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When he was young, Riku had been curious about everything that is outside of his world. Over time, his curiosity became an obsession, and he eventually opened his heart up to darkness in order to escape his "prison surrounded by water," as phrased by Ansem. This obsession completely vanishes throughout the year of Sora's slumber, most likely because of all the trouble it brought into his formerly simple life and how foolish he ended up acting once his curiosity was sated. When he returns to Destiny Islands in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', he still comments on how small a world it is, but agrees with Sora's remark that it is part of one much bigger. This shows that Riku has a much better view of his homeworld than before, making him all the more content. | When he was young, Riku had been curious about everything that is outside of his world. Over time, his curiosity became an obsession, and he eventually opened his heart up to darkness in order to escape his "prison surrounded by water," as phrased by Ansem. This obsession completely vanishes throughout the year of Sora's slumber, most likely because of all the trouble it brought into his formerly simple life and how foolish he ended up acting once his curiosity was sated. When he returns to Destiny Islands in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', he still comments on how small a world it is, but agrees with Sora's remark that it is part of one much bigger. This shows that Riku has a much better view of his homeworld than before, making him all the more content. | ||
Riku is shown to be fiercely dedicated to his best friend Sora throughout the series. In ''Birth by Sleep'', when first meeting Terra, Riku claims that he wants strength so he can protect his friends from harm. As Kairi had not yet arrived on the islands, it can be assumed he’s talking about Sora. Although Riku’s actions in the first game were uncaring and cruel, it’s shown his jealousy is spurned on in no small part by his feelings of being abandoned by Sora for Donald and Goofy. In ''358/2 Days'', nearly everything Riku does is to ensure Sora eventually wakes up from his sleep to get his memories back. He even goes so far as to battle Roxas and then tap into his inner darkness to defeat him so he will be forced to return to Sora, not caring if he’s trapped in Ansem, Seeker of Darkness’s form forever. In ''Kingdom Hearts II'', despite not wanting Sora to see what his appearance has become, he leaves clues for him as to Roxas’s identity and works behind the scenes to support his best friend. Riku unconsciously dives into Sora’s dreams in ''Dream Drop Distance'' after seeing Xehanort’s Heartless on the Destiny Islands when they enter the realm of sleep, becoming a Dream Eater and remaining within Sora’s own dreams throughout most of the game to protect him from Nightmares. Their [[Combined Keyblade]] also bears a paopu fruit as the charm once the two halves are merged together. After all of the other Guardians fall to the Demon Tide at the Keyblade Graveyard in ''Kingdom Hearts III'', Riku sacrifices his own life to give Sora the motivation to continue on and save their friends from their fate. Additionally, in a 2013 interview about Kingdom Hearts III, series producer Shinji Hashimoto stated in an interview that the main focus of the series is Sora and Riku's relationship, and how it evolves over time.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/25/how-kingdom-hearts-iii-will-grow-up-with-its-players '''''How Kingdom Hearts III Will Grow Up With Its Players'''''], '''Shinji Hashimoto''': "The fact is that the main focus of the series is Sora and Riku; how their friendship develops, but also how they grow up."</ref> | |||
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