Editing Anti-Aqua

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{{Character
 |name=Anti-Aqua
 |image=[[File:Anti-Aqua KHIII.png|x400px]]
 |game1=Kingdom Hearts III
 |katakana=アンチ•アクア
 |romaji=Anchi-Akua
 |type=Entelechy
 |spec=CharacterBoss
 |charworld1=Realm of Darkness
 |journalUX='''SN - KH III Anti-Aqua'''<br>KINGDOM HEARTS III (2019)<br>Aqua, after she fell to darkness and for years wandered through the realm of darkness.
 |journalKH3=Aqua, after she fell to darkness. Years and years of wandering through the realm of darkness ended with her being cast into the watery depths beyond its margin.
 |KH3loc1=Realm of Darkness
 |KH3HP=1400
 |KH3EXP=0
 |KH3LV1=50
 |KH3phys=×1.0
 |KH3fire=×1.0
 |KH3bliz=×0.5
 |KH3thun=×1.0
 |KH3water=×1.0
 |KH3aero=×1.0
 |KH3dark=×1.0
 |KH3neutral=×1.0
 |KH3rapid=×0.4
 |KH3free=✕
 |KH3elec=✕
 |KH3stun=✕
 |KH3hunny=✕
 |KH3reac=0
 |KH3rev=8
 |KH3att=×0.5
 |KH3dam=24
 |KH3reward='''First Battle'''<br>'''Sora:''' [[Blizzaga]]<br><br>'''''Re Mind'''''<br>'''Sora''': Maximum MP +3
 |KH3world=Realm of Darkness
 |KH3battlename=Aqua -Dark Dive-
 |KH3battlefile=Aqua -Dark Dive- KHIII.ogg
}}
{{Q|All that's left in my heart is misery and despair...and now, you can share it!|Anti-Aqua}}
'''Anti-Aqua''' is a boss in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''. After [[Aqua]] is corrupted by [[darkness]] and the influence of [[Xehanort]],<ref>[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgPT0MjW0AUGrxb.jpg '''Famitsu''': "In the darkness, Aqua shoots at Riku and King Mickey, the golden eyes prove that she is under the influence of Master Xehanort. She called Mickey's name, but her voice was so cold. We couldn't feel any trace of her former self."]</ref><!--fix citation, include page number and source--> [[Sora]] is forced to fight her in order to rescue her.

==Story==
===''Kingdom Hearts III''===
When [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]] arrives at the Dark Margin to take [[Ansem the Wise]], Aqua tries to fight Ansem, but the [[Dark Figure]] subdues her, imbues her with darkness, and throws her into the seas of the [[Dark Margin]], transforming her into Anti-Aqua.

Anti-Aqua later confronts [[King Mickey]] and [[Riku]] when they return to the Dark Margin to find her. She has a [[Demon Tower]] restrain Mickey and takes his [[Star Cluster]] [[Keyblade]], explaining the pain she has been through over the years she spent trapped in the [[Realm of Darkness]]. She and the Demon Tower then fight Riku, but Riku destroys the Demon Tower and frees Mickey with [[Sora]]'s help. Sora battles Anti-Aqua and successfully frees her from the darkness.

Later, during the final battle at the [[Keyblade Graveyard]], Aqua begins hallucinating when faced by the [[Demon Tide]], which she views as a swarm of Anti-Aquas in place of [[Shadow]]s, stunning her in place as the Demon Tide swallows her. Sora manages to purify the fear in her [[heart]], which takes the form of Anti-Aqua, allowing Aqua to face the [[Heartless]] head-on during the second attempt.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind}}

==Design==
Anti-Aqua is a corrupted version of Aqua. Her hair is a bleached blue, her eyes are yellow, and her dress has darkened and become tattered, with scaly texture appearance. Her arms and legs have also begun to darken, and her hands are now black with red fingertips.

In battle, she wields Mickey's [[Star Cluster]] after he is disarmed while fighting a Demon Tower. 

When she first reveals herself, Anti-Aqua initially appears as a black silhouette wreathed in a violet aura of darkness.

==Personality==
Anti-Aqua is the embodiment of all the fear, pain, anger, loneliness, and spiritual exhaustion she had been bottling up for a decade. Her worldview has become narrowed and jaded, believing Mickey had purposely left her behind, even when she willingly stayed trapped to keep a Demon Tide from reaching the [[Door to Darkness]].

With only bitterness left in her possessed state, Anti-Aqua was easily angered to the point of attacking others, resulting in Riku and Sora needing to fight her to the point the darkness wore out.

==Strategy==
===''Kingdom Hearts III''===
[[File:Versus Anti-Aqua KHIII.png|right|thumb|Anti-Aqua engages in battle against Sora within the Dark Margin.]]
Anti-Aqua behaves nearly identically to the {{ns|game|phantom Aqua}} from ''[[Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-]]''. She begins the fight by using Style Change to activate [[Spellweaver]], and continues to fight in this mode. She usually attacks in tandem with doppelgängers, often firing homing orbs at Sora with Magic Shot and Encircling Magic Shot and performing spiraling attacks with Windmill Upswing, Windmill Shake Off, and Windmill Rush. All of these attacks can be guarded. 

She often teleports across the arena, and sometimes teleports before Sora can attack. When her retaliation point is reached, she often counters with an unblockable Rush Lunge. Occasionally, Anti-Aqua will wander across the arena with several doppelgängers, explaining her pain to Sora. While she and the doppelgängers will disappear after a short time, Sora can use [[Thunder]] to instantly expose the real Anti-Aqua.

Anti-Aqua is resistant to [[Blizzard]] magic, and while she is not weak to [[Fire]], the usage of Fire attacks reduce her revenge value by the attack's given value. 

As her health dwindles, Anti-Aqua gains access to two ultimate attacks. The first is Mirage Blizzaga, in which she teleports in the air before firing Blizzard shards. The shards can be guarded or evaded. The second is Mirage Wish, where she and three of her doppelgängers perform the Spellweaver finisher. To escape the attack, Sora can either dodge out of the spiral, or block with a [[Formchange]] that blocks with barriers.

Although her pattern can be challenging, she has low health for the point in the game she is encountered. The recently acquired [[Nano Arms]] Formchange works well against her as it has strong distance closing potential as well as providing access to a Barrier guard.
{{Atk-o|KH3}}
{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Style Change'''|スタイルチェンジ|<br>Sutairu Chenji|}}
|Neutral
|1.0
|△
|—
|Sheds light and surrounds herself in a dark aura.
}}
{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Windmill Upswing'''|風車振り上げ|<br>Kazaguruma Furiage|}}
|Physical
|0.5 per hit
|◯ (Risk Dodge{{note|Unless used by clones}})
|3
|Charges straight ahead while spinning her Keyblade upward.
}}
{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Windmill Shake Off'''|風車振り払い|<br>Kazaguruma Furiharai|}}
|Physical
|0.5 per hit
|◯ (Risk Dodge{{note|Unless used by clones}})
|3
|Charges ahead while throwing her Keyblade around herself.
|Can also be used against Riku during the fight against the [[Demon Tower]].
}}
{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Windmill Rush'''|風車突進|<br>Kazaguruma Tosshin|}}
|Physical
|0.5 per hit
|◯ (Risk Dodge{{note|Unless used by clones}})
|3
|Charges straight ahead while spinning her Keyblade directly forward.
}}
{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Rush Lunge'''|突進突き|<br>Tosshin Tsuki|}}
|Physical
|1.0
|X
|—
|Charges straight ahead with her Keyblade positioned directly forward.
|Generally used as a Revenge Action.
}}
{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Magic Shot'''|マジックショット|<br>Majikku Shotto|}}
|Neutral
|1.0
|△{{note|Can be blocked from behind.}}
|—
|Fires magic orbs from her Keyblade.
}}
{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Encircling Magic Shot'''|包囲マジックショット|<br>Hōi Majikku Shotto|}}
|Physical
|0.4 per hit
|△{{note|Can be blocked from behind.}}
|—
|Splits herself into seven, then all seven figures surround Sora and simultaneously fire magic orbs at him.
}}
{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Mirage Blizzaga'''|ミラージュブリザガ|<br>Mirāju Burizaga|}}
|Blizzard
|1.5 per hit
|△
|—
|Generates six ice crystals; each crystal rushes at the opponent one-by-one.
|Can also be used against Riku during the fight against the [[Demon Tower]].
}}
{{Atk-m|{{nihongo|'''Mirage Wish'''|ミラージュウィッシュ|<br>Mirāju Wisshu|}}
|(spin attack)
|Physical
|1.0 per hit
|△
|—
|Splits herself into three; all three figures surround Sora, shooting projectiles from the crystals above their heads, then approach Sora and detonate their respective crystals.
|Resembles the Finish Command of [[Spellweaver]].
|(projectile)
|Neutral
|1.0 per hit
|△
|—
|(crystal)
|Neutral
|2.0 per hit
|△
|—
}}
{{Atk-c}}

===''Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind''===
Anti-Aqua's fight is nearly identical to her fight in the base game. However, instead of splitting into doppelgängers that speak to Sora after walking towards him, she will go straight into her '''Encircling Magic Shot''' attack.

==Videos==
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! Anti-Aqua – ''Kingdom Hearts III''
! Anti-Aqua – ''Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind''
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==See also==
*[[Phantom Aqua]]

==Notes and references==
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