Revisiting History: The Keyblade War Part 1 (KHUX scenario event)

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As part of Kingdom Hearts Union X Japan's 4th anniversary celebration, players will be able to experience the legendary Keyblade War in the form of a brand new scenario event. While this war has been alluded to in several other titles, it has only been fully depicted in Union X's predecessor, Kingdom Hearts X[chi], a Japan-exclusive PC browser game from 2013~2016. 

While the Keyblade War has been well documented through our extensive coverage of X[chi], we feel it'd be a good opportunity to revisit these events alongside everyone who are experiencing it for the first time through Union X.

Witness the events of the Keyblade War! 

Global Version

Japanese Version
Translations by goldpanner

More scenes from the Japanese version can be found on our Youtube channel!

 

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I'm putting these comparisons together since I wanted to see how close our 3+ year old translations got to the official localization, and if there are any differences in their approach.

Lines and terms used prominently in the console games automatically override translations and are therefore left as is (such as the final passage of the Book of Prophecies, Foretellers being disciples)

Italicized = goldpanner's translations
Bold = official localization

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人は心を守るために悲しい出来事を記憶の奥に仕舞い込むようにできてるって聞いたけど、
I've heard that people push sad events deep down into their memories, to protect their hearts, and that's the way they're made.
I heard that people are designed to shove all of their sad memories deep down inside in order to protect their hearts.

本当なのかな？
But, is that true, I wonder?
If that's true...

だとしたら、こんな大掛かりに記憶の上書きをする必要があったのかな？
If it is, then did we really need to overwrite everyone's memories on such a large scale?
...was it really necessary to overwrite the memories of all these people?

悲しい記憶であっても忘れてはいけない。
You shouldn't forget things, even if they are sad.
Memories shouldn't be forgotten, even the sad ones.

忘れるべきじゃない、なんて思ったりもしたけど、
I did have that thought - that it wasn't right to forget.
N/A

それは、傷を負った本人じゃないからかもね……
Maybe that's because I'm not bearing the wound myself...
...Maybe that's easy to say when they don't belong to me.

だって、記憶の奥底に仕舞い込んだとしても、心に負った傷が消えることはない。
But, even if a memory is pushed deep down, \Nthe wound in the heart doesn't disappear.
But while they can be hidden deep inside, the wounds and scars remain.

忘れるというのとは少し違うから。
It's not exactly the same as forgetting.
Forgetting doesn't mean it never happened.

キミは上書きによって、悲しい記憶を思い出せなくなってるけど、
The overwrite made you forget your sad memories, but...
Your memory was overwritten with the rest of them. Your sad memories, forgotten.

記憶の奥底、心に負った傷が消えたわけじゃない。
Deep down, the wound in your heart is still there.
But your heart still bears the scars.

でも、もしその記憶が必要になる時があれば、
But, if there ever comes a time when you need those memories,
If the time comes when you need to remember...

キミといっしょにいる僕が憶えてるから──
I'm here with you, and I remember──
...I'll be right here by your side to help you.

主（カレ）は６人の弟子に新しい名前を与え、そのうちの５人に予知書を与えた。
He bestowed his six disciples with new names, and gave five of them the Book of Prophecies.
He bestowed names on his six apprentices, and passed down the Book of Prophecies to five who came to be known as the foretellers.

予知者となった５人の弟子は、未来が書かれたその予知書を読み、
These five disciples, who were to become the Foretellers, read the future written in the book.
The five read the manuscript...

最後のページに書かれた一節に驚愕したらしい。
Apparently a passage written on the last page shocked them.
...and were shocked by the final entry.

“彼の地の大戦によって、光は敗北し消滅する”
“On that fated land, a great war shall transpire.”

“世界は永遠の闇に覆われることとなる”
“Darkness will prevail and the light expire.”

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A few months later──

終わりなんて、もっと世界を焼き尽くす様な恐ろしい光景だと思ってた。
I'd thought the end would be a horrific scene where the whole world burned away to nothing.
I thought the world's end would be a horrible sight.

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A few days ago──

まただね……
Not again, sheesh...
Not again...

やめとこうよ、気持ちはわかるけどキリがないよ。
Leave them be. I know how you feel, but if you start you'll never stop.
Don't get involved. I know it's frustrating, but you can't fix everything.

最近多過ぎるよね、本当にどうなっちゃうんだろぉ……
This has been happening too often lately, hasn't it? Honestly, what'll become of us, I wonder...
Everyone seems to have a bone to pick. I hope things don't get any worse...

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[Player]！

仲間にキーブレードを振るうなんて！
How could you raise your Keyblade against an ally!
Wait! We're all on the same side!

仲間だと？　笑わせるな、こいつらは俺たちのルクスを奪ったんだ。
An ally? Don't make me laugh. This piece of work was stealing our Lux.
Are we? Then why did they steal our Lux?

はぁ？光は俺たちが守っている、
Excuse me? We're the ones protecting the light.
What are you talking about? We're just trying to protect the light.

お前たちのユニオンが裏切り者の闇ではないのか？
What if your Union is the one betraying us to the darkness, hm?
I'll bet good munny that it's your Union that's fallen into darkness. Traitors!

お前たちのユニオンこそ、光を奪う闇ではないのか！
What if YOUR Union is the dark one stealing the light, hm!
What did you say!? How can you prove YOU'RE not the traitor!?

待ってよ！例え別々のユニオンでも目的は同じ仲間、戦うのは間違ってる！
Wait! Even if we're from different Unions, we're allies who share the same goal, and fighting is wrong!
Hold on! We're all on the same side! Why are you fighting!?

引っ込んでろ！
You stay out of it!
Mind your own business!

やめなさい！
Stop right there!
Stop it!

スクルド！
Skuld!

は？おまえはどこのユニオンだ？
Oh? What Union are you from?
Who are you!? Which Union do YOU belong to?

そんなことは関係ない。私たちの敵は闇の魔物。
That's completely irrelevant. Our enemies are the dark monsters.
It doesn't matter. Our only enemy is darkness.

キーブレードは人に振るうものじゃない！
Keyblades are not something to be raised against human beings!
Our Keyblades aren't meant to harm one another!

人であろうが光を奪う者は闇の存在、魔物と同じだ！
Human or not, anyone stealing light is a creature of darkness, no different from a monster!
Anyone who tries to steal the light is no different than a monster of darkness!

何てことを！
How can you say that!
What!?

もう、戦いははじまってるんだ。
The battle's already started.
The war's already begun.

そのとおり……
That's right...

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もはや、信じられるのはユニオンの結束のみ。
The only thing we can trust now is the unity of our own Union.
We can only place trust in our own Unions;

同じキーブレード使いであろうが、その心が闇か否かの判断はできない。
Someone may be a fellow Keyblade wielder, but we cannot divine whether their heart is dark or not.
we cannot tell who has fallen into darkness with a mere glance.

絶対的強者、ユニオンの強さは回収した光の数じゃない。強いユニオンこそが正義なのだ。
Warriors of absolute strength, the strength of a Union is not the amount of light it has collected. A strong Union is justice itself.
Why do you fight over Lux? Light is not proof of strength. Victory is proof of strength.

それは戦って証明するしかない。
That is something that can only be proved through battle.
And a strong Union is proof of justice.

そんな！
But...!
What?

反論があるのか？おまえたちはアヴァが裏で組織しているダンデライオンの一味だろ？
Do you object? Aren't you people part of the gang Ava's organizing behind our backs, the Dandelions?
Do you disagree? Aren't you one of Ava's chosen wielders? One of the Dandelions?

アヴァがやっていることも結局は力の誇示だ。同じではないのか？
Ava's actions are also, in the end, a power display. How is it any different?
You, of all people, should be able to see that she's using her special Union to demonstrate her power.

……

私はダンデライオンじゃありません。
I'm not a Dandelion.
I don't belong to the Dandelions.

ほう、ユニオンはどこだ？
Oh, then what is your Union?
Which Union do you belong to?

[Union].

キーブレードを構えろ。
Raise your Keyblade.
Stand ready.

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おまえはキーブレード使い失格だ。
You fail as a Keyblade wielder.
You're not worthy of the Keyblade.

キーブレードを収めろ、アセッド。
Put away your Keyblade, Aced.
That's enough, Aced.

イラ……
Ira.

マスターともあろう者が、キーブレード使いに危害を加えるとは！
You are supposed to be a Master, how could you harm a Keyblade wielder!
You bring harm to a Keyblade wielder and call yourself a Master?

ふん！　力を試してやったまで。
Bah! I only went so far as to test their strength.
Hmph! It was merely a test.

おまえの殺気を感じて、ここに来たんだぞ。
I came here because I sensed your bloodthirst.
Was it? Your hostility is why I'm here.

もはや、決戦は避けられん。
The final battle is no longer avoidable.
The war is coming.

インヴィ、グウラ、アヴァ、そしておまえもだ、イラ。どのユニオンよりも多くのルクスを回収しようと躍起になっている。
Invi, Gula, Ava, and you, too, Ira. All desperate to collect more Lux than the other Unions.
Invi, Gula, Ava, and even you, Ira―your Unions are all scrambling to gather more Lux than any other.

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Look around you.

戦いは最初からはじまっていた、それを激化させていったのはおまえたちの方だ。
The battle has already begun. It was you four who aggravated the situation.
The strife has already begun, and you four have done nothing but fuel the flame.

だから力で抑えつけようと言うのか。
Are you saying we must resolve this by force?
And you elect to resolve this with brute force?

結局は強い指導者が世界を左右する。俺はルクスではなく、どこよりも多くの兵を集める。
In the end, the strong control the world. It's not Lux I'll gather more of than anyone─it's soldiers.
Ultimately, the strong determine the world's future. While others gather Lux, I will recruit a legion.

強い組織こそが絶対だ。均衡を保つには指導者は一人でいい。
Strong organization is imperative. When it comes to maintaining the balance, there need only be one leader.
Backed by a powerful organization, a single leader can maintain the world's balance.

おまえたち４人を追放し、俺がすべてのユニオンを統べる。
I'll banish the four of you, and unify all the Unions under myself.
The four of you will be banished, and I will lead the Unions in your stead.

勘違いするなアセッド、おまえの力は、そこまでではない。
Don't overestimate yourself, Aced. You aren't that strong.
You're a fool to think you have that kind of power, Aced.

過信した者の末路、思い知らせてやろう。
Let me show you how pride comes before a deadly fall.
You overestimate yourself.

待っているぞ、決戦の地で！
I'll be waiting in the land of the final battle!
Then let's settle this on the battlefield!

マスター・イラ。
Master Ira.

決戦の地とは…… 何が起きようとしているのですか？
He said something about the land of the final battle... What's going to happen?
The battlefield? What's about to happen?

定められた刻がもうすぐ訪れる。
The fated time is nearly upon us.
What fate intended.

やはり、アヴァ様が言っていた……
So this is what Lady Ava meant...
So Master Ava WAS telling the truth.

もはや避けられん。
It can no longer be avoided.
Yes. The war is inevitable.

そんな！
But...!

アヴァ様は言っていました、その争いに勝者はいないと。
Lady Ava said there will be no victor in that battle.
She said there would be no winners.

それなのになぜ戦うんですか！
So why are you going to fight?
So why fight?

そうだな…… 勝者を作らないためだ。
Well... so that a victor is not born.
To make certain...there are no winners.

備えよ。
Prepare yourselves.

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ここは……
This place, it's...
Is this...?

誰……
Who...

何これ……
What is this...
What's going on?

!

これは……
This is...
Is that...?

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大丈夫なのかな。
I wonder if they're okay.
Should I be worried?

うん、かなり体力使ったからね。
Yeah, they really pushed themselves, didn't they?
It was pretty rough.

ありがとう、スクルド。
Thank you, Skuld.
Thanks for being here, Skuld.

それにしても、日に日に雰囲気が悪くなってる。
At any rate, the atmosphere gets worse every day.
You don't need to thank me. I just can't believe how bad things have gotten.

あっちこっちで小競り合いを見かけるわ。
I see little stand-offs everywhere.
Everywhere I go, people are arguing with each other.

うん……
Yeah...
I know...

マスター様たちの様子はどうなの？
How are the Masters?
Even the Masters―

まぁ、さっきのが物語ってるとは思うけど……
Well, I suppose what happened just now tells us all we need to know...
Well, we all saw what happened.

うん……もうみんなバラバラなんだ。
Yeah... They've already fallen apart.
They used to work together, but now...

何があったのかわからないけど、すっかりみんな変わってしまった。
I don't know what happened, but they've all completely changed.
I don't know how or why, but somehow, things changed.

そう……やっぱりもう戦いは避けられないのね。
There really isn't any way to avoid a battle at this point, is there...
Then I suppose there really is no escaping the war.

エフェメラは。
Ephemer.
Did you...

あ！
Oh!

よかった！気がついてたのね。
Oh, good! You're awake.
You're awake! What a relief.

エフェメラには会えた？
Have you been able to see Ephemer?
Did you find Ephemer?

彼とはまだ会えていないけど、アヴァ様の指示で動いてるみたい。
Not yet, but apparently he is doing things under the direction of Lady Ava.
Not yet, but I know he's somewhere carrying out Master Ava's wishes.

私もなるべく多くのキーブレード使いを最終決戦に向かわせない様に説得してる。
I've been trying to persuade as many Keyblade wielders as I can to turn away from the final battle.
As for me, I'm trying to convince people not to take part in the battle to come.

でも、ほとんどの人が世界の終わりなんて信じてくれなくて……
But most people just don't believe in the end of the world...
But most of them don't even believe that a war is coming.

それどころか、
In fact,
What's more...

アヴァ様の不在に不安を感じたダンデライオンの士気も下がりはじめてて……
even the Dandelions are starting to get anxious without Lady Ava around, and morale has started to drop...
...Master Ava's absence is causing the Dandelions to lose their focus.

アヴァ様は？
What's this about Lady Ava?
Where is she?

実は最近アヴァ様は行方不明で……
The truth is, Lady Ava's been missing recently...
No one's seen her around lately.

でも、グウラ様なら何か知ってるかもしれない。
But, maybe Lord Gula knows something.
Maybe Master Gula knows something.

二人は仲良かったから。
The two of them are friends, after all.
The two were close.

グウラ様に聞きに行こう。
Then let's go ask Lord Gula.
Then let's go talk to him.

まだ休んでないと！
No, you have to rest more!
No, you need to rest!

もう時間がない。
There's no time.
We don't have time.

……そうね。
...You're right.

でも。
But...

大丈夫だよ、チリシィ。
I'm fine, Chirithy.
It's all right, Chirithy.

うん……
Okay...
If you say so...

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こっちでいいの？
Is this the right way?
Is this the way?

グウラ様はあまり塔に来ることはなくて、
Lord Gula doesn't come to the tower very much,
It should be.

街の空家に出入りしてるみたいなんだ。
but he seems to have been going in and out of a vacant house in town.
I heard Master Gula is seen around here more than the tower.

ここら辺だと思うけど、今いるかはわからないよ。
This should be the place, but I don't know if he's actually here right now.
This is it, but I don't know if he's here.

ともかく入ってみましょう。
Let's go in anyway.
Let's find out.

静かだね。
It's quiet.
It's awfully quiet.

俺に何か用？
Do you have business with me?
Looking for someone?

グウラ様！
Lord Gula!
Master Gula!

ルクス集めもしないでこんな所に来るなんて、
If you're skipping out on collecting Lux to come here,
A wielder who's not out collecting Lux.

おまえたち、アヴァのダンデライオンか？
then you must be Ava's Dandelions, aren't you?
That must make you a Dandelion.

あ、はい。
Ah, yes.
Yes, that's right.

アヴァを捜してるの？
Are you looking for Ava?

そうです。
We are.

会ってどうする？
And what will you do when you see her?
Why?

決戦に向かう状況を変えてほしいって頼むの？
Will you beg her to fix the situation with the final battle we're heading towards?
To ask her if she can do something so we can avoid the war?

いくらアヴァでも、そんなことはできない。
Not even Ava can pull that off.
Not even she has the power to do that.

それとも状況を聞くの？
Or are you going to ask her what's going on?
Or do you plan on asking her what's going on?

それを知ったところで君たちは何もできない。
Even if you knew, you wouldn't be able to do anything.
Knowing won't change anything. There's nothing you can do.

でも、何もしないで世界の終わりを待つなんてできません。
But I can't just twiddle my thumbs and wait for the end of the world.
But I can't just sit back and wait for the end to come.

なるべく多くの仲間を決戦から回避させる、
I'll get as many of my friends to avoid the final battle.
I need to warn people what's coming.

それがダンデライオンの使命です。
That's my role as a Dandelion.

さすが、アヴァに集められただけはあるね。
It's no wonder you were recruited by Ava.
I can see why she chose you.

まるでアヴァみたいだ。
You're just like her.

いつも正しいアヴァ。
Ava: always right.
Always doing the right thing.

でも、いくら正しくても世界を救うことはできない。
But, no matter how right she may be, she can't save the world.
But doing the right thing can't save the world.

もし可能性があるなら、マスターだけだ。
Even if it's possible, the only one who could would be the Master.
Only the Master has that kind of power.

マスター？
The Master?

チリシィから聞いたことあるでしょ？
You've heard about him from Chirithy, haven't you?
Chirithy must've told you about him.

俺たち予知者と呼ばれる５人はマスター・オブ・マスターの弟子だった。
We five who are called the Foretellers were disciples of the Master of Masters.
The five of us foretellers were disciples of the Master of Masters.

この状況を変えられるとしたら彼しかいないよ。
He's the only one who could possibly change this situation now.
If anyone has a shot at changing anything, it's him.

そのマスターはどこに？
Where is this Master?
Where can we find him?

だよね？　そうなる。
Right? I knew you'd go there.
I knew you'd ask.

でも、マスターはある日突然消えたんだ。
But, the Master disappeared out of the blue one day.
But I don't know, he just disappeared one day.

俺もアヴァもマスターを捜そうとしたけど、何も手掛かりはない。
Ava and I have both tried to find him, but there wasn't a single clue.
Me and Ava searched for him, but he vanished without a trace.

唯一、マスターの行方を知り得るとしたら、
The only one who we can assume acquired knowledge of the Master's whereabouts...
There's only one person who might know where he is―

ルシュだ。
...is Luxu.
Luxu.

ルシュ様……
Lord Luxu...
Master Luxu?

知ってるの？
You know him?
You know who that is?

マスター・オブ・マスターの６人目の弟子。
He was the sixth disciple of the Master of Masters.
The Master of Master's sixth disciple.

ルシュ様も、マスターが消えてすぐ、後を追うように消えたんだ……
Lord Luxu disappeared too, right after the Master did, like he was following him...
After the Master disappeared, so did Master Luxu.

そのルシュ様も見つからないのですか？
So you can't find this Lord Luxu either?
So you don't know where Master Luxu is either?

そうなるよね？本当に君はアヴァみたいだ。
Of course you'd go there too, huh? You really are just like Ava.
I knew that was coming too. You really are just like Ava.

まさかアヴァ様は。
You mean, Lady Ava is...
Then, Master Ava is―

そう。ルシュを探している。
Yes. She's searching for Luxu.
Looking for Luxu? Yeah.

マスターの行方を聞くためにね。
To ask him about the whereabouts of the Master.
In order to find the Master.

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やっと見つけたわ、ルシュ……
I've finally found you, Luxu.
There you are, Luxu.

アヴァか……
Ava, huh...
Oh, it's you.

ずっと何をしてたの？
What have you been doing all this time?

見てた。
Watching.

え？
Huh?
What?

俺の使命だから。
That's my role, after all.
That's my role.

あなたはどんな使命を？
What sort of role is that?
What did the Master ask you to do?

見てろと。
To watch.
Watch.

え？
Huh?
?

ただ、見てろと。
Just to watch.
He asked me to watch.

どういうこと？
What do you mean?

俺は５人と違い、予知書を授からなかった代わりに、
Unlike you five, I was not given a copy of the Book of Prophecies.
I wasn't given a copy of the Book like the five of you.

その予知に書かれた先の時代へと進まなくてはいけない。
Instead, I have to move forward to the future as written in that book.
Instead, I need to make my way to the future as written in that book.

この世界の終わりを見届けて旅立つんだ。
I'll watch this world end, and then I'll set off.
I'll witness the end of this world and go on to the next.

え……
Huh...?
What?

アヴァは、キーブレード戦争を回避させたいんだろ？
Ava, you want to avoid the Keyblade War, don't you?
You're searching for a way to avoid the war, right?

だからマスターと同じく姿を消した俺を捜していた、マスターの行方を知るために。
That's why you came looking for me, who disappeared just like the Master: to ask about his whereabouts.
That's why you were looking for me, hoping I could lead you to the Master.

でも、それは無理だよ。
But that's impossible.
Sorry, but I can't help you.

この世界は終わるようになってる、そういう話にね。
This world is going to end, that's what I mean here.
This world is meant to end.

ルシュ、何を知ってるの？
Luxu, what do you know?
Luxu, what do you know?

欠落した一片……
The lost page...
What's written on the Lost Page...

アヴァたちの知らない予知。
That which has been foretold, that you and the others don't know.
...the page none of you have in your Books.

マスターの意思。
The Master's intentions.
The page on which the Master's intentions are inscribed.

マスターの意思？
The Master's intentions?
His intentions?

こうなったのも、世界の終わりも、マスターの意思だと言うの？
Are you saying everything turning out like this, and the end of the world, too, was the Master's intention?
Are you implying that he wanted this? This chaos...this war?

俺の使命は、秘密を受け継ぐこと。
My role is to inherit the secret.
My role is to carry the secret with me.

そのためには欠落した一片どおりにこの世界を進ませないといけない。
That is why I must keep this world moving forward according to the lost page.
And to do that, events need to play out just as they're written on that page.

マスターの意思は世界の行く末じゃない、
The Master is not concerned with the longevity of the world.
The Master isn't interested in this world and what's to come.

俺が使命を果たすために行動し、見ている。
I will simply act in order to carry out my role, and watch.
He's observing, doing what it takes for me to fulfill my role.

欠落した一片には何が書かれていたの？
What's written on the lost page?
Tell me, what's written on that page?

ルシュ……あなたがこうなるようにしていたの？
Luxu... have you been behind all this?
Luxu, are you responsible for all of this?

……あなたが、裏切り者なの？
...Are you the traitor?
Are you...are you the traitor?

 

[NoWay]

Thanks a lot! After XBC and KH3 it feels like watching completely new cutscenes.

As for now, I doubt that someone from the 6 Foretellers is the traitor. Luxu only seems like doing his job without intervening. I assume that, after summoning his Keyblade, he explained Ava his role, which may be the reason why she didn’t appear in the Epilogue. I strongly believe that after knowing Luxu’s role, Ava decided to do something, but I don’t know what.

This would mean that the traitor is someone from the new 5 Union Leaders. As for now, I think Lauriam is the one who definitely is not the traitor. After seeing the new screenshots with Brain and Ava, I also doubt that Brain is the traitor. It has to be Ephemer, Skuld or Ven.

Ven could be the traitor because we don’t really know how the Ven with his “dark side” was like. The cutscenes in BBS don’t show much. I mean, Vanitas is a part of Ventus and Vanitas is a cruel personality which literally is darkness.

What do you think?

 

[Sign]

Thanks a lot! After XBC and KH3 it feels like watching completely new cutscenes.

As for now, I doubt that someone from the 6 Foretellers is the traitor. Luxu only seems like doing his job without intervening. I assume that, after summoning his Keyblade, he explained Ava his role, which may be the reason why she didn’t appear in the Epilogue. I strongly believe that after knowing Luxu’s role, Ava decided to do something, but I don’t know what.

The leading theory is that following this exchange, Ava resorted to drastic measures and murdered Strelitzia. With a vacancy among the Union leaders, Ava was free to plant a wielder of her own choosing (Brain) in order to sabotage MoM and Luxu's plans from the inside. She then gives him the copy of the Book of Prophecies rather than MoM's chosen wielder.

 

[LightUpTheSky452]

I've thoroughly enjoyed finally getting the chance to play these quests, and am not dying like I thought I would. So yay to that! I'm also so glad this is finally in KHUX, so everyone knows of it.

And I think goldpanner did fantastic on the translations back in the day! The only thing I really noticed that was different, was I believe in goldpanner's version it was "no one believes in the end of the world", but in the official it's "no one believes in a war". Which is still close enough to me. Who knew that the official localization would chose to focus on that part of the issue? I also seem to recall a part from goldpanners' translation that seemed to imply that the Master cared more about the Foretellers than the longevity of the World, and maybe even did everything from them? But I don't think I saw anything like that in the official localization? Or maybe I'm just forgetting where that scene takes place, and it hasn't happened yet. And I think goldpanner mostly nailed Gula's dialogue on the head, back in the day

 

[Sign]

I've thoroughly enjoyed finally getting the chance to play these quests, and am not dying like I thought I would. So yay to that! I'm also so glad this is finally in KHUX, so everyone knows of it.

Yay, congrats! It's really nice that these quests aren't of super ridiculous difficulty, although I do wish they would add the scenes to the theater.

And I think goldpanner did fantastic on the translations back in the day! The only thing I really noticed that was different, was I believe in goldpanner's version it was "no one believes in the end of the world", but in the official it's "no one believes in a war". Which is still close enough to me. Who knew that the official localization would chose to focus on that part of the issue? I also seem to recall a part from goldpanners' translation that seemed to imply that the Master cared more about the Foretellers than the longevity of the World, and maybe even did everything from them? But I don't think I saw anything like that in the official localization? Or maybe I'm just forgetting where that scene takes place, and it hasn't happened yet. And I think goldpanner mostly nailed Gula's dialogue on the head, back in the day

Yeah, goldpanner is the MVP *u*

Something I noticed was that the official localization certainly sounds like how kids would talk to each other, but also doesn't sound as... serious? Like for example, Ira confronts Aced because he sensed his hostility, but gp's translation said it was because of his bloodthirst, which I feel is more accurate given that he's encouraging wielders to fight one another and will later go on a murderous rampage.

Also lol at Gula's cocky "and what will you do when you see her" being reduced to just "why". That little shit xD
But I agree, gp really got Gula's dialogue perfectly. He's young and the situation is dire but he's still a Foreteller. The official one makes it sound like he's completely given up on life.

 

[GreyouTT]

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俺もアヴァもマスターを捜そうとしたけど、何も手掛かりはない。
Ava and I have both tried to find him, but there wasn't a single clue.
Me and Ava searched for him, but he vanished without a trace.

I find it slightly funny that the official translation isn't using proper grammar while the fan one is.

 

[okhi12]

Yeah, I think we all agree. Goldpanner's translation was really good and more fitting than the official one. It is funny but a bit sad that the official text feels kinda reductive and slightly toned down, like they didn't try at all to convey little details about the character's personalities or the serious tone due to the approaching war. Goldpanner's text is accordingly harsher.
It's no big deal and both translations are close enough, but they could have put a bit more effort.

 

[Hirokey123]

I don't really agree with that though. I mean I agree Goldpanner's translation is really good but I think the official translation matches the tone of the Foretellers Backcover painted more. Aced sounds less like a crazed dictator in the making and more a desperate hero going down a dark path. Ira and Aced sound closer to one another as do Ava and Gula, you get a stronger sense of a dynamic being there between these two duos (Poor Invi). Luxu sounds much more like a mini MoM albeit slightly more dull (which is pretty much exactly how Nomura described his personality) in how just chill and accepting of all this he is, and with Ava he sounds...softer.

The thing to remember is these ARE children and they are children who as far as we know were raised like family. The official translation is a bit softer but more familiar which I think as a whole fits the characters better. Gula also sound more broken which I think fits better because he's never actually acted cocky, he acted like a coward and a thinker but spends most of the story emotionally broken/distant and in the keyblade war he's pretty much just given up to the point even fighting is more effort than he feels he can put in now.