Kingdom Hearts 3 Epilogue and Yozora Secret Movie Explained
Secret Movie (Yozora)
The Secret Movie of Kingdom Hearts 3, titled “Yozora,” is far more confusing than the epilogue and raises a whole bunch of questions while providing very few answers.
Firstly, where are we. Tokyo.
The last we saw of Sora, he was heading off to save Kairi. After that, we see Kairi saved, but Sora is completely absent.
Well, the good news is he seems to be alive at least. Sora awakens on the Shibuya Crossing, and that’s about it for him.
Riku also appears to be waking up, but he awakens outside of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Shinjuku and Shibuya are about 4km apart. It would take about an hour to walk from one to the other, or you can jump on the Fukutoshin Line for a quick 15 minute journey.
Another character is shown atop a building. Observant players will know that this is none other than Yozora. Yozora is the character featured in a video game (Verum Rex) within the Toy Story world of Kingdom Hearts.
Lastly, we see a black-cloaked figure making a heart shape with his hands over the moon. This character is very likely to be the Master of Masters. His posture and the fact that he makes a frame with his fingers is very reminiscent of how he acted in Kingdom Hearts X Back Cover.
So, what does any of this Tokyo stuff have to do with Kingdom Hearts? Well, as with Secret Movies in other Kingdom Hearts games, it’s likely that this ending is teasing a future game in the series. However, what that game will be about is hard to tell.
Unfortunately in the epilogue there really isn’t anything concrete to draw upon, but we do have a few theories.
One theory is that this setting has something to do with The World Ends With You, a game developed by Square Enix set in Shibuya.
What lends credence to this is that characters from The World Ends With You appeared in Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance. Neku even says to Sora, “see you in Shibuya,” upon saying his farewells.
If it is The World Ends With You’s Shibuya, that could mean that the next game may see us travel to the worlds of Square Enix properties for the first time in the series.
As for Yozora, who knows why he’s in Tokyo. The fictional Verum Rex video game, including its setting and characters, give off a very Final Fantasy Versus XIII vibe. Versus XIII was Tetsuya Nomura’s original vision, but the entire project eventually morphed into Final Fantasy XV.
The music played during this part is also a reference to Somnus, a song featured in marketing for Versus XIII and also used in XV.
Furthermore, Noctis Lucis Caelum’s name means “light of the night sky” when translated from Latin. Yozora means “night sky” when translated from Japanese.
We’re unsure of exactly what Yozora’s appearance means, but it could also point to a Kingdom Hearts game with a heavier focus on Square Enix.
Most of this is conjecture, but we are pretty certain of one thing: the figure at the end of the Secret Movie is the Master of Masters. As revealed in the epilogue, thanks to Luxu, he has seen the events of Sora and friends unfold, and it looks like he may finally be ready to join the action.
That does it for the epilogue and secret movie explained in Kingdom Hearts 3. If you’re looking for more to do after finishing KH3, check out things to do after beating Kingdom Hearts 3 or if you’re feeling a bit teary eyed, see how all the characters have evolved over the years.
