Ultima Weapons [Analysis]

I found out where the swirl inside the heart tokens of the Ultima weapons are from, it looks exactly the same shape of Kairi’s Keyblade :



The Ultima weapons, also known as Sora’s mightest weapons, made from entirely his strength having the tokens are EXTREMELY similar to half of the heart shape of Kairi’s Keyblade (the swirl is actually a flower branch), interestingly. The other half of the heart having the figure of sea wave and Kairi means “sea” in japanese. It describes half of her heart is intertwined with Sora’s the same way as the symbolism of the Ultima weapons hearts tokens.

Furthermore, Destiny’s Embrace having the keychain of a red string attaching a paopu fruit. Legend says that if two people share a Paopu Fruit, their destinies will be intertwined. No matter how far they’re apart, the thread of fate will eventually bring them to each other. Kairi and Sora’s relationship is, as the paopu fruits meaning, becoming part of each other’s lives. Kairi is part of Sora’s heart, and Sora is, too, part of Kairi’s heart.

Destiny’s Embrace keychain symbolizes the Red Thread of Fate being attached by the paopu fruit at the end of the thread.

String of Fate-Red, the heart

Represents: love. You don’t always find this person.

The Red Thread of Fate, also referred to as the Red Thread of Marriage, and other variants, is an East Asian belief originating from Chinese legend. According to this myth, the gods tie an invisible red cord around the ankles of those that are destined to meet one another in a certain situation or help each other in a certain way.

It means that people who are destined to meet are tied together with an invisible Red Thread. The two people connected by the red thread are destined lovers, regardless of place, time, or circumstances. This magical cord may stretch or tangle, but never break. This myth is similar to the Western concept of soulmate or a destined flame.



This is clearly stated Sora and Kairi, establishing a firm bond as destinied lovers. Two destinies are steadfast intertwined together that exactly the same meaning as the red string. From a distance, it looks like a single string, but when you look closer, the string is actually made up of two threads woven together. At the end, those threads converge on a single point, the Paopu Fruit.



Also, the right side of the thread turns into orange, which is like sunset/dawn, the timeframe Sora and Kairi being together.

The paths are different, but the destination is the same. Two people who are connected in this way are bound together by Fate itself. They are always part of each other’s heart. Their bond never breaks. Their relationship never changes. Sora means “sky” in japanese and Kairi’s keyblade named “Destiny’s Embrace”. In summary :

One sky, one Destiny

The combined Keyblade, too, have a thread attaching a paopu fruit but with different color and different meaning :

String of Community/Communication-Blue, the throat

Represents: family connections in this life, those who know you and who you can always communicate with. Not always related by blood to you. Many find love here.

The blue thread represents the family line and could be associated with blue blooded-another family lineage. Also it being a thread and a line, a connection going back and into the future.



So as far as the meaning of the blue thread, Sora and Riku’s relationship forming brotherhood and their fates are also intertwined together as a brotherhood relationship and never break.

Move on, Destiny’s Embrace blade looks like a burning flame, which also similar to KH3 Ultima Weapon token that having the form of a Phoenix :

The phoenix symbolic meaning has made its mark on various cultures throughout history. For example, the Chinese believe that this spiritual bird was sent to Earth to assist in the development of mankind. Typically, they view the phoenix as coming in twos, one male and one female, representing yin and yang energy.



In this regard, it signifies the inherent necessity for balance in the world. The female phoenix totem symbolizes yin energy, characterized as passive, psychic, and a deep thinker. She is also paired with the moon, darkness, and the winter season. In turn, the male phoenix deals with yang energy, an icon of assertion and bold action. He is thus paired with the warmth and light of both the sun and the summer season. Together, they form the dynamic phoenix symbolic partnership.

The symbolic meaning of the phoenix is about renewal. The phoenix is about overcoming darkness and rising to the challenge to become powerful and succeed.

In Egypt, the meaning of the phoenix is connected with the sun and the Nile. Their version of the phoenix was a Bennu, which was part heron, and part falcon. The Bennu was said to control the cycle of the sun each day. It flew with the sun in its beak, plucking it from its sleeping place at dawn, and putting it to rest at sunset. In this way, the Bennu is symbolic of the daily death and birth of the sun. This symbolic connection is far-reaching, it implies the Bennu affected life and death for the Egyptians, as there would be no food crops without the Bennu establishing the rising and setting of the sun. The Egyptian phoenix continues its life-giving role with the Nile. In Asia the phoenix reigns over all the birds, and is the symbol of the Chinese Empress and feminine grace, as well as the sun and the south. The sighting of the phoenix is a good sign that a wise leader has ascended to the throne and a new era has begun. It was representative of Chinese virtues: goodness, duty, propriety, kindness and reliability. Palaces and temples are guarded by ceramic protective beasts, all lead by the phoenix.



The combination of Sora and Kairi creating the ultimate symbol of strength, the Phoenix, the being reborn over and over from its ashes, as it ‘dies’ in setting each night and reborn in rising the next morning. This is symbolic of renewal, rebirth and resurrection. In ancient Greek, the Phoenix is a symbol of longevity, same as Sora and Kairi’s relationship being immortal like the Phoenix and never truly dies. It is a symbol of the development in their relationship.

The sky and the sea have an inseparable connection. The sky reflects the sea’s surface and the sea reflects the sky same way, making the sky and the sea to have similar abilities when it comes to connections. That is the light in the darkness :

Kairi means “sea / ocean”, Namine means “ocean wave”, Xion (or Shion) means “tide” in japanese. All of these female characters have a special connection towards Sora. The ocean embraces the light of the sky and lights his way back. And remember Namine presenting as a star in the Final World. There is no reason to say this light isn’t belong to Kairi.

Plus, when Sora emerges from the ocean, you can see the sky in a cloudy state gradually becoming a clear sky.

This light leads to the Final World, or Heaven in Christianity. Where the sky and the ocean reflect each other

The ocean connects to all the worlds, just like the sky as well.



The ocean is a symbol of power, strength, life, mystery, hope and truth. It is also referred to as being the tears, or sorrow, of God. The ocean’s salt symbolizes stability.

In psychology, the ocean is a symbol for the mother. It may bring the dreamer back to a time where they were taken care of. There are many beliefs that view the ocean as the origin of all life forms, so the ocean also symbolises life.

It is Kairi’s tear dropping down, then become the light for Sora regaining his form and cut off the darkness to free 7 hearts that have been locked up in the dark.



Obviously, that was her light helps Sora finding 7 hearts. The intro already straight out to you it is the same case happening in the Keyblade Graveyard.



No doubt. At the end of the tunnel, the person Sora met is Kairi, because it is her light that lights up his path, it is her light that bring them together in the end, it is the Fate. If she is not the light, then what was she doing there? Why wasn’t she one of the hearts Sora saved? Isn’t that clear that she was the light all along?



Her tear dropping down in the ending and a waterdrop makes its destination in Shibuya city, where Sora landed to after being disappeared. Coincidence? No.

