all soriku scenes (probably) from kh1 to melody of memory

[@mikotoh]

05/01/24 UPDATE: HEY SORRY FOR NOT SAYING THIS SOONER BUT GHFKJHGFG THANKS FOR 40K/50K/60K/70K/75K VIEWS HOLEY MOLEY?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!!!!?!!?!!?!?!!?!? ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 ALSO??? KZbin SECTIONS AND MOST REPLAYED FINALLY WORK?????????? SO NOW YALL CAN SKIP AHEAD AND I CAN SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE REPLAYING???????? (YT SEEMS TO THINK 2:22:51 AND 2:39:33 ARE THE MOST REPLAYED MOMENTS LOL IM NOT SURPRISED) THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE LETS ALL PRAY FOR SORIKU CONTENT IN KH4 (WHENEVER THAT COMES OUT) ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 OH YEAH AND HERES TIMESTAMPS + EXPLANATIONS FOR THE GOOFS AND GAFFS IN THIS VID I MEANT TO POST FOR A MILESTONE BUT NEVER DID: 1:16:13 'falsehood' quote + KappaPride 1 (just in case you didnt know: 'Kappa' is an emote on twitch generally used to express sarcasm ['im sure youll beat that boss in one try Kappa']/doubt about a streamers abilities, promises, etc [ie a streamer saying theyll beat a boss in one try, and chat spamming Kappas in response]; 'KappaPride' is a version with a rainbow gradient overlaid ppl like to post during queer moments) 1:16:57 one more time by daft punk (the [bad] joke here is that i showed footage of their limit twice bc i love it) 1:55:08 KappaPride 2 1:55:57 idubbbz 'IM GAY' clip 2:00:48 riku kitty face zoom in 2:06:26 selphie paopu fruit speech + clip of gay or european from legally blonde the musical 2:28:58 simple & clean behind kh3s dive to the heart 2:30:52 KappaPride 3 2:33:22 donald 'so what?' zoom in + curb your enthusiam theme 1 2:34:37 curb your enthusiam theme 2 2:40:25 holding for a hero by jennifer saunders from the shrek 2 soundtrack 2:41:19 fire drill from the office 2:42:50 sora and riku touching zoom in + curb your enthusiam theme 3 2:59:36 once upon a dream from sleeping beauty 3:01:57 a dream is a wish your heart makes from cinderella OLD PINNED COMMENT STUFF: WE HIT 30K VIEWS!!!!!!!! IN UNDER A YEAR!!!!!!!!!! I CANNOT EVEN BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💕💕💕💕💕💕 THANK YOU ALL SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞 IN CELEBRATION, HERES A MASTERLIST OF THINGS I MISSED THAT ILL KEEP UPDATING (BC ALL GOOD META CREATORS SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR THEIR MISTAKES): ♡ this speech bubble from tidus: i.imgur.com/aWQIPx9.png ♡ 19:48 - I left out the first part of the scene, when riku says he refuses to die until he sees sora and kairi one last time ♡ sora telling the princesses of heart he cant go home until he finds riku: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZabfqKNopx-d6s ♡ 24:40 - in the shot immediately following this one, axel says 'would you like me to give you a hint?' and holds his hand out to sora EXACTLY the same way riku does during the opening of kh1 + when the islands fall to the darkness: imgur.com/a/6Ax6ZLR (kudos to Abby Toocoolya for pointing this out: i.imgur.com/aKuKNKs.png ) ♡ 24:45 - the speech aladdin mentions helping him in this scene happened just a bit before, when sora cheered him up after jafar kidnapped jasmine: imgur.com/a/6P4bDPR so sora and riku have been directly paralleled with aladdin and jasmine :^) ♡ 42:16 - earlier in the english version of this scene, namine says, '𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚. 𝐼 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑦- 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠.' but in japanese, she says, '𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑥𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 (それ 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒) 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 (その人 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑜), 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠-𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝐻𝑒𝑦/𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘-𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚 (あのお守り 𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖). 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡... 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 (あの人 𝑎𝑛𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑜), 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚, 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡?' like before, namine is again using gender neutral terms, NOT feminine ones. source: drive.google.com/file/d/16AxlMB61mYsP3_8M0tOCxSka-wb0_yZp/view, pg. 295 ♡ in kh2, sora asks nala if shes seen riku and is immensely disappointed when she says no: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpWtkHuolL-jkKc (yes i realize the irony of forgetting something involving riku and the 'pride' lands) ♡ 59:51 'that guy' is aitsu in japanese (like in the recom section of this vid). added to the cc of the video. ♡ this reaction command during the final xemnas fight in kh2, which i s2g i have absolutely NO recollection of ever seeing before: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZi8c35pfpeZf8k ♡ 2:18:11 - slightly different meaning to some of what riku says during this speech in Japanese; instead of 'im doing it for me, too.' he says, 'i have to be the one.' ( twitter.com/koisuru_mijinko/status/1187955188008546304 ) a more word-for-word translation is 'it won’t work. / he won’t wake unless I go.' meanwhile, 'he needs me.' is 'i WANT to go.' ( twitter.com/koisuru_mijinko/status/1187956613463719941 ) its more or less a direct parallel to what prince phillip says about aurora in BBS ( twitter.com/steamwhistler2/status/1187898294267191296 ) ♡ 2:21:40 - riku is asked the same questions at the end of ddd that sora is asked at the beginning of kh1: thefreshprinceofjunes.tumblr.com/post/681365779554385920/then-you-came-here-and-you-were-questioned-by ♡ the L scene from the ddd credits: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKHMiqymastrbsk ♡ 2:30:45 - when mickey and riku are in the dark world for the first time, i included a notation about mickey using 'precious person' in japanese, instead of 'precious things'. expanding on that, at 2:31:14, riku also says '(is this) the strength to protect the person most precious to me...?' in japanese (大切な人を守る強さかー). so both mickey AND riku acknowledge its now an important person riku wants to protect, not 'things'. also added this to the CC of the video. ♡ 2:33:25 - the japanese version of soras kingstagram post has him saying he feels a connection to yozora BECAUSE he looks like riku: twitter.com/isleofji/status/1636828150448439305 ♡ 2:36:05 - not a mistake per se, but i did add to the cc of the video that soras line in japanese is, 'so that was the meaning behind [elsas] expression...' ( imgur.com/a/ITX0glE ) ♡ 2:37:38 - also not a mistake, but in japanese sora says, 'but don't overdo it. call me if anything happens.' (でも 無理しないで 何かあったら呼んでくれよ) which is literally what riku does in the 'press △ to sora' scene ♡ sora, riku, and mickeys team attack from remind: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5PTaHyDadBmn6M ♡ one of the memories on the feathers during sora and kairis team attack in remind is of sora and riku together ( www.khwiki.com/File:One_Heart_feathers_1_KHIIIRM.png + imgur.com/a/yCn8boS ) ♡ rikus kingstagram post from remind: i.imgur.com/Eh7Ubyx.png ♡ oblivions shotlock, bladefury eclipse ('dawn eclipse' in japanese :^) ): kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGfQaGZtod98j9U ♡ dark form/double form ( + stellar inception) from kh3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGfQaGZtod98j9U ♡ double forms finisher: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH-7hqaZq792hZo AND A CORRECTION previously, i said that at 2:06:27, sora and rikus combined keyblade plays dearly beloved when they summon it after downloading the sound files for ddd, i realized that it does NOT in fact play there. it turns out that for all these years, id actually been hearing the piano in the background music. (you can listen to the sound effect [se_rs_dsl10_finish] for the combined keyblade here: thefreshprinceofjunes.tumblr.com/post/698432074810540032/its-its-not-there-unless-its-in-a-bgm-file-dearly ) HOWEVER, dearly beloved DOES still play when they summon the combined keyblade in kh3 (starting at 2:41:34). so i guess i may have mandela effect-ed that into existence??? somehow?????? (i am joking. obvs the more logical explanation is that it plays cuz thats what their sound ideas combine to make in ddd

[@CusterdCrange]

yes, in fact, i watched this entire video out loud IN class 😭

[@JabamiLain]

@@CusterdCrange dumb move. Don't repeat it.

[@CusterdCrange]

@@JabamiLain i didn't think about it until you said it. time to do it again-

[@user-qn3gd4yy4f]

Take a shot everytime Sora says "Riku!" With no other words in his sentance. You'll be dead.

[@jasmineleon7904]

Lol imma do that

[@williamkraut5849]

Nah, you'd die, then your Heartless and Nobody would die, you'd be recompleted, you'd die again, and the cycle would continue until the end of time lol

[@pogers7617]

@@williamkraut5849WHAT LMAO

[@PaintSplashProductions]

Riku will always be Disney's first gay character. Even if they won't say it, I know it in my heart

[@mikotoh]

thefreshprinceofjunes.tumblr.com/post/659616401520214016/somespicyshrimp-being-gay-isnt-a-choice-one-day

[@PaintSplashProductions]

@@destroyermcw626 Then why are you in the comment section of a Soriku video?

[@tumultuousv]

@@destroyermcw626 well. Not yr choice lol

[@mellemadswoestenburg1296]

@@PaintSplashProductions the classic "commenting stuff just to spite others and then deleting the comment like a coward" cliché.

[@PaintSplashProductions]

@@mellemadswoestenburg1296 Yep. Don't get why they'd go through the effort, it's Kingdom hearts, it's not that important

[@mellemadswoestenburg1296]

Another thing about the novels that honestly shocked me is that Axel asks Riku at some point "what Sora is to him". And Riku is caught off guard. He's speechless. I was just completely stunned. Why on earth would the question "what is Sora to you?" make him speechless? How hard can it be to just say "He's my friend" or "he's my best friend"? If that's not suggestive i don't know what is.

[@mikotoh]

i love that scene to DEATH and you can bet your ass i would have included a note about it if there was a related scene actually in game :')

[@midnightstarlis6405]

i’m throwing tables rn after reading this- my heart cannot take it.

[@CampingforCool41]

It gets better because the reason Axel asks that is because he sees Riku is in such a good mood after seeing Sora in the Land of Dragons and playing around in the snow (the part they have a “battle” on top of the mountain and Sora doesn’t realize it’s Riku quite yet but he senses him)

[@mellemadswoestenburg1296]

@@CampingforCool41 That is so fucking cute! I’m gonna have to reread all of the novels now!

[@mikotoh]

@@CampingforCool41 YE and the best part is that at least one scene from the kh2 novel has become game canon by its addition in the final mix version. specifically the scene of riku letting namine and axel go in kh2fm is from the novel. so if thats canon... anything could become game canon if you believe :3c (or just take it as canon anyway if ur like me LOL)

[@alexharward8900]

The scene where Riku tosses Sora a paopu fruit in the manga Sora actually panics because Riku gets really close to his face while waving the paopu fruit with a smirk

[@midnightstarlis6405]

OOH OOH I KNOW THAT. THAT ONE SCENE IS FROM THE MANGA AND IT REALLY GOT ME SQUEALING LIKE AN IDIOT WHEN I SAW IT THE FIRST TIME.

[@mikotoh]

its funny cuz on that page, riku says 'shouldnt you try it out before we leave? or should i try it out first?' with the implication being clearer he means either he or sora should share with kairi. so its like. it _tried_ to make the scene straight. but rikus expression and their faces being so close just makes the subtext from the game even stronger. fookin mental

[@midnightstarlis6405]

@@mikotoh THE TENSION MAN. THERE IS A TENSION IN THAT SCENARIO I SWEAR ON THE PAOPU FRUIT AND THE DARKNESS.

[@mikotoh]

@@midnightstarlis6405 i mean, my personal headcanon is that riku seeing the paopu fruit sora drew between him and kairi in the secret place is what compelled him to open the door to the heart of the world instead of just waiting to leave on the raft. considering the door is like. right next to those drawings. and sora only added it like that same day ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@mikegratz4503]

11:41 meme material! Sora: your coming with us right? Riku:... Sora: *right?* (This is mikes daughter btw lol)

[@MomoOhMomo]

“Fellas is it gay if I hear your heart calling to mine and open a door to a realm that should be unreachable by following my heart to you? Is it homosexual if I'm your light in the darkness and I fall from the sky like a shooting star, like a wish your heart made, and you stare at me like l'm a miracle, like I'm the most amazing thing you've ever seen? Is it Igbt if the power of our combined hearts form a rainbow blade that can cut through even the deepest darkness and illuminate even the darkest shadows - and if the charm tying our hearts together is a fruit with legendary romantic connotations promising our souls will be intertwined forever? Fellas??” - a comment left on a Soriku Tumblr post that I think about often lmao There’s just no way they’re not considered cannon at this point. Sokai has always felt like an after thought compared to Soriku. And the fact that this video is 3 HOURS long?! C’mon 🌈💗

[@georgerobins4110]

“Is it gay that together our hearts make a song called “Dearly Beloved”?”

[@karlrassmann4604]

At the rate at which these games are progressing, the plot of KH5 will be Sora and Riku planning their honeymoon. And people will still insist it's not canon.

[@skibot9974]

But what about the Sokai complation in 2.8’s credits

[@millerm3683]

@@skibot9974 Sokai don't matter! SORIKU IS PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE!! They were just trolling us with the Sokai stuff

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

@@skibot9974 Like with Namine's Darkness Magic, Sokai is the illusion that Riku believes is True. The Darkness cover to break through.

[@TheRegularHedgehog575]

​@@skibot9974Sora has two hands for a reason.

[@VidiaReePhoenix]

@@skibot9974 The obvious answer is that all three of them enter into a polyamorous relationship.

[@kk28262484]

There are so many "Riku!" In KH2 that Riku doesn't feel like a name to me anymore

[@ulysseslunsford7954]

Important thing to note at 20:23 is that according to the Peter Pan movie pixie dust flight only works while you're thinking of happy thoughts, so Sora's happy thoughts are of Riku's voice

[@zackaikawa]

OMG 💜

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

The implication is also that Riku "believes in Sora, and therefore, Sora won't give up". And therefore, Sora believes and doesn't give up.

[@mikotoh]

@@Fragmentsinfractals488 which is basically said again in kh3 right before riku sacrifices himself in the KBG

[@georgerobins4110]

I LOVE THEM

[@falcononthesax]

I'm baffled by the fact that there is 3 HOURS worth of soriku LMAOOO

[@mikotoh]

im not! one of the series creators literally said kh is about sora and rikus relationship. these boys love each other!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@falcononthesax]

@@mikotoh omg really?? that makes me rlly happy to hear

[@mikotoh]

@@falcononthesax yup!! www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/25/how-kingdom-hearts-iii-will-grow-up-with-its-players

[@falcononthesax]

@@mikotoh soriku canon actually omg thank you

[@HyuugaAngel1]

Wait really?! I thought it isn’t since technically they belong from Disney, and they’re not really(sorry for my words) supportive about lgbtq+

[@TheRibottoStudios]

"It's like each of you is holding onto another part of the other. Your hearts are always in tune, so they're free to sing." SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK YOUR HIGHNESS. THEIR HEARTS LITERALLY SING TO EACH OTHER.

[@xyrnys1454]

The look on Riku's face at 2:40:56 sbcjdjbs. My boy is lost. He is totally smitten with Sora.

[@mellemadswoestenburg1296]

I've said this before in another comment section but that's the classic look you give your crush when they arrive at prom in a very fancy suit or a beautiful dress and you are just mesmerized by how stunning they look. TRY and tell me that you haven't seen this look in COUNTLESS romcoms.

[@xyrnys1454]

@@mellemadswoestenburg1296 SO TRUE

[@normal6483]

You know, it''s kind of fitting that the two keys to Sora that Riku and Kairi had were dreams and memories. A dream is a wish for the future, while a memory is a treasure of the past. Kairi is Sora's childhood crush, and though they may grow apart they'll always exist in each other's hearts, just as long as they think about each other. And Riku is implied to be Sora's future love interest, the one who will join him at the end of the series when they open the door. The two of them represent Sora's past and future loves, and together they lead the way to saving him, because their true love will thaw his frozen heart.

[@lolhi8610]

So well said😭

[@mori_san8206]

We all know Sora won't end up with Riku...😔BUT I never thought of what you said and that's so cool❤ I was so happy when Riku was the only one going to Quadratum😂It healed my disappointment of Donald and Goofy being with Sora during the final battle.

[@normal6483]

@@mori_san8206 Y'know, I used to be pretty certain that they weren't going to end up together myself, but I've been watching a lot of analysis videos lately, and it's kind of... very likely, actually? Like it's wild, but actually likely that Nomura has been hinting at Soriku being endgame since Chain of Memories at the latest, and potentially even in the original KH1. (Remember how the symbol of Kairi and Sora's relationship from that game is crossed stars? Well "star-crossed lover" is a term for relationships that are doomed to fail or fall apart. So they're implied to be in love, but not endgame.)

[@georgerobins4110]

@@normal6483for real. Ever since I discovered necklace theory (and all of the heteronormative translations 💀) I’ve been pretty hopeful

[@midnightstarlis6405]

31:04 Replica Riku being tsundere af. He literally just exposed his feelings and him running away will always get me lmfao.

[@saviorofdafrogs876]

Lmao true

[@verathena14]

repliku just dumps all the contents of riku's closet out into the street for everyone to see

[@murphyman08]

@@verathena14 Sadly Sora won't remember it....

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

@@murphyman08 It is implied eventually Sora will remember. It is probably part of the Thank Namine plotline that hasn't closed yet.

[@murphyman08]

@@Fragmentsinfractals488 Mhm, I hope so

[@tetitous]

rewatching it, it's interesting how Riku used to think "there can't be two keyblade masters", i.e two people cannot wield one single keyblade, and now Sora and Riku share a combined keyblade

[@mikotoh]

soras keyblade was also originally rikus, so like... they r soul mates babey

[@HarakuHelliotthedarkness]

I just want to mention that at 2:17:21 WHILST LOOKING AT SORA, Dearly Beloved plays. IT'S THEIR SONG THAT THEIR MELODIES MAKE TOGETHER. You can't DENY ME ANYMOOOOOORE

[@HarakuHelliotthedarkness]

"He needs me." YES

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

Dearly Beloved also plays when the Combined Keyblade (Gay Blade) appears in KH3. The Camera focused on the Gayblade from the Front and Back so you can see the one Papou shared on the Blade. And because Keyblades manifest from the Heart and the Gayblade are two Keyblade fused together..... let's see, I believe the Child of Destiny Prophecy said something about One Heart of someone born of the Isles of Destiny Island. Someone who has be a candidate for being a Dark Vessel. (Riku, KH1/Sora/Dream Drop Distance) Soriku, literally.

[@phxbozz]

THEY AINT EVEN TRYING TO HIDE IT

[@mikegratz4503]

2:03:05 this gets me every single time, they knew what they were doing, soras and rikus themes put together make dearly beloved, the main theme. Key word here: DEARLY BELOVED. Even Kairi didn't get this amount of love.

[@mikegratz4503]

2:04:44 mikeys saying that shit for me.

[@PetalHeart21]

44:47 omg Riku looked to worried and concerned..

[@mellemadswoestenburg1296]

@@PetalHeart21 well this is the first time he gets to genuinely talk to Sora since KH1. At least that's what he thinks. He probably wants to tell Sora how sorry he is but is scared Sora won't forgive him. Acknowledging you were wrong and confronting the person you wronged is incredibly terrifying.

[@PetalHeart21]

@@mellemadswoestenburg1296 Well at least he forgave him still

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@mikegratz4503 YAAAAAS Mickey out here saying what we're all thinking lol

[@ClarkArts]

I am so committed to the theory that the memory about the meteor shower was between Sora and Riku-- and Namine/Kairi was not there at all. Riku protects Sora from the meteor shower with a toy sword and then possibly gives him Sora's crown necklace which we have no origin for. I think this is proven by the fact that Namine cant create new memories, just remix them. The fact that Sora and Riku remember the SAME memory means they may have been the only 2 people present at the time. Kairi's lucky charm is given to Sora during the events of KH1 so even though its Kairi's good luck charm that changes appearance to namine's star keychain, we have only ever seen Kairi give it to Sora later on in life than when they were kids. I wouldnt normally think that they would make a gay pairing in a AAA game like this but the fact that everything is SO coded makes me feel like it could be true.

[@mikotoh]

we also get this design note from nomura about oblivion in the kh1 ultimania: "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." (source: href.li/?www.khinsider.com/news/A-Look-Back-KINGDOM-HEARTS-Ultimania-Gallery-Comments-Part-1-15519 ) of course, the (roundabout) implication here is that riku is connected to soras necklace, somehow B)

[@ClarkArts]

@@mikotoh I LOVE THATTTTTT

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

There is also paratext in the Light Novels. In the Book, in one of Riku Replica's memories, he draws a picture of himself and Namine smiling together because Namine cannot see her own face. Namine is framed in a golden light. Then, Namine gives a charm that can be hung around the neck. *cough* crown necklace *cough* Later, when the Real Riku is trying to find Namine in the illusion of the Old Mansion, he finds a picture. A picture of Riku and Sora smiling together with Sora in the Halo of Light Namine was in in Riku Replica's Memories of that picture. And that picture being pulled down cause the wall to disappear that leads to Sora's pod.

[@mikotoh]

@@Fragmentsinfractals488 WOW I HAVENT READ ALL OF STEAMS POSTS ABT THE NECKLACE THEORY BUT I THINK THAT STUFF IS IN THERE AND GOD, SORIKU REAL

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

@@mikotoh There is also a subtle hint about the Necklace charm if you pair the light novel with the Game. When Namine placed the Meteor promise, right after that, Sora and Riku Replica get in a heated argument. Now, when Sora pulls out the charm he has, we know the charm made from the card is in "Riku's" pocket. "Riku" Knows this. So why does seeing Sora's charm freak him out so bad? Nevertheless, we see Namine make an edit to his Heart and then "Riku" assumes his must be the Real one, and then they fight. But here is the thing, why didn't "Riku" just assume Namine gave Sora one, too? Why did Namine have to edit directly? My working theory is that the Meteor promise involved something worn on the neck, but Sora pulled it from his pocket. Further, the crown necklace is around Sora's neck already. So, suddenly, the True Memories of that situation contradict what is happening now. So Namine directly edits the story in that moment so to Riku Replica, it becomes impossible that Namine could have ever give anything to Sora, therefore the contradiction can be pushed under the rug. Edit: Another interesting point, when Sora fights Vexen the second time, Vexen asks whether the memories of Namine, or the memories of Twilight Town are "more Real'. Sora immediate goes for the Namine memories and assumes the Twilight memories are fake. But it seems like both Memories are different versions of the same thing. Twilight Town memories are the Memories form in Roxas's soul that live in the Darkness of Sora's Heart. Namine memories are Memories of Riku and Sora altered by Namine's Darkness that connect through Sora's Darkness. So, they both exist through the same process, though Namine does it more intentionally.

[@pastelnightmares]

I replayed KH2 recently and the ending hit me like a ton of bricks. The fact that they were content with staying in the realm of darkness because they finally had each other and that was all that mattered 🥲💗 Ugh, my heart. This compilation is incredible.

[@robbiefroggy8568]

they were fully prepared to just. hang out in hell together for the rest of their lives 😭😭😭

[@digi-stranger0234]

They did not worry about her, they were willing to let go of their third friend and possibly love Interest (sora only) to just be together forever

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

@@digi-stranger0234They deadass were like “Who’s Kairi?”

[@gta4801]

“The friendship between boys it almost makes me jealous” Aqua

[@Daegger]

Finally, the soriku feature film

[@dust.runner]

In the KH3 Kairi and Sora paopu fruit scene, it's worth noting that neither of them eat them. I felt it was significant since the phrase was always 'share a paopu fruit' i.e. 1 fruit and both people would eat it together. It felt more like Kairi brought them based on the shared memories they had, like a symbol of their friendship. I honestly wouldn't have been suprised if she wouldn't have offered one to Riku as well if he hadn't expressed a desire to sit alone for a while. Anyway, it just felt less romantic and more close friendship to me. The paopu has become a bit of an inside joke/friendship lore seemingly.

[@rokitsuthefox]

my idea on the whole thing is that soriku is yes and sora and kairi are platonic soulmates

[@mikotoh]

BRO I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THAT SCENE AND THIS COMMENT MOTIVATED ME TO FINALLY TYPE UP A POST ABOUT IT LOL: thefreshprinceofjunes.tumblr.com/post/707559934934515712/the-more-i-rewatch-the-scene-with-sora-and-kairi

[@dust.runner]

@@mikotoh I am feeling so validated about Soriku recently haha! I started thinking about it again when I saw this comp, and I am so glad other people read it that way too. Your post sums it up pretty well haha. Also, it's funny because after I made the comment I found a video by TenelleFlowers (Riku is Gay and Why it Matters) and in that video some of the same points are brought up too! Soriku supporters are really eating well rn. Plus I gotta thank you for bringing up so many scenes I had never thought of before! (I haven't revisited the spin offs in a long while and it was only through watching playthroughs) ddd was the first one I played myself, so maybe that's when it clicked haha.

[@insertedgynamehere___969]

And Sora was caught quite off guard by the offering of the paupo fruit and was quite shook until Kairi elaborated on what it meant

[@GeorgiaAndrea]

@@insertedgynamehere___969Only Kairi ate that paopu. Didn’t see Sora eating it. And it’s two paopu, not one.😂

[@MiningNatureYT]

I love how the whole of kh2 is Mickey shipping them but can't tell Sora anything because of the promise

[@mikotoh]

michael mouse has literally told riku twice now hes gay and yet people still have their doubts about it. fucking incredible

[@MiningNatureYT]

@@mikotoh ikr its crazy like cmon people (Sorikai is best thruple, you cant change my mind about that lol)

[@mikotoh]

@@MiningNatureYT im very picky and only ever enjoy sorikai as riku->sora

[@tumultuousv]

@@mikotoh riku is asexual.

[@mikotoh]

@@tumultuousv yeah he can totally be ace if you see him as that!! fortunately romantic alignment =/= sexuality so he could very well be homoromantic (gay) ace! :)

[@AnnieSvittkona]

I love how you can point every "gay panic" moments in Riku's face

[@MiningNatureYT]

Joshua's "Well... yeah? I'm kinda omniscient" is an amazing line

[@NaerysTargaryen26]

They lies people tell themselves when they look over the fact that kingdom hearts is a gay love story about a boy (riku)who secretly in love with his friend and jealous and afraid too lose him and a friend (sora)who was jealous over the other but grew too love those qualities that they were envious of and realize he couldn't imagine life without his friend(riku) in it their songs together makes the song dearly beloved and the first openings too the games kh1 and kh2 in forward is Sora's story and in reverse is riku's story.it's plain too see ❤

[@karlrassmann4604]

A theory of mine... The gayblade (Sora and Riku's fusion keyblade) doesn't have a canon name, right? But we do have a name for something that happens when Sora and Riku's hearts are in perfect harmony. We heard it in 3D. I think that's the Gayblade's real name. Dearly Beloved.

[@SA-xl1tk]

🥹

[@georgerobins4110]

I thought it was called Nightmare’s End / Mirage Split? Is that a fandom name? (Either way, very gay name tbh 😂)

[@familytablet6453]

@@georgerobins4110 That's the name for the two separate halves. When they're a whole, it's just called "Combined Keyblade," meaning it doesn't really have a name yet.

[@moonknightproductions]

I was already convinced, I’m just trying to wrap my head around the fact that not only official game material but also official supplemental materials like the light novels have this much textual evidence for it (and I also read through the entirety of the Necklace Theory it’s an amazing read props to the op for all of that)

[@jooshikins]

SORIKU: THE MOVIE

[@D3M0NZD3N]

DUDEEEE THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAM SCENES. riku is literally suggesting that hes in the closet. And also, SORA AND RIKU LITERALLY PARALLEL EVERY SINGLE DISNEY COUPLE UNDER THE SUN awesome video btw 😄

[@JabamiLain]

And Riku even burned "Destiny Island", like Frollo burns Paris. Are we sure it's not lust ? People tend to confuse those sometimes.

[@georgerobins4110]

Donald at 11:50 single-handedly cementing Riku’s villain arc. Literally.

[@ItsFotia]

I literally watched this during my 4 hour flight. Amazing way to pass the time when you are flying across the country over 30000 feet above ground in the sky.

[@Kahanami]

Hope you enjoyed or are enjoying your trip

[@andrewsigler7437]

Did you download it or something? How do you get youtube to work on a plane?

[@ItsFotia]

@andrewsigler7437 I have youtube premium so I can download and watch offline.

[@forgotten_lumis5595]

Lmao we must share a brain or something, I recently had a 7 hour flight (followed by an intermission than another 1 hour flight-) and I just spent the entire time rewatching Tenille's "Riku is Gay" saga. Soriku videos are truly one of the best ways to pass time.

[@forgotten_lumis5595]

Oh yeah, also- nice pfp! Promare is literally so good-

[@emilygratz9203]

2:03:04 gayest bit of the game. The making of dearly beloved (for those who dont know, its rikus and soras themes put together, thie higher notes are soras, and the lower ones are rikus, pretty smart.)

[@JabamiLain]

Oh ! That's pretty solid of a proof. And it explains the romantic undertones in a series that uses the term "friendship" THIS hard.

[@evanmak7837]

Those two were having some philosophical conversations when they were kids lol.

[@bread64]

This whole video is just "ooh how have I not noticed" and also "yea that makes too much sense"

[@tetitous]

Maybe it was a bad idea to watch the whole thing past midnight. But do I regret it? Absolutely not

[@mikotoh]

_へ__(‾◡◝ )>

[@mikotoh]

fr tho, tysm for watching the entire video!! 💓💓💓💓💓 (did u... enjoy it... 👉👈)

[@tetitous]

@@mikotoh I absolutely did! I've read entire essays about Soriku, but nothing is more telling than the actual cutscenes, even without much context you can feel it's not just a story about friendship when it comes to them. Also your additions from the novel were just 👌, and the montage is immaculate (that zoom on KH3D Riku's dumb smile as he's about to roast Sora with all the love in his heart was just, the best!). I completely forgot about the small poems at the end of CoM, they're so sweet! I really wish the english did a better job at conveing the important terms consistently, I'll die on the hill that CoM is the one who suffered the most from this, KH3 is probably second on the list and it's most likely due to the ENG version having been made almost simultaneously to the JP version. Man, KH on the surface may look rough around the edges but it really is subtle in it's meanings and symbolisms, wish people could aknowledge that more sometimes. Oof I've been rambling, sorry! Anyways it's amazing, I enjoyed your video so much, also sorry if my writing feels a bit wierd I got excited.

[@abbytoocoolya1058]

I just did the same thingʅ（◞‿◟）ʃ

[@mikotoh]

00:00:00 video starts 00:00:22 birth by sleep 00:08:33 kingdom hearts 00:19:04 0.2 scenes start 00:22:36 re: chain of memories 00:48:08 358/2 days 00:54:13 kingdom hearts II 01:24:41 re:coded 01:51:00 dream drop distance 02:27:08 last 0.2 scenes 02:28:07 kingdom hearts III 02:54:28 re:mind 03:00:32 melody of memory

[@fairiesandlillies3471]

Yeah I blame titus for the first game lol Enyway I think it is realy intresting that riku says something simular whan sora sleep in 3D as he seid in chain of memory

[@khaztaraine]

When I played KH1 and 2 back in the early 00s I didn't even know what gay was yet but I was like "they're in love" about Soriku 💀 I was like, 9 when KH2 came out and still stanned.

[@HarakuHelliotthedarkness]

2:40:26 is literal perfection for their connection of the heart like COME ON

[@ns6972]

Could still be a stretch but the Paopu fruit scene I thought he was talking about sharing it with Kairi but the laughing and confusion makes it seem like a weird closet gay thing lmao “just a joke” lmaooooo

[@atnak200]

I have seen some people called Ansem the Wise the ship captain of soriku before and had no idea what they were talking about until I saw his scenes in this compilation at 1:04:43 like in seriously, what the hell, this is insane! Viewing those scenes in soriku context make realize dude was basically saying the soriku make him wise up, literally. He sigh over soriku reunion like it's the climax of a romantic soap opera! "Sora and Riku are together. We have no part to play here" Like wtf are you talking about OG Ansem?! Mickey just want to help them with battle and you are like as long as Sora and Riku are together it's all okay?! Oh well as far as being a shipper goes, I am really no match for Ansem the Wise lol

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

Funny thing, I theorize The Master of Masters literally ships them together as "The Child of Destiny" in his Magic Book, and uses the Pieces Ansem, Seeker of Darkness (Xehanort), Kairi/Namine and Luxu to do it.

[@suisui7481]

ngl i had a bad interaction on twitter with someone denying that the gayblade is very significant for sora and riku and treating it as just friendship attack and literally said sora x kairi is canon long ago and we are delusional for shipping sora with anyone else (I ship SoRiKai and stan bisexual Sora). and thenthat person kept on sending "evidence" that Sokai is canon and other ships are just delusions so I just sent this 3 hour video and I haven't heard anything from them till now

[@mikotoh]

FSJFHSHS LITERALLY I HAD LIKE THE SAME EXACT EXPERIENCE WHICH WAS A BIG PART OF WHAT MOTIVATED ME TO MAKE THIS COMPILATION LMAOOOOOOO thefreshprinceofjunes.tumblr.com/post/680815107234775040/some-jabroni-on-yt-commented-on-a-soriku-vid-that

[@PaintSplashProductions]

Certain KH fans don't know what fun is apparently. Same happened with me and believe me, I know enough about Disney and Square to know that they won't do it (I mean when has Square even shown a straight kiss? They just hate romance in general), with the Owl House being cancelled and all the 'First Gay Disney Characters' I know they won't. But why can't we just ship for fun? That's why I do it. Idk, people get really offended over ships for some reason

[@suisui7481]

@@PaintSplashProductions true true but also owl house wasnt cancelled but "the stock holders" saw it didn't fit their brand or whatever but at least tara was given the chance to wrap up everything with the 3 season 3 specials

[@PaintSplashProductions]

@@suisui7481 Such a BS excuse from Disney. Why did they greenlight the show if immediately after S1 they were going to cancel it?!

[@suisui7481]

@@PaintSplashProductions yep exactly and it was soo heartbreaking to hear from Dana Terrace that the order is final and even if we keep the show trending forever we cant do anything

[@ladyweirdo6035]

I like how towards the end of the video, you got bored and started putting more edits in. Seriously though, this is one of the better compilations out there. These things are usually jokes, but no this one is genuine, and it's GOOD.

[@DoubleFoxTail]

2:00:49 THATS SO CUTE I NEVER ONCE NOTICED HIS LITTLE SMILE

[@D3M0NZD3N]

Dude, if they showed people blushing in this game, Riku's face would be red anytime someone even mentions Sora

[@williamkraut5849]

That timestamp is an instant serotonin button, thank you :)

[@kanameow]

45:35 funny how Riku has to "follow the darkness" to find his friends... THAT'S BECASUE HE IS THE SOURCE OF LIGHT IT'S TOO FUNNY I CAN'T TAKE IT

[@mikotoh]

riku👏is👏the👏light👏

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

Here's a secret. Riku's Darkness (the Shadow of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness) is attracted to the Light of The Kingdom Key which is the Light of Riku's Heart Himself. So, he is using Himself to find Himself in Sora.

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

I would like to point out the first time Roxas cries is because he hears Riku's "Come on, Sora. I thought you were stronger than that". A Phrase that becomes "You don't believe that, I know you don't" or "I believe in you'. I repeat, Roxas's first cry is because Riku's Believes in Sora, and that causes Roxas to grow his Heart.

[@JabamiLain]

What makes him grow his heart are Xion and Axel. What Riku does is to weaken it using Sora's memories with Roxas.

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

@@JabamiLain Nope. Roxas's hears Riku's voice, and cries directly after. Crying is a Heart effect. Also, Xion is part Riku too. See the Snarl of Memories when Xion has a memory of Riku and Zexion. Riku's is the Light that gives Sora the Keyblade. So, to be Sora, Xion has to be part Riku.

[@mikotoh]

@@Fragmentsinfractals488 i dont disagree, but couldnt roxas have started developing a heart before he cried?

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

@@mikotoh Indeed. It starts as soon as he is created. Because Riku's Light is in Sora as the Kingdom Key..,, I theorize the Ancient Darkness that was Vanitas subconsciously created Roxas as Dark vessel of Said Key. And to be as good as Sora, he needs Riku's Light. Thus, He starts growing a Heart as soon as he "exists". And the more he remembers Sora, the more he remembers Riku. ... The more he remembers Sora and Riku, the more his Heart grows.

[@xXToyaXx-to3yn]

12:44 "But, Sora, I thought you liked games. Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the keyblade?" Why did he say keyblade with a pause 😭 "Key-blade?"

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

It is bitter emphasis. Noticed how he leans in on the pause. The idea that the Key blade (which his Heart unconsciously gave) would make Sora pay less attention to him, upsets him. But Riku has to try to act "cool" about it... that incongruence is the pause.

[@xXToyaXx-to3yn]

@@Fragmentsinfractals488 ah.. I get it.. thanks!

[@SkimoStories]

@@Fragmentsinfractals488 it’s a shit line reading. That’s all. Massive fan of the series too but this isn’t Shakespeare. Nomura killed a shirt for continuity.

[@mikotoh]

TODAY IS SORIKU DAY AND THIS VIDEO JUST REACHED 20K VIEWS!!!!!!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖 THANK YOU GAYMERS!!!!! HAVE A HAPPY SORIKU WEEK!!!!!!!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@mellemadswoestenburg1296]

DAMMIT!! I'm late! Well happy Soriku week! I'm definitely gonna rewatch this video from start to finish in your honor.

[@ovixion7433]

Sora and riku are incredibly gay but Disney won’t let them 🙄

[@mikotoh]

@@ovixion7433 THEY LET LUZ AND AMITY HAPPEN IN THE OWL HOUSE OKAY I CAN DREAM

[@mellemadswoestenburg1296]

@@ovixion7433 Indeed. But hey, if Nomura can successfully tell Disney "we do it my way or we don't do it at all" multiple times maybe he can let them allow him to confirm Soriku. Only time will tell.

[@yuuchan97]

Thank you for this! Majority of the series is either Sora or Riku looking for each other hehe. And this time for KH4, it's Riku's time to find Sora again - but this time, it might be longer and harder. Excited to see what will happen 😊😊😊

[@MarsD.06]

People fight over “whats the best version of Riku” Cmon, it’s obv baby Riku!!! 😭❤️

[@Xephyr2209]

1:56:50 The cutscene with Riku seeing the projection of Sora here always stuck out to me, because not only is his voice barely above a whisper, his first instinct is to reach out to hold onto Sora's face? That isn't just something someone does to just any friend. It's only when his hand doesn't make contact with anything that he pulls back. It always makes me wonder; if Sora was actually there, how would Riku have acted differently? Would he still have reached for Sora's face like that?

[@DoubleFoxTail]

Ok watching more of this and I just gotta say... Whether or not the creators intend for Soriku to be canon is such a mystery to me. Like okayyyy if they just wanted to make an intense bromance friendship story... why are you paralleling them with every other straight romantic Disney couple they meet.

[@mgshadowkat3066]

in the beginning I accidentally read that as "In 2020, my brother died" and I said "Huh? isn't this supposed to be soriku- I MEAN SORRY?!" I sound like I'd be such a horrible person to hang out with 💀

[@ani80764]

I did too 🤣

[@SuccubiPie]

The Translation Notes are amazing. I can't speak Japanese but forcing a narrative that doesn't exist to make it easier for westerners to buy the product always irritates me.

[@michaelgillespie9112]

I personally subscribe to the meme- Kairi: this is my boyfriend, Sora. This is Sora's boyfriend, Riku

[@cocoellawella9315]

I love that a Soriku compilation is basically most of the primary plot points of the series 😂

[@JabamiLain]

"Simple and Clean" is deeper than I remember. But, whose does it describe ? The singer implies to feel dirty and complicated, but the person they love most cleans their soul, even if they don't think an actual relationship would work. Is it Sora ? He's the one who's not scared by the future. Is it Riku ? He often comments Sora's smile is infectious, and he's more hesitant about relationships. Is it Kairi ? She's afraid of intimacy too and has a lots of insecurities, but she learns to welcome the future eventually, represented by her accepting Riku eventually. Is it the three of them ?

[@JabamiLain]

How different do you think it would have been the story if they had chosen to remain there ? In the dark... Speaking of, I wished there was some other similar scene in the future. Them together, just sitting...

[@denkikaminari6788]

The end of kingdom hearts games always make me emotional

[@mikegratz4503]

2:36:53 well shit, *looks like riku gonna have to save him from the dlc bad end.*

[@phxbozz]

OH MY GOD THE PARALLELS OH MY

[@Sluggii]

How did I miss the gay dripping off Riku as a kid omg, thank you for showing me the light ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@mikotoh]

HEY SO UH NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS SO I DIDNT FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL I CHECKED THE ANALYTICS BUT APPARENTLY THEGAMER USED THIS VIDEO IN A PRIDE ARTICLE ABOUT SORIKU???? AND A LOT OF MY VIEWS HAVE COME FROM THERE???????? www.thegamer.com/kingdom-hearts-sora-and-riku-soriku-potential-pride-month-picks/ HOLY FUCKING SHIT YALL I CANNOT EVEN _BELIEVE_

[@emilygratz9203]

2:06:27 so glad the gay blade made a re Aperrance in kingdom hearts 3

[@dark-nekofear]

pov ur me clicking on this not realizing this is 3 HOURS!?!?! this does my heart so good! ty for compiling it all together!!

[@dark-nekofear]

I'm back, watched the entire thing & I'm not a wreck ty! 🥺💜

[@meebybell]

1:14:12 when riku smiles at sora he looks down with a shy smile wtf how did I never notice

[@JabamiLain]

How different do you think it would have been the story if they had chosen to remain there ? In the dark... Speaking of, I wished there was some other similar scene in the future. Them together, just sitting...

[@JabamiLain]

Also, "Simple and Clean" is deeper than I remember. But, whose does it describe ? The singer implies to feel dirty and complicated, but the person they love most cleans their soul, even if they don't think an actual relationship would work. Is it Sora ? He's the one who's not scared by the future. Is it Riku ? He often comments Sora's smile is infectious, and he's more hesitant about relationships. Is it Kairi ? She's afraid of intimacy too and has a lots of insecurities, but she learns to welcome the future eventually, represented by her accepting Riku eventually. Is it the three of them ?

[@mikotoh]

okay so i did sorta miss another T/N, and since yt annotations arent a thing anymore ill add it in as a subtitle (turn on CC) and also here: when mickey and riku are in the dark world for the first time, i included a notation at 2:30:45 about mickey using 'precious person' in japanese, instead of 'precious things'. expanding on that, at 2:31:14, riku also says '(is this) the strength to protect the person most precious to me...?' in japanese (大切な人を守る強さかー) so both mickey AND riku acknowledge its now a precious person riku wants to protect, not 'things'.

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

When I showed my sibling this series they were all like "Nah they're not gay it's just friendship" even after Sora was on his knees crying. But then at this part at 1:13:03 they were like "Okay these two are so gay" lol

[@wingdingmasquerade]

This is all I've ever wanted. It's crazy that there was 3 hours worth of footage. You are amazing for compiling all of this.

[@lynell2B375]

the ending of KH2 with Sora and Riku at the beach still makes me smile

[@mikotoh]

fellas is it gay to be content with being stuck in basically hell/the void bc youve finally been reunited with your bff after searching across the universe for him

[@giginoelani5880]

There's no Soriku in KHUX but I'll be damned if Ephemer and player aren't IN LOVE. It's great bc KHUX is gay no matter what gender you play as bc Strelitzia is heavily implied to have a crush on the player and the player and Ephemer are SO in love you could cut their romantic tension with a knife it's insane.

[@mikotoh]

:0 i was aware of strelitzias crush on the pc but i didnt know about ephemer and them!! makes sense tho, i saw footage of that scene where he takes you to the new world or whatever and says 'well go together'

[@Fannintendociccio1]

Yeah, in Union the Soriku stuff is mainly in player and ephemer, and the Disney couples continually as usual (in Japanese more as always) making parallels to Sora and Riku as kh does

[@mikotoh]

@@Fannintendociccio1 oh dont worry, ive definitely read about the parallels between aurora/phillip in chi (+ bbs by extension) and soriku lol (i actually made a slightly shitpost-y video about it that i have yet to upload but hopefully will soon)

[@Fannintendociccio1]

@@mikotoh yeah and then there's Cinderella and her prince, and beast and Belle, even Alice and the White rabbit have a Soriku reference too, among the ones I can recall on the top of my head rn

[@mikotoh]

@@Fannintendociccio1 😶 alice and the white rabbit??? thats kinda... strange...

[@manofcorn5930]

So the title of the vid and expected a 10 min video and then looked at the video length :0 It's undeniable now lol

[@LandonBurke-l1n]

Ever since I read the Sleeping Realm Doc and looking how much hints they show of a romance it really made Sora and Riku characters so much better and beautiful really. Especially Riku. It re-shapes the things Riku goes through and his willnglyness to protect his precious person. It’s more than a friendship but out of a true Love and his whole Arc after KH1 is incredible. He clearly was hiding his true feelings of abandonment from Sora and was only treating Kairi as a way to make Sora jealous, even though it could be Sora did like Her, it didn’t really help the complex feelings which caused his road to darkness possession. After he redeems himself his goal was to make sure Sora was happy and protected. He was even gonna disappear to spare him from seeing his Beast-Form. It really make his Character beautifully written and it captures that Disney Romance but with Gay men. Sora is the same aswell. Riku belives that He can be happy without him but Sora proved him wrong. Hell even when they first leaves Destiny Islands the first thing on Sora’s Mind was finding Riku and Kairi. Sora didn’t go back after KH1 and instead goes to look for him. And after a long journey he breaks down in joy at finding him, even in his beast form he was just happy to have finally found him. DDD and KH3 really are great examples (Can’t forget to mention the Dearly Beloved Hearts singing and the Gayblade which itself is a parallel to the Dearly Beloved) I also love the Disney Princess Parallels too. Like the Beauty and the Beast in Days and the Cinderella. It so easy to mis but at the same time easy to catch if you are paying close attention. Honestly Nomura portrayal of Romance is the best portrayal I’ve seen from media ever. He does it that is difficult to see but once you pay attention and catch it. You can tell it’s deliberate. I love that man so much (also shoutout to Michio Matsuura too for bringing these moments) (Also Happy Pride Month 🗝️🌈)

[@Marliemac]

As much as I like Sokai...This is just insane that I never noticed this when I was younger, especially the paopu one(I just assumed he was referring to Kairi)but the extra dialoge with Selphie sells it. I like both nowadays, "both, both is good".

[@mikotoh]

honestly i think even riku himself _thought_ he was referring to kairi too. but with the selphie line about not wasting fruit, it takes on a whole different meaning. ive always seen kh1 riku as having feelings for sora he doesnt know how to process. so when he gets jealous of sora and kairis friendship, he twists those feelings into a strange, superficial crush on kairi in an attempt to make sora jealous in return, as a way to get back at him without coming to terms with his own feelings. 🙃 and i feel ya on both, if i cant have soriku endgame then id rather have either no romance between the trio or sorikai (specifically riku->sora

[@abbytoocoolya1058]

Both is good (^-^)

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

@@mikotoh I think Riku was playing the pronoun game. Notice the first time Riku brings up the fruit Kairi is already way ahead of them. And the first time Riku mentions it, Kairi and Her isn't brought up once. But as we see, Sora doesn't understand what Riku is doing. And Riku is unconscious to how he feels. If you have played Persona, that is Riku's Shadow. And that Shadow becomes literal Darkness.

[@mastergalaxar9302]

Believe it or not thanks to this video me and my sibling bought the KH all in one bundle 💀 so far we're having a blast and this entire video is a gold mine

[@mikotoh]

OMGGGGGGG IM SO FLATTERED TO HEAR THAT AAAAAAAAAAAA 💖💖💖💖💖💖 I MADE THIS WHILE DOING A PLAYTHROUGH WITH MY BROTHER SO I APPRECIATE THE SIBLING CONNECTION AS WELL HAHAHA IF UR PLAYING ALL THE GAMES MY ONE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU FIND A WAY TO PLAY 358/2 DAYS TOO, ITS INCREDIBLY UNDERRATED AND A DAMN SHAME IT NEVER GOT A REMAKE/REMASTER 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@mastergalaxar9302]

@@mikotoh OOOH I've heard about 358/2 days before but never saw gameplay or story yet but I do know about Axel, Roxas, and Xion. Don't worry the bundle we bought has all the games from KH1 to KH3 (including non-numbered games!) So I'm also excited to play it! So far we're doing it by release date order. I've had the original KHBBS in my old PSP and my sibling and I would always play it. So getting all the games while we're older was like an achievement 😂 And as for your video, I saw kh3 demo and played it while sibling was watching. We liked it and I saw your video in my fyp so we watched it (lol my sibling watched all 3 hours of it) and decided we're getting everything 💀 That's all ✨✨✨ (P.S. we already fought Riku in the first game and the amount of times we were calling him angsty boy while we get out asses handed to us was insane.)

[@mikotoh]

just an FYI, the story so far bundle does NOT come with either days or re:coded as games. it has them as cutscene movies only. and while ive heard the re:coded movie is fine, the days movie is lacking a lot of the emotional connections you build to characters from the original DS version by walking in their footsteps, so to speak. for example, you miss out on all of roxas' personal diaries (and some written by other org xiii members). and disney worlds are summarized in a few sentences. so obvs roxas and axel discussing what love really is after roxas visits beasts castle has a lot more weight to it than a summary simply saying 'roxas and axel discussed love'. emulate it if you have to (i can actually tell you how to do if you wanted), just, please, experience days firsthand if you can. otherwise, ive heard everglows video series on the game is a LOT better than the one bundled with 1.5. yeah my experience with kh is intrinsically tied to my sibling too lol. like some of my earliest memories are of watching him play kh1 (and my dad too but to a lesser extent). and then, when kh2 came out and my brother got it in his easter basket, i got all upset because we got kh1 as the first game for our ps2 for xmas around when it came out, so that was a 'family' game, whereas now kh2 was 'his' game (i know, second grader on the spectrum logic lol) (i also distinctly remember asking my brother if he was going to get the original chain of memories, as he was the older sibling and therefore bought the games that werent gifted to us. his response? 'no, its on the GBA, it wont be relevant to the second game.' :^) ) but yeah, youre not the first person to comment that this video motivated them to actually play kh for the first time. and every time someone does, it truly warms my cold dead heart 💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@mastergalaxar9302]

@@mikotoh Oh that sucks! Guess we'll just watch everglow's video on KZbin. I didn't know the game was just a movie 😭 We don't have a 3Ds so thanks for the recommendation. And that's 10x more sad because we really wanted to play as Roxas 😢 And it's hilarious because I asked my mom back then to get me the Avatar The Last Airbender PSP game and then I got BBS. And glad our newfound love for Soriku warmed your cold dead heart 😂

[@mikotoh]

@@mastergalaxar9302 like i said, if you wanted to emulate it i could teach you how to. also, its for the original DS, not the 3DS (tho you could play it on one bc backwards compatible) check out everglows stuff, and maybe some of the speech bubble scenes for the Disney worlds. im pretty sure the infamous 'roxas, thats a stick' line is in a speech bubble scene at beasts castle, and therefore not in the cutscene movie. i like to think that more people converting to soriku makes it more likely this video will somehow find its way to Nomura himself, and hell be convinced to finally make soriku canon(er) 🙏🙏🙏

[@castle3267]

The ironic thing about being called “yaoi fangirl” is that absolutely despise yaoi! For 1 they usually really misunderstand SoRiku making it an incredibly abusive pair and 2 have a really creepy relationship with age, idk if it’s just me but I feel like Riku’s drawn older than he actually is and Sora’s drawn younger. Always came off as creepy to me. Then on the fact that commenters always use the term fangirl which I find funny because they seem to forget that gay people actually exist. I’m a bisexual guy myself and always wondered how we’re always forgotten about considering... we’d probably be the ones to pick up on a lot because we have the most experience (I say we but I’ve never gotten a date in my life, but other bi guys have) lol great video! Nice to see some wholesome SoRiku content

[@ns6972]

They have like a one year difference lmaooo. I think the point is that sora is made to look more aloof and silly and then they just made riku weirdly buff and serious to contrast. I’m bi/enby and absolutely lmao. But also there probably are some creepy shippers, as there always are lmao. It’s obvious that riku and Sora have an suspiciously strong bond at least. Which can understandably be seen as romantic even if not canon. If one of them were a girl, I bet people would think differently, but for some reason gay ships are always weird…hmm seems like internalized homophobia?

[@castle3267]

@@ns6972 lol I know they have a one year difference, I in fact am a SoRiku shipper if the comment didn’t make it obvious, what I hate is how certain art portrays them

[@caldw615]

It's so that Riku looks physically stronger and a more capable fighter than Sora which is where a lot of Sora's insecurities stem from especially in ths early KH1 story. The age gap between Riku and Sora is the exact same as Sora and Kairi being only a year apart but lots of people just assume Sora and Kairi should be together because they're a boy and girl despite their on screen chemistry being very little and thematically it makes less sense to the overall narrative. Riku and Sora both represent darkness and light while both Sora and Kairi are just there to represent light. The story of KH centres around darkness and light ultimately trying to coexist.

[@castle3267]

@@caldw615 I honestly think people aren’t reading my comment, I am a SoRiku shipper! I enjoy them as a couple in the games. What I hate is their depiction in Yaoi where he looks older than he is in the canon games. Yoai usually takes place in a school setting anyway so there’s no reason to make Riku look so much stronger other than the fact that Yaoi really likes to fetishize abuse.

[@caldw615]

@@castle3267 Oh right sorry I thought you meant how he looks older even in the main games which is intentional but not to an extreme degree where he looks like the Org members or something

[@JabamiLain]

SoRiku is gonna become canon, because Kairi and Sora are sister and brother in spirit ! Let me explain: -Thanks to many fans well versed in japanese, we now know that every romantic hint to exist in the trio has always been between Sora and Riku. And if we analyse Sora's body language around Kairi, mixed with the way he drew himself giving the Papou fruit to her, but not sharing it, it becomes clear what they truly feel for each other. They love each other as much as two people would, had they been born to the same mother (they had the "grow up together" part, though). This sheds new light to scenes through out the series. Some of them become sadder to me, because I always understood better love between siblings than romantic love. But it also allows me to better forgive the characters, because I know what it is to look at deep bonds that feel irreplaçable and unique, and to crave to replicate them. Kairi and Sora's love for each other is so genuine, most would think it's romantic. But romantic love is more what Riku and Sora have, because it's filled with more struggle to connect, due to the passion between them that can mislead one into possession. A love between family, while filled with some yelling, is ironically more serene, because you are satisfied with each other (the fighting is to stave off boredom and keep you on your toes towards life, in a controlled safe environment).

[@Dan-zc3ou]

Sora and riku theme and soul song is called literally "dearly departed". I mean, come on

[@mikotoh]

dearly beloved but yeah!! (dearly departed would mean theyre dead so like)

[@mikotoh]

btw if yall want more condensed soriku proof (including stuff found in the side materials), im pretty much constantly updating the kh ho yay page on tv tropes: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HoYay/KingdomHearts (yes i added the image to it dont @ me)

[@celineosthaus8032]

I read somewhere that Sora told Riku to call for him in Japanese, which he did when he needed help in the RoD.

[@mikotoh]

@@celineosthaus8032 :000 i found the source for your other comment but not this, if ya give me a link ill add it to tvtropes!!!

[@celineosthaus8032]

I can send you it, but KZbin will probably delete the link.

[@mikotoh]

@@celineosthaus8032 i mean its my vid, so i should at least be able to see the link even if the comment isnt public

[@celineosthaus8032]

@@mikotoh I'll try it.

[@HarakuHelliotthedarkness]

This is all I needed. I always knew they were meant to be together. Even when I was younger. I always knew.

[@GattoCatto_]

Watching a 3 hour video about one of my favourite ships is one of my favourite activities Anyway, I watched ALL of it Also, those zoom-ins always get me lmao Edit: it's so jarring to hear Sora's voice change suddenly between KH1 and COM lol

[@GattoCatto_]

I'm just gonna reply to my own comment when i have random commentary while rewatching :') I didn't realise why 10:19 was put in this video until now It was there to show that Riku's "joke" (9:49) probably wasn't a joke lmao i'm stupid

[@GattoCatto_]

2:28:59 This is the most obvious callback in the world. Now just imagine hearing someone say this is not significant at all to the story no shit even though Nomura literally gave an explaination for shirtless mickey after several years. That happened before.

[@GattoCatto_]

2:31:46 Why did you point Sora

[@GattoCatto_]

2:48:59 what did you see Sora 👀

[@GattoCatto_]

2:43:49 Riku really just went "Sike Axel, I gotta reassure Sora"

[@acocolc]

You are legendary bff. I have not enough words to thank you for this amazing piece of art. Thank you for your service soldier.

[@gravastellar4819]

the holding out for a hero song made me lose it lmaooo this is great really refuels my love for them

[@jerminator420]

did i just watch 3 hours of kingdom hearts cutscenes

[@JabamiLain]

I see no problem here.

[@sorikuz]

me and my bf watch this video all the time thank you for making this compilation 😭💗 this is actually how i got him into kh!

[@foreverstuck1889]

same for me actually!! i got my bf into kh through soriku and this video mainly😭

[@georgerobins4110]

WHY DOES RIKU’S LAUGH AT 10:05 SOUND SO PAINED MY POOR GAY SON 😭

[@stagelights_]

i remember being like "what did he mean by that" when riku gave the paopu to sora and was like "if two people share one their hearts become intereined". no heterosexual explanation for this

[@mikegratz4503]

2:27:16 lovers tend to imitate each other, not surprised riku started actin like sora, not surprised other way around either

[@mikegratz4503]

2:46:11 see?

[@hatsunenikku]

a couple years ago i tried to make a video similar to this because i noticed youtube was lacking in the soriku moments/compilation department (all of them were like kh2 era and missing some of the best soriku moments) but i missed a lot and kinda half-assed it, so thank you sm for biting the bullet and putting this all together omg i appreciate it sm!

[@davidwinters8560]

It's awesome to hear Riku laugh for the first time after so long!!!😍😍😍

[@CitrusPencil]

You're really out here doing god's work 🥺😭

[@LyndiBS]

I watched the whole thing in two days. The majority today though! I love all the little stuff you added in, it fit perfectly! I love these two so much! Thank you for this great content!

[@333sfxx]

guys i have a rlly good feeling abt KH lV 🙏 soriku endgame trust

[@a.lateralus5840]

I love Soriku more and more everyday

[@333sfxx]

@@a.lateralus5840real

[@JabamiLain]

​@@a.lateralus5840if Riku does become Sora's boyfriend, I want Kairi to become Ventus's girlfriend.

[@supremeoverlord0]

​@@JabamiLain Love seeing another KaiVen shipper! I really hope we see more of the two of them, I feel like they have a lot they could connect over- very similar roles in their stories. My heart gets all sad when I think of Kairi and Ventus bonding over the pain of being left behind. 😢

[@JabamiLain]

​​@@supremeoverlord0better than to bond over nothing, which nullifies the purpose.

[@DoubleFoxTail]

Wow. Thank you very much for all the hard work you put into this. I was just scrubbing through it for fun because I've played most of the games, but I got super sucked in watching the coded cutscenes! I loved that game but never beat it because when I got to Hollow Bastion the first time I just assumed I was close to the end and never picked it back up. So I never saw all of Data Riku and Soras interactions and oh wow! They are some really beautiful scenes!!! Just discussing their viewpoints and relationship and encouraging eachother. My fiance walked in to see me misty eyed and asked what I was watching. I showed her I was an hour into a 3+ hour soriku compilation and sqeuaked, "I didn't know at frikken twenty four these lil nerds could still make me so emotional!"

[@XIIconstNvChr]

1:55:57 I WAS EATING THEN I CHOKED- 💀

[@bensuguneri]

so the translators working for com being homophobic 🤨

[@non-bird-nary2420]

i NEED a gmv or something of the press triangle to sora moment set to "i need a hero"

[@aslee9202]

There were several moments where I cracked up at your inputs and humor, but damn. 2:40:25 amazed me and I want a full gmv for these two to that lol

[@eggyolkify]

I watched this entire video instead of studying for my finals and writing my papers. Thank you for the soriku content 🙏

[@tabby-two-hearts6819]

Maybe “Hm” will be their always… 😂

[@PasdedeuxRue]

When all seems dark in life, I come back to this video again and again. The edits you did with the gayblade scenes are absolutely the best thing ever! Thank you for this video

[@abbytoocoolya1058]

Hey I was playing re chain of memory and I notice that when you first meet Axle and he’s talking about sora important person and he ask if would like a hint. He DOES THE RIKU Pose is that the hint??? I don’t know but I thought it would interest someone.

[@MlleHiMizawa]

Oh wow ! Very interesting ! I didn't notice. Thanks for sharing this !

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

It is implied in the Necklace theory that Namine is actually not just writing over Sora's Memories of Kairi but also Sora and Riku Replica's memories of each other. Riku and Sora's Love is used to make Them want to "protect Namine".

[@murphyman08]

My god I know this came out 10 months ago but- gay.... I love Soriku so goddam much...theres still lots of hope guys!