Roxas's STUNNING Growth Throughout the Kingdom Hearts Series

Roxas Throughout Kingdom Hearts had such a fantastic Story arch since his introduction. I didn't go over every little thing...I feel like that would have given me too much work with too little time to play Tears of the Kingdom. Do you want to see Roxas in the future arch? What was your favorite portion in Kingdom Hearts? Be sure to subscribe if this is your first time here!

Roxas and Xion have always been my favourite characters from the KH story, despite really relating to Sora wanting to find his friends again (I've lost many to circumstances I could do nothing about). Their identity crisis within themselves of who they are and what they stood for, and who they could turn to if things heated up, always resonated within; not knowing whether someone is to be trusted or a friend becoming an enemy of sorts, not due to wanting to be enemies but due to cruel circumstances making it so. And Xion being the character who was otherwise destined to be forgotten, no matter the effort, is probably something many can relate to; no matter what you would and could do for oneself and others, sometimes the environments are made so you're easier to forget, cruel but true. Roxas, being conflicted of wanting to be his own, wanting his friends to be their own, but realizing that it was all meaningless - it is such a disheartening and despairing revelation. But something made Roxas go on still and that part I loved so much as little and still do. The level of depth it shows, how much taking just one heart in seeking shelter can do to a character and alter the entire events unfolding afterwards, emphasizes the importance of the innocuous butterfly effect; that one act of kindness can form many friendships later on.

So a key difference I picked up over the years between roxas and sora is. Roxas lacks sora's unwavering kindness however roxas has sora's courage. A good example of this is in DDD when roxas is talking to sora. It is implied that if sora had lost Roxas wouldn't have tried to get sora a body because Roxas would have viewed that he deserved to exist and sora didn't. It is because of sora's kindness that sora wanted to give roxas's life back to him and viewed him as his own person.

3 hours in a tutorial and he was always more relatable than sora ever was to me. Dont get me wrong i love my spiky island boi but Roxas just feels so humam

I'll say you brought up some nice points with the Disney Worlds in KH2 and them tying back to Roxas. For a while now, I've considered the use of the Disney worlds in KH2 to be among the weakest in the series with little they connected to the main story (with the exception of Beast's Castles).

A thought occurs while watching this that it would be hilarious to see the next struggle tournament. You have all these normal kids (and Setzer) fighting with their toy foam swords, and then RAX show up with their crazy magic and techniques obliterating the competition.

A big downfall of the series is the inevitable tying back to Sora. I always hope the Seasalt family (Isa, Lea, Roxas, and Xion) will be able to move forward with their own stories without having to rely on Sora's connections.

Roxas is my favorite character and best character in kh series. He so tragic

such a great video man! ive always loved roxas. was this cool edgy version of sora that i always resonated with just a little bit more. I always wanted sora to be angry about what was happening to him and his friends and roxas felt like that released

this video just gave me a new appreciation for Roxas' character.

I've never really thought about it that way, especially with the Struggle tournament. I always thought that it was just some tournament with a cool name and me struggling to keep all the marbles on Roxas lol. But to hear your take on it, especially with the Struggle that Roxas goes through, this has just opened my eyes for more. Thank you!

I feel like ignoring Re:Coded was a massive mistake. Sure Roxas isn’t in much of Re:Coded, but his appearance does speak volumes about his character. Data Roxas battles Data Sora to ensure that the actual Sora could bear the pain the people residing in his heart felt, one of whom being him. Furthermore, Roxas’ hurt is a direct result of Sora’s actions. Had Sora not sacrificed himself to save Kairi, Roxas would’ve never existed and he’d never had to experience the pain of losing Xion and Axel as well as all the insanity that happened during the KH2 prologue. In a way, it’s a test to see if Sora can deal with what he put Roxas through, unintentionally or otherwise. This also recontextualizes the scene from DDD where Roxas lets Sora feel his pain, since Data Sora passed the test and proved he could handle it.

Now I have a tear coming down my face like a dear friend just got erased from my memories 😂 great vid dude!

Welp this made me cry again. Totally worth it 😭

10:47 kinda right. He takes on some of Ven’s appearance( mainly his hair) but roxas’s face and body is meant to look like sora. ( hence what the games tend to show us multiple times). He is , like you said, to be kinda a shadow to sora. He simply takes “some” of Ven’s appearance and ability to also use the Keyblade ( probably why he can have two Keyblades) I love the video overall. ( Roxas is definitely my favorite character of the series)

I wasn’t crying at the icecream trio reunion in 3 you were

Roxas is my favorite character in the whole series, great Content.

Amazing vid!🙌 Roxas is of one of my top 5 characters in KH!

If it is conclude, the difference and similarities with him and Sora would be: Similarities: - Cares a lot about his friends - Same skill level in fighting - Would overcome any challenge with flying colours Difference: - Smarter, to some extent - Not a pushover and much more introverted. - Wouldn't mind saying "f*ck" in certain situations

fantastic video. roxas has always been my favorite character from the kh series & this is a great showcase of his evolution throughout the series