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“Sora gains the Keyblade, teams with Donald and Goofy to find friends and save worlds from Heartless.”
Kingdom Hearts
キングダムハーツ
7.35
4,605 rank · 24,705 readers · 777 favorites
Shounen
Adventure
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Sora gains the Keyblade, teams with Donald and Goofy to find friends and save worlds from Heartless.
Sora is a young energetic boy looking forward to exploring the world with his friends, Riku and Kairi. The threesome is working hard on completing a raft that will allow them to leave their island but one day a mysterious force causes Sora to gain a special weapon known as the Keyblade. He fights some weird monsters and gets transported to a strange town. Meanwhile, Donald and Goofy leave their castle to search for the king and the chosen one who holds the "key" to saving the world. Sora is attacked again by creatures known as Heartless but is helped out by an old man named Cid and a warrior named Leon. He eventually meets up with Donald and Goofy and they join forces to go search for his friends and the King. (Source: Tokyopop)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 15 sampled reviews
6.7
/10
What 15 readers settled on.
89%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.65
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.65 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 0.27
Running avg · Dec 2007 → Feb 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This manga is a surprisingly high-quality adaptation that perfectly captures Sora’s personality and delivers a powerful dose of nostalgia for long-time fans. However, it is not recommended for...”
- 7 “This manga serves as a convenient "Kingdom Hearts in a nutshell," offering an accessible way to revisit the most important moments from the original game. However, the adaptation is quite loose and...”
- 9 “The characters are perfectly adapted from the game, and the art is quite good at capturing the series' spirit. However, the story suffers from a fast pace that diminishes some of the excitement,...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 53%
Long · 7%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 43 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 44m approx
- Published Oct 2003 – Jan 2005
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0385 catalog