History TearJerker / KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep

** At least the ''Birth By Sleep'' characters have hope of a happy ending at some point in a future installment.
* The scene where Ventus asks to be erased in the Keyblade Graveyard. Thanks to Ven's PuppyDogEyes.
** It isn't just what he's asking that's the tear-jerker. No, it's the way Terra puts his hand on the kid's shoulder, saying they're his friends and will make sure nothing bad will happen to him, and Aqua bends down to look at Ven and cup his face gently in her palm. And then Ven says he may still have to go through with everything, slowly moving Terra and Aqua's hands off him, knowing that his friends can't help him this time, no matter how much they may want to.

* The cutscene shown when you begin the Final Episode. Particularly the part where Aqua comes back to the utterly DESTROYED Land of Departure, and the camera pans over all the doom and gloom, and finally comes to rest on Eraqus' Keyblade. All the while Aqua's heartrending theme is playing...

** Before that, it's hard not to cry a little at Gantu breaking Stitch's makeshift Wayfinder that he fashioned after seeing Terra's. It's the fact that Stitch stares at it for awhile afterwards even while Gantu is threatening him that gets you.

* The (possible) fact that the trio have not only lost their home and master, they've lost over a decade of their lives. Ven may likely wake up suddenly twenty something with all of his friends aged, moved on, and just plain different thanks to maturing, Aqua may likely be in her late twenties or early thirties after spending all that time in isolation in what is basically hell with monster fighting on a daily basis which is gonna make recuperation and reintegration all the more difficult, and Terra might not even be completely himself ever again: he might be so tied to Xehanort that it'll be impossible to completely remove the shadow from his heart no matter how clean he ends up of Xehanort's influence.
** It's more of bittersweet in the first two's cases as of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''. Ven never appeared to age one bit as he still looks 15 even as a 27 (actually ~227) year old (the castle probably had a spell casted to prevent him from aging while comatose). And time goes much faster in the realm of darkness. Aqua still looks around 18 even after spending what to us was 11 years (KHII). Hopefully if Master Xehanort is restored to his true body, Terra will be restored to his 19-year-old self (provided that he was even revived).

** This also means sweet little [[Film/{{Descendants}} Dizzy]] will never be born in this continuity if her mother, grandmother and aunt did go to Hell. She was the only light that came from her family, and because Drizella died/became a Heartless with her heart 100% darkness, the light that is her daughter was extinguished long beforehand. It wasn't just the Baker who got caught in a ForWantOfANail moment.

* Even telling Ven, a complete stranger to them, about Ienzo's being an orphan. Ienzo doesn't say anything, but he can't be happy about that or the fact that he needed saving. Also, in the [=CoM=] novels, Zexion is distraught over the combined losses of Vexen and Lexaeus as well as his own defeat. Loss must be a familiar feeling to him, though he claims to feel nothing.

* The cutscene shown when you begin the Final Episode. [[spoiler:Particularly the part where Aqua comes back to the utterly DESTROYED Land of Departure, and the camera pans over all the doom and gloom, and finally comes to rest on Eraqus' Keyblade. All the while Aqua's heartrending theme is playing...]]
** Try [[spoiler: visiting the Land of Departure as Terra or Aqua to [[GameplayAndStorySegregation collect treasure chests]]. All the other worlds, even the Keyblade Graveyard, has music playing, characters to interact with, or at least enemies to fight. The Land of Departure is completely barren, no music, no enemies, no life left. There is really nothing left of their home. [[YouCantGoHomeAgain They're on their own now]].]]
* The sheer depth of the remorse and sorrow Terra feels after [[spoiler:he is suckered into contributing to the death of Master Eraqus and the destruction of their homeland. At the end of his story, the Lingering Will is left alone on an empty battlefield, having lost Xehanort, Ventus, Terra, and Aqua in the aftermath of the horrific battle. As he kneels in the dust, prepared to wait for as long as it takes, one thought is left in his mind]].

** It's even more tragic as of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance KH3D]]'': [[spoiler: Saïx is one of the Xehanort clones!]]

* During the credits, [[spoiler:Mickey Mouse is so devastated over the fate of the three protagonists, he hands over both his starshard and his keyblade to Yen Sid. As he turns to leave, Yen Sid gives him back the Keyblade. Between Yen Sid not approving of Mickey's training before, the events of the game, and what's to come, it was quite a gut punch.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOK6yZgS8SQ "Aqua's theme"]]; it makes you wonder how much longer she can last without going ballistic in some way. [[spoiler: Gets worse when you see the ending and realize that all the time she spent in the Realm of Darkness actually did make her a bit until her friends' keyblades restored her hope]].
* Aqua's fate. [[spoiler:When she sacrifices herself to save Terra, and those three words she says with a smile: "I'm with you!"]] And then, when she's [[spoiler:wandering around in the Realm of Darkness and she sees Terra, and Ventus, and Eraqus, and everyone she met in every world...]]
** [[spoiler: "Ven, I'm sorry. I won't make it back as soon as I thought. But I promise I'll be there one day to wake you up."]]

** [[spoiler:"Sora".]]
* The battle with [[spoiler: Eraqus]]. Hearing [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]] express anguish over [[spoiler: having to fight the student he saw as a son]] was more tear jerking than expected.
** [[spoiler: When Terra shows up to protect Ventus, and Eraqus and Terra begin fighting, Ven just sits there and watches, unable to do anything to stop it. But it's really what he says: "Enough, Terra! He's right!" He's actually ''agreeing'' to the fact that he should be stopped.]]

* Though this definitely pales in comparison to moments later on in the game, the conclusion of [[spoiler:Experiment 626/Stitch's story is really depressing. He finally understands through his encounters with Terra, Aqua, and Ven what friendship really is, but Gantu's inability to understand that Stitch could change leads Stitch to escape from the ship on a cruiser with a faulty navigation system that separates him from Ven]].
** Before that, it's hard not to cry a little at [[spoiler:Gantu breaking Stitch's makeshift Wayfinder that he fashioned after seeing Terra's. It's the fact that Stitch stares at it for awhile afterwards even while Gantu is threatening him that gets you]].
** [[spoiler: Stitch's friendship with Terra allowed him to start to [[HeartwarmingInHindsight grow a heart of his own]], and Aqua and Ventus helped even further.]]
* The (possible) fact that the trio have not only lost their [[spoiler: home and master]], they've lost over a decade of their lives. Ven [[spoiler: may likely wake up suddenly twenty something with all of his friends aged, moved on, and just plain different thanks to maturing]], Aqua [[spoiler: may likely be in her late twenties or early thirties after spending all that time in isolation in what is basically hell with monster fighting on a daily basis which is gonna make recuperation and reintegration all the more difficult]], and Terra [[spoiler: might not even be completely himself ever again: he might be so tied to Xehanort that it'll be impossible to completely remove the shadow from his heart no matter how clean he ends up of Xehanort's influence.]]
** [[spoiler: It's more of bittersweet in the first two's cases as of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''. Ven never appeared to age one bit as he still looks 15 even as a 27 (actually ~227) year old (the castle probably had a spell casted to prevent him from aging while comatose). And time goes much faster in the realm of darkness. Aqua still looks around 18 even after spending what to us was 11 years (KHII). Hopefully if Master Xehanort is restored to his true body, Terra will be restored to his 19-year-old self (provided that he was even revived).]]

** [[spoiler: It's more of bittersweet in the first two's cases as of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''. Ven never appeared to age one bit as he still looks 15 even as a 27 (actually ~227) year old (the castle probably had a spell casted to prevent him from ageing while comatose). And time goes much faster in the realm of darkness. Aqua still looks around 18 even after spending what to us was 11 years (KHII). Hopefully if Master Xehanort is restored to his true body, Terra will be restored to his 19-year-old self (provided that he was even revived).]]

* The cutscene shown when you begin the Final Episode. [[spoiler:Particularly the part where Aqua comes back to the utterly DESTROYED Land of Departure, and the camera pans over all the doom and gloom, and finally comes to rest on Eraqus' Keyblade. All the while Aqua's heartrendering theme is playing...]]

* Just the fact that Cinderella's whole life ever since she lost her father in some way has been just tragic. Her stepfamily and their cat hates her, abuses her, and makes her do all the chores while they go by an IdolRich lifestyle (just like in [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} the movie]], [[DarkerAndEdgier but worse here]]). But she goes on with life as an IronWoobie. The only time she ever asked her stepfamily for something (to attend the ball), rather than decline, they give her too much work and eventually rip up the dress Ven helps repair. While Terra helps her fulfill her wish for that night and meet the Prince, her happiness at the ball is short-lived when she's unknowingly busted by her stepmother, who then summons the Symphony Master to commit a massacre against everyone present. After that, she's forced to leave, where she's imminently imprisoned in her room for an unknown fate. And then, after escaping and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earning her happy ending]], ''another monster'' attacks her. Her stepfamily summoned it to show that they hate her so much, they'd rather kill her than lose her. Even though said incident caused Cinderella to hate them in return, she does look on in solemnly as they meet their much deserved fates. And because she's DoomedByCanon, her happiness as a princess is still short-lived.

* The cutscene shown when you begin the Final Episode. [[spoiler:Particularly the part where Aqua comes back to the utterly DESTROYED Land of Departure, and the camera pans over all the doom and gloom, and finally comes to rest on Eraqus' Keyblade. And when that heartrendering remix of "Fate of the Unknown" is playing...]]

* Just the fact that Cinderella's whole life ever since she lost her father in some way has been just tragic. Her stepfamily and their cat hates her, abuses her, and makes her do all the chores while they go by an IdolRich lifestyle (just like in [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} the movie]], but worse here). But she goes on with life as an IronWoobie. The only time she ever asked her stepfamily for something (to attend the ball), rather than decline, they give her too much work and eventually rip up the dress Ven helps repair. While Terra helps her fulfill her wish for that night and meet the Prince, her happiness at the ball is short-lived when she's unknowingly busted by her stepmother, who then summons the Symphony Master to commit a massacre against everyone present. After that, she's forced to leave, where she's imminently imprisoned in her room for an unknown fate. And then, after escaping and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earning her happy ending]], ''another monster'' attacks her. Her stepfamily summoned it to show that they hate her so much, they'd rather kill her than lose her. Even though said incident caused Cinderella to hate them in return, she does look on in solemnly as they meet their much deserved fates. And because she's DoomedByCanon, her happiness as a princess is still short-lived.

** [[spoiler: It's more of bittersweet in the first two's cases as of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''. Ven never appeared to age one bit as he still looks 15 even as a 27-year-old (the castle probably had a spell casted to prevent him from ageing while comatose). And time goes much faster in the realm of darkness. Aqua still looks around 18 even after spending what to us was 11 years (KHII). Hopefully if Master Xehanort is restored to his true body, Terra will be restored to his 19-year-old self (provided that he was even revived).]]

* Just the fact that Cinderella's whole life ever since she lost her father in some way has been just tragic. Her stepfamily and their cat hates her, abuses her, and makes her do all the chores while they go by an IdolRich lifestyle (just like in [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} the movie). But she goes on with life as an IronWoobie. The only time she ever asked her stepfamily for something (to attend the ball), rather than decline, they give her too much work and eventually rip up the dress Ven helps repair. While Terra helps her fulfill her wish for that night and meet the Prince, her happiness at the ball is short-lived when she's unknowingly busted by her stepmother, who then summons the Symphony Master to commit a massacre against everyone present. After that, she's forced to leave, where she's imminently imprisoned in her room for an unknown fate. And then, after escaping and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earning her happy ending]], ''another monster'' attacks her. Her stepfamily summoned it to show that they hate her so much, they'd rather kill her than lose her. Even though said incident caused Cinderella to hate them in return, she does look on in solemnly as they meet their much deserved fates. And because she's DoomedByCanon, her happiness as a princess is still short-lived.

* Even telling Ven, a complete stranger to them, about Ienzo's being an orphan. Ienzo doesn't say anything, but he can't be happy about that or the fact that he needed saving. Also, in the CoM novels, Zexion is distraught over the combined losses of Vexen and Lexaeus as well as his own defeat. Loss must be a familiar feeling to him, though he claims to feel nothing.

** Hell, try [[spoiler: visiting the Land of Departure as Terra or Aqua to [[GameplayAndStorySegregation collect treasure chests]]. All the other worlds, even the Keyblade Graveyard, has music playing, characters to interact with, or at least enemies to fight. The Land of Departure is completely barren, no music, no enemies, no life left. There is really nothing left of their home. [[YouCantGoHomeAgain They're on their own now]].]]

* Watch the interaction between Lea and Isa, and then go and watch their interactions in the [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 years]] [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII to come]]. Cry at what happened to their friendship.

* The end of every damn story. If you managed not to cry at Terra's story... wait until [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Hikari Instrumental"]] kicks in...
** The entire latter half of ''Birth By Sleep''. It's so tragic, Sora is driven to tears in-game, and he doesn't even know why. The tearjerker is simply so powerful it draws the most empathetic into it like a black hole.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOK6yZgS8SQ "Aqua's theme"]] is ''pure depression''. It makes you wonder how much longer she can last without going suicidal or something. [[spoiler: Gets worse when you see the ending and realize that all the time she spent in the Realm of Darkness actually did make her a bit until her friends' keyblades restored her hope]].
* Aqua. Her fate. My God. [[spoiler:When she sacrifices herself to save Terra, and those three words she says with a smile: "I'm with you!"]] And then, when she's [[spoiler:wandering around in the Realm of Darkness and she sees Terra, and Ventus, and Eraqus, and everyone she met in every world...]]

* The battle with [[spoiler: Eraqus]]. Hearing [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]] express anguish over [[spoiler: having to kill the student he saw as a son]] was more tear jerking than expected.
** [[spoiler: When Terra shows up to protect Ventus, and Eraqus and Terra begin fighting, Ven just sits there and watches, unable to do anything to stop it. But it's really what he says: "Enough, Terra! He's right!" He's actually ''agreeing'' to the fact that he should be killed.]]

* The fact that the trio have not only lost their [[spoiler: home and master]], they've lost over a decade of their lives. Ven's [[spoiler: gonna wake up suddenly twenty something with all of his friends aged, moved on, and just plain different thanks to maturing]], Aqua [[spoiler: is now gonna be in her late twenties or early thirties after spending all that time in isolation in what is basically hell with monster fighting on a daily basis which is gonna make recuperation and reintegration all the more difficult]], and Terra [[spoiler: might not even be completely himself ever again: he might be so tied to Xehanort that it'll be impossible to completely remove the shadow from his heart no matter how clean he ends up of Xehanort's influence.]]

* Just the fact that Cinderella's whole life ever since her father was apparently murdered has been just tragic. Her stepfamily and their cat hates her, abuses her, and makes her do all the chores while they go by an IdolRich lifestyle. But she goes on with life as an IronWoobie. The only time she ever asked her stepfamily for something (to attend the ball), rather than decline, they give her too much work and eventually rip up the dress Ven helps repair. While Terra helps her fulfil her wish for that night and meet the Prince, her happiness at the ball is short-lived when she's unknowingly busted by her stepmother, who then summons the Symphony Master to commit a massacre against everyone present. After that, she's forced to leave, where she's imminently imprisoned in her room for an unknown fate. And then, after escaping and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earning her happy ending]], ''another monster'' attacks her. Her stepfamily summoned it to show that they hate her so much, they'd rather kill her than lose her. Even though said incident caused Cinderella to hate them in return, she does look on in solemn as they meet their much deserved fates. And because she's DoomedByCanon, her happiness as a princess is still short-lived.

* Okay sure, let it be known that in this verse, Cinderella's stepfamily are absolute monsters. But then, recall [[Disney/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue the]] [[Disney/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime sequels]], where Anastasia would meet a baker that will slowly make her renounce her evil stepsister way and [[HeelFaceTurn becoming a lot more decent]]. Everything that happened in this game takes place before that chance meeting, meaning that Anastasia was in her absolute worst and was driven to do all those things before the idea of HeelFaceTurn ever crosses her head rather than rejecting it, and then died as an evil bitch. We can certainly cheer for the deaths of Tremaine and Drizella, but maybe we could spare a tear or two for Anastasia, who cruelly received something of a HeelFaceDoorSlam (or rather, the door was slammed when she was far from it), and also that baker who redeems her. His life would never be the same, or if he finds a new love, it won't have the same amount of joy because he's not redeeming anything.

** The sad thing is that Sora ''couldn't'' keep his promise: Riku wanders down a dark path alone and Sora is unable to stay with him to keep him safe. It all ends happily though, but the fact still stands that Aqua's intentions were ruined: Riku ended up like Terra.
*** Actually he didn't, Sora WAS there to interfere unlike they were. And unlike Terra who shuns the darkness in him, Riku is the darkness that leads to the light (Road to Dawn).

** He wasn't - Xehanort says that Terra was his vessel, meaning he has complete control over his body and it has been destroyed entirely. No heartless, no nobody... and with Xehanort in control. Yikes.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOK6yZgS8SQ "Aqua's theme"]] is ''pure depression''. It makes you wonder how much longer she can last without going suicidal or something.

** And then there's poor Ven, who can only look back and forth between them like a little kid watching his parents fight. He gets ''why'' they're fighting, he understands their reasons, but he doesn't know how to get them to stop.

--> '''Ven''': I'm asking you as a friend... Please... Put an end to me.
** Think about that line for a minute. This is an innocent ''[[VagueAge eleven-to-fifteen]]''''-year-old boy'' trying to commit [[SuicideByCop suicide by Keyblade wielders.]] The more you think about it, the sicker it is.

--> "Aqua. Ven. One day, I will set this right."

*** Keeping that in mind, ''Days'' and the prologue of ''II'' just got even sadder. All Lea/Axel wants is to be remembered, and one of his two best friends ''forgets all about him'' and he himself forgets the other one even ''existed.''

-->'''Axel:''' Talking to Roxas and Xion always brings back memories of my human life, back when I was a kid. It's a weird sensation. I ought to be able to share all this with Saïx, but I just don't feel like it anymore. It's strange, but I'm content with just missing what's gone. I'm not the one who changed. You did.
-->'''Saïx:''' ...What were you really after, Lea? We joined the Organization at the same time, and formulated our plan. At this point, it's just an idle fantasy. Everything changed. You, and me.
** It's even more tragic as of [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance KH3D]]: [[spoiler: Saïx is one of the Xehanort clones!]]

* During the credits, [[spoiler:Mickey Mouse is so devastated over the fate of the three protagonists, he hands over both his starshard and his keyblade to Yen Sid. As he turns to leave, Yen Sid gives him back the keyblade. Between Yen Sid not approving of Mickey's training before, the events of the game, and what's to come, it was quite a gut punch.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cTJGEXiwRU&feature=channel Ventus's Theme]]. At about 0:39, where the melody restarts, it sounds about the same as the beginning for a second, but then, the string portion goes up an extra octave to repeat the melody from "The Other Promise." As if the music itself is crying.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvSD6wUXAIc Aqua's Theme]] is ''pure depression.'' It makes you wonder how much longer she can last without going suicidal or something.

*** Actually he didn't, Sora WAS there to interfere unlike they were. And unlike Terra who shuns the darkness in him, Riku is the darkness that leads to the light (Road to Dawn)

* Though this definitely pales in comparison to moments later on in the game, the conclusion of [[spoiler:Experiment 626/Stitch's story is really depressing. He finally understands through his encounters with Terra, Aqua, and Ven what friendship really is, but Gantu's inability to understand that 626 could change leads 626 to escape from the ship on a cruiser with a faulty navigation system that separates him from Ven]].
** Before that, it's hard not to cry a little at [[spoiler:Gantu breaking 626's makeshift Wayfinder that he fashioned after seeing Terra's. It's the fact that 626 stares at it for awhile afterwards even while Gantu is threatening him that gets you]].
** [[spoiler: Stitch's friendship with Terra allowed him to start to [[HeartwarmingInHinesight grow a heart of his own]], and Aqua and Ventus helped even further.]]
* The fact that the trio have not only lost their [[spoiler: home and master]], they've lost over a decade of their lives. Ven's [[spoiler: gonna wake up suddenly twenty something with all of his friends aged, moved on, and just plain different thanks to maturing]], Aqua [[spoiler: is now gonna be in her late twenties or early thirties after spending all that time in isolation in what is basically helll with monster fighting on a daily basis which is gonna make recuperation and reintegration all the more difficult]], and Terra [[spoiler: might not even be completely himself ever again: he might be so tied to Xehanort that it'll be impossible to completely remove the shadow from his heart no matter how clean he ends up of Xehanort's influence.]]
** [[spoiler: It's more of bittersweet in the first two's cases as of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''. Ven never appeared to age one bit as he still looks 15 even as a 27-year-old (the castle probably had a spell casted to prevent him from ageing while comatose). And time goes much faster in the realm of darkness. Aqua still looks around 18 even after spending what to us was 11 years ([=KHII=]). I just hope that when Master Xehanort was restored to his true body, Terra will be restored to his 19-year-old self (provided that he was even revived).]]
* Okay sure, let it be known that in this verse, Cinderella's stepfamilies are absolute monsters. But then, recall [[CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue the]] [[CinderellaIIIATwistInTime sequels]], where Anastasia would meet a baker that will slowly make her renounce her evil stepsister way and [[HeelFaceTurn becoming a lot more decent]]. Everything that happened in this game takes place before that chance meeting, meaning that Anastasia was in her absolute worst and was driven to do all those things before the idea of HeelFaceTurn ever crosses her head rather than rejecting it, and then died as an evil bitch. We can certainly cheer for the deaths of Tremaine and Drizella, but maybe we could spare a tear or two for Anastasia, who cruelly received something of a HeelFaceDoorSlam (or rather, the door was slammed when she was far from it), and also that baker who redeems her. His life would never be the same, or if he finds a new love, it won't have the same amount of joy because he's not redeeming anything.

-->'''Terra:''' Just stay put! I'm on my own now, alright?!
-->'''Aqua:''' ''(looking and sounding like she's about to break down crying)'' Terra, please listen to me! It's not that the master doesn't trust you, he's just worried!

-->'''Aqua(looking and sounding like she's about to break down crying):''' Terra please listen to me! it's not that the master doesn't trust you, he's just worried!

** And if Anastasia was aware of another verse after her death (in which the sequel happened), maybe she would be crying and regretting that if she didn't bite in to her jealousy to Cinderella, her life would be A LOT better because of that sequel. [[CryForTheDevil Yeah.]]

* Okay sure, let it be known that in this verse, Cinderella's stepfamilies are absolute monsters. But then, recall [[CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue the]] [[CinderellaIIIATwistInTime sequels]], where Anastasia would meet a baker that will slowly make her renounce her evil stepsister way and [[HeelFaceTurn becoming a lot more decent]]. Everything that happened in this game takes place before that chance meeting, meaning that Anastasia was in her absolute worst and was driven to do all those things before the idea of HeelFaceTurn ever crosses her head rather than rejecting it, and then died as an evil bitch. We can certainly cheer for the deaths of Tremaine and Drizella, but maybe we could spare a tear or two for Anastasia, who cruelly received something of a HeelFaceDoorSlam (or rather, the door was slammed when she was far from it), and also that baker who redeems her. His life would never be the same, or if he finds a new love, it won't have the same amount of joy because he's not redeeming anything.

** [[spoiler: It's more of bittersweet in the first two's cases as of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''. Ven never appeared to age one bit as he still looks 15 even as a 27-year-old (the castle probably had a spell casted to prevent him from ageing while comatose). And time goes much faster in the realm of darkness. Aqua still looks around 18 even after spending what to us was 11 years ([=KHII=]). I just hope that when Master Xehanort was restored to his true body, Terra will be restored to his 19-year-old self (provided that he was even revived).]]

* The fact that the trio have not only lost their [[spoiler: home and master]], they've lost over a decade of their lives. Ven's [[spoiler: gonna wake up suddenly twenty something with all of his friends aged, moved on, and just plain different thanks to maturing]], Aqua [[spoiler: is now gonna be in her late twenties or early thirties after spending all that time in isolation in what is basically helll with monster fighting on a daily basis which is gonna make recuperation and reintegration all the more difficult]], and Terra [[spoiler: might not even be completely himself ever again: he might be so tied to Xehanort that it'll be impossible to completely remove the shadow from his heart no matter how clean he ends up of Xehanort's influence.]]

** Before that, it's hard not to cry a little at [[spoiler:Gantu breaking 626's makeshift Wayfinder that he fashioned after seeing Terra's. It's the fact that 626 stares at it for awhile afterwards even while Gantu is threatening him that gets you]].