A Kingdom Hearts Story Summary (For Late People)

A complete series recap! Everything you need to know going into Kingdom Hearts 3... which came out a year ago. Hey, no judgment, I haven't played it yet either. Let's be Late Buds!

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Created by Daniel Floyd

Special thanks to CallowGuru for the script assistance!

Select Kingdom Hearts Union X clips courtesy of Everglow's channel!

♫ “Dearly Beloved (LoFi Hip Hop Remix)” by Dj CUTMAN

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[Landis]

I love all these "justgowithitOK?" moments. There appears to be a lot of them.

[McNum]

22:13 "So congratulations 12-year-olds, your hearts basically had a kid"

Actually did a spittake on that. And the worst/best part is, it's not entirely wrong either. If you pause there, Kairi's face is pretty much the correct reaction to it, too.

[CommanderSqueaks]

Broke = "Kingdom Hearts has such a dumb story, it's terrible."

Woke = "Kingdom Hearts has such a dumb story, it's great."

[TylerRuins]

Describing Xehanort as "triple-galaxy brain" elevated this summary from a 10/10 to an 11/10. Positively slayed me!

[randallpcrittenden]

"[. . .] and everything is sad."

Yup, that pretty much sums up Days

[DavidBeaumont]

I am deeply impressed by your ability to lay this out in such a simple easy to digest way, and also do it without laughing hysterically.

[jaywhatson]

Dan, this may have been a headache to put together but you are a truly fantastic storyteller! Thanks very much for this, I've been looking forward to your KH3 playthrough 😁😁

[bookfan]

“Riku still looks different but then he stops.” Dan, please, I’m dying over here.

[readingtoomuchintothings]

1) 'Plot' and 'Story' are two different things. KH's Plot can be a mess mostly because they thought they'd only get the first game but then were given a full series and had to come up with a lot of retcons for why the problem was not solved by the closed loop of KH1. KH's Story, is pretty straight forward. Boy in an isolated part of the world, seeking adventure out in space, is granted a blade of historical importance he knows nothing about, and is trust into a millennia old conflict of Light vs Dark... So Star Wars.
2) This is as much for people in the Chat as it is for Dan, trying to not spoil it, but do not go in to KH3 thinking it is Return of the King, wrapping up all the loose ends and bringing everything back together so it can finally end... Think of it more as the First Avengers movie.
3) As much as I love the story of KH, and all the heart melt tears in my eyes moments, I am also an insane person who is just as here for the weird mythos filled, Metaphor made Literal plot of this franchise as I am the 'moments'.
4) I really hope you have a blast with KH3 and Re:Mind

[Mother_boards]

"Now strap in, 'cause things are about to get dumb!"
Dan, you can't say that after 30+ minutes of talking about KH plot.
That's illegal.

[Thechuggaablade]

"Plot Spaghetti" is my favourite quote from this video and I'm stealing it tyvm.

[AllieYea]

"Bless this Mess" made me giggle so hard

[tmage]

"Quick summary"


40 minute runtime.

[pinkcupcake]

This and Barry's "Good Enough Summary of Kingdom Hearts" are perfect companions for explaining WTF is going on in this series.

[BKBroilerman]

“Aw Crap we forgot Aqua”
-Dan (and also Mickey Mouse for over a decade...)

[Isalan]

Heartless: Beings made of hearts
Nobodies: Beings made of bodies


Nothing sums up Kingdom Hearts story better

[Seraphem]

"You chose to question the logic of this plot NOW!?"

Yeah that pretty well sums it up and... yeah.. no one plays these games for the plot, that is just a to complicated, nonsensical mess that's used to justify some utterly AMAZING moments.

[Adrelamusia]

Minute 32: "now strap in, everything's about to get dumb." What was it until that point then, a spark of brilliance?

Has every channel does this yet? Yes. But is this the best KH summary vid out there? Absolutly.
I died at "Nomura, I read your story, and I have some notes." You know comedic timing.


Looking forward to the extended, post-KH3 version!

[RSorei]

OH YES, KH IS COMING BACK TO THE CHANEL :DDDD
Did I play/watch let's plays of all the games so far? Sure! Am I gonna watch this recap still, and enjoy myself immensely while doing so? You bet!!!


Also, those heart/body/soul info graphics are incredibly cute!!!

[TallulahBangkok]

“The real ‘Oops All Xehanorts’ 13 disperses-“

I cackled