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==Design== | ==Design== | ||
[[File:Vanitas (Masked) KHIII.png|left|thumb|220px|Vanitas in his suit.]] | [[File:Vanitas (Masked) KHIII.png|left|thumb|220px|Vanitas in his suit.]] | ||
{{Q|I'm the piece of Ventus that was taken away. And you're the piece that Ventus needed to be whole again. So...why shouldn't you and I look exactly the same? | {{Q|I'm the piece of Ventus that was taken away. And you're the piece that Ventus needed to be whole again. So...why shouldn't you and I look exactly the same?|Vanitas to Sora.}} | ||
Vanitas wears a black and red organic-looking bodysuit, which is quite similar to [[Riku]]'s [[Dark Mode]]. He wears a silver helmet covered with dark glass, hiding his face from view. Just before he possesses Ventus, he unmasks himself, revealing that he looks identical to Sora, although he possesses Xehanort's golden-yellow eyes, jet-black hair, paler skin, and a more muscular build. This similarity is due to Sora's heart connecting with Ventus after his heart was fractured, and had anyone else connected with Ventus's heart, Vanitas would have looked like that person.<ref>'''[[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania#Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania|''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' Ultimania]]''', '''Interviewer:''' "How did you decide on the design for their faces?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "[...] I knew that Ventus should look either like Sora or Roxas, and I wasn't sure which one to go with, but I thought Vanitas looking like Sora would have a bigger impact, so I had Ventus look like Roxas instead. And there is a reason that Vanitas looks like Sora. As Sora filled in Ventus's fractured heart, the fractured part (Vanitas) was effected by Sora and ended up with Sora's face. So if it had been Riku who had filled in Ventus's heart, Vanitas would have looked like Riku." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Full-Nomura-Interview-20-KH-Mysteries-Solved-1366 Translation vis Lissar].</ref> According to the ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' novels, his appearance prior to Ventus's connection with Sora was that of a humanoid creature similar to a Heartless but with red eyes.<ref name=" KHBbS Novel"/> When he fuses with Ventus, he alters Ventus's body with his yellow eyes and bodysuit. | Vanitas wears a black and red organic-looking bodysuit, which is quite similar to [[Riku]]'s [[Dark Mode]]. He wears a silver helmet covered with dark glass, hiding his face from view. Just before he possesses Ventus, he unmasks himself, revealing that he looks identical to Sora, although he possesses Xehanort's golden-yellow eyes, jet-black hair, paler skin, and a more muscular build. This similarity is due to Sora's heart connecting with Ventus after his heart was fractured, and had anyone else connected with Ventus's heart, Vanitas would have looked like that person.<ref>'''[[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania#Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania|''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' Ultimania]]''', '''Interviewer:''' "How did you decide on the design for their faces?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "[...] I knew that Ventus should look either like Sora or Roxas, and I wasn't sure which one to go with, but I thought Vanitas looking like Sora would have a bigger impact, so I had Ventus look like Roxas instead. And there is a reason that Vanitas looks like Sora. As Sora filled in Ventus's fractured heart, the fractured part (Vanitas) was effected by Sora and ended up with Sora's face. So if it had been Riku who had filled in Ventus's heart, Vanitas would have looked like Riku." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Full-Nomura-Interview-20-KH-Mysteries-Solved-1366 Translation vis Lissar].</ref> According to the ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' novels, his appearance prior to Ventus's connection with Sora was that of a humanoid creature similar to a Heartless but with red eyes.<ref name=" KHBbS Novel"/> When he fuses with Ventus, he alters Ventus's body with his yellow eyes and bodysuit. | ||
During his time as a member of the [[real Organization XIII]], Vanitas wore the black coat over his normal outfit, though he discards it when he enters | During his time as a member of the [[real Organization XIII]], Vanitas wore the black coat over his normal outfit, though he discards it when he enters battle. | ||
Vanitas's name is derived from the Latin word for "vanity" or "emptiness", and was chosen for its meaning, that it sounded similar to "Ventus", and that it was a written pun on {{nihongo|"Sora"|空||lit. "emptiness"}} in Japanese.<ref>'''[[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania#Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania|''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' Ultimania]]''', '''Interviewer:''' "How did you think of Vanitas's name?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "I wanted to give him a name that meant "empty", and so I looked for something that would be appropriate. When I was searching I found a word that meant "emptiness" in Latin, "Vanitas". It looked a lot like Ventus's name, and in Japanese it has the kanji for "sora" in it, so I thought it was perfect. Of course in Vanitas's case it doesn't mean "sora [sky]" but 'kara [empty]'." (These two words are written with the same kanji, but are said differently and have different meanings.) [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Full-Nomura-Interview-20-KH-Mysteries-Solved-1366 Translation via Lissar].</ref> | Vanitas's name is derived from the Latin word for "vanity" or "emptiness", and was chosen for its meaning, that it sounded similar to "Ventus", and that it was a written pun on {{nihongo|"Sora"|空||lit. "emptiness"}} in Japanese.<ref>'''[[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania#Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania|''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' Ultimania]]''', '''Interviewer:''' "How did you think of Vanitas's name?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "I wanted to give him a name that meant "empty", and so I looked for something that would be appropriate. When I was searching I found a word that meant "emptiness" in Latin, "Vanitas". It looked a lot like Ventus's name, and in Japanese it has the kanji for "sora" in it, so I thought it was perfect. Of course in Vanitas's case it doesn't mean "sora [sky]" but 'kara [empty]'." (These two words are written with the same kanji, but are said differently and have different meanings.) [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Full-Nomura-Interview-20-KH-Mysteries-Solved-1366 Translation via Lissar].</ref> | ||