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He sued his keyblade against Xion in days but at the end he was talking about how it may be suicidal to go against Roxas. Well yeah without using a keyblade it would be hard to win. So why didn't he?
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The reason why Roxas even threw Oblivion to Riku in the first place was because Xion apparently made him
-- When Roxas tries to do what Xion has asked of him, Riku hears Xion's voice asking him to stop Roxas. Why?
Nomura: First he have to look at things in order. First, the reason why Roxas throws a keyblade to Riku, and we then see a vision of Xion, is that there is a small remaining part of Xion in Roxas that wants to stop him, and makes him take those actions. The name of the keyblade that is given to Riku suggests that it has something to do with Xion. Xion wants Roxas to set Kingdom Hearts free, but doesn't want him to face Xemnas right now. She sees that he would most likely lose. So she begs Riku to stop him.
I never knew she forced his hand. That would make sense. Was this mentioned in the novels?
(Semantically speaking, his Keyblade and the Soul Eater are the same weapon)
---We found out that Riku's Keyblade's name is "Way to the Dawn" when examining his item slots after he joined your party. Is that Keyblade a transfigured version of Soul Eater?
Nomura: I designed it with that image. Since Riku has always been using Soul Eater, he still calls it that even after it changed form. Keyblades aren't something that you can obtain suddenly out of nowhere so in Riku's case, his Soul Eater was used as an intermediary for that Keyblade.
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Lea said he had trouble trying to summon his Keyblade, so that's why he used his chakrams.Not exactly. I mean, it is the medium Riku used to call upon his Keyblade, but he can still use Soul Eater as shown in KH3D when he calls upon it while voicing his doubts over being worthy of the Keyblade.
It merely serves as an intermediary, not exactly the weapon itself. Similar to how Lea probably kept calling on his chakrams instead of his Keyblade until he just did it at the end of KH3D
Also, technically the Soul Eater and Riku's Keyblade are the same thing, just in different forms. In fact, the Soul Eater is a Keyblade according to Mobile and Days: Mobile calls it a Keyblade, and no other source calls it "not a Keyblade", and in Days the Soul Eater releases pink hearts from Heartless, something that is explicitly said only a Keyblade can do.
Also, technically the Soul Eater and Riku's Keyblade are the same thing, just in different forms. In fact, the Soul Eater is a Keyblade according to Mobile and Days: Mobile calls it a Keyblade, and no other source calls it "not a Keyblade", and in Days the Soul Eater releases pink hearts from Heartless, something that is explicitly said only a Keyblade can do.
First, there's no source in the main series that calls it "not a Keyblade". Second, a Keyblade is technically a type of sword.I'm afraid your a bit misinformed on the matter. Mobile isn't canon to the series so whatever it lists, that is in contradiction to the main games, is false.
Days never calls it a keyblade, in fact it refers to it as a "sword swimming in darkness".
Actually, I've heard someone saying that if you pay close attention, Donald and Goofy don't release hearts when defeating Heartless in KH2.EVERY weapon releases hearts when a heartless is defeated. You see this countless times whenever Donald, Goofy, Riku or even Leon and gang in kh2 defeat a heartless. (something best seen during the 1000 heartless battle scenes with Leon and co.)
And anyways, Days depicts the difference between a non-freed heart and a freed heart by having any Heartless defeated by a non-Keyblade as a gray heart.I'd watch through days again if I were you because Marluxia explains in detail to roxas how defeating heartless with any weapon releases the hearts but it doesn't free them, they simply reform as heartless else where.
What the keyblade really does is frees the hearts permanently. It keeps them from reforming as heartless after the heartless is destroyed.
Yes, I know only one type of Heartless releases hearts, I just didn't especify because I forgot which it was.Also, since we're talking about it, Marluxia also points out how only the emblem heartless release hearts in days. The pureblood heartless, those that lack emblems on them, dont release anything because when they devour a heart they literally do so. There's nothing to be freed from them.
I forgot what I had in mind when I wrote that post, but I think it was something about the Way to the Dawn and the Soul Eater being two forms of the same thing, since the former used the latter to manifest itself.They aren't the same thing, for reasons already specified by Spock and Anagram in their posts above. The Soul Eater serves as a precursor of, and is not, the Way to the Dawn; they are two separate objects.
The Keyblade of People's Hearts doesn't have the loop and is explicitly a Keyblade.In addition, while not every Keyblade has key chains (dead Keyblades in the Graveyard don't), they all have a loop on the base of their hilt to attach a key chain to. If you look harder, the Soul Eater doesn't even have that loop, so it can't possibly be a Keyblade.
First, there's no source in the main series that calls it "not a Keyblade". Second, a Keyblade is technically a type of sword.
Actually, I've heard someone saying that if you pay close attention, Donald and Goofy don't release hearts when defeating Heartless in KH2.
I forgot what I had in mind when I wrote that post, but I think it was something about the Way to the Dawn and the Soul Eater being two forms of the same thing, since the former used the latter to manifest itself.
The Keyblade of People's Hearts doesn't have the loop and is explicitly a Keyblade.
The Way to the Dawn used the Soul Eater to manifest itself, and the latter is called a Keyblade by an officially published source. Therefore, it's a Keyblade. An incomplete one, but still a Keyblade. An incomplete wall is not a non-wall just because it's incomplete.
There are more details here, where there's a full discussion on whether or not it's a Keyblade.
It also doesn't say that the soul eater IS a keyblade either. In fact every game the soul eater is featured in it is referred too as a sword.First, there's no source in the main series that calls it "not a Keyblade". Second, a Keyblade is technically a type of sword.
Dream Drop Distance Glossary said:A key-shaped weapon forged by man during the age of fairy tales. Any other origins have yet to be revealed.
All Keyblades have one of three natures: light, darkness, or heart. These last two are exceptional; most documented Keyblades, including Sora's and Riku's, are Keyblades of light.
The heart must be proven before a Keyblade will appear in its master's hand.No lock can withstand a Keyblade, nor can any non-agent of light.
Special Keychains allow the Keyblade's appearance and performance to be altered.
What you heard doesnt really change the fact all weapons free hearts as shown here:Actually, I've heard someone saying that if you pay close attention, Donald and Goofy don't release hearts when defeating Heartless in KH2.
This only helps my case not yours. By showing that EVERY weapon frees a heart, it's just that the keyblade makes sure it doesn't reform as a heartless later.And anyways, Days depicts the difference between a non-freed heart and a freed heart by having any Heartless defeated by a non-Keyblade as a gray heart.
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There are more details here, where there's a full discussion on whether or not it's a Keyblade.
First, there's no source in the main series that calls it "not a Keyblade". Second, a Keyblade is technically a type of sword.
I forgot what I had in mind when I wrote that post, but I think it was something about the Way to the Dawn and the Soul Eater being two forms of the same thing, since the former used the latter to manifest itself.
The Keyblade of People's Hearts doesn't have the loop and is explicitly a Keyblade.
The Way to the Dawn used the Soul Eater to manifest itself, and the latter is called a Keyblade by an officially published source. Therefore, it's a Keyblade. An incomplete one, but still a Keyblade. An incomplete wall is not a non-wall just because it's incomplete.
There are more details here, where there's a full discussion on whether or not it's a Keyblade.
Nor is the soul eater a "incomplete" keyblade. Keyblades manifest before their wielders, they dont exist in any physical state until they first appear to their wielder, which we learned in the DDD glossary:
The Ultimania states pretty explicitly that the Soul Eater is the vessel for Riku's keyblade, and Nomura says pretty clearly that Keyblades "don't appear out of nowhere". The implication of that is very clearly "the Soul Eater was turning into the Way to the Dawn" -- anything other than a gradual manifestation would be the "suddenly, out of nowhere" that Nomura specifically says doesn't happen.Keyblades aren't something that you can obtain suddenly out of nowhere so in Riku's case, his Soul Eater was used as an intermediary for that Keyblade.
I'm honestly astounded that you got that they "don't physically exist" from this line. All it's saying is that the Keyblade won't present itself to the wielder's -hand- until they're ready, like Arthur and the Sword from the Stone. We actually have several instances of Keyblades being "delivered to their Masters" (including the very first one we see in the series!), so...this is just a bewildering claim to make.The heart must be proven before a Keyblade will appear in its master's hand.
G-SANtos is referencing an explicit statement from Nomura that the Soul Eater was used as the Way to the Dawn's intermediary; he's not talking about vague "aesthetic similarity".Except the Soul Eater is not even an incomplete Keyblade. I understand it's tempting to think that the it is a Keyblade since it is used as the design basis of the Way to the Dawn, but being an object that the Way to the Dawn was derived from doesn't necessarily mean that the Soul Eater a Keyblade itself.
For example, consider Lea's Keyblade. It was derived from his chakrams, but would you say that his chakrams are a Keyblade?
Whereas the soul is just that, a basic sword. It has none of the powers, abilities or functions the keyblade possess'.
This is rather false. Regardless of whether KHII played it consistently, the Soul Eater possesses the pink-hearts power that Days explicitly states is unique to Keyblades. Whether you consider that a programming oversight or not is up to you, but it is still depicted as happening.This only helps my case not yours. By showing that EVERY weapon frees a heart, it's just that the keyblade makes sure it doesn't reform as a heartless later.