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Sora and Kairi Parting (Kingdom Hearts)

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While the real Kingdom Hearts fans will always argue that Sora and Riku are the true OTP here, there’s no other moment in the series quite as romantic as the ending to the original game. After sealing the Door to Darkness, Sora and Kairi are finally reunited, but only for a brief moment. Kairi finds herself being drawn back to the Destiny Islands, while Sora is off to… somewhere, I’m really not quite sure. The two hold hands for a moment, and Sora promises he’ll find his way back to her. Kairi knows he will, and Utada Hikaru’s Simple and Clean kicks in right as they part. It’s bittersweet and perfect.

The remainder of the cutscene shows Kairi walking around the Destiny Islands before going into the secret cave. That moment when she sees that Sora has drawn the shooting star on the rock and Kairi starts tearing up while smiling gets me every time. Be still, my 10-year-old heart.


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Zhiqing Wan
Zhiqing is the Reviews Editor for Twinfinite, and a History graduate from Singapore. She's been in the games media industry for nine years, trawling through showfloors, conferences, and spending a ridiculous amount of time making in-depth spreadsheets for min-max-y RPGs. When she's not singing the praises of Amazon's Kindle as the greatest technological invention of the past two decades, you can probably find her in a FromSoft rabbit hole.