His curiosity grows as he ventures to other worlds, and his friendship with Xion and Axel is sweet and compelling. But his exposure to the other Organization XIII members quickly breaks him out of his shell. In the beginning of the game, Roxas is a blank slate, and as such, he’s rather bland. With the hair dye – it’s the only explanation But 358/2 Days surprised me with the lengths it took to develop Roxas’ character and how much it revealed about him, making me realize what a great and tragic character he really is. Not only that, but I didn’t feel that there was anything else that could be said about him when he had already been focused on in Kingdom Hearts II. It was a given that I no longer hated him, but I certainly didn’t think anything else of him. When 358/2 Days first came out, I admit that I didn’t care about Roxas all that much.
Then 358/2 Days came out and gave me a real reason to like Roxas’ character even more. It was a little easier to sympathize with him, and while I certainly didn’t think anything more of him, I felt proud for simply getting over a pathetic reason to hate him. Outside of the fact that I was stupid for thinking Riku would be replaced just because he wasn’t in the handbook, in just those few hours, I witnessed Roxas’ final days in the virtual world as his own person before returning to Sora, and I felt childish for having disliked him so much before. It wasn’t until he returned to Sora that it dawned on me just how unwarranted my hatred for him was. For the entire three hours I spent following his story, I refused to see any potential in his character, and it worked until I got to the end of it. Playing through the prologue of Kingdom Hearts II the first time was difficult because of my hatred for Roxas’ existence. In hindsight, it’s the dumbest thing ever, but for the sake of preserving some form of intelligence, I’m blaming it on my youthful naivety. Seeing his character in the Kingdom Hearts II handbook made me angry because, as a naïve twelve year old with no Internet to tell me otherwise, I was under the impression that Roxas was replacing my favorite character Riku. I did eventually get one (with some help from Shaun and his knack for persuading anyone to do just about anything), and without even starting the games, I hated Roxas. I was determined to play the other installments as well, especially since we randomly owned the first and second games for PlayStation 2, even though we didn’t own said system.
Kingdom hearts characters are bland series#
When I first immersed myself into the series with Chain of Memories, I annoyed everyone I knew about what a fun game it was.
Kingdom Hearts is among one of my favorite video game series with its likeable characters, charming Disney worlds, and mature (albeit convoluted) story.
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