Hoshiko Hikari

To be happily married and raise a family, to improve my drawing skills and to become the best person that I can be (and to see Sora and Kairi kiss in KH3 ).

I watched Pocahontas for the first time in years the other day and just listening to the music on the menu screen made me all nostalgic and tingly with Disney magic! I completely agree with you, nothing beats the old classics!

It says his hair is silver in the kingdom hearts novels. Though it does look bluish at times.

Well it was only a few weeks ago when I posted my topic to be fair

I made a topic about this very subject as well! Here it is: http://kh13.com/forum/topic/59433-master-xehanort-is-a-time-lord-for-dr-who-fans/

Ah right I didn't know that!

500!? Oh great, I'm never going to be able to use custom thumbnails. I'm only on 80!

Well since it's being produced by the person who did Tarzan and it has Idina Menzel in it (the song 'Let It Go' sounds really good!) I'm hoping it will be as good as Tangled, even if the snowman does look potentially annoying. But then again I remember thinking Jane from Tarzan would be annoying when I saw the trailers but I liked her in the film so maybe the snowman will grow on me too.

Hina has brown hair and brown eyes like me too!

That's made me just think of something! When Sora returns Ven's heart to him will a Nobody be created like how Naminé was created?

I came up with a sister for Sora as well, though mine's called Hina If you want to see my drawing of her here's the link: http://kairissister.deviantart.com/art/Sora-s-Big-Sister-160616546

Yup, the same logic was used in the 1998 film 'Merlin' with Queen Mab. She faded into non-existence when everyone forgot about her. Either Nomura has seen that film and taken the idea from it or it's an idea that exists generally in mythology.

I think I did read that actually There's even a place called Roxas City in the Phillipines as well!

Here's mine: http://www.youtube.com/user/HoshikoHikari Most of my videos are Kingdom Hearts related

Bill Bailey likes Naruto Or at least he keeps wearing Naruto t-shirts on QI (British tv programme hosted by Stephen Fry).

Someone else said something about that but when I did a Google search for the meaning I only got 'ocean village' for the Japanese meaning and 'song or melody' for the French meaning so I'm not sure where that idea comes from.

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Yeah I only found that one out yesterday myself!

Aah! I'm not sure I noticed that before about the sky connecting all worlds like everyone is connected to Sora! Yeah it is annoying how some things get lost in translation. I always watch animé in Japanese but I watch KH in English because I only know a tiny bit of Japanese and the Japanese cutscenes don't come with English subtitles. Having said that I like the English voices in KH anyway (not so much Xion's though) so it's not a problem. I know 'vanitas' is more used to mean 'vanity' than 'empty' in Latin but Nomura specifically searched for a name that meant 'empty' when he was choosing Vanitas' name.

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I've always found the meanings of names pretty interesting and the meanings behind the names of the Kingdom Hearts characters are particularly interesting in how they link characters together. Therefore for anyone interested I've compiled a list of Kingdom Hearts character names and their full meanings, some of which most of you will already know and some of which you may not. 1. 'Sora' means 'sky' in Japanese 2. The 'kai' in Kairi means 'ocean' in Japanese 3. 'Riku' means 'land' in Japanese 4. 'Ventus' means 'wind' in Latin (tying him with Sora) 5. 'Aqua' means 'water' in Latin (tying her with Kairi) 6. 'Terra' means 'earth' in Latin (tying him with Riku) 7. 'Naminé' means 'ocean wave' (tying her with Kairi) 8. 'Xion', when spelt as 'shion', means 'remembrance' in Japanese (which can refer to her being created from Sora's memories and no one remembering her after she disappears). Additionally 'shio' means 'tide' which also connects her to Kairi and in the style of all Organization members her name is an anagram of 'No.i' (this being her experiment name) with an 'x' added to it. 9. 'Vanitas' means 'empty' or 'vanity' in Latin (and the name physically resembles Ventus' name). Also 'vanitas' is written in Japanese in the same way as 'sora'. 10. 'Roxas' is an anagram of 'Sora' with an 'x' added to it and comes from the name 'Rojas' meaning 'the red dawn of day'. 11. 'Eraqus' is an anagram of 'Square'. 12. 'DiZ' stands for 'Darkness in Zero' 13. 'Xemnas' is an anagram for 'Ansem' with an 'x' added. 14. 'Xigbar' is an anagram for 'Braig' with an 'x' added. 15. 'Xaldin' is an anagram for 'Dilan' with an 'x' added. 16. 'Vexen' is an anagram for 'Even' with an 'x' added. 17. 'Lexaeus' is an anagram for 'Aeleus' with an 'x' added. 18. 'Zexion' is an anagram for 'Ienzo' with an 'x' added. 19. 'Saix' is an anagram for 'Isa' with an 'x' added. 20. 'Axel' is an anagram for 'Lea' with an 'x' added. As yet I haven't found any other original Kingdom Hearts characters whose name meanings are significant (some of them do have specific meanings but their meanings aren't significant to their characters or the story in any way) but if you manage to find any I've missed please tell me

Hmm maybe However that scene in the trailer only served to remind fans of the story. It isn't actually going to be in the finished game.

But what if no one did know that Sora was the 'key' they were looking for? Sora and his friends would go wondering around the different worlds searching for the 'key' and then at some point something would happen to make him or someone else realise that he is the 'key'. As for how he would save everyone, I don't think it was Kairi's letter exactly that opened the door to light. Rather it was the feelings the letter stirred in Sora's heart. That's why Riku pointed to Sora's heart when Sora asked him what he thought the door to the light was. Therefore once Sora manages to find Aqua in the RoD he should be able to reopen the door by the power of his own heart. Then once Aqua is saved she will lead him to where Ven's body is hidden in Castle Oblivion. There Sora would use the powers he's discovered as the 'key' to return Ven's heart and then either during or after Xehanort has been defeated he can use those same powers to return Terra's heart. That's just my theory anyway, I could be wrong.

Yeah I know that, but it's still possible that whilst Sora is destined to save everyone the 'Key to Return Hearts' may still be something separate which Sora has to find and use in order to allow him to save everyone. After all if Ansem the Wise managed to work out that Sora was the 'key' without holding more than one or two conversations with him you would think Mickey or Yen Sid would have worked it out as well. Therefore it's still possible that my theory concerning Sora being the 'Key to Return Hearts' is wrong.

*Spoiler Warning for KH3, KH3D and Birth by Sleep* An idea just occurred to me whilst scanning through the various interviews on KH3. Nomura has stated that KH3 will involve a search for the 'Key to Return Hearts'. Nowhere does it actually say that this 'key' is a keyblade. So what if it's something else? Ansem the Wise said at the end of KH3D that Sora 'touches so many hearts' and maybe he could 'open the right door and save all those whose lives [Ansem had] managed to ruin'. Also before he was even born Sora was able to restore Ven's damaged heart by connecting it with his own and then he was able to call out to Ven's heart and save it from the darkness when it separated from Ven's body. Therefore what if the power to 'return hearts' actually lies within Sora? What do you think?