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'''Quadratum''', also known as {{nihongo|'''Shibuya'''|シブヤ}},<ref name="Ultimaina">'''''[[Kingdom Hearts III Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer''': "Is Sora in the world of ''The World Ends With You'' (a game Nomura previously directed)?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura''': "It does look like it. But there's more meaning in the fact that it is not Shibuya (渋谷), but Shibuya (シブヤ). Also, Sora promised Neku and the others in ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'' that he would meet them in Shibuya (シブヤ), but that doesn't mean it's directly connected to this movie." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Kingdom-Hearts-3-Ultimania-Main-Nomura-Interview-Translated-14763 Translation via Goldpanner]</ref> is a [[world]] introduced in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''. According to [[Ansem the Wise]], unlike other worlds in the [[Universe of Kingdom Hearts|''Kingdom Hearts'' universe]], it is not a world of light or dark, but a world of "fiction", that exists on the other side.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory'', Ansem the Wise:''' "If I am correct, then this "other side" of our world from which voices cannot reach must be a place outside of our reality. Namely, it must be unreality, or fiction. But...that is the extent of our knowledge."</ref>
'''Quadratum''', also known as {{nihongo|'''Shibuya'''|シブヤ}},<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts III Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer''': "Is Sora in the world of ''The World Ends With You'' (a game Nomura previously directed)?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura''': "It does look like it. But there's more meaning in the fact that it is not Shibuya (渋谷), but Shibuya (シブヤ). Also, Sora promised Neku and the others in ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'' that he would meet them in Shibuya (シブヤ), but that doesn't mean it's directly connected to this movie." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Kingdom-Hearts-3-Ultimania-Main-Nomura-Interview-Translated-14763 Translation via Goldpanner]</ref> is a [[world]] introduced in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''. According to [[Ansem the Wise]], unlike other worlds in the [[Universe of Kingdom Hearts|''Kingdom Hearts'' universe]], it is not a world of light or dark, but a world of "fiction", that exists on the other side.<ref>'''''Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory'', Ansem the Wise:''' "If I am correct, then this "other side" of our world from which voices cannot reach must be a place outside of our reality. Namely, it must be unreality, or fiction. But...that is the extent of our knowledge."</ref>


It is a modern, urban world based off of the real-life city of Tokyo, primarily its [[Real-world locations#Shibuya|Shibuya district]] with some distinct variations and differences. Quadratum is the main setting of ''[[Verum Rex]]'', a fictional video game that exists in [[Toy Box]].
It is a modern, urban world based on the real-life city of Tokyo, primarily its [[Real-world locations#Shibuya|Shibuya district]] with some distinct variations and differences. Quadratum is the main setting of ''[[Verum Rex]]'', a fictional video game that exists in [[Toy Box]].


==Settings and Areas==
==Settings and Areas==
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===''Kingdom Hearts III''===
===''Kingdom Hearts III''===
[[File:Yozora 06 KHIII.png|thumb|right|Quadratum as seen through Riku's dream in the secret ending.]]
Quadratum is first seen when [[Rex]] and [[Hamm]] watch a ''[[Verum Rex]]'' video game and action figure trailer upon first entering the [[Toy Box]].
Quadratum is first seen when [[Rex]] and [[Hamm]] watch a ''[[Verum Rex]]'' video game and action figure trailer upon first entering the [[Toy Box]].


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===''Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory''===
===''Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory''===
The name Quadratum is revealed when the [[Nameless Star]] in [[The Final World]] surmises it must be what Riku is talking about, after he explains his dream about a large city with tall buildings. Using the [[power of waking]], Riku opens a {{C|portal|Gameplay element}} to travel there.
The name Quadratum is revealed when the [[Nameless Star]] in [[The Final World]] surmises it must be what Riku is talking about, after he explains his dream about a large city with tall buildings. Using the [[power of waking]], Riku opens a [[portal]] to travel there.


==Other appearances==
==Other appearances==
===''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance''===
===''Kingdom Hearts IV''===
[[Neku Sakuraba]], [[Joshua]], [[Daisukenojo Bito]], [[Rhyme]], and [[Shiki]] all hail from Shibuya. However, Neku's Shibuya and Yozora's are two completely separate worlds.<ref name="Ultimaina"/>
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Sora wakes up and is greeted by [[Strelitzia]], who explains to him that he is in Quadratum. She describes it as being similar to an "afterlife" for them both. As a ball of darkness forms in the street and a gigantic creature emerges from it, Sora rushes to the street to fight it, all while being observed by two figures in [[black coat]]s.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2DSEkYFRh8 Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary Announcement Trailer]</ref>


==Characters==
==Characters==
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File:Commercial Break 03 KHIII.png|Unnamed woman
File:Commercial Break 03 KHIII.png|Unnamed woman
File:Master of Masters KHXBC.png|[[The Master of Masters]]
File:Master of Masters KHXBC.png|[[The Master of Masters]]
File:Strelitzia KHUX.png| [[Strelitzia]]
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