Kingdom Heart 4's Kairi is Between a Rock and a Hard Place
It's still a while off, but Kingdom Hearts 4 is finally on its way. After stalling between Kingdom Hearts 2 and 3 for over a decade, the series is finally looking forward again. While there is a bit left to cover in Kingdom Hearts Dark Road and the upcoming Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, Kingdom Hearts’ distant past and present eras are largely cleared up. The Lost Master Arc is coming, and what it's bringing to the table is already beginning to crop up. Kingdom Hearts 4 will bring with it a number of new characters and locales with the intent to shake things up.
One such example is Sora's goal, which has commonly been to find or rescue his friends in past games. In Kingdom Hearts 4, Sora is instead the one who finds himself stranded and alone in the mysterious world of Quadratum. This modern-looking city is coming under attack by the forces of darkness, and whatever the Foretellers are planning will leave Sora with plenty to deal with. In the meantime, his friends are busy looking for a way to bring him home, but one series regular may find it harder than the rest to stay in the action.
Kingdom Hearts 4: Every Character Who is Unlikely to Return
The Kingdom Hearts fanbase is all too familiar with the trials and tribulations of Kairi, Sora's friend from Destiny Islands and implied love interest. She has spent most of the series either as a distressed damsel or stuck in offscreen training. Before the Kingdom Hearts 3 ReMind DLC, Kairi was easy to pick out as the least relevant member of the Guardians of Light, and after Sora altered the timeline, was the only ally that died. Xehanort killing Kairi is the reason why Sora needed to sacrifice himself in the ending, which feels like another failure to let Kairi act.
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