The Hidden Meaning of the Kingdom Hearts II Opening (Sanctuary)

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What's your favorite KH intro?

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Kh2

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KH3

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Kh2

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If you hear more about the song in backwards, some say it’s Riku saying “I hear I was Ansem” and saying it’s his perspective and how he basically got PTSD from KH1 when he got possessed by Ansem, Seeker of Darkness

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He already talked about this.

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Actually, Sanctuary is confirmed to be Riku's thoughts about Sora. Specifically, the turmoil Riku's Jealously, and now, Guilt causes and fact he really, really wants Sora's Attention but doesn't think he deserves it. Lyrics like "I watch you Fast asleep". Riku spend all of 358/2 trying to Wake Sora and staring at his Pod.

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I was thinking from the perspectives of all of nobodies created from the being a vessel for kairi's hearts and the releasing of kairi's heart and sora becoming heartless. They're all connected yet not connected yet connected to sora and encapsulats the confusion and struggle in identity.

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"Close it" made me laugh so hard lmao Also, this video is super underrated, I'll drop a subscribe because you deserve it

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Thank you 🙏😭

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Personally, this song could be as a mix of perspectives from the various people connected with Sora somehow... Kairi, Riku, Namine, Roxas maybe Xion too. They're all connected to Sora in some form and his revival is their biggest wish or goal. Similar to how people are called someone's "safe space", which a "sanctuary" technically is. Sora is home, a dear friend, a hero, their beginning and end.... safety. The lines backwards are from the nobodies perspectives (which makes sense as they are essentially "alternates" of Sora and his friends) and the ones being read normally could be from the fellow normal human friends he has connections with. Just my take on it as I can see logic from just about anyone's POV to some stretch. The story of Kingdom Hearts has a lot to do with connections you make with people, even across lifetimes/realities... so, the song can do the exact same thing depending from which lens you're viewing it through. It's multi-faceted and complex and open to interpretation, which is kind of a theme in KH too, so it's brilliant in any case.

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