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.
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.