[SPOILERS] Exclusive back story for Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage- shown at Kingdom Hearts Concert -First Breath-

[Guest]

This is definitely going to be Kingdom Hearts III material. I wonder if the English voice actors are going to reenact the scene in the American concerts lol! Regardless, this is amazing lore!

[Merilly 438]

I don't know how to feel about this conversation. It just seems very random since Naminé has never met Terra and her saying that she will come to save him just doesn't sit right with me. I have nothing against her, and she could have just said that as a heads up, but I still think it should not be her to save him.

 

(It's basically the same issue I have with Mickey calling Terra a friend even though he's never met him or even talked to him.)

 

 

Either way, thank you for working on this! Even if we cannot listen to it, it's great to have this translation.

[catmaster0116 2,676]

The story sounds quite interesting! You would've thought somebody would be smart enough to sneak in a sound recorder and record the audio in some way.

 

It sounds like regardless you have knowledge of this segment or not, it will not significantly impact on your comprehension of what will happen in KH2.8.

[Xiggy 26]

Wait what? I am not that excited about it, more puzzled than anything really. I mean Naminé knows Terra from when she was rewritting Sora's memories, at the end of Chain of Memories. Okay. But how the heck did she contacted him? 

 

Golly, that's so random. When did Naminé met this "darkness" and why the heck would anyone talk to a blob of darkness or whatever? Plus, if Naminé talks to it, that means she did it before KHII's end... Right? Or does it mean she will be restored at some point of KHIII? Alongside Roxas and Xion then? 

 

... Damn it Nomura, you succeded in making everything more complex than it was before!

[Master Eraqus 1,340]

While I do find this to be very interesting, I do think it's stupid to keep this thing exclusive to the event and not be a part of the game, considering this seems very important.

 

Now with that out of the way, I shall now give my thoughts on the scenario. *plays horns and drums*

 

According to Nomura, this takes place shortly before 0.2. That means that this takes place before Mickey catches up to Riku in Castle Oblivion and possibly before Sora defeats Marluxia, though I think it takes place while Sora is asleep. Namine' was arranging the memories of Sora and according to Data-Namine' in Re:Coded, Namine' had found memories within Sora that don't belong to him. These memories most likely belonged to Ventus, since his heart was/is still inside of Sora.

 

Now with this in mind, this may have somehow affected Terra, or in this case the Lingering Will due to him being Ventus' friend. This may be a situation similar to, but maybe not exactly, when everyone who was connected to Sora forgot about him. Maybe because of this similar situation, the Lingering Will remembered Aqua and Ventus.

 

But this does make me question why the Lingering Will forgot about Aqua and Ventus. Was the action of Namine' affecting Sora's memories and those connected to him in Chain of Memories repeated to Ventus as well, even though his heart is asleep?

Edited August 12, 2016 by Master Eraqus

[Paolo Ricci 3]

They've been flashing "reconnect" to us for years, I'm not surprised nor bothered about these two characters interacting. The point of KH III is merging all stories into one, I honestly would be really bored if they kept the same set of characters interacting only with their already established friends.
What is this, first day of high school?

Regarding of when it happened, it's a puzzle. It could be anywhere and I have theories, but if the text is still being translated I should wait on those.
About HOW, instead... well, Nobodies and LW are quite similar creatures. It is possible Xehanort thought of LWs when developed the Nobodies plan, and both are beings depending on "Will" (not Turner). Plus Xemnas is also connected to No Heart armour and they share the symbol.
So who knows? This might be another link between them.

[WayfindersDestiny 172]

Would have sold my soul to have experienced that. Just reading it, although it wont be in the game was unexpected feels!

[Jake 1,488]

I don't know how to feel about this conversation. It just seems very random since Naminé has never met Terra and her saying that she will come to save him just doesn't sit right with me. I have nothing against her, and she could have just said that as a heads up, but I still think it should not be her to save him.

 

(It's basically the same issue I have with Mickey calling Terra a friend even though he's never met him or even talked to him.)

 

 

Either way, thank you for working on this! Even if we cannot listen to it, it's great to have this translation.

 

They kinda met: https://youtu.be/s5QapaDtp-Q?t=21s

[Paolo Ricci 3]

Okay, this translation is really different and adds a lot. Also clarifies some shady stuffl ike Naminé actively saving Terra and where were them.
 

They kinda met: https://youtu.be/s5QapaDtp-Q?t=21s

I think Mickey never saw him there. That's also how they sorta explain him not realizing Apprentice Xehanort was Xehanort in Terra's body. He didn't even know what the guy looks like.

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

Gahhhh, the hype is soooo real!!!!!  I want more!!! D:

[catmaster0116 2,676]

On August 11, 2016, the first official Kingdom Hearts concert was held in Japan, called Kingdom Hearts Concert -First Breath-. Fans who attended the event were treated to orchestrated music from the Kingdom Hearts series. Voice actors for Terra and Namine (Ryōtarō Okiayu & Iku Nakahara, repsectively) were in attendance. Tetsuya Nomura, director of the Kingdom Hearts series, said "something was in the works" about a week before the concert concerning the voice actors. Something indeed was in the works!

 

Exclusive back story, which will not be included in-game for Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage-, was reenacted by Terra and Namine's voice actors, exclusively for attendees at Kingdom Hearts Concert -First Breath-. This contains heavy spoilers, so read below at your own risk.

 

Thanks goes to @aibo_ac7 for providing information concerning the exclusive back story, @r_kane1 for providing a summary of the information, and Kayla Copeland (nichiei.translations@gmail.com) for translating the full dialogue.

 

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From memory, there is no track on any of the KH soundtracks titled 'The Unknown'

 

Do you mean 'Fate of the Unknown'?

Or is 'The Unknown' a new track that we have yet to hear?