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| “ | Vanitas: Fine. Then I'll give you a reason to fight. Ventus: What? Vanitas: Come and find me... at the one and only place to spawn the χ-blade, the Keyblade Graveyard. There, you're gonna see me choke the life out of Terra and Aqua. Then we'll see how long you play the pacifist. Ventus: Wait! |
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| ~ Vanitas threatening Ventus before leaving. |
| “ | Vanitas: I'm the piece of Ventus that was taken away, and you're the piece Ventus needed to be whole again. So...why shouldn't you and I look exactly the same? You define me, Sora, the same way that Ventus does. We are brothers who, together, make a greater whole. Sora: Then why won't you stand by our side? Instead of with darkness? Vanitas: Because I am darkness. And I do stand by your side. I'm the shadow that you cast. How much closer could I be? Sora: But I didn-! Ventus: But I didn't ask for this. To be sifted apart, nice and neat. We should be free to choose. Not just light, not just darkness. We decide what we are. Vanitas: But... Ventus, I did decide who I am. You see? Ventus: And what you are is darkness? Vanitas: What I am is darkness. Ventus: ...Okay. Sora: How is that okay? Vanitas! |
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| ~ Vanitas' last words before fading away. |
Vanitas, also known as The Masked Boy, is a major antagonist of the Dark Seeker Saga within the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
Vanitas is a Keyblade wielder, Master Xehanort's apprentice, Ventus' dark embodiment, the progenitor of the Unversed, and Sora’s evil counterpart/"brother". He is also a member of the real Organization XIII.
He is voiced by Miyu Irino in Japanese and Haley Joel Osment in English, both of whom also voice Sora and Vanitas Remnant in the same franchise. Osment has also portrayed Mesmer in The Boys and voiced Kash D. Langford in Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous and Leonard Burne/Buzzsaw in DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms.
While possessing/merged with Ventus, his voice is mixed with those of Kouki Uchiyama in Japanese and Jesse McCartney in English, both of whom also voice Ventus and Roxas in the same franchise.
Biography[]
Birth By Sleep novels[]
In the novels, Vanitas' life between his creation and the events of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep is expanded upon. At first, Vanitas was a faceless being much like a Heartless but with red eyes, that felt sad for his separation from Ventus. However, that sadness soon turned to hate and contempt for what he considered his weakness. In a way, Vanitas hated himself for being so weak.
Vanitas was well aware of his existence and soon started questioning why he was born, and every time he felt something, an Unversed would come to be. This caused him to be irritated by the fact that such a monster was born from him, so he destroyed the Unversed with his Keyblade without any hesitation; but every time he destroyed an Unversed, he himself would feel strong physical pain running through his body, and after the Unversed was destroyed, the pain and negative feeling would return to Vanitas' mind, which added more to the irritation he was feeling and in turn another Unversed of "irritation" would be born from him.
When a newborn's heart came in contact with Ventus' fractured heart, he also directly contacted Vanitas' heart. After feeling a sharp pain in his chest, Vanitas' body fell to the ground of the wasteland near the Keyblade Graveyard and almost lost consciousness, feeling engulfed by absolute darkness. That was when Vanitas heard Sora's voice and then he saw light. The light eventually surrounded his whole body. He then heard a voice saying "Let's open the door". Vanitas then opened his eyes and found out that now he had a normal boy's face. He also realized that someone, probably also a newborn heart like himself, had saved Ventus' heart from completely fading away.
Because Vanitas told Master Xehanort that if he kept both him and Ventus, he could not guarantee that he could keep Ventus alive, since he found it hard to suppress his impulse to hurt Ventus; thus, Xehanort had to take Ventus to the Land of Departure, asking Eraqus to take care of the boy. But after Ventus left, Vanitas started to miss him, and he kept wondering why they got separated from each other. This caused him to feel miserable and in immense pain.
At the same time, he also felt very lost and anxious about his future; without Ventus, what would become of him? What was he supposed to do? What was the meaning of his existence? Why did he feel so suffocated in his chest? The more he thought about these questions, the more anxious, irritated, and lonely he felt. And the more he felt that, the more Unversed were created. Looking at the Unversed was like looking at his own weakness that he did not want to admit, so he started to kill them in a cycle of suffering that he could not escape.
At the same time, Master Xehanort could only coldly watch Vanitas harming himself from far away. Vanitas desperately wanted to escape from this vicious cycle of pain and suffering. But as young as he was at that time, he simply did not know other ways than killing the Unversed, until the point the pain was too much to endure, when he finally collapsed onto the ground of the Keyblade Graveyard, and cried. Tears started running down his face silently as he lay on the ground, alone. Master Xehanort came to him, telling him the only way for him to achieve salvation was to become the χ-blade.
Becoming the χ-blade was the only way for him to truly unite with Ventus again, and the χ-blade would bring salvation not only to him but also to the whole world. Vanitas desperately wanted to free himself from this unbearable fate, thus to become the χ-blade had now become his goal, his whole life purpose, and his only light of hope to lead him out of this darkness.
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep[]
Vanitas was created out of the darkness in Ventus' heart when Ventus was defeated by a horde of Neoshadows Xehanort had him fight as part of his training in order to save his heart from fading away, and Vanitas became Xehanort's apprentice. Xehanort decided to use Ventus to create the χ-blade and also as a vessel. He found that Ventus could not be a vessel, but could still make the χ-blade.
Leaving the Land of Departure with Ventus training under the tutelage of Master Eraqus, Vanitas, and Xehanort were having a discussion about the thirteen ancient Darknesses from the Age of Fairy Tales. When asked about whether he was connected to their existence or even knew of their whereabouts, he denied the hypothesis claiming that he was his own being.
After Ven's training, Vanitas arrives and taunts him about being weak before leaving and tells him that if he does not chase Terra, he will never see him again. Vanitas later met Ven at the Badlands and attempted to kill him, thinking he was too weak, but Mickey saved him and Vanitas left.
Vanitas later encountered Aqua at the Radiant Garden and they fought, but Vanitas left, revealing that it was just a test. Vanitas abducted Mickey in Neverland and rendered him unconscious in the Badlands just to lure Ventus into conversing with Xehanort about his "purpose".
Back in Neverland, he met Aqua again and fought her because he no longer needed her. After the battle, she faints and he leaves; it is unknown why he didn't finish her off.
Vanitas later confronted Ventus on the Destiny Islands and forces him to go to the Keyblade Graveyard after revealing their past.
Vanitas then fights against Aqua and Ventus at the Keyblade Graveyard and then he faces Terra with Xehanort's help, though he leaves midway through the battle so he can forge the χ-blade. Vanitas knocks Aqua out and was about to finish her, but Ventus recovers and fights Vanitas.
In the end, while confronting Ven, Vanitas unmasks himself, revealing his face to resemble Sora's, albeit with black hair and golden eyes. He reveals the Unversed came from him, and then would return to him once they're defeated.
During the final confrontation, Vanitas forces Ventus to fuse with him to become Ventus-Vanitas. Ventus fights Vanitas inside his mind while Aqua and Mickey face off against Vanitas controlling Ventus. After a long fight, Aqua and Mickey defeat Ventus-Vanitas and Ventus defeats Vanitas in their mental battle.
During Aqua's search for Terra, she senses a strong presence in the Keyblade Graveyard. Arriving there, she is confronted by Vanitas' Lingering Spirit, who attacks her. She knew he had all of his old powers; plus the powers of the Unversed and the χ-blade. After a long battle, Aqua defeats him and continues her search for Terra.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance[]
When Young Xehanort appears before Sora within the cathedral at La Cité des Cloches, Ventus' heart reacts within Sora and allows him to see an image of Vanitas. In unison, the youth and Vanitas claim that Sora has made his heart into a prison, then vanish.
The real Vanitas joins the rest of the real Organization XIII during Master Xehanort's resurrection and attempts to make Sora the thirteenth vessel. However, Lea, Donald, and Goofy's intervention forces the Organization, including Vanitas, to retreat to their own times.
Kingdom Hearts III[]
Vanitas in Kingdom Hearts III
In Monstropolis, Vanitas is revealed to have freed Randall Boggs so he would aid him and the Unversed into gathering negative energy from the screams of children.
After Randall is banished for again, Vanitas tries to seize Ventus from within Sora. Goofy recalls that Ven was never able to defeat Vanitas, because they both struck each other down. In the nick of time, Sulley grabbed Vanitas and threw him into four doors with the last one being put in the shredder.
Later, Vanitas invaded the Land of Departure to take Ven while his heart was sleeping. Aqua formed a barrier to fight him one-on-one, though he had the upper hand. With Sora's plea, Ven's heart returned and pierced the barrier to save Aqua. Vanitas retreated after saying that three Guardians was more than he cared to face.
At the Keyblade Graveyard, Vanitas joined Master Xehanort, Young Xehanort, Ansem, and Xemnas in confronting the Guardians of Light before summoning an army of Heartless, Nobodies, and Unversed to assault them.
Later, he joined Terra-Xehanort in fighting Ven and Aqua at the Skein of Severance. During the battle, he revealed that he isn't Ventus's darker half, but really another entity that was hidden deep inside Ven before being ripped from him by Xehanort.
Once Sora joined the fight, Vanitas was defeated. He revealed his face to Sora and explained their similarities because Sora's heart had Ven's safe for years. Sora and Ven implored Vanitas to join them as their "brother," but Vanitas refused, content with being their darkness, returned to his time while his replica body was destroyed.
Trivia[]
- His name is derived from the Latin word for "vanity" and "emptiness".
- Tetsuya Nomura deliberately cast Miyu Irino as the voice of Vanitas partially due to the character's resemblance to Sora, and partially because Irino had always wanted to voice an antagonist for a while.
- Vanitas' boss themes incorporate elements of Roxas', Ventus', and Sora's leitmotifs, foreshadowing Vanitas' connections to the three.
- Vanitas makes a cameo appearance on Aqua's dive into the heart at the Dive into the Heart portion of the Hallow Bastion stage in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He is also alluded to in Ventus's Spirit Battle, represented by a red Dark Samus wielding a Killing Edge.
External Links[]
- Vanitas on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Vanitas on the Disney Wiki
- Vanitas on the KH Wiki
- Vanitas on the Kingdom Hearts Wiki
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