13 Xehanorts Podcast

In this episode we talk about our precious troubled son Riku in the first Kingdom Hearts game. Sort-of villain, sort-of rival, definitely best friend, Riku is the moral gray to Sora's black and white. Also, Maleficent, Sora, and Ansem inadvertently team up to gaslight him all game. Whoops? Warning: there are feelings. A lot of them. Things we discover in this episode that don't come back for 1000 years but you should still make note of them: Riku's sword Soul Eater has a big ol' blue eye in the hilt.

In this episode of 13 Xehanorts we talk about Sora in KH1. Sora is a cheerful blue sky of a boy who only wants to find his friends. Armed with the Keyblade and a distressingly black and white sense of morality, Sora travels through the worlds with Donald and Goofy doing his hero thing. We answer important questions like: can Gorillas sense hearts? can you have more than two friends? how many boxes do I have to bust to be a Real Hero? ​Xehanort count: still zero.

In our introductory episode of 13 Xehanorts, we prepare to deep dive into the convoluted story of Kingdom Hearts. We go over our personal history with the games, the structure of the podcast, and give a summary for the first titular game, Kingdom Hearts. If you're new to the podcast, start here! Explicit Warning: Even though these games are for kids, we swear occasionally. Like. Why the f@#& would you make a game series across eight different platforms!?!