Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (manga)

The Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories manga is the second series of the Kingdom Hearts manga. It was based on Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, although having a much lighter tone. The series was first released in Japan in October of 2005. The series had an English release in October of 2006, concluding in February of 2007. The first English release consisted of two volumes and was translated by Tokyopop. The series was re-released by Yen Press in the Summer of 2013, now compiled into a single volume.

The first volume's cover, including the single Yen Press release, features Sora with the Keyblade, Donald, and Goofy. The second volume's cover, exclusive to the Tokyopop release, features a Soul Eater wielding Riku standing next to Naminé, who is holding a Paopu Fruit.

Volume Two
Volume two was exclusive to the Tokyopop release.

Differences

 * The only cards used are World cards. Cards aren't used in combat, or different rooms of a world
 * The memories of each world play out as one consecutive event, rather than two or three separate events.
 * When Axel first arrives to test Sora, he has his hood up.
 * Sora's first confrontation with Axel is a farce, including Sora crashing into the wall alongside Donald and Goofy.
 * Larxene, Lexaeus, and Axel are all seen reading.
 * Marluxia always has flowers around him.
 * Both teams (Marluxia, Axel, Larxene and Vexen, Zexion, Lexaeus) both have living room-like bases instead of empty rooms.
 * Marluxia's team have computer screens to watch Sora's motives.
 * Marluxia and Larxene have a small party, where they drink lemon-lime soda and eat chicken wings.
 * Zexion, Lexaeus, and Vexen are shown doing chores, and even have a chore wheel. After Vexen's death, Lexaeus assumes that he will have to do Vexen's chores in addition to his own.
 * The Traverse Town, Agrabah, Twilight Town, and Destiny Islands World Cards are the only ones that Sora is shown to use.
 * Riku's fight with Lexaeus is never shown, only the end is.
 * The Hollow Bastion and Destiny Islands World Cards are the only ones that Riku is shown to use.
 * Riku kills Zexion, upon which the latter drops a pickled daikon.
 * The Riku Replica lives, and leaves Castle Oblivion along with multiple Vexen Replicas haunting him.
 * Jiminy Cricket never writes 'Thank Naminé' in his journal.
 * Unlike the game, Sora remembered who Aladdin is despite some difficulties at first.
 * Sora, Donald and Goofy try to save Jasmine by pretending to be genies. After Jafar makes an impossible wish for them to grant (for Princess Jasmine to fall desperately in love with him, stating that a sultan has need for a princess), Aladdin springs in to action, while Sora and Co. follow suit.
 * Instead of setting Genie free with the last/third wish, Genie was freed with the second one, though, he still insisted he would grant the third wish (but he can grant more than three since he was freed). This breaks the canon for both the original version of Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts, and film Aladdin.
 * Genie played along in granting wishes (which logically ended up as just one, by making him sultan of Agrabah) for Jafar, especially tricking him into turning into a Genie himself.
 * Before Sora fights Marluxia, he uses thorns to hold Naminé in a similar fashion to being crucified. Donald and Goofy save and heal her from this painful method of imprisonment. It is shown that this seems to have left her unconscious.
 * Donald and Goofy are unable to participate in the final battle due to being restrained by giant Venus flytraps.
 * Tidus, Selphie and Wakka did not appear again because they didn't appear in the manga adaption of the first Kingdom Hearts.
 * Small TV's were shown in Naminé's room. The TV brand name was Nomura, the last name of Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura. Marluxia is also seen eating Nomura-brand chicken, and Axel's remote viewer is also Nomura brand.
 * Rather than the Destiny Islands card being transformed into the Riku Replica's fake good luck charm, Axel gives the card to Sora right after he kills Vexen in the Twilight Town floor.
 * Larxene died by getting wet, causing her to short-circuit as she summoned her lightning.
 * Sora fights Marluxia only once and defeats him by impaling him in the neck.
 * While going towards the final floor, Sora, Donald and Goofy came across a vending machine of warm potions and elixirs. Goofy buys an elixir, and wins a free drink.
 * Marluxia says, "In this place, to find is to lose and to lose is to find" four times. Donald comments, "It must be his favorite line", when Marluxia repeats the line.
 * Vexen thought that Xemnas and Riku wore the same cologne, which is why he thought Riku's scent was very familiar to Xemnas'.
 * Instead of Sora and Co. meeting Cid alone in the first district, they are shown meeting him along with Leon and Co. while making dinner.
 * Sora, Donald, and Goofy never face the guard armor.
 * Sora and Co. are trying out a new restaurant when they get attacked by Heartless and can't defend themselves. Leon comes in to save the day.
 * Donald doesn't say "thunder" when he has forgotten his magic, instead, he says things like "Sand-wich?".
 * Goofy sleep-talks about ordering fast-food when Sora is visited by Marluxia.
 * Cid is shown to make a special "Bellyful Stew" where he dumps everything from the fridge into the pot. Yuffie finds that her cheesecake is gone, then Cid reveals that he used it for the secret ingredient of the stew. This ends with Yuffie chasing Cid and throwing shurikens at him.
 * Sora relearns combat from Merlin and Leon, as opposed to Marluxia and Leon.
 * When exiting the Traverse Town, Aerith tries to stop Sora and co. from leaving the floor. Due to her being a fragment of Sora's memories, when she goes through the exit door it only leads off a roof in Traverse Town, not Castle Oblivion.

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