Last Friday, April 7 2006, I finished Kingdom Hearts II, which i played for 57+ hours. I was at level 83 now, Valor at level 5, Wisdom at level 6, Master at level 5 and Final at level 2. I already had my Ultima Weapon, Donald's Save the Queen and Goofy's Save the King, with my Moogle at level 7. The only worlds in Jiminy's Journal that failed to have the King's Seal were Twilight Town (due to the bumble buster, that stupid skateboard, posterduty, cargo climb and junk sweep), Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden (Sephiroth just kills me with his sin harvest), Agrabah (stupid carpet ride) and Olympus Coliseum (stupid orbs). After the final battle with Xemnas and after the ending, I got my battle report, saying that:
Jiminy's Journal Completion: 97%
Damn it! 3% away from getting the stupid secret ending!
Anyway, let's get to my rant about the ending. Ah yes. Before you enter the floating door that leads to either your or Xemnas's doom, it asks you what to do. Of course, to end the game you'd choose 'Let's end this!'
Okay, I'll stop with the literal descriptions of how the ending battle really goes. The reaction commands are just really cool, especially the ones where Sora and Riku slice up buildings and dart over the Xemnas. The whole starship battle thing was just tedious though, i couldn't see where i was targeting, and it was just confusing. Anyway, over to the ending itself...(dammit, this portion always gets me depressed).
I've watched it a few times already, but i've only beaten Xemnas once. (thanks to youtube :D) I just don't want to go and beat it again, it gets me depressed. Why? I don't know. Is it because the ending's really heartbreaking and touching? Maybe. Did I cry because you worked hard on it and all you got was that clip? ...maybe. I just know that when i was watching it I was bawling all the way -- from the not-yet cg-ed start, when Sora was helping Riku to walk towards wherever the road will lead them, to my battle report (which appeared after the credits and after another short cg clip).
About the ending. Well, as Tetsuya Nomura said, it WAS heartbreaking. But, not heartbreaking in a sad, sad sense. It's heartbreaking in a sad, happy sense, you know? (major spoilers ahead, be warned). From the moment Riku got the letter in a bottle...it just tugged at my heart so much. And when Sora and Kairi were reading it together, from ends of the world, from light and darkness...it's just....damn it, they made me cry so hard. When Sora and Riku fell from the sky and heard Kairi's voice -- it was just...splendind. Sora running through the waters, this huge smile on his face, eyes dancing with joy -- he just looked so eager, so happy -- i felt really really happy for him. Finally being reunited with the girl he loves...finally home. Sora deserves it.
Meanwhile, in the deepest recesses of my mind, though, I was sad. Because KH was already over. Because Sor wouldn't be going to any world any more. He's just going to stay there, probably. No more adventures. I didn't know how to feel, how to react. My mind was screaming at me, 'THAT'S IT?! It's ...OVER?!' Oh well. No more...no more KH3.
...or so it seemed.
Also, when the light flashed, and Sora became Roxas, and Kairi became Namine...oh my god, that really, really got me. Of course, Sora and Kairi saying to each other (god Sora was so cute here) "Ta...Tadaima." (plus really really cute toothy smile and smiling eyes, bam! heart goes melting...) and Kairi smiling at him with this pretty pretty smile of hers, looking like she was so happy, so so happy that he was back... "Okaeri." holding hands together over the Oathkeeper....damn you S-Enix, you just have to make everything so touching, don't you?! NOMURA, GIVE US ANOTHER ONE!!
I've heard another player say that if S-E wasn't softcore about SoKai, they'd be all over each other. Hahaha, well, I sort of agree. They really, really like each other. They really do. They're made for each other, perfect together. Yes, maybe it's just my inner SoKai fangirl ranting here, but think about it! Sora (even though it wasn't shown, it was implied) missing her so much, imagining dancing with her as the snow fell, being teased about her by Donald and Goofy...thinking like he never really did give her a proper gift.... He just loves her.
I was disappointed with the way he reacted when he saw Kairi, though. Back at...where was it, The Hall of Empty Melodies at the World that Never Was, he just...walked over to her. Probably held hands (can't remember, i was screaming myself hoarse). But it HAD to be Kairi to initiate the hug. I don't know, maybe he was still a bit awkward around her, but still...if he missed her that much, shouldn't he have sort of lunged at her in happiness? And god, that reaction he made when he saw Ansem!Riku, dropping down to the floor and crying, saying 'i looked everywhere for you'... it almost made me throw things at my tv and say 'you're supposed to say that to KAIRI!'
Well, enough about that. Let's get to Roxas/Namine before we head over to the SoKai pairing again.
Roxas/namine -- well, what can i say? Aside from them being both blonde...well, they're made for each other too. I don't know, but it's like their love's so tragic, you know? Not knowing who they really were, confused and lost, beings of nothingness and non-existence, being Nobodies and all...yet they managed to find love and find it in each other. Managing to overcome the trials of being confused and lost and being whole again. Thanks to Sora and Kairi, of course. That's why Sora and Kairi should always be together, so that Roxas and Namine would be together too.
For some reason i don't feel bad that Riku doesn't have anyone. I laughed out loud during the ending when Mickey came running to him while Donald and Goofy lapped over Sora (Goofy, Donald and Mickey look so soft, you know).
I've run out of ranting ideas, but as soon as i get some i'm going to post it all here.
Also, please read my newest Sora/Kairi+Roxas/Namine drabble, To Naught's Skyway. Supposedly it's in Naught's Approach, but anyway...
I need more SoKairis.
Current Music: Letters -- Utada Hikaru
posted by aya-chan @ 10.4.06
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