I honestly just saw it as Marluxia being amused rather than surprised. Zuibun also means extremely as well. Also "moto" could mean former. He could also be surprised/amused that Sora still thinks of him from the former Organization since he says in the original dialogue in response to Sora's " Come out former Organization XIII" is "Former? That's a way to put it." Then Sora goes on about how that the Former(Moto) Org. XIII used Nobodies unless he's in the New(Shin) Org. XIII. Then Marluxia goes on to introduce himself as "I'm Marluxia of True(Shin) Org. XIII." If he truly didn't understand what Sora was saying he would have continued to inquire about the "Former/Moto" remark from Sora. I figured he understands what Sora says and used a play on words with him(pun since they're basically saying Shin Juusan Kinkan" but Marluxia sees it as the true Organization because that's what it really is. Young Xehanort said as much. The former Organization wasn't the real deal and Marluxia recognizes this now. But either way I guess we'll have to wait for the game to find out the whole deal. Plus by the slim chance Marluxia wasn't with the group, I don't think Xemnas would allow Marluxia to use his Nobody henchmen for his own schemes that could interfere with Xehanort as Xemnas controls all Nobodies.
Yeah, I totally see where you're coming from, and I'd definitely defer to anyone with a stronger natural grasp of Japanese since my comprehension is still very textbook-y and I miss out on things like inflections or the finer points of grammar all the time.
On the Nobody issue, I don't think the "control" the Organization members have over their respective Nobodies (or Xemnas over all of them) is literal, i.e. the way Ansem SoD can control the Heartless, or Vanitas sort-of controls the Unversed. It seems moreso that the Nobodies responded to directives from leadership, like an army, with certain classes being assigned to certain members: with the breakdown of the original Organization, it's not clear what happened to the "lesser" Nobodies; they may well have gone rogue while waiting for somebody to come along and give them direction again. So I think Marluxia could resume control of his own Nobodies if they recognize his leadership, regardless of Xemnas (who, I'm fairly sure, would neither notice nor care at this point).
I can see that being option. Marluxia may as well just be pawn and not necessarily a seeker. As for if Larxene is going to come back in this game along with some of the other Organization, that's to be seen. I do think Luxord might play a part within the new Organization since his element is time and MX along with the other seekers are heavily involved with time travel. Plus, I think Nomura or one of the KH staff cited Luxord as their favorite character in regards to Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Mission Mode.
I still wish we get a trailer quickly to give more context towards Marluxia and what schemes he is planning and if Larxene plays a part in it since she was Marluxia's co-conspirator. If Larxene were to meet Sora again, she'd probably not be too happy and would do everything in her power to remind Sora of how he manipulated him, slapped Namine around, and broke Repliku. I do believe she would probably have a harder time for MX to manipulate since in the novels, she never actually wanted her heart back since it was too painful. I do believe it was cited in the novels. So, the questions would be.
Why would Larxene let herself be used by the new Organization if she never wanted to have her heart back? What does she get from Xehanort by torturing Sora?
The resumption of themes and narrative throughlines from CoM might get some additional traction here if the "other me" Riku is referring to really is his Replica-- in other words, it seems like this could be the game where that story comes full circle and is finally brought to closure. Sora's memory stuff is settled, the fate of the Riku Replica is addressed, and all of those Nobodies who perished in CO (good and bad) are revived and dealt with accordingly. It seems to weird to think that some five+ games and over a decade later CoM might finally be getting properly folded in to the main storyline, but considering it has provided most of the groundwork and conflict for subsequent titles while never actually being resolved, it makes sense. In fact, it sort of has to happen now: KH3 is a game about settling big universal questions, and what is "possible" or "impossible" is entirely up in the air at this point. Xion isn't
supposed to be able to come back, Sora isn't
supposed to be able to have both his memories of CO and the rest of it, and the list goes on as to things we've been told and believed, but that's all information derived from people who think they hold the secrets of the universe. And if there's one thing we've learned, it's that the universe in KH frequently has different plans.
As for Larxene, I think she'd take the chance to get back at Sora,
especially if she gets to do it by going through the people he cares about. Cue my Larxene vs Kairi fight.
