Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days - #7 - Imposter vs Sham

[@liamwhite3522]

Roxas: I feel scared. Axel: Nobodies can't feel. R: But I do! A: Just memories. R: I don't HAVE memories. Later... Xion: I feel frustrated at the blue haired imposter. R: See, she feels angry. A: Memories. X: I don't have memories. R: Neither do I! A: Nope, it's memories. Just memories. Much, much later... A: I miss Roxas, you remind me of him. Sora: You felt like you were friends? A: ...nobodies can feel? S: I dunno. You tell me. A: Crap... R: I TOLD YOU SO! I TOTALLY TOLD YOU SO!

[@AnAngryGranny]

Definitely seems to be the case that Dan is right on this one and Nobodies actually can feel stuff. That just makes it all the more hilarious that Axel defaults to the "nope it's just memories" explanation despite any and all evidence otherwise. R: Look at that, Axel - Xion is feeling! How do you explain that? A: Just memories. R: But Xion and me don't have any- A: Nope. Still memories

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

@@AnAngryGranny More than that, it makes Saix look like a moron.

[@Mikesean45]

On one hand, they clearly feel lots of things. On the other hand, only someone without a heart could bite ice cream that much and not feel pain.

[@ceridwenaeradwr8105]

You'd think. My dad can go through a sizeable ice cream cone in seconds. I've seen him bite into it. No wincing. Nothing. I have no explanation.

[@coastersplus]

"People are more complex than nobodies" Oh come on Axel, you've already met Sora

[@timbates12]

I've always kindof liked the idea that the organisation just flat do not understand their own emotions, or how they work. They're a group of people whose only common feature is a sort of ennui motivated by feeling like they don't belong in the world, like their existence is somehow illegitimate. Hence, their emotions are also illegitimate. Anything otherwise would challenge their worldview. It's part of why I think they're quite a good metaphor for depression; depressed people can show any kind of outward behaviour, from manic excitement to dissaffected loneliness, but tend to have a similar thread of feeling out of step with the world around them, and generally illegitimate, to the point of denying one's own feelings, or any stimulus which challenges the things your depression has told you are true. I'd also argue that scenes like the one with Roxas and Axel on the clocktower where Axel dismisses Roxas' fear aren't trying to convey that Axel is right, because it treats Roxas' fears, like most of the concerns of the more sympathetic organisation members, as legitimate. At least, I sure hope the revelation is 'the organisation's emotions were always there and valid, they just didn't understand them', both because I think it strengthens the pathos of the group as a whole if this whole time they were a bunch of guys trying to figure things out, who never had all the answers, and also because otherwise... yikes...

[@Mother_boards]

You know, as someone who is adamantly not a fan of KH, I gotta say that watching this one so far has been really enjoyable! I think I like it a lot more, because of how personal the story feels, compared to the grandeur and bombast of the other titles.

[@samuelturner6076]

Ok, the whole nobodies not having hearts and emotions, that’s technically true, let me break it down. Nobodies are formed when a person with a strong will/soul/mind looses their heart, their will and body persist and form a Nobody. The stronger the will of the person the higher rank their Nobody will be, for example the organisation members are the highest rank, having the strongest wills allowing them to retain their human form. As Nobodies utilise the soul and body of the original person, (remember soul in KH can also be called the mind ie the persons memories) they still retain their memories from their human life, and act accordingly, basically it’s muscle memory in a sense, as since the Nobody knows what it’s like to have experience the emotion, and knows what their human form would do in this situation they act accordingly, therefore any situation in which they a Nobody seems like they are acting with emotion is just a mere act, basically the muscle memory from their previous life. SPOILERS: But that’s not all, this only really applies to Nobodies in the truest sense, for example you know how days 1-7 Roxas was basically a zombie, that’s because he’s a complete bumbling newborn Nobody, and although Roxas is a special case I’m pretty sure most of the others members more “emotional” aspects were also nonexistent/toned down at conception. Any actions they would take based on their memories would probably be more matter of fact like, and less human emotion like. Now this is because as we learn later in KHDDD, although nobodies have no hearts, it’s not like that’s the optimal condition, just like how when we get a scar our body repairs the damage, Nobodies slowly start to grow new hearts over time in order to replace the ones they lost. Therefore Xemnas is dancing around the truth when he’s telling the organisation members that the only way to be complete is to form Kingdom Hearts as if left alone long enough they’ll probably eventually get new hearts, though how good those hearts are is unknown ie is it just as good as the old? Worse? Better? So basically Nobodies that have existed for a while have slivers of a heart, which grows over time, therefore they are not fully feeling the emotion but act like they have it based on both their memories and the sliver of heart that they posess.

[@EldritchZoeArchive]

The Phil joke is really starting to bug me. Repeating it this much not only kills the surface level joke, but also doesn't work for the subtext joke that, in Greek, Phil actually WOULD be using two words (assuming I'm not misremembering).

[@TheBoundFenrir]

D: I did not know this. That's awesome if it's true.

[@AnAngryGranny]

That's right. I can't remember the exact words, but basically the "I am retired" from the original joke does translate to just two words in Greek

[@smallpoly10]

I'm sick of it too. They feel the need to use that gag in every single KH game.

[@pinkwings8036]

I feel robbed that the organization members don't get cute Halloween Town costumes.

[@minorex123]

Plot twist: they're already wearing them

[@darter9000]

Those three tricksters definitely benefited from not running into the more... standard members of the Organization.

[@TheBoundFenrir]

Can you imagine what would have happened if they ran int Saix? XD He'd even have a moon to use for his berserker beat-down. Or, if she were still around at this point, Larxene! I'd pay big bucks to see *that* thunderstorm!

[@LDSkyknight]

Or Xemnas 😂

[@Eric-md3mp]

I had always assumed the no feelings thing was something xemnas made up to help him control the others

[@AM-we1es]

37:45 Yes! We have the backing of the Carrie in our just cause! Forwards, anti-ice-cream-bite coalition!

[@Raggedstar]

Count me in on that. I've always had shudders down my spine when I see them biting their ice cream and it's really personally unsettling lol.

[@AnAngryGranny]

I learned at an early age not to bite into my ice cream. Cold teeth make for a lesson you don't soon forget

[@Overhazard]

To be fair, that ice cream never seems to melt. I think they have to bite into it, or they'll never finish eating it.

[@AnAngryGranny]

Also to be fair, we don't ever SEE them finishing any of the ice cream, so I mean...

[@Overhazard]

@@AnAngryGranny I could swear there was a cutscene in which Roxas finishes one of them and reads the now-exposed message on the stick.

[@megabyte01]

Thank you for bringing the video to a full stop around 15:45! My brother and I have talked about his topic several times. It bothered me too until he explained more of what was going on

[@callowguru2611]

S tier Carrie edits today.

[@timothymclean]

2:10: Do you ever think they overused that gag? (Couldn't they at least spice it up with the occasional "Two words: Oneword"? 6:10: Pretty tricky, right? 9:35: Dude. _Never_ say that to a kid. I can't even make a joke about that, it's just cruel. 15:20: And even if it _is_ disproved, it's still kind of a stupid plot point, since the Nobodies aren't exactly subtle about feeling feelings. They do it all the time! How do they not notice? 21:50: Pumping oxygenated blood through the body and deoxygenated blood through the lungs? 29:15, 29:35: Real female Carrie has the appropriate reaction. I wonder if Arxcire would feel the same way... 32:25: Demyx, that's Axel's thing. Find your own thing, or you'll learn how flammable your sitar is. Got it memorized?

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

The Hercules movie did mix it up early on. When Hercules asks Phil to train him to be a hero: Phil: "My answer for you is two words...!" [Zeus strikes him with lightning] Phil: "...okay."

[@dduuddeechil]

You would be great at citations my dude

[@petervilla5221]

Upvoting for Arxcire. That's quite clever.

[@timothymclean]

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter I know. Why can't the game? ...Wait, it was only once?

[@nogginscratcher]

Even worse with the three words / two words gag... originally it was clever because the equivalent phrase in Greek _really was_ two words. Now they're just slapping it in every which way when it doesn't even make sense.

[@missedthebandwagon976]

I didn't think I would ever miss Riku, but dangit, it was really nice seeing him again. He was also super cool! That fluid animation, the chop to Xion's back! I mean, poor Xion...But anything for awesome Riku!

[@HogdahlThomas]

I read it as more akin to feeling empty in a way that someone who is seriously depressed might

[@dimwarlock]

Axel doesn't want to believe he has a heart to feel with because he has been working too long and too hard for his cause. He wants to believe that he is going to receive a heart (whatever that is) at the end of his struggle, that's why he closed himself... but then Roxas and Xion appeared. That's why Saix tells him "you've changed", he is showing emotions, helping others despite The Main Objective, the cult is losing power over him, but he still wants to believe on that promise.

[@nataliahassan1920]

19:44 - 19:57 I've always wondered how Xion presented to Riku for him to have this reaction. Did he see Sora because he expected to see Sora due to the Keyblade she uses, and between having seen Roxas and knowing Sora was asleep it freaked him out that there was another Sora-nobody-person-whatever scared him? Did he see Kairi and the dissonance between Kairi being there and having Sora's Keyblade freaked him out? Did he see some combination of them? A person flickering between Sora's appearance and Kairi's? Who is she in Riku's eyes?

[@Felipe-hl6nh]

When Nobodies are born, they can't have feelings as they don't have hearts One thing that Xemnas left out while explaining his plan to take kingdom hearts is that Nobodies can for connections that can "regrow" their hearts He probably did that so Nobodies wouldn't try to and keep to the plan

[@Cmil]

Spoiler maybe? You've been warned. As far as I understand nobodys can grow new hearts and start feeling emotions, xemnas just decides to skip this part so they stay focused on bringing back kingdom hearts, which will supposedly grant them hearts. Altough xenmas plan of course is to nort all of them

[@roy4173]

I felt eventually Dan would have to pause the video to respond to what was going on. The scenes keep moving at a brisk pace it's hard to say anything during the breaks in between scenes for fear of missing new dialogue or breaking the rhythm of an event. So Dan's response to the story had to be condensed into one or two word thoughts. Good to finally see something bother him so much that he actually forced a break to get it all out. I imagine it was difficult trying to abbreviate everything you want to say into 2-second bites.

[@salgen1319]

I've just been binging this series up to this point, but the "sit and watch the sunset" scene's music is already nostalgic to me.

[@Biklingchan85]

21:00: I just keep imagining a parody in my head of that scene, where Riku says, "Fair enough. I guess you could say I'm... (puts sunglasses over his blindfold) the biggest 'Nobody' of them all." (cut to a "YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH" somewhere in space) Also, gotta love how Roxas casually just takes bombs to the face. XD Also also, 37:45: I feel ya there, Carrie.

[@FallenWhiteSaber]

For the Nobodies can't feel thing. It's a psychological phenomena known as emotional numbing, given all the light and darkness as metaphor thing, in that mindset, it makes sense that Nobodies "think" they can't feel anything, but, the body belies the mind, hence the weird as hell lore.

[@Screwtapello]

Is anyone else annoyed that the Twilight Town clock tower has "1" at the top instead of "12"? Also, I was thinking Dan did a very true-to-life Jack Skellington, but by this point I'm mostly remembering Dan's performances in previous games rather than the original voice actor. Well done impersonating Past Dan, Dan!

[@AnAngryGranny]

I've actually been looking at that clock tower myself. I'd need a full shot of the face, but I suspect the "I" being at the top isn't the only problem it's got going on

[@ImperatorPenguin]

Agreed... Organization XIII wouldn't even bother with it's stated goals if they COULDN'T feel anything. Heck, they'd probably just be blank mannequin like beings if that played a part.

[@Notmyday2009]

That's literaly how they start when there firsth recruited.

[@chcoman123]

SPOILERS FOR DREAM DROP DISTANCE: Yeah it was really stupid. They later retconned that in DDD when it's revealed that Nobodies aren't born with hearts, but they eventually do grow new hearts. By the point that 358/2 Days takes place, all the Organization 13 members most likely had hearts, but none of them knew this since Xemnas deliberately kept this information from them to make them focus on making Kingdom Hearts.

[@iantaakalla8180]

I like how they are all like “I feel vestigial feelings” but Xemnas is gaslighting them by saying they are just similarities to what their Somebodies would behave like but some actions are very emotional (and we did not even have Birth by Sleep or Chi/Union Cross/Dark Road for comparison).

[@Sientir]

Carrie's commentary was on point in this one! Then again, that's typical of Carrie commentary when it shows up.

[@1000PaperLilies]

"There's something missing... It's on the tip of Our tongue, but We just can't recall... We've got it! It's missing excitement! Pure, heart-stopping, soul-shaking excitement! The sky is simply not exciting! It's dull and uninteresting! We'll tell you what's spine-tingling! Getting blown up! Even the idea of it makes Our stomach clench! Quickly, to Earth, before We get blasted away!"

[@velemamba260]

I think it's the case that newly formed Nobodies don't have hearts and can't feel, but if they can develop bonds and relationships, they can develop hearts and become people of their own. I'm also guessing that Xemnas probably wasn't keen to share that little tidbit.

[@LadyPorple]

Possible Spoilers Ahead: I'm pretty sure Roxas *does* have a heart, it's Ventus's heart, hence why they look alike. Axel might be feeling emotion vicariously through Roxas, as I'm pretty sure in one of the games he comments about how being around Roxas made him feel like somebody.

[@brockormond4131]

Ah, NOW it feels like a PlayFrame episode. Welcome back Carrie quips :P

[@datanaral6031]

I hear you and agree regarding the whole "nobodies can't feel" thing, Dan. It was a somewhat dubious claim even prior to 358/2, but the extent to which this game builds its characters on actions and thoughts clearly grounded in emotion makes their continued belief in their lack of emotions perplexing. If there was a thematic or narrative purpose to the characters saying one thing and behaving totally contrary throughout this game, it blew past me in my own playthrough. I'm hoping revisiting the story this way will clarify things a bit.

[@MrAuthor3DS]

15:00 Axel, I'm pretty sure that's what cult leaders tell you.

[@chezblob3628]

This entire episode I thought of the sound when they bite the ice cream and at the end Carrie read my mind like a genie

[@rmsgrey]

It's not clear whether Nobodies were supposed to be capable of actually feeling (rather than pretending to feel) emotions back in CoM, but Axel definitely felt emotions in KH2 - his last words about Roxas (and Sora) making him feel like he had a heart make it clear that it was intentional, not just bad writing. So in Days, the idea that Nobodies can't feel is known by the devs to be false, but believed by the Organization members. There's a bit more to reveal in the remaining games.

[@missedthebandwagon976]

Hahaha, this was the best episode yet! You echoed my thoughts exactly when Axel was saying they don't have feelings, thank you for that. And pausing the gameplay to explain stuff, just hilarious. When Carrie added that watching them bite ice cream made her teeth hurt, that's what I've been thinking for episodes! THAnk you! Maybe they don't have feelings, at least in their teeth... Honestly tho, thought it was pretty annoying when she "corrected" what Axel was saying about girls. I mean, the whole point is neither of them really know what they're talking about, right? Plus, if you don't think what he was saying is right, so what? You don't jump in when Jafar is giving his evil monologue about obtaining power or whatever, saying that that's bad. Maybe it was just for comedic effect, I didn't find it funny but different strokes for different folks. But I couldn't help but think "Let Axel say what he will, and let me decide for myself if I agree before you jump in and tell me the "right" answer."

[@AnAngryGranny]

Thank you, Carrie! Finally, someone said something about them biting into their ice cream - that's been driving me nuts since the first episode of KH2 Story Mode!

[@jafortune]

Trick or Treat. Never heard of it. Have you tried Bomb or Bonbon?

[@Artista_Frustrado]

-i love Carrie's commentaries, never change... or change for the better? dunno you do you, yer awesome either way -yeah the Nobody's lack of feels is dumb & only gets slightly fixed in BBS. Basically they start without Hears & feels, but with time they start growing back their Hearts but Xemnas basically managed to convince this 13 numbskulls that anything they feel is them faking them (which somehow they never realize that's not how's working) -that Theme of IceCream gives me some serious Undertale vibes - i love the On-going narrative of noone in Halloween Town taking the world ending Heartless seriously, now i really wish Heartless Ansem showed up in there

[@thegustbag]

"I think when we have hearts we won't need to think about why we're doing all of this" welp, Roxas, my boy... have I got some disappointing things to tell you about having a heart.

[@jonathanfaber3291]

9:23 yeah nier: automata whathisname returns! I wonder if they feel emotions differently, mimicking the emotional range of Somebodies, while never properly feeling it themselves, they understand what sadness or happiness is, so they are able to experience it "properly". Or maybe they just exaggerate what emotions are meant to feel like or something?

[@WannabeCanadianDev]

"You ever wonder why we're here?" "It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it? Why are we here? Do we really exist? Do we have Hearts? Can we truly feel?" "... What!? No! I meant, why are *here* on this Clocktower, eating ice cream!" "Oh uh.... Yeah..."

[@AlEcyler]

Carrie's editorial comment game is *ON* *POINT*

[@nathanjxaxson]

Carrie's reciting and comments are priceless.

[@pyrosianheir]

Legit thought you told one of your cats to "stop it" there for a second when you were talking to Axel. XD

[@Overhazard]

Nobodies don't feel scared? So they have no fear? Well, that must explain why they keep throwing themselves recklessly at Sora, one by one (and sometimes Riku), only to get eliminated, and none of them ever stop and think that fighting Sora is a bad idea. I mean, I can see Luxord being a late-game enemy. He's a gambler and he seeks risk. But someone like Saïx never thinks, "This boy and his friend have already disappeared 11 of us. What are the odds that I can make it through this one?" Fear is an important thing to feel, and Inside Out illustrates that. We have fear to keep ourselves out of dangerous situations and so we can assess risk. Without fear, we'd all have gone extinct long ago. Too much fear is bad, of course. But having no fear at all is even worse. (Also, it's pretty obvious Demyx fears a lot of things.)

[@ayme9153]

Oh come on indeed, Carrie!

[@DarkinPunk]

Re: Pause-Nobody-chat-Unpause. Even when I played KH2 the first time and the whole "Nobodies don't actually exist" thing came up I shouted at my TV about how stupid that was. Just wanted one time when Sora said that to an Org member they slapped him across the face and when he asked what was that for they just gave him this look and said "What do you mean? *I don't exist, remember*?" Then Sora feels stupid about believing something so dumb in the first place. Like it was so obviously stupid that I was certain that when Yen Sid said it, I was certain that he was going to turn out to be an antagonist with a hidden agenda.

[@losgann]

I'm still not convinced Nomura has ever met a woman.

[@YourGMJay]

The pacing of this is both tortureous and also deeply satisfying.

[@rundinj]

On this the day of KHIII we watch this episode

[@dragonbretheren]

37:45 Carrie, I agree completely. I wince every time they do it.

[@DreagonHartzly]

Dan's Jack voice is on point! Two thumbs up!

[@acecat2798]

Axel is normally a good influence as far as big brother friends go, but he has decided to wear the Bad Advice Hat for this episode.

[@1224chrisng]

maybe it's somehow ingrained in their societal culture that Nobodies can't have Emotions, and it's repeated to them over and over again that it's ingrained in their minds too because obviously it's false, but what are things in our society that's so ingrained we can't stop believing it

[@KonLesh]

Going old school with that pause screen.

[@oakenshadow6763]

Ghost Dorito. That is so cute. 25:55

[@tzisorey]

Since only the keyblade can release a heart to be collected, it occurs to me that they missed the opportunity to explain away bad companion AI as "I'll help weaken them, but you'll need to finish them off, so we can collect the heart"

[@AllieYea]

Watching this video on my breaks from playing KH3. Sora bless. 😌

[@litchick89]

Yes! This! 😻

[@dduuddeechil]

You and me both!

[@chcoman123]

SPOILERS FOR DREAM DROP DISTANCE: Believe or not Dan, yes, the whole things about Nobodies not having emotions or hearts is actually one giant lie. They reveal that Nobodies do eventually get hearts even if they aren't born with one; and that their body eventually naturally creates a new one.

[@coffeecup1196]

37:45 I have two words: I agree

[@bwminich]

From what I'm seeing in this game, it's clear they can feel, etc., but have been told they don't. It's why Xion and Roxas keep asking if they can feel. Axel is feeding them the party line, but I'm thinking that at this point, it rings hollow to us, I kinda think it should by this point. It seems like a scam to get them to work toward Kingdom Hearts, really. "You Nobodies can't feel, have no clue what that's like. To figure that out, for the low low price of Kingdom Hearts, just follow our evil schemes! Ignore the actual feelings you are having, they aren't actual feelings." It's totally manipulations from what I'm seeing at this point in the plot.

[@MrJChristianz]

Is it wrong that i was waiting for this video for the last 30 minutes?

[@dduuddeechil]

S'aul good, man

[@AM-we1es]

And next in the long Kingdom hearts line of "character (often female) exists solely to get saved": XION!!!

[@Valtharr]

Oh, believe me, there's much more to her. Much more.

[@AM-we1es]

@@Valtharr i know, she gets really important. But for now, KH keeps its old habits.

[@DesViper]

29:55 sage advice from Axel here....

[@lonyaidaniel]

Hello! I don't really understand why did Xion leave Roxas after their conversation from 21:30. Could somebody explain it to me? Thank you very much!

[@Mobiusassassinimo]

I think Halloween town can tell us what time of year it is during each game

[@adonaiblackwood]

@15:30 - so what’s the definitive answer? Do Nobody’s have feelings? 🧐

[@callowguru2611]

Ghost dorito omg

[@StormyStories]

Roxas Saying he couldn't ever bear to forget Axel or Shion, is the saddest thing in the world...T_T

[@Actual_Mr_G]

Regarding the "Nobodies don't have a heart": First, you probably have never met a sociopath ... Second, you probably haven't played Dream Drop Distance.

[@firockfinion3326]

But, they _did_ get him with that grenade.

[@GraveKing3473]

Wait...what's wrong with biting ice cream? Is this some societal foux pas I'm unaware of? Is it like eating a taco sideways, or taking a bite of all four KitKat pieces at once? Who has the time to eat ice cream without biting it? I...I don't understand. Help? The 'teeth hurt' part makes me think this has something to do with poor dental hygiene...'cause teeth aren't supposed to *feel* if they are healthy, much less hurt...I'm so confused by this...

[@sparksbet]

Even healthy teeth can feel some things (there's nerves and shit under that enamel), especially temperature, and a lot of people are particularly susceptible to cold temperature to the extent that biting something very cold, like ice cream, is painful.

[@coastersplus]

Depends very much on the type of ice cream and KH's "ice cream" looks rather solid

[@AnAngryGranny]

Teeth don't feel - they don't have hearts. It's probably just the teeth's memories of feeling things from before they were teeth that's bothering people

[@MiseFreisin]

Drewdini hahahahahaha

[@Ultracity6060]

Heh, at the beginning of this I got an ad for Kingdom Hearts 3.

[@salgen1319]

"I couldn't bear to lose my memories of you or Xion." :(

[@longlostwraith5106]

Luckily, neither do my teeth hurt when I bite ice-cream nor do I get brain-freeze. My tongue does get numb sometimes, though.

[@Soumein]

I'm stuck deciding if Roxas is the opposite of Sora, or just an empty Sora.

[@Volvagia1927]

So, at this pace...15 parts?

[@smallpoly10]

I'm also on the side of nobodies being wrong about not having feelings. I suspect they were just manipulated to believe this so they'd feel compelled to complete kingdom hearts.

[@roy4173]

It's been forever since I last saw Hercules. Does Phil literally say that joke at every scene? Does he have no other "-isms" so to speak?

[@coastersplus]

I believe there's one instance of him saying "two words" and then saying three, and one instance of saying "two words" and then saying one. I don't know why the KH team made it basically the central focus of his character. I guess some of his implied behavior is a bit much for KH but that "joke" really is starting to get grating.

[@MiseFreisin]

It's his Kingdom Hearts catchphrase. Got it memorized?

[@AoiAesuithiel]

Am I the only person who would call that "ice cream" a popsicle? It throws me off everytime I hear them say it haha

[@hughjass3640]

carrie's sassiness from the editing room really made this episode (bc she's right)

[@phyrofox1641]

Its a meee, a Danno

[@XanathosZero]

Let's-a-go! =D

[@inshayana]

Carrie, you're awesome.

[@dduuddeechil]

I love how irritated Dan is with the whole "bUt nOboDieS cAnT haVe eMotiOns" shtick hes calling it out mid-cutscene

[@knobelaxphormi6320]

Looks like axel pushed someone's button. *people I joke. Good fun.

[@FleurXedas]

You know the amount of ice cream they eat must be bad for their health, (tho that health does not exist because they don't exist)

[@qwerty77772]

I hope you are playing KH3 in your spare time. Difficult to avoid the spoiler leaks now :/

[@timothymclean]

Is Vader Sora's father, too?

[@qwerty77772]

Timothy McLean Mother, actually. Vader was in KH1 the whole time!

[@Duiker36]

@@qwerty77772 darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1152.html Has spoilers, I guess?

[@wetdragonfly4301]

The Phil can’t count joke is getting old as fuck now at least one time per game please.

[@InvincibleWereWeasel]

By which we mean explosive lol

[@raupy_prince]

29:30 with all the weird lore and plot points kingdom hearts has, this was by far the stupidest piece of dialogue in the entire series

[@Valtharr]

Well, I hate Riku now *_HE HURT THE CHILD!_* (I also hate Saix, of course, but he's always been a dick) Also, once again, they send Roxas on a mission to kill a Pureblood Heartless for no reason. Oh, and Roxas saying he couldn't bear to forget about Axel or Xion...seeing what happens later, that's... Gosh, this game just makes me cry...

[@TamTroll]

gaddang, the KH team REAALLY overdoes that "Phil says he has two of something then says three things" gimmick. it was funny the first few times but now... ugh...

[@coastersplus]

Disney: "Okay, you can use that joke two times." Square Enix:

[@Overhazard]

Best not to read or watch Black Clover then, because like three quarters of the main characters are like Phil, only cranked up even more. Yuki Tabata seems to find the running gag as the pinnacle of humor.

[@Notmyday2009]

The coliseum is used so often is because the setting is Kingdom hearth invention. So they don't have to pay royalties to Disney Hercules as long they don't use the character likeness those they do have to pay royalties. I think this is why in Birth by sleep Hercules is just silhouette if I remember correctly.

[@ElGodt]

Hey Dan. Since I don´t have twitter I will just post here. Would you, maybe, consider Kingdom Come: Deliverance to play for Story Mode? Greetings, Daniel

[@vibes5805]

Phil's joke is getting real tiring real quick lol

[@dvklaveren]

Alright. I'm a bit. Miffed with you for disliking this bit so much. Because this is something that a lot of people with mental health issues have. It's called anhedony and there's variations of it. One of the more consistent things that I hear about in the mental health sector is clients who can't feel their emotions anymore. Only state them and act on them. It's a very weird thing, but it is definitely something that happens and imagine that in Japan, this is even more true due to the stress people are under. This isn't something you can find out easily, I know that. But I wish it wasn't a _complaint._ Because people like this exist, including me.

[@PepperoniMage]

Nobodies claiming to not have feelings isn't the same as that. They're not saying they don't feel, but that those feelings are artificial. It's literally a metaphysical world building debate, not a representation of a real mental health issue despite the surface similarities. Dan's not complaining about real people not feeling their feelings due to mental health issues he's criticizing characters for falling for an obvious lie by clearly displaying emotions whether they have memories or not while claiming they can't feel. I don't say this to minimize the serious issue you're bringing up but to clarify that's not at all what Dan was commenting on and I'd hope that with this in mind you don't take it as an attack on something so personal.

[@dvklaveren]

@@PepperoniMage Nobodies don't have hearts. That's the canon metaphysical explanation for why nobodies can't feel things. They have lost their connection to who they are and to those that defined them. This is such a strong force in the Kingdom Hearts universe that lacking such an identity literally makes your body able to transform itself since it has nothing tying it down. This is also a reference to húndún, the 'unformed' chaos from which all things were made, often described as a sack or an egg. Your explanation isn't really accurate. I appreciate the time you took to write it, but I'm afraid you've not really understood this part of the Kingdom Hearts lore. Which is fine, it's a loveable mess.

[@dakirakage]

Were the side games ever on PS2? Caauussee this is VERY badly graphed

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Only Chain of Memories. The higher quality cutscenes here are taken from a cinematic compilation on PS3/4.