Kingdom Hearts' Biggest Mystery - The Crown
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- Have you ever wondered what the actual importance behind Sora's Crown actually is? Does Nomura have intentions towards it?
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I've seen a theory that Sora got the crown necklace as a present from Riku, to explain why a black crown is the Keychain token for Oblivion as a counterpart to Kairi's Lucky Charm on Oathkeeper.
Yes! And honestly, if you connect this and then this theory about what the Crown could mean, as well as the potential theory that BOTH Riku and Sora are the Child of Destiny together, it all makes a lot of sense.
Things like Sora is being noted as a pretty normal boy by all of those who have any kind of sixth sense about the Power of Light and Dark. Comparatively, those same characters make note of just how extraordinary Riku is. Riku having this ability to just... smell the Powers of Light and Dark off of people. Riku constantly being tied to symbolism regarding Light and the Sun (even more so than his Darkness). Nomura even discussing about how "we have yet to learn WHAT Riku is". Also, you know, how the Keyblade Sora wields is RIKU'S Keyblade that he inherited by touching Riku's Light within the Darkness when Riku opened the door and was consumed by Darkness back in KH1. And Sora has been wielding that same Keyblade ever since.
Plus, Riku looks way more like he could be a descendant of Ephemer than Sora does. Like.... They have the same silver hair and the same eye color. Additionally, we also know that Riku and Xehanort and Riku have parallels to one another, that goes beyond just Riku once having been possessed by Xehanort's Heartless. And since Xehanort was considered to potentially be the Child of Destiny before he eventually became the Darkness the Child of Destiny would face, it would make sense that Riku -who parallels Xehanort- would be then the Child of Destiny/be one part of the Child of Destiny, and even further be connected by being a descendant of Ephemer.
It is even more fitting then that if Riku gave his necklace to Sora [see the Metero Shower Theory], then just like with the Keyblade, because Sora has a part of Riku with him, Sora is then able to connect to Ephemer at the Keyblade Graveyard.
@@CryptidCritter Riku can't smell darkness, the whole smelling darkness thing was just a mistranslation.
Knowing Nomura, Sora's chain will have some secret power locked within - similar to the Wayfinder Trio's armor pieces.
The best part will be seeing his mom pass it down to him
It's the key to the box that has his old memories locked inside that he removed with his original keyblade oblivion
@@RedMcCarl 😯
@@Ramxenoc Better yet. He taps it with his finger and Sora gets his own armor.
@@RedMcCarl that would be amazing
The crown is nomura power over people that play his games
I just noticed the crown is the centrepiece that the heart symbol surrounds; on the cards in Chain of Memories (the back, also in the corner on the front). Not to mention, -the cards themselves are like crowns. (the cards are created from sora's heart / memories in lore)
Hey, if it means I get to play more KH; hail to the king, baby 😆
I think the crown might also be a design choice for soras character of being a kid to a leadership role that unites everyone together, like a king
I have a feeling it was passed down to him from who I have no idea. Ain’t no 14 yr old affording no chain lol
@@mattyvert8710 it’s not a gold chain dude it’s just a necklace
The bloodline is actually belonging to Riku, hence his silver hair. He’s the chosen one from destiny islands. In chain of memories we learn through Repliku, that Riku gave Sora a charm during a meteor shower after promising to protect him always. That charm is (I believe) the crown necklace. Hence why Kingdom key has that keychain (as the keyblade was meant for Riku), and when Riku gets Oblivion, it had a black crown on it as well. I believe in KH4, two hearts will become one, Riku and Sora. Nomura did say the series revolves mostly around them and their story after all. And Riku is quite literally Sora’s light in the darkness, just like Chirithy said. Hence the KH3 opening in Stationnof Awakening being similar to KH1 opening except instead of Riku extending a hand, it’s a literally ball of light
Sora is literally the source of how everyone returned in 3
The revival of Roxas
Awakening of Ventus
And helping Terra become his old self again
Even if not there directly he’s the “Key” to all who’s associated with him
@@KingExalted I’m talking about how he is with others, not his narrative importance to the main cast. Mind you, Terra and Aqua only met them because they both noticed RIKU’s light and willingness to protect Sora in Destiny islands
coming from tenelle's riku video, talking about necklace theory (the channel is down rn will hopefully be back up soon)(EDIT: ITS BACK UP GO WATCH IT!!) there is a pretty convincing theory that the crown necklace was given to sora by riku, and that riku is the child of destiny. the oblivion keyblade keychain has the crown emblem, and riku was originally going to have given sora a charm, like kairi's wayfinder, so its believed the crown necklace is riku's counterpart to that. Riku may have interesting ancestry too going into the bloodlines arc. in bbs terra and aqua were drawn to riku's light, and riku was able to smell darkness in people in COM, similar to a child of destiny. it would also keep the whole idea of sora being a ordinary boy dragged into all this integral, and not retconned. it would be a pretty big brain nomura bait and switch again like with us thinking the ux player character was reincarnated into xehanort.
I was looking through the comments to see if someone said this yet lol
Also just to add, in the ML trailer, among a flurry of images, it showed a split second of Baby Riku staring at the lock on the door to Destiny Islands's heart, with the caption "Everything is connected."
It showed the scene from KH1 when Baby Sora and Riku went into the cave, but chose a specific shot that only focused on Riku.
Add that to Riku's silver hair, being born on "the Isles of Destiny," and Blue Robe Player's belief that the Child of Destiny was to be born from Ephemer's bloodline... the parallels between Ephemer and Player sealing the doors to the data world and Real Daybreak Town and Sora and Riku sealing the door to darkness...
On top of the fact that the Kingdom Key was originally meant for Riku, with the Kingdom Key sticking out on the top of Sora's KH3 crown...
My neurons are firing lmao.
Unfortunately the video is down because Tenelle's account got hacked, most likely after a raid from Reddit. :/
Last i checked they were able to get in touch with YT customer support, so here's hoping they're able to get their account reinstated
@@DaybreakTownGSA @Courtney Cuddles now that you bring up the player and ephemer's parallels, makes me wonder if they did follow a bloodline thing for sora, is he the descendant of the ux player character? Would fit well considering we control sora's actions! Aaaa I'm so excited to see where this goes!! I hope he gets his account back soon, I know a ton of people also were halfway through the video when it got taken down 😢
@Arcamira there was a theory I've seen floating around that Sora is another Player reincarnation, and while I'm still holding on to hope that Sora is just a normal kid who by chance became someone special / *a* Child of Destiny through his connection to Riku (and others),
I have to admit I like it better than the "MoM is Sora" theory lol. It would actually be kind of cute, with the possibility of Player and Strelitzia being reunited in KH4. "I may not know it's you, and you may not know it's me. But we will meet again," as Naminé once said. God that would make me sob. 🥺
Also the idea of Sora raising his own strongest enemy to have the God complex that led him down that road in the first place is just kinda funny lol
it's a bit easy to call things "big brain bait and switch" when it's plainly obvious he's making shit up as he goes along, lol. no shade to the guy; he's a good storyteller. but maybe we keep the superlatives within reason. retroactively justifying things is kinda easy when you story has such loosely defined logic & tons of magical macguffins
@Person Person I mean... i don't understand what you mean by "making shit up as he goes along".
Care to give some examples?
Meanwhile, we have interviews of Nomura from the time of og kh1 hinting at the possibility of there being other keyblade wielders; interviews around the time of og KH2 saying that he'd already decided on the names of TVA and major plot beats of BBS (in regards to a question about the secret movie "The Gathering," meaning it was started by the time of end of production of KH2); interviews from the Days Ultimania saying he'd already been in the process of conceptualizing it *during* the end of production of KH2.
If you look at it with the crown being part of his ancestry, looking at how Nomura constantly gives Sora not just a necklace symbol crown but actual Crowns to wear in KH2 as well as many artworks on the top of his head. It could point to Sora's bloodline being royalty as in he is actually a KING. We've seen a good amount of foreshadowing with Sora constantly being considered for a leadership/kingly role (Simba, his relationships to princesses, literally having a love interest who is a princess thus a prince + Princess love = a king and queen)
but soriku/s
Makes me wonder how much his Mom knows, heh
Wait...kairi is a *princess* of heart THAT MEAN...
@@ImJust_a_cheese. He could become the King of Hearts!
Kingdom Hearts!
Sora is the Heart of All Worlds!
Jk, I don't really know.
@@ImJust_a_cheese. That means nothing. Once Kairi fufill her role, a new girl will take her place as a princess of heart. And Kairi is not the only princess of heart.
The crown is also in the negative space at the end of the keyblade (kingdom key). Always intrigued me how the necklace looked like it could slot into the end of the keyblade and fill in the gap.
it's more likely that the crown represents Sora's ability to lead, at least that's what I prefer. sora being just a normal kid that loves his friends and becoming an incredible hero is so much cooler than that the reason he is special is because of his bloodline
I always thought the meaning of being a king was related to the chess thing, as you see he is the last piece that Eraqus has at the end and it's a representation of Sora being the King in the chess game, of course it'll probably have more meanings knowing Nomura but I always thought it was that since the chess thing appeared
He’s the king because without the king piece the game is over and without Sora it’s literally game over.
Sora is literally the king of the chess game. He commands multiple pieces and when the pawns(his friends)get to the edge of the board they become more powerful. He’s the most important piece but not the most powerful, He matters because he’s a symbol of hope and not because of his power so yeah.
By that logic though would Donald and goofy be the knights then?
Goofy is a knight, Donald would probably be a bishop or something
@@HonerableG fair enough. Would Sora be the king and queen tho or are we missing a character. Also who’s the rook....
@@almessasorrow4950 I'm most likely to believe that Riku is the Queen atm. Just in the sense that he seems to be an extremely important and effective piece. Rooks I have no idea. I believe that this chess analogy Nomura introduced is less of an exact analogy, and more of an avant garde approach to an analogy atm. Plus there is likely much more to the story that Nomura hasn't revealed (or retconned) yet, so I'm not committing to anything really lol
I’ve always thought that there is going to be some major reveal or plot point regarding the crown. Throughout all his redesigns he’s always wearing the crown necklace. Maybe the necklace itself is hiding some power we don’t know about yet?
I've always had a theory round that. What if the crown is his true keychain for his own keyblade.
@@G3minisRoom oblivion's keychain is the crown. But it's black
@@dev1ljuce352 yea but technically that keyblade belongs to Roxas along with Oathkeeper
@@G3minisRoom By that logic, every keyblade that Sora's gotten from someone else is Sora's keyblade. That would mean the Kingdom Key, which originally belonged Riku was somehow transferred to Xion.
Edit: Was inherited by and now exclusively belongs to Zion...AND Sora.
@@G3minisRoom yeah shit makes my brain hurt 😂
Sora has always been the King of Hearts to me. He's always been able to connect to people's hearts. Plus his friends are his power, and power comes from the hearts of the ones we love
TBH you can say the same about Riku, actually Riku treated organization XIII way better than Sora did. Even before they captured Kairi he treated them poorly while Riku was more compassionate
@ky pr the organization doesn't have hearts
@@SpaghettiTop have you played the games? They literally do and have emotions the entire time then revealed because they gained a heart over time
Then Sora will learn how to use Shining Finger.
king of hearts➡⭕kingdom hearts
maybe we'll finally SEE Sora's mom in KH4 with Sora inquiring about his ancestry with her? I feel like that would be a powerful and interesting way to circle back to KH1 with the start of the Lost Masters Saga. Both first entries of their respective sagas having something to do with Sora'a mother with growing importance sounds like a Nomura thing to do lol.
Sora's mom is the Master of Master
(Just for fun lol)
@@ImJust_a_cheese. and his dinner is in the black box
If that happens and she's just hey there you are sora my son she'd the worst mother ever. Sora has disappeared from the island I want full on missing papers saying have you seen this kid.
Sora's continuous ability to survive things that should outright end him gives me the idea that he is perhaps an extension of Kingdom Hearts. Not like a sentient version of the entity, but a heart that was created to act alongside the X-Blade in protecting and anchoring Kingdom Hearts to the realms. Sora can connect with literally anyone that has a heart or once had a heart. His memories, body, and heart have been separated, toyed with, and experimented on and he does not stop. I mean, his body was busy being Roxas and he still somehow had a physical form with which to beat Ansem. In the same game, Ansem had lost physical form and had to rent-a-body Riku to fight.
Going back to the heart connecting, he was able to sort aside different incarnations of himself and Ventus, without stress on his own heart, and restore them later. Yes the ability has been seen elsewhere, but Sora is unique in that he maintained control of himself, rather than the outside heart taking over.
His Keyblade also being half of the X-Blade is also intriguing. Of all the designs that the X-Blade could have been, it's two KKs crossed forming an actual ethereal blade in between. It's a good indication that Sora has some level of connection to it. I also like how Roxas's original summoning of his Dual Blades was two Kingdom Keys at first. There's tons of subtlety with which we're being told about these connections. And in KH fashion, subtlety is where the real story is told.
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Agreed!
I always thought it was a weird choice having the crown represent Sora when Mickey literally is a King but I never took that thought much farther than that
The crown symbol appears in the old mansion in KH2. It’s part of the symbol that grants access to Ansem’s laboratory.
My theory was that the Crown chain around his neck was a present from Riku.
Oathkeeper and Oblivion represent his connection to Kairi and Riku respectively.
Oathkeeper's keychain as Kairi's wayfinder that she made with seashells and gave to Sora.
Oblivion's keychain has a black version of Sora's crown.
I definitely want something crazy to be there at the end. Sora being the king would be dope tbh
If the crown neckless is originally Sora's, and the crown symbol is something that is really going to be connected to Scala then yes you are on to something. That said with how hard it was to see it is true that this crown symbol might not be canon yet. The crown originally being Sora's is also a question given that he is not wearing it as a child.
There is actually a really strong theory about the crown neckless. I wasn't the first to come up with this theory but I had come up with it before I heard it by someone else. So this is a theory that more then one person has come up with independent of one another.
As you may know, Namine is unable to completely make new memories. She makes copies of memories and then replaces someone within the memory. The most talked about memory in CoM is the one about the meteor shower where she hangs her good luck charm around the others neck(according to the Japanese version, I am not sure this detail made it into the English).
The thing is that she can not be replacing Kairi in this memory. For one thing both Sora and Riku have this memory, which means the a true copy of the memory exists in both of their hearts, maybe. And for another Kairi doesn't come to the islands until after the meteor shower.
Which means two things. One Sora likely forgot Kairi because the memory of her ending up on the islands was changed, and thus memories about her where likely unchained. And Two, that memory is with Riku and Sora as the only two people there. Now how gives the promise with the toy sword and who gives the good luck charm is really up in the air. After all we don't know how much Namine can change an existing memory. However since Sora is the one with something that could be a good luck charm which has stayed with him in every form with the exception of his Mer form(because he doesn't want it to rust?) then if this is the good luck charm from that memory then it seems Sora ended up with it. And it was given to him by Riku(because of a lack of anyone else there and because both boys seemed to have the memory).
If this theory is true that means that if there is a connection to Scala with the crown symbol. That connection is Riku's connection not Sora's. Which makes some amount of sense since Scala has a Black, Grey, White hair color scheme which fit's Riku but doesn't fit Sora. Yes some characters in Scala do have actual colors in their hair, however it is almost always greyed out. Seriously Dark Road more then doubled the amount of characters with that hair color scheme.
If anything I would say that if we are looking at at least two bloodlines that hair color might become important in Missing Link. And it might also effect how we see the characters in Dark Road as well. Also maybe Xion and Subject X(if she indeed has black hair, that was a fan translation and the official translation just said the room was dark).
This doesn't take away from Sora's crown/royalty symbolism. He does have it and it shows. It just might mean that Riku was the one to crown him.
Based on the old mansion using the crown symbol alongside the nobody and heartless symbol, it clearly has some meaning. I interpreted it for quite a while as ‘Memories’.
Have you ever thought that when looking at the Nomura's artwork of Sora sitting on the throne, he looks kinda proud or even evil a bit?
I mean he definitely doesn't look anything like that in a game at any point.
I believe Sora is actually some kind of king of the realm of darkness or something similar my reasoning is that in the first game before anything else Sora has to fight a internal darkness in the form of Darkside WITH the Kingdom Key this implies that Sora already had the kingdom key in his heart AND a incredibly powerful darkness contained in his heart from the beginning I believe when he was a being of darkness he sought out the realm of lights key the same way mickey sought out the realm of darkness's kingdom key but only someone with a heart can wield it but the kingdom key of light also has the power to CREATE new unique hearts this would explain why Sora's nobody's Roxas/xion were able to develop NEW unique hearts and why they too wield kingdom keys
Now what about the crown? What is it's significance? The answer lays with oblivion.
Oblivion is the only keyblade sora wields that seems to actually be a darkness aligned keyblade and oblivion actually means something like to completely forget this would also explains why Naminé has such unique power over his memories I believe oblivion was Sora's original keyblade this is why it's key chain perfectly matches Sora's necklace and it has the power to make one forget and in order for the being of Darkness to grow his own heart and eventually wield the kingdom key he needed to forget all his darkness and locked his memory away and cast his old keyblade away this probably happened right around the time he healed Ventus as from what we see there Sora's heart is "conscious" and wise enough to know how to deal with other hearts and this also explains why we find oblivion in the room with a artificial door to darkness it resonated with the princesses of heart and sought them out into that room where Sora reobtains it
Now something I'm a bit more hesitant to theorize about is no heart and the m.o.m
I'm currently thinking that no heart is actually Sora's/moms actual original nobody that he had to cast off his old body to creat a new one for the kingdom key to give him a heart and that Mom is actually that original king of darkness or something but I honestly don't know enough about the mobile games to say but I'm thinking the box has his original memories in it that no name is actually a modified oblivion and that his real goal and in fact all the heartless's goal is to reunite all of the worlds and recreate the original one world and that because of the separation of worlds the hearts need to be gathered into kingdom hearts where they can eventually be reborn in the reborn one world
This would also explain a few other things namely how he survived falling into darkness when destiny island was overtaken the sora shadow clone Sora retaining control of himself when he was a mere shadow and anti-form and rage form and why they're so powerful the real Link that tied this together was when Xehanort used no name to take his light and thinking it would make him fall to darkness but instead Sora became furious and kicked his ass and took his light back completely against Xehanort's expectations showing off his incredible natural instincts to wield darkness and fight a master keyblade warrior and he has had many other instances of him exhibiting incredible instinctual know how about hearts the light keyblade powers magic combat techniques and most importantly the darkness and his complete lack of fear and absolute confidence that he will always return to the light
This is an amazing idea, thank you for gracing this comment section with it!
Just a bit of info that might recontextualize your theory. The keyblade that Sora wields originally belonged to Riku and Oblivion is also connected to Riku. Seems to represent forgotten memories, maybe even an oath.
If oblivion is Sora's original keyblade. It would make sense for Roxas to wield oblivion and oathkeeper. Because he was released when he had Kairi in his heart
I know I’m probably dead wrong about this but maybe the crown represents Sora as some kind of King or Prince but he was never told because he was being protected by his mom, but with everything that happened on destiny island there was no way he would ever find out now
It would also kind of fit with Kairi being a Princess and who always has to save a Princess why a prince of course
And then we have Riku who would be in charge of protecting Sora and Kairi for all those years
Good idea! I'm starting to think too that Sora is a prince, somehow!
I truly think he's an ordinary guy. That's always been Nomura's intention and he's stated this many times. If he is given some kind of glorious background, it defeats the purpose of his story. Anyone can be in Sora's shoes!
But the entire story so far contradicts that. In fact the message has become NO one can be like Sora, and theres only 1 sora and hes special.
@@millionshadesofdarkness2165 I disagree. Xehanort was very alike Sora in the sense of being a child of destiny (Baldr was as well). Sora just had more fortunate situations.
@@millionshadesofdarkness2165 The story doesn't contradict it at all, you're just being obtuse. Sora's main draw is that he's a kind person that cultivates positive relationships with people based on his willingness to help them no matter who they are, which is then rewarded with positive outcomes (characters being healed and brought back to life). That's not unrelatable/unordinary unless you're a shit.
You're right, literally anybody can fit in his size 21 shoes
Lol so he’s like solaire?
I'm not sure I really like the idea of Sora being important by ancestory though the theory does make sense. I'd like to think if he is destined to be the "king of Kingdom Hearts" that he got there just by being himself and not cuz he's decended from greatness. I just think it would make for a better story. Either way, I'm super excited to see what's revealed about the crown cuz I have always thought that it couldn't just be a design choice. I mean if Nomura himself is constantly drawing Sora wearing crowns and sitting on thrones it has to mean SOMETHING lol
If Sora becomes the King of Kingdom Hearts i could see it becoming a thing where Sora doesnt want to become king and have control over this amazing power, and wants to give it to the people, similar to a certain scene in Xenoblade 1
"A real leader knows that destiny is beyond his control... and accepts that."
My whole thing about the Crown around Sora is that every characters symbol means something in their story.
Riku's being a Heartless symbol without the lines threw it, almost to signal that of a full or united heart.
Kairi's could easily be the heart we always see everywhere and it would be a sign of her being a Princess of Heart.
Mickey, Donald and Goofy with the Disney crest showing they are of Mickey's Kindgom and hail from such.
Roxas's being the X and the whole thing of the sigil the Nobodies get when they first join the Organization.
Terra and Aqua's being the Wayfinder and all the meanings we get for those in BBS.
Ventus being linked to both the Wayfinder and the Dandelions and the signification of his duality that is his life and Vanitas's.
The Heartless, hearts with X's threw them as to signal a lack of such.
The Nobodies, The upside-down heart with spikes threw them as if seeking a replacement for such.
The Unversed, a heart covered in thorns, as if to say its bleeding, or suffering endlessly.
Even Xehanort with the Goat motif linking him to Luxu all the mysteries him and the MoM's might have shared with him.
The only symbol we don't get a rough idea of a meaning for is Sora's its just always kind of been, there. I think you may be on to something but I dunno if it will be the whole bloodline thing or more of a "He will rule when all is said and done." type thing. I dunno, I want to see what you guys think of such. Let me know!
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Holy cow, was not expecting that great of a point at 10:34 with the fox and Ava connection. Never even noticed that myself and it really blew my mind!
I think it’d be neat if, rather than simply being a symbol denoting royalty or pureblood status, if it was a crest for some sort of faction like an order of knights or something. We know the rules of keyblade society dictate that you should always avoid meddling in other worlds, but what if they had a special group who’s job it was to go out and defend the World when necessary, and Sora unknowingly took up that duty from his ancestors. It’d be good because then he’s technically still nobody in the grand scheme of things, but it gives him more of a mission and role. Obviously nothing lore-wise supports this, just a fun idea I had while watching.
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Am I the only one that thinks that Riku is the actual descendent of Ephemer? Everyone knows hair color is a big sign but it’s not just his hair, his eyes are also VERY similar to Ephemers. I’m calling it now, Riku is Ephemers descendant
We know that Xehanort is Ephemer’s descendant but idk about Riku.
@@auroraufi6359 I mean it could be why he gave into darkness so easily
Yup
ive always wondered why sora had a crown necklace, and why its a symbol. i wonder who gave it to him, he didnt seem to have it in bbs, so who could've given it?
i always liked the theory that it was Riku, since Oblivion, the keyblade that represents Riku, has the crown motif on the chain. Just like how Oathkeeper, the keyblade that represents Kairi, has the good luck charm on the chain, which she also gifted to Sora :)
@Laila S yeah, I've heard a similar theory. that's probably the case. i find it neat that both riku and kairi gave a charm just to sora. sora is truly the heart of the friendship. but now the real question...WHAT IS IN THAT BOX?
My favorite theory continues to be the Necklace Theory. It makes the most sense of out of everything I've seen so far, especially in relation to Nomura's words about Sora's "being an ordinary boy" and Riku's "what he is remains to be seen". I can't wait for it to play a major plot later.
The crown is also found in the negative space of the teeth on the keyblade. I don’t know what that means but I’ve always thought it was significant
Sora got the Kingdom Key from Riku's heart, and Oblivion (called Passing Memories in jp) according to Nomura was originally called the "Riku keyblade" and he stated "In early stages we planned to have Riku give you a keychain, just like the lucky charm, which is why the keychain is a different colored version of Sora’s necklace."
It's all but confirmed explicitly that Sora's necklace came from Riku.
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I see Riku being a descendant of Ephemer more than sora. Both have silver hair and very similar eyes.
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You can't make a video theorizing about Sora's necklace and not include the one interview where Nomura all but confirms that it came from Riku.
"Oblivion: Its development name was the “Riku Keyblade.” In early stages we planned to have Riku give you a keychain, just like the lucky charm, which is why the keychain is a different colored version of Sora’s necklace." -Tetsuya Nomura, KH1 Ultimania
It's kinda wild he just outright said it lol
Sora also has a dad, we know that from riku in bbs who tells terra that soras dad brings them to the island
Even if nothing comes of his crown motif, Sora will always be a king in our hearts ❤️
I think that Riku is probably the one related to Ephemer... and Riku got his necklace from him.
It _can't_ be a coincidence that Xehanort and Riku both share Ephemer's white hair... and Riku also shares his eyes.
I’m 30. Since I was 10 I have thought Sora was king. Looking forward to when he comes into his own ❤
"Sora you are the kingdom of hearts"-Yen sid
Something interesting about Sora is he is the ultimate Nobody and Heartless. He also draws hearts to himself and becomes so much more just like Kingdom Hearts. Yet at the end of the day just is following his quest of being able to spend time with his friends. If anyone is a “king” of Kingdom Hearts it would be our boy. And we know time is weird. Maybe he is the MoM in a timeloop of his life or something. Master of masters,king of a forgotten and lost world
I always kind of thought the crown was a symbolism about how royal Sora can be to those who are he see as his friends and his allies
Honestly Sora’s crown is probably just meant to be a King/Prince motif to his character. Much like the King chess piece that we see at the end of Xehanort and Eraqus’s chess game is meant to represent Sora.
As for the crown possibly being a gift he received from someone else? I think is very unlikely too. There’s been plenty of moments throughout the series where Sora could’ve mentioned it being a gift. Considering that Kairi’s good luck charm is brought up a couple of times, it seems odd to not have the crown necklace be brought up if it was related to someone else too?
You might wanna rewatch ReCoM
woohoooo more videossss, always wondered about the Crown!
I like this theory. Sora being a "King of hearts" would explain better why Sora can "absorb" broken hearts in his own. It's a better explanation than Vanitas give to us because Sora did it not only for Ventus but also with Kairi without knowing it in the first episode.
OKAY!!! This is one of the coolest theories I’ve seen in a while and I can definitely see Sora being a descendant of Ava considering the fox on the chair detail is exactly the subtle foreshadowing Nomura is constantly doing all these years. Really hoping for this one to be true. 😂
Such good food for thought!!! Because I can’t help myself and want to talk about Kairi all the time, I also find it interesting how one of the only other times we hear about family is with her grandmother telling the story of the dandelions. And her presence on a queen’s throne for the Melody of Memory cover!!
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Can't believe you forgot that the Kingdom Key has the crown design on its teeth.
Listen at this point, Nomura is like Xehanort, things that happen 10 years ago, Nomura goes like "Yeah, I planned that." I just take that everything he does has a reasoning whether we know now or not lol
Pausing the video before I watch it because I was JUST thinking about this crown mystery last night. I'm doing my yearly replay of the games and can't stop thinking about it. You read my entire mind >>
Man, Sora must have missed the most important dinner of his life. His mom was definitely gonna tell him he was royalty.
I swear the KH community is always able to dig up some incredible details and most of the time be right on a theory based on almost nothing. It's like Nomura watches all of yt videos it's incredible 😂
The crown is also found explicitly in the Book of Prophecies, I think in many cutscenes of Back Cover. The kingdom key also appears. I still think that it's there because MoM saw Sora do everything he does in the future (our present), and when he wirtes and draws everything related to Sora in the Book MoM calls him the "Child of Destiny". Then, the crown in Scala and everywhere else is just based in the drawings found inside the Book, implying everything is connected to that Child described in the book.
The truth of the crown is hidden in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate because the Crown is Sora's series logo. Mario knows something.... perhaps he is The Master of Masters?!
I think that Riku is the Child of Prophecy and that he gifted Sora the crown as a child. In my mind, the crown is a bloodline symbol handed down through the Ephemer family and ends up in Rikus hands.
Great video!
great topic. always been on my mind
Knowing Nomura, that man will most likely pull an UNO Reverse card and say that the TRUE Kingdom Hearts has been inside the freaking necklace this whole time, and that the necklace was supposed to be stored inside the Black Box!
Even if you look at all of Sora outfits
His hoodie makes a heart shape with the crown pendant in the middle. Always thought that was cool & clever
it's worth noting that throughout the series it's subtly hinted that characters who are "kings" or leaders in some form have some kind of special significance in the KH universe, mickey and ansem the wise, and notably king triton in kh1 all seemed to have some kind of special knowledge about what was going on outside their worlds, or have been given that knowledge through some events
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Another thing to throw into the mix is the name of one of Sora's finishing moves in Final Form: "King of Hearts". I've been theorizing for some time that either the Lost Masters arc or whatever comes after is being staged to be a clash to determine the "king of hearts", whatever that's supposed to be or mean, once the 7 fragments of Darkness are destroyed (which I assume are currently in the Master's Box until they can be unleashed and latch onto the Foretellers' hearts). Perhaps even the act of destroying them is part of what puts someone in the running for becoming "king".
Something else that might play a role in the concept of bloodlines and Sora is the fact that as far as I know Sora did not have the crown necklace until he was older (perhaps as he turned 14 before the beginning of KH1). It would make for an interesting heirloom of sorts perhaps passed down by one of his parents.
It might be a reach but I've always felt the shape of the crown was similar to the protruding islands that make up Scala.
I really hope sora isnt apart of some special bloodline. Takes away from. His entire character. Riku was the kingdom keys chosen but was corrupted, so it chose sora. Love that aspect of sora character so much.
I like the idea that Sora is an ordinary boy that will/has become a king.
He has fought battles, brought peace, and sacrificed himself for his people (friends).
Heres a theory that like, sums up the entirety of kingdom hearts: donald duck is the king of kingdom hearts, and sora is the prince until donald dies from using zetaflare again.
I kind of wonder if Sora’s necklace could be some sort of family heirloom passed down at this point, but the story or history behind it got kind of muddled through time? I have thought about some of this before and dude, to just chat about it and hear some of your ideas too, gives me excited chills.
Love the video (:
I really do believe the entire story is being played like a game of chess, we have our “King” and everyone around him was also on the chess table.
They started a new game with new pieces right…. Maybe this isn’t a traditional game of chess, maybe it’s played differently as these new chess pieces don’t look or seem to resemble those that left it’s place.
Maybe Sora himself is in the Black Box. It would fit a Person in it. It would be crazy enough for Nomura.
Here's what I personally believe:
While I do think that the crown motif and Sora being depicted as this "king" of some kind in a lot of Nomura's art is rather intentional and possibly alluding to something or an idea that Nomura's had in the back of his mind since the initial conceptualization of kingdom hearts, I personally don't believe as though Sora was ever "chosen" to be this important person.
Instead I have a different ideology/theory when it comes to this; I do believe that Sora started out as a completely normal ordinary boy. it's been stated time and time again throughout the series and even in interviews (especially the most recent ones) where Nomura said one of the main core themes of the series is that "anyone can be a hero", however I also don't think that this necessarily means that Sora can't ever be anything beyond that. Obviously we all know that Sora has also been said to be the key to everything and, specifically when looking towards the dark seekers arc, he has been said to be the one to put an end to all the characters' aching and stop Xehanort once and for all so in that sense he is obviously very important.
So in essence what I mean is instead of Sora being a descendant of an important figure or a keyblade wielder or whatever have you, alternatively maybe he starts out as a completely normal kid and *becomes* someone who he previously wasn't. Someone who rather earned the status of being this possible king of some kind and a true hero to all due to the strength of his will and heart to save and connect with others.
Perhaps in the days of Scala it was told that this "Child of Destiny" would emerge and stop the darkness, marking them as a king. But as for who this is it could be anyone. Maybe not always meant to be uniquely just Sora but he manages to become that person through his efforts. Maybe there could even be multiple children of destiny throughout generations, who knows. The whole child of destiny plot point is still relatively new at the moment so right now it's all up for debate.
Although this king and crown motif has always existed in the series it only becomes stronger and stronger as time goes on (i.e kingdom hearts 3 having the most of it out of any game). So maybe Sora becomes more and more important in the grand scheme of things as time goes on as he climbs all the way to the top and, again, possibly earning the right of being a king.
And I personally believe as though this lines up more with what Nomura reaffirmed in one of his most recent interviews with him saying "anyone can be a hero" rather than simply dismissing it as possibly another one of Nomura's lies just to throw us in for a loop. Specifically when focusing on the "Can be" aspect. Sora at the start of KH1 wasn't really anyone special or a hero, he was a normal kid who plays around and hangs out with his friends but instead he chose his fate in life and through his determination he instead *becomes* this hero, this "king".
Something I’ve noticed was that the crown sora wears looks like it fits the tip of the keyblade
if you look at soras silhouette it sometimes looks like his hair has been shaped to a crown from the spikes.
I still firmly believe that sora hasn't become a keyblade master yet because he's destined to become the/a master of masters. That's probably why he's constantly set back to level 1, and ascending faster and higher than before each time. He might be depicted with a crown because he's destined to be the best of the best, in terms of keyblade wielding and... hearts?
Also, probably worth noting that he never had a keyblade passed down to him. He EARNED it by showing his heart was strong enough, and taking it back from Riku. And that HIS keyblade, the kingdom key, is the one that shows on the X-blade.
Sora's definitely far, far more important than the games like to make him out to be.
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I think it definitely started out as a simple design choice. The crown represents Sora because he's the main protagonist. Of course, like with everything else, Nomura can't leave things simple, so I wouldn't be surprised if there's something major behind it.
you can also see the crown on the pillars in the background (stretched a bit) at 3:31
I may be putting too much into this, but the dandelion symbol could represent the events of Union Cross. The seven points at the bottom could be the MoM and Foretellers, all going off in separate directions and pointing downward, symbolising the events leading up to the Keyblade War. Above the central heart are the five smaller lines pointing upward, i.e. the five Dandelions departing upwards to a new future, but all arc off in different directions.
You're onto something. I bet Ephemer is wearing a Crown necklace under the bandana and it'll be a big reveal thing. Always wondered why that whole area is covered up.
Sora's Dad is mentioned in Birth by Sleep by Riku. Telling Terra "My friends Dad rows us out here..." the same little island with the keyhole.
What if Sora is the physical form of Kingdom Hearts? Somehow
My theory on the crown symbol is a kinda simple one. The crown signifies what makes Sora special compaired to others. "Connection" Sora doesn't gain his power from his own heart like other keyblade users but as he said the hearts of everyone he cherishes. Which in turn makes him more powerful than the average user. The symbol appears anywhere connection or breaking a connection is important even on the x-blade (since it's just two kingdom keys stuck together)
You also showed how the symbol shows up on the cable cars in sala. That could be because the cars link the tiers of the city again linking the symbol to connections
2:37 HOLY SHIT how did i not notice that.... i was looking at that for hours getting footage using the freecam mod on PC (so glad that mod exists)
I just noticed the crown is the centrepiece that the heart symbol surrounds; on the cards in Chain of Memories (the back, also in the corner on the front). Not to mention, -the cards themselves are like crowns. (the cards are created from sora's heart / memories in lore)
I see Sora as the King of Hearts, like in a card deck. Think about it. Xehawort, I mean Xehanort, wanted Sora to be the thirteenth darkness in Dream Drop - the King of Hearts is the thirteenth card of hearts. Sora is also most associated with the color red for his cloths.
I don’t want Sora to have some retroactive Rey Palpatine bloodline, stories like that are overdone and send mixed messages about the what makes people special purely due to where they come from. He has a connection to the past? Fine, but don’t have that have anything to do with his ability to wield a keyblade or make it his own doing from a point where he affects the past or something
This is an awesome video.
Gotta love how something was just for aesthetic is made into story related 10 games later.
Maybe Sora's family was a family that became famous for making ways to traverse worlds, whether it be within a single world, or to other ones. Designs tram cars, and other travel tools for across the city, and maybe ships like gummi ships, without being actual gummi ships, since gummi was made by Disney characters in Disney castle.
I have a theory that Sora is supposed to be the wielder of the X-Blade, let me explain. So the X-Blade is the contrapart of Kingdom Hearts, then who is supposed to wield the X-Blade? Sora, hence the crown. Also, if we look at early drafts of KH1, Riku was supposed to give Sora the necklace, just like Riku gave the Kingdom Key to Sora after falling to darkness (which btw did we forget the X-Blade are TWO LITERAL KINGDOM KEYS? JUST SO YALL CAN REMEMBER THAT). Also don't forget about the seven crowns, that thing that Darkness said in the UX finale, we still don't know what or who the seven crowns are, but Sora is definitely one of them. Also Sora being Ephemer's reincantation is another big possibility that I fully support
Xehanort mentions Eraqus is a blueblood descending from the very first keyblade masters. (I think Brain) it's possible Sora is a long lost descendant from someone or maybe he really is a "dull ordinary boy" and is special in his own right without gifts from a bloodline
You're saying the first part like it isn't basically confirmed. Literally all that was needed to confirm the connection was for a character in Dark Road to just say "Brain is Eraqus's grandfather" wholesale; The implication was THAT strong. You even had Eraqus directly quoting Brain's line from Union Cross about how Darkness can hide anywhere including inside someone, which Xehanort also says upon sensing Eraqus's heart, and the fact that, in the cutscene where Xehanort tells Eraqus about his plans to summon Kingdom Hearts before the two fight, Eraqus takes on Brain's exact battle stance from Union Cross.
Mickey might find something during his research since he tasked with investigating scala🤔
Almost reminds me of the science videos in the past talking about the missing link in human ancestry.
Time to dig for Sora's ancestors bones.
It was mentioned in Union Cross, I think. The 7 Crowns, or keys, that anyone can possibly use…whatever they are.
And in the image of Sora sitting on the throne with that crown on his head…there’s 7 crown symbols! One on the top of the throne (on the heart above Sora’s head), 5 shown on the front of the crown (sitting ON Sora’s head), and Sora’s Necklace itself. A total of 7 crowns all like Sora’s Necklace. 😳