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[[File:Mysterious Figure KHFM.png|right|thumb|350x400px|The standard Organization XIII attire.]] | [[File:Mysterious Figure KHFM.png|right|thumb|350x400px|The standard Organization XIII attire.]] | ||
The {{nihongo|'''black coat'''|黒いコート|Kuroi kōto}}, also called the '''black cloak'''{{fact}}<!--add cite-->, is an article of clothing | The {{nihongo|'''black coat'''|黒いコート|Kuroi kōto}}, also called the '''black cloak'''{{fact}}<!--add cite-->, is an article of clothing imbued with magic that protects the wearer's heart from corruption when traveling through the darkness between worlds. It was first worn by [[Master Xehanort]] as an alternative to the traditional [[Keyblade Armor]], which shields one's entire being. Its abilities allow the wearer to use the [[Corridors of Darkness|corridors of darkness]] to quickly traverse the realms, and as such, it is primarily worn by Master Xehanort and the members of both the original [[Organization XIII]] and [[true Organization XIII]]. When denizens of light, such as [[Riku]] or [[Mickey Mouse]], need to utilize the corridors of darkness, they also don the black coat. | ||
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==Development== | ==Development== | ||
[[File:Deep Dive 01 KHFM.png|thumb|200x200px|right|The black | [[File:Deep Dive 01 KHFM.png|thumb|200x200px|right|The black coat was originally used to conceal the faces of characters who had not been designed yet.]] | ||
The black | The black coat first appeared in the secret video ''[[Another side, Another story...]]'', in which they were worn by [[Roxas]] and Riku. [[Xemnas]] also wore the coat in his optional battle with [[Sora]] and in the secret movie ''Deep Dive'' in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Final Mix]]''. This started the trend of all members of Organization XIII wearing the coat. Tetsuya Nomura stated in an interview that his initial idea for "[[The Gathering]]" was to have [[Terra]], [[Aqua]], and [[Ventus]] wear similar coats to the black coat in order to mask their at-the-time undesigned faces. However, Nomura felt that he could not use the black coat again, and so donned the trio of Keyblade wielders with armor instead. | ||
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==Story== | ==Story== | ||
[[File:Terra Unknown KHBBS.png|thumb|200x200px|left|A time-traveling Xehanort | [[File:Terra Unknown KHBBS.png|thumb|200x200px|left|A time-traveling Young Xehanort uses the black coat to hide his identity when attacking Terra.]] | ||
The first known use of the black coat | The first known use of the black coat is by Master Xehanort, who wears it when he travels from the [[Keyblade Graveyard]] in order to leave his comatose apprentice, Ventus, to expire at his boyhood home, the [[Destiny Islands]].<!--determine whether forgoing the armor in his youth means he actually started using the coat then, or just went without either of them.--> However, he frequently uses the corridors without wearing his coat. | ||
Years later, at the same time Master Xehanort attempts to reforge the [[χ-blade]] and take the Keyblade wielder [[Terra]] as his [[Terra-Xehanort|vessel]], his time-traveling younger self arrives at the [[Land of Departure]], wearing the black coat, on his | Years later, at the same time Master Xehanort attempts to reforge the [[χ-blade]] and take the Keyblade wielder [[Terra]] as his [[Terra-Xehanort|vessel]], his time-traveling younger self arrives at the [[Land of Departure]], wearing the black coat, on his quest to assemble Xehanort's true Organization XIII to replace the initial version that had failed in the future. He is found and fought by Terra, Ventus, and Aqua when each of them returns individually to his or her homeworld, but he vanishes furhter into the future upon defeat.<!--based on how Nomura and the game describe the time travel, is there any way to definitively say whether Young Xehanort received the coat before jumping to the future?-->{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep}} | ||
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[[File:Gathering of the Organization 04 KHII.png|thumb|200x200px|right|The | [[File:Gathering of the Organization 04 KHII.png|thumb|200x200px|right|The black coat is the signature uniform of Organization XIII.]] | ||
Even later, after Terra-Xehanort | Even later, after Terra-Xehanort becomes the Nobody Xemnas, his recollections of his past lead him to adapt the black coat as the uniform of his Organization XIII.{{fact}} Each member wears his or her coat throughout his or her service, as does the Moogle who purveys goods to Organization's castle.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days}} The coat is also mimicked by a group of Heartless named the [[Mushroom XIII]], who model themselves after the Organization, the Absent Silhouettes who manifest from the members' weapons after their destruction, and the Replica Data simulations housed at the [[Garden of Assemblage]].{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix}} | ||
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[[File:Ending 01 KHCOM.png|thumb|200x200px|left|King Mickey and Riku don their black coats as they depart from Castle Oblivion.]] | [[File:Ending 01 KHCOM.png|thumb|200x200px|left|King Mickey and Riku don their black coats as they depart from Castle Oblivion.]] | ||
When Riku and King Mickey leave the Organization's former stronghold of [[Castle Oblivion]], they are gifted with personalized black coats by the former king of the [[Radiant Garden]], Ansem the Wise, | When Riku and King Mickey leave the Organization's former stronghold of [[Castle Oblivion]], they are gifted with personalized black coats by the former king of the [[Radiant Garden]], [[Ansem the Wise]], who has assumed the identity of "[[DiZ]]", so that they are able to safely pass through corridors of darkness and evade the Organization.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories}} The pair wears their cloaks during multiple clashes with Organization XIII, culminating in the capture of Roxas at [[Dark City]] shortly after his desertion from the Organization. Roxas is placed within DiZ's [[simulated Twilight Town]] as a normal human, making him the first Organization member to be seen without his coat after receiving it.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days}} | ||
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[[File:The Final Battle 01 KHII.png|thumb|200x200px|right|In his final battle with Sora and Riku, Xemnas dons a modified black coat | [[File:The Final Battle 01 KHII.png|thumb|200x200px|right|In his final battle with Sora and Riku, Xemnas dons a modified black coat. Its design represents the clash of light and darkness.]] | ||
Mickey eventually discards his coat when he rejoins Sora's group | Mickey eventually discards his coat when he rejoins Sora's group during the [[Battle of 1000 Heartless]], while Riku continues to wear his until shortly after he rejoins his friends at [[The World That Never Was]], when the explosion of Ansem the Wise's [[Kingdom Hearts Encoder]] returns him to his true form. When the group reaches Xemnas, the Superior replaces his black coat with his old Keyblade Armor, and finally with a modified version of the coat itself.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts II}} | ||
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[[File:Beneath the Hood 04 KHREC.png|thumb|200x200px|left|Jiminy's Journal takes the shape of Riku in his black coat.]] | [[File:Beneath the Hood 04 KHREC.png|thumb|200x200px|left|Jiminy's Journal takes the shape of Riku in his black coat.]] | ||
Shortly after the Organization's defeat, King Mickey digitizes [[Jiminy's Journal]] in order to determine the source of a mysterious message that had appeared within it. In the process, the Journal's collective memory comes to reside within [[Data-Riku]], who takes the form of Riku as he was after he left Castle Oblivion, wearing a black coat. Because of his black coat, Data-Sora confuses him with the mysterious figure who appeared in his [[Dive to the Heart]], but he eventually discovers that the figure was in fact [[Data-Roxas]], who had manifested to protect Data-Sora from his | Shortly after the Organization's defeat, King Mickey digitizes [[Jiminy's Journal]] in order to determine the source of a mysterious message that had appeared within it. In the process, the Journal's collective memory comes to reside within [[Data-Riku]], who takes the form of Riku as he was after he left Castle Oblivion, wearing a black coat. Because of his black coat, Data-Sora confuses him with the mysterious figure who appeared in his [[Dive to the Heart]], but he eventually discovers that the figure was in fact [[Data-Roxas]], who had manifested to protect Data-Sora from his own pain.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts Re:coded}} | ||
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[[File:Blank Points 01 KHBBS.png|thumb|200x200px|right|Ansem | [[File:Blank Points 01 KHBBS.png|thumb|200x200px|right|Ansem wears a black coat on the Dark Margin.]] | ||
Meanwhile, Aqua, trapped within the [[Realm of Darkness]] after her long-past battle with Master Xehanort finds Ansem the Wise waiting at the [[Dark Margin]] in a black coat, having been cast there by the explosion of the Kingdom Hearts Encoder.{{storylink|Blank Points}} | Meanwhile, Aqua, trapped within the [[Realm of Darkness]] after her long-past battle with Master Xehanort, finds Ansem the Wise waiting at the [[Dark Margin]] in a black coat, having been cast there by the explosion of the Kingdom Hearts Encoder.{{storylink|Blank Points}} | ||
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[[File:Sora's Nightmare 01 KH3D.png|thumb|200x200px|left|Sora's Nightmare manifests as the Anti Black Coat.]] | [[File:Sora's Nightmare 01 KH3D.png|thumb|200x200px|left|Sora's Nightmare manifests as the Anti Black Coat.]] | ||
At the same time, several of the former members of the Organization | At the same time, several of the former members of the Organization are revived as humans back in the [[Radiant Garden]], and while most of them are wearing the lab coats or uniforms they wore when Terra-Xehanort transformed them into Nobodies, the human who had once been [[Axel]], [[Lea]], continues to wear his black coat as he leaves to seek [[Isa]] and assist [[Sora]]. Meanwhile, Young Xehanort arrives from the past with several of the members of the new, true Organization XIII composed of Xehanort's various incarnations. As they interfere with [[Sora]] and [[Riku]]'s [[Mark of Mastery exam]] and maneuver Sora towards the gathering at [[Where Nothing Gathers]], each of the members (bar Master Xehanort and [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness|Ansem]]) wear the coats symbolizing their allegiance; Ansem finally dons his coat at the meeting itself. Even the [[Riku Replica]]<!--unlink this if you want-->, who appears before Riku in the depths of Monstro, wears the coat. In the final stages of its plot, the Organization places Sora under the influence of a Nightmare in order to prepare him as its thirteenth member. When Riku attempts to free Sora, the Nightmare manifests as the [[Anti Black Coat]], a shadowy figure appropriately garbed in a black coat with a flesh-like violet tinge.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance}} | ||
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==List of coats== | ==List of coats== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Birth by Sleep 01 KHBBS.png| | File:Birth by Sleep 01 KHBBS.png|Master Xehanort | ||
File:Young Xehanort KH3D.png| | File:Young Xehanort KH3D.png|Young Xehanort | ||
File:Riku-Ansem KHII.png| | File:Riku-Ansem KHII.png|Ansem, Seeker of Darkness | ||
File:Xemnas KHD.png| | File:Xemnas KHD.png|Xemnas | ||
File:Xemnas (Final Form, Battle) KHII.png|[[Game:Xemnas|Xemnas (Final Form)]] | File:Xemnas (Final Form, Battle) KHII.png|[[Game:Xemnas|Xemnas (Final Form)]] | ||
File:Xigbar KHD.png|[[Xigbar]] | File:Xigbar KHD.png|[[Xigbar]] | ||
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File:Zexion KHD.png|[[Zexion]] | File:Zexion KHD.png|[[Zexion]] | ||
File:Saïx KHD.png|[[Saïx]] | File:Saïx KHD.png|[[Saïx]] | ||
File:Axel KHD.png| | File:Axel KHD.png|Axel | ||
File:Demyx KHD.png|[[Demyx]] | File:Demyx KHD.png|[[Demyx]] | ||
File:Luxord KHD.png|[[Luxord]] | File:Luxord KHD.png|[[Luxord]] | ||
File:Marluxia KHD.png|[[Marluxia]] | File:Marluxia KHD.png|[[Marluxia]] | ||
File:Larxene KHD.png|[[Larxene]] | File:Larxene KHD.png|[[Larxene]] | ||
File:Roxas (Oathkeeper and Oblivion) KHII.png| | File:Roxas (Oathkeeper and Oblivion) KHII.png|Roxas | ||
File:Xion KHD.png|[[Xion]] | File:Xion KHD.png|[[Xion]] | ||
File:Blank Points 01 KHBBS.png| | File:Blank Points 01 KHBBS.png|Ansem the Wise | ||
File:Riku (Blindfolded) KHII.png| | File:Riku (Blindfolded) KHII.png|Riku | ||
File:Riku-Ansem KHII.png|[[Riku-Ansem]] | File:Riku-Ansem KHII.png|[[Riku-Ansem]] | ||
File:King Mickey (Black Coat) KHII.png| | File:King Mickey (Black Coat) KHII.png|King Mickey | ||
File:Organization Moogle KHD.png|[[Moogle]] | File:Organization Moogle KHD.png|[[Moogle]] | ||
File:Lea KH3D.png| | File:Lea KH3D.png|Lea | ||
File:Data-Riku KHREC.png| | File:Data-Riku KHREC.png|Data-Riku | ||
File:Data-Roxas KHREC.png| | File:Data-Roxas KHREC.png|Data-Roxas | ||
File:Mushroom XIII (Group) KHIIFM.png| | File:Mushroom XIII (Group) KHIIFM.png|Mushroom XIII | ||
File:Anti Black Coat KH3D.png| | File:Anti Black Coat KH3D.png|Anti Black Coat | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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Revision as of 19:26, 9 December 2012
The black coat (黒いコート Kuroi kōto), also called the black cloak, is an article of clothing imbued with magic that protects the wearer's heart from corruption when traveling through the darkness between worlds. It was first worn by Master Xehanort as an alternative to the traditional Keyblade Armor, which shields one's entire being. Its abilities allow the wearer to use the corridors of darkness to quickly traverse the realms, and as such, it is primarily worn by Master Xehanort and the members of both the original Organization XIII and true Organization XIII. When denizens of light, such as Riku or Mickey Mouse, need to utilize the corridors of darkness, they also don the black coat.
Development
The black coat first appeared in the secret video Another side, Another story..., in which they were worn by Roxas and Riku. Xemnas also wore the coat in his optional battle with Sora and in the secret movie Deep Dive in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix. This started the trend of all members of Organization XIII wearing the coat. Tetsuya Nomura stated in an interview that his initial idea for "The Gathering" was to have Terra, Aqua, and Ventus wear similar coats to the black coat in order to mask their at-the-time undesigned faces. However, Nomura felt that he could not use the black coat again, and so donned the trio of Keyblade wielders with armor instead.
Appearance
All black coats share the same basic design, although a coat often has unique personal touches and is able to change shape with its wearer.[1] In addition, despite being put on and taken off as if it was just a coat, the coat actually manifests a matching set of pants, shoes, and gloves to replace any that their wearer was previously clothed in.[2]
The main coat is a black trenchcoat that is double-breasted and twin-tailed, with a hood and long sleeves. It has a large silver zipper that fastens at the top and zips down to seal the coat. It has silver drawstrings for the hood decorated with a large silver bead hanging from the end and a silver chain ornament adorned with four large cylindrical silver beads that fastens to a loop on either side of the collarbone region.
Axel's black coat has narrow sleeves which stop at his palms, while Xigbar's has pleated shoulders and Demyx's has pointed shoulders. Larxene and Xion have coats with broad shoulders, and they come with boots that have narrow toes and prominent heels. Vexen's coat seems to be longer than most others, and his sleeves seem slightly longer as well. Roxas wears his coat with black sneakers, albeit of a different design from those he wears with his normal clothing. Mickey's coat is tailored for his unique frame, and they come with black versions of his signature shoes. Xion wears similar shoes when she takes Sora's form.
| This information is based on alternate scenes or materials and is not considered canon within the overall plot of the series. |
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In the Kingdom Hearts II manga, the coat is depicted as capable of sustaining damage and being mended like any ordinary article of clothing. Template:Canonend Template:Section-stub
Story
The first known use of the black coat is by Master Xehanort, who wears it when he travels from the Keyblade Graveyard in order to leave his comatose apprentice, Ventus, to expire at his boyhood home, the Destiny Islands. However, he frequently uses the corridors without wearing his coat.
Years later, at the same time Master Xehanort attempts to reforge the χ-blade and take the Keyblade wielder Terra as his vessel, his time-traveling younger self arrives at the Land of Departure, wearing the black coat, on his quest to assemble Xehanort's true Organization XIII to replace the initial version that had failed in the future. He is found and fought by Terra, Ventus, and Aqua when each of them returns individually to his or her homeworld, but he vanishes furhter into the future upon defeat. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Even later, after Terra-Xehanort becomes the Nobody Xemnas, his recollections of his past lead him to adapt the black coat as the uniform of his Organization XIII. Each member wears his or her coat throughout his or her service, as does the Moogle who purveys goods to Organization's castle. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days The coat is also mimicked by a group of Heartless named the Mushroom XIII, who model themselves after the Organization, the Absent Silhouettes who manifest from the members' weapons after their destruction, and the Replica Data simulations housed at the Garden of Assemblage. Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix
When Riku and King Mickey leave the Organization's former stronghold of Castle Oblivion, they are gifted with personalized black coats by the former king of the Radiant Garden, Ansem the Wise, who has assumed the identity of "DiZ", so that they are able to safely pass through corridors of darkness and evade the Organization. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories The pair wears their cloaks during multiple clashes with Organization XIII, culminating in the capture of Roxas at Dark City shortly after his desertion from the Organization. Roxas is placed within DiZ's simulated Twilight Town as a normal human, making him the first Organization member to be seen without his coat after receiving it. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Mickey eventually discards his coat when he rejoins Sora's group during the Battle of 1000 Heartless, while Riku continues to wear his until shortly after he rejoins his friends at The World That Never Was, when the explosion of Ansem the Wise's Kingdom Hearts Encoder returns him to his true form. When the group reaches Xemnas, the Superior replaces his black coat with his old Keyblade Armor, and finally with a modified version of the coat itself. Kingdom Hearts II
Shortly after the Organization's defeat, King Mickey digitizes Jiminy's Journal in order to determine the source of a mysterious message that had appeared within it. In the process, the Journal's collective memory comes to reside within Data-Riku, who takes the form of Riku as he was after he left Castle Oblivion, wearing a black coat. Because of his black coat, Data-Sora confuses him with the mysterious figure who appeared in his Dive to the Heart, but he eventually discovers that the figure was in fact Data-Roxas, who had manifested to protect Data-Sora from his own pain. Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
Meanwhile, Aqua, trapped within the Realm of Darkness after her long-past battle with Master Xehanort, finds Ansem the Wise waiting at the Dark Margin in a black coat, having been cast there by the explosion of the Kingdom Hearts Encoder. Blank Points
At the same time, several of the former members of the Organization are revived as humans back in the Radiant Garden, and while most of them are wearing the lab coats or uniforms they wore when Terra-Xehanort transformed them into Nobodies, the human who had once been Axel, Lea, continues to wear his black coat as he leaves to seek Isa and assist Sora. Meanwhile, Young Xehanort arrives from the past with several of the members of the new, true Organization XIII composed of Xehanort's various incarnations. As they interfere with Sora and Riku's Mark of Mastery exam and maneuver Sora towards the gathering at Where Nothing Gathers, each of the members (bar Master Xehanort and Ansem) wear the coats symbolizing their allegiance; Ansem finally dons his coat at the meeting itself. Even the Riku Replica, who appears before Riku in the depths of Monstro, wears the coat. In the final stages of its plot, the Organization places Sora under the influence of a Nightmare in order to prepare him as its thirteenth member. When Riku attempts to free Sora, the Nightmare manifests as the Anti Black Coat, a shadowy figure appropriately garbed in a black coat with a flesh-like violet tinge. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
List of coats
Master Xehanort
Young Xehanort
Ansem, Seeker of Darkness
Xemnas
Axel
Roxas
Ansem the Wise
Riku
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King Mickey
Lea
Data-Riku
Data-Roxas
Mushroom XIII
Anti Black Coat
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Notes and references
- ^ In Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Xion and Riku's coats adjust with them when they take the shape of Sora and Ansem, respectively.
- ^ In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, the distinctive gloves, pants, and shoes appear on Riku and Mickey when they don the coats given to them by DiZ, and in Kingdom Hearts II, their own personal outfits, complete with gloves, pants, and shoes, reappear when each of them discards their coat, despite the black gloves, pants, and shoes being present beforehand.
