Marion Doe 1 Posted December 28, 2014 (edited) I was looking at the Amigurumi Exhibit at Resobox. I came upon this infor that was quite interesting. Amigurumi stems from animism, a philosophy in the foundations of many Japanese traditions and customs. Animism is the belief that gods belong to everything: water, food, nature, buildings and houses, even technology. In Japanese, this is called “Yaoyorozu no Kami”. In fact, Japanese people often put eyes, arms, and legs onto non-human objects and give them imaginary lives in order to feel closer to these objects and show them respect as co-existing partners in this world. If you substitute the word "gods", with the word "heart", you get a one of the key concepts in the Kingdom Hearts universe. That reminds me of what Xemnas said in Kingdom Hearts 3D that everything in the KH universe has a heart. I also think that the concept could be seen in Xion. I mean she was just a mere "puppet" that showed signs of a growing heart. So I wonder what other concepts in Kingdom Hearts were drawn from Shintoism or Japanese philosophy. Edited December 28, 2014 by Marion Doe 1 Anonn0000 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ultima Spark 753 Posted December 28, 2014 Animism isn't unique to Japan... 3 Anonn0000, Alicia Maddox and HeyMouseSayCheese reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hatok 6,413 Posted December 29, 2014 Pretty sure buildings don't have hearts in KH The only things that have hearts in KH are bodies and worlds Data arguably 2 Anonn0000 and Marion Doe reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aru Akise 2,540 Posted December 29, 2014 Kingdom Hearts is a Japanese game. Isn't it only natural? 1 Anonn0000 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marion Doe 1 Posted February 18, 2016 Pretty sure buildings don't have hearts in KH The only things that have hearts in KH are bodies and worlds Data arguably According to the Ansem the wise in KH3D, there are hearts everywhere in the KH universe. https://youtu.be/7izPHBbHQH4?t=32m49s Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
