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"I know it's risky, but if a friend needs me to be there, I'll be there to help!"

—Data-Sora

Data-Sora is the main protagonist ofKingdom Hearts coded and its remake,Kingdom Hearts Re:coded. He is a digital replica ofSora thatKing Mickey used to investigate a computer simulation ofJiminy's Journal, and though he behaves much like the real Sora, he is thought to not be an actual person.

Story[edit]

Kingdom Hearts coded[edit]

InKingdom Hearts coded, a Sora made of data is created by King Mickey to go on a mission: solve a mysterious message written in Jiminy's Journal saying "We must return to free them from their torment" ("Their hurting will be mended, when you return to end it" inRe:coded). Because the journal is corrupted by a bunch of computer bugs in the form of data blocks, this Sora is created to destroy them.

The actual Sora does not appear until the very end, and the Sora in this game is a computerA.I. created from data from Jiminy's early journal entries. After waking up inDive to the Heart and obtaining a data Keyblade, he travels to each data world to fix all theBug Blox Corruption there.

The Data-Sora meets King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, andJiminy Cricket inDisney Castle. After Sora appears in the castle, a man inOrganization XIII's black coat appears and reveals himself to be Jiminy's Journal incarnated inRiku's form. After the Journal explains the situation to them, Sora sets off to fix the data worlds. He also asks the Journal if they are just artificial data. However, the Journal said it doesn't matter as long as they will help their friends, which puts Sora's heart at ease. After he healsOlympus Coliseum's Bug Blox Corruption, he meets the real-worldPete.

After he healsAgrabah's Bug Blox Corruption, the Data-Sora finally catches up to Pete and is attacked by the real-worldMaleficent, who destroys his data Keyblade. Mickey and Jiminy's Journal arrive and dispatch the Heartless, but the journal is abducted by Pete and Maleficent. Mickey gives pursuit, and Sora, unable to defend himself without the Keyblade, makes his way through the dataHollow Bastion, reuniting withDonald andGoofy along the way. As they progressed through the castle, the Data-Sora begins to feel the real Sora's heart and recalled his memories. They engage Pete in a battle.

Pete taunts Data-Sora for merely being made of data, like his Keyblade, and doesn't have a heart, which frustrates Data-Sora. Donald and Goofy defend that he's as real as the real Sora and has a heart, and that their hearts are connected. This grants Data-Sora the use of a real Keyblade, which King Mickey explains is tightly connected to the power of his heart and that he has surpassed even the system. Data-Sora then fights and defeats Pete, but Pete calls out the journal, placed under his control through the use of Bug Blox. Sora fights the Journal three times, each with an increase in the Journal's strength, but manages to defeat him. A Keyhole is opened, and Mickey says that unless the Bugs are destroyed, the Journal will never awaken.

Sora, resolving to awaken the journal, enters Riku's Data world, where he meets a separate Riku, but at the same time loses all his abilities in the form of crowns. In order to recover these, Sora visits the memories of thisData-Riku, including the worlds he has been to. Afterwards, the two continue into Hollow Bastion, where they encounter the journal once again, infested by bugs. Sora defeats the Journal, regaining his abilities in the process. Sora then encounters and defeats Dragon Maleficent, and Mickey finds that soon he and his friends will be returning to the real world. Although, after the journal has been restored, the Data-Sora will lose all of his memories. The journal soon reaches 100% completion and is ready to be erased, but Data-Sora wants to save Pete and Maleficent, who are still in a part of the data world, only partially erased.

Data-Sora thanks Mickey and co.

Sora finds them battling hisHeartless, but before he can help them, Maleficent and Pete are seemingly erased from existence. Sora fights and defeats his Heartless. Mickey finally returns to the real world, but the door to a new world has opened. The journal explains that it is the data world of the data that was added in it. Mickey, realizing that it will now be dangerous for Data-Sora, who has lost his memories, to venture out on his own, requests to be taken into the data world once again.

After defeating Sora's Heartless and eliminating the bug blocks in the process, he returns to the data worlds. Then, Data-Sora enters a data version of Castle Oblivion. He meets with themysterious cloaked boy, as well as various figures from Sora's memories, such asCloud,Cid,Wakka,Aladdin, theCheshire Cat, and Mickey. Like the real Sora did, Data-Sora usesWorld Cards to traverse the castle. Near the end of the story, the mysterious cloaked boy challenges Data-Sora into a fight to show him "the true hurt". After the mysterious cloaked boy's defeat, he reveals himself to be a data version of Roxas, although Data-Sora doesn't recognize him. Data-Sora then proceeds and meetsData-Naminé along with Mickey. Upon encountering the Data-Naminé, it is explained that the bugs were created due to Sora's loss of memory and the resulting reconstruction.

It is eventually revealed to Data-Sora that within his real self lies the destiny to saveRoxas,Axel,Xion,Terra,Ventus,Aqua, and the real Naminé herself from their hurting. Data-Sora then thanks Data-Naminé, thus keeping the promise the real Sora made at the end ofKingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, and erases herself from the Notebook, effectively ending her existence. Mickey returns to the real world, writing a letter to inform the real Sora of what he has learned. He writes that he has to meet with him andYen Sid, and to bring Riku.

Design[edit]

Data-Sora looks exactly like the real Sora did inKingdom Hearts andKingdom Hearts Chain of Memories. He is tanner and somewhat more lanky than his rivalRiku. He seems to portray more of a typical teenage boy's looks. Sora has spiky brown hair along with blue eyes. His outfit greatly resembles that of King Mickey, containing large yellow shoes, a white and black overjacket as well as a red jumpsuit and a pair of white with yellow gloves with his signature crown necklace and crown chain.

Personality[edit]

Data-Sora displays exactly the same personality as the real Sora inKingdom Hearts andKingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, and is also fully aware that he is merely a digital copy, though he doesn't mind his status much.

Abilities[edit]

As Data-Sora is based on the real-world Sora, he fights exactly the same as his real-world counterpart, complete with the same ground and aerial combos. His primary ability to destroy the Bug Blox Corruption is theDebug Ability, which he must use every time he visits a world and engages in battle. InOlympus Coliseum, Data-Sora's special attack isBoiling Point.

Weapon[edit]

Both Data-Sora's digital and real Keyblades are based on the Kingdom Key.

Like the real Sora, Data-Sora wields theKingdom Key. InKingdom Hearts coded, this is his only Keyblade available, though inKingdom Hearts Re:coded, he has access to other Keyblades as well. Data-Sora utilizes this mighty blade to fend off both the Heartless and Bug Blox alike. Data-Sora gains a digital Keyblade in the Data Awakening, but loses it to Maleficent in Agrabah, where she destroys it. Eventually, though, the strength of his heart allows him to summon a real Keyblade in Hollow Bastion.^[1]

Notes and references[edit]

• Construct
• Destiny Islands
• Keyblade Wielders
• Datascape