Sleeping Keyholes: their purposes, KH3 presence, and more • Kingdom Hearts Analysis

"A total of 13 sleeping keyholes" Ah shit, here we go again.

In the Japanese dialogue, Yen Sid says that Sora and Riku must open 7 Sleeping Keyholes. However, he does not state that there are only seven. In English: "As there are seven pure lights, there are seven "Sleeping Keyholes." [...] Complete this task, and return here safely, and I will name you both... true masters." In Japanese: 「純粋な光の数の等しく”７つ”の眠りの鍵穴を解放し再びこの地に戻って来ることでマスター承認とする」 "Open 7 Sleeping Keyholes, the same number as the pure lights, return to this place again and I will acknowledge you as Masters." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbjp5XTIMA8 13:10 The Japanese dialogue appears to confirm that 7 Keyholes will unlock the power of waking, while leaving the door open for many more Keyholes to exist.

Wow the way you explained how these keyholes work makes so much sense!! Thank you for laying this out in such a clear way!

Your volume mixing is really good. Being able to hear the music and having sound effects while listening to the dialogue for example.

Thank you as always for the kind comments :') ♥ Unfortunately I had some minor color setting problems with this video, so if anything seems slightly too light or too dark, or there are weird shifts in color, hopefully I can get that sorted by the next video. There are indeed MORE than 7 Sleeping Keyholes 3:18 — The_Echo mentioned that in the original Japanese, Yen Sid indeed implies there are many Sleeping Keyholes, and that it only takes unlocking 7 to obtain the Power of Waking.

love this series, i can already tell this is gonna clear up a LOT. i do want to point out something about traverse town, though. it was my understanding that traverse town is a world that never actually needed to be "woken up" the way the others were, considering it's in the waking world in kh1 anyway and was never lost to darkness the way others were. In fact, sora prevents that from happening by sealing the keyhole. Joshua states that the world is "as many things as people need it to be", and by that I believe he meant that Traverse Town is a world that exists in multiple states at once depending on the needs of the people seeking refuge in it, since its purpose has always been a sort of "safe haven" world. i believe that's why sora was able to return at the end of DDD as well, because he never really woke it up because it never needed to be. But it's also just as possible that he just entered his own dream of the world as you said, i think either reasoning holds water.

A whole series based on dissecting DDD? Yes please!

There's actually been 13 sleeping keyholes soo far... ... Of course there has Because it's always 13 or 7 Also thank you soooo much for your videos,they're all amazing and really help with my understanding of stuff,which I really appreciate because I'm still relatively new to this fandom (i got 1.5 remix as a Christmas present last year) Also this is good and interesting stuff,even the speculation

Great video! I was rewatching the KH3 cutscenes yesterday, because I had a thought that “split worlds” and “worldlines” would be referenced occasionally, in writing and visuals. Not only is the first shot of the game Scala’s reflection on the water, the tutorial opens with Sora looking at another version of himself in a mirror. And in the game, there are references all over the place. Riku says “[The Realm of Darkness] is different than I remember]” right before his magical haircut scene. In Twilight Town, when Sora talks about hurt, Donald says: “He sounds like Data-Sora,” to which Goofy replies “Any Sora’s still Sora!” Seems trivial, until you get to Pirates, where Fake Jack says “This me has run its course. But of course, any me is still me.” And of course, when Sora shows the two photos to Hayner, Pence and Olette, Pence remarks: “It’s like a spot the difference puzzle, except really easy!” It’s like Nomura is telling us ‘pay attention!’ Yellow KH. Sleeping Keyholes. Riku’s haircut. The DDD Drop sound effects. Every detail in this game that made us go, “huh?” I think Nomura had ReMIND’s “additional scenario” planned from the start, and it will reveal KH3 was a Datascape/Sleeping Realm.

I really love that you have both time stamps and subtitles. Quality accessibility options. Subscribed.

I never felt lost the entire video, it was so intelligently put together! It's helped me understand and appreciate something I just glossed over in my play through and I can't wait to know more. Great work! :)

I love the interpretation on sleeping keyholes being reused especially since they are supposed to mirror the princesses of hearts which they are passing the power on.I however think The Grid is still a sleeping world even though Young Xehanort says otherwise they don't know what hearts are capable of. In Re:coded we saw data in a way grow hearts in specifically Data Sora proven how he was able to forge his own keyblade with the strength of his own heart due to the connections he made during his journey. The a world could have a heart with the connections as well it has real people in it which could've given it the ability to be more than data. I don't want to run on too much but I just had to defend why I think this world could dream. I can't wait to see more from you on this series and your clarity on aspects of this game.

Really impressive analysis and visualization as always!! The part about the Grid in particular was top-notch. I've literally NEVER understood it until you broke it down for us. Thank you for doing these!!

I really love this channel. I love the editing and I love the fact that all of the mysteries we thought weren’t answered actually were answered

Found your channel through Bio-Roxas, I'm super grateful because this is an amazing channel and I can't wait for more of your content

Your theories are GOLD.

Dream of a world= Akashic record= Data Dream of a person= Individual memory =Heart Post KH3 Nomura goes full simulation theory/fractal reality and the story gets even more convoluted. :3

I never really got confused by these things, but thanks for the context

I just thought of something. When she said 13 sleeping keyholes in Dream Drop Distance and in KH3 I immediately think that that would mirror either the 13 Seekers of Darkness or something else.

Your videos are so well made! This really cleared up a lot, and I’m looking foreword to more in this series!