The Story of the Kingdom Hearts Series: Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep

[@risingblur770]

This Game is a giant Plottwist to the whole Series My mind is blown!

[@ArcaneKeyblade]

+Rising Blur Yea this is where the true story really gets explained, and I'm glad your enjoying it. :)

[@xela2512]

ArcaneReviews i have watched this vid like 3 times and i still dont understand anything...

[@somethingofascientist7084]

Xela25 how many kh games have you played?

[@Ryuken_Raikiri]

@@somethingofascientist7084 well to be fair I have to watch these videos after I beat a kh game just cause my memory is gobshit

[@johntumahab323]

"...One flew east, one flew west, and one flew over the cuckoo's nest."

[@marylandjay7585]

Superb explanation, this should be the top viewed vid regarding this recap

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

Agreed

[@zurao]

Thanks for the summary I played it once before, but i forgot the story and couldn't being myself to play it again

[@Ileana45]

It's a great game, easily one of my favorites in the series, but I was tired of having to play 3 times in a row, still, I'll try to finish it, great job with the video :D

[@andrewvincent6944]

Thanks for the recap. I dont know why but ive tried to play this game a few times but never got into it

[@ianalexander2236]

Yeah I just quit and watched this video instead

[@pikapals41]

@@ianalexander2236 Same. I cant defeat vanitas in space easily and Im too bored to try anymore

[@ianalexander2236]

@@pikapals41 lol Fr

[@sharkgamez505]

@@pikapals41 i can't beat Terra's final boss

[@Konuvis]

Me too. got bored with the gameplay.

[@G4LV4Gaming]

Thank you for the summary, it was very helpful/useful

[@tmar223]

Loved the video! It helped me finally understand the story

[@ekinstonwalker9736]

The lack of aqua in this exclamation kind of disturbs me. Like there was no explanation of how she ended up in the realm of darkness. Just a little important

[@ArcaneKeyblade]

Check out 7:17 - 7:34

[@joycosta8524]

Thank you for making these. I only played KH 2 and Birth by Sleep and my PS2 broke when I got Chain if Memories so I couldn’t play it. Watched all vids leading upto KH2 and they are all easy to understand. Wish I had a PlayStation just for KH3 now...as it’ll never come to PC...

[@koljawls]

it will come to pc 30. of march

[@retardopsll8389]

This aged well

[@xamautnmtuma6215]

And now on Steam!

[@DZA3051]

Cleared this up for me, took me over 10+ yrs to understand Birth by sleep🤣🤣🤣

[@lupinveil4939]

Please explain why people love Aqua and Dislike Terra. As far as I can tell, Terra was lied to and manipulated from square one by Xehanort in order to break his will and turn him into a vesel for Xehanort's heart and soul. Xehanort chose Terra for a reason, and since we know from Larxene that he has no trouble with transgender heart transfusion, I can only draw the conclusion that Xehanort wanted Terra because he was strongest vessel in both Heart and Body although Xehanort neglected the soul/self/will. Terra battled the old Xehanort and Vanitas at the same time and was doing fine against both, then he beat Xehanort but succumbed to darkness, not out of weakness but in order to defeat him and out of a will to protect his friends. Terra essentially Hulked out. He was then possed but continued fighting as a suit of armor out of sheer willpower (lingering will). Ven was consumed by Vanitas but vanquished him from within, purposfully crippling his heart in the progress. Ven and Terra both sacrificed themselves. Terra risked destroying his own body in order to buy time for the others and weaken Xehanort. Ven broke his own heart (litterally) in order to prevent the X-blade from being forged properly. Aqua on the other hand did little other than fight Vanitas and a malformed X-blade (also beat Braig but he was little else than a newsance), and was only succesfull because: A- the X-blade wasn't complet thank's to Ventus B- Xehanort was preocupied with the lingering will thanks to Terra C-Mickey was helping her. Take Aqua out of the battle and there would be no real change. She only battled Vanitas because she was there. If she hadn't what would Vanitas had done in the approximate 5 minuites during the battle of Ventus and Vanitas? Aqua then tried to help Terra but did nothing exept give him a reason to fight of Xehanort. Aqua would have died in the fight if Terra hadn't battled Xehanort within himself in order to save his friend. She then promptly send Terra and Xehanort's hearts back to the realm of light, but Xehanort was still in control. She did nothing but undo her and Terra's last good work in rescuing Xehanort from the realm of darkness, and seeling Ven away before sacraficing herself for no good reason or logic other than her own short sighted need to help Terra. I guess we should thank her since without her stupidity there would be no KH1/2/COM/Coded/DDD/358days. But also no Xemnas; Ansem; Organisation XIII.

[@Cklert]

People hate Terra because he was so easily manipulated Xehanort. What probably sealed the deal was when he killed Eraques. I think that it's pretty much agreed on that Terra acted pretty dumb and way too gullible when everyone else seemed suspicious. Aqua prevented Ventus-Vanitas from regrouping with Xehanort. Again it wasn't like Vanitas wasn't in control of Ventus' body. Vanitas would have made short work of Mickey, alone. Who knows what would have happened if he joined the Frey against the Lingering Will. She also, you know saved Ventus from falling off the cliff. Aqua wasn't anticipating Terranort to be right there. But she wasn't going let him get to Ven either. Finally if Aqua allowed Terranort to fall into the realm of darkness. Terranort (after coming to his senses) most likely would have allowed himself to create his Heartless and a Nobody which would have effectively sped up his plans. Aqua saved Terranort and sacrificed herself with the idea that Terra would be able regain control of his body eventually. This is why she constantly hopes that Terra or Ven is back. Throughout the entire game, Aqua had been the one cleaning up after Terra's mess. Aqua effectively delayed Xehanorts plans. That's why people love her. She didn't have to do anything at all. But she did because she cared for her friends. She was there when they needed her.

[@lupinveil4939]

@@Cklert Exactly. Her entire game revolves around following blindly. She has no moral ambiguity, no developement. And also, Riku was manipulated by Ansem just as easily as Terra. I think that the reason Terra is slightly dark is because, unlike Aqua, he has the ability to see grey areas where Aqua sees only Black and White.

[@aoto8897]

She didn’t even make Kh1 happen or all games tbh, Terranort was send to radiant garden due to the explosion caused by Ventus and Aqua destroying the X-blade, Terranort already had amnesia and was just standing there, Braig was coming to pick him up, Kh1 and all games would have started no matter what.

[@Frionelz]

@@lupinveil4939 A character like her is important to a story

[@Udontknowmi]

What I don't understand is why we have to belittle Aqua to uplift Terra? They are all equally important to the story. For me, personally, I like Aqua because she gives me representation to the story. She's the only female keyblade weilder we actually see fight in Kingdom Hearts. I don't care who sacrificed more or what, who was dumb or what, she shows that women can be badass too. In the characters' minds, rankings aren't important either.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

Still making vids?

[@besatmaster5418]

just a small question. who and what is the lingering will

[@ArcaneKeyblade]

The Lingering will is the mind of Terra trapped in own armor

[@besatmaster5418]

Thanks

[@troy.travassos]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnpantag472]

Ven appears useless in BBS but he us one of the lost leaders from day break town and travelled to the future.

[@aoto8897]

Lol what do you mean useless? He is not useless at all.

[@korr1]

Hey idk if u still check comments from a video so long ago but I’m just now starting the series I finished bbs how do you know what king Mickey said in the letter?

[@korr1]

Or should I have to play the game to find out

[@ArcaneKeyblade]

It's largely a lead into Recoded, I think it's mentioned at the beginning of Recoded but Im not 100% on that. Either way it's not strictly that important it's Mickey summoning Sora to help out with something

[@sayavrakadabra]

Thank you!

[@noahcasini1685]

Thanks a ton for this, this is so far the only kingdom hearts game I dropped. I really was enjoying the story and characters but hated the gameplay with the command system. I beat ventus’s story and decided to start Terra on beginner mode, to try and beat it faster, but I was just bored after a while and didn’t finish so this video was nice so could know what happens and get started with the next game.

[@ashacherukuri4241]

Why do terra and Roxas look similar?

[@ArcaneKeyblade]

+Asha Cherukuri Oh sorry probably should of pointed out who was who better. I'm pretty sure you mean why does Ventus look like Roxas. Terra is the taller borwn haired guy. But the reason for Ventus looks like Roxas it is actually, Roxas that looks like Ventus. Since Ventus's heart was inside Sora's when Roxas was made he took the look of Ventus instead of Sora.

[@ashacherukuri4241]

Thank u! I'm sorry I got confused with terra and ventus. I played 358/2 and kh and kh2 so I was a bit confused with the whole story. Ur videos cleared it all up. U did them really well. Thx again.

[@Ibz9116]

What happened to tera in the end is he trapped in his body but the other guy is in control?

[@ArcaneKeyblade]

Yea pretty much, his soul is trapped but the remnants of his him are in the Lingering Will

[@Ibz9116]

@@ArcaneKeyblade thank yu so much made sense of it now 😂

[@ArcaneKeyblade]

@@Ibz9116 No problem :)

[@PeterDarker92]

Best game in the series

[@TobiLaroux]

thanks for the tldr, Played a few minutes of BBS, and with the guage thing, the Dlink, and all that crap, I said nope. This is after beaten KH1 and KH2 FM. The total different game play was too crappy for me to give it a chance

[@pikapals41]

Huh. After playing KH1 and KH2 and after watching 358/2 days and chain of memories, and finally playing most of ventus’s story, I have to say… this games story is okay, but overall this game seems… preetty bad. It was fun for a bit but got more and more tedious to the point of me just sorta… quitting. I bought 3D so I hope its, um, better

[@JOOOOOOOOOOOOM]

I loved this game and I hoped you picked it back up but if not a way you can make the game fun is with a melding guide it can help a lot!

[@michelinman6370]

Couldn't bring myself to play this game cause it's actually trash and slow and chopped up so I'm glad this video exsist 😂

[@rhazzzz]

this is actually not a slow game(?), compared to KH1 and KH2 i honestly felt like this game had a much faster pace with how the plot was moving. We didn't spend that much time running around Disney worlds solving their problems. The story is great too, if u own a copy of it on the ps4/ps3/psp i really suggest giving it another try

[@diss2788]

Dude same here I tried but it annoys me

[@realmaluchiha]

@@rhazzzz I think he was referring to the combat system lol. It is really slow and it doesn’t help at all in final boss battles either. I had to drop it I couldn’t handle it

[@rhazzzz]

@@realmaluchiha ah i see, i mean i guess i can see how you'd feel that way as this was a game made for the psp so i think making a slower combat system was to compensate for the reduced number of buttons and the smaller screen. This was my first KH game as a kid back then so i guess im biased towards it haha