorrell3946 70]

Sora is a boss nuff said.

For sure on that one.

[PrinceNoctis 1,011]

I was one of the people saying Sora hasn't been through a lot. I just changed my mind.

[VeNate13 144]

You know what I like about Sora? He's optimistic. And even when things get hard he stays that way..