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Perhaps I'd be inclined to agree with the notion that not much happens before the graveyard, if not for the fact that Vanitas's resurrection in Monstropolis + Sora learning about Ventus is probably the most significant moment to ever occur in a Disney world in any of the games.I just think the approach should've been different. A loyal adaptation of this game has to reckon with the fact that not much happens until the Keyblade Graveyard. You either need to make it short, or you need some original material sprinkled throughout.
So far, the Keyblade Graveyard has skipped straight to the main battles with the Org XIII. The battles covered in the previous half of Chapter 34 were Sora and Riku VS Xigbar and Dark Riku, while the latter half is covering the Vanitas and Terranort battles.I know the KH manga is a mess right now. I'm not going to blame Shiro Amano for it. It's certainly upsetting and sad given I like how the manga has told most of the KH stories better then the games. So while I'm bummed about so much stuff being skipped I'm just tuning in for the KG stuff at this point, it's really all we have left really. How much of it have they covered and where are they now at the KG?
I read it through the Gangan Online app. Terranort is already subdued when Sora arrives and Vanitas is dealt with quickly in a version of his end scene where...he basically doesn't go out on his own terms in a sense. Instead of dying with acceptance of who he is and with Ven bitterly accepting, Sora and Ven's words make him mad enough to try and fight before they both kill him.So far, the Keyblade Graveyard has skipped straight to the main battles with the Org XIII. The battles covered in the previous half of Chapter 34 were Sora and Riku VS Xigbar and Dark Riku, while the latter half is covering the Vanitas and Terranort battles.
You can hardly blame him when he's given next to zero space to do it in.I'll say it again. Amano may not have control over what gets cut, but execution of what he does have to work with is still up to him. And it just seems to me that he just doesn't have the heart in him to give it his best compared to 2 and Days. That with what he has left to adapt, he's resigned to just doing basic shortened versions of the game's events without the..."Amano flair".
So far, the Keyblade Graveyard has skipped straight to the main battles with the Org XIII. The battles covered in the previous half of Chapter 34 were Sora and Riku VS Xigbar and Dark Riku, while the latter half is covering the Vanitas and Terranort battles.
I read it through the Gangan Online app. Terranort is already subdued when Sora arrives and Vanitas is dealt with quickly in a version of his end scene where...he basically doesn't go out on his own terms in a sense. Instead of dying with acceptance of who he is and with Ven bitterly accepting, Sora and Ven's words make him mad enough to try and fight before they both kill him.
Terranort, who was being held by magic Aqua chains, breaks out easily once Vanitas is gone making this the second non-gameplay occurence where Aqua's chain-up move fails, and we just get a less good version of Terra's return. Like...the Guardian shows up before Terranort could even send Aqua and Ven hurtling to the ground, he saves em, and then immediately ejects his heart so Sora can blast Terranort who compared to the game only gets defeated because he was apparently so shocked his Stand didn't obey him that he just stood there without being subdued. Which makes it more wack than the game where TerraGuardian at least grabbed him by the head to keep him in place.
A few comments on the chapter in the app bring up the very issue that things are going too fast that the scenes adapted don't hit right, to where a couple are even worried about how RAX's reunion will be portrayed. Well more specifically one of em is starting to think it won't even happen.
I'll say it again. Amano may not have control over what gets cut, but execution of what he does have to work with is still up to him. And it just seems to me that he just doesn't have the heart in him to give it his best compared to 2 and Days. That with what he has left to adapt, he's resigned to just doing basic shortened versions of the game's events without the..."Amano flair".
Edit: In retrospect I HAVE been too harsh. Deadlines may be getting to him, and I failed to consider that at all...I feel like an asshole.
Maybe we shouldn't be treating the manga as something that has a "verse." At this point it's clear that the KH3 manga isn't an adaptation that's supposed to stand on its own from the source material, instead it exists as promotional material for the game. Hence why it skipped over important set-up (BbS and DDD) to go directly to KH3. And at this point whatever promotion it's doing isn't enough to justify its production costs, which is why the ending is being rushed.The reveal holds no weight to the mangaverse of KH