Re: Kingdom Hearts 3's theme song "Chikai" lyrics translation
What's poorly explained about it? From what we've seen nobodies seem to age at the same rate as humans. There is a clear age difference from the organization members and their human selfs we see in BBS.
Nomura's said (after Days but before BBS) that Nobodies don't age because they have no hearts, but when BBS came out, Lea, Isa, and Ienzo were clearly children and teens. It's even more muddled because of DDD saying that, yes, they can regrow hearts, which begs the question: do they continue aging when they get hearts?
I think that's where the confusion lays, but this is one of the times where "Don't hold Nomura's words as gospel" is true, because the games themselves never state this iirc, and clearly is not the case anymore.
Technically speaking Roxas is not even five years old. The entire process in which nobodies age is poorly explained. Physical apperance aside, Axel is not that old and he doesn't suddenly become a man who's lived for 25+ years when his original self is restored as Lea didn't exist for many years.
I wasn't talking about their physical appearance at all.
"Technical" age aside, Roxas is 14-15 because that's the age Sora was, that's his mental age and how he acts. Lea-Axel-Lea are one continuous being (they retain the same memories and desires). He was 15 in BBS and looks like Axel (not BBS Lea) when he wakes up.
If you still want to believe the "Nobodies don't age" thing, that's only talking about physical age. Cognitively, Axel is at least 25. Cognitively, Roxas is 14 and lacks basic fundamental knowledge about himself and the world.
And that's still not addressing how Axel treated Roxas throughout all of Days and KH2.
But my point was that no pairing actually has any romantic chemistry to begin with, so any shipping is simply reaching, yet if you're looking at what's available then Roxas and Axel sure has more to build on than any other couple.
Sora and Riku == Best friends since they were kids, were rivals for a long time, Riku got jealous because Sora got new friends, Riku spent a year trying to get Sora to wake up and was too ashamed to see him again, Sora falls to his knees crying when he sees Riku again, Sora and Riku admit they were jealous of each other and are glad they can be each other's friend, Sora promises Aqua to save Riku if he goes down a dark path, Riku thinks about Sora and how Sora has his back at the end of every world in DDD, the song they create together is "Dearly Beloved" and "Passion" was written about their reunion.
Sora and Kairi == Best friends since they were kids, Kairi gave him her wayfinder twice, Sora says several times over the course of KH1 and KH2 that there's stuff he wants to tell Kairi/show her, he sees Jack/Sally dancing and imagines him and Kairi, Donald/Goofy tease Sora for his crush on Kairi, As kids they drew pictures of each other and added paopu to it, she cries when she sees it because she's devastated that he's gone, Sora turns himself into a Heartless to save Kairi and is saved by her light, Sora's memories of Kairi were so strong that it shaped Xion's appearance, Namine uses the basis of his memories/feelings for Kairi to manipulate him, Sora calls Kairi his light and his most special person, Kairi was able to remember Sora when no one else did, Kairi mentions several times how she's sick of seeing Sora/Riku get hurt when she's on the sidelines and that's why she wants to fight, Kairi says Sora's smile will save the world.
Roxas and Xion == Become best friends and grew hearts because of their friendship with each other and Axel, Bonded because they were the only Nobodies without memories, vaguely connected because of they remembered Sora's memories (specifically sitting on the pier with Kairi watching the sunset), Roxas spent most of his time in the Organization either worried about Xion or wondering what was going on with himself, Xion visited Destiny Islands and kept thinking about how much Roxas would've liked it, Xion collected sea shells and kept it by his head until he woke up, sacrificed herself to save Sora and Roxas, spoke to Riku to stop Roxas from going on a suicide mission to destroy the Organization.
Roxas and Axel == They had ice cream together everyday with Xion, Axel lied and hid information from Roxas, Axel took advantage of Roxas's lack of knowledge and trust in him, Roxas ran away from the Organization because he was sick of everyone (especially Axel) mistreating him and Xion, Axel was willing to kill Roxas in KH2 because he wouldn't go back with him.
But that's not "reaching". How exactly are you defining "romantic chemistry"? Just having a well defined dynamic doesn't mean they have to be romantically interested in each other.
